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 966 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CHS. 215-217-MAY 15, 1937 Kentucky; and Robert E. Wise, Stanley Wise Ellis, and Peyton L. Ellis, owners of a certain farm consisting of two hundred acres of land, more or less, near Camp Knox in Hardin County, Kentucky; and Hilory Wise and Flora A. Wise, owners of a certain farm con- sisting of two hundred and forty acres of land, more or less (in two separate fees of one hundred and twenty acres each, more or less) near Camp Knox in Hardin County, Kentucky, are, as such owner or owners, hereby authorized to bring such suit or suits as they may respectively desire to so do against the United States of America, to recover damages, if any, for loss or losses, which they may have sustained or suffered, as such respective owners, by reason of establishment, construction, or maintenance of Camp Knox in Jurisdiction con- the State of Kentucky. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the ferred upon district court. District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky to hear, consider, determine, and render judgments for the respective amounts of such damages, if any, as may be found to have been sustained or suffered by the said owners of said farms, with the same right of appeal as in other cases, and notwithstanding ro tion. any lapse of time or statute of limitation: Provided, That such action will be brought within one year from the date that this Act shall become effective. Approved, May 15, 1937. May 15, 1937 [H. R. 7051 [Private, No. 971 William E. Graham. Payment to. Proviso. Limitation on attor- ney's, etc., fees. Penalty for viola- tion. May 15, 1937 [H. R. 710] [Private, No. 98] [CHAPTER 216] AN ACT For the relief of William E. Graham. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and in full settlement of all claims against the Government, the sum of $3,500 to William E. Graham, son of John and Leva Graham, for the loss of his right eye and impaired hearing of his right ear, the result of having been struck in the right side of the face with a ball bat on May 27, 1934, in the hands of an enrollee of Camp Adams, Civilian Conservation Corps camp located in Adams County, Ohio: 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 attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any con- tract 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, May 15, 1937. [CHAPTER 217] AN ACT For the relief of C. A. Jones and Elbert Gentry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the E Art. enes and United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to C. A. Jones, of Tyler, Texas, the sum of $150, and to Elbert

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