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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 13 STAT. · April 29, 1864 · Chapter LXX

Chapter LXX. *to provide for the Collection of Hospital Dues from Vessels of the United States sold or transferred in foreign Ports or Waters.* April 29, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That in case of the sale orHospital ti

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Chap. LXX.— An Act *to provide for the Collection of Hospital Dues from Vessels of the United States sold or transferred in foreign Ports or Waters.* April 29, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That in case of the sale orHospital titles to be collected from United States vessels sold in foreign ports. transfer of any vessel of the United States in a foreign port or water, the consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent, of the United States within whose consulate or district such sale or transfer shall have been made, or in whose hands the papers of such vessel shall be, be and he is hereby authorized and required to collect of the master or agent of such vessel, all moneys that shall have become due to the United States under and by virtue of the act entitled “An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen,” approved July sixteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, and shall remain unpaid at the time1798, ch. 77.Vol. i. p. 603. of such sale or transfer; and that the said consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent, (as the case may be,) be, and he is hereby, instructed and required to retain possession of the papers of such vessel until such money shall have been paid as herein provided; and in default of which, such sale or transfer shall be void, excepting as against the vendor: *Provided,* That this act shall not take effect until the expirationWhen act takes effect. of sixty days from and after its passage.
Approved, April 29, 1864. Chapter LXXI: to increase the Compensation of Inspectors of Customs in certain Ports. 13 Stat. 61 1864-04-29 Chapter LXXI Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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