Chapter 14. To authorize Peter Goelet Gerry to enter into a contract with the Secretary of the Navy, in behalf of the United States, for the use of the steam yacht Owera
282 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-40/chapter-14-7089214·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 14.— An Act To authorize Peter Goelet Gerry to enter into a contract with the Secretary of the Navy, in behalf of the United States, for the use of the steam yacht Owera. May 12, 1917.[[S. 1845](/us/bill/65/s/1845).][[Private, No. 1](/us/pvtl/65/1).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Peter Goelet Gerry, a“Owera” steam yacht.Contract for use of, during the war, authorized. Senator of the United States from the State of Rhode Island, having offered to the Government for the period of the war the use of his yacht hereinafter named, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter into a contract or agreement with the Secretary of the Navy, in behalf of the United States, for the use by the United States of the steam yacht Owera, owned by the said Senator, for such period as may be mutually agreeable to the parties to the contract or agreement herein authorized.
Sec. 2. That the provisions of sections one hundred and fourteenStatutory prohibition not applicable.Vol. 35, p. 1109. and one hundred and fifteen, of the Act approved March fourth, nine-teen hundred and nine, entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” and any other laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith, be, and they are hereby, declared inapplicable to the said Peter Goelet Gerry and the Secretary of the Navy, or such other officer or officers of the United States as shall, on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy, enter into the aforesaid contract or agreement for the purposes and to the extent set forth in section one hereof.
Approved, May 12, 1917.