Chapter 241. For the relief of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal
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CHAP. 241.— An Act For the relief of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal. February 16, 1925.[[S. 1038](/us/bill/68/s/1038).][[Private, No. 163](/us/pvtl/68/163).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal.May bring suit for collision damages to tugboat “Integrity” in district court. That the claims of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, with its principal place of business in the city of New York, in said State, owner of the tugboat Integrity, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said tugboat and the United States hopper dredge Raritan, in New York Harbor, New York, on or about the 30th day of September, 1920, may be sued for by the said Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting Jurisdiction of court.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 due against the United States in favor of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, or against the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal in favor of the United States upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty Provisos.Notice, etc., 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 the 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 Commencement of suit.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 16, 1925.