Chapter LX. *to exempt Canal Boats from the Payment of Fees and Hospital Money.* July 20, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Canal boats exempted from the payment of Tees and hospital money
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Chap. LX.— An Act *to exempt Canal Boats from the Payment of Fees and Hospital Money.* July 20, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Canal boats exempted from the payment of Tees and hospital money.Persons employed in them to receive no benefit from the Hospital fund. That the owner or owners, master or captain, or other persons employed in navigating canal boats without masts or steam-power, now by Jaw required to be registered, licensed, or enrolled and licensed, shall not he required to pay any marine hospital tax or money; nor shall the persons employed to navigate such boats receive any benefit or advantage from the marine hospital fund; nor shall such owner or owners, master or captain, or other persons, be required to pay fees, or make any compensation for such register, license, or enrolment and license, TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 61, 64. 1846.39nor shall any such boat be subject to be libelled in any of the UnitedSuch boats not subject to libel for wages in the courts of the U. S. States courts for the wages of any person or persons who may be employed on board thereof, or in navigating the same. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That all acts, and parts of acts, repugnantRepeal of repugnant acts. to the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, July 20, 1846.