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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 412-414. 1890. 145 CHAP. 412.-An act for the registry or enrollment of the barges Herdis and June 11, 1890. Agostmo C. *1: - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- romsgtbuut vessioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to admit to ?f"§‘g,,Q,Q,,,$,"},‘$ZQ,d,'_}Q·,?,‘f registry, as barges of the United States, the following-named foreign- {ed ¤>Am¤rié¤¤ resisbuilt vessels, wrecked in American waters, purchased, repaired, and W' owned by C. C. l’inckney, junior, of Charleston, South Carolina, a citizen of the United States, namely, the Herdis and the Agostino C. Approved, June 11, 1890. CHAP. 413.-An act to provide for an American re ister for a steamer to be Junell, 1890. named Australia, owned by a corporation of the State 0% Califomia. ‘*—·w····- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled?'. That the Commis- Foreign-buntsmm. sioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the gégfmfem ” ¤d¤¤i*# foreign-built steamer Australia, owned at the port of San Francisco, try. me State of California, by the Oceanic Steam-ship Com any, a cor oration of said State of California, said steamer wrecked and rebuilt in the United States, to be registered as a vessel of the United States, under the name of Australia. · Sec. 2. That the Secretaryl of the Treasury be, and hereby is, au- Inspection, em. thorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam-vessel, steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances of said boiler, and cause tobe granted the proper and usual certificate issued ommaue to steam-vessels of the merchant marine, without reference to the fact that said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances, or some art thereof, were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States, and may not have been wholly constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws ; and the tests to be applied on the inspection remem. of said boiler, steam—pipes, a11d atppurtenances will be the same in all res ects as to strength and sa ety as are required in the inspection oip boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save that the fact that said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances, or some art thereof, not being constructed pursuant to the re uirements ofp the laws of the United States, and may be in part Jl unstam ed iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certiiicate if said boiler, steam·pipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufficient strength and safety. Approved, June 11, 1890. CHAP. 414.-An act to provide an American register for the steamer Sacrobosco. June 11, 1800. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the Unitecl States of America in Congress_asseinble, That the Commis- rrgrSe1g¤.w@. sioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the §,,,,,,,“°{§ A,,,,,,,,,,,; foreign-built steamer Sacrobosco, purchased and wholly owned by ;>1r¤u¤g_p¤w¤"C¤¤e American citizens, and repaired by them at New York, to be regis- ` tered as a vessel of the United States under the name of Conemaugh. Sno, 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, au- ruspecuonem. thorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said steam-vessel, steam-boiler, steamépipes, and the appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be grant the proper and usual certificate oemucam. issued to steam-vessels of the merchantmarine, without reference to the fact that said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and ipipurtenanees were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the Unit States, and were not constructed of iron stamped p111‘S113Ht to Said laws; and the tests Tag M . STAT L-v0L xxvi-—-10