Chapter 243. For the relief of the owners of the American schooner Mount Hope
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CHAP. 243.— An Act For the relief of the owners of the American schooner Mount Hope. March 3, 1923.[[H. R. 14249](/us/bill/67/hr/14249).][[Private, No. 240](/us/pvtl/67/240).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, “Mount Hope” Schooner.Owners of, may bring suit for collision damages in district court. That the claim of the owners of the American schooner Mount Hope against the United States for damages and loss alleged to have been caused by the collision of said vessel with the United States steamship Navesink, off Pollocks Rip Lightship, on November 21, 1916, may be sued for by the said owners of the American schooner Mount Hope in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the Jurisdiction of court.rules governing such court; and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit to the extent only of such damages suffered other than claims for demurrage to said vessel and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as snall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the owners of the American schooner Mount Hope or against said owners in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and *Provisos*.Notice to Attorney General.with the same rights of 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 cause the United States attorney in such district Commencement of suit.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, March 3, 1923.