An Act to amend title III of the Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, by providing for treble damage actions
PL 82-142 (H.R.319), enacted 09/13/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 141—SEPT. 13, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
7U.S.C.§1101note. 
T e r m i n a t i o n 
of 
lowers. 
7 U. 
1137. 
S. C. §§ 1131-
Internal Revenue 
Code, amendment. 
53 Stat. 429. 
26U.S.C.§3508and 
note. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 6. Section 411 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 411. The powers vested in the Secretary under this Act shall 
terminate on December 31, 1956, except that the Secretary shall have 
power to make payments under title I I I under programs applicable 
to the crop year 1956 and previous crop years." 
SEC. 6. Section 3508 of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to 
termination of taxes) is amended by striking out "June 30, 1953" 
wherever appearing therein and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 
1957". 
SEC. 7. The amendments herein shall become effective January 1, 
1953, except that sections 1 through 4 hereof shall be effective for 
purposes of the determinations and regulations required for the 
calendar year 1953. 
Approved September 1, 1951. 
September 13,1951 
[S. 15] 
Public Law 141 
CHAPTER 380 
AN ACT 
To amend section 215 of title 18 of the United States Code. 
G
2 Stat. 694. 
Acceptance or solici-
tation to obtain ap-
pointive public oflBce. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 215 
of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding the follow-
ing n
e
A
V paragraph: 
'Whoever solicits or receives anv thing of value in consideration 
of aiding a person to obtain employment under the United States 
either by referring his name to an executive department or agency 
of the United States or by requiring the payment of a fee because 
such person has secured such employment shall be fined not more 
than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
This 
section shall not apply to such services rendered by an employment 
agency pursuant to the written request of an executive department 
or agency of the United States." 
Approved September 13, 1951. 
September 13,1961 
[H. R. 319] 
Servicemen's Read-
justment Act of 1944, 
amendment. 
58 Stat. 292. 
38 U. S. C. { 694c. 
Public Law 142 
CHAPTER 381 
AN ACT 
To amend title III of the Servicemeu s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, 
by providing for treble damage actions. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate amd House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenvbled, That title III of the 
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, is amended by 
inserting after section 503 the following new section: 
38 U. S. C. §S 694a 
694c. 
"RECOVEBY OF DAMAGES 
"SEC. 503A. Whoever knowingly makes, effects, or participates in a 
sale of any property to a veteran for a consideration in excess of the 
reasonable value of such property as determined by proper appraisal 
made by an appraiser designated by the Administrator, shall, if the 
veteran pays for such property in whole or in part with the proceeds 
of a loan guaranteed by the Veterans' Administration under section 
- 501, 502, or 503 of this title, be liable for three times the amount of 
such excess consideration irrespective of whether such person has 
received any part thereof. 
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"Actions pursuant to the provisions of this section may be insti-
tuted by the veteran concerned, in any United States district court, 
which court may, as a part of any judgment, award costs and reason-
able attorneys' fees to the successful party. 
In the event the veteran 
shall fail to institute any action hereunder within thirty days after 
discovering he has overpaid, or having instituted an action shall fail 
diligently to prosecute the same, or upon request by the veteran, the 
Attorney General, in the name of the Government of the United States, 
may proceed therewith, in which event one-third of any recovery in 
said action shall be paid over to the veteran and two-thirds thereof 
shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. 
"The remedy provided in this section shall be in addition to any 
and all other penalties imposed by law." 
Approved September 13, 1951. 
Public Law 143 
CHAPTER 382 
AN ACT 
To authorize certain easements, and for other purposes. 
September 13,1951 
[H. R. 4024] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Navy is authorized to grant and convey without reimbursement 
and on such terms and conditions as he determines to be in the public 
interest, to the following grantees the following easements in and over 
land, description by metes and bounds in eacli case being on file in 
the Navy Department: 
(a) l o the county of Kleberg, Texas, a permanent easement for 
public highway purposes over a strip of land ten feet wide and approx-
imately three thousand seven hundred and sixty feet long on the south 
side of the outlying field of the naval auxiliary air station, Kingsville, 
Texas; 
(b) To the city and county of San Francisco, California, a per-
manent easement for the construction and maintenance of two 10-inch 
sludge force mains in and under two strips of land eight feet wide, 
and twenty-five and one hundred and twenty-five feet long, respec-
tively, within the lands of the United States Marine Corps Depot 
of Supplies, Islais Creek, San Francisco, California; 
(c) To the city of San Diego, California, a permanent easement for 
public highway purposes over a strip of land fifteen feet wide and 
approximately nine hundred and sixty-two feet long adjacent to the 
east boundary of San Pasqual Street and on the west side of the Sachem 
housing project (No. Cal-4037-N), San Diego, California; and 
(d) To the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, a perma-
nent easement for telephone line purposes over two strips of land 
ten feet wide and aggregating approximately six hundred and six 
feet in length over and across the lands of the naval training and 
distribution center at Camp Elliott, San Diego County, California. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to grant and convey 
to the Kansas City Power and Light Company a permanent easement 
for the erection and maintenance of overhead transmission lines across 
and over an irregular shaped parcel of land within the boundaries of 
the Naval Industrial Reserve Aircraft Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, 
containing approximately two and sixty-seven one-hundredths acres, 
a metes and bounds description of which is on file in the Department 
of the Navy, the terms and conditions of the grant and conveyance 
to include the payment therefor of the fair market value thereof as 
determined by the Secretary of the Navy. 
Approved September 13, 1951. 
Navy Department. 
Granting of certain 
easements. 
Kleberg County, 
Tex. 
San Francisco, Calif. 
San Diego, Calif. 
Pacific Telephone 
and Telegraph Co. 
Kansas City Power 
and Light Co.