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PRIVATE LAW 85-116-AUG. 13, 1957

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in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Louis S. Thomas and D. Grace Thomas, both of Deep River, Connecticut, the sums of $1,000 and $6,500, respectively, in full settlement of all their claims against the United States arising out of large expenses and serious injuries sustained by them when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Navy station wagon at Middletown, Connecticut, on or about May 9, 1946. The losses and serious injuries complained of and sustained by the said Louis S. Thomas and D. Grace Thomas at said time and place were the direct results of the grossly negligent operation by the Navy personnel of the Navy vehicle, the driver of which was asleep at the wheel. At said time and place the said Louis S. Thomas and D. Grace Thomas were free from any negligence which in any way contributed toward said accident and the resulting injuries therefrom. I n actions brought on these claims under the provisions of title 28 of the United States Code relating to tort claims, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut decided on June 6, 1950, that it is without jurisdiction because the driver of the Navy station wagon was not acting within the scope of his office or employment: Provided, That no part of either of the sums 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 the claim settled by the payment of such sum, 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 13, 1957.

Private Law 85-116 August 13, 1957 [H. R. 7522]

M c C l o u d River Lumber Co.

42 Stat. 465; 43 Stat. 1090.

AN ACT To authorize the extension of certain rights to remove timber from lands acquired by the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anietica in Congress assembled, That in order to provide time sufficient for the acceptance thereof by the Secretary of the Interior under the Act of March 20, 1922, as amended (16 U.S.C. 485, 486), in exchange for authority from the Secretary of Agriculture to cut and remove not to exceed an equal value of national forest timber, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to extend for a period of not to exceed two years from September 20, 1957, the right of the McCloud River Lumber Company to cut and remove merchantable timber reserved by it in deed dated September 20, 1932, situated on those parts of northeast quarter northeast quarter, southwest quarter northeast quarter, west half southeast quarter section 12, township 39 north, range 2 west. Mount Diablo meridian, north and west of the McCloud River (further identified as land exchange survey numbered 331), which reservation is set forth as an exception in deed from Shaw Lumber Company to the United States dated February 20, 1941, and recorded on page 30, volume 120, official records of Siskiyou County, California. Approved August 13, 1957.

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