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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 310, 311, 319, 320. 1929. 2327 of the lands of said claimants during the years 1924, 1925, and 1926, owing to the settlement and breaching of a dike erected by the Federal Government near the southeasterly entrance of the Chesa- peake and Delaware Canal, in New Castle County, in the State of Delaware. Approved} February 23, 1929. February 23, 1929. CHAP. Sll. -An Act For the relief of Herman C. Davis. [ll. R. 9737.] [Private, No. 404 .] Be it eruwted by the Senate and H0U8e of Representatives 01 the Herman C. Dnvis. United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Pay.men~ to, (or per. - of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, lIOnal mJurles. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Herman C. Davis, of Camp Knox, Hardin County1 Kentucky, the sum of $2,500 in full settlement of all claims agamst the United States for injuries arising out of n gun-shot wound inflicted by a member of the provost guard doing duty at Camp Knox on March 17, 1919. Approved, February 23, 1929. CHAP. S19. -An Act For the relief of Margaret W. Pearson and John R. Pearson, her husband. February 25, !929. [S.1618.] [Private, No. 405.) Be it e1UUJted by the S8'Ttate mw1 House of Representatives of the Margaret W. and United States of America in Oongress a8semble<l, That the Court of 10~la!i· Prrn·use of Claims of the United State,s be, and hereby is, given jurisdiction to land, I~C~ 'r/f~rred to hear and determine the claim of Margaret W. Pearson and John R. Court of lalms. Pearson, her husband, of Jacksonville, Florida, and to render judg- ment against the United States for compensatlOn for the use, occu- pancy, and possession of a tract of land belonging to the said Margaret W. Pearson and John R. Pearson, her husband, situated in Duval County, Florida, during the period from December 10, 19201 to November 5, 1921; and for waste or damage to the inheritance, it any, attributable to the United States while in po.ssession of said land. . SEC..2.. Said claim sh~ll. no~ be ~nsidered as bar~ed bec.ause of ~t~:e ~?fImiW1~Y any eXIstmg statute of IImitatlOns WIth respect to sUIts agamst the R. s. sec. 3744, p. 738 . United States; nt>r because of noncompliance with section 3744, u. S. Code. p. l3le. Revised Statutes. Approved, February 25, 1929. CHAP. S20. -An Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior Fe[iP}:5s~r' to convey title to Lucile Scarborough for section 29, township 26 south, range 37 -;-;[p>='ri;::va:-;te::':-,~Ni::'o.::;406*"'.I­ east, New Mexico principal meridian, upon the payment to the Government of $1.25 per acre. Be it eruuJted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress Ass&rnbled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to issue a patent to Lucile Scarborough, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre, for all of section 29, township 26 south, range 37 east, New Mexico principal meridian, the lands embraced in her homestead application 038429, filed in the Roswell (New Mexico) laI].d office on May 7, 1917. Approved, February 25, 1929. Lucile Scarborough. Land petent to. Purchase price.

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