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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 323, 324, 336-JULY 24, 30 ,1941 [55 STAT. [CHAPTER 323] AN ACT July 24, 1941 [S. 1348S [Private Law 135] J. M. Swinney. Payment to. Precio. [CHAPTER 324] July24,1941 AN ACT [S. 1352] Conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render [Private Law 136] judgment on the claim of R. Brinskelle and Charlie Melcher. R. Brinskelle and Charlie Melcher. Jurisdiction con- ferred on Court of Claims to hear, etc., claim of. (flmuienecmrent of suit. 'roceedings. 28 u. . C.§250. 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 Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claim of R. Brinskelle and Charlie Melcher for damages for loss of a fishing cabin located on Warrior River, Jefferson County, Alabama, on or about March 6, 1937, because of fire allegedly caused by negligence of Government employees in connection with clearing operations along the banks of the Warrior River and its tributaries. SEC. 2 . Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after enactment of this Act and proceedings for the deter- miination of such claim appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment thereon shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction under section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, July 24, 1941. [CHAPTER 336] July 30, 1941 [H. R. 1702] [Private Law 137] Mary McCutcheon. Credit in postal ac- counts. Prvisoa. Assignment of olains. AN ACT For the relief of Mary McCutcheon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the Comp- troller General of the United States be. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Mary McCutcheon, postmaster at Schulter, Oklahoma, in the sum of $870.69, due the United States on account of loss of postal funds and Treasury savings funds result- ing from the failure of the First National Bank of Schulter, Okla- homa, and the Miners National Bank of Henryetta, Oklahoma: Pro- vided, That the said postmaster shall assign to the United States any For the relief of J. M. Swinney. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of th; United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. M. Swinney, of Poplarville, Mississippi, the sum of $2,719, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of injuries to the said J. M. Swinney resulting from the explosion of several dynamite caps handed to him loosely by Works Progress Administration employees in his welding and blacksmith shop on May 23, 1938: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, July 24, 1941.

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