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 2350 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. eRS. 776-778. JUNE 24, 1936. agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- Penalty lor violation. trary not~ithstanding. Any person violating thelrovisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor an upon conviction thereof shall be fined 1Il any sum not exceeding $1,000. June 24, 1931\' [II. R. 5754.1 Approved, June 24, 1936. [CHAPTER 777.] AN ACT For the relief of Emma M. Pearson. [Priva;,e, No. 6M.j Be it enacted by the Senate and H O'u,sc of Representatives of the EmM. Pears~. United States of America in Oongre88 a.~8errWled, That the limita- PrOVISions o( Em·. f·· . 1 20boh'I' fthAt t'tld ployees' Compensllti(JD hons 0 tIme In sectIOns 5 to, t me USIve, 0 e e·enIe Act extended to. "An Act to provide compensation for the employees of the United ls.!\):41~. States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of Emma M. Pearson, of Santa :\Ionica, California, and the Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to receive and consider her claim, if filed within six months after the approval of this Act, under the remaining provisions of the said Act of September 7. 1916, as amended, for disability alleged to have been incurred by her while. employed in the nurses' home, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, between September 1918 and May 1919, or as laboratory technician at the General H(*ipital, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, betw('en May 1919 and October Proouo. 1920: PrO'lJided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval ~o prior benefitl'. of this Act. Approved, June 24, 1936. (CHAPTER 778.] AN ACT June 24, 19311. lB. R. 5829.) For the relief of Daniel .J. Hagerty. [Private, No. m;.) .j- . Be it enacted by the Senate and lIoww of Repre8entatit'C8 of the DanielJ. Hagert~·. United States of America in Oongres8 a88embled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the enited States, to Daniel J. Hagerty, the sum of $2,500 said snm being the amount of bond placed for the appearance of a defendant in the United States District Court, District of New Hampshire, for prose- "cution under the National Prohibition Act, which defendant was duly tried and convicted, but after the sum mentioned was ordered de- posited in the Treasury of the United States, by decree of the court, Proouo. to apply on unpaid fines and costs in the said criminal case: Pro- ne~!TarmstroBot (talk).i,O attor- vided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in 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 rendered 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 connection Penalty (or violation. with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guIlty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 24, 1936.