Chapter 100. For the relief of the Alaska Commercial Company
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CHAP. 100.— An Act For the relief of the Alaska Commercial Company. April 12, 1924.[[S. 1021](/us/bill/68/s/1021).][[Private, No. 8](/us/pvtl/68/8).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim of Alaska Commercial Company.May bring suit for collision damages to wharf, in district court.the Alaska Commercial Company, a corporation created by and existing under the laws of the State of California, legal owner of wharf at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and which wharf was damaged and partially destroyed on or about November 5, 1920, through collision with the United States steamship Saturn, United States Navy, may be sued for by said Alaska Commercial Company in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine Jurisdiction.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 said Alaska Commercial Company, or against the Alaska Commercial Company in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notice of the suit shall be given to *Provisos*.Notice, etc.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 Commencement of suit.shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, April 12, 1924.