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1060 75TH CONGRESS, IST SESSION-CHS. 674-676-AUGUST 16, 1937 [CHAPTER 674] August 16, 1937 [H. R . 1207] [Private, No. 300] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to hear determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the estates of Marshall Campbell and Raymond O'Neal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Marshall Campbell United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction Claims ofestatesof, is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the mitted to distrct Middle District of Georgia to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claims of the estate of Marshall Campbell, and the estate of Raymond O'Neal, of Greene County, Georgia, for damages resulting from the deaths of said Marshall Campbell and Raymond O'Neal by reason of an auto- mobile collision involving a Civilian Conservation Corps truck on August 30, 1935, on the highway between Greensboro and Union Provs°o. Point, Georgia: Provided, That the judgment, if any, shall not exceed, in the case of the estate of Marshall Campbell, $5,000; and in the case of the estate of Raymond O'Neal, $5,000. Commencement of SEC. 2 . Suit upon such claims may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse Proceedings, etc. of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determi- nation of such claims, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judg- ment thereon, shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph twen- 28 U.S . C. § 41(20). tieth of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved, August 16, 1937. [CHAPTER 675] August 16, 1937 [H. R . 1915] [Private, No. 301] AN ACT For the relief of Charles Tabit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Charles Tabit. 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 allocated by the President for the maintenance and operation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, to Charles Tabit, of Montgomery, West Virginia, the sum of $3,204 in full satisfaction of all his claims against the United States for damages for personal injuries received by him on July 13, 1934, when struck by a Government truck operated by an enrollee Pmit.iononattor of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 521: Provided, That ey's, etc., fees. 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 con- ioPnelty for viola- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined m any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 16, 1937. [CHAPTER 676] AN ACT For the relief of Sam Romack. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the SamRomack. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Sam Romack, of Seward, Alaska, the sum of $125, in full settle- a] sli co SI ti August 16,1937 [. R. 1734] [Private, No. 302]