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 59 STAT.] 79Tn CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 631 -633 -DEC. 28, 1945 by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connec- tion with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provi- sions 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 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 632] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Eugenie U. Bolstad. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time limi- tations prescribed in sections 10 to 20, inclusive, 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 purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended (U. S. C ., 1940 edition, title 5, sees. 760, 761, 765, 767, and 770), are hereby waived in favor of Mrs. Eugenie U. Bolstad, Denver, Colorado, the alleged widow of Salmar P. Bolstad, whose death on April 24, 1942, is alleged to have resulted from disease contracted during the winter months of 1926 and 1927 while in the performance of his duty as an assistant veterinarian of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Depart- ment of Agriculture, at a meat-packing plant in Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin. The claim of the said Eugenie U. Bolstad is authorized to be considered and acted upon by the United States Employees' Compen- sation Commission under the remaining provisions of law applicable in her case, as if death of the said Salmar P. Bolstad had resulted within the time prescribed by sections 10 and 11 of such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, and as if notice of such disease and claim for compensation had been filed within the time prescribed by sections 15, 17, and 20 of such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, but only if she files her claim with the United States Employees' Compensation Commission not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided,That any compensation benefits which the Commission may award shall commence not earlier than the date of the approval of this Act. Approved December 28, 1945. 827 December 28, 1945 [H. R. 2430] [Private Law 343] Mrs. Eugenie U. Bolstad. 39 Stat. 744. 5 U.S. 0. §§760-770. [CHAPTER 633] AN ACT For the relief of A. F. Fitzpatrick. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to A. F. Fitzpatrick, Del Rio, Texas, the sum of $537.50. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said A. F. Fitzpatrick against the United States on account of damage to his pick-up truck which was struck on March 17, 1943, at the intersection of Gibbs Street and Avenue F in the city of Del Rio, Texas, by a United States Army truck: 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 28, 1945. December 28,1945 [H. B. 2510] [Private Law 344] A. F. Fitzpatrick.

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