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 1198 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 656 -658-OCT. 10, 1949 [63 STAT. twenty-eight and seventy one-hundredths chains to the place of begin- ning, containing eighty-nine acres of land, more or less; and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, is hereby given jurisdiction to hear and determine such cause; and, in case such suit be filed, service of citation or any other necessary processes shall be had upon the United States district attorney for said district, who shall file an answer and defend said suit; such service shall have the same force and effect as made and provided in civil actions, and the laws and rules governing the trial of civil actions in the United States District Courts shall apply to the trial of all matters involved in said suit, and either of the parties shall have the right of appeal; and should the said Curtis R. Enos die prior to the filing of such suit or after said suit is filed but prior to final judgment therein his said cause of action and the right to prose- Timelimitation. cute the same shall survive and pass to his heirs: Provided, That any suit brought under the authority granted herein shall be instituted within six months from the date of enactment of this Act. Approved October 10, 1949. [CHAPTER 657] October 10, 1949 [H. R. 3499] [Private Law 318] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Central Division of the Southern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mabel Colliver. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mabel Colliver. United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Central Division of the Southern District of California to hear, deter- mine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mabel Colliver, of Long Beach, California, for damages allegedly sustained as the result of an accident involving an ambulance owned by the United States Veterans' Administration at or near the intersection of West Twenty-fourth Street and Blaisdell Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 25, 1944. Time limitation SEC. 2. Suit upon such claim 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 determina- tion of such claim, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be in the same manner as in cases over which such court 8 Us.a ., supp. has jurisdiction under the provisions of section 1346 of Title 28 of 1, W 134. the United States Code. Approved October 10, 1949. October 10, 1949 [H. R. 4777] Private Law 319] J. D. Lecky. [CHAPTER 658] AN ACT For the relief of J. D. Lecky. 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 hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. D. Lecky, Richmond, Virginia, the sum of $1,000. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said J. D. Lecky against the United States for the assistance which he rendered in connection with the recovery by the United States of $6,810 on account of certain fire insurance premiums: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated 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,

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