Private Law 81–355

That jurisdiction

Carlton C. Grant and others.

is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to hear, determine, and render judgment upon, notwithstanding the lapse of time or any provision of law to the contrary, all claims of Carlton C. Grant, Rudolph Hobbs, Clarence W. Grant, Gordon W. Grant, Margaret S. Grant, W. P. Grant. J. Perry Grant, A. A. Everett, E. J. Lewis, E. J. Lewis, Junior, Mrs. E. J. Lewis, J. Stacy Grant, II. L. Grant, J. Rufus Yopp, Murray Guthrie, Liston T. Yopp, Lonnie T. Everett, the estate of James B. Grant, I. S. Thompson, Ollie Marine, all of Sneads Ferry, North Carolina; D. T. Millis, A. T. Horne, R. E. Sanders, L. D. Hobbs. Major Davis, M. Donald Davis, D. D. Justice, Wade J. Everett, Millie C. Everett, D. V. Justice, T. R. Murphy, Vance Howard, Kater Howard, Harry Moore, G. C. Hansley, Strickland Hobbs, Corbett Hansley, C. R. Bush, R. D. Everett, Austin Hobbs, J. W. Everett, C. S. Everett, J. R. Hobbs, Sherman R. Edens, O. S. Edens, L. M. Davis, Guy L. Everett, C. C. Hines, L. W. Bishop, of Holly Ridge, North Carolina; L. E. Coleburn, of Morehead City, North Carolina; Mary Shepard, of route numbered 1, Jacksonville, North Carolina; E. B. Smith, of Jacksonville, North Carolina; W. N. Marine, of route 2, Wilmington, North Carolina; or the heirs, administrators, or executors of either or any of said persons who may now be dead or hereafter die, against the United States for damages for injury to property resulting, at any time on or after May 1, 1941, from dumping of sewage and laundry waste from Camp Davis, North Carolina, into Goose Creek, Barlow Creek, and King Creek.

Sec. 2.

Proceedings for the determination of such claims shall be had in the same manner as in cases of which said court has jurisdiction

36 Stat. 1136; 62 Stat. 996.

28 U. S. C., Supp. II, §§ 1491, 1498, 1501, 1503.

under the provisions of section 145 of the Judicial Code, as amended: Provided, That suits hereunder shall be instituted within four months after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That this Act shall be construed only to waive immunity from suit of the Government of the United States and to confer jurisdiction upon said court to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claims of the persons named in section 1 hereof, and not otherwise to affect any substantive rights of the parties.