59 STAT.] 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CHS. 646-648-DEC. 28 , 1945 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 con- trary 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 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 647] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Eunice C. Hardage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 15 to 20, 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 Sep- tember 7, 1916, as amended (U. S . C., 1934 edition, title 5, sees. 767 and 770) are hereby waived in favor of Eunice C. Hardage, widow of Newton G. Hardage, former rural mail carrier, at Dallas, Georgia, whose death of pneumonia occurred on January 8, 1936, alleged to have been caused by exposure, and her claim for compensation is authorized to be considered and acted upon under the remaining provisions of such Act, as amended, if she files such claim with the United States Compensation Commission not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, or within that time renews her claim heretofore filed which has been denied because of failure to comply with said provisions of said Act: Provided, That no benefits hereunder shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved December 28, 1945. [CHAPTER 648] AN ACT For the relief of Myrtle C. Radabaugh. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Employees' Compensation Commission be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed to receive and consider the claim of Myrtle C. Radabaugh, on account of the death of her husband, Claud Clair Radabaugh, which is alleged to have resulted from an injury sustained by him during the year 1935 while working as a rural mail carrier from Long Prairie, Minnesota, under the provisions 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, except that the time limitations in sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of said Act are hereby waived: Provided, That such claim be filed within six months after the passage of this Act: And provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved December 28,1945. December 28, 1945 [H. R. 3834] [Private Law 358] Eunice C. Hardage. 39 Stat. 746. 5 U.S . C. § 765-770. December 28, 1945 [I1. R. 3987] [Private Law 359] Myrtle C. Rada- baugh. 39 Stat. 742. 5 U. . C. §§ 751-791, 793.
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