Chapter 214. For the relief of The P
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CHAP. 214.— An Act For the relief of The P. Dougherty Company.May 1, 1926.[[S. 1519](/us/bill/69/s/1519).][[Private, No. 25](/us/pvtl/69/25).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,The F. Dougherty Company.May bring suit tor collision damages to barge “Maine” in district court. That the claim of The P. Dougherty Company, a corporation created by and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, owners of the barge Maine, against the United States, for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said barge and the United States steamship Lake Lida in Elizabeth River on the afternoon of March 13, 1920, may be sued for by the said The P.
Dougherty Company, or by S. G. Miller, the agent of the said company, and master of the barge Maine at the time of said collision, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court; and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear andJurisdiction or court. determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the said The P.
Dougherty Company, or in favor of the company’s agent, S. G. Miller, as master of said barge Maine, on behalf of said owner, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General. such notice 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 andCommencement of suit. commenced within four months from the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, May 1, 1926.