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 1098 Proviso. Judgment, limita- tion. Commencement of suit. Procedure. 28U.S.C. 24(20). 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 861-864-AUGUST 26, 1937 and two houses at Salisbury, Massachusetts, owned by him, alleged to have been caused by blasting operations on a Works Progress Administration project numbered 7496, in May, 1936: Provided,That the judgment, if any, shall not exceed a total sum of $7,154. SEC. 2. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determina- tion of such claim, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph twentieth of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 862] AN ACT August 26, 1937 [H R.R. 6893] For the relief of Henry T. Sharp, Hilliard B. Atkins, and Theodore S. Meekins. [Private, No. 392] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the itByacn Iratd in United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary N.c. of War, notwithstanding the terms and conditions of contract of sale Conveyance of, to persons designated. and purchase dated January 14, 1926, as amended, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey to Henry T. Sharp, Ashe- ville, North Carolina; Hilliard B. Atkins, Waynesville, North Caro- lina; and Theodore S. Meekins, Manteo, North Carolina, as their interest may appear, all the right, title, and interest of the United States of America in and to the Beacon Island Military Reservation, North Carolina, without payment of the balance due the United States under the aforesaid contract, as amended. Approved, August 26, 1937. August 26, 1937 [H. R. 7458] [Private, No. 393] John E. T. Clark. Credit In postal ac- counts. August 26, 1937 [H. R. 7587] [Private, No. 394] Lon D. Worsham Company. Claim of, referred to Court of Claims. [CHAPTER 863] AN ACT For the relief of John E. T. Clark. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the account of John E. T. Clark, former post- master at Coalgate Oklahoma, in the sum of $6,113.93 on account of the loss of postal, Treasury-savings, postal-savings, money-order, and war-revenue funds, resulting from the failure of the City National Bank of Coalgate, Oklahoma, on November 5, 1923, and the First National Bank of Coalgate, Oklahoma, on January 8, 1924. Approved, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 864] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the Lon D. Worsham Com- pany. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Lon D. Worsham Company, a partnership consisting of Lon D. Worsham, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and J. H. Clark, Ringgold, Georgia, against the United States, arising out of contract W641 qm. 452, dated Novem-

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