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 66 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 149, 150. 1908. of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, app rances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharvcs, or other equipment. _ conn-nmmriy necli- c Sec. 3. That in all actrons hereafter brought against any such com- $2 {°L,Y,'$`§',,'{y°° °° mon carrier by railroad under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this Act tip recoverhdamages gr pirsolnahljnjprges 22m pkmployee, or where suc in'uries ave resul in is ea, the ac eemployee dm may have beein guilty olf cpntripumry}pe(gljgep§e shall_not bar atrecotig ”**”’”*¤‘*°" ‘ e, but the ama es s a be iminrs e y e jury rn propor ron uM_ th; amount of negligence attributable to such employee: Promdad, E"°'P“°”- That no such employee who may be injured or killed shall be held t0 lhpve bien gujjty of contributory npgligengei me any cps; vyhezg the juption suc common carrier 0 any s u enac e or e sa e y of empldlyces contributed to the injury or death of such employee. _ ¤§'¤Pl.¤°¤Ym,°{{§·,{‘€h2 Sec. 4. That in any action broug t agarnst any common carrier rreurvmmsu. under or by virtue of· any of the provisions of this Act to recover damages for injuries to, or the death of, any of its employees, such . employee shall not be held to have assumed the risks of his emfploy- ment in any mcgsc wgpre the viojation py such common partie? o any_ statute enac for e safety 0 employees contri utc to the injury or death of such em loyee. Attempts w evade Sec. 5. That anylixmtract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, g';u:3,f" °°"°"°°’ the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by this Act, shall to that mm. _ extent be void: Hwided, That in any action brought against any ¤,€§'°§}“,m,$Y,'§E.§‘,l'{'g such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of ”°**°*¤¤*¤d· this Act, such common carrier may set of therem any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance relief benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee or the person entitled there? on account of the injury or death for which said action was roug t. Time umn an- rw- Sec. 6. That no action shall be maintained under this Act unless °°'"" commenced within two years from the day the cause of action accrued. _ch§g;g*§ft;r;*9;&yj; Sec. 7. That the term "common carrier" as used in this Act shall mn mnemr include the .receiver or receivers or other persons or corporations charged with the duty of the management and operation of the business 0 a common carrrer. fag3g' m" ¤°° •*· Sec. 8. That nothing in this Act shall be held to limit the duty or ‘liability of common carriers or to impair the rights of their employees _ under any other Act or Acts of Congress, or to affect the prosecution ‘°'· 3"· P· m- of any pending proceeding or right of action under the Act of Congess entitled "An Act relating to liability of common carriers in the istrict of Columbia and Territories, and to common carriers engaged in commerce between the States and between the States and foreign nations to their employees/’ approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six. Approved., April 22, 1908.   U  Act To increase the eihcieucy of the Medical Department of the rubric, N0. mr. [ 1 Be il enacted by the Senate and House z"R¢¥2·eaentatives of the United .;r;¤3·i(_Bl Daum States of America on (/ongreaa ansemb d, hat from and after the mem. approval of this Act the Medical Department of the United States m°f,fj;i<;;[,9°¤¤· °*°·· Army shall consist of a Medical Corps and a Medical Reserve Corps, ns. M. 1l68,p.210. as hereinafter provided; and the Hospital Corps, the nurse corps and dental surgeons, as now authorized by law. i compcsmtn or. Sec. 2. hat the Medical Corps shall consist of one Sur eon-General, ‘ with rank of brigadiengeneral, who shall be chief og the Medical