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 SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 310-312. 1916. 1353 C 310.-Au Act For the relief of De Barbieri and Company, of Valparaiso, Aigesfg-9é3i1!g?· Be it enacted by the Senate and House ry Representatives of the United [Pmml NO` S9`] States of Ameriw. in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby C°{?,fpu§,”"*°" wd appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- rormeit to. prrated, the sum of $2,470, to pay in full claims arising out 0 an agreement by De Barbieri and Company, of Valparaiso, Chile, to furnish fresh meats to the United States ship South Dakota in Jime, nineteen hundred and ten. Approved, August 9, 1916. cmu. sn.-Ao Act For the relief or noowom Blair and Blake, Doctor w. J. ·}g¢§*g’,,gg}§· Maxwell, Doctor R. C. Evans, and J. B. Blalock. Be it enacted the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives 0 the United. States of Ameriblb in Congress assembled, Thlit the Secrelztary of the l";ur]·ii°·i·iii°r¢iil§:€iw¤ Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ay, out l,Z$E{·lg‘{{?°° mlm of any money in the Treas not otherwise appropriated, lilie sums of $375 to Doctors Blair 81l\l?Bl&kB, $25 to Doctor W. J. Maxwell, $25 to Doctor R. C. Evans, and $4.15 to J. B. Blalock, all of Sheiiield, Alabama, in full (payment of all claims and demands for surgical service rendered an material supplied by them to employees of the United States Govemment who were injured by a premature dynamite explosion while in the performance of duties ass' ed to them by the Government engineers, and while engaged in igrmel work in the Tennessee River at Coger·s Island near Smithsonia, Alabama, on the twenty-fifth day of June, nineteen hundred and fourteen. Approved, August 9, 1916. CHAP. 312.-An Act For the relief of the Eutem  Company. ·?§€°§{’ gggg? Be it enacted by the Senate and House (pf Representatives of the United lP""°‘°· N°- 9*-] States of America in Congress assemble, That the claim against the ,,,§,‘§,‘f,°,,'}*p_,'f,',§§”‘P°'*°’ United States of the Eastern Transportation Company a corporation my brine sq: for organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with ·°l?";§{,€,°§§§:i?‘° mm its principal place of business in the city of Baltimore, State of Mary- land, owner of the baroe John T. Donohue, for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said ba e and the United States steamer C—2, in Chesapeake Bay, off Smilghs Point, on the twenty-eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and thirteen, may be sued for by the said Eastern Transportation Comcpany in the United States District Court for the District of Marylan , 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 and costs, if any shall be found to be due, against the United States in favor of the said Eastern Transportation Iompany upon the same principles and measures of liability as 1Il. like cases m admirallgf etween rivate parties, and with the same rights of appeal: Provide, Proqiaw. That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of N°°'°°’ °t°‘ the United States as may be provided y 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 and defend for the United States: Provided further, That the amounts of the losses alleged to have been P“Ym°“‘°‘d“m“g°S· sustained by the master and crew of the barge John T. Donohue may be included in such decree: Provided, That said suit shall be ,u€‘{’“"‘°”°°m°““ °' brought and commenced within four months from the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, August 9, 1916.