Private Law 298.
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(/us/bill/75/pvtl/297)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, A. F. Amory.Claim of, submitted to district court. That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of A. F. Amory, of Hampton, Virginia, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused on the early morning of August 6, 1929, by a collision in the harbor of Cape May, New Jersey, between a submerged wreck alleged to have been then in custody of the United States Coast Guard, at Cape May, New Jersey, and the power boat Mocking Bird, owned and operated by the said A.
F. Amory, as a result whereof it is alleged that the said power boat Mocking Bird sustained substantial damage, and the same may be sued for by the said A. F. Amory in the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, Jurisdiction.and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine 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 in favor of the said A.
F. Amory upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases between private parties *Provisos*.Notice to Attorney General.and with the same rights of appeal: *Provided*, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided for 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 said United States: *Provided further*, Commencement of suit.That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months from the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, August 16, 1937. For the relief of Guideo Biscaro, Giovanni Polin, Spironello Antonio, Arturo Bettio, Carlo Biscaro, and Antonio Vannin. 1937-08-16 672 Chapter 50 Stat. 1059 75 1 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 2024-11-23 private 1059 [CHAPTER 672] AN ACT For the relief of Guideo Biscaro, Giovanni Polin, Spironello Antonio, Arturo Bettio, Carlo Biscaro, and Antonio Vannin.
August 16, 1937[[H. R. 886](/us/bill/75/hr/886)][[Private, No. 298](/us/bill/75/pvtl/298)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the SecretaryGuideo Biscaro and others.Payment to. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Guideo Biscaro, Giovanni Polin, Spironello Antonio, Arturo Bettio, Carlo Biscaro, and Antonio Vannin the sum of $3,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the refund of the amount of the bond deposited with the United States Immigration Service guaranteeing the presence in court of Virginia Nasato, Melchiore Miotto, Silvio Polin, Augustino Del Bianco, Daniel Biscaro, Augustin Taveron, and Emilio Miotto, and later forfeited because of failure of the bondsmen to produce the aliens in court for deportation proceedings: *Provided*, That no part of the amount*Proviso*.Limitation on attorney’s, etc., fees. appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.
Any person violating the provisions of this Act shallPenalty for violation. be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, August 16, 1937. For the relief of Dexter P. Cooper. 1937-08-16 673 Chapter 50 Stat. 1059 75 1 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 2024-11-23 private [CHAPTER 673] AN ACT For the relief of Dexter P. Cooper. August 16, 1937[[H. R. 1095](/us/bill/75/hr/1095)][
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