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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 53 STAT. · September 7, 1916 · Private Law 224

Private Law 224. to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance[39 Stat. 746, 747](/us/stat/39/746/747).[5 U

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(/us/pvtl/76/223)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Jack D. Collins.Provisions of Employees’ Compensation Act extended to. That notwithstanding the provisions 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[39 Stat. 746, 747](/us/stat/39/746/747).[5 U. S. C. §§ 765–770](/us/usc/t5/s765–770). of their duties, and for other purposes”, approved September 7, 1916, as amended, the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to consider the claim of Jack D.
Collins, filed with the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission on January 10, 1939, for disability alleged to have been incurred by him May 3, 1935, when engaged in authorized activities while an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and to determine said claim upon its merits under the provisions of said Act applicable to enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps: *Provisos*.No prior benefits.Time for filing claim.*Provided*, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act: *Provided further*, That claim hereunder shall be filed within ninety days from the approval of this Act.
Approved, August 9, 1939. For the relief of the Arkansas State Penitentiary. 1939-08-09 632 Chapter 53 Stat. 1529 76 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 private 53 Stat. 1529 [CHAPTER 632] AN ACT For the relief of the Arkansas State Penitentiary.August 9, 1939[[H. R. 6641](/us/bill/76/hr/6641)][[Private, No. 224](/us/pvtl/76/224)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryArkansas State Penitentiary.Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Arkansas State Penitentiary the sum of $11,414.17, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for expenses incurred by the Arkansas State Penitentiary as a result of furnishing, at the request of the United States district engineer, nine hundred and fifty-five convicts for emergency work in maintaining the levees in the Lower Saint Francis Levee District of Arkansas during the flood emergency in January and February 1937, on the Mississippi River: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.
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 thisPenalty for violation. Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
Approved, August 9, 1939. For the relief of Mrs. Pacios Pijuan. 1939-08-10 648 Chapter 53 Stat. 1529 76 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-11-24 private [CHAPTER 648] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Pacios Pijuan.August 10, 1939[[S. 1654](/us/bill/76/s/1654)][
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to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance[39 Stat. 746, 747](/us/stat/39/746/747).[5 U
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