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1676 June 28, 1932. [So 1216.) tPri\"8te. No. 62.) 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I . CRS.294-296. JUNE 28,1932. [CHAPTER 294.] AN ACT For the relief of the owner of the barge Mary M. Be it enacted by the Senate arul House of Repesentatives of the Wll~iam A. Malley. United States of America and Oongress assembled That the claIm of Claim of, for damages " , • Wis~eC~~ut~ ~YTI~badmSA. Mfalle d y , as ownle1r of d thehbargbee Mary ¥, dagbamst the ern District 0: New \...ll1te tates or amages a ege to ave en sustame y reason York. of a collision between said barge and the United States steamship Melville, or by reason of the operation of the said steamship Melville, under the control of the Navy Department, on April 15, 1919, at the south end of Governors Island, New York Harbor, may be sued for by said owner of the barge Mary M in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty and actin~ under the rules governing such court, and said Jurisdiction con· court shall have jurisdictil)n to hear and determine such suit and to ferred. enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, but without any allowance for interest prior to the entry o(judg- ment herein, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of said owner of the barge Mary M, or against said owner of the barge Mary M in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like t!ases in admiralty Provi&03. between prIvate parties, and with the same rights of appeal: Pro- Notice of suit to vided, That such notice of the suit shall be gIven to the Attorney Attorney General. General of the United States as may be provided by the order of Commencement. June 2S. 1932. [.S .1280 .) [PrE'ate, No. 63.] said court, and that 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 States: Provided further, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, June 28, 1932. [CHAPTER 295.] AN ACT For the relief of National Ben Franklin Fire Insurance Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the li:a}~~nalITarmstroBot (talk):~~; United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secre- cOpIDPan y . t f 1 tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed ayment 0, or oss to tf . thT t th' . of automobil . pay, ou 0 any money In e reasury no 0 erwlse approprI- ated, the sum of $406.29 to National Ben Franklin Fire Insurance Company, in full reimbursement for the sale by the Government of a Buick automobile stolen A.pril 21, 1920, and while operated by the thief for illegal purposes, was seized April 26, 1921, forfeited, and sold under the customs revenue laws, and the proceeds converted into the Treasury of the United States. June 28, 1932. [S.3119.] [Private, No. 64.] Approve<:1, June 28, 1932. [CHAPTER 296.] AN ACT For the relief of J. D . Stewart. Be it enacted by the Senate and H ovse of Representatives of the i>G!bt~;~1&im of, United States of America in Oongress assembled, That the United to be examined. States Employees' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to consider and determine the claim ofJ. D . Stewart, who purports to have suffered injury while employed as a rural carrier about April 17, 1926, in the same manner and to the same extent as if