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39 Stat. 746 . 6 U.S . C ..§ 765-770. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 445, 446, 456-JUNE 23, 27, 1942 [56 STAT. performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended (U. S . C ., title 5, secs. 767, 770), are hereby waived in favor of Harvey C. Artis, who is alleged to have contracted a disability resulting from the use of bichloride of mercury while employed by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture 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 disability and claim for compensation with the United States Employees' Compensation Commission not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved, June 23, 1942. [CHAPTER 446] AM AfrT June 23, 1942 1- - [H. R. 69251 To provide additional compensation for Joseph Sharfsin, Esquire, for professional [Private Law 469] services rendered the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Joseph Sharfsin, Esq. Additional compen- sation for professional services. Appropriation au- thorized. June 27, 1942 [II. R. 40521 [Private Law 4701 E. 1'. Corley. Payment to. Proci&o. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to pay to Joseph Sharfsin, Esquire, of the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) bar, 5 per centum of the amount awarded to and received by the Dis- trict of Columbia in cause entitled "In re First and Final Account of Girard Trust Company, Trustee Under Deed of Trust of Helen M. Fink (now deceased), dated April 10, 1929", in addition to the com- pensation heretofore paid him for professional services rendered to the District of Columbia in said cause, and an appropriation for said purpose from any money in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia not otherwise appropriated is hereby authorized. Approved, June 23, 1942. [CHAPTER 456] AN ACT For the relief of E. P . Corley. Ble it enacted by the Senate and Houtse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to E. P. Corley, of Jacksonville, Florida, the sum of $750. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of personal injuries sustained by the said E. P. Corley, in Jacksonville, Florida, on June 27, 1938, when he was struck by a motor vehicle in the service of the Works Progress Administration while discharging his duty as police officer of such city: 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 27, 1942.