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 75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 340-342 -JUNE 14, 1937 Dakota, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for damages arising out of the loss by each of them of a horse which horses were killed in 1934, while being worked, under contract with the owners, by employees of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, in connection with emergency conserva- tion work: Provided, 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 attorney on account of services ren- dered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 14, 1937. [CHAPTER 341] AN ACT For the relief of John Kelley. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 17 and 20 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the per- formance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved Septem- ber 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of John Kelley, father of Ruth Rita Kelley, who died on June 17, 1929, as a result of pulmonary tuberculosis allegedly contracted while a civil em- ployee of the United States in the Public Health Service: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act: Provided further, That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months from the approval of this Act. Approved, June 14, 1937. [CHAPTER 342] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Pruett. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Pruett the sum of $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for the death of their son, Robert Edward Pruett, who was drowned in a swimming pool at Fort McClellan, Alabama, on September 22, 1931: Provided, 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 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 14, 1937. 991 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 14, 1937 [H. R. 1792] [Private, No. 151] John Kelley. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746. 5 U.S .C. § 767,770. Provisos. No prior benefits. Time limitation for filing claim. June 14, 1937 [H. R. 3736] [Private, No. 152] Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward J. Pruett. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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