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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 421. 1886. 81 carrying-tmdo, and for other purposes} approved J unc twenty-sixth, eightcen hundred and eighty-four, relating to tho limitations of the Li¤bi1ity¤f<>w¤— liability of tho owners of vessels, shall apply to all sca.-going vessels, "S "X*°”d°d *° **11 and also to all vessels used on lakes or rivers or in inland navigation, v°°°°l°‘ including canal-boats, barges, and lighters." Sec. 5. That section forty-ono hundred and fifty-tbrcc of the Revised R_ S_ ,,,,,, 4153, I, Statutes be amended by striking out tho last; scntencc of the last para- 801, minced. graph, and inserting instead tho following: “In every vessel documentcd as a. vessel of tho United States the number denoting her net Nec tonnage tobe tonnage shall be deeply carved or otherwise permanently marked on P<>¤¤¤¤*=*b’ markhcr main beam, and shall be so continued; and if tho number at: any °d‘ time cease to be continued, such vessel shall be subject; to a. tins of Penalty for fuuthirty dollars on every arrival in a. ports of the United States if she have “’°· not her tonnage number legally carved or permanently marked." SEO. G. That from the closc of section forbyonc hundred and seventy- R. s., ssc. 4177, p. seven of said statutes the following words shall be stricken outs, to wit: 805. =~m¤¤dcd- I ` “Such vessel shall be no longer recognized as a. vessel of tho United £°°““gfY f°" fa'}" States ;" and in lieu thereof there shall be inserted the words following: gg,. t°pB;':ng;€§ “ Such vessel shall be liable to a. fins of thirty dollarson every arrival marked. in a, port: of the United States if she have not hcr proper official number legally carved or permanently marked! Sec. 7. Every vessel of twenty tous or upwards, entitled to be docu- _ Pwulpy for tradmentcd as a. vessel of the United States, other than registered vessels, ';‘¤g9""h°“*’ l" found trading bctwccn district and district, or between diifcrcnt places ° S ' in the same district, or carrying on tho iishcry, without being enrolled and licensed, and every vessel of less than twenty tons and not less than five tons burden found trading or carrying on the fishery as aforesaid without a. license obtained as provided by this title, shall be liable B. S., seo. 4371,p. to a tins of thirty dollars at every port of arrival without such enroll- 845- ment or license. But; if the license shall have expired while the vessel was at sea, and there shall have been no opportunity to renew such license, then said finc of thirty dollars shall not be incurred. And so much of section four thousand three hundred and seventy-ono of the Revised Statutes as relates to vessels entitled to be documented asvcsscls of the United States is hereby repealed. Sec. 8. That foreign vessels found transporting passengers between Beauty m muplaces or ports in the United States, when such passengers have been rying passengers taken on board in the United States, shall be liable to a iiuc of two dol- ,g°t3'°°¤ g¤“°f°d lars for every passenger landed. Bi °:£:,,l: °" "' Sec. 9. That the Enos imposed by sections five, six, seven, and eight Eicmtary of the of this act shall be subject to remission or mitigation by tho Secretary T€:°E“"Y may '°‘ of the Treasury when the offcnsc was not wilful1y committed, under m °°°' such regulations and methods of ascertaining the facts as may sccm to him advisable. S20. 10. That the provision of Schedule N of "An not lo reduce Drawback on biintcrnal-rcvcnuc taxation, and for other purp0scs," approved March ¢¤¤¤i¤<>¤¤ ¤¤¤i fp third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, allowing a. drawback on im- :£}’gt:tf_¥::sg;‘ portcd bituminous coal used for fuel on vessels propelled by steam, shall v,,]_22 p  5H_ bc construed to apply only to vessels of the United States. Sec. 11. That section fourteen of *•An acts co remove certain burdens on the American merchant murine and encourage the American foreign vm.23, chap. 121, carrying-tmdc, and for other purposes," approved J unc twenty-sixth, P-57»¤¤¤¤¤¤¤d· eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be amended so as torcnd asfollows: ‘ “Sec. 14. That in lieu of the tax on tonnage of thirty ccnts pcr ton per annum imposed prior to July Brat, eighteen hundred and eighty- Towne wxtbur, a duty of three cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggrcgato ilhccu - cents per con in any one year, is hereby imposed at such entry on all vessels which shall be cutcrod in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Gcutml America, tho West India conn of South Islands, the Bahama. Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the coast of South €;¤¢>¤¤¤ 9¤ America. bordering on me Caribbean Sea, or the Sandwich Islands, or ‘“°°‘ “‘° “ Newfoundland; and a. duty of six cents per ton, not to cxcccd thirty STAT L-—VOL xxrv--6