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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 47 STAT. · September 24, 1917 · Private Law 44

Private Law 44.

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(/us/pvtl/72/43).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary Ralph E. Williamson. Compensation, for fire damages. 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 $565 to Ralph E. Williamson, as compensation in full for loss of property destroyed by the fire on September 24, 1917, in the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, such loss having been the result of the inability of the fire department of the city of Lawton to control said fire because of lack of water, all available water for fire-fighting purposes having been appropriated and being used by the War Department in connection with the training of soldiers at Fort Sill and Camp Doniphan: *Provided*, That before said claim is allowed *Proviso*.
Investigation, etc., required. and paid the Comptroller General of the United States shall make an investigation of said claim to determine the extent and amount of such loss and damage, and such claim shall be adjusted in amount not in excess of the amount set out herein and upon certificates issued to said claimant by the said Comptroller General of the United States. Approved, June 7, 1932. For the relief of Nancy H. Rouse, Clara H. Simmons, W. H. Hays, Hallie H. Hamilton, and Bradford P.
Hays. 1932-06-08 221 Chapter 47 Stat. 1670 72 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-27 private 1670 [CHAPTER 221.] AN ACT For the relief of Nancy H. Rouse, Clara H. Simmons, W. H. Hays, Hallie H. Hamilton, and Bradford P. Hays. June 8, 1932.[[S. 1357](/us/bill/72/s/1357).][[Private, No. 44](/us/pvtl/72/44).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Nancy H.
Rouse, *et al.* May bring suit for property damages in Court of Claims or District Court. That Nancy H. Rouse, Clara H. Simmons, W. H. Hays, Hallie H. Hamilton, and Bradford P. Hays, owners of a certain farm consisting of three hundred and thirty-two acres, more or less, near Camp Knox in Hardin County, Kentucky, are hereby authorized to bring suit against the United States of America to recover damages, if any, for loss or losses, which they may have sustained or suffered by reason of establishment, construction, or maintenance of Camp Knox in the Jurisdiction conferred.
State of Kentucky. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States or the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky to hear, consider, determine, and render judgment for the amount of any such damages, if any, as may be found to have been sustained or suffered by the above owners of said property, with the same right of appeal as in other cases, and notwithstanding any lapse of time or statute of *Proviso*. Commencement of suit. limitations: *Provided*, That such action will be brought within one year from the date that this Act shall become effective.
Approved, June 8, 1932. For the relief of the Union Ferry Company, owners of the ferryboat Montauk. 1932-06-09 226 Chapter 47 Stat. 1670 72 1 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2024-12-27 private [CHAPTER 226.] AN ACT For the relief of the Union Ferry Company, owners of the ferryboat Montauk. June 9, 1932.[[S. 6](/us/bill/72/s/6).][
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