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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 117 -119-APR. 7, 1938 [CHAPTER 117] April 7, 1938 [H. R. 5249] [Private, No. 461] Lydia M. White. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746, 747. 5 U.S. C. §§ 765-770. Provisos. No prior benefits. Time for filing claim. AN ACT For the relief of Lydia M. White. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine, in the same manner and to the same extent as if application for the benefits of the Employees' Compensation Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, had been made within the one- year period required by sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, the claim of Lydia M. White, of Washington, District of Columbia, on account of disability due to loss of her right eye, alleged to have been proxi- mately caused by her employment in the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, during October 1923: Provided,That no benefits shall accrue prior to the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months after the enactment of this Act. Approved, April 7, 1938. [CHAPTER 118] April 7,1938 [H. R. 62671 [Private, No. 462] Doctor G. A. Neal. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Doctor G. A. Neal. 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Doctor G. A. Neal, Southwest Harbor, Maine, the sum of $67, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the value of medical services ren- dered by the said Doctor G. A. Neal to Vincent Young, Howard Stanley, Sara Gott, Janet Lewis, and Avis Young, all minors resid- ing in McKinley, Maine, for personal injuries, and in full settlement of all claims against the United States for said injuries received on July 1, 1933, near Southwest Harbor, Maine, when a truck, in the service of the Civilian Conservation Corps and in which the said children were riding, overturned: 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 notwithstand- ing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, April 7, 1938. [CHAPTER 119] April 7,1938 [H. R. 6471] [Private, No. 463] Ralph J. Neikirk. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Ralph J. Neikirk. 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 to Ralph J. Neikirk, of Lakeland, Florida, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $75 in full settle- ment of all claims against the Government of the United States for delays caused by the Government and/or remission of liquidated dam- 1284 [52 STAT.

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