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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 380-382. 1925. 1581 CHAP. 380.-—-An Act For the relief of G. Ferlita. Fcbrgsrgw @.11925. l·?e_ it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the §"v°tT" N°‘°°2‘] United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of Mabxrniialg suit rm- G. Ferlita, owner of the schooner Rosa Ferlita, against the United §§},‘§f§§, ‘1°,§§;§°$FB§‘j States for damages alleged to have been caused by collision between lim". in district courtthe said schooner while lying at anchor oil? Cape Henry, Virginia, and the United States ship oucey on the 12th day of November, 1923, may be sued for by the said G. Ferlita in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting as J¤riS¤i¢¤¤¤ <>f¤¤¤r¢- a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and the said damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of said G. Ferlita, or against the said G. Ferlita 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 such notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney §l,‘fi§§’°‘,,w_ to M,. General of the United States as may be provided by order of the °°"”°Y d°°°’°l- said court, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States attorney in such district to appear and Co t defend the United States: Provided further, That said suit shall mn.mm°°°°m°° °t · be brought and commenced within four months of the date of the passage of this Act. Approved, February 28, 1925. b . CHAP. 381.-—A.n Act For relief of estate of Anne C. Shymer. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary §§:_E'§,g,,§§Y,;';§{é OL of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the legal representatives of the estate of Anne C. Sh mer, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $3,900, as full compensation for the loss of jewelry, the property of the aforesaid Anne C. Shymer, who was lost in the sinking of the Lusitania, which jewelry was transmitted to the State Department and was lost in transit. Approved, February 28, 1925. ru 28, . CHAP. 382.-An Act For the relief of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Com· pany [Private. N 0. 204.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the B . www Cod United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim l\Iirlili?x2Zqmpan§·. of the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, a corporation or— ,,.,£§¤b'$'§“m§g“Q§ TL ganized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, with its princi- l>=¤¤¤» i¤<ii¤¤i¤¤ <=¤¤¤*- pal place of business located in the city of New York, owner of the barge Eureka numbered 82, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused by the sinking of said barge in the North River, New York, on or about December 14, 1917, while said barge was in possession and under the control of the Department of the Navy of the Ynited States, may be sued for by the said BerwindlVhite Coal Mining Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting as a court of ad- _ _ _ miralty and acting under the rules governing such court, and said ""’5d‘°"°"‘ °'°°“" court shall. have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and cost, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in fa- —l58:2°——voL 43-~r*r f2»— 16