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 SIXTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. CHS. 104, 107, 108. 1923. 1771 CHAP. 104.-An Act For the relief of Henry Peters. Fvpéung Be it enacted by the Senate and H ouse of Re esentatives of the [Prmt°’N°'16°‘] U nited States of America in Congress assembledmi That the claim of iiggrybi-ili£`u;t gm- Henry Peters, a citizen of the city of New Orleans, in the State §§,“§=E·‘§‘§,,,,,§,;’,,..‘§‘,f,"‘Q}§S'f of Louisiana, against the United States for damages alleged to have ¤i¤¢¤¤¤r¤- ' been caused to the derrick boat Pelican, property of the said Henry Peters, while in tow of the United States Navy tug Barnett on July 2, 1918, may be sued for by the said Henry Peters in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and deter- ·T¤ri¤<1i¤¢i¤¤¤f wrt. mine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the said Henry Peters, or against the _ said Hem·y Peters in favor of the United States, upon the same rinciples and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty _ Eetween private parties and with the same right of a peal: Provided, §f,°,"',,,",§Q',;,,,,_ That such notice of the suit shall be `ven to the Xttorney General of the United States as may be provigeld 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 and defend for the United States: Provided further That said suit shall be brou ht and com- ,,,,°§‘“”‘°“°°m°“° °' menced within four months of the date of the passage 0% this Act. Approved, February 21, 1923. CHAP. 107.-—-An Act For the relief ot Ephraim Lederer, collector of internal F°[n.H%m`; revenue for theiirstdistrict of Pennsylvania. [Private. 0-170-1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to *¤v¤¤¤¤¤¤><>¤¤¤· credit the account of Ephraim Lederer, collector of internal revenue for the first district of Pennsylvania, by reason of shortage of one hundred sheets of class C cigar stamps, each set consisting of twenty stamps, each of said stamps being worth 45 cents, a total of $900. Also for the loss of a book of wholesale liquor ·dealers’ special tax stamps, consisting of ten stamps, each of the value of $100, and totaling 1,000. Approved, February 23, 1923. z4,1. CHAP. 108.-An Act For the relief of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Be it enacted b the Senate and House o Representatives of the _ United States of jlnverica in Congress asseméled, That the Secretary roeiadrgdiiiiivsniliré Rau of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, l,,,{§,’§,‘Q§,‘}§g§‘§{ '°’ °°" out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Pennsylvania Railroad Com any, the sum of $285.86, to compensate the said com an for diimages caused by collision of the Coast Guard cutter (iiuthrie with the Pennsylvania Railroad car float numbered seven, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1920. Approved, February 23, 1923. 42150°——vor. 42, PT 2——15