Chapter 38.
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CHAP. 38.— AN ACT in aid of a Polar expedition designed by James Gordon Bennett.March 18, 1878. Whereas James Gordon Bennett, a citizen of the United States, hasPreamble.1879, ch. 109.*Post*, 323.J. G. Bennett’sPolar expedition. purchased in Great Britain a vessel supposed to be specially adapted to Arctic expeditions, and proposes, at his own cost, to fit. out and man said vessel, and to devote her to efforts to solve the Polar problem; and Whereas it is deemed desirable that said vessel, while so engaged, shall carry the American flag and be officered by American naval officers:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,American Register to vessel. That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to issue an American register to said vessel by the name of Jeannette, and that the President of the United States be authorized to detail, with their own consent, commissioned, warrant, andNaval officers for command of.*Proviso.* petty officers of the Navy, not to exceed ten in number, to act as officers of said vessel during her first voyage to the Arctic seas: *Provided, however*, That such detail shall be made of such officers only as the President is satisfied can be absent from their regular duties without detriment to the public service.
Approved, March 18, 1878.