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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · September 30, 1890 · Chapter 1135

Chapter 1135.

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CHAP. 1135.— An act to provide an American register for the steamer Joseph Oteri, junior, of New Orleans, Louisiana.September 30, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Joseph Oteri, junior.” That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer, Joseph Oteri, junior, of New Orleans, Louisiana,American register granted to foreign-built steamer. purchased and wholly owned by American citizens, and repaired by them, to be registered as a vessel of the United States.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is,Inspection, etc. 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 to 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 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, September 30, 1890. Chapter 1239: to open abandoned military reservations in the State of Nevada to homestead entry. Chapter 1239 26 Stat. 561 1890-10-01 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public
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