Chapter 876.
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CHAP. 876.— An act to provide an American register for the steamer Italia.September 4, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Italia.” That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to causeAmerican register” granted to foreign-built steamer. the foreign-built steamer Italia, wrecked on Waiting’s Island, and purchased and owned wholly by American citizens and repaired by American workmen, to be registered as a vessel of the United States upon completion of said repairs.
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 vessel, steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and the appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted the register 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 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 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 4, 1890. Chapter 906: authorizing the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, and to legalize the bridge already constructed, at the city of Lexington, in the State of Missouri. Chapter 906 26 Stat. 426 1890-09-13 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 426FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 906, 907. 1890.
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