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 1348 73d COXGRESS. SESS. II. eRS. 262,266,267. MAY 7,9,1934. May9,1934. (H.R.4423.) (PrIvate, No. 132 .) inflicted upon him in 1923 by a Federal prohibition ('nforcement officer. Such payment shall be made through the United States Employees' Compensation Commission and shall date from the approval of this Act. Approved, May 7,1934. [CHAPTER 266.] AN ACT For the relief of Wilbur Rogers. Be it enacted by tlte Senate and IIouse of Representatit'es of the XV~;rR~:iersi-ecord United States of America in Congress a8sembhd, That in the admin- oor:ected~ istration of any laws conferring- rights, privileges, or benefits upon retired officers of the United States Army 'Vilbur Rogers, major, Reti~tordisabllity United States Army shall be held and considered notwithstanding In serVice. •, • '. any other provisIOn of law, to have been claSSIfied III class A and to R.S ., s e e . 12S1,p. 218. have been retired under section 1231 of the Revised Statutes for PrN0l'iI~. i incapacity which was a result of an accident of service: Provided, o prior pens on b bk. II etc. ' That no ounty, ac pay, penSIOn, a ownnce, or any payment pro- u.s. c., pp.1214, 1229. vided under the 'Vorld 'Val' Veterans' Act, 1!J24, as amended, the MRy9,11I. '1 4. [H.R .472.) IPrlvate;-No. 133 -:] 'Vorld 'Var Adjusted Compensation Act, 1924, as amended, or other benefit whatsoever to which said person may be or become entitled by law, shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, :May 9, 1934. [CHAPTER 267.] A~ ACT For the relief of Phyllis Pratt and Harold Louis Pratt, a minor. Be it enacted by tlte Senate and IIouse of Repre,clentatives of the x!uTarmstroBot (talk)atd Harold United States of America in Congress aS8embled, That the Secretary Paymentto. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Phyllis Pratt in her own right and as legal guardian of Harold Louis Pratt, a minor, the sum of $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States as reimburse- ment to them for the loss suffered by them in the death of their husband and father, Louis Daniel Pratt, whose death occurred on April 21, 1929, without fault on his part or on their part, through the collision of a trimotored Ford airplane belonging to the Maddux Air Lines, Incorporated, of Los Angeles, California, bearing factory number 5-AT-1O, license number NC 9636, near San Diego, Califor- nia, with an airplane belonging to the 'Var Department of the United States, which was then and there operated in a wrongful and negli- gent manner by Lieutenant Howard Keefer, a Unit.('d States pilot, LPrJoriltalOt'J tt then and there flhin g under orders and in line of duty: Provided, m ODona or· f . . . . ney's ,ete., tees. That no part 0 t 1e amount approprIated III thIS Act III excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services ren- dered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connec- tion with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Penalty tor vlolation. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, May 9,1934.