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PRIVATE LAW 785-JULY 3, 1952

be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. 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 July 3, 1952. Private Law 784

CHAPTER 562 AN ACT For the relief of Isabelle F. Story.

July 3. 1952 [H.R.4070]

Be it enacted by the Semite aTid Howse 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 Isabelle F. Story, of Washington, District of Columbia, the sum of $156.03, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of expenses incident to the transfer and storage of her personal effects, from Chicago, Illinois, to Washington, District of Columbia: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall bB 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 contract to the contrary notwithstanding. 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 July 3, 1952. Private Law 785

Isabelle F. Story.

CHAPTER 563

AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of New Yorli to hear, determine, and render judgment upon a claim of the Bunker Hill Development Corporation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the jurisdiction conferred upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by subsection (b) of section 1346, title 28, United States Code, is hereby extended to a civil action, which may be commenced not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, asserting any claim or claims of Bunker Hill Development Corporation, of Newburgh, New York, against the United States for alleged damages arising out of the construction of Stewart Field, a United States Air Force Base located at Newburgh, New York, in such a manner as to allegedly destroy a housing development of said corporation, and for alleged damages to the property of said corporation by reason of the alleged failure of the Government to provide proper drainage from said Stewart Field, which resulted in the storm flooding of the property of the corporation. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all provisions of law applicable in and to such subsection, and applicable to judgments therein and appeals there-

July 3, 1952 [H.R.4277]

Bunker Hill Development Corp.

62 Stat. 933.

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