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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CHS. 801-803-JULY 2, 1948 1916, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 5, sees. 751-791), the late Rudolph Maximilian Goepp, Junior, who died as the result of an airplane crash near Stephenville, Newfoundland, on October 3 1946, while traveling to Hoechst, Germany, at the request of the Department of Commerce, in the capacity of scientific consultant without compensation for the Office of Technical Services, Technical Industrial Intelligence Division, shall be deemed to have been a civil employee of the United States within the purview of said Act, at the time of his death, and compensation for death payable under said Act shall accrue from date of his death and shall be payable to such of his dependents as may qualify under section 10 of said Act, under the conditions therein provided, such compensation to be computed in the manner prescribed by said Act upon the basis of the monthly pay, respectively, of such Rudolph Maximilian Goepp, Junior, in his employment under the direction of the Office of Technical Service, Technical Industrial Intelligence Division, or upon the basis of monthly pay of $175 in the event that at the time of death he was serving without compensation. Any compensation for death received by any such dependents under any other workmen's compensation law shall be credited against any compensation which such dependents may receive by reason of this Act. No right to benefits shall accrue under this Act unless a written claim for compensation is filed under such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended within one year from the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 2, 1948. [CHAPTER 802] AN ACT For the relief of Captain Carroll C. Garretson. 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 $3,916.10 to Captain Carroll C. Garretson, Army serial number 0-391003, of the Five Hundred and Fourth Parachute Infantry, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for Army pay and allowances from December 10, 1945, to August 15, 1946: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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 July 2, 1948. 1419 39 Stat. 742. 5 U. S. C. §§751-791, 793. 39 Stat. 744. 5U.S.0.§760. 39 Stat. 742. 5U. S. . § §751-791, 793. Duly 2, 1948 [H. R. 3261] [Private Law 453] Capt. Carroll C. Garretson. [CHAPTER 803] AN ACT July 2,1948 For the relief of E. Brevard Walker, trading as E. B. Walker Lumber Company. [I. 4644] [Private Law 4541 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 E. Brevard Walker, Mobile, Alabama, trading as E. B. Walker Lumber Company (here- inafter referred to as the "shipper"), the sum of $674.70. Payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the shipper E. Brevard Walker.

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