Oregon, and Washington in allocation of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes, and authorizing an appropriation therefor," be continued and extended in all their provisions to December 31, 1930. Approved, March 3, 1927. March 4, 1927. [S. J. Res. 4.] CHAP. 516.-Joint Resolution Restricting the Federal Power Commission from issuing or approving any permits or licenses Pub. Res., No. affecting the Colorado River or any of its tributaries. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Power Commission is hereby directed not to issue or approve any permits or licenses under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 10, 1920, known as the Federal Water Power Act, upon or affecting the Colorado River or any of its tributaries, in the States of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and California, until and unless the Colorado River compact, signed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 24, 1922, pursuant to Act of Congress approved August 19, 1921, has been approved by the Congress of the United States, or in the event that said compact is not sooner approved, until March 5, 1929. Approved, March 4, 1927. 71.] Vol. 44, p. 1456. Colorado River, etc. No water-power permits to be isapproval of Colorado River comgress. sued upon, until Vol. 41, p. 1061. CHAP. 117.-An Act For the relief of Stanton and Jones. February 12, 1927. Stanton Jones. and May bring suit in Court of Claims for damages on Missouri River work Vol. 44, p. 1768. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Stanton and Jones are hereby authorized to bring suit against the United States under contract with the engineer's office, dated June 12, 1918, for revetment work, Pelican Bend, Missouri River, to recover whatever damages or losses which they may have suffered through action by governmental agencies in commandeering, purchasing, moving, or causing to be moved from the Missouri River the fleet of the Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Company, or of any other action of governmental agencies which resulted in any loss to the claimants. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear, court. consider, and determine such action and to enter decree or judgment against the United States for the amount of any loss or damages as may be found to have been suffered by the said Stanton and Jones, under the said contract, if any: Provided, That such action shall be brought and commenced within four months from the date that this Act becomes effective. Approved, February 12, 1927. 159602-40-vol. 3-26 Jurisdiction of Judgment. Proviso. Commencement of suit. February 14, 1927. (H. R. 5860.] [Private, No. 367.] CHAP. 151.-An Act For the relief of the Lehigh Coal and Vol. 44, p. 1773. Navigation Company. Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. May bring suit ages to its lighter in district court. Jurisdiction court. of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, for collision dam- That the claim of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and doing business in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, owner of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Lighter Numbered 40, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said lighter and the United States quarterboat Chester, in tow of the United States Army Engineer's tug Philadelphia, in the Schuylkill River, on the 11th day of March, 1920, may be sued for by the said Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, or against the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases. in admiralty between private parties, and with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and 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. Provisos. Notice, etc.. to Attorney General. Commencement of suit. February 23, 1927. [S. 4268.] [Private, No. 380.] Vol. 44, p. 1788. bond for Green Company. Approved, February 14, 1927. CHAP. 178. An Act For the relief of H. W. Krueger and H. J. Selmer, bondsmen for the Green Bay Dry Dock Company, in their contract for the construction of certain steel barges and a dredge for the Government of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives H. W. Krueger of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Refund to, on That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Bay Dry Dock authorized and directed to pay to H. W. Krueger, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the sum of $6,385.01, and to H. J. Selmer, also of Green Bay, Wisconsin, the sum of $1,000, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full and final payment of the amounts which said H. W. Krueger and H. J. Selmer, as bondsmen for the Green Bay Dry Dock Company, expended in excess of their bonds, and for equipment furnished not otherwise called for by the contract between the Green Bay Dry Dock Company, and the United States for the construction of five steel barges and one dredge, these being the only bondsmen who made expenditure in connection with said contracts. Approved, February 23, 1927. February 25, 1927. [S. 545.] Vol. 44, p. 1792, Rio Grande. of losses of propoverflow of. caused by Federal arti erty owners by ficial obstructions CHAP. 213. An Act For the payment of damages to certain citizens of New Mexico caused by reason of artificial obstructions [Private, No. 396.] to the flow of the Rio Grande by an agency of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed (1) to cause a survey to be made in such manner and under such regulations as he deems necessary for the purposes of this Act to determine the property loss by flood by reason of the overflow of the Rio Grande River on August 17, 1921, sustained by Lucas Trujillo, Juan Bians, Mariano P. Padillo, Bruno Perea, Juan Jose Trujillo, Miguel Trujillo, Francisco Saiz, Antonio Provencio, B. R. Carreros, Santiago Serna, Roman M. Herrera, and other property owners who are citizens of the United States residing at or in the vicinity of Hatch and Santa Teresa, New Mexico; and (2) to pay such losses in full if the amount appropriated in section 2 of rected. this Act is sufficient or, if such amount is insufficient, to pay to each person such percentage of the amount of his property loss as the amount appropriated bears to the amount determined by the Secretary as the property loss sustained. Payment Amount au. SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the reclamation fund of the Treas- thorized from recury the sum of $75,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. Approved, February 25, 1927. lamation fund. CHAP. 440.