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PUBLIC LAW 143—SEPT. 13, 1951

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"Actions pursuant to the provisions of this section may be instituted by the veteran concerned, in any United States district court, which court may, as a part of any judgment, award costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to the successful party. I n the event the veteran shall fail to institute any action hereunder within thirty days after discovering he has overpaid, or having instituted an action shall fail diligently to prosecute the same, or upon request by the veteran, the Attorney General, in the name of the Government of the United States, may proceed therewith, in which event one-third of any recovery in said action shall be paid over to the veteran and two-thirds thereof shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. "The remedy provided in this section shall be in addition to any and all other penalties imposed by law." Approved September 13, 1951.

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AN ACT To authorize certain easements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to grant and convey without reimbursement and on such terms and conditions as he determines to be in the public interest, to the following grantees the following easements in and over land, description by metes and bounds in each case being on file in the Navy Department: (a) l o the county of Kleberg, Texas, a permanent easement for public highway purposes over a strip of land ten feet wide and approximately three thousand seven hundred and sixty feet long on the south side of the outlying field of the naval auxiliary air station, Kingsville, Texas; (b) To the city and county of San Francisco, California, a permanent easement for the construction and maintenance of two 10-inch sludge force mains in and under two strips of land eight feet wide, and twenty-five and one hundred and twenty-five feet long, respectively, within the lands of the United States Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Islais Creek, San Francisco, California; (c) To the city of San Diego, California, a permanent easement for public highway purposes over a strip of land fifteen feet wide and approximately nine hundred and sixty-two feet long adjacent to the east boundary of San Pasqual Street and on the west side of the Sachem housing project (No. Cal-4037-N), San Diego, California; and (d) To the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, a permanent easement for telephone line purposes over two strips of land ten feet wide and aggregating approximately six hundred and six feet in length over and across the lands of the naval training and distribution center at Camp Elliott, San Diego County, California. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to grant and convey to the Kansas City Power and Light Company a permanent easement for the erection and maintenance of overhead transmission lines across and over an irregular shaped parcel of land within the boundaries of the Naval Industrial Reserve Aircraft Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, containing approximately two and sixty-seven one-hundredths acres, a metes and bounds description of which is on file in the Department of the Navy, the terms and conditions of the grant and conveyance to include the payment therefor of the fair market value thereof as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. Approved September 13, 1951.

September 13, 1951 [H. R. 4024]

Navy Department. Granting of certain easements.

Kleberg Tex.

County,

San Francisco, Calif.

San Diego, Calif.

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Kansas City Power and Light Co.

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