Chapter 1616. To provide an American register for the steamer Beaumont
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CHAP. 1616.— An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Beaumont. April 27, 1904. [[H. R. 4570](/us/bill/58/hr/4570).] [[Public, No. 175](/us/pl/58/175).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Commissioner of “Mira,” steamer. American register granted foreign built, and name changed to “Beaumont.” Conditions. Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer Mira, owned by a citizen of the United States, to be registered as a vessel of the United States, under the name of Beaumont, whenever it shall be shown to the Commissioner of Navigation that the repairs made in the United States, together with the salvage, less the amount expended in payment of wages to foreign workingmen and in the employment of foreign tugs and for foreign material have amounted to three times the price paid for the wreck (exclusive of salvage) to her foreign owners.
Approved, April 27, 1904.