Chapter 800. For the relief of the owners of the schooner William Melbourne
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Chap. 800: For the relief of the owners of the schooner William Melbourne. Chapter 800 45 Stat. 1983 1928-05-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 private Chapter 800.— An Act For the relief of the owners of the schooner William Melbourne. May 26, 1928.[[H. R. 3971](/us/bill/70/hr/3971).][[Private, No. 193](/us/pvtl/70/193).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claim of William Melbourne Navigation Company (Limited).May bring suit for collision damages to schooner “William Melbourne,” in district court.the William Melbourne Navigation Company (Limited), a corporation under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, owners of the schooner William Melbourne, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by a collision between said schooner and the United States steamship W.
L. Stead, off Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, on the 19th day of April, 1919, may be sued for by the said owners 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 shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine Jurisdiction of court.such suit and to enter a judgment or decree therein for the amount of such damages not to exceed $5,000 sustained by reason of said collision as shall be found to be due either for or against the United States upon the same principles and measures of liability and damages as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notice of the *Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General.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*, Commencement of suit.That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months after the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, May 26, 1928.
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