Chapter 242. For the relief of the owner of the scow W
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CHAP. 242.— An Act For the relief of the owner of the scow W. T. C. Numbered 35. February 16, 1925.[[S. 1039](/us/bill/68/s/1039).][[Private, No. 164](/us/pvtl/68/164).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, William T. Charlesworth.May bring suit for collision damages to scow “W. T. C. Numbered 35”, in district court. That the claim of William T. Charlesworth, a citizen of the State of New York, and owner of the scow W.
T. C. Numbered 35, alleged to have been injured in Hellgate, New York Harbor, New York, by reason of damages sustained in the collision with the United States ship Lake Tahoe on the 23d day of July, 1918, for and on account of the alleged damage to said W. T. C. Number 35 by reason of said collision with the United States ship Lake Tahoe, may be submitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, under and in compliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court in Jurisdiction of court.admiralty, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of the damages sustained by reason of said collision, and damage, if any, shall be found to be due said owner, on the same principles and measure of liability, with costs, as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, with the same rights of appeal: *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General.*Provided*, That such notice 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 defend for the Commencement of suit.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.