Chapter 80.
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CHAP. 80.— AN ACT authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an American register to the Canadian-built propeller "East" by the name of "Kent."May 2, 1878. Whereas the Canadian-built propeller “East” has been condemnedPreamble. and sold pursuant to a decree of the district court of the United States for the northern district of New York, in admiralty, and was purchased at said sale and is now owned, by George D. Seymour, Isaac L. Seymour, and George Hall, citizens of the United States, residing at the city of Ogdensburgh, State of New York:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Propel1er “East;” American register to be issued to. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized arid directed to issue an American register or enrollment to the said Canadian built propeller “East,” owned by the said George D. Seymour, Isaac L. Seymour, and George Hall, by the name of the “Kent,” to which the name of said propeller “East” isName changed. hereby changed.
Approved, May 2, 1878.