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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 275, 296-JUNE 7, 8, 1940 [CHAPTER 275] AN ACT June 7, 1940 (s. 84871 For the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant William Lee Clemmer, Coast Guard [Private, No. 350] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Lt. William Lee United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Transfer of certain the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to H. Aaria rights to heirs of. Clemmer, widow, and to the legal guardian of Constance N. Clemmer and William L. Clemmer minor children of Lieutenant William Lee Clemmer (deceased), United States Coast Guard, by means of an appropriate legal instrument, the right, title, and interest of the United States over and above the license rights to be reserved under the appended proviso, in and to a certain invention made by the said Lieutenant William Lee Clemmer and consisting of new and useful improvements in method and means for determining vertical angles of energy waves, for which application has been made to the Com- missioner of Patents for the grant of letters patent of the 35 U.S.. §4. United States under the Act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. 625), as amended by the Act of April 30, 1928 (45 Stat. 467; U. S . C. title 35, sec. 45), such application having been executed April 30, 1937, and filed May 26, 1937, being designated as Serial Number 144871: Reservotion by u.s. Provided, however, That such legal instrument shall reserve to the ofroyaltyee license, Government of the United States, in all departments, independent establishments, and corporate and other agencies thereof, a nonexclu- sive, irrevocable, and nontransferable royalty-free license to make, to have made for it, to use, to practice, to maintain in repair, and to sell as surplus and condemned material2 or otherwise as provided by law, any and all devices, methods, and inventions disclosed or claimed in the said application, or in any divisions or continuations thereof or substitutes therefor, under and for the full term or terms of any United States letters patent which may be granted on said application or on Addtinl t any divisions, extensions continuations, or reissues thereof or substi- rAddeidibya s tutes therefor; and shall reserve to the Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Treasury the irrevocable and exclusive right to prosecute any above referred to application, together with the full power of substitution and revocation of powers of attorney therein, including the right to make alterations and amendments to any said application, to transact all business in the Patent Office connected therewith and to prosecute, conduct, and make adjustments and settlements of any interferences or other actions or proceedings that any such application may encounter or in which any such application may become involved. Approved, June 7, 1940. June 8, 1940 8. 920] [Private, No. 351] Joseph Mihelich. Jurisdiction of Court to hear claim of estate. [CHAPTER 296] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Montana to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the estate of Joseph Mihelich. Be it enacted by the Senate and aolse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the District of Montana to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of the estate of Joseph Mihelich, for damages sustained as a result of the death of Joseph Mihelich, who was killed at Butte, Montana, on July 2, 1938, the death of the said Joseph Mihelich being allegedly caused by the caving in of it sewer ditch which had been dug by employees of the Works Progress [54 STAT.

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