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 964 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 297-301. 1925. ¤¤¤i¢¤ i¤ ¤°°°¤¤*S September 1 1923 is a proved. Credit for all such suppliesso °u°w°d` issued and iiunds be dislbursed in connection therewith and with relief tendered b the Army shall be allowed in the settlement of the accounts of tbe officers of the Army. Approved, February 24, 1925. RIB. R. CHAP. 298.-An Act For the purchase of land adjoining Fort Bliss, TBXBS. [Publi N0. - (7, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the _{f,‘}§$ 'I;§'§d ,0 United States of America in Uongress assembled, That a sum not b•¤¤r¤=¤¤¤df¤*· to exceed $366,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of r.»¢,p.1844. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriatedkfor the purchase of land in the vicinity of and for use in connection with the present military reservation at Fort Bliss, _Texas, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to make said purchase. Approved, February 24, 1925. F°NP;g1zf]1m` CHAP. 299.-Au Act Regulating the recovery of allotments and allowances heretofore paid to designated beneficiaries. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ag" mk I”s°”°°° United States of Amereha in Uongress assembled, That so much of Pegg {fg jg section 210 of the War Risk Insurance Act, as amended by the Act my moment we of August 9, 1921 (Forty-second Statutes, page 153), as precludes °°'{}.,}T°f2$`§?·f°b]°‘ the recovery of an award of allotment, or allowance, or both, paid to, or on behalf of a. person designated as beneficiary of an alotment under the War isk Insurance Act pr1or_ to August 9, 1921, shall hereafter  applicable to allotments pald prior to August 9, 1921, to beneficianes designated under the Army allotment system by any person who served in the Army. Approved, February 24, 1925. F°°"f§‘%52§j]m5' GHAP. 800.-An Act Referring the claim of the State of Rhode Island for expenses during the war with Spain to the Court of Claims for adjudication. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the gmoljggipmm United States of America inn Uongress assemble, That the items of in we with spaime- the claim of the State of Rhode Island aga1nst_ the United States '§$h_”° C°°" °' for expenses incurred and pa1d in aiding the United States to raise its Volunteer Army in the war with Spam, which items, either m whole or in part, were rejected by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, be, and_the same are hereby, referred to the Court of Claims for adjudication and report to Congress. Approved, February 24, 1925. F°b¥§r;¥1g2gf]1925' CHAP. 301.—An Act To authorize the appointment of commissioners by the Court of Claims and to prescribe their powers and compensation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Ryrresentatioes of the gg¤*°9'§,{§§£0 be United States of America in Qengress assemble, That to aliord the appointed to take evi- Court of Claims needed facilities for the disposition of suits brought €§’§§‘{,,¥‘° ”“°" [am therein said court is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint seven competent persons, to be_known as commissioners, who_shall attend the taking of or take ev1dence in cases that may be assigned to them severally by the court and make report of the facts in the case