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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 8-720--JUNE 25, 1938 tion Commission is authorized and directed to consider and act upon any claim for benefits filed under the provisions of such Act, as amended, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, by the said James A. Ellsworth on account of injuries alleged to have been incurred by him on January 8, 1933, while he was employed at the United States naval magazine at Fort Lafayette, New York: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved, June 25, 1938. 1407 Timelimitation, fl- ing of claim. Proviso. No prior benefits. [CHAPTER 719] AN ACT For the relief of Clarence Daniel, a minor. 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 the legal guardian of Clarence Daniel, a minor, of Idabel, Oklahoma, the sum of $3,500, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for personal injuries received by the said Clarence Daniel when he was struck on May 5, 1937, by a Works Progress Administra- tion truck on United States Highway Numbered 70, near Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma: 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 25, 1938. June 25, 1938 [S. 2890] [Private, No. 742] Clarence Daniel. Payment to guard- ian of. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. [CHAPTER 720] AN ACT For the relief of Leona Draeger. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hlouse 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 Leona Draeger, of Box Elder, Montana, the sum of $1 000, and the sum of $50 per month, in a total amount of not to exceed $4,000, such payments to be in full satisfaction of all claims of said Leona Draeger and her three minor children against the United States for damages sustained by them as a result of the death of William F. Draeger, husband of the said Leona Draeger, who was struck and killed on May 6, 1937, on Highway Numbered 29, about five miles north of Box Elder, Montana, by an automobile operated by an employee of the National Youth Administration: Provided, That no part of the iamount authorized to be paid 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 such claims. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive June 25, 1938 [S. 28951 [Private, No. 743] Loona Draeger. Payments to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees.

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