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1714 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 384-386. 1922. S¤1>§¤¤g¤’°%12%!?¤2· CHAP. 884.-An Act For the relief of the owners of the British steamship Clearpool. [Pr"°°°’ N? mi Be it enacted by the Senate and House;] Representatives of the United NEW ““PP‘“¢ °°“" States of America in Congress assemb , That the claim of the Pool wéy Mk-: mit fw Shi ping Company (Limited), owner of the British steamship Clear-

aam°§n°sp??oi*;'};°b¤¤t3 pooli, against the United States for damages alleged to have been

""““"°‘°°"“· caused by collision between the said steamship and the United States Coast Guard cutter Apache in Chesapeake Bay on the 13th day of November, 1914, ma be sued for by the said Pool Shipping Company (Limited) in the Thstrict Court of the United States for the outhern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralitjyl

,,,.;,d,,¤m ,,;,,m_ and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court sh

have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit 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 Unite States in favor of the Pool Shi&piL1g Company (Limited), or against the Pool Shipping Company ited) m favor of the United tates, upon the same perinciples and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralgg §§{§';·m_ tween private parties and with the same rights of appeal: Provid That suc notice of the suit shall be (given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court and it shall be the dug of the Attorney General to cause the United t I States attome m su district to appear and defend for the United sua. ° States: Prod d jtrther, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, September 21, 1922. mmbe·21,1m.

 CHAP. 385.-An Act For the relief of Abraham Leibovitz.

_ Be it dnacted by the Senate and House o Re esentatives of the United ’{>l§'?’,,£L‘}wb°“*" States of Amerim in Congress a.ssembled`fTh£i.• the Secret of the Treasury be,_ and he is hereby, authorized and du·ected to pay, out of any money m the Treasmjy not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500 to Abraham Leibovitz of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which sum was paid by hun to the United States on a judgment against him on the bail bond of Michael Taylor, who was afterwards captured and returned to the United States officers by said Abraham Leibovitz. Approved, September 21, 1922. tember 21, 1

 CHAP. 386.-An Act For the relief of Horace E. Walker.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House cj Re esentatives o the United i>{.?,:§Z¤ihb,iX,°$kg§{1 States of America in Congress assembled, 'flizt the Secre{ary of the “$°“· Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money m the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to Horace Walker, of Suffolk County, Massac usetts, the sum of $403, in full compensation for damages done to an automobile of the said Horace E. Walker, caused by neghgence on the part of the emdployees of the United States in the operation of a mail truck owne and operated by the United States Government on January 5, 1920. Approved, September 21, 1922.