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PRIVATE LAW 86-205-SEPT. 21, 1959

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Private Law 86-205 September 21, 1959 [H. R. 4134]

Scotty James.

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AN ACT To confer jurisdiction upon the District Court for the Territory of Alaska to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim, or claims, of Scotty James, of Sitka, Alaska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the District Court for the Territory of Alaska be, and hereby is, given jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim, or claims, of Scotty James, of Sitka, Alaska, for any real and personal property losses and damages sustained arising from the occupancy during World War II by the Navy for military purposes of Alice Island, near Sitka, Alaska, notwithstanding any statute of limitations with respect to suits against the United States or any lapse of time: Provided, That the action in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska to establish such losses and damages shall be instituted within one year from the date of the approval of this Act, and the same ri^ht of appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Nmth Circuit from the judgment of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska shall be had as in other causes in that court: Provided further, That the passage of this Act shall not be construed as an inference of liability on the part of the Government of the United States. SEC. 2. The jurisdiction conferred by this Act on the District Court for the Territory of Alaska shall be subject to the provisions of the Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339), and if prior to the commencing of the action authorized by this Act the United States District Court for the District of Alaska has commenced to function, the jurisdiction cojiferred by this Act on the District Court for the Territory of Alaska shall be deemed to be conferred instead upon the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Approved September 21, 1959. Private Law 86-206

September 21, 1959 [ H. R. 4839]

AN ACT For the relief of Peter F. de Ullmann.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Peter F. de Ull United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purmann. 66 Stat. 163. poses of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Peter F. de Ullmann 8 USC 1101 note. shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of this Act, upon payment of the required visa fee: Provided, That a suitable and proper bond or undertaking, approved by the Attorney 8 USC 1183. General, be deposited as described by section 213 of the Immigration Quota deduction, aud Nationality Act. Upon the granting of permanent residence to such alien as provided for in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. Approved September 21, 1959.

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