Chapter CXXXV. to authorize the issuing of a register to the brig William, of New York
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Chap. CXXXV.— An Act to authorize the issuing of a register to the brig William, of New York. May 21, 1824. *Be it enacted, &c., * That there be issued, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register to the brig William, a BritishA register to be issued to the Brig William.Proviso. vessel, lately called the Union, which vessel was stranded on the coast of the United States, and purchased by William Porter, a citizen of the United States, and by him repaired: *Provided,* It shall be proved, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the cost of the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owner, exceeds three-fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States.
Approved, May 21, 1824.