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 75Ti CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CIIS. S59-861-AUGUST 26, 1937 1935, at Pass-A -Grille, Florida: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attor- nev or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 860] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment, upon the claims of George Perdue, O. B. Ross, Sadie Washington, and the estate of Larry W. Fleming. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. August 26, 1937 [It. R. 6271] [Private, No. 390] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction George Perdue and is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Claims of. referred Northern District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judg- to districtcourt. ment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claims of George Perdue, 0. B. Ross, Sadie Washington, and the estate of Larry W. Fleming, deceased, all of Atlanta, Georgia, for damages resulting from personal injuries, death, and property damage received by them on March 6, 1933, by reason of an automobile collision involving a United States Army truck and trailer, on the Atlanta-Newnan Highway, near Palmetto, Georgia: Provided, That Proriso. the judgment, if any, shall not exceed, in the case of George Perdue, tion. $3,000; in the case of 0. B. Ross, $3,000; in the case of Sadie Wash- ingto, $3.000; and in the case of the estate of Larry W. Fleming, $5,000. SEC. 2. Suit upon such claims may be instituted at any time within Commencement of one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse sit of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the deter- Procedure. minlation of such claims, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgments thereon shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction undler the provisions of Pa1.graph 'l1. s.. §24 (20). Twentieth of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, August 26, 1937. !IIAPTER 861] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the State of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Anthony Caramagno. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con.pgress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the State of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of Anthony Caramagno, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, for damages to a restaurant August 26, 1937 [H. R. 64691 [Private, No. 391] Anthony Cara- magno. Claim of, referred to district court. 125151° -37-Pr l- 12

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