Chapter 42.
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CHAP. 42.— AN ACT to authorize the granting of an American register to a foreign built ship, for the purpose of the Woodruff Scientific Expedition around the world.March 23, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Woodruff Scientific Expedition.American Register to vessel for.*Provisos.* That the. Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to grant, for the purposes of the “Woodruff Scientific Expedition around the World” a register for a foreign built steamship: *Provided*, That the said steamship be approved by the Secretary of the Navy as suitable in all respects for the purposes of said expedition and there shall be maintained thereon without expense to the United States a school with capacity for at least two hundred students together with a competent faculty for the promotion of scientific and nautical knowledge. *And it is further provided*, That in no case shall met cantile or commercial ventures form any part of said expedition or the government of the United States be now or hereafter subjected to any expense on account thereof.
Approved, March 23, 1878.