Chapter 588. For the relief of the Orange Car and Steel Company, of Orange, Texas, successor to the Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company
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CHAP. 588.— An Act For the relief of the Orange Car and Steel Company, of Orange, Texas, successor to the Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company. March 5, 1931.[[S. 4353.](/us/bill/71/s/4353)][[Private, No. 503.](/us/pvtl/71/503)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Orange Car and Steel Company.Claim of, for plant amortization, etc., referred to Court of Claims. That the Orange Car and Steel Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas, with headquarters at Orange, Texas, the successor of the Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company and owner of its assets, is hereby authorized to prosecute its alleged claim for plant amortization, dredging, and removal of outboardways to an amount not exceeding $176,665.42, as provided in article 3 of a certain agreement entered into on the 31st day of December, 1921, between Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, party of the first part, and the United States Shipping Board, representing the United States of America, acting by and through the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, party of the second part, a corporation organized and existing under Jurisdiction conferred. the laws of the District of Columbia.
Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States to hear and consider such action and to enter decree or judgment against the United States for the amount of such damages, if any, as may be found to be due said Orange Car and Steel Company as successor to Suit not barred.[U. S. C. p. 1310](/us/bill/71/s/1310), waived. said Southern Dry Dock and Ship Building Company within the limitations above set forth. The right to sue hereby granted is given *Proviso*.Commencement. notwithstanding any statute of limitation: *Provided*, *however*, That such action shall be brought and commenced within six months after this Act becomes effective.
Approved, March 5, 1931.