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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 605-607-JUNE 23, 193S Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 23, 1938 [S. 2437] [Private, No. 672] Oscar Jones. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746, 747. 5U.S. C.§ 765-770. 48 Stat. 351. 5U.S.C.§796; Supp. III, § 796. Proviso. No prior benefits. June 23, 1938 [S. 2797] [Private, No. 673] Miriam Thornber. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. tration, near Socorro, New Mexico, on July 31, 1936: 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 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 606] AN ACT For the relief of Oscar Jones. 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 performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in the case of Oscar Jones, of Mounds- ville, West Virginia, formerly employed by the Civil Works Admin- istration on a sanitation project at Cresaps, West Virginia, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to consider and act upon any claim filed with the Com- mission, within six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, by said Oscar Jones for compensation under the provisions of such Act of September 7, 1916, as extended and limited by the Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351), for disability to his left eye alleged to be due to injuries received by him in the performance of his duties as an employee of such Administration on or about Jan- uary 29, 1934: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, June 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 607] AN ACT For the relief of Miriam Thornber. 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, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Miriam Thornber, of Tucson, Arizona, the sum of $3,500 in full satis- faction of her claim against the United States for personal injuries suffered when the automobile in which she was a passenger was struck by a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, on State Highway Numbered 84, near Rillito, Arizona, on July 1, 1935: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in con- nection with said claim. 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 connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 23, 1938. 1376 [52 STAT.

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