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 54 STAT.] 76TH CONG., 3D SESS.- CHS. 405, 406, 418-JUNE 20, 24, 1940 [CHAPTER 405] AN ACT For the relief of Maria Teresa Valdes Thompson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of the immigration and naturalization laws, the Secretary of Labor be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to record the lawful admittance for permanent residence of Maria Teresa Valdes Thompson, wife of an American citizen, in August 1939, and that she shall, for all purposes under the immigration and naturalization laws, be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the United States as an immigrant for permanent residence. Approved, June 20, 1940. [CHAPTER 406] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction upon the District Court of the United States for the South- ern District of Florida to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Zook Palm Nurseries, Incorporated, a Florida corporation. 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 District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida to hear, determine, and render judg- ment, upon the claim of Zook Palm Nurseries, Incorporated, a Florida corporation, said claim arising out of alleged damages done to its nursery gardens and property located along the east bank of the Intracoastal Waterway immediately south of Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, from October 2, 1933, to the date of the passage of this Act, by their overflow with salt water from the Intracoastal Waterway, allegedly due to the widening and deep- ening of the waterway adjacent to and in the vicinity of said nursery gardens and property, and the removal of the dike along the said waterway by the War Department: Provided, That the district judge shall, at a separate hearing first determine whether or not any release signed by claimant, ZookPalm Nurseries, Incorporated, and particu- larly a release dated May 3, 1935, is a complete release of the claim against the Government which the claimant alleges; and whether or not the release agreement contemplated the construction of a dike by the United States Government. Should the judge find that the release was a full and complete one as to the claims herein alleged, or if the judge finds that the release agreement did not contemplate the con- struction of a dike by the Federal Government, no further proceed- ings shall be had: Provided further, That suit hereunder may be instituted at any time within one year from the date of the enactment of this Act and proceedings therein, appeals therefrom, and payment of judgment thereon, if any, shall be had in the same manner as in the case of claims over which said court has jurisdiction under the provisions of the Judicial Code. Approved, June 20, 1940. [CHAPTER 418] AN ACT To amend the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 2194), and for other purposea Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of August 27 1935 (49 Stat. 2194) be, and the same is hereby amended so as to allow the submission of claims by Indians thereuder at any June 20, 1940 is. 3245] [Private, No. 391] MariaTeresaValdes Thompson. Admission for per- manent residence deemed lawful. June 20, 1940 IH. R.808] [Private, No. 392] Zook Palm Nurs- eries, Inc. Claim; jurisdiction. Prorfos. Release of claim against the Govern- ment. Commencement of suit. Procedure. June 24, 1940 8. 3352] [PrTate No. 393 Minnesota Time extended for lin certain Indian deam.

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