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vided under tliis Act and approved for payment by the Secretary of 

 Commerce and Labor. • ' 



Act M:iy 30. 190S. c. 236, s. 4. 35 Stat. 557. 

 Medical examination of employees. 



Sec. 5. That the employee shall, whenever and as t)ften as re- 

 quired by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, at least once in six 

 months, submit to medical examination, to be provided and paid 

 for under the direction of the Secretary, and if such employee refuses 

 to submit to or obstructs such examination his or her riojht to com- 

 pensation shall bo lost for the period covered by the continuance of 

 such refusal or obstruction. 



Act Atay 30. lOOS, c. 230. s. 5. 35 vStat. 557. 



Payments to beneficiaries, etc. 



Sec. 6. That payments under this Act are only to be made to the 

 beneficiaries or their legal representatives other than assignees, and 

 shall not be subject to the claims of creditors. 



Act May 30. 1908. c. 230. s. 6, 35 Stat. 557. 



No exemption from liability by contract, regulation, etc. 



Sec. T. That the United States shall not exempt itself from lia- 

 bility under this Act by any contract, agreement, rule, or regulation, 

 and any such contract, agreement, rule, or regulation shall be pro 

 tanto void. 



Act May 30, 1908. c. 2.36. s. 7. 35 Stat. 558. 

 Repeal. 



Sec. 8. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith or pro- 

 viding a diflFerent scale of compensation or otherwise regulating its 

 payment are hereby repealed. 



Act May 30. 1908. c. 236, s. 8, 35 Stat. 558. 



ACT FEBRUARY 1, 1905, c. 288. (33 Stat. 628.) 

 Forest supervisors and rangers; selection. 



Sec. 3. That forest supervisors and rangers shall be selected, when 

 practicable, from qualified citizens of the States or Territories in 

 "which the said reserves, respectively, are situated. 



Act February 1. 1905. c. 288. s. 3, .33 Stat. 628. 



This is a section of "An act providing for llie trnns-fcr of forest re- 

 servers from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agri- 

 culture." ci^ed above. 



Previous provisions relating to the selection of forestry agents, super- 

 intendents, and supervisors, etc., under the Secretary of the Interior, 

 were contained in the sundry civil appropriation acts for the fiscal years 

 1900 to 1905, inclusive. 



ACT MAT 23, 1908. c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.) 



Advances of money under appropriations for Forest Service for fighting forest 

 fires in emergency cases. 



* * * hereafter advances of money under any apjjropriation 

 for the Forest Service may be made to" the Forest Service and by 

 authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties 

 for fighting forest fires in emergency cases, who shall give bond 



