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(/us/pvtl/76/255)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,N. F. Clower.Reconveyance of real estate to. That the Secretary of the Treasury, for and on behalf of the United States of America, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute to N. F. Clower, of Shelby County, Tennessee, a quitclaim deed conveying any right, title, and interest of the United States of America in the following-described real estate lying and being in Shelby County, Tennessee, and particularly described as follows:
Description.Being in the second civil district, of said county and State, to wit: Twenty-seven and six one-hundredths acres of land bounded on the north by the lands of White; on the east by the lands of Fields; on the south by the lands of Weaver; and on the west by the lands of Ensley or Barrett; and lots 9, 11, 12, and 13 in Clower’s subdivision in Shelby County, State of Tennessee, which subdivision was made in January A. D. 1925; said lots are bounded on the north by the lands of N.
F. Clower; on the east by the lands of Williams and Birdie Rice; on the south by Mitchell Avenue, and on the west by the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church lands; said lots 9, 11, 12, and 13 are in block 2 of said subdivision; together with the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging. Sec. 2. Elijah Williams.Reconveyance of real estate to. That the Secretary of the Treasury, for and on behalf of the United States of America, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute to Elijah Williams of Shelby County.
Tennessee, a quitclaim deed conveying any right, title, and interest of the United Description.States of America in the following-described real estate lying and being in the second civil district, county of Shelby, and State of Tennessee, to wit : Lot 42, block 1, of W. O. Crump’s Warford Avenue subdivision, as shown in plat book 8, at page 205, of the register’s office for the county of Shelby in the State of Tennessee, said land beginning on the north side of Calvert Avenue at the northwest corner of Branch Street forty feet ; thence north parallel with Branch Street one hundred and twenty-five feet; thence east parallel with Calvert Avenue forty feet to the west side of Branch Street; thence south with said west line one hundred and twenty-five feet to the beginning, together with the hereditaments and appurtenances there-unto belonging.
Sec. 3. Clerk of district court to satisfy of record judgment as sureties for Robert Rhone. That the clerk of the United States District Court for the. Western District of Tennessee, at Memphis, is hereby authorized and directed to satisfy of record the judgment obtained by the United States of America against N. F. Clower and Elijah Williams, as sureties on the forfeited bail bond of Robert Rhone, who was charged with violation of the United States Internal Revenue Act and who failed to appear as required by law but who subsequent to the first setting of his trial and within the same term of court, made his appearance, stood trial July 21, 1937, was convicted, sentenced, and *Proviso*.Payment of Federal costs, etc.has served his time and been discharged: *Provided*, *however*, That as a condition precedent, to the reconveyance of the property and the satisfaction of the judgment the claimants pay to the United States their proportionate share of the sum of $167.96, said sum representing costs and expenses incurred by the Government.
Approved, August 11, 1939. To confer jurisdiction on the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of certain claimants who suffered loss by flood at or near Bean Lake in Platte County, and Sugar Lake in Buchanan County, in the State of Missouri, during the month of March 1934. 1939-08-11 707 Chapter 53 Stat. 1543 76 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 2024-11-24 private 53 Stat. 1543 [CHAPTER 707] AN ACT To confer jurisdiction on the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of certain claimants who suffered loss by flood at or near Bean Lake in Platte County, and Sugar Lake in Buchanan County, in the State of Missouri, during the month of March 1934.August 11, 1939[[H. R. 1693](/us/bill/76/hr/1693)][[Private, No. 256](/us/pvtl/76/256)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That notwithstandingBean Lake and Sugar Lake, Mo.Designated claims for flood damages referred to district court. the lapse of time or any provisions of law to the contrary jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri to hear, determine, and render judgment without interest, but with costs, under and in accordance with the same provisions of law as if the United States were a private party upon the claims of tire following-named people or their heirs, representatives, administrators, executors successors, or assigns:
G. M. McCrary, Paul N. Shouse, Emma Shults, Mrs. C. E. Johnson, Mrs. A. H. Wilber, G. E. Hutson, Elmer Willis, Ethel McDuff, W. J. Huter, W. C. Hood, J. P. Kuhnert, Florence O. Saunders, E. Cobb, James D. Kelly, W. H. Myers, Dora Weldin, Frank Dougherty, M. H. Whitnah, Charles C. Myers, II, A. Whitnah, W. F. Reese, George Willis, N. D. Gasaway, Paid Johnson, Harry Turpin, John H. Chapin, J. D. Fraizer, C. W. Pierson, L. K. Poos, Lula A. Jegglin, Mrs. E. T. Graham, A. F. Russell, E.
O. Keene, H. F. Chapin, Goldie Noland, Mrs. Goldie Noland. B. F. Kabel, Oscar Swearinger, Argyle Reese, S. O. Daniels, Belle Wagner, and W. D. Shreve. Said claims arise out of a flood allegedly resulting from the defective or improper placing and construction of dikes or revetments in the Missouri River by the War Department of the United States, at or near Bean Lake in Platte County, and Sugar Lake in Buchanan County, in the State of Missouri, in the month of March 1934. Suit, hereunder may be instituted at any time withinInstitution of suit, etc. one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, and proceedings therein, appeals therefrom, and payment of judgment thereon, if any, shall be had in the same manner as in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of the Judicial Code.
Sec. 2. The United States districtDuty of district attorney. attorney for the western district of Missouri is hereby charged with the duty of defending the United States in any suit instituted under the authority of this Act. Sec. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of anyAppropriation authorized for payment of Judgment. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to pay judgments under this Act. Such amounts shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury when the judgment of the district court has become final and on presentation to the Secretary of a duly authenticated copy of the judgment.
Such payment shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States on account of claims arising out of such flood damage. Approved, August 11, 1939. For the relief of Thomas J. Smith. 1939-08-11 708 Chapter 53 Stat. 1543 76 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 2024-11-24 private [CHAPTER 708] AN ACT For the relief of Thomas J.
Smith.August 11, 1939[[H. R. 2440](/us/bill/76/hr/2440)][
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