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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 26 STAT. · August 30, 1890 · Chapter 838

Chapter 838.

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CHAP. 838.— An act to provide American registers for the steamers Stroma and Marco Aurelia.August 30, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Stillwater” and “Rover.”American register granted to foreign-built steamers “Stroma” and “Marco Aurelia,” and names changed to. That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamers Stroma and Marco Aurelia, purchased and wholly owned by American citizens, and repaired by them, to be registered as vessels of the United States under the names of Stillwater and Rover, respectively.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorizedInspection, etc. and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said vessels, steam-boilers, steam-pipes, and the appurtenances of said boilers, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificates issued to steam-vessels of the merchant, marine, without reference to the fact that said steam-boilers, 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 in the inspection of said boilers, 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 boilers, 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 certificates if said boilers, steam-pipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufficient strength and safety.
Approved, August 30, 1890. Chapter 839: providing for an inspection of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of food or drink, and authorizing the President to make proclamation in certain cases, and for other purposes. Chapter 839 26 Stat. 414 1890-08-30 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.
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