Chapter 824. For the relief of the Brooklyn Ferry Company, of New York
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CHAP. 824.— An Act For the relief of the Brooklyn Ferry Company, of New York. March 2, 1901. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim against theBrooklyn Ferry Company, New York.District court, eastern district of New York, granted jurisdiction of claim of on account of collision with U. S. S. Dolphin. United States of the, Brooklyn Ferry Company, of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, with its principal place of business in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, owner of the ferryboat New York, for damages caused by collision between the said ferryboat and the United States steamer Dolphin, in the East River, near Brooklyn, on the, first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, may be sued for by the said ferry company in the United States district court for the eastern district of New York sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such a suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, if any shall be found to be due, against the United States in favor of the said ferry company, upon the same principles and measure of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, and with the same rights of appeal.
Sec. 2. That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney-GeneralNotice. of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appeal for and defend the United States. 1790 Damages.Sec. 3. That should damages be found to be due the said ferry company, the amount of a final decree therefor shall be paid out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1901.