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 2040 Ormted to American Ledon Pa.t. ProoilO. Condition. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs.93-95. 1929. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a patent to iss!~e to Doctor O. E. Templi~ V. G. Gardner, and Merritt C. Mason as trustees of Meyer Shield ·. I;"ost Numbered 92, American Legion, Alva, Oklahoma.; and to their successors, for the tract of land described as lot numbered 19, block numbered 41, according to the ori~inaillat of such city: Pro Jided, however, That said patent shall be Issue upon the express condition that Meyer Shield Post Numbered 92, American Legion. Alva, Oklahoma, shall erect a post building upon said lot within five years after the approval of this Act. Approved, January 21, 1929. lTII~ ~9f' CRAP. 94.- An Act For the relief of L Pickert Fish Company (Incorporated). [Private, No. 325.] B~ it enacted by the Se1U1te and H 0'U88 of Repr8sentati'l.·es of the ~'l(TarmstroBot (talk))~' Unite,d States. of America in OO'Ii1lre88 f!8semhled, That the cla~m. of ~y bring suit f!lr L. PIckert FIsh Company, a corporatIon created by and eXIstlf,lg ~:::gtnco::n~es In under the laws of the State of Maine, the legal owner of a wharf and factory thereon, at Provincetown, Massachusetts, which was damaged &nd practically destroyed on or about November 15, 1926, through collision therewith by the United States Coast Guard cutter Morrill, for damages caused by said collision may be sued for in lur1adlctiOllofcourt. the District Court of Massachusetts, and that said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit according to the prin- ciples of law and rules of practice obtaining in like cases between private parties at common law and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the said L. Pickert Fish Company uJiOn the same principles and measures of liability and ~ damage as In like cases between private parties and with the same Noti~etcr&\ to At- rights of appeal: Pr~ That such notice of the suit shall be tomey e. given to the Attorney General of the United States as ma; be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty 0 the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in said district to appear and defend for the United States: Provided fwrther, suimmeaoement of That said suit shall be brought and commenced within six months of the date of the passage of this Act. th!~otlanjU: SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated such sum as may be ment. necessary to pay the amount of any Judgment rendered by the court. Approved, January 22, 1929. In. CHAP. 95 .-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to award a [ vate, No. ~ Nicaragpan campaj.Jn bad..se to Captain James P. Williams, in recognition of his servlCes to the United states in the Nicaraguan campaign of 1912 and 1913. Be it enacted by tluJ SertOte and H O'U8e of Rep!esenttiti'IJe8 of the w~n~ 1&me1 P. Umted States of Amerboo in Oongre8s aIJ8e7TI1Jled, That the Secretary AWWdtidNI6III1IIIl&D of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to award =r:ren: for a Nicaraguan C&ID,Paign badge to Cap!ain James P. Williams, now a captain in the Umted States Army, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, One hundred and fifty-sixth Cavalry Brigade, United States Army, reserve, for services rendered the United States Government ~ pay, etc. in the Nicaraguan campaign of 1912 and 1913: PrO'lJided, That no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued by virtue of the passage of this Act. Approved, January 24, 1929.

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