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 srxrr-nrentrn cossnnss. sms. r. cas. 281-284. 1924. 1373 for certain beans commandeered b the Navy Department at San Francisco, California, on or about Eebruary, 1918, may be sued for and submitted to the United States District Court in and for the Eastern District of New York, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree fo1‘_such amount and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of said estate of Ely N. Sonnenstrahl, deceased, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases under section 10 of the Lever Act and with the same `§$§;,,§?,jp‘m· rights of appeal: Provided, That suit shall be brought and com- ug¤m¤¤°¤°°¤¤¤¤t °* menced within four months from the date of the passage of this Act. S ` Approved, June 6, 1924. CHAP. 282.—An Act For the relief of the Commercial Pacific Cable Com- Jugiibzllfil pany. [Private, No. 47.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commercial Pacmc United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary came company. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay d,§`,§‘§”t t°’ ‘°' to the Commercial Pacific Cable Company, out of any money in the Treasnuy not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $16,109.94 to reimburse said company for the cost of repairing certain damages done by the United States naval authorities to one of said comp;my’s ` cables in the harbor of San Luis d’Apra, island of Guam, on arch 21, 1923. The Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized and directed to pay to the Commercial Pacino Cable Company, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $26,490.38, to'reimburse said company for the cost of repairing certain damages done by the United States naval authorities to one of said company’s cables in the harbor of San Luis d’Apra, island of Guam, in September, 1907, as reported to Congress in Senate Document Numbered 88, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session. Approved, June 6, 1924. June 6,1924. CHAP. 283.-An Act For the relief of Gerard E. Bess. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the G d E B United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Pdgilieutito iii peiof the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ’°“°""j“"°s· pay out of an money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Gerard E. liiess. the sum of $540 in full settlement against the Government. as compensation for injuries sustained while in charge and under the direction of a sergeant of the United States Army and a passen r on a Government truck en route from Fort Bragg to Charlotte,§orth Carolina, on May 23, 1922. Approved, June 6, 1924. June 6,1924. CHAP. 284.-—An Act For the relief of Jesse L. Meeks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the J L M ks United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the   rggoré mradministration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and bene- '°°‘°‘*· fits upon honorably discharged soldiers Jesse L. Meeks, late private and second lieutenant in Company A, Fourth Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Mounted Infantry (Fishback’s command), shall hereafter be held and considered to have been in the military service of the 45822°-—v0L 43-1*1* 2——3