Chapter 251. For the relief of the owners of the barkentine Monterey
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CHAP. 251.— An Act For the relief of the owners of the barkentine Monterey. February 16, 1925.[[H. R. 3411](/us/bill/68/hr/3411).][[Private, No. 137](/us/pvtl/68/137).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim Charles Nelson Company.May bring suit for collision damages to barkentine “Monterey”, in district court.of the Charles Nelson Company, a corporation, owner of the barkentine Monterey, arising out of a collision between said barkentine and the United States steamship Henderson in the Straits of Juan de Fuca on or about July 28, 1923, for and on account of the losses alleged to have been suffered in said collision by the owners of said barkentine by reason of damages to said barkentine, may be submitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California under and in compliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said court shall have jurisdiction Jurisdiction of court.to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter a 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 of America, upon the same principle and measure of liability and costs as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, with the same right to appeal: *Provided*, That such notice *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General.of the suit shall be given to 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 shall be brought and commenced Commencement of Suit.within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, February 16, 1925.