Chapter 474. To authorize the Secretary of War to settle the claims of the owners of the French steamships P
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CHAP. 474.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to settle the claims of the owners of the French steamships P. L. M. 4 and P. L. M. 7 for damages sustained as the result of collisions between such vessels and the United States ships Henderson and Lake Charlotte, and to settle the claim of the United States against the owners of the French steamship P. L. M. 7 for damages sustained by the United States ship Pennsylvanian in a collision with the P. L. M. 7. June 12, 1930[[H.
R. 2011](/us/bill/71/hr/2011)][[Private, No. 86](/us/prv/71/86)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the SecretaryFrench steamships “P. L. M. 4” and “P. L. M. 7.”Payment to owners of, for collision damages to. of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle the claims of the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee in the sums of 12,401 pounds sterling 2 shillings 8 pence and 1,384 pounds sterling 15 shillings 9 pence, amounting in all to 13,785 pounds sterling 18 shillings 5 pence, for damages sustained by the French steamship P.
L. M. 4 in a collision with the United States ship Henderson, in the roadstead of Saint Nazaire, France, on or about October 14, 1917, and for damages sustained by the French steamship P. L. M. 7, in a collision with the United States ship Lake Charlotte, in the roadstead at Brest, France, on August 25, 1918; and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to settle at the same time the claim of the United States against the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee in the sum of $51,598.04 for damages sustained by the United States ship Pennsylvanian in a collision in the roadstead at Brest, France, on February 13, 1918, with the French steamship P.
L. M. 7: *Provided*, That the sums claimed by the said Compagnie*Proviso*.Offset settlement. des Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee shall be offset against the sum claimed by the United States, and, upon exchange of releases, such offset settlement shall be accepted by the claimant company and the United States as full and final settlement of all claims whatsoever arising from the collisions described in this Act. Approved, June 12, 1930.