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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 561-563 -JUNE 19, 1948 be held liable for damages, and for any negligent or wrongful acts or omissions of any of its officers or employees, to the same extent as if the United States were a private person in accordance with the law of the place where the acts or omissions occurred. SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any statute of limitation or lapse of time, suit upon such claims may be instituted by the claimants within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Proceedings for the determination of such claim and review thereof, and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be had 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 June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 562] AN ACT For the relief of Warren H. McKenney. 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 Warren H. McKenney, of Chicago, Illinois, the sum of $8,660, in full satisfaction of his claims against the United States (1) for compensation for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of an automobile accident which occurred on November 22, 1945, near Antwerp, Belgium, when the automobile in which he was a passenger was struck by a United States Army vehicle, and (2) for compensation for the death of his wife, Anita R. McKenney, as a result of such accident, and (3) for reimbursement for medical and hospital expenses incurred by him as a result of such accident: 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 these claims, 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 exceeding $1,000. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 563] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Christine West and Mrs. Jesse West. 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 (1) Mrs. Christine West, of Poplar, Montana, the sum of $1,000 representing compen- sation for her outstanding right, title, and interest in three hundred and forty acres of land and all improvements thereon, tract 215B, Roosevelt County, State of Montana, adverse to the title of the United States under deed from Christ Christofferson dated on December 2, 1936, recorded in the land records of the said county on December 12, 1936, in volume 62 on page 190, and for any and all damages to a dwell- ing formerly located thereon, which was destroyed by enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1939, upon submission of evidence satisfactory to the Attorney General of a right, title, or interest adverse to the record title of the United States, and, upon delivery of a quitclaim deed conveying such right, title, or interest to the United 1377 36 Stat. 1091; 62 Stat., Pt. 1, p. 996. 28U.S.c. §41. June 19, 1948 [S. 873] [Private Law 359] Warren H. McKen- ney. June 19, 1948 [S. 1062] [Private Law 360] Mrs. Christine West.

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