Chapter CCLV. *to authorize Charles Day, James II
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Chap. CCLV.— An Act *to authorize Charles Day, James II. Butts, William W. Frye, George Whitman, Laurent Millandon, and Gassaway B. Lamar to import free of duties iron steamboats suited to the navigation of rivers.*July 7, 1838. *Be it enacted, &c*.,That Charles Day, William W. Frye, GeorgeCertain persons authorized to import materials for an iron steamboat, free of duty. Whitman of the state of Alabama, Laurent Millandon of New Orleans, and James R. Butts be, and each of them are hereby, authorized to import, free of duty, the materials ready prepared for an iron boat, to be employed as a steamboat, with the tools and implements necessary to construct and put together the same, and to make them complete, so far as any tools or implements peculiar to this service or the navigation and repair of such boats are necessary; but this act shall not be so construed asSteam engines not included. to authorize the importation of steam engines.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That Gassaway B. Lamar, of Savannah,G. B. Lamar allowed to import, free of duty, iron materials, &c.Proviso. in the state of Georgia, be allowed to import free of duty, iron materials for the construction of two iron steamboats: *Provided*, That the said iron shall be imported within one year from the passage of this act. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the duty for the paymentDuties on iron imported by the Iron Steamboat Co. of Georgia, remitted. of which, bonds have been given by the Iron Steamboat Company of Georgia, on iron imported by said Company for the construction of an iron steamboat, be, and the same is hereby remitted, but this act shall not be so construed as to extend to steam engines, whole or in part.
Approved, July 7, 1838.