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 1364 SIXTYJBIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. L Ons. 139, 140, 159. 1924. ·?g\|R28.3,}gr CHAP. 139.-Au Act For the relief of George A. Nickles. [P'"°°°'N°‘1°‘] Be it enacted b the Senate and House 0 Re resentattves of the . United States of jlmerica in Oongreas assembled?) That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to George A. Nickles, of Charleston, South Carolina, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro riated, the sum of $100 to reimburse him for a bond of the fourthlliiberty loan, for which he paid cash at the port of embarkation, Hoboken, New Jersey, and for which he received a receipt from the proper authority, and which bond has never been delivered to him. Approved, April 28, 1924. ` """’l°°" un. .- · t 0 utio rant' ‘ um to H s. Cummin, Suiigeon Gdiibiial giutlie   Stliitg Pullllig Health Service, utghaccept  decorations bestowed upon him by the Republics of France and Poland. mmm Resohzed b the Senate and House of Representatives 0 the United igaiihgéggg cant- States of Aniierica in Gon ress assembled, That Hugh   Cummmg, °;i$;°S,;i,°m md Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, be authorized to accept and wear the decoration of Officer of the Legion . of Honor of France, tendered by His Excellency, the French Ambassador, in the name of the Republic of France; and the decoration of the Order of Polonia Restituta, grade Commander with the Star, tendered by His Excellency, the Minister from Poland, in the name of the Republic of Poland, both of which decorations have been conferred upon Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming, by the Republics D°""°"‘°l’°““‘°°‘ mentioned, for scientific service, and that the Department of State is · hereby authorized and rmitted to deliver the above-mentioned decorations to Hugh S. Ueumming, Surgeon General of the United States Public Hea th Service. Approved, April 28, 1924. i igyiiiiiisgl CHAP. 159.-An Act For the relief of the Long Island Railroad Company. Be it enacted b the Senate and House 0 Re esentatehres 0 the C,{,1,?;§,{§?°“““""°° United States of?/America in Congress asslemblgd, That the dana m$tL*jlg·cg{·_j § of the Long Island Railroad Companyagainst the United States memgeemtmawm. for damages alleged to have been sustained by said railroad company’s dock, vessels, and marine equipment at Wliitestone Landin, New York, on the 11th day of December, 1919, as a result of swells caused by the alleged negligent operation of the United· States destroyer Broome at an excessive rate of speed, may be sued for by said complany in the United States District Court of the Eastern I _ Mmm. District of ew York, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter °udgment or decree for the amount of such damages, and costs, ii any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the Long Island Railroad Company, or a ainst the Long Island Railroad Company in favor of the Unitedg States, upon the same prin- Pr _ ciples and _ measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty N,,{°}’,,"§°’g., Ammy between iprivate parties and with the same rights of appeal: Pro- G°¤¤’°*- mkied, 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 court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and