Chapter 41. For the relief of Henry A
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CHAP. 41.— An Act For the relief of Henry A. Kessel Company (Incorporated). January 7, 1925.[[H. R. 1082](/us/bill/68/hr/1082).][[Private, No. 81](/us/pvtl/68/81).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Henry A. Kessel Company (Inc.).May bring suit for collision damages to launch “Gled” in district court. That the claim of Henry A. Kessel Company (Incorporated), a corporation, as owner of the motor launch Gled, against the United States of America, as owner of the Army transport barge Numbered 842 for damages 1539alleged to have been occasioned said Henry A.
Kessel Company (Incorporated), as a result of a collision between its launch Gled and said Army transport barge Numbered 842 at the Army Engineers’ Piers, Norfolk, Virginia, in the Elizabeth River, on April 11, 1919, may be litigated and determined in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such a court; and said court shall have jurisdictionJurisdiction of court. to hear and determine said litigation, and to enter a judgment for such damages and costs, if any, as it shall find to be due from the United States of America to Henry A.
Kessel Company (Incorporated), or from Henry A. Kessel Company (Incorporated) to the United States of America, ascertained upon the principles and measures of liability applicable in like cases in admiralty between private persons or corporations; and Henry A. Kessel Company (Incorporated) and the United States of America shall have all rights of appeal as in a similar case between private persons or corporations: *Provided*, That notice of any suit brought by Henry*Provisos.*Notice to Attorney General.
A. Kessel Company (Incorporated) by virtue hereof shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States in the manner provided by any order entered by the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk, in said cause, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the United States to cause the United States attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, at Norfolk, to appear on behalf of the United States and protect and defend its interests: *Provided further*, That the proceedingCommencement of suit. hereby authorized shall be begun within four months from the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, January 7, 1925.