Private Law 75–671

That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of A. F. Amory, of Hampton, Virginia, against the United States for damages alleged to have been caused on the early morning of August 6, 1929, by a collision in the harbor of Cape May, New Jersey, between a submerged wreck alleged to have been then in custody of the United States Coast Guard, at Cape May, New Jersey, and the power boat Mocking Bird, owned and operated by the said A. F. Amory, as a result whereof it is alleged that the said power boat Mocking Bird sustained substantial damage, and the same may be sued for by the said A. F. Amory in the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, sitting as a court of admiralty and acting under the rules governing such court,

Jurisdiction.

and said court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such suit and to enter a judgment or decree for the amount of such damages and costs, if any, as shall be found to be due against the United States in favor of the said A. F. Amory upon the same principles and measures of liability as in like cases between private parties

Provisos.

Notice to Attorney General.

and with the same 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 for 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 said United States: Provided further,

Commencement of suit.

That said suit shall be brought and commenced within four months from the date of the passage of this Act.