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The libel herein sets forth that libelant chartered its vessel, the Cetriana, to the libelee North Pacific Steamship Company for the period of 12 months from the date of the delivery of said vessel, at an agreed charter hire of $75 per day, said vessel to be delivered between January 1 and 5, 1914. The charter party is made a part of the libel, and provides, among other things:

*663 The libel also alleges the execution of such bond in the- sum of $15,000 by the libelee Illinois Surety Company, which bond is also made a part of the libel, and contains the following provisions.

The libel further avers the failure of the libelee North Pacific Steamship Company to pay the charter hire for the months of February, March, and April, 1914, amounting to the sum of $6,675, and that the said steamship company has also incurred indebtedness in and about the vessel, and which is a lien thereon, amounting to $472.07, and which under said charter party the said steamship company should have paid. It is also averred in article IX of said libel:

The libel was filed April 7, 1914, and seeks to recover the sums mentioned from the North Pacific Steamship Company on the charter, and from the North…