Chapter XXVIII. *to amend the act, intituled “An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants’ service.”*March 2, 1805. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of June 20, 1790, ch. 29
178 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-2/chapter-xxviii-1520215·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Chap. XXVIII.— An Act *to amend the act, intituled “An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants’ service.”*March 2, 1805. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of June 20, 1790, ch. 29. Regulations of the 8th section of the act referred to, so far as that section relates to a medicine chest for a vessel of 150 tons, extended to smaller vessels, &c. States of America in Congress assembled,* That all the provisions, regulations, and penalties which are contained in the eighth section of the act, intituled “An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants’ service,” so far as relates to a chest of medicines to be provided for vessels of one hundred and fifty tons burthen and upwards, shall be extended to all merchant vessels of the burthen of seventy-five tons, or upwards, navigated with six persons or more, in the whole, and bound from the United States to any port or ports in the West Indies.
Approved, March 2, 1805.