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 PRIVATE LAWS -CHS. 10 1 6108,1 a 27 29, 943 June 1, 1943 39 Stat. 120, 582. 5U.S.C. §§58, 59. May 29, 1943 [H. R. 1468] [Private Law 46] Mr. and Mrs. Sam- uel Azer. notwithstanding the provisions of section 6 of the Act of May 10, 1916, as amended by the Act of August 29, 1916, relating to dual com- pensation, said Charles T. Dulin having been carried during said employments on the pay roll of the House of Representatives as a transcriber in the office of the official reporters of debates, at the basic rate of compensation of $1,200 per annum plus an additional so-called wartime bonus of $120. Approved May 27, 1943. [CHAPTER 108] AN ACT For the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Azer. 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 be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Azer, of Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Penn- sylvania, the sum of $500, which sum shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for damage to property of said Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Azer as the result of the blasting operations on a Works Progress Administration project on May 19, 1939: Pro- vided, 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 May 29, 1943. [CHAPTER 110] AN ACT June 1, 1943 [uR. 19701 To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern I'Private Law i7] District of Virginia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of 0. T. Travis. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the . T. Travis. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim against the United States of America of O. T. Travis, of Newport News, Virginia, owner of the power boat, "Dorothy Frances", for damage to said vessel, sunk on June 12, 1937, by striking what is alleged to have been an improperly and insufficiently marked wreck, in navigable water, on the west side of lower Chesapeake Bay, south- east of Black River (Virginia) light, may be sued for by the said O. T. Travis in the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and such court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit, and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, interest, and costs, if any shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the said O. T. Travis, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, and with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by the order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the said Attor- ney General to cause the United States Attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States. Approved June 1, 1943. 666 [57 STAT.

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