Chapter 384. To authorize the payment of an indemnity to the Government of Norway on account of the losses sustained by the owners of the Norwegian bark Janna as a result of a collision between it and the United States ship Westwood
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CHAP. 384.— An Act To authorize the payment of an indemnity to the Government of Norway on account of the losses sustained by the owners of the Norwegian bark Janna as a result of a collision between it and the United States ship Westwood.May 25, 1926.[[S. 1729](/us/bill/69/s/1729).][[Public, No, 285](/us/pl/69/285).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Norway.Payment authorized to, us indemnity for collision damages to bark “Janna.
” That there is hereby authorized to be paid to the Government of Norway, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a matter of grace, and without reference to the question of liability therefor, as full indemnity for losses sustained by the owners of the Norwegian bark Janna, or any other parties pecuniarily interested, as a result of a collision between it and the United States ship Westwood on October 31, 1918, the sum of $45,978.36, as recommended by the President in his message of May 31, 1924.
Approved, May 25, 1926.