Private Law 75–250

That the claim of

A. Mateos and Sons.

Claim of, submitted to District Court.

A. Mateos and Sons, owner of the coal hulk Callixene, against the United States for damages alleged to have been sustained by the Callixene as the result of a collision with the United States ships Seneca and Ophir in the harbor of Gibraltar, Spain, on February 10, 1919, may be determined in a suit to be brought by said claimant against the United States in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court in admiralty cases, and that such court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine

Jurisdiction conferred.

said suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found due against the United States in favor of the said A. Mateos and Sons, or against the said A. Mateos and Sons in favor of the United States, by reason of such collision, upon the same principles and under the same measures of liability as in like cases between private parties and with the same

Provisos.

Notice to Attorney General.

rights of appeal: Provided, That 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 upon such notice 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

Commencement of suit.

further, That such suit shall be begun within four months of the date of the approval of this Act.