Chapter 243.
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CHAP. 243.— AN ACT For the relief of the owners of the New York Sanitary Utilization Company, scow Number 14. February 16, 1925.[[S. 1040](/us/bill/68/s/1040).][[Private, No. 165](/us/pvtl/68/165).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim of New York Sanitary Utilization Company.May bring suit for collision damages to scow, in district court.the New York Sanitary Utilization Company, owner of scow Number 14, alleged to have been injured in a collision with the United States dredge Raritan in the upper bay of New York, on the 9th day of March, 1916, for and on account of the alleged damage to said scow Number 14, by reason of said collision, 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 of admiralty; and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear Jurisdiction of court.and determine the whole controversy and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of the damages sustained by reason of said collision, 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: *Provided*, That such notice shall be given to the Attorney General *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to 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 in such district to appear and defend for the United States: *Provided further*, That said suit shall be brought and commenced Commencement of suit.within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, February 16, 1925.