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 SIXTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Ons. 148, 149. 1920. 1467 148.-An Act For the relief of the King Coal Company, of San Francisco, California. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cj the United Km States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the King M, g(l`},’lQ,°°§E,*}°°;i,’; . . . Y 8 Coal Comlpan, of San Francisco, Califorma, owner of the barge Ruth, 2g§‘,§_%°’ *° b*“'¤° against the Urnited States for damages all ed to have been caused by collision between the said barge and thedjnited States submarine R—19 in San Francisco Harbor, may be sued for b the said King Coal Com any in the District Court of the United States for the mrsneaoncrmm. Northern 1District of California, sitting! as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing suc court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such dam es and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the Unitzd States in favor of the King Coal Company, or against the King Coal Company in favor of the United States upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between private parties and _ with the same rights of agpealz Provided, That such notice of the §{,‘fi"f,',,'f‘,g,c_ suit shall be given to the ttomey 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 suc district to appear and defend for the United States: Promkied {ur- Commencement of ther, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within our lm"` months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approyed, April 16, 1920. ‘ - cnn. 149.-An Act For are rene: of inmates Bendich me Anthony vsnet. Qgf”,§}*·,,,},°f·, rn N. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United L_m;;at6' Zlgim States tg America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Lawrence me Antheily vena:. Bendic and Anthony Vezich, citizens of the United States, and my sbrlff residents of the city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and joint gsiyrggewr-" owners of the aglasoline freighter Protector against the United States for damagles eged to have been caused by collision between the said freig ter and the United States submarine chaser Numbered Three hundred and thirty-six, in the Mississip i River about thirty- five miles below New Orleans, on the 2d day oi) February, 1919, may be sued for by the said Lawrence Bendich and Anthony Vezich in the district court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules _ governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear '““‘d*°“°“' °‘°°“‘* and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such dam es and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the UniteE§States in favor of the said Lawrence Bendich and nthony Vezich, or against the said Lawrence Bendich and Anthony Vezich in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between _ private parties, and with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That §;‘{§‘c·;‘j',;,c_ such 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 attomey in such district to appear and defend for the United States: Provided further, That said suit shall be brought and commenced ,,§f’“““°"°°“‘°“‘ °‘ within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, April 16, 1920.