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 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 837-839-AUGUST 26, 1937 try. from March 25, 1917, to July 25, 1917, shall be included in com- puting the time spent by said John A. Flagg in active service in the United States Army: Provided.That no back pay, pension, bounty, benefit, or other emolument shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act, except for the period March 25, 1917, to July 25. 1917, inclusive. Approved, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 838] AN ACT For the relief of William A. Devine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Civil Service Commission is authorized and directed to pay, out of the civil-service retirement and disability fund, to William A. Devine, formerly postmaster at Madison, Wisconsin, the sum of $812.23, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the pay- ment made by him on October 2, 1926, to such fund for the purpose of receiving service credit for the time from August 1, 1920, to June 30, 1926, when, in fact, he was entitled to the maximum benefits of the civil-service retirement laws without making such payment: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount refunded in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in con- nection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful any con- tract 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, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 839] AN ACT For the relief of James A. Lyons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James A. Lyons, of Roanoke, Virginia the sum of $2,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the unpaid amount of a judgment for $6,000 ($4,000 of which has been paid by Safety Motor Transit Cor- poration), entered on January 25 1936, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke, Virginia in the case of "James A. Lyons against Thomas Bailey and Safety Motor Transit Corporation, against Thomas Bailey and Safety Motor Transit Corporation, for and on account of injuries sustained by him on the 21st day of June 1934 while a passenger on a bus of the said Safety Motor Transit Corporation when the said bus collided with an automobile driven by Thomas Bailey, investi- gator, Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department, who was engaged in the performance of his official duties as an internal-revenue officer: Provided, That the clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia is hereby authorized and directed to satisfy, of record, the said judg- August 26, 1937 [S. 1548] [Private, No. 368] William A. Devine. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. August 26, 1937 [S. 1965 [Private, No. 369] James A. Lyons. Payment of unpaid amount of court judg- ment. Prori/so. Satisfaction of judgment. 1087 Proviso. No back pay, etc.

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