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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CHS. 794, 823-JUNE 28, 29, 1938 [CHAPTER 794] AN ACT To amend the Act approved August 16, 1937, entitled "An Act conferring juris- diction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the estates of Marshall Campbell and Raymond O'Neal". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the estates of Marshall Campbell and Raymond O'Neal", approved August 16, 1937 (Private Act Numbered 300, Seventy-fifth Congress), is hereby amended to read as follows: "That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claims of Hattie Giles Campbell, the mother of Marshall Campbell, and Echalie O'Neal, the mother of Raymond O'Neal, of Greene County, Georgia, for damages resulting from the deaths of said Marshall Campbell and Raymond O'Neal by reason of an auto- mobile collision involving a Civilian Conservation Corps truck on August 30, 1935, on the highway between Greensboro and Union Point, Georgia: Provided,That the suits filed, prior to the enactment of this amendatory proviso, in said district court by the respective mothers and the respective administrators of the estates of the said deceased persons may continue and be maintained by the said respec- tive mothers: Provided further, That in the case of the death of either mother before final judgment in her suit, such suit may continue and be maintained by the administrator of the estate of such mother who shall be substituted as plaintiff in her stead: Pro- vided further, That the measure of damages to govern in said suits shall be the same as is provided and authorized by the laws of the State of Georgia in the case of a suit by a mother for the homicide of a child: Provided further, That the judgment, if any, shall not exceed, in the case of the said mother of Marshall Campbell, $5,000; and in the case of the said mother of Raymond O'Neal, $5,000." SEC. 2 . The title of such Act of August 16,1937, is hereby amended to read as follows: "An Act conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims for damages on account of the deaths of Marshall Campbell and Raymond O'Neal." Approved, June 28, 1938. [CHAPTER 823] ANT AT rr 1433 June 28, 1938 [H. R. 10896] [Private, No. 807] Marshall Campbell and Raymond O'Neal. 50 Stat. 1060. Jurisdiction con- ferred upon district court to hear, etc., claims of mothers of. Proeisos. Effect on suits pre- viously filed. Plaintiff designated in event of death. Measure of dam- ages. Maximum judg- ments. Amendment of title. June 29,1938 For the relief of Sue VanRyn; Donald A. VanRyn, a minor; and the estate of [H. R.4i6] Margaret Breseman, deceased. [Private, No. 808] 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 is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Sue VanRyn, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, the sum of $7,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and property damage sustained by herself, and for the death of her minor daugh- ter, Teresa VanRyn; to the legal guardian of Donald A. VanRyn, a minor, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal injuries and Sue VanRyn. Payment to. Donald A. VanRyn. Payment to guard- ian of.

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