Chapter 283. For the relief of the owner of the steamship Matoa
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CHAP. 283.— An Act For the relief of the owner of the steamship Matoa. June 5, 1920.[[S. 1005](/us/bill/66/s/1005).][[Private, No. 71](/us/pvtl/66/71).] *Be it enacted by the Senate a nd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim of the owner “ Matoa” steamship.Owner of. may bring suit for collision damages In Federal court.*Post*, p. 1639.of the steamship Matoa arising out of a collision between said steamship and the United States tug Lucille Ross off Lambert Point, Virginia, on the 17th day of January, 1918, for and on account of the losses alleged to have been suffered in said collision by the owner of said steamship Matoa by reason of damages to and detention of said steamship may be submitted to the United States Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, under and in compliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said court Jurisdiction of court.shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of the legal damages sustained by reason of said collision, if any shall be found to be due, either for or against the United States upon the same principle and measure of liability with costs as in like cases in admiralty between private parties with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That *Provisos.*Notice to Attorney General.such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General 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 appear and defend for the United States:Time limit. *Provided further*, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, June 5, 1920.