Chapter 411. For the relief of all owners of cargo aboard the steamship Gaelic Prince at the time of her collision with the United States steamship Antigone
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CHAP. 411.— An Act For the relief of all owners of cargo aboard the steamship Gaelic Prince at the time of her collision with the United States steamship Antigone.March 3, 1927.[[S. 118](/us/bill/69/s/118)].[[Private, No. 453](/us/pvtl/69/453).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Gaelic Prince,” Steamship. Owners of cargo on, may bring suit for collision damages in district court. That the claims of all owners of various shipments of merchandise which were laden on board of the steamship Gaelic Prince, at the time hereinafter mentioned, against the United States of America for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said vessel and the United States steamship Antigone, formerly known as steamship Neckar, on the 9th day of October, 1919, near buoy 10, in Ambrose Channel, in the harbor of New York, may be sued for by the said owners of cargo in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty, and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court Jurisdiction of court.shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suits and to enter judgments or decrees for the amounts of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the owners of said cargo, or against the owners of said cargo 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 *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General.shall be allowed on any claim: *Provided*, That such notices of the suits shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by orders of the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney Commencement of suit.in such district to appear and defend for the United States: *Provided further*, That said suits shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 3, 1927.