Chapter 57. To provide for the register and enrollment of vessels built in foreign countries when such vessels have been wrecked on the coasts of the United States or her possessions or adjacent waters and salved by American citizens and repaired in American shipyards
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CHAP. 57.— An Act To provide for the register and enrollment of vessels built in foreign countries when such vessels have been wrecked on the coasts of the United States or her possessions or adjacent waters and salved by American citizens and repaired in American shipyards. February 24, 1915.[[S. 2335](/us/bill/63/s/2335).][[Public, No. 254](/us/pl/63/254).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Shipping.
That section forty-one hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be reenacted and revised to read as follows: " “Sec. 4136. Registry, etc., allowed shipwrecked vessels purchased by citizens.[R. S., sec. 4136, p. 790](/us/rs/s4136/p790); amended.Vol. 34, p. 17. The Secretary of Commerce may issue a register or enrollment for any vessel wrecked on the coasts of the United States or her possessions or adjacent waters, when purchased by a citizen or citizens of the United States and thereupon repaired in a shipyard in the United States or her possessions, if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Commerce, if he deems it necessary,Value of repairs. through a board of three appraisers appointed by him, that the said repairs put upon such vessels are equal to three times the appraised*Provisos*.Expense of appraisal. salved value of the vessel: *Provided*, That the expense of the appraisal herein provided for shall be borne by the owner of the vessel: *Provided further*,Forfeiture for false oaths.
That if any of the material matters of fact sworn to or represented by the owner, or at his instance, to obtain the register of any vessel are not true, there shall be a forfeiture to the United States of the vessel in respect to which the oath shall have been made, together with tackel, apparel, and furniture thereof.”" Approved, February 24, 1915.