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 230 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3067, 3071. 1906. is b law entitled to make a homestead entry, shall be entitled to enter the land so occupied, not exceeding twenty acres in a body, according to the Government surveys and subdivisions thereof, upon payment to the Government of the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre for each acre entered by him, and upon showing residence and cultivation of such lands in the manner and for the length of time required by the homestead laws of the United States. Approved, June 9, 1906. June 11, mos. GHAP. 3071.—An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and twenty-one of ls- *2*-} _ the Revised Statutes of the United States, inspection of steam vessels. lic,N. . [Pub 0 217] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRqm·esentat£ves oft/me United u@‘;Q:*é*·I””P°°‘ States of America in Oongreas aasembled, _That section forty-four hun- Temporary spun- dred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, °°§$sS$fsQ2?P4.$§{}§?55y_ and it is hereby, amended by addin at the end thereof the following: " Upon such inspection and a provai the inspectors shall also make and subscribe a temporary certidllcate, which shall set forth substantially the fact of such inspection and a proval, and shall deliver the same to the master or owner of the vessel: and shall keep a copy thereof on file in their office. The said temporary certificate shall be carried and exposed by vessels in the same manner as is provided in section forty- four hundred and twenty-three for copies of the regular certificate, and the form thereof and the eriod during which it is to be in fOl'CG shall be as prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors, or the executive committee thereof, as provided in section forty-four hundred and five. And such temporary certificate, during such period and prior to the delivery to the master or owner of the copies of the regular certificate, shall take the place of, and be a substitute for, such copies of the regular certificate of inspection, as required by sections forty-four hundred and twenty-three, forty-four hundred and twenty- four, and forty-four hundred and twenty-six, and for the purposes of said sections, and shall also, during such period, be a substitute for the regular certificate of inspection as required by section forty-four hundred and ninety-eight and for the purposes of said section until such regular certificate of inspection has been filed with the collector or other chief officer of customs. Such tem orary certificate shall also be subject to revocation in the manner and under the conditions provided in section fort -four hundred and fifty-three. No vessel rcquired to be inspzctedyunder the provisions of this title shall be navigated without iaving on board an unexpired regular certificate of inspection or such tem rary ccrtificatc," so that said section. when amended as above shalixfcad as follows: ,,,f,$"’”°'*°°"“”P°°‘ "SEc. 4421. When the inspection of a steam vessel is completed and 86;<.u¤:;_m;] mi. v. the inspectors approve the vessel and her equipment throughout, they "' shall make and subscribe a certificate to the collector or other chief oflicer of the customs of the districtin which such inspection has been made, in accordance with the form and regulations prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors. Such certificate shall be verified by the oaths of inspectors signing it, before the chief officer of the customs of the istrict. or any other person competent by law to administer oaths. If the inspectors refuse to grant a certificate of _ approval, they shall make a statement in writing, and sign the same. ul`;"""" °°"‘"‘ glVlIlg’ the l`€8S0¥lS for their disapproval. Upon such inspection and approval, the inspectors shall also make and subscribe a temporary certificate, which shall set forth substantially the fact of such inspec- _ tion and approval, and shall deliver the same to the master or owner of ,,,,*f,{{‘_§f'“°“ "’ "*"· the vessel, and shall keep a copy thereof on file in their office. The said temporary certificate shall be carried and exposed by vessels in the