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SIXTY—SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. CHS. 203-206. 1923. 1787 7, 1916, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of said commission. _Any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated is hereby appropriated for the purpose of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1923. CHAP. 204.-An Act For the relief of Ellen McNamara. liidlcii? as at mate by the senate (ms House of Representatives g me """""°·‘“°"*"" United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ecre- §},l,i.'f,’,,g’§,‘{N“‘,;,“”·S,x tary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be m¤¤g¤¤;h www to paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, M °° °tS°°' to Ellen McNamara, mother of Frank X. McNamara, ordinary seaman, United States ships Buifalo and Cleveland, United States Navy, an amount equal to six months’ pay at the rate received by him at the date of his death. Approved, March 2, 1923. CHAP. 205.-—An Act For the relief of the Neah Bay Dock Company, a corporation. Vg? [Private, No. H3.] de it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ecre· p§,`{§.°f°‘B“YD°°k°°m‘ tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed ,is¥’¤¥¤¤*>¤¢ ta fer wito pay out of the money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, lm d°m°g°°' to the Neah Bay Dock Company, a corporation the sum of $4,507 .71 as reimbursement for damages caused to the Neah Bay Wharf, the property of said coilnlpany by the United States ship Swallow, a mine sweeper of the nited States Navy. Approved, March 2, 1923. cnn. zoe.—a¤ Act For me mae: or are rmi E. Jones Dredging Company. “{§Y°£?t§é°§‘ [Private, No. 224.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim ,,,“&*,f·’°;{°°D’°d€‘ of the Fred E. Jones Dredgin Com§any, a cor oration organized §1‘:K¤1?iiiz suit {M and existing under the laws 0% the tate of Delaware, and doing $1 a»wi:”i·ag°°axl°ia¤ti business in the city of Norfolk, Virginia, against the United States °°“"*· for damages alleged to have been caused by a collision between its coal scow numbered 3 and the steamshép Minnesota, which occurred about six o’clock post meridian on ebruary 20, 1919, while said c‘oal scow, loaded with coal and equipment, was moored near the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company’s merchandise pier numbered 2, at Lambert’s Point, Virginia, maly be sued for by] the said owners in the District Court of the Unite States for the astern District of Virginia, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governin such court, and said court shall have J“““d‘°“°“°‘°°°‘*· jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree therein for the amount of such damages sustained by reason of said collision as shall be found to_be due either for or against the United States upon the same principles and measures of liability and damages, as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That me Attorney such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of G°*°¤“~ the United States as may be provided léy order of the said court, and it shall be the dut of the Attorney eneral to cause the United States attorney in such, district to appear and defend for the United C t d States: Provided fu/rther, That said suit shall be brought and sui:. commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1923. 42150°-—voL 42. PT 2—·16