2130 Appropriation. SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III . CRs.382-384. 1931. increased expenses of performance of contract dated August 21, 1926, between the United States, represented by Willis E. Teale, captain)., Corps of Engineers, United States Arm~ for the Mississippi River liommission, and Ayer and Lord Tie lIOmpany (Incorpo- rated), for certain construction work on the steamship Mississippi and resulting from one hundred and eighteen days' delay of the Government in delivery of the vessel t.o the contractor so that the work could be performed. There is hereby appropriated, out of any mcney in tlie Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,306.64 for payment of the claim. Approved, March 2, 1931. Mareb 2, 1931. [8. 17.s .] CHAP. S8S . -An Act For the relief of the Lakeside Country Club. [Printe, No. tOl.] Be it enacted by the Senate and H0U8e of Representatives of the Lakeside Country United Statu of America in Ocmgre88 aS8embled That the Secretary Club Ark. ' • •, • R~lund of Illegally of the Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authorlzed and dIrected to collected taxes. pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Lakeside Country Club, of Pulaski County, Arkansas, the sum of $6,000, the balance of taxes illegally collected in 1921, as a full settlemt~nt and accord thereof. Approved, March 2, 1931. March 2, 1931. (S. mo .] CHAP. S84.-An Act For the relief of McIlwraith McEacharn's Line, Pro- (Private, No. 402 .] prietary (Limited). Be it enacted by the Sentlte and H O'U8e of Representatives 01 the McI1~r8Ith Me· United States of Ameri,ca in OOft,gres8 assembled, That the claim of
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coTarmstroBot (talk)n br:f~ f~ United States for damages and loss alleged to have been sustained coal barge "Werfa" In by it as a result of the collision between the United States ship Mac- District Court. Donough and the Australian coal barge Weda, which occurred in Victoria Basin, Melbourne, Australia] on or about August 5, 1925, may be determined in a. suit to be Dro~ght by the said claimant against the United States in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admi- ralty and acting under the rules governing such court in admiralty lurlsdlctlon of court. cases, and that said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and deter- mine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, without interest, and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the McIlwraith McEacharn's Line, Proprietary (Limited), or against the Mcllwraith McEacharn's Line, Proprietary (Limited), in favor of the United States, sustained by reason of said collis.ion, upon the same prin- ciples and measures of liability as in like cases in admiraltJ. between PJ~. private parties and with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That TarmstroBot (talk) 15:47, 18 January 2013 (UTC)'e::.&I. to At- such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by the order of the said court, and upon the receipt of such notice it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in the Commencement of district to appear and defend for the Uni~d States: Provided 1Idt. further, That such suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the approval of this Act. Approved, March 2, 1931.
