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 699 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS. -CHS. 68-70--APR. 17, 1945 expenses incurred in connection with such death, which resulted when the motorcycle on which the said Charles Clouse was riding along Highway Route Numbered 307 near Scranton, Pennsylvania, was struck on August 18, 1943, by a United States Army truck being oper- ated by an enlisted man in the United States Army: 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 April 17, 1945. [CHAPTER 69] AN ACT For the relief of A. P. Scarborough and J. D. Ethridge. 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 A. P. Scarborough, of Chauncey, Dodge County, Georgia, the sum of $509, and to J. D. Ethridge, of Chauncey, Dodge County, Georgia, the sum of $906. The payment of such sums shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of the injury of A. P. Scarborough and J. D. Ethridge, who were burned on September 13, 1943, while attempting to rescue a pilot from a fallen United States airplane on the farm of J. D. Ethridge near Chauncey, Georgia: 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 April 17, 1945. April 17, 1945 [H. R. 1012] [Private Law 37] A. P. Scarborough and J. D. Ethridge. [CHAPTER 70] AN ACT For the relief.of Ray L. Smith. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the per- formance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 5, secs. 767 and 770), are hereby waived in favor of Ray L. Smith, who allegedly was dis- abled as the result of a head injury received as the result of a fall during April 1937, while employed by the United States mint at San Francisco as a guard, 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 month after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That no benefits here- under shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved April 17, 1945. April 17, 1945 H. R.1079] [Private Law 38] Ray L. Smith. 39 Stat. 746. 5U. . C. iC766-770.

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