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Excerpt from The Navigation Laws of the United States Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed copies Of the navigation and customs collection laws relating to vessels, includ ing the laws relating to merchant seamen, and the regulation of steam vessels, com piled by the Bureau Of Navigation in the Treasury Department, Of which copies shall be for the use Of the Senate, copies for the use Of the House of Represent atives, and copies for the use Of the Bureau Of Navigation. In compliance with the foregoing resolution I have prepared this vol ume, comprising the navigation laws of the United States, with such statutes as relate to the customs and to merchant seamen. In order to make the book concise and render the different subjects more easy Of reference, the matter is classified in twelve parts, as below. Part I. Vessels: their measurement and documents; (2) entry and clearance (3) yachts and pleasure vessels; (4) tonnage duties; (5) Bureau of Navigation; (6) abolish ment Of certain fees. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.