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 994 75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 354-356-JUNE 15, 1937 [CHAPTER 354] AN ACT June 15, 1937 AN ACT [S. 430] Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render [Private, No. 158] judgment upon the claim of Elmer E. Miller. Elmer E. Miller. Claim of, submitted to Court of Claims. Commencement of suit. Proceeding and ap- peals. 28U. S.C. §250. June 15, 1937 [H. R. 545] [Private, No. 159] Dean Scott. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 748. 5 U. .C. § 765-770. Prorisos. Time limitation. No prior benefits. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Elmer E. Miller, former disbursing clerk in the Bureau of Pensions, against the United States for the recovery of any unpaid part of his salary as such clerk, as fixed by law, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1922, June 30, 1923, and June 30 1924, respectively. SEC. 2. Such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceeding for the determination of such claim, and appeals from, and payment of, any judgment thereon shall be in the same manner as in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, June 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 355] AN ACT For the relief of Dean Scott. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limitations of time in sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, 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, are hereby waived in favor of Dean Scott, of Winchester, Massachusetts, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to receive and consider his claim, under the remaining provisions of said Act, for injury to his right elbow, right side, and his head, alleged to have been sustained while a civilian employee of the United States Army transport Tacony on or about December 19, 1919: Provided, That claim hereunder shall be made within six months after the approval of this Act: Provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, June 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 356] June 15, 1937 [H. R. 1084] [Private, No. 160] AN ACT For the relief of Samuel Cripps. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Payment to. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the Presi- dent for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Samuel Cripps, of Pomona, Jackson County, Illinois, the sum of $500 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States on account of the disfigurement of his face due to having been struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck from Camp Limitationon attor- Pomona on July 28, 1935: Provided, That no part of the amount ney's, etc., fees. 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

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