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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 173. 1895. 743 “ ‘ (1) Ou a request in writing to the Commissioner of Navigation by A¤<•*·¤¤• for 1isM the owners of a ship the tonnage of such portion of the space or spaces ud m' above the crown of the engine room and above the upper deck as is framed in for the machinery or for the admission of light and air and not required to be added to gross tonnage shall, for the purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of the space occupied by the propelling power, be added to the tonnage of the engine space; but it shall then be included in the gross tonnage ; such space or spaces must be reasonable in extent, safe, and seaworthy, and can not be used for any purpose other than the machinery or for the admission of light and air to the machinery, or for the admission of light and air to the machinery or boilers of the ship. “*And the proper deduction from the gross tonnage having been N°'°°¤¤*8°· made, the remainder shall be deemed the net or register tonnage of such vessels. “ *The register or other official certificate of the tonnage or nation- d,§fg,$,‘,§§°f,,'g’ '*·""°‘** ality of a vessel of the United States, in addition to what is now' required by law to be expressed therein, shall state separately the deductions made from the gross tonnage, and shall also state the net or register tonnage of the vessel. “‘But the outstanding registers or enrollments of vessels of the 0¤t¤1¤¤·1i¤s United States shall not be rendered void by the addition of such new §°.§?t° 1'"° °m'°" statement of her tonnage, unless voluntarily surrendered; but the same may be added to the outstanding document or by an appendix thereto, with a certificate of a collector of customs that the original estimate of tonnage is amended. “ ‘In the case of a ship constructed with a double bottom for water “{>·>¤\>\¤-¤¤#¤¤¤¤ v¤¤· ballast, if the space between the inner and outer plating thereof is °` certiiied by the collector to be not available for the carriage of cargo, stores, or fuel, then the depth of the vessel shall be taken to be the upper side of the inner plating of the double bottom, and that upper side shall for the purposes of measurement be deemed to represent the iloor timber. “ ‘Upon application by the owner or master of an American ve sel in d Stntqmeutcflornign foreign trade, collectors of customs, under regulations to be approved °_‘}',{‘§:_"{,’T°,g,,_ by the Secretary of the Treasury, are authorized to attach to the register of such vessel an appendix stating separately, for use in foreign ports, the measurement of such space or spaces as are permitted to be deducted from gross tonnage by the rules of other nations and are not permitted by the laws of the United States."’ Sec. 2. That this Act shall not be construed to require the remeas· mg¤¤¤“·;·£¤¤•¤¢• urement of any American vessel duly measured before April first, "° ' eighteen hundred and ninety-five; but upon application by the owner of any such vessel collectors of customs shall cause such vessel, or the spaces to be deducted, to be measured according to the provisions of this Act, and if a new register is not issued the statement of such S,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,“_ remeasurement shall be attached by an appendix to the outstanding ¤¤•¤· register or enrollment with a certificate of the collector of customs that the original estimate of tonnage is amended pursuant to this Act. Sec. 3. That the provisions of this Act requiring a crew space of i mf_¤w_;v;¤c;br;¤u; seven ty-two cubic feet per man shall apply only to vessels the construe mp. muh um .nm• tion ot"which shall be begun after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and “°- 1***- ninety-five. Sec. 4. That under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury R¤s¤¤¤¢i¤¤¤· the Commissioner of Navigation shall make regulations needful to give etlect to the provisions of this Act. _ _ SBU. 5. That this Act shall take effect on the iirst dayof April, eighteen mmhundred and ninety-five. Approved, March 2, 1895.