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PRIVATE LAW 857-AUG. 27, 1954 Private Law 857

August 27, 19S4 [H. R. 2815]

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CHAPTER 1022 AN ACT P Q ^ the relief of Floyd C. Barber.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Floyd c. Barber. 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, the sum of $1,596.38 to Floyd C. Barber, of 1800 Fifty-third Street, Kenosha, Wisconsin, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of wages and expenses resulting from being unjustly suspended from the Kenosha, Wisconsin, Post Office in June of 1939 and restored to duty July 1940: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act 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 August 27, 1954. Private Law 858 AufeuBt 27, 1954 [H. R. 2874]

CHAPTER 1023

AN ACT rp^ confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mary K. Reynolds, as successor in interest to the Colonial Realty Company.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mary K. Rey- United States of America in Congress ossemMed^ That (a) notwithnolds. standing any statute of limitation or lapse of time, any provision of law to the contrary, any release, or any prior acceptance by the claimant of partial performance by the United States, jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mary K. Reynolds, as successor in interest to the Colonial Realty Company, against the United States resulting from the alleged failure of the Secretary of the Interior to complete the exchange of lands authorized and directed by the Act entitled "An Act providing for an exchange of lands between the Colonial Realty Company and the United States, and for other purposes", approved March 23, 1933 (48 Stat, 1295), as supplemented by the Act entitled "An Act giving credit for water charges paid on damaged land", approved June 14, 1933 (48 Stat. 1300), in the manner and to the extent required by such Acts. (b) Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon said court (1) to proceed as a court of equity jurisdiction in the adjustment of accounts between the claimant and the United States, (2) to enter such order or decree granting equitable relief as justice and right shall require, and (3) to enforce any such order or decree in any manner or by any proceeding available to a district court of the United States for the enforcement of its orders and decrees. SEC. 2. (a) Suit upon such claim may be instituted hereunder not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Except as otherwise provided herein, proceedings for the determination of

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