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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Cns. 137, 138. 1923. 1777 C§ZA.P. 137 .—An Act For the relief of the Lloyd Mediterraneo Societa Italiana di F°b§¤¤¥'Y Wggzis N avigazione, owners of the Italian steamer Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the mm, ,, United States of America in Gon ress assembled, That the claim of u0;$miie§;°iiw-Tiilrée the Lloiyd Mediterraneo Societa lgaliana di Navigazione, owners of §:*`;°‘,$°I,,,°*,§*,§{*,'{,,j{,*é"S*{],’g the Ita ian steamer Titania, arising out of a collision between said mi causes damages steamer and the United States S. C. 421, which occurred at the south °°’i°diS°d°t°°""' side of pier Numbered two, of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Lamberts Point, Vir ia, on Jul 18, 1919, for and on account of the losses alleged to ggire been sugered by the owners of said steamer by reasons of damages to said steamer, may be submitted to the United States Court for the Eastern District of . Virginia, under and in compliance with the rules of said court sitting as a court of admiralty; and that the said court shall have jurisdic- Jumdmm °'°°“'°' tion to hear and determine the whole controversy and to enter judgment or decree for the amount of the legal damages sustained by reason of said collision if any shall be found to be due, either for or against the United States, upon the same principle and measure of liability, with costs, as in like cases in admiralty between private parties, with the same rights of appeal: Provided, That such notice {,,’[,*g§,°*£° Ammey of the suit shall be given to the ttorney General of the United umm. 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: Pro- C t I vided further, That said suit shall be brought and commenced within ¤¤1¤Ymm°n°°m°° ° four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, February 26, 1923. CHAP. 138.-An Act For the relief of the owner of the iisbing smack Mary S. F°f‘i.1`i·1i¥diiiiim` Dolbow. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives o the H ,, United States of America in Congress assembleefr That the claiin of i)°u°°w’ the owner of the fishing smack Mary S. Dolbow for damages alleged ,u§"}‘,§fc‘{,‘,y,§{{jg' lfji to have been caused by collision between said fishing smack and the we i¤ district court- United States ship N-1, on October 3, 1920, at twelve o’clock and ’ thirty minutes antemeridian, in the Delaware River Channel, of Tinicum Island, whereby she became a total loss, may be sued for by the owner of the said fishing smack Ma1% S. Dolbow in the District Court of the United States for the istrict of New Jersey, sitting as a court of admiralty, and acting under the rules governing such court, and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and ’“"'““°°*°“°'°°“"· determine such suit and to enter a j ud€nent or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as s all be found to be due against the United States in favor of the owner of the said fishingksmack Mary S. Dolbow, or against the owner of said fishing smac Mary S. Dolbow in favor of the United States, upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases in admiralty between rlplri- Prmm vate parties, and with the same rights of appeal: Provided, at Notice ie Aaemey 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 attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States: Provided further, That said suit shall be brought and com- ,,u&‘fmm°“°°‘“°'" °’ menced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, February 26, 1923.