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972 Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. 75TH CONGRESS, 1BT SESSION-CHS. 238 -240 -MAY 22, 1937 Fifth Avenue and Nelson Road, Columbus, Ohio: 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, May 22, 1937. [CHAPTER 239] Iay 22, 1937 [H. R. 1346] [Private, No. 107] James M. Wintcr. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746. 5 U.S. C. §§765-770. Provisos. Time limitation. No prior benefits. AN ACT For the relief of James M. Winter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limita- tions of time in 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, are hereby waived in favor of James M. Winter, a former employee of the Army Transport Service, for disability alleged to have been incurred between September 16, 1918, and June 30, 1920, and the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to receive and consider his claim under the remaining provisions of said Act: Provided, That claim hereunder shall be made within six months after the approval of this Act: Provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, May 22, 1937. [CHAPTER 240] May 22, 1937 [H. R . 2218] [Private, No. 108] Helen Marie Lewis. Redemption of mu- tilated Liberty bond. Provisos. Condition. Surety bond. AN ACT For the relief of Helen Marie Lewis. 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 redeem in favor of Helen Marie Lewis, Independence, Missouri, a United States temporary coupon bond, the serial number of which is unknown, for $50 of the Second Liberty Loan converted 414 per centum per annum bonds of 1927-1942, with interest from May 15, 1920, to November 15, 1927, the date on which bonds of that loan were called for redemption, without presentation of the missing portions of the bond, large portions having been presented to the Treasury Department: Provided, That the missing portions of the said bond shall not have been previously presented or ascertained to be in existence and that no payment shall be made hereunder for any coupons which may have been attached to the temporary bond: And provided further, That the said Helen Marie Lewis shall first file in the Treasury Department a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of the said bond and the interest payable thereon from May 15, 1920, to November 15, 1927, inclusive in such form and with such corporate surety as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury to indemnity and save harmless the United States from any loss on account of the mutilated bond hereinbefore described. Approved, May 22, 1937.