[CHAPTER 586-2D SESSION] [S. 1900] AN ACT Conferring jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the cla estate of Bertha L. Tatrault. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative United States of America in Congress assembled, That jurisd hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for trict of Massachusetts to hear, determine, and render judgme the claim of the estate of Bertha L. Tatrault, late of W Massachusetts, against the United States for the death of t Bertha L. Tatrault, as the result of personal injuries sustai her when the horse-drawn wagon in which she was riding as senger was struck by a United States Coast Guard vehicle o numbered 9, east of Park Street, in Westboro, Massachuse September 7, 1943. SEC. 2. In the determination of such claim, the United shall be held liable for damages, and for any acts committed of its officers or employees, to the same extent as if the United were a private person. SEC. 3. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the de nation of such claim, and appeals from and payment of any jud thereon, shall be in the same manner as in the case of claims which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of para "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 Agricultural Commodities, Disposal of Surplus___ Allotments to War Casualties, Act of 7 March 1942, amended......... Annual leave, lump sum payment of on separation__ Anti-Trust Laws, applicability to surplus property disposal. Appropriation Acts: Additional Ship Repair Facilities Deficiencies for Fiscal Year Ending 30 June 1944_ Deficiencies for 1944, supplemental for 1945 and 1946. Labor, Federal Security Agency, 1945__ Naval, 1945 1944 Deficiencies and 1944-45 supplements_ Page 299 243 342 298 30 64 344 165 117 195 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.. 352 287 Bonds, surety, renewal of___. 48. C Cashing of checks, authorization of disbursing officers for... 266 Chief of Chaplains, establishment of 349 China Relief Expedition Veterans pension laws, revision in...- Claims from Terminated War Contracts, settlement provided for.......... Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve, claims for injuries or death of members of____ 215. 277 Coconut Oil processing tax, amendment and extension of.... 213 37 351 267 Construction, authorization for certain public works. Construction and operation of demonstration plants to produce synthetic fuel___. Conversion and construction of certain landing craft, authorization of......... 74 3 90 208 D Page Damage proceedings against U. S. deferment during war. Death gratuity of servicemen's beneficiaries, amendment of provision 257 352 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_ F 356 357 241 242 338 333 154 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.... Fuels, synthetic, provision for plants. 273 200 335 325 163 210 74 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................ 339 271 252 I Insurance, National Service Life Act of 1940, amendments to-- L Land, authority to convey specified parcels. Landing and District craft, conversion or construction authorized___. 283, 286 77 254 35, 336, 358 90 |