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1566 SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crrs. 241, 242. 1925. February 16, 1925.

 CHAP. 241.-An Act For the relief of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of D§{,$‘§¥*R,,,,,,{3,‘}{‘°°'“ the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the wgfsggnbfgggmjgug ‘g claims of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, a corgporation g¤cr>;m_ ··r¤wm¢y." organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, "' °'”"°t °°“"' with its principal place of business in the city of New York, in said State, owner of the tu boat Integrity, against the United States for damages alleged to gave been caused b collision between the said tu boat and the United States hopper dredge Raritan in New YorkgHarbor, New York, on or about the 30th day of September, 1920, may be sued for by the said Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting ’¤¤··¤1¤¤¤¤¤ ¤f¤¤¤¢¢· under the rules governin such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a 'udgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if] any, as shall be foimd due against the United States in favor of the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, or against the Brooklyn Eastern_ District Terminal in favor of the United States uiplpln the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in a `ralty §*g{;¤·m_ to M, between private parties and with the same rights of appeal: Prot.crneyGim¤·al. voted, That such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by the 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 m§j“°“‘°“°°"‘°”‘ °‘ defend for the United States: Provided further, That said suit shall be brouglgc ind gimmenoed within four months of the date of the passage o t `s ct. Approved, February 16, 1925. February 18, 1925.

 CHAP. 242.-An Act For the relief of the owner of the scow W. T. C.

[rnvm,Ne.1c4.] Numbered 35. ,. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the w·iiiiiii°m_T` ClT°d°°` United States of America in Congress assembleafr That the claim of ,,f}“{,‘}Z,,b‘,§‘§,§,,,§,§§ TQ lVilliam T. Charlesworth, a citizen of the State of New York, and {;Pr‘_jd"3‘§;,T,·¤Ch§;g{¤;£ owner of the scow W. T. C. Numbered 35, alleged to have been wm. ’ injured in Hellgate, New York Harbor, New York, by reason of damages sustained in the collision with the United States ship Lake Tahoe on the 23d da of July, 1918, for and on account of the alleged dama e to said W. C. Number 35 by reason of said collision with the Uiiited States ship Lake Tahoe, ma be submitted to the United States District Court for the Southern l)istriet of New York, under and in compliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court in ¥¤¤¤di¤¢i¤¤ ¤¤ ¤>¤r¢· admiralty, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of the damages sustained by reason of said collision, and damage, if any, shall be found to be due said owner, on the same principles and measure of liability, with costs, as in like cases in p,,,,,,,.,,_ admiralty between private parties, with the same rights of appeal: m}gg§°ge °° -‘·*· Provided, That suc notice shall be given to the Attorne General ` of the United States as may be provided by the order oi the said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the Cqmmgucgmgnt of United States attorney in such district to ap ar and defend for the ‘““- United States: Provided further, That saidmsnit shall be brought alnld Xommenced within four months of the date of the passage of t `s ct. Approved, February 16, 1925.