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 60 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 2n SESS.-CHS. 195-197-APR. 20, 1946 [CHAPTER 195] AN ACT April 20, 1946 To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Eastern [H. R. 4797] District of Virginia to determine the claim of Lewis E. Magwood. [Private Law 502] 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 District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to hear and determine, and to render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, on the claim of Lewis E. Magwood, of Norfolk, Virginia, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained and expenses incurred by the said Lewis E. Magwood on account of a wound received while he was on duty on the tug Mars, which was towing targets during target practice of the Two Hundred and Fifty-second Coast Artillery, North Carolina National Guard, under the guidance and instruction of United States Army personnel, near Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, on August 3, 1932, if such suit is brought within one year after the enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the judgment, if any, rendered as the result of such suit, upon proper certification from the said United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Approved April 20, 1946. [CHAPTER 196] AN ACT For the relief of Herman Gelb. 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 Herman Gelb, of New York City, New York, the sum of $500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States by said Herman Gelb on account of the injuries sustained by him when the automobile in which he was a passenger was struck by a War Depart- ment jeep on October 15, 1943, in Jersey City, New Jersey: 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 April 20, 1946. Lewis E. Magwood. April 20, 1946 [H. R. 4957] [Private Law 503] Herman Oelb. [CHAPTER 197] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. May Holland. 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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. May Holland, Cape May, New Jersey, the sum of $5,529. The payment of such April 20, 1946 [H. R. 5010] [Private Law 504] Mrs. May Holland. 1161

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