Chapter 36. For the relief of the Arundel Sand and Gravel Company
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CHAP. 36.— An Act For the relief of the Arundel Sand and Gravel Company.December 31, 1919.[[S. 1670](/us/bill/66/s/1670).][[Private, No. 20](/us/pvtl/66/20).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,That the claim of the Arundel Arundel Sand and Gravel Company. May bring suit for damages to steam tug “A. G. Bigelow.”Sand and Gravel Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and doing business in the city of Norfolk.
Virginia, owner of the steam tug A. G. Bigelow, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said tug and the United States steamship Susquehanna in Norfolk Harbor on the 26th day of November, 1917, may be sued for by the said Arundel Sand and Gravel Company in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, 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 suitJurisdiction of court.and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the Arundel Sand and Gravel Company, or against 1458 the Arundel Sand and Gravel Company in favor of the United States upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: *Provisos*.Notice, etc.*Provided*, That 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 Commencement of suit.United States: *Provided further*, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, December 31, 1919.