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2346 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SE88. II. CHB. 471,472,588,589. 1929. lurlsdictlon In Court. interpose any kind of defense to said claim, except to have the person, persons, corporation, or corporations to whom such money or a part of such money shall belong, as a matter of equity and justice, to hear, adjudicate, and render judgment, such as equity and justice may require, in favor of such J?erson, persons, corporation, or cor- porations, as upon a determinatIon of the facts heard by said court, the said court shall determine, is entitled to receive such money in the sum of $21,624.66 less any: cost legally incurred in the Court of Claims, which said sum of money has been paid into the Treasury of the United States by the United States Shipping Board, on account of a :purchase by the Black Star Line (Incorporated) or vested other persons In their behalf, of a certain ship known as the steam- ship Orion. It is hereby recognized by this Act that the said sum of money above set forth, in equity and good conscience, does not belong to the United States Government: and the Court of Claims is vested with full jurisdiction, under Its rules and proceedin~s, to render judgment for such money or parts thereof as in eqUIty and good conscience any person or persons, corporation, or corpora- tions, may be entitled to receive. Approved, March 1, 1929. .Mfs~~i3S:F· CHAP. 472.-An Act For the relief of James E. Jenkins. [Printe, No. .oo.J Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01 Representati'IJes 01 the laf!1esE.lenklns. United States of America in Oonrnoess assembled That the Secretary Rembursement (or •

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.'. me<!ical~ces by, to of the Treasury be, and he IS hereby, authOrIzed and dIrected to pay Indian en, etc. to James E. Jenkins, Reno, Nevada, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and in full settlement, the sum of $69 to reimburse him for money necessarily expended for medical services rendered Indian children under authority of the Bureau of Indian Mairs, and for drinking water at the Reno, Nevada, office of said bureau. March 2, 1929. [H. R .3722.) (Private, No. 461.) Robert C. Osborne. Payment to. Approved, March 1, 1929. CHAP. 588 .- An Act For the relief of Robert C. Osborne. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01 Representati'IJes 01 the United States of America in Oongress assem1Jled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, to Robert C. Osborne the sum of $2,000 in full compensation for his services rendered to the United States Government by the arrest in 1918 of Victorio Cabellero, who murdered the p'ostmaster and robbed the United States post office at Tecate, CalIfornia, on March 14, 1914, and for which crimes he was convicted of murder in the first degree and is now serving a life sentence. Approved, March 2, 1929. March 2, 1929. fi C Claims [R. R . 1625.} CHAP. 589. - An Act To carry into effect the ndings of the ourt of . [private, No. (62.) in favor of Myron C. Bond, Guy M. Claflin, and Edwin A. Wells. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 01 the TarmstroBot (talk)'o~co~~ United States 01 America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary Clalm811ndiDgsto. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Myron C. Bond the sum of $48.04, to Guy M. ClaflIn the sum of