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1670 72<1 COXGRESS. SESS. I. cns. 221,226. JUNE 8,9,1932. [CHAPTER 221.] AN ACT J[~~ ~3J!f' For the relief of Nancy H. Rouse, Clara H. SimmonR, W. H . Hays, Hallie H. [Private. !'>;o. H .J Hamilton, and Bradford P. Hays. Be it enacted by the Senate and HOU8e of Representatives of the Nan('} ' n . Rous('. tl United States of America in Oongress a88cmbled, That Nancy H. alMay bring suit r.lr Rouse, Clara H. Simmons, W. H . Hays, Hallie H. Hamilton, and gTarmstroBot (talk)r('~~:S~~D~~ Bradford P. H~ys, owners of a certain farm consisting of thr~e met ('o"rt. hUTldred and thIrty-two acres, more or less, near Camp Knox III Hardin County, Kentucky, are hereby authorized to bring suit against the lJmted States of America to recover damages, if any, for loss or losses, which they may have sustained or suffered by reason of establishment, construction, or maintenance of Camp Knox in the Jorisdietionconrt'rreU. State of Kentucky. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims of the United States or the District Court of the United States for the 'Vestern District of Kentucky to hear, consider, deter- mine, and render judgment for the amount of any such damages, if any, as may be found to have been sustained or suffered by the above owners of said property, with the same right of appeal as in ProNO. other cases, and notwithstanding any lapse of time or statute of Commencement or limitations: Provided, That such action will be brought within one suit. year from the date that this Act shall become effective. Approved, June 8, 1932. [CHAPTER 226.] AN ACT June 9,1932. --,,=-o--,,[S~.-'.6.~J,-;-;,.- For the relief of the Union Ferry Company, owners of the ferryboat Montauk. [Private. :\"0 .45.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Union Ferry Com- United States of America in Oongress a8sembled, That the claim of ~~Y bring suit for the Union Ferry Company of New York and Brooklyn, owners of ~~r~=!~fo: the ferryboat Montauk, alleged to have been injured in a collision gwk';. in District with the United States Navy tug Mohave, which occurred in the ,our. East River on the 27th day of December, 1918, for and on account of the alleged damage to said ferryboat Montauk, by reason of said collision, may be submitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, under and in compliance with Jurisdiction of court. the rules of said court, sitting as a court of admiralty; and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the whole con- troversy and to enter a jUdgment or decree for the amount of the damages sustained either by the Government or the said Union Ferry Company by reason of said collision, if any shall be found to be due said owners, on the same principles and measure of liability, with costs, as in like cases in admiralty between private partiesl but with no allowance for interest or claim for damages by reason of the delay in considering said action prior to rendering judgment

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DeY ~=e:iu:' - {If notice of the suit shall be given to the Attorney General of the United States as may be provided by the order of said court; and that it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to cause the United States Commencement of attorney in such district to appear and defend for the United States: snit. Provided further, That the libel in the suit herein authorized shall be filed not later than four months after the passage ot this Act. Approved, June 9, 1932.