The Empire County argus., 1854-08-19

TO be employed aforesaid the president of said COM
pany to be employed aforesaid, the president of said
company shall affirm that the said steamboat or
vessel is owned by said conpany that all the offices aud
at least twothrds Of the citizens Of the United
States persons not the suqccs Of any foreign prince
State that all the officers and directors OF said com
pany arc citizens Of the United States and that twothrds
of the 1t Ick Of said company owned by ct2ens OF the
United States which oath or affirmation shall be deemed
sufficient without requiring the oath affirmation of any
other person interested concerned in sala steamboat
vessel And dpro0ded FURTHER That register issued un
der this act shall continue in force one year and longer
unless the president of the company aforesaid shall,
within year from the date of the register make
the oath or affirmation aforesaid. and the collector of the
customs shall certify the date Of saidrenewed oath a
irmation aforesaid and the collector of the customs shall
certify the date Of saidreneed oath affirmation on 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 thereafter and the register shall continue
in force accordingly
SEC 9. And be u FURTHER enncted, That before granting
register to any steamboat vessel owned by the
pany aforesaid the president thereof shall together with
one sureties TO the satisfaction of the collector Of
the customs by whom under the direction of the Secre
tary OF the Treasury the register may be issued become
bound to the United States in the sum Of twenty-five
thousand dollars, with condition that the steamboat or
vessel shall be solely 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 sold lent otherwise disposed of to
any other company, person persons and that in
such steamboat vessel shl be sold, lost otherwise
the Unlted the SAID
register shall within six months thereafter, If preserved
be returned the collector Of the who issued
or to The treasury for cancellation and failure TO
ply with any of the conditions aforesaid forfeiture shall
to the United States of the ire penal numed
in said bond to be enforced in competent ursdcon
and the outstanding register shall be null and void
SEC Apd be it rurthcr enacted. That whenever the
officer to whom said register had been issued hi
to be the president of said company register which
may have been issued in his name shall be void and
register must be issued in compliance with the pro-
visions of this act.
SEC 4 And be it farther enacted That before issuing
any register aforesaid it shall be proved the sasfac-
ton of The Secretary of the Treasury that the steamboat
vessel for which the register is TO issue shall have been
built and quippcd wholly il the United States and said
steamboats, and vessels shall in all respects be subject
the laws Of the United States in the
sells built wholly and registered by American citizens.
Approved ~ June, 1894.