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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 614-616-JUNE 23, 1938 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. vania: 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 connection 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 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 615] June 23, 1938 [H. R. 2650] [Private, No. 681] Veracunda O'Brien Allen. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746, 747. 5 U. S. C. §765-770. Provisos. Time for filing claim. No prior benefits. June 23, 1938 [H. R. 27791 [Private, No. 682] Lilly Bunlgard and Gloria Bundgard. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. AN ACT For the relief of Veracunda O'Brien Alien. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limita- tions of time in 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 favor of Veracunda O'Brien Allen, of Lowell, Massachu- setts, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to receive and consider her claim, under the remaining provisions of said Act, for disability alleged to be due to metal poisoning contracted by reason of her employment in the War Department as a skilled laborer at the Newton Manufacturing Com- pany, Lowell, Massachusetts, between January 3, 1918, and January 15, 1919: Provided, That claim hereunder shall be made within six months after the approval of this Act: Provided further, That no benefit shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, June 23, 1938. [CHAPTER 616] AN ACT For the relief of Lilly Bundgard and Gloria Bundgard. 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 Lilly Bundgard of San Francisco, California, the sum of $750, and to Gloria Bundgard, of San Francisco, California, the sum of $100, in full settlement of their claims against the United States for per- sonal injuries sustained on February 5, 1931, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a United States Army truck at the intersection of Cabrillo Street with Twenty-fourth Avenue, San Francisco, California: Provided,That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be finedin any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 23, 1938. 1380 [52 STAT.

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