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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. ssc-ass. 1924. 1375 it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United C f States: Provided farther, That said suit shall be brought and com- suai°mm°°°°m°m ° menced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, June 7, 1924. June 7, 1924. CHAP. 381.-An Act For the relief of C. C. Carson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the C_ C_Cm0,,_ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary R¤imb¤¤¢r¤¢¤¢¢¤· of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to C. C. Carson, of J efferson City, Missouri, proprietor and owner of the Mary Helen Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colorado, the sum of $190.44, said amount being in full settlement and reimbursement to the said C. C. Carson, and representing a diderence in freight rates on a shipment of barb wire which was purchased by him from the Government free on board Schenectady, New York, caused by the Government’s delay in making shipment in accordance with the contract of purchase. _ Approved, June 7, 1924. · June 7, 1924. CHAP. 382.-—An Act For the relief of Lena Garagnon Owens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the LED, (,,,,,,,;,,0,, United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary O‘{,g’;imtt0 ,m_dam_ of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Lena ageseme. ’ Garagnon Owens, of San Antonio, Texas, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,819.50, in full settlement of her claim against the Government of the United States for damages done to her property and personal injuries sustained through being run down in the streets of San Antonio, Texas, on April 25, 1913, by a section of Battery B, United States Artillery, from Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Approved, June 7, 1924. June 7,1924. CHAP. 383.-An Act For the relief of V. E. Schermerhorn, E. C. Caley, G. W. Campbell, and Philip Hudspeih. ¤’¤v¤¤¤· M65-1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the v_E_S,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ Unite;] States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ¤¤ga¤*g¤f;im { r of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay erty lisxiiagesf 0 pm? to V. E. Schermerhorn, E. C. Caley, G. WV. Campbell, and Philip Hudspeth, their heirs, executors, administrators. or assigns the following sums: V. E. Schermerhorn, $2,7 67.45; E. C. Caley, $192; G. WV. Campbell, $16; and Philip Hudspeth, $134; for the destruction on October 15, 1908, of their property by fire which occurred on the Fort Riley, Kansas, Military Reservation, while Battery A, Sixth Field Artillery, was engaged in target practice, near the northern boundary, and which spread to and caused serious damage to pri- Approprmou vately owned farms adjoining the reservation; and the sum of i $3,109.45 is hereby appropriated for said purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 7, 1924.