58 STAT.]
78H CONG., 2s SESS. - CHS. 701-703-DEC. 22, 1944
Army, in behalf of the Post Office Department, at the intersection
of Fremont Avenue and Briscoe Street, Baltimore, Maryland, on
December 23, 1943, at 6: 30 postmeridian: 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 December 22, 1944.
[CHAPTER 702]
AN ACT
For the relief of Wilfred T. Plant, Senior.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provi-
sions 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, are hereby waived in the case of Wilfred T. Plant, Senior,
of Hartford, Connecticut; and the United States Employees' Com-
pensation Commission is authorized and directed to consider and act
upon any claim filed with the Commission, within one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, by or on behalf of the said
Wilfred T. Plant, Senior, for compensation or other benefits under
the provisions of such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, and as
made applicable in the cases of employees receiving compensation
from emergency relief appropriations, for disability due to an injury
alleged to have been sustained by him in 1938, resulting in ruptured
intervertebral disc left fifth lumbar interspace mediolateral, neces-
sitating operation, while lifting heavy rocks in the performance of
his duties as a laborer on the Works Progress Administration project
Numbered 16444 in Attleboro, Massachusetts: Provided, That no
benefits hereunder shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act.
Approved December 22, 1944.
[CHAPTER 703]
AN ACT
For the relief of Francis D. Stovall, Junior.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limitations
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 Francis D. Stovall, Junior, of Clinton, Mississippi,
and the Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized
and directed to receive and consider under the remaining provisions of
said Act his claim on account of injury and disability alleged to have
been incurred while changing a tire on his automobile on or about
November 10, 1942, while an employee of and performing his duties
as a rural mail carrier of the Post Office Department: Provided,That
claim hereunder shall be filed within six months from the approval
of this Act: Provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to
the approval of this Act.
Approved December 22, 1944.
December 22, 1944
[H. R. 4927]
[Private Law 544]
Francis D. Stovall,
Jr.
39 Stat. 746.
5 U.S . C. I 765-770.
December 22,1944
[H. R . 4817]
[Private Law 543]
Wilfred T. Plant, Sr.
39 Stat. 746.
5U.S.
.
§ 765-770.
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