the claim of the Andrew Radel Oyster Company for compensation for alleged damage sustained by the said Andrew Radel Oyster Company by reason of the destruction of certain oyster beds located in Raritan Bay, about two miles southwesterly of Old Orchard Light, by a dredge of the United States War Department, on June 19, 1923. Approved, June 21, 1926. June 22, 1926. [S. 2324.] [Private, No. 203.] Vol. 44, p. 1614. Shipbuilding and CHAP. 656.-An Act For the relief of the New Jersey Shipbuilding and Dredging Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives New Jersey of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Dredging Com. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Reimbursement authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the pany. to. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $41,320.25, to reimburse the New Jersey Shipbuilding and Dredging Company for extraordinary work required by the War Department in connection with deepening the channel in East River, New York City, said sum to be in full and final settlement of the claim. Approved, June 22, 1926. June 25, 1926. [S. 492.] Private, No. 217.] Vol. 44, p. 1618. Swendson. personal injuries. CHAP. 683.-An Act For the relief of Swend A. Swendson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Payment to, for authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Swend A. Swendson the sum of $1,000, to compensate him in full for the injury received by him in the Government employ as boatman under the United States Corps of Engineers in the course of the Mississippi River improvement on the 8th day of July, 1911. Approved, June 25, 1926. July 3, 1926. [S. 4431.] [Public, No. 270.] Vol. 44, pp. 1709, 1710. Westport, Conn. CHAP. 841. An Act To authorize the sale of a parcel of land in the town of Westport, Connecticut. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to quitSale of land to claim and convey to the town of Westport, Connecticut, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as he may deem just and equitable, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a strip of land, approximately one hundred and eight feet wide and one thousand three hundred and fifty feet long, situated in the said town at Great Marsh, so called, which land was acquired in the year 1841 for canal purposes. Approved, July 3, 1926. CHAP. 843.-An Act Conferring jurisdiction upon the Federal District Court of the Western Division of the Western District of July 3, 1926. [S. 2273.] Vol. 44, p. 1710. Tennessee to hear and determine claims arising from the sinking [Private, No. 272.] of the vessel known as the Norman. "Normal," Ves Claims arising referred to dis Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, sel That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Federal from sinking of, District Court for the Western District of Tennessee to trict court. hear and determine in actions at law all claims, however arising, irrespective of the amount, for damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated, for personal injury, death, or loss or damage to property against the United States of America growing out of the sinking of the vessel known as the Norman on the Mississippi River on or about May 8, 1925, near Memphis, Tennessee, if the party suing would be entitled to redress against the United States in a court of law in respect of such claims in case the United States were suable. Recovery under this Act shall be the sole right of recovery for such claims. under law of the United States: Provided, That the total amount recovered in any case brought under the pro- amount. visions of this Act for personal injury or death shall not exceed the sum of $7,500. Should employees elect to sue hereunder their right of recovery shall be limited to the provisions of this Act. Recovery. Proviso. Commence Procedure. SEC. 2. Any such claim may be instituted at any time within two years after the passage of this Act notwith- ment of suit. standing the lapse of time or any statute of limitation. No statute for the limitation of the liability of the owner of any vessel shall be applicable to any such claim. Proceedings in any action under this Act and appeals therefrom and payment of the judgment therein shall, except. when inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be had as in the case of claims over which the court has jurisdiction in actions at law under the first paragraph of paragraph 20 of section 24 of the Judicial Code, as amended. Vol. 36, p. 1093. Service of proc SEC. 3. Service on the United States of America under any suit instituted under this Act shall be had on the ess, etc. United States district attorney of the Western Division of the Western District of Tennessee, and the clerk of the United States District Court of said district shall also send to the Attorney General of the United States a certified copy of the summons and declaration so filed, said action shall be docketed and tried as any other suit at law pending in said court and tried by jury had as in other suits at law. Approved, July 3, 1926. July 3, 1926. [H. R. 11716.] [Private, No. 307.] Vol. 44, p. 1754. Northern Paper Mills. Sale to, of cer er, Wis. Description. CHAP. 878.-An Act Granting to Northern Paper Mills certain islands in the Menominee River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That upon payment of the appraised value to be determined by tain islands in the Secretary of the Interior, he is hereby authorized Menominee Riv and directed to sell and convey by proper conveyances to Northern Paper Mills, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and authorized to do business in the State of Michigan, whatever right, title, or interest the United States may have in or to an unsurveyed island lying in the Menominee River opposite section 29, township 37 north, range 28 west, Michigan meridian, Michigan, of approximately one-half acre in area; two unsurveyed islands lying in said river opposite section 31, township 37 north, range 28 west, Michigan meridian, Michigan, of approximately one-half acre each in area; an island comprising lot 5, section 25, township 36 north, range 21 east, and lot 3, section 30, township 36 north, range 22 east, fourth principal meridian, Wisconsin, said island being approximately three acres in area; an island comprising lot 4, section 30, township 36 north, range 22 east, fourth principal meridian, Wisconsin, approximately one-half acre in area: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall have the effect of defeating any valid existing rights in and to such islands, or any part thereof, as may have been initiated by any person or persons, or by the State of Michigan, or by the State of Wisconsin, prior to the passage of this Act. Proviso. Prior rights not impaired. Survey and ap praisal. