PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 119,122-MAR . 15, 1948 hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the West- ern District of Washington to hear, determine, and render judgment upon any claim for compensation against the United States arising out of injuries sustained by G. R. Below, late of Seattle, Washington, who was injured on May 16, 1942, while engaged in the pursuit of his occupation as a fisherman, by a bullet fired during target practice at the Naval Section Base, Port Angeles, Washington. Time limitation. SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limita- tions, suit upon any such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, suit on such claim may be instituted and maintained by the widow of the said G. R . Below, and in the determination of such claim the United States shall be held liable for damages to the said G. R . Below, and for any wrongful acts or omissions committed by any of its officers or employees, to the same extent as if the United States were a private person and to the same extent as if such suit had been instituted and maintained by the said G. R. Below prior to his death, except that any judgment rendered therein shall be payable to such widow. Except as otherwise provided in this section, pro- ceedings for the determination of such claim, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment thereon shall be in the same manner as 36 stat. 109; 62 in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions Stat Pt . 28s. B .d ..ui. of paragraph "Twentieth" of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved March 15, 1948. March 15, 1948 [H. R. 408] [Private Law 203] Lawson Ashby and others. [CHAPTER 122] AN ACT For the relief of Lawson Ashby; Mrs. Ora Ashby; and Lawson Ashby, the legal guardian of Betty Mae Ashby, a minor; Darrel Ashby, a minor; Kenneth Ashby, a minor; and Vernon Ashby, a minor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 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 not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,774.77 to Lawson Ashby, of Trinidad, California; the sum of $1,000 to Mrs. Ora Ashby, of Trinidad, California; the sum of $2,500 to the legal guardian of Betty Mae Ashby, a minor; the sum of $1,000 to the legal guardian of Darrel Ashby, a minor; the sum of $1,000 to the legal guardian of Kenneth Ashby, a minor; the sum of $300 to the legal guardian of Vernon Ashby, a minor; such payments being in full settle- ment of all their claims against the United States for property damage, personal injuries, losses, and expenses arising out of an accident which occurred on October 3, 1942, near McKinleyvile, California, and which involved an Army truck: Provided, That no part of the amounts 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 these claims, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any per- son 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 March 15, 1948. 1320 [62 STAT.
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