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SIXTY-EIGHTH oouoiznss. sms. II. om. 502-504. 1925. 1589 CHAP. 502.—An Act For the relief of Mrs. M. J. Adams. M? [Private, N0. 229.] Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Re esentatives 0 the United States of gmerica in Congress assembZed?That the Secrgtary d iginiiii J`r<idui<if of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ay, °° °fs°°‘ out of an money in the Treasury not otherwise a propriateci: to Mrs. M. Adams, mother of O. L. Adams, deceased}; of the coimty of Tippah and the State of Miwissippi, the sum of $3,000, in full compensation for the death of her son, O. L. Adams, who as a civilian in the service of the United States was killed in a iight with Army deserters in Tippah Coimty, Mississippi, in 1918. Approved, March 3, 1925. mma aims. CHAP. 503.-An Act For the relief of Francis M. Atherton. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the rqipcamamemn. United States ey America in Congress assembled, That in the '°°“° °°" administration o the pension laws Francis M. Atherton shall hereafter be held and considered to have been mustered into the service of the United States as a member of the First Battery Vermont Volunteer Light Artillery on the 15th day of March, 1862, and to have been honorably discharged from the same on the 1st da of Februaiéy, 1863, and to have been mustered into the service oiy the United tates as an unassigned recruit on the 19th day of December, 1863, and to have been honorably discharged from the same on the Prnviso. 9th day of March, 1864: Provided, That no pay, pension, or allowance ag`) prm p°°°i°“’ shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1925. _ Mme aiozs. CHAP. 504.-An Act For the relief of the Mallory Steamship Company. ·j$ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the Mmm mmm, United States eg Amerika in Congress assemb£d, That the claim C‘{§’,‘§;“g’,m sm, ,0, of the Mallory teamship Compan , owner of the American steam- collision dqpm tg ship Nueces, ainst the United States of America, for dama es ? ¥.,°“I:t{°°°°°’ alleged to havbgbeen caused by collision between said vessel and ghe United States Arm tug Vigilant in the harbor of New York on June 12, 1908, may be sued for by the said Mallory Steamship Com- %any in the District Court of the United States for the astern istrict of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty, and acting iu.-aaicueu Drama. under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, including interest and costs, if any, as shall be found due against the United States in favor of the owner of the said American steamship Nueces, or against the owner of the said American steamship Nueces in favor 0 the United States upon the same rinciples and measures of _ liability as in like cases in admiralty getween private parties and ,{Q{'{;”-cw to M_ with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice of the mrney deueml. suit shall be `ven to the Attorney General of the United States as may be providiad by order of the said court, and it shall be the dutg of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in suc Commencement 0, district to appear and defend for the United States: Provided fur- suit. ther, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1925.