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 1786 SIXTY—SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. CHS. 201-203. 1923. $23% CHAP. 201.-An Act For the relief of Southern Transportation Company. [m"°°’ M ml Be it enacted by the Senate and H mtse of Representatvbes the ummcgwy. I United States of America in Congress assembled, That the cla(i{n of °,,f,§;’,,¤ *3*; Southern Transportation Company, a cogporation organized under b=¤rs¤ ‘g¢u¤g?¤¤." in the 1aws_of the tate of New Jersey, and oing business in the State of Virginia, owners of the barge Moccasm, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said barge Moccasin and the United States Navy lighter No._ 462 in tow of Navy tug Kewaydin in Hampton Roads, Virgnma, on the 5th day of October, 1929, may be sued for by the said outhern Transportation Company in the District Court of the Jm-mucum at mn. United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have ]ur1sd1ction to hear an determine such suit and enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, , 1f any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in fayor of the said Southern Transportation Company or against the said Spiithern Transportatwn Company in favor of the United States uggii e same prmciples and measures of liability as m l1k6· cases m a ral? between Tprivate parties and with the same rights of Nmco to AMW appeal: romded, at such notice of the suit shall be given to the °¤¤·¤r Attorney_ General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney m such district to appear and mqiuxumeneemmz or defend for the United States: Provided further, That suit shall be ‘ brought and commenced within four months from the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1923. Mmm ma. ' _gm_ YCHAP. Q02.——A.n ActG permim Mrs. .. ,, me cmu, to accept ¤?é“.lZ£.¥se... or £§3t .}`B$a€l’.?T”°‘h’ °* L’°°°“‘“’“ Be wht enacted by the Senate and House R t t' th ¤e§ ;L;‘fo;u°;" United Stedes 4% Amenba in Congress ass;];nbZ?dTe'll€1izatzhU’lli·`;.0§. si hmmag d,c;,,,,,,°°,[ Abernethy,_of mcolnton, North Carolina, be authorized to accept com tenement the decoratwn of the bust of Bolivar tendered by the Government of Venezuela to her brother, Lieutenant Commander Rufus Z. Johnston, United States Navy, and that the Department of State _ be permitted to deliver the decoration to Mrs. R. S. Abernethy. Approved, March 2, 1923. 4 lgdlciil CHAP. 203.-An Act For the relief of Themis Christ. [Private, No.214 B   wd b the S - _ F €'M¢‘o y enate and Hons R nt t' the ,,,§§g;'ii’i*mC§§; é,¤¤· Z"gl°dgta*€·9 of Amémba in Uongress G88;7;£Z6(£pc;?1‘$Z tlciezgibvgéions u%%i;g§i,,,,,;.,.,_ 0 6 ct_ approved September 7, 1916, entitled “An Act to provide - .p. 42. gglrigznmggnrlgor emp§oy§es of the United States receiving inj}l1‘i°$ h b P0 ¤·I1C€ 0 t •j:11‘ duties, and for other purposes, QN erely extended to Them1s_ Christ for loss of his eft leg while €?l:h0}’€I§l lll the Naval Auxiliary Service, as a result of the wreck mgcmbmty payments 0 d 6 mted States ship Hector in the year 1916, and that he be ned. §)>:·;l)p€§l;hbeSl:l1lI;g}§o dateihfrogil the passage of this Act as Wmllg 1m wi in ‘ _ ‘ Act ot; September 37, 1916. Tliep1l(liT1il;(<ilnSSi)ziteS§ct Il(iii1plo;§egmCiiii1- pensa on _Comm1ssion is hereby authorized and directed to make payments m comphance with the terms of the said Act of September