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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHs.798-801. 1928. 1983 futrtMr, That the enlistment of the said Joseph S. Carroll, as herein Aie,etc.,d~. authorized, may be effected without regard to age or physical qualifications. Approved, May 26, 1928. May.,lu.. CHAP. 799. -An Act Granting six months' pay to Vincentia V. Irwin. P}t R. 24~.) t vate, No. 1I12.J Be it enactetJ by the S61'I4t6 aM H0'U86 of Repres~es of the United State8 Of Arn.eric6 in Oon,gre88 a88emlJkd, That there is ~=l:;iDp&y hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the to, for death of 11_ Treasury not otherwise appropnated, such sum as may be necessary band. to pay to Vincentia V. Irwin, widow of the late Ensign Glendon Ward Irwin, United States Navy, an amount equal to six months~ pay at the rate said Glendon Ward Irwin was receiving at the date of his death. Approved, May 26,1928. May 211, 1928. CHAP. 800. - An Act For the relief of the owners of the schooner William IH. R . 3971.] Melbourne. IPrivate, No. 193.) Be it enacted by the Senate (J,.",a HMt8e of Representatives of the United State8 of America in Oongres8 aI18embled, That the claim of N~n =; the William Melbourne Navigation Company (Limited), a corpora- (!ria ted). tion under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of ooJlIIi!n ~.; f~ Canada, owners of the schooner William Melbourne,. ~ the ~J~=~,~d1s~ United States for damages alle~ to have been caused ~ a collision court. between said schoqner and the United States steamship W. L . Stead, off Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, on the 19th day of April,2 1919, may be sued for by the said owners in the District Court or the United States for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty, and actin~ under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have Jurisdiction to hear and determine 1urlsdictionofcourt. such suit and to enter a ju~gment or decree therein for the amount of such damages not to exceed $5,000 sustained by reason of said collision as shall be found to be due either for or against the United States upon the same principles and m~ures of liability and damages as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: ProVided, That such notice of the ·etc. to At. suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as torney Oenerii.i. maY' be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States: Provided sui~ommencement of fwrther, That said suit shall be brought and commenced WIthin . four months after the daie of the passage of this Act. Approved, May 26, 1928. May 26. 1928. CHAP. 801. - An Act For the relief of Charlie R. Pate. IH. R. 4652.] (Private, No. lW.] . Be it enackd by the Senate mul H0'U8e of Repre8entatives 01 the Ch Ii R P United States of America in OO'll1/re88 a88em1Jled, That in ~he adnlinis- MiI'ft~ . cor· tration of all taws conferring rights, privileges, and benefits upon rected. honorably discharged soldiers, Charlie· R. Pate, who was' a member of CompanY' L, Twenty-seventh United States InfantrY', shall here- after be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a private of that

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