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 FlFTY—SlXTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 822-82-1. 1901. l78$} CHAP. 822.—A11 Act F or the relief of Olivia M. Clifford. }1a{f1}r?;V1r$§)1;_ Be it enacted by the Senate a nd ][021seqf'Re wesevztathes if the United States of America in Lb2a.y2res.s assembled, Tliat the claim of Olivia M.   Clifford for compensation for the alleged use and occupation by the C0¤r¤¤f€1¤im¤· United States, through its Corps of Engineers, of two certain docks or piers located in the Erie Basin, at the city of Buffalo, in the State of New York, while engaged in building the new breakwater, from January eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, bc, and the same is hereby, referred to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the same to final judgment, notwithstanding the bar of the statute of limitations, with the right of appeal as in other cases. Approved, March 2, 1901. CHAP. 823.-An Act For the relief of James Kelly. __Ef1‘   1901- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That James Kelly shall be ‘g}'§§$€1§8ilghO,ab]c held and considered to have been mustered into the military service of diS·>h¤r€<=- the United States as a niember of Company E, One hundred and eighteenth Regiment Ohio Infantry Volunteers, on the fifteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, as a. substitute for and in the place of Joseph V. Swearingen, and to have been honorably discharged as a member of said company and regiment on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and that the Secretary of `War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the records of said company and regiment accordingly, and to issue to the said Kelly a certificate of honorable discharge as of the said first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four: Provided, That no pay, §g";§;Z- em bounty, or other emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue` of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1901. CHAP. 824.-An Act For the relief of the Brooklyn Ferry Company, of New York. March 2· 19$1}%_ B e tt enacted by the Senate and [base Q/0R€[)7‘6S€lZ.bCtbt2?6S of the United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the claim against the C01;§,j’,‘Q,$1§gV1}%Q,QY United States of the Brooklyn Ferry Company, of ew York, a cor- Disérigjticvurt. easiporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New iitiii;,1§i$(fi°tegI jiliéil York, with its principal place of business in the borough of Brooklyn, §;@§Q‘I},°1O‘g1“§_$j,g§,gQ city of New York, owner of the ferryboat New York, for damages with U- $.5. Dolphin. caused by collision between the said ferryboat and the United States steamer Dolphin, in the East River, near Brooklyn, on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, may be sued for by the said ferrycompany in the United States district court for theeastern district of New York sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such a suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, if any shall be found to be due, against the United States in favor of the said ferry company, upon the same principles and measure of liability as in likecases in admiralty between private parties, and with the same rights of appeal. _ _ Sec. 2. That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney- :`°“°°‘ General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear for and defend the United States. ·