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 830 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 517-519. 1891. and seventy-five, be, and the same are hereby repealed. And all acts Inconsistent laws and parts of acts relating to ap eals or writs of error inconsistent "°¥’°“*°‘· with the provisions for review by appeals or writs of error in the preceding sections five and six of this act are hereby repealed. Jm-mamma incases Sec. 15. That the circuit court of a peal in cases in which the jud - gjggc fguftfw S"' ments of the circuit courts of a pealpare made final by this act shadl ` have the same appellate `urisdiction, by writ of error or appeal, to review the judgments, orders, and decrees of the supreme courts of the several Territories as by this act they may have to review the judgments, orders, and decrees of the district court and circuit courts; and for that purpose the several Territories shall, by orders of the Supreme court, to be made from time to time, be assigned to particular circuits. Approved, March 3, 1891. Mucha, 101. CHAP. 518.-An act to provide American registers for the steamers Montauk `w-‘*‘—"" and Mineola. · Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ··u¤¤¤¤uk·· md United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Com- "M*¤°°'*·" missioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause American registers the foreign-built steamers Montauk and Mineola, purchased and ¤”*¤'°·***° wholly owned by American citizens and repaired by them, to be registered as vessels of the United States. mmm0n_ ctc, Sec. 2. That the Secretaryl of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to authorize and direct the inspection of said vessel, steam boiler, steam pipes, and the appurtenances of said boiler, andcause to be gran the register and usual certificate issued to steam vessels of the merchant marine, without reference to the fact that said steam boiler, steam pipes, and a purtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States, and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws; and the tests to be applied in the inspection of said boiler, steam pipes, and aptpurtenances will be the same in all respects as to strength and sa ety as are re uired in the inspection of oilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save the fact that said boiler, steam pipes, and apfpurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements 0 the laws of the United States, and are of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certincate if said boiler, steam pipes, and appurtenances are found to be of sufficient strength and sa ety. Received by the President February 19, 1891. [Norm BY THE DEPARTMENT or STA·rn.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it ori 'nated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] ymhg 1w_ CHAP. 519.-An act to provide for ocean mail service between the United ——--% States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rgpresentatives of the maimmnsmp cou- United States 0; America in Congress assemble, That the Postmas- "`“‘“· ter—General is ereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts for a term not less than five nor more than ten years in dura- 0¤ A¤¤¤ri¤¤¤ vessels- tion, with American citizens, for the carr 'ng of mails on American rom. steamships, between ports of the Unitedn States and such ports in