63 STAT.] 81rT CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 219, 222, 223-JUNE 16, 17, 1949
him as a result of said injuries; and (3) for compensation for loss and
damage to his personal property as a result of such accident: Provided,
That 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-
trary 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 June 16, 1949.
[CHAPTER 222]
AN ACT
Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of
Nebraska to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Mrs.
Florence Benolken.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisdiction
is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the
District of Nebraska to hear, determine, and render judgment upon
the claim of Mrs. Florence Benolken, of Omaha, Nebraska, for compen-
sation for any and all losses sustained by her as a result of having
been advised by representatives of the War Department that she
was not entitled to have her household goods shipped at Government
expense from Seattle, Washington, to Omaha, Nebraska, subsequent
to the death in October 1942, of her husband, Lieutenant Francis John
Benolken, while serving on active duty in the Army of the United
States.
SEC. 2. In the determination of such claims, the United States shall
be held liable for damages, and for any negligent or wrongful acts
or omissions of any of its officers or employees, to the same extent as
if the United States were a private person in accordance with the
law of the place where the acts or omissions occurred.
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any statute of limitations or lapse of time,
suit upon such claim may be instituted by the claimant within one
year after the date of enactment of this Act. Proceedings for the
determination of such claim and review thereof, and payment of any
judgment thereon, shall be had as in the case of claims over which
such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph
"Twentieth" of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended.
Approved June 17, 1949.
1119
Tune 17, 1949
[8. 189]
[Private Law 116]
Mrs. Florence Ben-
olken.
82 Stat. 933, 99.
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101.
Ante, pp. 62, 101.
[CHAPTER 223]
AN ACT
For the relief of Frederick W. Lass.
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 is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Frederick W. Lass,
37661/2 West Fifty-fourth Street, Los Angeles, California, the sum
of $114.70. Such sum represents the loss sustained by Mr. Lass on
December 8, 1947, when articles of clothing were stolen while he was
working as a substitute clerk for the railway mail service in the Ter-
minal Annex Station in Los Angeles. Such loss could not have been
incurred had the Post Office Department made provision for extra
rune 17 1949
[H. R . 1068]
[Private Law 116]
Frederick W. Lass.
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