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992 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 646-JUNE 25, 1948 [62 STAT. Ant, p. 92. 1254 of title 28 of the United States Code." 41u. .c.. 106 Sec. 37. Section 6 of the Act approved August 7, 1946 (ch. 864, 60 note. Stat. 903), is amended to read as follows: Settlement ofclaims "Sec. 6 . Whenever any claimant under this Act is dissatisfied with or war contractlsss. the action of a department or agency of the Government in either granting or denying his claim, such claimant shall have the right within six months to file a petition with the Court of Claims or, if the claim does not exceed $10,000 in amount or suit has heretofore been brought or is brought within thirty days after the enactment of this amendatory act, with any Federal district court of competent juris- diction, asking a determination by the court of the equities involved in such claim; and upon the filing of such a petition, the court, sitting as a court of equity, shall have jurisdiction to determine the amount, if any, to which such claimant and petitioner may be equitably entitled (not exceeding the amount which might have been allowed by the department or agency concerned under the terms of this Act) and to enter an order directing such department or agency to settle the claim in accordance wth the finding of the court; and thereafter either party may appeal from the decision if it was rendered by a district court or petition the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari if it was rendered by the Court of Claims, as in other cases. Any case hereto- fore brought in a district court under this section may, at the election of the petitioner to be exercised within thirty days after the enactment of this amendatory Act, be transferred to the Court of Claims for original disposition in that court." Effective date. Sec. 38. The provisions of this Act shall take effect on September 1, 1948. Repeals. L SEC. 39 . The sections or parts thereof of the Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia, Revised Statutes of the United States or Statutes at Large enumerated in the following schedule are hereby repealed. Any rights or liabilities now existing under such sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by this repeal. SCHEDULE OF LAWS REPEALED D. C. Code Revised Statutes, D. C . Volume Page Title Section Section: 7.2-- . --..----- 18 t.l


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