Chapter 880. To provide American registers for the steamers Marie and Success
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CHAP. 880.— An Act To provide American registers for the steamers Marie and Success. February 7, 1907. [[H. R. 7014](/us/bill/59/hr/7014).] [[Public, No. 67](/us/pl/59/67).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Commissioner of Steamers “Marie” and “Success.”American registry granted.Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamers Marie and Success, wrecked in the waters of Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama, respectively, and purchased and wholly owned by the Merritt and Chapman Derrick and Wrecking Company, of New York City, incorporated under the laws of the State of West Virginia, to be registered as vessels of the United States whenever it shall be shown to the Commissioner of Navigation that the repairs on each of the said vessels amount to three times the actual cost of each of the said wrecks to the owner.
Approved, February 7, 1907.