The Empire County argus., 1854-08-12

to be employed aforesaid the president of said COM
pany to be employed as aforesaid the president OF sad
company shall affirm that the said steamboat or
vessel is owned by said company that all the offices and
at least wohirds Of the citizens OF the United
States persons not the subjects of any foreign prince
State; that all the officers and directors OF SAID COM
pany citizens of the United States and that twothrds
of the stock Of said company is owned by citizens OF the
United States which oath or affirmation shall De deemed
sufficient without requiring the oath or affirmation OF any
other interested concerned In said steamboat or
vessel And Dr0Uideb trther That register issued un
der this act shall continue IN force one year and no longer
unless the president of the company aforesaid SHALL
within one from the date of the register make
the oath affirmation aforesaid, and the collector of the
customs shall certify the date of saidrenewed oath a
rmaton aforesaid and the collector of the customs shall
certify the date Of sadrenewed oath affirmation the
back of said register which shall continue in force for
year from said date and the other affirmation may
be renewed and the endorsement made in each
and every thereafter and the register shall continue
in force accordingly.
SEC g Ind be fuitler enacted That before granting
register to any steamboat vessel owned by the COM
pany aforesaid the president thereof SHALL together with
suroes to the satisfaction of the collector Of
the CUSTOMS by whom under the direction OF the Secre
ary of the Treasury the register may be issued become
bound to the United States in the of twenty-five
thousand dollars with condition that the steamboat or
vessel shall be fsoley employed In the transportation
of merchandise and passengers between the Atlantic and
Pacific ports Of the United States aforesaid that the
register shall be solely used for said steamboat vessel
that it shall not be sod lent otherwise disposed OF to
any other company person persons and that in case
such steamboat vessel shall be sod lost otherwise
prevented from returning TO the United States the SAID
register shall within six months thereafter If preserved
be returned to the collector of the customs who issued it
to the treasury for cancellation and failure to
ply with any of the conditions aforesaid forfeiture shall
to the United States of the entire penal named
in said bond to be enforced in any competent jurisdiction
and the outstanding register shall be null and void.
SEC. Aad 6eU further enacted. That whenever the
officer whom said register had been issued shall
to be the president of said company any register which
may have been issued in his name shall be veid and
new register must be issued in compliance with the pro-
visions of this act
SEC L. AnJ be fnrtaer Enacted, That before issuing
any register aforesaid il shall be proved to the satsac
ton of the Secretary of the Treasury that the steamboat
vessel for which the register to issue shall have been
built and equipped wholly in the United States and said
steamboats, and vessels SHALL in all respects be subject to
the laws of the United States in the manner as YES
sells built wholly and registered by American citizens
Approved 70 June, 1904.