PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 487-489--JUNE 29, 1940 Proios. Filing of claim. No prior benefits. June 29, 1940 i[. R. 78568 [Private, No. 423] Mary D. Briggs. Credit allowed in the account of, for payments to Simeon W.Rigor. Balance due. Proviso. Limitation on at- torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. June 29, 1940 [H. R . 7959] [Private, No. 424] Nathan A. Buck. Payment to. Provio. Limitation on at. torney's, etc., fees. Penalty. to have been incurred by him as a result of arsenical poisoning con- tracted while employed in the field service of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, during the period from March 10, 1931, to November 30, 1931: 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, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 488] AN ACT For the relief of Mary D. Briggs and Simeon G. Rigor. 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 is hereby authorized and directed to credit the account of Mary D. Briggs, postmaster at Los Angeles, California, in the amount of $114.91, representing compensation in part paid, and in part to be paid, to Simeon G. Rigor and earned by the latter while employed as a temporary substitute clerk in the post office at Los Angeles, California, disallowance of the amount having been based upon a legal prohibition resulting from lack of proof of citizenship. SEC. 2. The postmaster at Los Angeles, California, is authorized and directed to pay to Simeon G. Rigor the balance due him of $53.88 for services rendered, such amount being incorporated in the amount stated in section 1 of this Act: 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, June 29, 1940. [CHAPTER 489] AN ACT For the relief of Nathan A. Buck. 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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Nathan A. Buck, of Chatham, Massachusetts, the sum of $300 in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for damage caused to his oyster beds in Oyster Pond River, in said Chatham, in the fall of 1931 by a boat belonging to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce: 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 29, 1940. 1304 [54 STAT.
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