Private Law 74–657

That the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission is hereby authorized and instructed to receive and determine the claim of Lucile Smith, a former employee of the Veterans’ Administration, who, it is alleged, because of her working conditions during the years 1922, 1923, and 1924 developed acute pleurisy, resulting in tuberculosis, without regard to the limitation of time within which such claims are to be filed under the Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for

Vol. 39, p. 746.

U. S. C., p. 98.

employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes”, approved September 7, 1916, as amended: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue

Proviso.

No prior benefits.

thereunder prior to the passage of this Act.