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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 425-427-OCT. 16,1945 or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amounts appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claims, 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 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 4261 AN ACT For the relief of L. A. Williams. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the L. A. Williams. 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 L. A. Williams, of Wesson, Mississippi, the sum of $4,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries, medical, hospital expenses, and loss of earnings as the result of an acci- dent on August 13, 1943, when a United States Army car at the prisoner of war camp, Clinton, Mississippi, which was braked improperly, left its parking place and ran into said L. A. Williams, thereby seriously injuring him: 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 16, 1945. [CHAPTER 427] October 16, 1945 I[. R. 2317] IPrivate Law 29l] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Virginia M. Kiser. Mrs. Virginia Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the i er. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time limita- tions prescribed in sections 10 and 11 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other pur- poses", approved September 7, 1916, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 39Stat.744. edition, title 5, secs. 760 and 761), shall not apply with respect to the death of James U. Kiser, of Olive Hill, Kentucky, who sustained an injury on May 5, 1936, while in the performance of his duty as an employee of the Works Progress Administration and who is alleged to have died as a result of such injury on June 26, 1943. The claim of Mrs. Virginia M. Kiser, alleged widow of the said James U. Kiser, on account of his death shall be considered and acted upon by the United States Employees' Compensation Commission under the remaining provisions of law applicable in her case as if the death of the said James U. Kiser had resulted within the time prescribed by such sections 10 and 11, but only if such claim is filed with the United States Employees' Compensation Commission not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. If the United States Employees' Compensation Commission 39 stat. 742. should determine pursuant to section 1 of this Act that the said Mrs. 5U. .C 71. Virginia M. Kiser is entitled to compensation for the death of her husband, she shall be entitled to receive within sixty days after the October 16, 1945 [H. R. 1958] fPrivate Law 2281 E [59 STAT.

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