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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 498, 499, 561-JUNE 17, 19, 1948 [62 STAT. March 2, 1861 (12 Stat. 891), as amended by the Act of November 29, 1944 (58 Stat. 1036), is further amended by striking out so much thereof as reads as follows: "To Stephen Holliday, southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two;", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "To Stephen Holli- day, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, township eight, of range two;". ffective date. SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall be effective as of March 2,1861. Approved June 17, 1948. [CHAPTER 499] June 17, 1948 AN ACT [H.R. 2634] For the relief of the Tampa Chapter Numbered 113, United Daughters of the [Private Law 357] Confederacy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the TNmpa Chap3,ted United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Daughtersof theCon- of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money federacy. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Tampa Chapter Numbered 113, United Daughters of the Confederacy, the sum of $1,000. The payment of such sum is to assist in repairing Confederate memorial monument in Tampa, Florida, which was damaged under date of October 27, 1946, by an accident caused by certain men of the United States Navy, and the payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Tampa Chapter Numbered 113, United Daughters of the Confederacy, against the United States on account of property damages to the Confederate memorial monu- ment in Court House Square, Lafayette and Franklin Streets, Tampa, Florida: 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 con- tract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $1,000. Approved June 17, 1948. [CHAPTER 561] June 19. 1948 AN ACT [S.424] Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of [Private Law 3 f5] Nebraska to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of John J. Higgins, and others. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the John J. Higgins and United States of America in Congress assembled,That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the following-named persons, all of Saunders County, Nebraska, against the United States for loss of or damage to their corn crops as a result of the flooding in April, May, and June, 1944, of the prop- erties owned or rented by such persons as a result of an excessive flow of water in Silver Creek which followed the construction by the War Department of a drainage ditch from the Nebraska Ordnance Plant to such creek: John J. Higgins, Frank Higgins, Mrs. Agnes Kelly, Leonard G. Cameron, Doctor Daniel Dieter, Frank J. Dieter, Kenneth Rogers, Amanda Scheuneman Coderre, and Joseph Trpisovsky. SEc. 2. In the determination of such claims, the United States shall 1376

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