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 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. H. · Cns. 149-151. 1927. 1773 CHAP. 149.-——An Act For the relief of the Bell Tele hone Com of Phila- ‘ !‘¤b¤¤! it W7- delphia, Pennsylvania, and the Illinois Bell Telephone Uompany. pany Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re resentattves of the 0 _ United States of America in Oongress asseinblezd That the Comp- Timo m troller General of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized ..,..d$`Z.; b‘I{,°&‘Kl3Y to adjust and settle the claim of the Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the expenses incurred in connection with the installation and removal of excess equipment at the navy yard and the headquarters, Fourth Naval District, Philadelphia, ennsgllvama and the claim of theillinois Bell Telephone Com any for la r and material in connection with the furmshin telephone service at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ilinois, both claims having accrued during the late war. Approved, February 14, 1927. CHAP. 150.-An Act For the relief of Charles C. Hughes. ggédglilgézv [VB, 0. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives g the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the cre- S{‘,;‘{§§§,{°;§‘},,',¥‘§,_ tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of ¤°¤¤' *¤i¤*i°¤· any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full settle- ment agamst the Government, to Charles C. Hu hes the sum of $7 09.86 on account of irgury sustained by the said Ciarles C. Hughes when struck by a Unite States Army truck as he was crossin Sixty- second Street at Stony Island Avenue, in the city of Chicago, dllinois, on the 6th day of December, 1921. Approved, February 14, 1927. CHAP. 151.-——An Act For the relief of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com- NIFL R· pany. · lPl’lVB$0, N0. 367.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re esentattves o the United States o{ America in 0'ongress assenliblexr That the clailin of NiC$°$1i¤¤g¢°ii.ipa¤°$ii the Lehigh Coa and Navigation Company, a corporation organized ¤,§,gg'n*g?‘§_,,f,g§,;}i{0{*g; and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, an doing yy in district business in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, owner ‘ of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Li hter Numbered 40, against the United States for damages allegegl to have been caused by collision between the said lighter and the United States quarterboat Chester, in tow of the United States Army Engineer’s tug Phila- delphia, in the Schuylkill River, on the 11th day of March, 1920, may be sued for by t e said Lehigh Coal and Navi tion Company, in the District Court of the United States for the%astern District of Pennsylvania, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have ]urisdiction ¥¤-"¥¤<¤¤¤·¤ ¤f¤¤¤¤~ to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such dama es and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of t e Lehigh Coal and Navigation Companfy, or against the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in favor o the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liabilit as in like cases in admiralty between private _ parties, and with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That such §§,‘}'§‘,§{’·,,,,_ ,0 A,. notice of the suit shall be iven to the Attorney General of the United ¤>¤¤•=Y °¤¤°¤*l· States as ma be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of tile Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States: Pro- ,u§;°¤¤¤°¤°°m°¤* °' vided further, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within ` four months of the date of the passage of this Act. · Approved, February 14, 1927

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