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 FIFTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Cns. 30, 61. 1897. 489 The said county of Santa Fe is hereby authorized and empowered to, §°f,****diQ)$ of i**· again refund all or any portion of the indebtedness thereof by this Act rz iziniiii?. 5 Sum validated within one year from the passage of this Act, in accordance with the terms and provisions of an act of the legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, being chapter seventy-nine, entitled "An act for the financial relief of counties and municipalities" (House bill numbered one hundred and ninety-two), approved February twentysixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, except that such refunded bonds shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and shall become due twenty-five years from the date of the issue of such refunded bonds, and shall be issued for the amount of unpaid principal of the bonds of said county by this Act validated, with interest thereon from the date thereof, to wit, September, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and March, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, respectively, at the rate of four per centum per annum until the date when the sum shall be refunded as herein provided, less the amount of interest heretofore paid on such bonds; and when said bonds shall be so refunded they shall be subject in all other respects to all the provisions, liabilities, rights, obligations, benefits, and advantages of said act of the legislature herein referred to. In case said bonds shall not be refunded by said county of Santa Fe upon the terms and conditions 'in this section set forth, then the bonds validated by this Act shall remain as the legal obligation of said Santa Fe County. If said bonds shall be refunded as herein provided, the holders of the bonds herein validated shall, upon actual notice given by said county, deliver to said county the bonds herein validated, and shall receive in lieu thereof the refunded bonds provided for in this section: Provided, That any of said bonds which shall not be delivered for £r<>~>¤···- f d refunding to said county of Santa Fe within six months after said b0mi;r°°t°m° mm notice shall be given, as herein required, shall not bear arate of interest greater than four per centum per annum from date of issue: Provided, _ _ _ _ That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to make the Govern- U,l;§0‘j,lg§8‘{;;f" "f ment of the United States liable or responsible for the payment of any of said bonds by this Act approved, connrmed, and made valid. Received by the President, January 5, 1897. [Nora nr run Dmrnnrmtnur or S·rA*r:n.—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 originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] CHAP. 61.-An Act Providing for certain requirements for vessels propelled by January 18, 1897. gas, fluid, naphtha, or electric motors. _"`_";"”“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ofzlmeriea in Congress assembled, That all vessels of above fifteen g8‘;°;,;*;*§rg’m§*?*;$Q_bY tons burden, carrying freight or passengers for hire, propelled by gas, ’ ’ fluid, naphtha, or electric motors, shall be, and are hereby, made sub- m$£g¤¤¢i<>¤- ~‘¤¤¤·, r•¤- ject to all the provisions of section forty-four hundred and twenty-six of n.  sec. 4226, P. the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the inspection 8*- _ of hulls and boilers and requiring engineers and pilots; and all vessels W§:;*,L“Ifa;;,lj;f°¤ f°* so propelled, without regard to tonnage or use, shall be subiect to the R. s.. see. 4212, p. provisions of section forty-four hundred and twelve of the Revised 85* Statutes of the United States, relating to the regulation of steam _ vessels in passing each other; and to S0 much of sections forty-two cb§"6$;l°***°** °* ***** hundred and thirty-three and forty-two hundred and thirty-four of the 1;,$s.,m».4m,4z;4, Revised Statutes, relating to lights, fog signals, steering, and sailing *‘·vf,,; p_ 6,, rules, as the Board of Supervising Inspectors shall, by then- regula tions, deem applicable and practicable for their safe navigation. Approved, January 18, 1897.