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 28 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 63-65. 1892. or corporations as above set forth, are such as come within the provisions of this act, and that the Anligricantoawnerg ofgluch ste;n1shrp;,€ig>tr which an American registry is to gran _ un er_ » eprovi ion _ , have built or contracted to lmildlin Almeiricpn shipyalfds sftealriéplhéplsggf an ag egate tonnage as set 0 m _ e rs sec ion ereo, s _ - the biills of sale or transfer of ;.hebfore1l_g·n-l;>(i11ltfstea;nships_ sg] to be recorded in the office o the co ec_ r o cus oms o e 1:. s., sw. 4155, p. collection district, and cause such steamships to be registered as vessels “°{;,,m,, ,0 ,,,,_,,,y ,1] of the United States by said collector. After wh1ch, each of such wiv¤¤:¤ but ·=·¤··*- vessels shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of a vessel of '*""”°°‘ the United States, except that it shall not be employed in the COBSGWISB trade of the United States. _ A<1¤i¤<·¤·1 i¤¤1>¤<‘» Sec. 3. That no further or other inspection shall be required for the °°" "°° '°““i”°°L said steamship or steamships than is now required for foreign steamships carrying passengers under the existing laws of the United States, and that a special certificate of inspection may be issued for each Mmumment ·>¢¤- Steamship registered under this act; an;} tthet tiyefotrged igaimtxgg the regiistry to any such steamship as a vesse o the lll s e co - lector of customs of the proper collection dlSt·I'10h shall cause such steamship to be measured and described in accordance with the laws of the United States, which measurement and description shall be recited in the certificate of registry to be issued under this act. _ _ mgfm §°;f::,s“’}{ Sec. 4. That any steamships so registered under the provisions of mums. this act may be taken and used by the United States as cruisers or P=·s·¤·¤¤¢- transports upon payment to the owners of the fair actual value of the same at the time of the taking, and if there shall be a disagreement as to the fair actual value at the time of taking between the United States —*PP¤*·¤¤°¤*· and the owners, then the same shall be determined by two impartial appraisers, one to be appointed by each o said parties who in case of disagreement, shall select a third, the award of any two of the three so chosen to be final and conclusive. Approved, May 10, 1892. May 11,189*2. CHAP. 64.-An act making appropriations for expenses that may be incurred —*·····—··‘-"‘ under the treaties between the `United States and Great Britain, concluded at Vlfashington, February twenty-ninth and April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety- two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqpresentathics of the United Apvmpmgg gg States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred §fE$§§`f,,,,_ “ and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in f'~¢-rv- W-952- then Treasury nplt otherwise appropriated, to enable the President to ful l the stip ations contained in the treaties between the United States and Great Britain signed on the twenty-ninth day of February and the eighteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in relation to the tribunal of arbitration at Paris. S_'f:°t*;;y¤:i>ggt<;j* bf Sec. 2. That the sum hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as ”may be necessary, shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, with the approval of the President of the United States. Approved, May 11, 1892. __]?? U- mn CHAP. 65.--An art to punish false swearing before trial boards of the Metropolitan police force and fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and H ouse of Representatives of the United uQ*=°¤¤* 0* C•>*¤*¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter any trial board Aemyism-»l_¤»r witi of the Metropolitan police force and of the fire department of the District }§“§§p;';,,,{’§ng°§,,j,};_ o£Cpllumb1a_gl;ah havzshpowger tpl issug subpusnas, atteptad ir;) the name o e presi n o e oa: o ommissioners oe istrict o Columbia, to compel before it the attendance of witnesses upon any