Chapter 12. to provide an American register for the steamer Jamaica, of New York
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CHAP. 12.— An Act to provide an American register for the steamer Jamaica, of New York.February 13, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Jamaica.”American register granted to foreign-built steamer “Vertumnns.” and name changed. That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer Vertumnus, owned at the port of New York. State of New York, by Gerhard Wessels, an American citizen, and rebuilt by him at Brooklyn, New York, to be registered as a vessel of the United States under the name of Jamaica.
Sec. 2. Inspection, etc 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 he 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, 1890.