Chapter XX. *relative to the iron steamboat “The New Jersey,” formerly called the Robert N
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Chap. XX.— An Act *relative to the iron steamboat “The New Jersey,” formerly called the Robert N. Stockton.*May 8, 1840. Whereas the said steamer was built in England for the purpose of introducingPreamble. a new improvement in this country in the navigation of canals and in the construction of tow-boats, and to serve as a model, and was navigated across the Atlantic at great hazard and expense: And whereas it is represented that a boat of the same model, and propelled in the same manner, could not have been built in the United States at the time she was constructed:
And whereas the said steamer cannot be used in the United States for the purpose for which she was designed, without being enrolled and licensed according to the laws of the United States; therefore, *Be it enacted, &c*., That it shall and may be lawful for the collectorLawful for collector of any port in U.S., on application, to enrol and license the iron steamer. of any port in the United States, on the application of the owner or owners of the said iron steamer, to enrol and license the same, in the same manner and upon the same terms as if she had been built within the United States.
Approved, May 8, 1840.