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 1282 April 7,1938 [H. R. 1691] [Private, No. 455] Mary A. Maher. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746, 747. 5 U. S.C. §765-770 . Provisos. Timeforfilingclaim. No prior benefits. Aril 7, 1938 [. R. 3723] [Private, No. 456] Milton S. Merrill. Credit in postal ac- connts. April 7, 1938 [H. R. 4138] [Private, No. 457] George Miller, Jr. Payment to guard- ian of. Proiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 111 -113 -APR. 7, 1938 [CHAPTER 111] AN ACT For the relief of Mary A. Maher. [52 STAT. 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 suf- fering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of Mary A. Maher, of the Bronx, New York City, widow of Michael L. Maher, who died on February 24, 1926, and whose death is alleged to have resulted from disease incurred while a lay inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, and the United States Employees' Compensation Com- mission is hereby authorized and directed to receive and consider her claim under the remaining provisions of said Act: Provided, That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months from the date of the approval of this Act: Provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, April 7, 1938. [CHAPTER 1121 AN ACT For the relief of Milton S. Merrill. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General is hereby authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Milton S. Merrill, former postmaster at Mount Hebron, California, in the amount of $392, such amount representing surplus postal funds remitted to his Central Accounting Post Office and lost in a mail- truck robbery in San Francisco, California, on April 7, 1924. Approved, April 7, 1938. [CHAPTER 113] AN ACT For the relief of George Miller, Junior, a minor. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilan 1 Conservation Corps, to the legal guardian of George Miller, Junior, a minor, of Fresno, California, the sum of $3,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by him when the truck in which he was riding was struck, on July 9, 1933, by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck at the intersection of Fresno and Shaw Streets, Fresno, Cali- fornia: 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 rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, 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, April 7, 1938. ' o in original.

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