Chapter 135. For the relief of the Link-Belt Company, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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CHAP. 135.— An Act For the relief of the Link-Belt Company, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February 26, 1923.[[H. R. 4619](/us/bill/67/hr/4619).][[Private, No. 185](/us/pvtl/67/185).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*, Link-Belt Company.May bring suit for collision damages to coal chute, in district court. That the claim of the Link-Belt Company, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, for damages alleged to have been sustained by a certain coal chute under construction by said Link-Belt Company for the Norfolk and Western Railroad on its coal pier numbered three at Lamberts Point, in the city of Norfolk, Virginia, by reason of collision therewith by the United States steamship Buitenzorg on the 1st day of March, 1919, may be submitted to the United States District Court for the Jurisdiction of court.Eastern Distract of Virginia at Norfolk, under and in compliance with the rules of said court, sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said 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 *Provisos*.Notice to Attorney General.appeal: *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 Commencement of suit.cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and defend for the 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, February 26, 1923.