Chapter 146. To amend section forty-four hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States
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CHAP. 146.— An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States. July 17, 1914.[[H. R. 16055](/us/bill/63/hr/16055).][[Public, No. 132](/us/pl/63/132).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section forty-fourFuel oil vessels.[R. S., sec. 4474, p. 866](/us/rs/s4474/p806), amended. hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following:
" “*Provided further*, That when crude petroleum of a flash point notDischarge of excess petroleum at terminal ports.Vol. 25, p. 564. less than one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit, is carried in the double-bottom fuel tanks of steamers using the same for fuel, the crude petroleum carried in such tanks in excess of the necessities of the voyage may be discharged at terminal ports when no passengers are on board the ship. Crude petroleum carried and dischargedNot considered prohibited stores, etc.[R.
S., sec. 4472, p. 865](/us/rs/s4472/p865). under these conditions will not be considered stores or cargo within the contemplation of section forty-four hundred and seventy-two Revised Statutes of the United States. ” " Approved, July 17, 1914.