Chapter XI. authorizing the Issue of Registers to the Steamships America and Canada, and to change the Names of said Steamships
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Chap. XI.— An Act authorizing the Issue of Registers to the Steamships America and Canada, and to change the Names of said Steamships.Jan. 19, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue registers for the steamships “America” and “Canada,” now lying in the port of New York, and that the names of said ships be changed to the “Mississippi”Names changed. and “Coatzacoalcos;” and said ships shall hereafter be considered and deemed to be ships or vessels of the United States, and entitled to all the rights and privileges accorded by law to ships or vessels built in theRights and privileges.Proviso.
United States: *Provided,* That this act shall not go into effect until due proof shall be made to the satisfaction of said Secretary that said vessels are wholly owned by citizens of the United States or by an incorporatedProof of ownership. company entitled to receive registers for ships or vessels under the provisions of existing laws. Approved, January 19, 1859.