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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 578, 584-JULY 11, 1940 [CHAPTER 578] Jly 11, 1940 18. 4126] [Privte. No. 4651 AN ACT For the relief of Anne Howard Lay. it § July 11, 1940 18. J. Res. 133] [Priv. Res., No. 6] Mrs.J. W.Marks. Jurisdiction ofdesig- nated courts to hear claim. Time for instituting claim. Proceeding. JOINT RESOLUTION To confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims or the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mrs. J. W. Marks, of Stephens County, Georgia. Resolved 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 or the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia to hear, deter- mine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mrs. J. W. Marks to the property referred to and described in a deed by Melzinia Scott to Mrs. J. W. Marks dated June 24 1925, and recorded in office of clerk, Superior Court of Stephens County, Georgia, June 24, 1925, in deed book numbered 16, page 28, and to hear, determine, and render judgment, if any, on any claim for damages that she may be found to have arising by virtue of the Government of the United States or any of its agents entering upon said property, taking possession thereof or in any way trespassing thereon, and award sufficient relief in the premises as under law and evidence may be shown. Such claim may be instituted at any time within two years after the passage of this joint resolution, notwithstanding the lapse of time, or any statute of limitations. SEC. 2. Proceeding in any suit before the Court of Claims or in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia under this joint resolution and appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be had as in any other case of which the Court of Claims or the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia might have jurisdiction. Approved, July 11, 1940. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Anne Howard Lay. United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be ayment of ann- paid from the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund to Anne Howard Lay, widow of Julius Lay, a retired Foreign Service officer whose death occurred on August 28, 1939; that is, after July 1, 1939, 53 Stat. .83 the effective date of the Act of April 24, 1939, but before the date 22 U. S. C., Supp. V, 21. fixed in accordance with law by the President, by Executive order; that is, September 1, 1939, as the effective date of the provisions of the aforesaid Act which authorize the establishment by retired Foreign Service officers of survivorship annuities in behalf of their widows as beneficiaries, an annuity at a rate equivalent to one-half the maximum annuity which her late husband could have established for her as beneficiary, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of April 24, 1939, and amendments thereto. Effective date. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the calendar month following its approval by the President. Approved, July 11, 1940. [CHAPTER 584] 1320 [54 STAT.

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