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 17].0 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Gus. 841-843. 1926. right, title, and interest of the United States in and te a strip of land, a proximatel one hundred and eight feet wide and one thousang three humbed and fifty feet long, situated in the said town at Great Marsh, so called, which land was acquired in the year 1841 for canal purposes. Approved, July 3, 1926. J¤ly8,19%. . CHAP. 842.-An Act Authorizing the Department of State to deliver to P*'*“*°· _°· 27*] Honorable William B. McKinley, United States Senator from the State of Illinois, and permitting him to accept the decoration and diploma presented by the Government o France. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the M‘?,‘§,,°‘;‘,_Wm“m B· United States of America in Oongress assembled, That William B. m¤:¤g1d¤g;y¤°md¤g°r; McKinley, United States Senator from the State of Illmois, be, and mms. he is hereby, authorized to accept the decoration and diploma of oiiicer of the Legion of Honor tendered to him by the Government of the French Republic, and the Department of State is. hereby authorized to deliver to him the said decoration and diploma. Approved, July 3, 1926. Jul;3,1926. V - *L*Jt. CHAP. 843.-An Act Conferring 'urisdiction u n the Federal District [P"“""• N°· 27*] Court of the Western Division of the Wlestern Distrlcgtbf Tennessee to hear and determine claims arising from the sinking of the vessel known as the Norman. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That Jgrrisdiction yggiiégcgtunwmd to is hereby conferred upon the Federal District Court for t e Western “ ' District of Tennessee to hear and determine in actions at law all claims, however arising, irrespective of the amount, for damages, whether liquidated or unliqui ated, for personal in]ury, death, or loss or damage to property against the United States of America gfowing out of the sinking of t e vessel known as the Norman on the ississippi River on or about May 8, 1925, near Memphis, Tennessee if the party suing would be entitled to redress agamst the United States m a court of law in respect of such claims in case the United R°°°"`°”· States were suable. Recovery under this Act shall be the sole right ,P’,¤¤*·*¤, im mmm of recovery for such claims imder law of the United States: Pro- ` mkted, That the total amount recovered in any case brought under the provisions of this Act for upersonal inju or death shall not exceed the sum of $7,500. Sho d cggniployces lelect to sue hereunder their right of recovery shall be limi to the rovisions of this Act. m§{j’mm°¤°°m°¤° °' Sno. 2. Any such claim may be instituted) at any time within two years after the passage 0 this Act notwithstanding the lapse of time or any statute of limitation. No statute for the limitation of Procedure. the liability of the owner of any vessel shall be applicable to any such claim. Proceedings in any action nmder this Act and appeals therefrom and payment of the judgment therein shall, except when Vol. ae, p. ma;. inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be had as in the case of claims over which the court has gprisdiction in actions at law under the first paragrealph of paragrap 20 of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amend. ,,,§°“"°° °' "'°°°“* Sno. 3. Service on the United States of America under any suit instituted under this Act shall be had on the United States district attorney of the Western Division of the Western District of Ten- nessee, and the clerk of the United States District Court of said district shall also send to the Attorney General of the United States a certified copy of the summons and declaration so filed, said action

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