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 March 23, 1945 [H. R. 987] [Private Law 14] New England Tele- phone and Telegraph Company. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 34, 35, 38-MAR. 23, 24, 1945 [59 STAT. [CHAPTER 34] AN ACT For the relief of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to settle and adjust the claim of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Boston, Massachusetts, for the payment of a portion of the cost of the removal and relocation of the telephone cable lines of the said company which were located in the Shawme State Forest, Massachusetts, such removal and relo- cation of the cable lines being a result of the extension of the military reservation at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, and to allow in full and final settlement of the claim the sum of not to exceed $27,000. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $27,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the payment of the said claim: 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 con- trary 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 March 23, 1945. [CHAPTER 35] March 23, 1945 [H. R. 1485] [Private Law 15] Henry B. Tucker. 39 Stat. 746. 5U.8. . 1 765-770. March 24 1945 [H. R. 257 [Private Law 16] Dr. David 0. Olements, estate. AN ACT For the relief of Henry B. Tucker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limitations of time in sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, of the Act entitled, "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffer- ing injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7,1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of Henry B. Tucker, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and the Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to receive and consider under the remaining provisions of said Act his claim on account of injury and disability alleged to have been incurred on or about April 8 1940, while performing his duties as an employee of the United States Engineer Office, Vicksburg, Mississippi: Provided, That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months from the approval of this Act: Providedfurther,That no bene- fits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved March 23, 1945. [CHAPTER 38] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Doctor David 0. Clements, deceased. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the administrator of the estate of Doctor David O. Clements, deceased, formerly of Gloucester County, Virginia, the sum of $7,216 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for the value of a wharf located on the York River, approximately three miles from Gloucester Point,

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