Chapter 263. To satisfy certain claims against the Government arising under the Navy Department
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CHAP. 263.— An Act To satisfy certain claims against the Government arising under the Navy Department.August 21, 1914.[[H. R. 14685](/us/bill/63/hr/14685).][[Private, No. 125.](/us/pvtl/63/125).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums Navy. Payment of claims for damages by collisions with vessels of, etc.be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the claims arising under the Navy Department hereinafter stated, the same being in full for and the receipt of the same to be taken and accented in each case as a full and final release and discharge of the respective claims, namely:
First.To pay the owner of the barge Ellie for damages sustained “Ellie,” barge.to his barge while discharging coal alongside the United States ship Birmingham at the navy yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June twenty-third, nineteen hundred and ten, $112.93. Second.To pay the New England Navigation Company, Newport, New England Navigation Company.Rhode Island, on account of certain timbers, belonging to said company, used and destroyed by a party of enlisted men from the Navy unloading an anchor from a railroad car on the company’s wharf at Newport on August twentieth, nineteen hundred and ten, $9.84.
Third.To pay the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad Delaware, Lackawan on and Western Rail road Company.Company, New York, New York, damages on account of the collision between their steam fighter Bloomsburg and the United States ship Pawnee in the East River, New York, on April ninth, nineteen hundred and ten, $2,028.39. Fourth.To pay the Southern Pacific Company on account of damage Southern Pacific Company.to their dock at San Pedro, California, as a result of being struck by the United States ship Lawrence on September thirteenth, nineteen hundred and nine, $148.40.
Fifth.To pay damages in each instance arising out of the collisions “Samar,” U.S.S.between the United States ship Samar and the Fort gas-lighted buoy in the Woosung River, China, and with a Chinese junk anchored near this point, on April tenth, nineteen hundred and ten, $562.33. Sixth.To reimburse Carl F. Deichman, who, in December, nineteen Carl F. Deichman.hundred and nine, was United States consul at Nagasaki, Japan, for the payment by him of the cost of repairs to a Japanese postal launch, as the result of a collision with a Navy launch from the United States ship Maryland, in the harbor at Nagasaki, on December twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and nine, $7.97.
Seventh.To pay the owners of the Norwegian steamship Jethou “Jethou,” Norwegian steamship.for damages on account of the collision between their vessel and a Navy coal barge in tow of the United States ship Active at the navy yard, Mare Island, California, on June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, $7,290.31. Eighth.To reimburse Paymaster William B. Rogers, United States William B. Rogers.Navy, on account of the payment by him of the cost of repairs to the wharf of the Seaboard Wharf and Warehouse Company at Portsmouth, Virginia, damaged by the United States Ship Brutus on June seventh, nineteen hundred and nine, $201.76.
Ninth.To pay the Commercial Pacific Cable Company for damages Commercial Pacific Cable Company.to their Manila-Shanghai cable located in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, caused by the anchorage of the United States Atlantic Fleet in the bay during the first week of October, nineteen hundred and eight, $11,782.67. Tenth.To pay the owner of the steamship J. M. Linder for damages “J. M. Linder”, steamship.suffered to his steamer as the result of a collision with the United States ship Amphitrite in the Mississippi River off Memphis, Tennessee, on December seventh, nineteen hundred and ten, $1,135.83.
Eleventh.To pay the cost of repairs to Norfolk and Western Railroad Norfolk and Western Railroad Company.Company freight car numbered fifty-three thousand two hundred and fifty-nine, on account of damages suffered at the navy yard, 1452 Charleston, South Carolina, on May twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eleven, .$12.24. Twelfth. “Dorothy B. Barrett,” schooner.To pay the owners of the schooner Dorothy B. Barrett for damages to their schooner on account of the collision with the United States ship Mayrant off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on August thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, $838.40.
Thirteenth. “ Harpalion,” British steamship.To pay the owners of the British steamship Harpalion for damages to their steamer, suffered while discharging coal at the navy yard, Puget Sound, Washington, in September, nineteen hundred and eleven, $23.70. Fourteenth. “Hampton,” British steamship.To pay the owners of the British steamship Hampton for damages suffered by their steamer while discharging coal at the naval coal depot, Tiburon, California, in May, nineteen hundred and eleven, $750.
Fifteenth. “Bell” barge.To pay the owners of the barge Bell for damages suffered as the result of the sinking of said barge at the navy yard, New York, New York, on June twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, $4,021.44. Sixteenth. “Dan,” barge.To reimburse Mr. I. H. Aiken, Pensacola, Florida, for the cost of making repairs to the barge Dan on account of injuries suffered while alongside the United States ship Florida in the harbor of Pensacola, Florida, on December nineteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, $583.84.
Seventeenth. H. D. Martin, G. G. Benson, W. H. Spur lock, and E. Apple.To reimburse H. D. Martin, G. G. Benson, W. H. Spurlock, and W. E. Apple, at the time enlisted men in the Navy, for personal effects lost with the destruction by fire on June eighth, nine-teen hundred and twelve, of the United States radio station, Kodiak, Wood Island, Alaska, $1,891.50. Eighteenth. “Strathord,” British steamship.To pay the owners of the British steamship Strathord for damages on account of injuries to their vessel while discharging coal at the naval coal depot, Tiburon, California, on August twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve, $2,984.33.
Nineteenth. “ J. Holmes Birdsail,” schooner.To pay the owners of the American schooner J. Holmes Birdsall for damages arising out of the collision between their schooner and the United States ship Vermont off the entrance of Chesapeake Bay on November eleventh, nineteen hundred and twelve, $5,814.72. Twentieth.To pay the owners on May twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, of the steamer Annie for damages arising out of the collision between their steamer and the United States ship C-5 in the southern branch of the Elizabeth River, off the navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia, on May twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, $5,453.18; and to reimburse the respective owners for their personal effects lost in said collision, $516.17; in all, for damages on account of said collision, $5,969.35.
Approved, August 21, 1914.