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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 163 -165 --JUNE 26, 1943 [57 STAT. October 1916 as an employee at the Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and as a result of such duty, and his claim for compensation is authorized to be considered and acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act, as amended, if he files such claim with the United States Employees' Compensation Commission not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That no benefits hereunder shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved June 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 164] June 26, 1943 [S. 684] [Private Law 69] First Lt. M. V. Daven. AN ACT For the relief of Lieutenant M. V. Daven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That M. V. Daven, first lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, is hereby relieved of any liability to the United States for repayment of sums amounting in the aggregate to $474.16 heretofore paid to him as com- pensation for services rendered by him during the summers of 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1936 as chief baker for the Texas National Guard, at Camp Hulen, Palacios, Texas; and the Comptroller General is author- ized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of Taylor Nichols and Lawrence E. McGee, formerly United States property and disbursing officers for the State of Texas, for so much of such sum as has been suspended against the accounts of each of said former officers. SEO. 2 . The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said M. V. Daven the sum of $161.50, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement of the sum which he paid to H. J. Weiler, United States property and disbursing officer for the State of Texas, to compensate said H. J. Weiler for a sus- pension in his accounts entered by the Comptroller General because of his having paid the said M. V. Daven the sum of $161.50 for services rendered as chief baker for the Texas National Guard, at Camp Hulen, Palacios, Texas, during the summer of 1937. Approved June 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 165] June 26, 1943 [S. 696] [Private Law 701 Lt. Joseph F. Bol- ger. AN ACT For the relief of Joseph F. Bolger. 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 Joseph F. Bolger, lieutenant, United States Navy, the sum of $143.75, such sum representing a per diem allowance for subsistence while he was performing temporary additional duty at Norfolk, Virginia, during October and November 1932, which was allowed him by the official orders designating him for such duty but was subsequently disallowed by the Comptroller General: 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 June 26, 1943. 676

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