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PRIVATE LAW 7 1 8 - J U N E 29, 1956

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injuries, pain and suffering, permanent disability, and loss of earnings sustained by him and resulting from an accidental and improper division of or injury to an artery while he was a patient in the United States Marine Hospital at Savannah, Georgia, during March of 1933: 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 June 29, 1956.

Private Law 717

CHAPTER 467 AN ACT For the relief of Pearl O. Sellaz.

June 29, 1956 [S. 417]

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 performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended (5 U.S.C. 765-770), are hereby waived in favor of Pearl O. Seilaz, of Miami, Florida, for compensation for disability allegedly caused by her employment as an employee in the Office of the Price Administrator, Miami, Florida, during the period 1943 to 1947, and her claim is authorized and directed to be considered and acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act, as amended, if she files such claim with the Department of Labor (Bureau of Employees' Compensation) not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act. No benefits other than hospital and medical expenses actually incurred shall accrue by reason of the enactment of this Act for any period prior to the date of its enactment. Approved June 29, 1956.

Private Law 718

Pearl O. Seilaz. 39 Stat. 746.

CHAPTER 468

AN ACT For the relief of James Edward Robinson.

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 James Edward Robinson, of Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of $1,000. Such sum shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of the said James Edward Robinson against the United States for compensation for the injury he sustained to his right hand on February 15, 1954, while performing the duties assigned to him as an inmate of the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, and which necessitated the amputation at the distal joints of the index and middle fingers of his right hand: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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,

June 29, 1956 [S. 1414]

James E. Robiof son.

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