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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 660, 661-JUNE 25, 1938 [CHAPTER 660] AN ACT For the relief of the firm of Schmidt, Garden and Martin, architects, of Chicago, Illinois. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the firm of Schmidt, Garden and Martin, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $86,178.86, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for architectural services rendered in preparing the plans and spec- ifications for and supervising the construction of the United States Veterans' Administration hospital at Maywood, Cook County, Illi- nois (known as the Edward Hines, Junior, Hospital), and for the subsequent use of said plans and specifications in the completion of said hospital by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury De- partment under authority of the Act of March 3, 1919 (40 Stat. 1302), the original construction having been begun under the super- vision of the War Department in August 1918 with said plans and specifications of Schmidt, Garden and Martin: 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 con- trary 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 25, 1938. [CHAPTER 661] AN ACT For the relief of George L. Stone. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limitations 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 George L. Stone, of Ripley, West Virginia, who is alleged to have sustained disability while an employee in the Post Office Department, Division of tRral Mail Service, between I)ecember 16, 1907, and July 31, 1918, and the Employees' Compensation Com- mission is authorized and directed to receive and consider his claim under the remaining provisions of said Act, except that the Commis- sion shall not consider any claim for disability unless it occurred or continued after September 7, 1916: Provided, That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months from the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, June 25, 1938. 1397 June 25, 1938 [H. R . 1861] [Private, No. 719] Schmidt, Garden and Martin. Payment to. 40 Stat. 1302. 24U.S.. §26. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 25, 1938 [H. R . 2767] [Private, No. 720] George L. Stone. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746, 747. 6l. .C. §§765-770. Exception. Provisos. Time for filing claim. No prior benefits.

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