Chapter 151.
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CHAP. 151.— An act to provide for an American register for the steam-yacht Nautilus, of New York, New York.February 13, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Nautilus.” To be granted American register. That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized to license as a vessel of the United States the Canadian steam-yacht Nautilus, owned by Isaac J. Maccabe, of New York, an American citizen.
Sec. 2. Inspection. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam-vessel, steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and the appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificate issued to steam-vessels of the Merchant Marine, 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 said laws; and the tests to be applied on the inspection of said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances will 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 are of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate, if said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufficient strength and safety.
Approved, February 13, 1889.