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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CHS. 696-698-DEC. 22, 1944 7,1916, as amended (U. S . C., 1934 edition, title 5, secs. 767 and 770), are hereby waived in favor of Henry Clay Walker, who is alleged to have sustained injuries diagnosed as ruptured intervertebral disc, necessitating operation for removal of disc and wealing of steel cast, in line of duty on or about September 15, 1942, while employed in the United States navy yard at Boston, Massachusetts, 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 sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. The monthly compensation which the said Henry Clay Walker may be entitled to receive by reason of the enactment of this Act shall commence on the first day of the month during which this Act is enacted. Approved December 22, 1944. 1089 39 Stat. 746. 5U. S.C. § 765-770. [CHAPTER 697] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Florence Armstrong. 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. Florence Armstrong, of East Haven, Connecticut, the sum of $1,650, in full settlement of all claims against the United States as compen- sation for injuries sustained and expenses incident thereto, when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a truck owned by the Work Projects Administration on April 25, 1942: 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 December 22, 1944. [CHAPTER 698] AN ACT For the relief of Mabelle E. Olive. 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 Mabelle E. Olive, of Quincy, Massachusetts, the sum of $2,655, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained as a result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle and an Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway bus in Quincy, Massachusetts, on January 12, 1943: 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 December 22, 1944. December 22, 1944 [H. R. 4331] [Private Law 538] Mrs. Florence Arm- strong. December 22, 144 [H. R. 43801 [Private Law 539] Mabelle E. Olive.

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