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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. l. CBS. 408, 409. JULY 23, 1935 . 491 [CHAPTER 408 .] AN ACT Ju ly 23, 1935. Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render 	[S. 166.1	,judgment upon the claim of the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. [Public, No.213.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction Perth Amboy, N. J. is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, L ted Sttes atombe and render judgment upon the claim of the ci ty of Perth Ambo ofC ofCl i l aiss . by co urt ~ ~, New Jersey, for the recov ery o f mone y exp ended in 1918 by the city of Perth Anlboy pursuant to an alleged agreement with the United States to extend the city's water system for the purpose of s upply ing wa ter to the Rarita n Ars enal a nd Col onial Base hos- pital, Numbered 2, less the present estimated value of the equipment installed under such agreement . SEC . 2. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within Time for filing . one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations, except that said city shall be Conditions . required to give sufficient assurance to the United States that it will preserve the facilities for furnishing water oil acc ount of which this claim is made and will not destroy or render them unfit for use except with the consent of the Secretary of War. Proceed- et c'rocednre, appeals, ings for the determination of su ch claim, and appeals from, and % oi. 36, p-1138. payment of any judgment thereon shall be in the same manner as L.S.C.,p.1261. in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, July 23, 1935. [ CHAPTER 409 .] AN ACT To authorize the transfer of certain lands in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to the State of Louisiana for the purpose of a State highway across a portion of the Federal property occupied by the Veterans' Administration facility, Alexandria, Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Adminis- t rator o f Vetera ns' Aff airs be, and he is here by, authorized and directed to transfer to the State of Louisiana, without expense to the Govern ment of the United Sta tes, all th e right, ti tle, and int erest of the United States in and to a, certain strip of land crossing the V eterans ' Admini stratio n facili ty at A lexandri a, Loui siana, alo ng the Alexandria-Shreveport Highway, State route numbered 1, and Star route numbered 615, in sections 1 and 2, township 4 north, range 1 west, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, upon condition that it shall always be used and maintained as a public highway, said strip of land being described as follows : Beginning at a point in the located center line of the Alexandria- Colfax highway at Engineer's station 152 plus 05 .3, which point is in the south line of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 1, township 4 north, range 1 west, and north e ighty-n ine degrees fifty-four minutes east, a distance of three hundred twenty- five and five-tenths feet from the southwest corner of the said north- west quarter of the southwest quarter of section 1, township 4 north, range 1 west ; thence north eighty-nine degrees, fifty-four minutes east, along the said south line of the northwest quarter of south- west quarter of section 1, a distance of fifty-one and thirty-seven one hundredths feet to a point in the easterly right-of-way line of the Alexandria-Colfax Highway, said point being fifty feet easterly and at right angles to the aforementioned center line ; thence along July 23, 1935. [S. 3038 .]	[Public, No. 214.] State of Louisiana. Transfer of certain lands in Rapides Par- ish to, for highway, authorized. Condition. Description.