Chapter XC. defining the Rights of Part Dieners of Vessels in certain Cases
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CHAP. XC.— An Act defining the Rights of Part Dieners of Vessels in certain Cases.April 9, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatRight of part owners of a vessel to remove the captain. any person or persons or body corporate having more than one-half ownership of any vessel shall have the same power to remove a captain, who is also part owner of such vessel, as such majority owners now have to remove a captain not an52FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 90, 91, 96, 99. 1872. owner:Right not to apply in certain cases. *Provided,* That this act shall not apply where there is a valid written agreement subsisting, by virtue of which such captain would be entitled to possession, nor in any case where a captain has possession as part owner, obtained before the passage of this act. Approved, April 9, 1872.