decker. chiropractic in the District of Columbia. [CHAPTER 123.] AN ACT For the relief of Della D. Ledendecker. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the Della D. Leden- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ComLicense to practice mission on Licensure to Practice the Healing Art in the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to license Della D. Ledendecker to practice chiropractic in said District under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to 1335, protect the public health in the District of Columbia ", approved February 27, 1929, notwithstanding the provision therein requiring applications from candidates for licenses to practice chiropractic to be filed within ninety days from the date of the approval of said Act, and on condition that said Della D. Ledendecker shall otherwise be found by said commission to be qualified to practice under the provisions of said Act. Vol. 45, p. waived. April 13, 1934. [S. 2324.] [Private, No. 52.] Incorporated. Approved, April 13, 1934. [CHAPTER 124.] AN ACT For the relief of the Noank Shipyard, Incorporated. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Noank Shipyard, 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 of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to the Noank Shipyard, Incorporated, of Noank, Connecticut, the sum of $1,700, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, to complete the payment to the said Noank Shipyard, Incorporated, of a bill for repairs, which it completed under contract numbered W-971-qm-247, dated January 7, 1928, of Quartermaster Department on Army mine planter Brigadier General Absalom Baird, which sum represents a penalty of $100 per day for seventeen days' alleged delay in delivery of said steamship Baird after completion of repairs, said delay being due to causes partly attributable to acts of Government agents and wholly beyond the control of the contractor: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Penalty for violation. 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. Proviso. Limitation on torneys', etc., fees. April 13, 1934. (H.R. 305.] [Private, No. 53.] at Ernest B. Butte. Military record corrected. Approved, April 13, 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers Ernest B. Butte, late of Company L, Twenty-ninth Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private of that organization on the 13th day of March 1906: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, April 13, 1934. [CHAPTER 126.] AN ACT For the relief of Lucy Murphy. Proviso. No back pay, etc. April 13, 1934. (H.R. 469.] [Private, No. 54.] Lucy Murphy. 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 he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, death of husband. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lucy Murphy the sum of $5,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States as reimbursement to her for the loss suffered by her in the death of her husband, Maurice Murphy, whose death occurred on April 21, 1929, without fault on his part or on her part, through the collision of a trimotored Ford airplane belonging to the Maddux Air Lines, Incorporated, of Los Angeles, California, bearing factory number 5-AT-10, license numbered NC 9636, near San Diego, California, with an airplane belonging to the War Department of the United States, which was then and there operated in a wrongful and negligent manner by Lieutenant Howard Keefer, a United States pilot, then and there flying under orders and in line of duty: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof ney's, etc., fees. shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, April 13, 1934. [CHAPTER 127.] AN ACT For the relief of Primo Tiburzio. Proviso. Limitation on attor Penalty for viola tions. April 13, 1934. (H.R. 881.] [Private, No. 55.] Primo Tiburzio. 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 he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, death of daughter. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Primo Tiburzio, of Columbus, Ohio, the sum of $1,000 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States, as compensation for the death of his daughter, Mary Tiburzio, who was killed when struck by a United States mail truck on September 18, 1930: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or ney's, etc., fees. delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to for Proviso. exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the Penalty for violation. 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, April 13, 1934. April 13, 1934. [H.R. 1403.] [Private, No. 56.] David I. Brown. Military service corrected. Proviso. No back pay, etc. April 13, 1934. [H.R. 2342.] [Private, No. 57.] Certain limitations [CHAPTER 128.] AN ACT For the relief of David I. Brown. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, their widows, or dependent relatives, David I. Brown, formerly a private of Company E, Twenty-eighth Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of said company and regiment on the 17th day of January 1903: Provided, That no pay, pension, bounty, or other emoluments shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. For the relief of Lota Tidwell, the widow of Chambliss L. Tidwell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Chambliss L.Tidwell. United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 15, of Employees' Com- 17, 18, and 20 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation pensation Act waived for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the Vol. 39, p. 746; Vol. performance of their duties, and for other purposes ", approved in favor of widow of. 44, p. 772. April 13, 1934. [H.R. 2509.] [Private, No. 58.] John Newman. Military record corrected. Proviso. No back pay, etc. September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of the [CHAPTER 130.] AN ACT For the relief of John Newman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers John Newman, recently of the United States Army, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private from Company B, Ninth Regiment United States Infantry, on the 5th day of August 1902: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, April 13, 1934. [CHAPTER 131.] AN ACT For the relief of Charles J. Eisenhauer. April 13, 1934. [H.R. 2639.] [Private, No. 59.] Charles J. Eisenhauer. Payment to, for personal injuries. Proviso. Limitation on attor Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ha of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000 to Charles J. Eisenhauer, of Brooklyn, New York, in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for injuries sustained June 2, 1919, in the city of Brooklyn, New York, when struck by an automobile truck of the United States Marine Corps: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to ney's, etc., fees. or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, 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, April 13, 1934. [CHAPTER 132.] AN ACT For the relief of George G. Slonaker. Penalty for violation. April 13, 1934. (H.R. 2990.] [Private, No. 60.] George G. Slonaker. extended to. 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 is hereby authorized ees' Compensation Act to consider and determine, in the same manner and to the same extent as if application for the benefits of the Employees' Compensation Act had been made within the one-year period required by Vol. 39, p. 746. sections 17 and 20 thereof, the claim of George G. Slonaker, on account of injury to his left eye, and subsequent blindness, alleged to have been proximately caused by his employment as an incinerator operator by the United States Government at Camp Colt, Provisos. Pennsylvania, from March 1918 to November 1918: Provided, That Time for filing claim. he shall file a notice of such injury and claim for compensation therefor not later than sixty days from the date of enactment of this Act: And provided further, That no benefits shall accrue prior No prior benefits. to the enactment of this Act. Approved, April 13, 1934. [CHAPTER 133.] AN ACT For the relief of Erney S. Blazer. April 13, 1934. [H.R. 3997.] [Private, No. 61.] Erney 8. Blazer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon rected. honorably discharged soldiers, Erney S. Blazer, who was a member of Company E, Second Regiment United States Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of that Proviso. No back pay, etc. April 13, 1934. [H.R. 4056.] [Private, No. 62.] Emma F. Taber. sonal Proviso. Limitation on attorney's, etc., fees. organization on the 22d day of October 1902: Provided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, April 13, 1934. [CHAPTER 134.] AN ACT For the relief of Emma F. Taber. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Pal injuries, for per of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Emma F. Taber, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,500 in full settlement of all claims against the Government of the United States for expenses and attendance charges incurred by her on account of injuries sustained by being struck by a Government-owned motor vehicle in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on September 12, 1931: 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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with Penalty for viola said claim, 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. tions. April 13, 1934. (H.R. 4252.] [Private, No. 63.] O'Brien. Employees' Compen favor of. Approved, April 13, 1934. [CHAPTER 135.] AN ACT For the relief of Mary Elizabeth O'Brien. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mary Elizabeth United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections Certain limitations of 17 and 20 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation sation Act waived in for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes ", are hereby waived in favor of Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, a former employee of the United States Veterans' Bureau: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act. Approved, April 13, 1934. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lissie Maud Green. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine the claim of Lissie Maud Green, widow of Charles F. Green, as to whether said Charles F. Green suffered an injury causing his death July 30, 1921, while employed in the Postal Service as a rural letter carrier, compensable under said Act and |