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 1622 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 334-337. 1909. Mngrhséiigéliv. CHAP. 334. —-An Act For the relief of the owners of the British steamship Maroa. [P$iY¤¤¤· N¤- 222-]_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United M£,‘],,,“f’h ”°°°"““l“’ States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the owners mgggdgqgmi of the British steamship Maroa for reimbursement for the cost of wm, einem mmm repairs and for demurrage as the result of a collision with the United °f V“"‘"°" States ship Rocket on the night of February second, nineteen hundred and seven, in the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, be, and the same is hereby, referred to the United States district court, eastern district of Vir%‘1ia, with '{urisdiction to hear and determine the same to judg- {,"n°,;:°,,¢,,t,,,,,_ ment: ovided, hat the petition is tiled within twelve months from the passage of this Act. Approved, March 4, 1909. N¤’§h8g£9°9·  3§5.—An Act To relingauish the interest of the United States in and to  certain land in Dade County, Flori, to John M. Bryan, junior. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House raf Re esentatives of the United ‘l°h“ M‘B"““·"'· States of America in Congress assembled, That the interest of the cjuzgdljj ,3;;; United States in and to the land situated in Dade County, in the w.’ State of Florida, to wit: The northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section one, townshép nity-one, range for;/y-one south and east, IS hereby relineliuished an released unto ohn . Bryan junior, §,,°,;’·f';fg,mn_ of Dade Coimiiy, F orida, and patent issue therefor: Provided, The said John M. ryan, junior, pay one dollar and a quarter an acre for the land referred to prior to the issuance of the patent to him. Approved, March 4, 1909. lg§r¤§·4i5£0?. CHAP. 336.—An Act Granting a pension to Leia L. Ellis. lP¤*¤¤¢· N0-224-l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rc esentatives of the United M, L_ Em, States of America in C ess assembled, Tbht the Secretary of the P°¤¤*°¤· Interior be, and he is hgy, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension aws, the name of Lola L. Ellis, widow of Luke T. Ellis, late of Company C, First Regiment Tennessee Infantry, war with Spain, ' and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month. Approved, March 4, 1909. !{:Ir¢}¤{4é£g%;· COCHEAP. 337.-An Act For the relief of certain officers of the United States Signal [Private, N0. 225.] _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentatives o the United iididdintidbgrriiij States of America in Congress assembled? Thisiyt the expendtes of operating and keeping in repair the northwestern section of the United States military telegraph lines (from Bismarck to Fort Ellis and "°‘·2°· P· 2*** connections), constructed under Act of Congress approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, which,_betWeen the twentieth day of June, Gl hteen hundre and seventy-eight, and the thirtieth day of June, eigbteen hundred and eighty-three, may have been paid out of moneys received from dispatches sent over said section, be, and the same are hereby, authorized and allowed; and the several officers making such payments are entitled to and shall receive pr?er credit therefor upon examination of their respective gregglsggom accounts: romkled, That said accounts conform in all other respects to the rules of the War and Treasury Departments governing the disbursements of public moneys. Approved, March 4, 1909.