[CHAPTER 586-2D SESSION] [S. 1900] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the estate of Bertha L. Tatrault. 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 Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of the estate of Bertha L. Tatrault, late of Westboro, Massachusetts, against the United States for the death of the said Bertha L. Tatrault, as the result of personal injuries sustained by her when the horse-drawn wagon in which she was riding as a passenger was struck by a United States Coast Guard vehicle on route numbered 9, east of Park Street, in Westboro, Massachusetts, on September 7, 1943. SEC. 2. In the determination of such claim, the United States shall be held liable for damages, and for any acts committed by any of its officers or employees, to the same extent as if the United States were a private person. SEC. 3. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determination of such claim, and appeals from and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be in the same manner 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 December 14, 1944. [CHAPTER 648--2D SESSION] [H. R. 2903] AN ACT For the relief of the Washington Asphalt Company. 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 the Washington Asphalt Company, Seattle, Washington, the sum of $1,431.31. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of such company against the United States for losses sustained on account of the destruction of a piece of paving equipment known as a "5-8-ton Galion roller" which was struck by a United States Navy airplane on March 5, 1943, at the Sand Point Naval Air Station in Seattle, Washington: 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 contrary 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 December 21, 1944. [CHAPTER 686-2D SESSION] [H. R. 3928] AN ACT For the relief of James LeRoy Eden. 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 to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to James LeRoy Eden, of 2180 Northwest Fifty-fifth Street, Miami, Florida, the sum of $2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the personal injuries sustained by him by the collision of a United States Navy station wagon with an automobile driven by John Andrew Godwin at the intersection of Northwest Seventy-eighth Street and Twentyseventh Avenue, at Miami, Florida, on March 18, 1943: 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 contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved December 22, 1944. PUBLIC LAWS A Page Agricultural Commodities, Disposal of Surplus___ 299 Allotments to War Casualties, Act of 7 March 1942, amended___ 243 Annual leave, lump sum payment of on separation_. 342 Anti-Trust Laws, applicability to surplus property disposal _ _ _ 298 Appropriation Acts: Additional Ship Repair Facilities 30 Deficiencies for Fiscal Year Ending 30 June 1944_ 64 Deficiencies for 1944, supplemental for 1945 and 1946_. 344 Ordnance Manufacturing and Production Facilities, provision for.........-86, 341 Regulation of Naval Petroleum Reserves; amendment of... Automobiles, compensation for use of personal automobiles_. 92 351 B Bath, Maine, jurisdiction as to claims for damage to bridge at.. China Relief Expedition Veterans pension laws, revision in. Citizenship, Certification for Derived Citizens__ Citizenship, naturalization of persons in armed forces_ Civilian Pilot Training Act, extension of.. Civil remedies and penalties_ Civil Service Retirement: Adjustment in injury compensation_. Death of annuitant in reemployment status_ Five-year period deferred or omitted.. Interest on separation, payment of Claims from Terminated War Contracts, settlement provided for..‒‒‒‒ Coconut Oil processing tax, amendment and extension of Construction and operation of demonstration plants to produce synthetic fuel.... Construction, authorization for certain public works_ Conversion and construction of certain landing craft, authorization of____ 266 349 25 1 350 214 304 360 337 359 146, 162 215. 277 213 37 351 267 74 3 90 268 D Page Damage proceedings against U. S. deferment during war. 257 352 Death gratuity of servicemen's beneficiaries, amendment of provision concerning... 45 Death pension or compensation, provision for persons missing in action___ 263 207 Disability rate of compensation of veterans, increase of... 312 Disbursing Officers: Authorization to cash checks and foreign drafts.. Discharged underage servicemen, transportation home provided for.... D. C., discretionary powers as to license and business fees_ E Educational assistance in D. C. for children of deceased veterans, provided. 356 357 241 242 338 333 154 F Fares on common carriers, reduction for servicemen__. Farms, operation of under Navy jurisdiction _ _ _ Federal Insurance Contributions, rates of tax fixed.. Fleet Admiral of the Navy, General of the Army, grades established - Foreign friendly forces, jurisdiction of service courts of.. 273 200 335 325 163 210 74 Fuels, synthetic, provision for plants___ G "G. I. Bill of Rights". 97 Gifts to Navy Academy, acceptance by Secretary of Navy authorized---- 47 247 H Health Regulations, extended to government restaurants in D. C...----- Insurance, National Service Life Act of 1940, amendments to.... L Land, authority to convey specified parcels - 283, 286 77 254 Landing and District craft, conversion or construction authorized... |