Chapter XL. *respecting the enrolling and licensing of Steamboats.* March 12, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Steamboats belonging to aliens, to be enrolled and licensed
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Chap. XL.— An Act *respecting the enrolling and licensing of Steamboats.* March 12, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Steamboats belonging to aliens, to be enrolled and licensed. That from and after the passing of this act, a steamboat employed, or intended to be employed only in a river or bay of the United States, owned wholly or in part by an alien, resident within the United States, may, and shall be enrolled and licensed, as if the same belonged to a citizen of the United States, according to, and subject to all the conditions, limitations and provisions Act of Feb. 18, 1793, ch. 8.contained in the act, entituled “An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same,” except that, in such case, no oath or affirmation shall be required that the said boat belongs to a citizen or citizens of the United States.
Sec. 2. Owners of such boats to give bonds, &c. And be it further enacted, That the owner or owners of such steamboat, upon application for enrolment or license, shall give bond to the collector of the district, to and for the use of the United States, in the penalty of one thousand dollars, with sufficient surety, conditioned, that the said boat shall not be employed in other waters than the rivers and bays of the United States. Approved, March 12, 1812. Chapter XLI: authorizing a loan for a sum not exceeding eleven millions of dollars. 2 Stat. 694 1812-03-14 Chapter XLI Charles C.
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*respecting the enrolling and licensing of Steamboats.* March 12, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Steamboats belonging to aliens, to be enrolled and licensed
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