Chapter 451. For the relief of all owners of cargo laden aboard the steamship Oconee
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CHAP. 451.— An Act For the relief of all owners of cargo laden aboard the steamship Oconee. June 2, 1926.[[S. 2898](/us/bill/69/s/2898).][[Private, No. 93](/us/pvtl/69/93).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, “Oconee,” Steamship.Owners of cargo, etc., of, 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 Oconee, formerly known as steamship Maia, 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 steamship Constantia, later known as steamship Maximo Gomez, on the 16th day of July, 1918, off Sewells Point, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, may be sued for by Jurisdiction of court.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 rides governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine said 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 said owners of cargo, or against said owners of cargo in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like eases in admiralty between private parties and with the *Provisos.*Notice to Attorney General.same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notices of said suits 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 Commencement of suit.district to appear and defend for the United States: *Provided further*, That said suits shall he brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, June 2, 1926.