Chapter LXIX. *relating to the Enrolment and License of certain Vessels.* Feb. 28, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That whenever it shall become Enrolment and license of vessels in western rivers, &c., where may be made.necess
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Chap. LXIX.— An Act *relating to the Enrolment and License of certain Vessels.* Feb. 28, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That whenever it shall become Enrolment and license of vessels in western rivers, &c., where may be made.necessary for the owner or owners of any vessel of the United States navigating the western rivers and the waters on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States otherwise than by sea, and being in a district other than that to which such vessel shall belong, to procure her enrolment and license, or license, or renewal thereof, the same proceedings may be had in Bond, &c.
Proceedings.the district in which said vessel then shall be, as are now, or shall then be required by law, on application for such enrolment and license, or license, or renewal thereof, as the case may be, in the district to which such vessel may belong, excepting the giving of bond and the enrolment and issuance of license; and the officer before whom such proceedings shall be had shall certify the same to the collector of the district to which such vessel shall belong, who shall thereupon, on the said owner or owners giving bond as required in other cases, duly enrol the said vessel and issue license in the same form as if the application had originally been made in his office; and either deliver the said license to said owner or owners, or forward it by mail to the officer who certified to him the preliminary proceedings, and who shall, in such case, deliver the Proviso.said license to the owner or owners or master of the vessel: *Provided,* That this act shall not be construed so as in any respect to change exist-ing laws, excepting in so far as it enable such owners to procure enrolment or license, or renewal thereof, without returning their vessels to their home ports or districts.
Approved, February 28, 1865.