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PRIVATE LAW 489-MAR. 10, 1952

Private Law

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AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon a United States district court to determine the claims of William P. Novotny, Senior, and others.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in-Congress assembled, That the jurisdiction conferred upon a United States District Court 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 enactment of this Act, asserting any claim or claims of William P. Novotny, Senior, the estate of Margaret E. Dohnt, the legal guardian of Florence Hauser, the legal guardian of Richard Adams, Junior, the legal guardian of William Novotny, Junior, the legal guardian of Bernadette Novotny, the legal guardian of Stanley Swiadek, the legal guardian of Joseph F. Krotz, Junior, for the death of Margaret E. Dohnt and for personal injuries of others set forth in the bill, sustained as the result of an accident involving a United States Army truck at the intersection of Guinea Road and Hillside Avenue in Old Westbury, New York, on January 8, 1944: Provided, That this suit is instituted in the United States District Court for the district wherein the plaintiffs are resident or wherein the act complained of occurred. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all provisions of law applicable to judgments therein and appeals therefrom, are hereby made equally applicable in respect of the civil action authorized by this Act: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act does or shall constitute an admission of liability on the part of the (lovernment of the United States of America.

March 10, 1952 [H.R. 2212]

Wmiam P. Novotny, Sr., and others. 62 Stat. '.'33.

Approved March 10, 1952. Private Law 489

C H A P T E R 100 AN ACT For the relief of William C Reed.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. i7i 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 William C. Reed, of Pasadena, California, the sum of $4,810.20 for the damages caused to his property located in Riverside County, California, on September 21, 1943, as the result of noncombat activities of the United States Army: 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 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 March 10, 1952.

March 10, 1952 [H.R. 2858]

William C. Reed.

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