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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 537-539-JUNE 20, 1938 agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services ren- dered in connection with said claims. 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 connec- tion with said claims, 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 20, 1938. 1359 Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 538] AN ACT For the relief of Mabel F. Hollingsworth. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions and limitations of 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 perfonnance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in the case of Mabel F. Hollingsworth, of West Allis, Wisconsin, widow of William L. Hollingsworth, who died August 18, 1935, from chronic silicosis and hypertrophy of the heart alleged to be the result of his employment as a railway postal clerk, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to consider and act upon any claim filed with the Commission, within six months after the date of the enact- ment of this Act, by said Mabel F. Hollingsworth for compensation under the provisions of such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, for the death of said William L. Hollingsworth: Provided, That compensation, if any, shall commence from and after the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, June 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 539] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of James D. McEachern. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 'lutt the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to the estate of James D. McEachern, deceased, formerly of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of the said James D. McEachern resulting from injuries sustained when he was struck on December 16, 1935, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, by an Emergency Conserva- tion Work truck of the Department of the Interior: 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, June 20, 1938. June 20, 1938 [S. C06] [Private, No. 630] Mabel F. Hollings- worth. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746, 747. 6U. S .C. § 765-770. Time for filing claim. Proviso. Compensation. June 20, 1938 IS. &;6] [I'rivate, No. 631] James D. McElch- orn. Payment to estat of. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion.

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