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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 36, 42, 43 -MAR. 2, 4, 1940 who is alleged to have sustained injuries to health while employed as a stenographer-clerk from April 29, 1929, to September 30, 1932, in the office of the United States Employees' Compensation Commis- sion in San Francisco, California, which injury resulted in permanent physical disability, and her case is authorized to be considered and acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act, as amended, if she files a notice of such injury and claim for compensation with the United States Employees Compensation Commission not later than ninety days after date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 42] AN ACT For the relief of Major Herbert A. Jacob. 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 Major Herbert A. Jacob, of Staunton, Virginia, the sum of $3,000 in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by his wife, Mary S. Jacob, who was struck and killed in Staunton, Virginia, on August 28,1937, by a truck owned and operated by the United States Post Office Department then and there being carelessly and recklessly driven by one Warren W. Talley, who was at that time and still is an employee in the post office in the said city of Staunton, Virginia: 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 mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, March 4, 1940. [CHAPTER 43] AN ACT 1247 Time for filing claim. Proviso. No prior benefits. March 4,1940 [H. R. 1456] [Private, No. 279] MaJ. Herbert A. Jacob. Payment to. Preoio. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. March 4, 1940 For the relief of Ben Willie Jones, as legal representative of Thelma Jones, a [H. R. 2860 deceased minor. (Private, No. 280] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Ben Willie Jones, as legal representative of Thelma Jones, a deceased minor, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the government of the District of Columbia not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,500, and when same is received by the said Ben Willie Jones it shall be in full satisfaction and settlement of all claims against the government of the District of Columbia and the United States on account of the death of Thelma Jones, aged two, daughter of Ben Willie Jones, on December 16, 1937, being burned to death while in Gallinger Hospital for treatment, through the negligence and lack of proper facilities in the said hospital: 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 Thelma Jones. Payment to legal representative of. Pi"V Umitation on atte ny e,etc., as.

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