1844 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. H. Cris. 484-486. 1927. M[§¥¤li¤kg¥;7· CHAP. 484.-·An Act For the relief of John A.~ Bingham. [P"”°°' N°‘°°°'] _Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the {.‘;’;',u§i,B“§f°m,°, States of America in Uongress assembled, That the Secretary Mw mw funds- of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to (pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise a propriate to John A. Bingham the sum of $500, the amount stolen irom him while postmaster at Vandalia, Illinois. Approved, March 3, 1927. M?§{ii»i}’g3' CHAP. 486.—-An Act To confer authority on the Court of Claims to hear
and determinethe claim of Lester P. Barlow against the United States.
. ¤Be·it enacted by the Senate and House;of Rgpresentativss gothe ii°F°i$§i1i¤¥1°¤i$ of United `States of America in Congress assemb ed, That the _ urt
- gg_gr¤t“g,%h*,$_{.fF*°° *° of Claims is herebfy authorized and empowered tohear and deter-
` mine the claim o Lester P. Barlow against the. United States, arising out of the use by the United States of certain inventions of said Lester P. Barlow describedby United States Letters Patent Numbered 1317609, 1317610, 1317611, 1317612, 1318955, 1318956: ,{f',g•‘fg•°;m" Provided, That within one year: fromzthe date of; the. approval of · ` this Act said Lester P. Bar ow shall file in said Court of Claims his petition setting forth the statement of his said Claim: And pro- m§}*§§_*gg,‘,°d**¥**“· mkled further, That section 3477 rof the Revised Statutes of the 12} s.,¤J¤. zm,p. ssa. United States, and any statutes oflimitation ordinarily applicable, be, andthe same are hereby, waived and shall not be consi ered or a plied by the Court of Claims in considering and adjudicating the Report to Cowes. abovedescribed claim of Lester P. Barlow; and such finding on thelaw and facts of said claim as the Court of Claims may make D¤!·=¤¤¤¤ ¤¤1¤w¤<i· shall be relported to Congress: And rovided further, That in any such suit t e United States may avaifitself of any and all defenses, general or special, except as otherwise herein waived: Provided Report <>!<>¤¤¤¢- further, That the Court shall further find and report the law and the facts touching any claim by way of offset that the United States may have against the Martin Rockwell Corporation the right to plead which against any claim the said Lester P. Rockwell may assert is hereby recognized. ‘ ` · Approved, March 3, 1927. lil·ii!ix.i2iss’·i3' . CHA!. =488.—An Act Authorizing andsdirecting the Comptroller General pf
the United States to make payments of certains claimsorvto allow credit to dis-
Bgurrgpigcgts of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, 111 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives quthe ,,;*j}§f'{,g'?g,,"“"“1*°°` United States of America in Oonfgrbss assembled, That any ds 1’¤!:=¤¤°v¤·5 0}*;; available for the construction o the American Falls Reservoir, ghbiimsrdidwmzu Minidoka Federal:irrigation project, Idaho, whether appropriated "°’ °‘· ‘ V by Congress or contributed by water contractors partici ating in the construction of that reservoir for expenditure by the Upnited States, shall be available for payment for damages for the removal of imrovements from the right of way acchuired for said reservoir; and, the Comptroller General of the nite States is hereby author- ized and directed to allow payment of same, or to allow credit in the accounts of any disbursiné agents of the Bureau of Reclamation. Department of the Interior, {for the payment ofany or all of said damages when made on properly executed vouchers, and under
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