-An Act For the relief of K. I. Ward. March 3, 1927. [R. R. 12388.] Vol. 44, p. 1831. K. I. Ward. Vol. 32, p. 388. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives [Private, No. 482.] of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay K. I. Ward, of Lincoln, Nebraska, services. from the reclamation fund, established under the Act of Congress of June 17, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes at Large, page 388), the sum of $320 in full and final settlement for services rendered to the United States in compiling data concerning water rights in the North Platte River, Nebraska, for the use and benefit of the North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming. Approved, March 3, 1927. December 22, 1927. [H. R. 5800.] [Public, No. 2.] Vol. 45, pp. 2, 37, 38, 39. Act, 1928. CHAP. 518.—An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patent to the County of Del Norte, State of California, to Whaler Island in Crescent City Bay, Del Norte County, California, for purposes of a public wharf. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue patent to the County of Del Norte, State of California, to Whaler Island, containing about three acres, in Crescent City Bay, Del Norte County, California, for purposes of a public wharf. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to take such action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved, March 4, 1927. CHAP. 5.-An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, First Deficiency That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, and for other purposes, namely: Cape Cod Purchase of, etc. Mississippi River flood control. Reimbursing emergency ex penses of. CHIEF OF ENGINEERS Cape Cod Canal: For the purchase of the Cape Cod Canal and other property pertaining thereto, in accordance with section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved January 21, 1927, $5,500,000, to remain available until June 30, 1929. Emergency flood control, Mississippi River: For reimbursement of the appropriation for "Flood control, appropriation for Mississippi River," and the appropriation for "Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor Vol. 44, p. 1142. works," for amounts expended therefrom for emergency work on the lower Mississippi River on account of the flood of 1927, $7,000,000: Provided, That the allotment. funds approved. of funds for the flood of 1927 by the Secretary of War from the appropriation for river and harbor works is hereby approved and validated. Proviso. Rivers and harbors. etc. Examinations, Examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors: For examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors for which there may be no special appropriation, $50,000: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be expended for any preliminary examination, ity required. survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law. River and harbor damage claims: To pay the claim adjusted and settled by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, with the approval of the Secretary of War, in accordance with the authority contained in section 9 of the Act approved June 5, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes, page 1015), and certified to Congress in House Document Numbered 731, Sixty-ninth Congress, $1,317.20. Proviso. Collision damages claims. Vol. 41, p. 1015. Jamestown, Va. Wharf and walk, Jamestown, Virginia: For the construction upon Government-owned land of a suitable approach to. public wharf to provide access to the United States monument which commemorates the three hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown, and for the construction of a suitable walk from the wharf to the monument, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $15,000: Provided, That this sum shall be available only when an amount required from Virat least equal to this appropriation is provided by the Commonwealth of Virginia and/or the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities: Provided further, That this appropriation and any contributed funds shall be expended under the direction of the Chief of Engineers. * Provisos. ginia, etc. Under Chief of Engineers. February 1, 1928. [S. 1798.] CHAP. 15.-An Act Concerning actions on account of death or personal injury within places under the exclusive jurisdiction [Public, No. 11.] of the United States. Vol. 45, p. 54. National Parks, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the case of the death of any person by the neglect etc. or wrongful act of another within a national park or other place subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, within the exterior boundaries of any State, such right of action shall exist as though the place were under the jurisdiction of the State within whose exterior boundaries such place may be; and in any action brought to recover on account of injuries sustained in any such place the rights of the parties shall be governed by the laws of the State within the exterior boundaries of which it may be. Approved, February 1, 1928. CHAP. 126.-An Act Making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Actions for death or personal injury within, to courts of State where located. be brought in |