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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 503, 504 -JUNE 16, 1938 [CHAPTER 503] June 16, 1938 [H. R. 9203] [Private, No. 618] Postal Service. Credit allowed in accounts of designated postmasters. Cancelation of charges against certain contract employees. AN ACT For the relief of certain postmasters and certain contract employees who con- ducted postal stations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to credit the accounts of the following postmasters in the amounts indicated, such amounts representing disallowances by the General Accounting Office for payments made to contract employees who conducted post-office stations under agreements with the Post Office Department: Batavia, New York, Lorenzo J. Burns, contract employee Mar- guerite Sullivan, 25 cents; Minneapolis, Minnesota, John R. Coan, contract employee Cora B. Madson, 50 cents; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ralph E. Smith, contract employee William G. Dean, $75; Portland, Oregon, Elof T. Hedlund, contract employee William McAlpine, $25; and Washington, District of Columbia, Vincent C. Burke, contract employees John J. Keegan, $120; Rice A. Ingram, $120; Thomas 0. Mathews, $1.67; Robert C. Whayne, $60; Joseph A. Fleming, $63.34. SEC. 2. That the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the charges against the following contract employees in the amounts indicated, which have heretofore been disallowed by the General Accounting Office, although the services rendered were authorized by the Post Office Department and the benefit thereof received by the Government: Marguerite Sullivan, Batavia, New York, 25 cents; Cora B. Madson, Minneapolis, $1; A. C. Stinson, Muskogee, Oklahoma, $375; William McAlpine, Portland, Oregon, $50; Lorena D. Cropp, Washington, District of Columbia, $100; and William F. Ryan, Washington, District of Columbia, $150. Approved, June 16, 1938. [CHAPTER 504] June 16, 1938 [H. R. 6950] [Private, No. 619] Andrew J. McGar- raghy. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746, 747. 5U.S. C.§1765-770. Pralo. No prior benfits. AN ACT For the relief of Andrew J. McGarraghy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensa- tion 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 (U. S . C., 1934 edition, title 5, secs. 767 and 770), are hereby waived in favor of Andrew J. McGarraghy, employed in the office of the chief clerk, Engineer Department, Gov- ernment of the District of Columbia, and his claim for compensation for alleged disability dating from June 11, 1934, is authorized to be considered and acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act, as amended, as if he had filed notice of injury and claim for compensation, but only if he files such claim with the United States Employees' Compensation Commission not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved, June 16, 1938. 1354 [52 STAT.

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