Chapter CLXX. *to amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to license Yachts.”* June 29, 1870.1848, ch. 141, § 1
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CHAP. CLXX.— An Act *to amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to license Yachts.”* June 29, 1870.1848, ch. 141, § 1.Vol. ix. p. 274. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Yachts used as pleasure vessels, &c. may be licensed to proceed from port to port of the United States, and by sea to foreign ports without clearance. That the first section of the act entitled “An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to license yachts, and for other purposes,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, is hereby amended by inserting, in the first clause thereof, after the words “port to port of the United States,” the words “and by sea to foreign ports.
” Sec. 2. Certain yachts of certain foreign nations may enter and leave ports of the United States without clearance, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That yachts belonging to a regularly organized yacht club of any foreign nation which shall extend like privileges to the yachts of the United States shall have the privilege of entering or leaving atty port of the United States without entering or clearing at the custom-house thereof, or paying tonnage tax. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That, for the identification of yachts and their owners, a commission to sail for pleasure in any designated yachtFORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 170, 171, 175. 1870.171 belonging to any regularly organized and incorporated yacht club, statingSecretary of Treasury may issue commissions to yachts, to identify them and their owners. the exemptions and privileges enjoyed under it, may be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be a token of credit to any United States official, and to the authorities of any foreign power for privileges enjoyed under it. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That every yacht visiting a foreignYachts visiting foreign countries under this act, to make entry at the custom house at their port of arrival. country under the provisions of this act, shall, on its return to the United States, make due entry at the custom-house of the port at which, on such return, it shall arrive.
Approved, June 29, 1870.