75TH CONGRESS, lST SESSION-CHS. 345 -347-JUNE 15, 1937 [CHAPTER 345] AN ACT For the relief of Earl W. Thomas. 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 Earl W. Thomas, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the sum of $1,500 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for damages on account of injuries received while in the performance of his duty as an inmate of the United States Industrial Reformatory at Chili- cothe, Ohio, on February 6, 1931: 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 notwith- standing. 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 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 346] AN ACT For the relief of the estate of Elmer W. Laub, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of Elmer W. Laub, deceased, for- mer postmaster at Belfast, Pennsylvania, with $96.75, being the total amount retained from postal receipts by G. A . Laub and Roy S. Kostenbader as compensation for their voluntary services in acting as postmaster at that post office from January 29, 1935, to March 31, 1935, and from April 1, 1935, to April 15, 1935, respectively. Approved, June 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 347] AN ACT For the relief of Irvin Pcndleton. 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 (U. S . C ., title 5, sees. 767 and 770), are hereby waived in favor of Irvin Pendleton, of Campbellsburg, Kentucky, who is alleged to have sustained an injury while employed in the Government air-nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in 1918, and his case is authorized to be considered and acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act, as amended, if he files a notice of such injury and claim for compensation with the United States Employees' Compensation Commission not later than six months from the date of the enact- ment of this Act: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, June 15, 1937. So in original. June 15, 1937 [S. 1068] [Private, No. 155] Earl W. Thomas. Payment to. Pro iso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. June 15, 1937 [S. 1936] [Private, No. 156] Elmer W. Laub (de- ceased). Credit in postal ac- counts. June 15, 1937 [1l. R. 10131 [Private, No. 157] Irvin Pendleton. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746 . 5U.S.C. §§ 765-770. Time limitation. Proriso. No prior benefits. 993
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