The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09

to be employed aforesaid the president of said COM
pany to be employed aforesaid the president of said
company shall swear affirm that the said steamboat or
vessel owned by said company that all the offices and
at least twohrds of the citizens of the United
or State that all the officers and directors of said COM
pany citizens of the United States and that twohirds
of the ck of said company owned by citizens OF the
United States; which oath affirmation shall be deemed
sufficient without requiring the oath affirmation of any
other person interested concerned in said steamboat
vessel And prouided further, That register issued
der this act shall continue force year and no longer
unless the president of the company aforesaid SHALL
within year from the date of the register make anew
the oath affirmation aforesaid, and the collector of the
customs shall certify the date of saidrenewed oath a
rmaon aforesaid and the collector of the shall
certify the date of sad-renewed 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 year thereafter and the register shall continue
in force accordingly.
SEC. O. And bel furAer enacted That before granting
register to any steamboat vessel owned by the COM
pany aforesaid the president thereof SHALL together with
surees to the satisfaction of the collector Of
the CUSTOMS by whom under the direction of the Secrc
ary 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
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 shall be sod lost otherwise
prevented from returning to the United Sates 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
ply with any of the conditions aforesaid forfeiture shall
accrue the United States of the entire penal sum named
in said bond to be enforced in any competent Jurisdiction
and the outstanding register shall be null and void. 81
SEC. Aud be ii fartter enacted. That whenever the
officer to whom said register had been issued shall
to be the president of said company any register which
may have been issued in his shall be void and q
new register must be issued, in compliance with the pro-
visions of this act
SEC. 4. And be futhcr enacted, That before issuing
any register aforesaid it shall be proved to the satsac
ton of the Secretary of the Treasury that the steamboat
vessel for which the register is to issue shall have been
built and equipped wholly in the United States; and said
steamboats, and vessels SHALL in all respects be subject
the laws of the United States in the manner
sells built wholly and registered by American citizens
Approved 20 June, 1854.