Chapter 206. For the relief of the Fred E
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CHAP. 206.— An Act For the relief of the Fred E. Jones Dredging Company. March 2, 1923.[[H. R. 9862](/us/bill/67/hr/9862).][[Private, No. 224.](/us/pvtl/67/224)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim Fred E. Jones Dredging Company,May bring suit for collision damages to its coal scow, in district court.of the Fred E. Jones Dredging Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and doing business in the city of Norfolk, Virginia, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by a collision between its coal scow numbered 3 and the steamship Minnesota, which occurred about six o’clock post meridian on February 20, 1919, while said coal scow, loaded with coal and equipment, was moored near the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company’s merchandise pier numbered 2, at Lambert’s Point, Virginia, may be sued for by the said owners 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 of court.jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree therein for the amount of such damages sustained by reason of said collision as shall be found to be due either for or against the United States upon the same principles and measures of liability and damages, as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and 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: *Provided further*, That said suit shall be brought and Commencement of suit.commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1923.