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 719 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 156-158-MAY 29, 1945 amended, the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to receive and consider, as though filed on time, the claim of Joseph Brunette, of Beaulieu, Minnesota, for com- pensation for disability alleged to have resulted from injuries sus- tained by him on February 15, 1940, while working on project CCC-ID, Naytahwaush, Minnesota, as an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Twin Lakes, Minnesota. Such claim shall be filed within sixty days after the effective date of this Act, and no benefits shall accrue prior to such effective date. Approved May 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 157] AN ACT For the relief of Boyd B. Black. 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 Boyd B. Black, of Jasper, Texas, the sum of $6,000, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries, medical, hospital, and other expenses incurred as a result of being struck by a United States Army truck on May 24, 1943, as Jasper, Texas: 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 an 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 May 29, 1945. [CHAPTER 158] AN ACT For the relief of Edward Lawrence Kunze. 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, the sum of $5,000, to Edward Lawrence Kunze, of Leonardville, Kansas, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for perma- nent injury received in an accident on Highway 77 between Junction City and Riley, Kansas, on July 16, 1943, when the gasoline trailer- truck which he was driving was struck by a Government vehicle driven by a WAC, said vehicle having pulled from a long convoy of Army vehicles directly in front of vehicle which claimant was driv- ing, resulting in his permanent personal injury: 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 May 29, 1945. May 29, 194 [H. R. 2006] [Private Law 87] Boyd B. Black. May 29, 1945 [H. R. 2129] [Private Law 88S Edward Lawrenee Kunze.

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