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 668 [CHAPTER 114] June 1, 1943 [H. R. 2067] [Private Law 51] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of H. M. Reid and Company, of Macon, Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the opan. Reid and United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of H. M. Reid and Company, of Macon, Georgia, for damages sustained as a result of allegedly being wrongfully deprived of the right to cut timber on certain land acquired by the United States in the State of Florida: Provided, That in the trial of said cause, the Government shall be permitted to avail itself of all defenses to which it is entitled under the law. SEC. 2. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, nothwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determination of such claim, and appeals from and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be in the same manner as in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions 36Stat. 1093. of paragraph "Twentieth" of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as 28U.Sp.C. 41e., n Approved June 1, 1943. June 2, 1943 [H. R. 535] [Private Law 521 Donna Pittel, guardian. [CHAPTER 116] AN ACT For the relief of the legal guardian of Donna Pittel. 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 the legal guardian of Donna Pittel, the sum of $7,500 in full settle- ment of all claims against the United States for personal injuries sustained and all medical expenses that now exist or that might be incurred in the future by the said Donna Pittel when she was struck by a United States mail truck on June 23, 1941, at Chicago, Illinois, which mail truck was operated by an employee of the United States Post Office Department in connection with his employment by the Government: 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 unlaw- ful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 113, 114, 116-JUNE 1, 2, 1943 [57 STAT. the automobile he was driving and a United States Army truck col- lided on United States Highway Numbered 99, near Visalia Airport, California, on June 29, 1941: 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 June 1, 1943.

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