Chapter 292. to amend an act entitled “An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters conterminous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada,” approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight
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CHAP. 292.— An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters conterminous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada,” approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.May 24, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Canadian vessels.May aid vessels disabled, etc., in contiguous waters of United States, etc.Vol. 20, p. 175 amended. That an act entitled “An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters conterminous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada,” approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that the same will read as follows:
" “That Canadian vessels and wrecking appurtenance may render aid and assistance to Canadian or other vessels and property wrecked, disabled, or in distress in the waters of the United States contiguous *Provisos*.Reciprocity.to the Dominion of Canada: *Provided*, That this act shall not take effect until proclamation by the President of the United States that the privilege of aiding American or other vessels and property wrecked, disabled, or in distress in Canadian waters contiguous to the United States has been extended by the Government of the Dominion of Canada to American vessels and wrecking appliances of all limitation.descriptions.
This act shall be construed to apply to the Welland Canal, the canal and improvement of the waters between Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and to the waters of the Saint Mary’s River and canal: *And* FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 292, 355, 382. 1890.121 *provided further*, That this act shall cease to he in force from andCessation. after the date of the proclamation of the President of the United States to the effect that said reciprocal privilege has been withdrawn, revoked, or rendered inoperative by the said Government of the Dominion of Canada.
” " Approved, May 24, 1890.