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1070 Adjudication by Court of Claims. Proviso. Commencement of action. August 20, 1937 [H. . 3960] [Private, No. 325] Southern Overall Company. Claim of, referred to Court of Claims. Proiso. Condition. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION--CHS. 722 -724, 730-AUGUST 20, 21, 1937 SEC. 2. That said claimant is hereby authorized to file and have said claim adjudicated by the Court of Claims of the United States: Pro- vided, That said claimant shall commence said action within one year after the date of the enactment of this bill. Approved, August 20, 1937. [CHAPTER 723] AN ACT For the relief of the Southern Overall Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the Southern Overall Company, growing out of proxy-signed con- tract of November 23, 1917, with the Quartermaster Corps for deliv- ery of jumpers and trousers to the Quartermaster Corps during the World War, is hereby referred to the United States Court of Claims with jurisdiction to hear the same to judgment and with instructions to adjudicate the same upon the basis of the fair and reasonable value at the time of delivery of the jumpers and trousers delivered thereunder not to exceed $1.36 per garment: Provided, That no recov- ery shall be had unless the court further finds that the delay in delivery was due to no fault of the contractor or to unforeseen causes. beyond his control. Approved, August 20, 1937. [CHAPTER 724] August 20, 1937 [H .R. 827 [Private, No. 326] AN ACT For the relief of Fred P. Halbert. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Led P. Halbert. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue a patent conveying all the right title, and interest of the United States to lot 5, section 16, township 23 north, range 9 west of the Willamette meridian, containing thirty and ninety one-hundredths acres, more or less, according to the Government survey thereof, in Grays Harbor (formerly Chehalis) County, Washington, to Fred P. Halbert. Approved, August 20, 1937. August 21, 1937 [H. R. 7430] [Private, No. 327] Mary Lucia Haven. Payment to. [CHAPTER 7301 AN ACT For the relief of Mary Lucia Haven. 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 and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mary Lucia Haven, widow of Joseph Emerson Haven, late Ameri- can consul at Florence, Italy the sum of $7,900, equal to one year's salary of her deceased husband. Approved, August 21, 1937.