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 1794 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. CHS. 311··314. 1923. N°b°°kP°y'°“` back pay, allowances, or other emoluments shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 4, 1923. mmm ms. ‘ ‘Ch.AP. 312.-An Act For the relief of W. W. McGrath. w_w_m,G,,,,,_ Bfe it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Representatives 0 the P•ym¤M¤- United States of America in Uongress assgmbkd, That the &cretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereb, authorized and directed to_ pay, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriate, the sum of $459.50 to W. W. McGrath, in full of all claims he_may have against the Govemment for damages done · ggllgis automobile y a United, States Army truck on October 21, Approved, March 4, 1923. [PTM p CHAP. 813.-An Act For the relief of Thurston W. True. vote, 0.248. ,1,, Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re entatives 0 `the Mhmmzvtgigmése gnigzdgltgtes of glmerilfa gtgonggess assteBvg.bkd,p'T6hdat tai Secreitapy · 0 e asuryisautor an to ato nuston. True, of Columbia, South Carolina, the sum oi] &,000 out of any money m the  not otherwise appropriated, in full satisfaction of all claims for dama s against the United States arising out of the vacating by such Thurston W. True of his premises for several months during the war against Germany, in compliance with an order issued under authority of the War Department that such premises were to be used by the United States Government for a military camp. Approved, March 4, 1923. Ptgmh gtiiiogc gl CHAP. 314.—An Act For the relief of the owners of the barge Havana. ` .. ,, Be it enacted by the Senate and H ease 0 Re resentatives of the usg3i;°°•r¤ab¤i»i‘°;38iza United States of Anwriea in Congress assenibledj That the claim of out of a collision between the United States steamship Quincy an said barge Havana, at Hamplton Roads, Virginia, on February 4, 1920, for and on account of the losses alleged to have been suffered m said collision by the owners of said barge b reason of damages to sud barge, may be submitted to the United States District Court I { for the District of Massachusetts, under and in compliance with the """”°°""‘° °°“"*‘ rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the sald court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of the legal damages sustained by reason of said coHision, if any shall be found to be due, either for or against the United States of American Epon the same principle and measure of liability, with costs as in Pmmm e cases of adnnmlty between private parties with the same rights Notice to .mm-my of appeal: Pfvmded, That such notice of the suit shall be given to °‘”“’·‘· the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said COHI"l5,_8.l1d it shall be the duty of the Attorney Mmmm at General to cause the United States attorney in such district to up- •¤**· peer and defend for the United States: Provided further, That sud
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