Chapter 437. For the relief of the owner of scow 65H
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CHAP. 437.— An Act For the relief of the owner of scow 65H.March 3, 1927.[[H. R. 12625](/us/bill/69/hr/12625).][[Private, No. 479](/us/pvtl/69/479).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Scow 65H.Owner of, may bring suit for collision damages in district court. That the claim of the owner of scow known as 65H, arising out of damage and loss sustained by said scow while berthed in the harbor of New York,1830 against the United States of America for damage and loss alleged to have been caused by suction and swells created by the United States ship Broome (destroyer 210), while said vessel was passing through Long Island Sound and the East River on December 11, 1919, may be sued for by said owner 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 governing said court, and such court shall have such jurisdiction to hear and determineJurisdiction of court 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 of America in favor of the owner of the said scow 65H, or against the owner of the said scow 65H, in favor of the United States of America 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 allowed on any claim: *Provided*, That such notice of suit shall be given to*Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General. 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 suitCommencement of suit. shall be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 3, 1927.