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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 470-472-JUNE 29, 1940 Leland G. Myers, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, the sum of $250. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses sustained by the said Leland G. Myers on account of personal injuries received as the result of an accident on October 23, 1937, on Pennsylvania Route Numbered 66, involving an automobile owned and operated by the said Leland G. Myers and a Government-owned truck in the service of the Corps of Engineers, 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, June 29, 1940. 1297 Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. [CHAPTER 471] AN ACT For the relief of Rose Bilaitis. 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, and in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, to Rose Bilaitis, of Detroit, Michigan, the sum of $1,000, covering bond guaranteeing the departure from the United States of Petras Gavenas, alien, who disappeared, causing forfeiture of the bond, and who was later apprehended and deported: 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, 1940. [CHAPTER 472] AN ACT For the relief of Joe Carter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represetatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwith- standing the provisions and limitations 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 purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, the United States Employees' Com- pensation Commission be, and same is hereby, authorized and directed to receive and consider, if filed within six months after the enactment of this Act, the claim of Joe Carter, of Ada, Oklahoma, for disability alleged to have been incurred in the performance of his duties as junior foreman for the Wintersmith and Byrds Mill Civilian Conser- vation Corps park projects near Ada, Oklahoma, in 1934: Protided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act., Approved, June 29, 1940. June 29, 1940 [H. R. 3163] [Private, No. 406] Rose Bilaitis. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty. June 29, 1940 [H. R . 3713] [Private, No. 4071 Joe Carter. Consideration of dis- ability claim. 39 Stat 746-747. 5 U.S .C. § 765-770. Filing of claim. Proro. No prior beefits.