Chapter 98. For the relief of the owners of the dredge Maryland
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CHAP. 98.— An Act For the relief of the owners of the dredge Maryland. August 24, 1921.[[H. R. 1942](/us/bill/67/hr/1942).][[Private, No. 7](/us/pvtl/67/7).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim of John “ Maryland ”, dredge.Owners of, may bring suit for collision damages in district court.Emile, of Duval County, Florida, and the Peoples Bank of Mobile, a corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama, owners of the dredge Maryland against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by a collision between said dredge and the United States steamship O–4, in the Cooper River at Charleston, South Carolina, on the 10th day of February, 1919, may be sued for by the said owners in the District Court of the United States for the Jurisdiction of court.Southern District of Florida, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting 1568under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have 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 *Provisos.*Notice to Attorney General.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 States:Commencement. *Provided further*, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, August 24, 1921.