57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., IST SESS.-CHS. 170-172-JUNE 28, 1943 SEC. 2. Suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within one year after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitations. Proceedings for the determina- tion of such claim, appeals therefrom, and payment of any judgment thereon, shall be in the same manner as in the cases over which such court has jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph 20 of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Approved June 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 171] AN ACT For the reimbursement of certain enlisted men of the Navy for personal property lost in the loss of the Hugh L. Scott. 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, the aggregate sum of $462.25, to reimburse certain enlisted men of the Navy for the loss of their personal property as herein next provided, to wit: The sum of $268.50 to reimburse Donald Robert Leighton, water tender, first class, United States Navy, and the sum of $193.74 to reimburse Libero Quiero, machinist's mate, first class, United States Navy, for the value of personal property on board the Hugh L. Scott lost by them, respectively, as a result of the loss of the Hugh L. Scott on or about November 18, 1942, in the North African action: 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 con- trary 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 June 26, 1943. [CHAPTER 172] AN ACT For the relief of certain disbursing officers of the Army of the United States and for the settlement of individual claims approved by the War Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 'United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Comp- troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of the following disbursing officers of the Army of the United States the amounts set opposite their names: Lieutenant Colonel L. M . Edwards, Finance Department, $2.90; Lieutenant Colonel H. G . Foster, Finance Department (now retired), $150.97; Lieutenant Colonel E. C . Morton, Finance Depart- ment (now retired), $46.98; Lieutenant Colonel K. S. Olson, Finance Department, $67.03; Colonel F. Richards, Finance Department, $85.63; Lieutenant Colonel H. B. Turner, Finance Department, $37.95; Colonel E. W. Wilson, Finance Department, $7, Lieutenant Colonel G. S . Woolworth, Judge Advocate General's Department, $9.64; Lieutenant Colonel H. R. Priest, Finance Department, $35.60; and Colonel L. H. Sims, Finance Department, $12311; the said amounts representing erroneous payments of public funds for which these officers are accountable, such erroneous paymeats hvig resulted 679 36 Stat. 1093. 28 U.S. c. I 41 (20). June 26, 194 s. 9541 [Private Law 76] Donald Robert Leighton. Libero Quiero. June 2, 1943 I[. 1025] [Private Law 771 Army of the U. S. Credit in accounts of certain disbursing officers.
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