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 srxrr-mourn conennss. sms. 1. Ons. 324, 325. 1925. 633 the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary under the provisions of the m§¤*¤¤¤¤ °*· ¤¤¤¤¤¤· Act of June 5, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 986), may vé1.41,p.¤sc,¤m¤¤u- by proclamation of the President be enlarged to embrace a total of °dj>.,,,, ,,,1981, not to exceed forty-six thousand acres, and the Act of June 5, 1920, shall otherwise apply with equal force to the additional area authorized by this Act. Approved, June 7, 1924. CHAP. 325.-—An Act To amend paragraph (3), section 16, of the Interstate IMF Commerce Act. Public, No. 247. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I United States of America in Ocngress assembled, That paragraph Ac€t°”m° C°m'“°'°° (3)] of sction 16 of the Interstate Commerce Act be, and the same $§{°{f°,§fjg;·m6nd_ is ereby, amended to read as follows: ediim  ’_ "(3) (a) All actions at law by carriers subject to this Act for camel;. °r °°°'°°S by recovery of their charges, or any part thereof, shall be begim within three years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after. com N t “(b) All complaints against carriers subject to this Act for the mnimprwxhimsléisiim recovery of damages not based on overcharges shall be Bled with the commission within two years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after, subject to subdivision (d). “(c) For recovery of overcharges action at law shall be begun ch§,?,T,,'f’°°'°"°'°'°" or complaint Bled with the commission against carriers subject to this Act within three years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after, subject to subdivision (d), except that if claim for p,§§§’€§f{°‘§;,,{,i¤°1°1,*¤’§} the overcharge has been presented in writing to the carrier within md P°'*°d- the three-year period of limitation said period shall be extended to mclude six months from the time notice in writing is given by the carrier to the claimant of disallowance of the claim, or any part or‘&a11$ts Ziélgereof, spegigied in the notice. f h _ d f Emmml _' mm on or e ore ex iration o the two- ear per1o o ,, c,,,Q,,,,_ _ limitation in subdivision (b) ldr of the three·year piiriod of limita- hmm Y cw tion in subdivision (c) a carrier subject to this Act begins action under subdivision (a) for recovery of charges in respect of the same transportation service, or, without beginning action, collects charges m respect of that service, said eriod of limitation shall be exten ed to include ninety days from the time such action is begun or such charges are collected by the carrier. “(c) The cause of action in respect of a shipment of property ,°*u°,§Q‘},'}f,°},‘,§“‘,§;‘,§*§;‘,‘; shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to accrue ufpon ¤r¢¤¤¤¤r- delivery or tender of delivery thereof by the carrier, and not a ter. _ “(? A petition for the enforcement of an order of the commis- ,,,§f,§§‘,,,°’§,,§_°,€,,f,';f{’,Tf" sion or the payment of money shall be Bled in the district court ortthe;tState court within one year from the date of the order, and no a er. “(g) The term ‘ overcharges ’ as used in this section shall be d,},‘,§;{5%" °' "°"" deemed to mean charges for transportation services in excess of those applicable thereto under the tariffs lawfully on Ble with the commission. “(h) The provisions of this para ph (3) shall extend to and  °' embrace cases in which the cause og-liiiztion has heretofore accrued as well as cases in which the cause of action ma hereafter accrue, Qwpt that actions at law begun or complaints éed with the com- ,;A i°°°"" mission against carriers subject to this Act for the recovery of overcharges where the cause of action accrued on or after March 1, 1920, shall not be deemed to be barred under subdivision (c) if such actions shall have been begun or complaints Bled prior to enact- · ment of this paragraph or within six montls there•f§91‘.” Approved, June 7, 1924.