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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 491, 500-AUG. 5, 1947 [CHAPTER 491] August 5, 1947 [H. R. 1492] [Private Law 129] P. L. (Spud) Murphey. August 5, 1947 [S. 609] [Private Law 130] U. S. District Court for Western District of Arkansas. Jurisdiction to hear certain claims. 36 Stat. 1093. 28 U.S. C. 141 (20). [61 STAT. AN ACT For the relief of P. L. (Spud) Murphey, owner and manager of Spud's Tailors, Laundry, and Dry Cleaning Works. 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 P. L. (Spud) Murphey, owner and manager of Spud's Tailors, Laun- dry, and Dry Cleaning Works, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the sum of $9,540.48, in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of losses suffered as the result of the destruction of the accounting records of his company ordered by the Navy Intelli- gence in Honolulu on or about February 13, 1942: 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 one agent or agency, or by any one attorney or firm of attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. 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 August 5, 1947. [CHAPTER 500] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claims arising out of the deaths of Norman Ray Pedron and Carl Franklin Morris. 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 Western District of Arkansas to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claims against the United States arising out of the deaths of Norman Ray Pedron and Carl Franklin Morris, late of Hope, Arkansas, who were killed April 15, 1944, at Hope, Arkansas, by the explosion of a 37-millimeter shell of the type used by the United States Army. SEC. 2. In the determination of such claims, the United States shall be held liable for damages, and for any acts committed by any of its officers or employees, to the same extent as if the United States were a private person. SEC. 3. Suit upon such claims may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determination of such claims, 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 of paragraph "Twen- tieth" of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved August 5, 1947. 1016

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