The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11

there may be expended. pursuant 10 tho
provisions OF this act. any sum within the
said 10000 remaining and not earned. as
aforesaid. In respect Of the vessels in the
Atlantic Ocean trade
There also are some changes in the ex-
smptions made in section of the BILL
The exceptions in subdivision C OF the
last previous print OF the bill are limited
TO sections 1 and Z. sections s. g. and 10
being stricken out.
Portion b OF section /. relating 10 the
granting Of American registry 70 foreign
built ships was verbally amended 20
further guard against fraud. and as
amended IL reads:
TO such forelgn-built steamships as
shall have been under contract for con-
struction. and duly authenticated cop 'es
OF said contract or contracts thereof shall
have been filed with the Secretary of the
Treasury on or before the 1st OF Febru-
ary. 1889 Sand which contract or contracts
shall have been in due course carried into
execution and either completed or in the
course Of performance on or before Janu-
ary l. 1s09. and which steamships shall
have been already completed under any
such contract or contracts. or snail when
built as provided for in this act and the
registry requested. receive or be nj 10
receive the class Of Al in the record Of
American and foreign shipping or the
United States Standard Owners. Builders
ana Underwriters Association, Or eluiva-
lent classification IN any Other register
of shiTging Of at least equal nCEit, such
vessels having been actually and Originally
contradict for on or before February !,
less, by citizen or citizens OF the United
states Including as such citizens corpora
tions created under the laws OF the United
States or any OF the States thereof who
shall have been such since the lst day OF
February, 1899, or by a foreign corpora
ton or association of which not less than
a majority of the shares OF the capital
thereof shall have been actually owned
by a citizen or citizens of the United
States Including as such citizens corpo-
rations created under the laws OF the
United States or any OF the States there
%, and really representing American
capital on the said February l, 1883. and
shall have continued 10 be so owned until
the passage of this act"
An amendment TO section 10 requires
that "aIl fittings and machinery forming
a part of the construction of the vessels
built in the United States under the pro
visions of this act shall be of American
manufacture. provided they can be OBJ
tanned in this country"
The purpose of the amendment relating
to foreign built ships Is to show from
records. already on file in the Treasury
Department, exactly what vessels OF that
description are to be admitted to Amer
lean registry under the bill. l.and thus avoid
all dispute as 10 the total volume OF the
tonnage. IL is claimed that the result of
the amendment would be TO require that
every foreign built steamship described in
clause of section 8, should have been
actually contracted for, and the contracts
filed with the Secretary of the Treasury
on or before the first day of February,
1893. and that such contracts should have
resulted in the actual construction of the
vessel, or in her having been under con-
struction in accordance with the contract,
on or before the first day of January, 1900.