Chapter 410. For the relief of the owner of the steamship Neptune
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CHAP. 410.— An Act For the relief of the owner of the steamship Neptune.March 3, 1927.[[S. 115](/us/bill/69/s/115)].[[Private, No. 452](/us/pvtl/69/452).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Neptune,” Steamship.Owner of, may bring suit for collision damages in district court. That the claim of the owner of the steamship Neptune against the United States of America for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between said vessel and the United States steamship Eagle, formerly known as the Peerless, on the 24th day of October, 1917, at a bulkhead in Gowanus Canal, near the foot of Smith Street, Brooklyn, New York, may be sued for by the said owner of the steamship Neptune in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules Jurisdiction of court.governing such court, and the said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and 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 owner of the said steamship Neptune or against the owner of said steamship Neptune in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, and with the same rights of appeal except that no interest shall be *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General.allowed on any claim: *Provided*, That 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 and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 3, 1927.