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby Rules, etc., to authorized to survey and appraise said islands and to prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for administering the provisions of this Act. be prescribed. Approved, July 3, 1926. March 13, 1926. [H. Con. Res., No. 4.] Vol. 44, p. 1977. Joint Commit tee on Muscle Shoals established. Composition. Lenses for ni MUSCLE SHOALS COMMITTEE Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That a joint committee, to be known as the Joint Committee on Muscle Shoals, is hereby established to be composed of three members to be appointed by the President of the Senate from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the Committee on Military Affairs. The committee is authorized and directed to conduct trate and power negotiations for a lease or leases (but no lease or leases properties at Muscle Shoals to shall be recommended which do not guarantee and safebe conducted by guard the production of nitrates and other fertilizer ingredients mixed or unmixed primarily as hereinafter provided) of the nitrate and power properties of the United States at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, including the quarry properties at Waco, Alabama, for the production of nitrates primarily and incidentally for power purposes, such power to be equitably distributed between the communities and States to which it may be properly transported, in order to serve national defense, agriculture, and industrial purposes, and upon terms which so far as possible shall provide benefits to the Government and to agriculture equal to or greater than those set forth in H. R. 518, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, except that the lease or leases shall be for a period not to exceed fifty years. Report of find. Provisos. Said committee shall bave leave to report its findings ings. and recommendations, together with a bill or joint resolution for the purpose of carrying them into effect, which bill or joint resolution shall, in the House, have the status that is provided for measures enumerated in clause 56 of Rule XI: Provided, That the committee shall report to Congress not later than April 26, 1926: And provided further, That the committee in making its report shall file for the information of the Senate and House of Representatives, a true copy of all proposals submitted to it in the conduct of such negotiations. Passed, March 13, 1926. ing Time for mak report. posals to be filed. Copy of all pro MUSCLE SHOALS COMMITTEE Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Joint Committee on Muscle Shoals created by House Concurrent Resolution 4 of the Sixtyninth Congress hereby is authorized in furtherance of the purposes of said resolution to summon engineers, experts, and other witnesses to testify under oath; to employ such clerical and expert assistants as may be deemed necessary, to employ a stenographer at a cost not exceeding 25 cents per hundred words to report such hearings and proceedings as may be held in connection herewith, the recommendations and findings of the Joint Committee to be submitted in conformity with the provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 4. The expenses incurred hereunder not exceeding $5,000 to be paid onehalf from the contingent fund of the Senate, and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. Passed, May 20, 1926. June 11, 1926 Pecos River. in Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, enrollment of bill in the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 3862) to provide for relating to. 753. Public Laws, p. the storage of the waters of the Pecos River to correct an error by striking out the language contained in amendment numbered 3 of the Senate engrossed amendments. Passed, June 11, 1926. February 24, 1925. Boundary, United States and Canada. Preamble. Contracting Powers. ies. Treaty between the United States and Great Britain in respect of boundary between the United States and Canada. Signed at Washington, February 24, 1925; ratification advised by the Senate, March 12, 1925; ratified by the President, April 9, 1925; ratified by Great Britain, May 30, 1925; ratifications exchanged at Washington, July 17, 1925; proclaimed, July 17, 1925. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a treaty between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, in respect of Canada, to define more accurately at certain points and to complete the international boundary between the United States and Canada and to maintain the demarcation of that boundary was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, the original of which treaty is word for word as follows: The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respect of the Dominion of Canada, desiring to define more accurately at certain points and to complete the international boundary between the United States and Canada and to maintain the demarcation of that boundary, have resolved to conclude a treaty for these purposes, and to that end have apPlenipotentiar pointed as their respective plenipotentiaries: Former provi sions. The President of the United States of America: Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State of the United States; and His Britannic Majesty, in respect of the Dominion of Canada: The Honorable Ernest Lapointe, K. C., a member of His Majesty's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Justice in the Government of that Dominion; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles: ARTICLE I Whereas Article V of the Treaty concerning the Lake Superior boundary between the United States and the Dominion through Lake of of Canada concluded on April 11, 1908, between the Vol. 35, p. 2009. United States and Great Britain, provided for the survey the Woods. |