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 1366 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 172-174. 1924. mi. KAP. ,—- Gr tin 'ssion to Commander Dorr F. Tozier Uncited Stz:t;3Coi•`.s!: éi:1tard, ccept a gift from the King of Great Bunn Be 13 enacted by the Senate and House of R?7‘686%$d#?}068 of the T§’,,°g'}f‘§§‘,‘§,°‘§‘ United States of America at Uocnjyress assemble ,_ That Commander uM¤v ·¤¤¤Gl;aQ°g,¤;,*; Dorr F. Tozier, United States oast Guard, retired, be, and he is suis? [mm .hereby, authorized to accept a sword tendered to him by the Kino of Great Britain through the Department of State of the United States. Approved, May 23, 1924. i‘£Yi¥?'e}i°€i° cnn. ive.-As Act rei- nie rene: or the East LaHave Transportation Company, Limited, owner, A. Picard and Qompouy, owner of cargo, and George H. Corkum, Leogld S. Conrad, Wilson Zmck,  Beck, Sidney Kmckle, and Norman E. Gay, crew of the schooner Con Rem, sunk by United States submarine K-4. _, Be it enacted b the Senate and House o Re sentatioes of the ..j‘°°**“’*· °°"°“* United States of .:America in Congress ssseibusflimst the claim or ¤g'¤;’;‘•,$,'§g·,':,‘} the East LaHave Transportation Company, Limited, owner of the for énmsion damnees. schooner Con Rein of the port of La.Have, in the Province of Nova in dl‘m°°°°°”' Scotia, Canada; that the claim of A. Picard and Company, the owner and consignee of the cargo aboard the said schooner, and the claims of the several members of the crew of said schooner, namel, George Corkum, Leo%ld S. Conrad, Wilson Zinck, Freeman Beck, Sidney Knickle, and orman LeGay, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between said schooner and the submarine K—4 owned by the Government of the United States and operated by the United States Navy, which occurred near Block Island, Rhode Island, on August 29, 1921, may I _ _ Mmm be sued for by the said claimants in the United States District ` Court for the District of Massachusetts, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court with j urisdiction to hear and determine such suit, and to enter judgments or decrees for the amounts of such damages and costs, if any, as may be found against the United States in favor of the said claimants, or any of them, or against said claimants in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measiues of liability ,,, as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and with the Notice is Attornei same rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall °°¤°¤*’· be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided léy order of said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney eneral to cause the United States attorney in such discmmmmnt 0, tr-ict to appear and defend for the United States: Provided further, sua. That said suit shall be brou ht and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, May 23, 1924. u_E§;tI?§§@ CHAP. 174.—-An Act For the relief of Rush O. Fellows Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentatin s gsliliiiexziilscwlvlb. United States of America in Con ress assem€>Zed?That the Secggtzig of the Treasury be, and he is heregby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Rush O. Fellows, of Bellefourche, South Dakota, the sum of $354.50 to repay him for private funds expended for governmental purposes while he was postmaster at Bellefourche, South Dakota. Approved, May 23, 1924.