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 SIXTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 328-331. 1922. 160]. and said barge Havana at Hampton Roads, Vir `a, on February 4, 1920, for and on account of the losses alleged togdiilve been suffered P°"· P· 179* in said collision by the owners of said barge by reason of damages to said barge, ma be submitted to the United States District Court for the District ofy Massachusetts, under and in compliance with the Jmmi ti I rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said ° °°° °°“"' 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 collision,if any shall be found to be due, either for or against the United States of America, upon the same rinciple and measure of liability with costs as in like cases of admirait between private parties with the same rights of appeal: P,,,,,,,,,_,_ Promkled, Tihat such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney N<>¢i¤¤.¤*»¤- General of the United States as may be rovrded by order of the said court, and it Shall be the dut 0 the Xttorney General to cause the United States attorne in suclii district to appear and defend for C t I the United States: Promklledfurther, That said suit shall be brought smgmmmwmm ° and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, September 18, 1922. September 18, 1922. CHAP. 329.-An Act For the relief of the owner of the vemel Maria Artau. Be it enacted the Senate and House 0 Re esentatives of the United H _ H States of Ameribcb in Congress assembled; Tgt the Secretary of the S..;_M°"“ ’m'°°’ W" Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out ,°,,P:,,Y,'{s?§°dg,,',';;'°gfof any money in the Treasuiéi not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,901.35 to the owner of e vessel Maria Artau as compensation for and in full satisfaction of all claims of such owner for any damages to said vessel sustained as a result of a collision between said vessel and the United States shi Kittery on An st 7, 1917, in Santo Domingo waters, the res onsilbility for such ccglision having been placed on the United States sbip Kittery by a naval board after investigation. Approved, September 18, 1922. tember18, 1922. CHAP. 330.-An Act For the relief of the Cortez Oil Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tfgt the Secretary of the ?»Z'}§.Ts.€°f1t?.?'?0‘§“§`§; Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out “’·*°° °’“'*°¥°s· of mone in the United States Treas not otherwise appropriated, to the Cbrtez Oil Company the sumudY$3,500 in full settlement for damages to its barge and laimch when they were run into by the steamship Petrel of the United States Navy on the 2d day of May, 1919, while the said launch and barge were Secured to the fiscal wharf, Tampico, Mexico. Approved, September 18, 1922. _ September is, im CHAP. 331.-An Act For the relief of F. R. Messenger. [Private, No. 101.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Tgiit the Secretary of the §;,$,,§,‘f"§§{‘g°" Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to F. R. Messenger, of Sedwck County, Kansas, the sum of $1,500 in full compensation for damages done to an automo-