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 1141 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 133 ,147, 148 -APR. 10, 20,1946 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 10, 1946. [CHAPTER 147] AN ACT For the relief of Lander H. Willis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of sections 15 to 20, both 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 pur- poses", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are waived in respect to the claim for compensation of Lander H. Willis, a rural mail carrier of the Post Office Department, Gray Court, South Carolina, for disability alleged to have resulted from an injury to his right hand on January 4, 1943, while in the performance of his duty, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to receive, consider, and determine the merits of his claim when filed, under the remaining provisions of such Act, but only if he files such claim with the Commission within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. If the Commission finds that the claim of the said Lander H. Willis otherwise comes within the pur- view of such Act, it shall pay to him in a lump sum after such finding, in addition to any benefits to which he may be entitled after the date of enactment of this Act, the total amount of monthly compensation to which he is entitled by reason of the enactment of this Act for any period of disability prior to the date of enactment of this Act, together with the medical expenses which have been necessarily incurred on account of such injury prior to such date. Approved April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 148] AN ACT For the relief of Bernice B. Cooper, junior clerk-typist, Weatherford, Texas, rural rehabilitation office, Farm Security Administration, Department of Agriculture. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Bernice B. Cooper, junior clerk-typist, Farm Security Administration, Depart- ment of Agriculture, Weatherford, Texas, is hereby released from any and all liability on account of the loss of funds in the amount of $300, together with interest due thereon from date of loss, representing public funds for which she is accountable and which were stolen from her custody in the county rural rehabilitation office, Weatherford, Texas, on February 13, 1942, and the Comptroller General of the United States, and the War Food Administrator, are hereby author- ized and directed to remove from their records the debt against the said Bernice B. Cooper in the amount of $300, plus interest due thereon. Approved April 20, 1946. April 20, 1946 [H. . 841] [Private Law 454] Lander H. Willis. 39 Stat. 746. 5U. S .C. § 765-770; Supp. V, §770. April 20, 1946 [.t.988] [Private Law 155] Bernice B. Cooper.

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