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“...forty-one hundred and thirty-two of the Revised Statutes is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4132. Vessels built within the United States and belonging
wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be captured in
war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as
prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of
the laws of the United States; and seagoing vessels, whether steam
or sail, which have been certified by the Steamboat-Inspection
Service as safe to carry dry and perishable cargo, not more than
five years old at the time they apply for registry, wherever built,
which are to engage only in trade with foreign countries or with
the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila, being
wholly owned by citizens of the United States or corporations
organized and chartered under the laws of the United States or
of any State thereof, the president and managing directors of
which shall be citizens of the United States or corporations orga-
nized and...”
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“...thereof, and the management of the Panama Canal,
shall always be given precedence over all other messages. The
President is also authorized, in his discretion, to enter into such
operating agreements or leases with any private wireless company
or companies as may best insure freedom from interference with
the wireless telegraphic installations established by the United
States. The President is also authorized to establish, maintain,
and operate, through the Panama Railroad Company or otherwise,
dry docks, repair shops, yards, docks, wharves, warehouses, store-
houses, and other necessary facilities and appurtenances for the
purpose of providing coal and other materials, labor, repairs, and
supplies for vessels of the Government of the United States and,
incidentally, for supplying such at reasonable prices to passing
vessels, in accordance with appropriations hereby authorized to be
made from time to time by Congress as a part of the maintenance
and operation of the said canal. Moneys received...”
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