SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II . CHS. 717-720. 1929. 2377 CHAP. 717.- An Act For the relief of Joseph F. Thorpe. March 4, ]929. [S.382.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01 Representatives 01 the [Privaie,No.556 .] United States 01 America in Oongress assembled, That there is appro- hO~fTarmstroBot (talk);:~'i:T~;,. priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, the sum of $1,300 to reimburse Joseph F. Thorpe, formerly clerk at the American Legation at Athens, for expenditures incurred in accompanying Garrett Droppers, formerly Umted States minister to Greece, then under physical disability, to the United States, pursuant to instructions of the State Department. Approved, March 4, 1929. CHAP. 718. -An Act For the relief of Margaret 1. Varnum. March 4, 1929. [13.21;..1.] IPrivate, ~- 0;)7.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01 Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembldd, That in the ~f1ft~:TarmstroBot (talk)j.d cor- administration of the pension laws and the laws conferring rights rectcd. and privileges upon honorably discharged soldiers, their widows, and dependent relatives, George Smith, late private of Company K, Twenty-first Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, shall be held and considered to have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States as a member of said organi- ·zation on the 4th day of March, 1862: Pr01Jided, That no pay, ~o~;rpeDSlon,etc. bounty, or other emolument shall accrue prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, March 4, 1929. CHAP. 719.-An Act For the relicf of John H. and Avie D. Mathison, parents of Charles W. Mathison, dec~ased. March 4, ,929. [H.R.12052.] [Private, No. 558.] Be it enacted by the Senate and 1l01.l8e of Representatives of the United States 01 America in Oongress a.ssem'bled, That in the admin- 80~harles W. Mathi- istration of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924 (chapter 10, title 38, Marine Corps service United States Code), as amended, Charles 'Villiam Mathison shall recor<l corrected. be held and considered to have been a private in the United States Marine Corps at the time of his death on May 28, 1919. Approved, March 4, 1929. March 4, 1929. CHAP. 720 .-An Act For the relief of Atlantic Refining Company, a corpora- [S.4354.] tion of the State of Pennsylvania, owner of the America.n steamship H. C . Folger, ~IP~n~·vaCO::t'-'e,~N;':o.L,6/i=g"'.I against United States ship Connecticut. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled. That the claim of Atlantic Refining the Atlantic Refining Company, a corporation of'the State of Penn- c'i!f~6~ing suit for I.h . 't .. I ffi d1 fb' . h. colliSIOn damages to 'Foy vama, avmg 1 s prmclpa 0 ce an pace 0 usmess m t e CIty steamship "H. C . Fol- of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, owner of the American ger,"indistrictcourt. steamship H. C. Folger, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision in the Delaware River below the mouth of the Schuylkill River, on April 6, 1921, between said steamship H. C. Folger and the United States steamship Con- necticut, a second-line battleship owned by the United States and operated by the Department of the Navy of the Government of the United States, may be sued for by the said Atlantic Refining Com- pany 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 1ur1sdhilon of court.
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