Chapter 384. For the relief of the owners of the British steamship Clearpool
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CHAP. 384.— An Act For the relief of the owners of the British steamship Clearpool. September 21, 1922.[[H. R. 6628](/us/bill/67/hr/6628).][[Private, No. 129](/us/pvtl/67/129).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Pool Shipping Company bring suit for collision damages to steamship “Clearpool” in district court. That the claim of the Pool Shipping Company (Limited), owner of the British steamship Clearpool, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said steamship and the United States Coast Guard cutter Apache in Chesapeake Bay, on the 13th day of November, 1914, may be sued for by the said Pool Shipping Company (Limited) in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty Jurisdiction of court.and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit 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 Pool Shipping Company (Limited), or against the Pool Shipping Company (Limited) in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty *Proviso*.Notice, etc.between private parties and 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 to appear and defend for the United Commencement of suit.States: *Provided further*, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, September 21, 1922.