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(/us/pvt/74/484)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That jurisdictionBarbara Backstrom.Jurisdiction conferred on district court to hear claim of. is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan to hear, determine, and render judgment, as if the United States were suable in tort, upon the claim of Barbara Backstrom, of Muskegon, Michigan, for damages resulting from injuries sustained in falling from an unguarded spot on 2262the lighthouse maintained by the Government at the entrance of the channel leading from Lake Michigan into the Muskegon Lake *Proviso*.Amount limited.Harbor on July 7, 1934: *Provided*, That the judgment, if any, shall not exceed the sum of $5,000.
Sec. 2. Commencement of suit. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse Proceedings.of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determination of such claims, and appeals from and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be in the same manner as in the cases of claims over which such court has jurisdiction, under the provisions [U. S. C., p. 1230](/us/usc/p1230).of paragraph twentieth of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended.
Approved, May 4, 1936. For the relief of Mary L. Munro. 1936-05-04 284 Chapter 49 Stat. 2262 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 2025-01-07 74 2 private [CHAPTER 284.] AN ACT For the relief of Mary L. Munro. May 4, 1936.[[H. R. 4411](/us/bill/74/hr/4411)][[Private, No. 485](/us/pvt/74/485)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Mary L.
Munro.Payment to. 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, to Mary L. Munro, Los Angeles, California, the sum of $207.50, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages sustained by the said Mary L. Munro as the result of her automobile being struck by a United States Civilian Conservation Corps truck on the highway near Big Bear Lake, California, on *Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees.October 20, 1934: *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 agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services rendered in connection with said claim.
It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connection with said claim, any Penalty for violation.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, May 4, 1936. For the relief of Elizabeth Halstead. 1936-05-04 285 Chapter 49 Stat. 2262 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 2025-01-07 74 2 private [CHAPTER 285.] AN ACT For the relief of Elizabeth Halstead. May 4, 1936.[[H. R. 4638](/us/bill/74/hr/4638)][
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