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 2048 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 38, 45, 50. [CHAPTER 38.) March 21, 1935. APril-5, 8 , 1935. AN ACT March 21, 1935• . ~R. 5322_.1 _ Authorizin~ the Prcsident of the United States to present in thc name of Con- [PrIvate, No. 8.1 gress a medal of honor to Major General Adolphus Washington Greely. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the hMajor'WGeneh~ AdtOI. United States ~ America in Oongress assembled, That the President II us asIngonfthU.d b dh' b h'd . Greely. 0 .e mte tatese,an e IS here y, aut Orlze to present In a,,TarmstroBot (talk)lto.Of honor the name of Congress, a medal of honor to Major General Adolphus Washington Greely, United States Army, retired, for his life of splendid public service, begun on March 27, 1844, having enlisted as a private in the United States Army on July 26, 1861, and by suc- cessive promotions was commissioned as major general February 10,1906, and retired by operation of law on his sixty-fourth birthday. April 5, 1935. (S.747.1 (Private, No.9.) Approved, March 21, 1935. [CHAPTER 45.] AN ACT For the relief of Joe G. Baker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre8entative8 of tM J~ G. Baker. United States of America in Oongress assembled, That notwithstand- DlS8blllty compen· . h . . dI' " f.1~20bh'I . • t1on to. Ing t e prOVISIons an ImItatIOns 0 sectIons D to ,ot Inc uSIve, ~018.~. P/t&. of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees ., of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes ", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, the United States Employees Compensation Commis- sion is hereby authorized and directed to receive and consider, when filed, the claIm of Joe G. Baker, of Gas City, Indiana, for disability alleged to have been incurred by him on the 6th day of August 1931 while in the employment of the Veterans' Administration Hospital at Marion, Indiana, and to determine said claim upon its merits:
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Provided, That no benefits ~hsJI be held to have accrued by reason of this Act, prior to its passage. April 8. 1935. [So 1856.) -[PriVa.te, No. -IO.r - Arthur Smith. Payment to. Approved, April 5, 1935. [CHAPTER 50.] AN ACT For the relief of Arthur Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa.tives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretarv of the Treasury is authorized ami directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Arthur Smith, of Roanoke, Indiana, the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of all claims of such Arthur Smith against the United States for damages resulting from injuries received by him whpn struck by a United States Army Truck, driven by one Jerry E. Doods (Citizens' Con- servation Corps enrollee numbered 5K-4159), on Federal Highway Numbered 24, between Roanoke and Fort 'Vayne, Indiana, on t:t!iion on attor· ug~st 31, ~\)33: Providra, That no part of the amonnt aI?propriated Dey's, etc., fees. III tlus Act III excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or deliv- ered to or rec(>iv(l~ by an ag('nt or ag(>nts~ attorn(>y or attorney~, on account of serVlCes rendered in connection with said claim. It Rhall be unlawfu.l for any agent or agents, uttorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, WIthhold, or receive any snm of the amount appro- priated in this Aet. in ('xc(>ss of 10 per 'c('ntl1m thereof on acconnt of services rendered in connection with said claim: any contract to the