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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 429-431-JUNE 15, 1938 [CHAPTER 429] AN ACT For the relief of E. D. Frye. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of the appropriation "Pay of the Marine Corps", to E. D. Frye, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, father of Richard Frye, late private, United States Marine Corps, an amount equal to six months' pay at the rate the said Richard Frye was receiving at the date of his death. The said Richard Frye, who was killed in a gun explosion on the battleship Wyoming on February 18, 1937, had designated his mother as beneficiary of the gratuity authorized by such Act, as amended, but such beneficiary died on February 24, 1937, before payment was made. Approved, June 15, 1938. [CHAPTER 430] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of A. L. Eldridge. 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 United States District Court for the South- ern District of Ohio to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of A. L. Eldridge, of Columbus, Ohio, for damages resulting from personal injuries and property damage received by him on February 12,1937, at Colum- bus, Ohio, by reason of an automobile collision involving a Works Progress Administration truck: Provided,That the judgment, if any, shall not exceed $500: Provided further, That the United States shall be entitled in the same proceeding to a judgment against said A. L. Eldridge for damage to the truck of the Works Progress Administra- tion, in the event the said court shall so determine. 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 claims, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judg- ments thereon shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph twen- tieth of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, June 15, 1938. 1341 June 15, 1938 [H. R. 7421] [Private, No. 587] E. D. Frye. Payment to. June 15, 1938 [H. R. 7734] [Private, No. 588] A. L. Eldridge. Jurisdiction con- ferred upon district court to hear, etc., claim of. Provisos. Judgment, limita- tion on amount. Counterclaim. Time limitation for filing suit. Proceedings. 24IT.S.C. 41, par. 20. [CHAPTER 431] AN ACT For the relief of Frieda White. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anmerica 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 not otherwise appropriated, to Frieda White, Marked Tree Arkansas, the sum of $5,000, in full setttlement 1 of all claims against the United States on account of 'So in original. June 15, 1938 [H. R. 78551 [Private, No. 5891 Frieda White. Payment to.

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