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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CBS. 586-588. 1931. of Stancil Hume Booth, the sum of $1,500 on account of the death of his son, Stancil Hume Booth, who was killed while on duty at Fort Screven, Chatham County, Georgia, on April 9, 1929, by com- ing in contact with an electric wire on a pole in the Government reservation at Fort Screven, Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia, which pole and electric lighting system was the property of the United States Government and under its control. Approved, March 5, 1931. 2161 March 5, 1931. CHAP. 687.-An Act For the relief of Doctor Cooper Nicholson. [S.4274.) [Private, No. 502 .) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That in the admin- otor Cooper Nich· I 1 's 9 t 1 r 6 ation of thde dEmhploYEees' ICom~encsation Ac~ ofCSept~m1;>er ?, to~s:rne~l~ of, l, as amen e, temp oyees ompensabon ommISSIon IS hereby authorized, notwithstanding the lapse of time, to examine and consider the claim of Doctor Cooper Nicholson, who is alleged Vol. 39, p. 742; Vol. to have suffered an injury to his left eye while in charge of Main «, p. 772. Hospital Numbered 1, at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, during the W orId . War = Provided, That no benefits thereunder shall accrue prior to ::iOO:fcir beneflb. the enactment of this Act. Approved, March 5, 1931. March 5, 1931. CHAP. 688 .- An Act For the relief of the Orange Car and Steel Com~any, [S.4353.1 of Orange, Texas, successor to tile Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Com- --"'[P=rI~·va:7te:-:,""N20.'-;503=>.1- pany. Be it enaeted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Orange cTarmstroBot (talk) 15:52, 18 January 2013 (UTC)ar8ndSteel Car and Steel Company, a corporation organized under the laws C\ai~t!,f, fortcPlant of the State of Texas, with headquarters at Orange, Texas, the r ~onC~urt r:r successor of the Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company Claims. and owner of its assets, is hereby authorized to prosecute its alleged claim for plant amortization, dredging, and removal of outboard- ways to an amount not exceeding $176,665.42, as provided in article 3 of a certain agreement entered into on the 31st day of December, 1921, between Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, party of the first part, and the United States Shipping Board, representing the United States of America, acting by and through the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, party of the second part, a corporation organized and existing under the la.ws of the District of Columbia. Juri.sdiction is hereby con- ~.isdictlon con· ferred upon the Court of Claims of the Umted States to hear and consider such action and to enter decree or jud~ment l;tgainst the United States for the amount of such damages, If any, as may be found to be due said Orange Car and Steel Company as successor to said Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company within the t~lt:.otd'.~·131O, limitations above set forth. The right to sue hereby granted is given waived. notwithstanding any statute of limItation = Provided. however. That r 0lli80en t such action shall be brought and commenced within Slx months after omm cemen. this Act becomes effective. Approved, March 5, 1931.