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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs.679-681. 1930. 1981 corporation against the United States of America for damages alleg~d to have been caused by collision between said vessels and the United States ship Traffic on or about the 6th day of May. 1919, at or near Pier C, navy yard, Brooklyn, New York, may be sued for by the said owner and/or receiver and/or trustee in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York, lurladiction of court. sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court; and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, but without any allowance for interest thereon prior to the entry of such judgment, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the owner of the said American steam tug Charles Runyon and/or receiver and/or trustee of aforesaid, or against the owner of the said American steam tug Charles Runyon and/or the receiver and/or trustee of said corpora- tion, in favor of the United States, upon the same principles, other than as above limited, and same measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and with the same rights of Procllr appeal: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the NotlceNio Attorney Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order General. 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 Co defend for the United States: Provided further, That said suit shall 81lit. mmencement of be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, June 27, 1930. . ~. TarmstroBot (talk) CHAP. 6S0.-An Act For the relIef of ~>,laude L. Duborg. [H. R. 1609.) [Private, No. 167.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative8 of the United StOites of America in Oongress assembled, That Maude L. McaudeL.Duborg. Db "1' 1 fthG tdf. ompensation for U org, a crVI -serVIce emp oyee 0 e overnmen, an per ormmg stenographill service, the duties of a stenographer.typist at Fort Humphreys, Virginia, allowed. is hereby relieved from accountmg for or repaying to the Govern- ment the sum of $190.66 paid to her, namely: $31.76 in January, 1927; $36.15 in May, 1927; $32.06 in July, 1927; $27.64 in September, 1927; and $63.05 in October, 1927, by or under the direction of the finance officer of the War Department, as compensation for reporting the testimony in certain cases of general courts-martial at Fort Humphreys, said work having been done by her, at the request of the trial Judge advocates of the several courts-martial, after office hours and while she was on leave of absence without pay: Provided, That ~=i all 001 the Comptroller General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed acc:untso~'MaE. 'f~ to credit in the accounts of E. T. Comegys, major, Finance Depart- Comegys. ment, the sum of $190.66, paid to said Maude L. Duborg, now standing as a disallowance in his accounts. Approved, June 27, 1930. CHAP. 6St. -An Act For the relief of Arthur H. Thiel. Be it enacted by the Senate and HI'tJ,IJ6 of Rep'l'esentatives of tM United States of America in Oongress assem1Jled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed tol.ay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate, to Arthur H. Thiel the sum of $28.33 for wages due him for services rendered as a temporary fireman-laborer under the custodian service at Ripon (Wisconsin) post office. Approved, June 27, 1930. lune'D, 1930. [H.R.1486.J [Private, No. 158 .C · · Arthur H. Thiel. Payment to.