Private Law 75–209

That the requirements

Edward L. Gockeler.

Provisions of Employees’ Compensation Act extended to.

39 Stat. 746, 747.

5 U. S. C. §§765–770.

of sections 15 to 20. both inclusive, 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, are hereby waived in the case of Edward L. Gockeler, of Saranac Lake, New York, formerly employed from September 18, 1917, to January 1, 1918, as a clerk by the Committee on Public Information, Washington, District of Columbia, and the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission is authorized and directed to consider and act upon any claim filed by him under the provisions of such Act, as amended, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act,

Time limitation.

for compensation for disability alleged to have resulted from tuberculosis contracted by him while in the performance of his duties as such employee, but compensation, if any, shall be paid from and

No back pay.

after date of enactment of this Act.