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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 156, 158, 159-APR. 14, 15 , 1938 said court may be presented by a single petition making the United States party defendant and shall set forth all the facts on which the claimants base their claims, and the petition may be verified by the agent or attorney of said claimants, official letters, reports, and pub- lic records or certified copies thereof may be used as evidence, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine said suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found due from the United States to the said claimants by reason of the alleged negligence and erroneous certification, upon the same principles and under the same measure of liability as in like cases between private parties, and the Govern- ment hereby waives its immunity from suit. And said claimants and the United States shall have all rights of appeal or writ of error or other remedy as in similar cases between private persons or cor- porations: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of said court, and upon such notice it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States Attorney in such dis- trict to appear and defend for the United States: And provided further, That such suit shall be begun within six months of the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, April 14, 1938. [CHAPTER 158] AN ACT For the relief of Sam Green. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the limitations of time in sections 15 to 20, both inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties and for other purposes", approved September 7 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of Sam Green, an employee of the Veterans' Admin- istration facility, Johnson City, Tennessee, in respect of his claim for disability alleged to have resulted from an injury sustained by him on August 7, 1934, and the United States Employees' Compensa- tion Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine his claim under the remaining provisions of said Act: Provided, That no benefits shall accrue prior to the approval of this Act: Provided further, That claim hereunder shall be filed within six months from the approval of this Act. Approved, April 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 159] AN ACT For the relief of 0. W. Waddle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That sections 15 to 20, inclusive, of the Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the per- formance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, are hereby waived in favor of 0. W. Waddle, of Tishomingo, Mississippi, for injuries alleged to have resulted from a poisoning contracted while in the performance of his duties as a gage 1295 Provisos. Notice, etc., to At- torney General. Commencement of suit. April 15, 1938 [S. 2378] [Private, No. 486] Sam Green. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746. 5 U. S. C. 1765-770. Provisos. No prior benefits. Time for filing claim. April 15, 1938 [S. 112] [Private, No. 487] 0. W. Waddle. Provisions of Em- ployees' Compensa- tion Act extended to. 39 Stat. 746. 5U.s..C. 1765-770.

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