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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 28 STAT. · January 21, 1895 · Chapter 38

Chapter 38. To provide for the measurement of vessels

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CHAP. 38.— An Act To provide for the measurement of vessels.January 21, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Shipping.Register of vessels may have space and tonnage added. That upon application by the owner or master of an American vessel in foreign trade, collectors of customs, under regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the *Post*, p. 743.Treasury, are authorized to attach to the register of such vessels an appendix, stating separately, for use in foreign ports, the measurement of spaces and gross and net tonnage, according to the rules in force in the foreign nation for which said vessel may clear.
Approved, January 21, 1895. Chapter 39: Authorizing the establishment of lights, fog signal, and beacon on the Kennebec River, Maine. Chapter 39 28 Stat. 636 1895-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public
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