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PRIVATE LAW 944-AUG. 31, 1954

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said Christine Thum is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to the said William Ritchie Smith, and (2) that she is otherwise admissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act. I n the event the marriage between the above-named persons does not occur within three months after the entry of the said Christine Thum, she shall be required to depart from the United States and upon failure to do so shall be deported in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. In the event that the marriage between the above-named persons shall occur within three months after the entry of the said Christine Thum, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the said Christine Thum as of the date of the payment by her of the required visa fee. Approved August 31, 1954.

Private Law 943

CHAPTER 1188

AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 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 Onited'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 damage its golf course and buildings as a result of weed-laden soil dust and cement dust blowing over its properties in 1942 and 1943, and to destroy a proposed 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 and maintain proper drainage from said Stewart Field, which resulted and successively results in the storm-flooding of the property of the corporation. Any such civil action may be joined for trial with any pending action between the Bunker Hill Development Corporation and the United States relative to damages in the construction of Stewart Field. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all provisions of law applicable in and to such subsection, and applicable to j iidgments therein and appeals therefrom, are made equally applicable in respect of the civil actions authorized by this Act. Nothing in this Act shall constitute an admission of liability on the part of the United States. Approved August 31, 1954. Private Law 944

August 31, 1954 [S. 2980]

Bunker Hill Development Corp. 62 Stat. 933.

CHAPTER 1189

AN ACT For the relief of certain nationals of Italy.

August 31, 1954 [S. 3058]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Teresa Arlorio (Sister M. Augusta), Rosemma Brignolo (Sister M, Davidica), Anna Maria

66 Stat. 1638 USC 1101 note.

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