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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 740, 741, 747-OCT. 4, 5, 1940 the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes" approved September 7, 1916, as amended, the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to receive and consider, when filed, the claim of Louis A. Charland for disability alleged to have been incurred by him on or about November 11, 1935, when engaged in authorized activities while an employee of the Veterans' facility at Sunmount, New York, and to determine said claim upon its merits and under the provisions of said Act: Provided, That such claim be filed within six months after the passage of this Act: And providedfurther, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, October 4, 1940. 1363 39 Stat. 746 747 5 U. S. C.§ 765-770. Provisos. Time for filing claim. No prior benefits. [CHAPTER 741] AN ACT For the relief of John A. Kames. 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 to John A. Kames the sum of $475, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as compensation for and in full satis- faction of all claims against the United States on account of the loss of certain personal property, belonging to the said Kames, while the latter was a prisoner in the United States penitentiary at Leaven- worth, Kansas, and while the said property was in the custody of the prison authorities: Provided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated 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, October 4, 1940. [CHAPTER 747] AN ACT For the relief of Emelie Witzenbacher. 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 Mrs. Emelie Witzenbacher, of Cincinnati Ohio, the sum of $1,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained by her on October 31,1938, when she was tripped and forcibly thrown to the ground by a tightly stretched, unmarked and unguarded line stretched across the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Blaine Road, in Cincinnati, Ohio, by workmen employed by the Works Progress Administration who were excavating in order to install a new curbing: 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, October 5, 1940. October 4, 1940 [H. R. 10036] [Private, No. 662] John A. Kames. Payment to. Proiso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. October 5, 1940 [H. R. 7681] [Private, No. 563] Mrs. Emelle Wit. zenbacher. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees Penalty.

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