Private Law 74–710

That sections 17 and 20 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes”, approved September 7, 1916, as amended (U. S. C., title 5, secs. 767 and 770), are hereby waived in favor of James P. Whalen, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who is alleged to have sustained an injury while employed in the Government arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1918 and 1919, which resulted in permanent physical disability, 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 injury and claim for compensation with the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act.

No prior benefits.

Any benefits awarded hereunder shall not accrue prior to the approval of this Act.