Chapter 230. authorizing the inspection of the boiler of the steamship Kent
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CHAP. 230.— An Act authorizing the inspection of the boiler of the steamship Kent.July 5, 1884. 20 Stat., 47.Preamble.Whereas, the Congress of the United States did pass chapter eighty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, approved May second, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, nationalizing the Canadian-built propeller East, and did change her name to that of Kent; and Whereas a doubt has arisen as to whether said act entitled the steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances then in said Canadian built propeller to inspection pursuant to the laws of the United States regulating the construction and use of steam-boilers for marine purposes:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*Inspection of boiler, etc., of steamship Kent., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificate issued to tugboats or marine vessels not used for carrying passengers, without reference to the fact that said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States, and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to the laws of the United States; and the tests to be applied on the inspection of said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances to be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save that the fact that said boiler, steam pipes, and appurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States, and of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate if said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances are found of sufficient strength and safety Approved, July 5, 1884.