Chapter 160. For the relief of Picton Steamship Company (Limited), owner of the British steamship Picton
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CHAP. 160.— An Act For the relief of Picton Steamship Company (Limited), owner of the British steamship Picton. February 7, 1925.[[H. R. 6660](/us/bill/68/hr/6660).][[Private, No. 129](/us/pvtl/68/129).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim of “Picton”, British Steamship.Owner of, may bring suit for collision damages, in district court.Picton Steamship Company (Limited), owner of the British steamship Picton, for damages alleged to have been suffered by said steamship in a collision which occurred near the quarantine station in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on the evening of November 12, 1923, between said steamship Picton and the United States steamship Vireo and her tow, owned by the United States, may be submitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the district in which said collision occurred, under and in compliance Jurisdiction of court.with the rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter judgment or decree for the amount of the legal damages sustained by reason of said collision, if any shall be found to be due, either for or against the United States, upon the same principle and measure of liability, with costs, as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notice of the suit shall be *Provisos*.Notice to Attorney General.given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be pro-1556vided 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, February 7, 1925.