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1354 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II . CHS.287,288,291,294. MAY 14,16,17,1934. rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary Penalty for violation. 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. May It, 1934. IH. R . 521111 .J IPrivate, No. i 44.] Orville A. Murphy. Claim of. Vol. 39, p. i4f!. Pr0l'110. No prior benefits. May 16. 1934. IH. R . 4'T06O=.~)0-; -- [Private, No. 145.} Approved, May 14, 1934. [CHAPTER 288.] AN ACT For the relief of Orville A. lI.lurphy. Be it (>nacted b!l the Senate and Hou...~e of Rcpre,~entath'(,8 of the United Stales of America in Congres8 assembled, That the Lnited States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine, in the same mann{'r and to the same extent as if application for the benefits of the Employees' Compen- sation Act had been made within the one-year period rrquired by sections 17 and 20 thereof, the claim of Orville A. Murphy, on account of disability due to tuberculosis alleged to haye been proxi- mately caused by his employment in the service of the United States between April 6, 1920, and December 1. 1932: Pr01,idcd, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the enactment of this Act. Approved, :May 14, 1934. [CHAPTER 291.) AN ACT For the relief of Ellen Grant. Be it enacted by the Senate and HO'UM of R('presentativ('s of the ~~;:!t~;tf~' for bur- United States of America in Congress a.'~.'Iembled, That the Se<'retary ialexpensesof'son. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed tOJ)uy, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate , to Ellen Grant, mother of Albert F. Grant, late boatswain's mate, ~ec­ ond class, United States Navy, who died June 8,1931, while a member of that organization, the sum of $200, in full settlemer.t of all claims against the Government of the United States, heing the actual PrOMSO. expenses incurred in the burial of said Albert F. Grant: Pro1,idrd, Limitation 00 attor- Th fh . d'I'A' f ney's, etc., fees. at no part 0 t e amount approprlUte In t lIS ct In excess 0 10 per centum thereof shall be paId or deliyered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services ren- dered in connection with said daim. It shall be unlawful for llnv agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold. oOr receivo any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of sen'ices rendered in connection Peoaltyforviolation. with said claim, 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 slIm not exceeding $1,000. Approyed, May 16, 1934. [CHAPTER 294.) AN ACT May 17, 1934. [H.R .I90.} For the relief of Elizabeth T. Cloud. [Private. No. 146 .] Be -it enacted by the Senate and H01lse of Representativcs 01 the Elizabeth T. Cloud. United States of America in Oongre8s assembled That the Secre- Payment to, for per- be h'. ~ . sonallnjury. tary of the Treasury ,and e IS hereby, authorIzed and dIrected to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, to Elizabeth T. Cloud, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, the sum