Chapter 686. For the relief of the Atlantic and Caribbean Steam Navigation Company
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CHAP. 686.— An Act For the relief of the Atlantic and Caribbean Steam Navigation Company.June 25, 1926.[[S. 1726](/us/bill/69/s/1726).][[Private, No. 220](/us/pvtl/69/220).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Atlantic and Caribbean Steam Navigation Company.May bring suit for collision damages to steamship “Caracas,” in district court. That the claim of the Atlantic and Caribbean Steam Navigation Company, owner of the American steamship Caracas, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between the said steamship Caracas and the United States patrol boat Xarifa in or near New York Harbor on the 20th day of March, 1918, may be determined in a suit to be brought by said claimant against the United States in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York sitting as a court in admiralty and acting under the rule governing such court in admiralty cases, and thatJurisdiction of court. said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine said suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages, and costs, if any, as shall be found due from the United States to the said Atlantic and Caribbean Steam Navigation Company by reason of said collision, upon the same principles and under the same measures of liability as in like cases between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notice of*Provisos.*Notice to Attorney General. the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by order of the said court, and upon such notice 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 such suit shall be begun within fourCommencement of of suit. months of the date of the approval of this Act.
Approved, June 25, 1926.