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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 159, 160. 1925. 1555 CHAP. 159.-An Act Authorizing the issuance of a patent to William Brown. FllEiri1l%ri72i%l¤i??`5`] Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary }*JVail1gam grrmi. of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause a patent to “P" “ ‘ issue to William Brown, a native of Ketchikan, Alaska, to a tract or parcel of land situated in the District of Alaska,to be described in said patent as follows, to wit: Beginning at the point near the high water D<>¤¢ri1>¢i¤¤· line on the north shore of Tongass Narrows, now marked by a halfinch copper bolt cemented into a solid rock, said point being seventeen hundred and eight and five-tenths feet south fifty-one degrees, thirty-four minutes and nine seconds east, true, from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulation station "Red," and thirty-two hundred and forty-five and six-tenths feet south, seventy- nine degrees, forty-five minutes and twenty-five seconds east, true, from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulation · station "Hick," on Pennock Island; thence north forty-six degrees and six minutes east, true, four hundred feet; thence south forty- three degrees and fifty-four minutes east, true, two hundred and fifty feet; thence south forty-six degrees and six minutes west, true, four hundred feet, more or‘less, to the high water line; thence northwesterly, following the meanderings of the high water of the shore line, to the point of beginning; containing two acres, more or less; upon his payment, therefore, at the rate 0 $2.50 per acre: Provwkled, l{r¤;*:~· I I r however, That said patent shall contain an expressed reservation to msiiiesa-$ea.w°Y ° the United States of a permanent right of way over said land sixty feet in width for a road which has been or may be located and_constructed thereon by, or under the supervision of, the Bureau of Public Roads: Provided further, That said William Brown shall C¤¤d“i¤¤· apply to the Surveyor General for the survey of said tract, at his own proper expense, within six months from and after the passage of this Act, and that the patent, when issued, be in accordance with the terms of such survey. Approved, February 7, 1925. February 7, 1925. , .- li · teamshi com an Limited , 0W%§t?r§.°§s.i;t.“,£.3Z.%€J‘i?i5&£‘ °‘ "'°*°“ S “P " ’ ¤·=~···~· N0- ¤=··T Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgiresentatives of the UP, t n__ B mh United States of Amemkza in Congress assemble, That the claim of smm`§§i,,_’ " Picton Steamship Company (Limited), owner of the British steam- su§{‘Qg§’cQ,{,,g{g,{ EQQIE ship Picton, for dama es alleged to have been suffered by said steam- egcs. in district court. ship in a collision which occurred near the quarantine station in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on the evening of November 12, 1923, between said steamship Piztonh ari? the gnited Statel; stelainihig Vireo and her tow, owned y the nite tatés, inay_ su mi e to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Vir- Jurisdiction doom ginia, the district in which said collision occurred, under and 1H com- ` pliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole controve and to enter `udgment or decree for the amount of the legalmtllamages sustained by reason of said collision, if any shall be found to be due, either or or against the United States, upon the same principle and measure ofl1ab1l1ty, with costs, as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, with the same Pmm rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall be Nom, go ,,:0,,,, given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be pro- G¢¤¤¤¤-