Chapter 61. For the relief of the owners of the schooner Charlotte W
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CHAP. 61.— An Act For the relief of the owners of the schooner Charlotte W. Miller. February 18, 1922. [[H. R. 2144](/us/bill/67/hr/2144).] [[Private, No. 27](/us/pvtl/67/27).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Charlotte W. Miller,” schooner. Owners of, may bring suit for collision damages in district court. That the claim of the owners of the schooner Charlotte W. Miller for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between said schooner and the United States steamship D-2 in the forenoon of Tuesday, July 31, 1917, about two miles east of Cornfield Shoal Lightship, in Long Island Sound, and subsequently on the afternoon of the same day and there afterwards further injured so that she became a total loss, because the United States steamship Ontario took charge of the sunken schooner, relieving the salvors of the owners then in charge thereof, and herself attempted to tow said sunken schooner to New London, Connecticut, may be sued for by the owners of the said schooner Charlotte W.
Miller in the District Court of the United States for the district of Rhode Island 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 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 owners of the said schooner Charlotte W. Miller or against the owners of said schooner Charlotte W.
Miller in favor of the United States and upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty *Provisos.* Notice to Attorney General.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, February 18, 1922.