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 68 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHs. 954, 955. 1906. ¤¤**°‘°°°*· Sec. 8. That the limit of cost for the construction of a new bridge or for replacing, altering, or remodelingl of any existing structure shall in no case exceed e sum of two undre and fifty thousand dollars, and in no case shall the expenditure on the part of the United States exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 'i‘¤¤• ¤* °°¤¤'·'¤¢* Sec. 9. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of "i·g`a,p.141s. the bridge herein authorized shall not be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof. Approved, March 17, 1906. 1f;_nu¤17. 1908. CHAP: 955._—-An  To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Stat- -1;* 1;: g utes relating to mspectrou of steam vemels. [Pub c` 0. J Be it enactedby the Senate anzdHmwe ofRe]2resentat1}ves of the United ¤$*¤sg=_¤;,”,;’e•*'”*P°°· States pfAm.eriea in Congress assembled, That section forty-four hun- °°dred o the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: m;¤é:·J:‘$¤*°°·¤8”· “Sec. 4400. All steam vessels navigating any waters of the United v¤r.2s,`p.s¢6. States which are common highways of commerce or op;-an to general or competitive navigation, excepting public vessels of the nited States, vessels of other countries, and boats propelled in whole or in part by sttelam for navigating canals, shall be subject to the provisions of this ti e. .¥¤•v¤¤¤¤¤ °* *°*· “And all fore' private steam vessels carryin assengers from SLE rm vw any port of the]Ul1ited States to any other placegirpcountry shall be “§fg;,,’°f‘“;§*J,l,'E,‘T{-3; subject to the provisions of sections forty-four hundred and seven—- & 4%  $; teen, forty-four hundred and eighteen, forty-four hundred and pp. angst, sos-acs. twenty-one, forty-four hundred and twenty-two, forty-four hundred and twenty-three, forty-four hundred and twent —four, forty- four hundred and seventy, forty-four hundred andvseventy-one, forty~four hundred and sevent —two, forty-four hundred and seventy- three, forty-four hundred and, seventy-nine, forty-four hundred and eighty-two, forty-four hundred and eighty-eight, forty-four hundred and eighty-nine, forty-four hundred and ninety-six, forty-four hundred and ninety-seven, forty-four hundred and ninety-nine, and forty- five hundred of this title, and shall be liable to visitation and inspection by the proper officer, in any of the ports or the United States, TM- f to respectmgrany of the provisions of the sections aforesaid: Provided, _,,gn°$°$§,‘§,u‘f " hqwever, _ hat when such foreign ijssenger steamers belong to countries having inspection laws approximating those of the United States, and have unexpired certificates of inspection issued by the pro er L*'¤"°"*”P°°“°‘P· authorities in the respective countries to which they belong, they shall sub]ect to no other inspection than necessary to satisf the local inspectors that the condition of the vessel, her boilers, and, lifesaving equipments are as stated in the current certificate of inspection; Gcndiduu- but_no such certificate of inspection shall be accepted as evidence of lawfulinsplectron except when presented by steam vessels of other countries which aveby their laws accorded to the steam vessels of the United States visiting such countries the same privilege accorded herein to I"" the steam vessels of such countries visitin the United States; it being further provided that there shall be cohected and paid into the Treasury of the United States the same fees for the ins ection of foreign passenger steamers carr ing passengers from tllle United States that any foreign nation shallcharge the merchant vessels of the United States trading to the ports of such nationalit ; it bein further provrded that the Secretary of Commerce and Ilabor shaffiave the_power to waive at any time the collection of such fees u on due notice of the proper author1ties_of any country concerned that the collection of fees for the inspection of American steam merchant vessels has been discontinued. _