Chapter XII. to authorize Gazaway B
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Chap. XII.— An Act to authorize Gazaway B. Lamar, to import an iron steamboat, in detached parts, with the necessary machinery, tools, and working utensils, therefore, into the United States, free from duty, and to provide for the remission of the same.Feb. 26, 1834. *Be it enacted, &c.,* That for the purpose of making an experiment of the aptitude of iron steamboats for the navigation of shoal waters, Iron steamboat may be imported free of duty. Gazaway B. Lamar, of the city of Savannah in the state of Georgia, be, and he is hereby, authorized to import an iron steamboat, in detached parts, with the necessary machinery, tools and working utensils for the same, into the United States, free from duty.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the collector of the port Collector to admit it. of Savannah be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to admit to entry, free of duty, the articles mentioned in the first section of this act, on the exhibition of the invoices and the oath of the said Gazaway B. Lamar, that the said articles are intended for the purposes herein before specified; or to cancel any bond or bonds which may be, or may have been, given by the said Gazaway B.
Lamar, for the duties accruing thereon under the existing laws. Approved, February 26, 1834.