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528 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 95, 96. 1920. ized to arbitrate, compromise, or settle any claim in which suit will lie under the provisions of sections 2, 4 7, and 10 of this Act. m ,§{,,‘§},‘§;‘; Sec. 10. That the United States,_and the crew of any merchant veggégmn for vm, vessel owned or operated by the United States, or such_ corporation, me mw manor-im. shall have the rig t to collect and sue for salvage services rendered by such vessel and crew, and any monegs recovered therefrom by the United States for its own benefit, an not for the benefit of the crew, shall be covered into the United States 'l`reast1;H to the credit of the department of the Government of the Uni States or_ of the United States Shipping Board, or of such corporation, having control of the possession or operation of such vessel. b°M§}'§§§‘,,{°,Y,°i§§d hl Sec. 11. That all moneys recovered in any suit brought by the g'{,?,§;§§g °°“”°li§‘ United States 011 any cause of action arising from, or in connection with, the possession, operation, or ownership of any merchant vessel or the possession, carriagleézor ownership of any cargo, shall be covered into the United States asury to the credit of the department of the Government of the United States, or of the United States Shipping Board, or of such aforesaid corporation, having control of the vess or cargo with respect to which such cause of action arises, for reimbursement of the appropriation, or insurance fund, or other funds, from which the loss, damage, or compgensation for which said judg- ,0 c°m¤_ ment was recovered has been or will e lpaid. o1EIlxsuits,etc~ Sec. 12. That the Attorney General s all report to the Congress at each session thereof the suits under this Act in which final judgment shall have been rendered for or against the United States and such aforesaid cortporation, and the Secretary of an department of . the Government o the United. States, and the UnitedYSta.tes Shipping Amman WMS Board, the board of trustees of any such aforesaid corporation, ew. ’ shall likewise report the arbitration awards or settlements of claims which sha.ll_have been aimed to since the previous session, and in mmmmthwrg which the time to appe shall have expired or have been waived. pause. Sec. 13. That the provisions of all other Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, March 9, 1920. l§‘T'{"¤L‘§t}¥S‘ cnn. ac.-Jena neeenusm Authorizing the Secretary of wa to bring back

 on Army transports from_Danzig, Poland, residents of the United States of Polish

ongm who were engaged m the war on the side of the allied and associated powers. ¥$§°“$,‘§,§,°°"’,§`l‘{f,§’°'{‘,; Whereas there are now in concentration camps at or near Warsaw, g;%g Poland, and have been since November, 1919, u ward of twelve ' thousand residents of the United States of Pdlish origin who were eqiupped and transported at the ex ense of Great Britain and France from the United States to Poland and who were engaged m active service in behalf of the allied cause during the war; and Whereas they are desirous of returning to their homes in this country pod i>.)r€e_:v1thout means to accomplish such repatriation: Thereore 1 r S Resolved by the Senate and House of Re esentatives 0 the United mgyluili uieiinniiiig States of Agneriea in Congress assembZed,prThat authoiity be, and gg,”gg¤· *° U““°° hereby is, given to the Secretary of War to use such Army transports as may be available to bring baclr to the United States from Danzig, Poland, such residents of the United States of Polish origin as were engaged in the war on the side of the allied and associated powers. Approved, March 10, 1920.