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and in addition one for each one thousand tons of her net registered
tonnage, there shall be paid to the owner or owners of the vessel, out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an allowance
 equivalent to eighty per centum of the tonnage duties paid in
respect of the entry in the United States of that vessel from that voyage;
 Provided, That such payment shall not be made after July first,
nineteen hundred and seven, except in respect of any hoy who is
enrolled in the naval volunteers, or is an apprentice indentured in
accordance with law,
Sue. 10. That sections fourteen and fifteen of the act approved June
twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled “Ap act to
remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and to
tncourage the American foreign-carrying trade, and for other pur-Poses”
 sections eleven and twelve of the act approved June nineteenth,
 eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled ‘An act to abolish
certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the
laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of ves.
sels, and for other purposes;” section one of the act approved April
fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. entitled ““An act to amend
the laws relating to navigation, and for other purposes;” so much of
Section forty-two hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes as conflicts
 with this act, and section forty-two hundred and thirty-two of the
Revised Statutes are hereby repealed.
SEC. 11. That this act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred
 and five.

A BILL To provide for the use of vessels of the United States for public purposes.

Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
Stetes of America in Congress assembled, That vessels of the United
States or vessels belonging to the United States, and no others, shall he
employed in the transportation by sea from the United States of all
Materials, supplies, machinery, and equipment employed on or used for
the Panama Railroad or for the construction and operation of the canal
across the Isthmus gf Panama, and such vessels, and no others, shall
be employed in the return by sea to the United States of such matetials,
 supplies, machinery, and equipment.
Src. 2. That all naval supplies, materials, machinery, and equipent
 sent to or returned by sea from the naval station at Guantanamo,
Cuba, shall be transported in vessels of the United States or vessels
belonging to the United States, and no others,
Src. 8. That any contractor for supplies or materials for use at
Guantanamo, or in the Canal Zone, shall comply with the provisions
of this statute under penalty of the forfeiture of said materials and
supplies brought to or taken from the Canal Zone, or Guantanamo, in
vessels other than those of the United States.
Sec. 4. That this act shall take effect thirty days after its passace.