Chapter 835. For the relief of the owner of the Coast Transit Division barge numbered 4
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Chap. 835: For the relief of the owner of the Coast Transit Division barge numbered 4. Chapter 835 45 Stat. 1997 1928-05-28 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 835.— An Act For the relief of the owner of the Coast Transit Division barge numbered 4. May 28, 1928.[[S. 2586](/us/bill/70/s/2586).][[Private, No. 211](/us/pvtl/70/211).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the claimCoast Transit Division barge numbered 4.Owner of, may bring suit for collision damages in district court. of the owner of the Coast Transit Division barge numbered 4 against the United States of America for damages and loss alleged to have been caused by collision between said barge and the United States steamship Bah on or about the 17th day of April, 1919, near Pennsylvania Railroad Pier F, Jersey City, New Jersey, may be sued for by the said owner 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 the said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter aJurisdiction of court. judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the owner of the said Coast Transit Division barge numbered 4 or against the owner of the said Coast Transit Division barge numbered 4, in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and same measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such*Provisos*.Notice, etc., to Attorney General. notice of the 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*, That said suit shall be brought and commencedCommencement of suit. within four months of the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, May 28, 1928.
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