262 '1‘HIRTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rus. 12, 13,14. 1853- Mm·c1i2, 1863. [No. 12.] A Resolution to f§;Q S;g¤:;$/hte;¢3¢<?q th;7EZstern Boundary Lim of the "*"""*"" G PL I1 S tl Bw OT . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alteration of States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
- Ig£;¤;di·jIfg Navy is herebyeuthorized and empowered, on the part of the United
lands at fm, Sums, to can-y mto full effect an arrangement made with the cotermimgus York. proprietors, whereby e certam part of the eastern boundary of the 1am3S of the Naval Hospital at New York is straightened, as will appear by reference to a. map, signed by the said proprietors and the commissioners for running the said line, on the twenty-eighth of November, eighteen hundred and forty-eight? and approved by the Secretary of the Navy on the eighteenth of December, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, so that without an ecuui consideration from the one to the other th · ' yp ary , e slips of lend on the south aud west sides of szud line, according to said plan, shall become the property of the United States, and so much on the other side as now belongs to the United States shall become the property of the abutting proprietors respectively. APPROVED, March 2, 1853. Mm-ch3,18;8_ [No. 18.] A Resolution in Amendment of a Joint Resolution relating to the denim qf —-i. énspectors of Steamers, approved the seventh day of Janumgy, eighteen hundred andjijly. ree.
Reso?ej by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
¤ 16S_ 0 lates 0 mcrica in ongress assembled That it shall be the duty of the
- f;'3}Q‘Qf‘;dQQ‘;0_ dnspectors of Steamers to exercise the phwers conferred upon them by g,
solution No. s, Jomt resolution of Congress, approved the seventh day of January, eighgg;’d*° b<= Gm`- teen hundred and fifty-three, subject to all the restrictions and limitations n’· therein contained: Provide That the time rented to ` 4 tn, No. 6 g applicants shall
Lnmit; of exten- m no case extend beyond the first day of June next.
“‘§équkm(m of Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the said Inspectors may upmm gd sm, for prove of boilers and steam- i es made rior to the first da f u b_P_ PP p y0Jlynext, Jm:¤‘¤£¤¤g:;;€g and subsequent to the passage of the act approved the thirtieth of August, cms_ ggéiteen hundred and fiftyzwo, entitled “An act to amend an act entie an act to provide or the better security of the lives of assenrrers on board of Jressels propelled in whole or in part by steam, End Fox? other purposes, 1f the same be not made with stamped iron : Provided it shall
appear that stamped iron could not be seasonably procured.
Substitute for S20. 3. And be zt further enacted, That the said Inspectors shall metallic hfe- h ft b · . mm authorized erea er e authorized and empowered, upon satisfactory proof that the in cm,,;,, cases owner 0{fwners of a. steamer are unable to obtain seasonably or upon reasonu e terms, :1 metallic lifeboat, as required by said act or that such o. boat is unsuitcd to the navigation in which a. steamer is employed to
accept in any such case zz. substitute or substitutes for such metallic life-
I’¤¤V¤¤¤· boet: Provzded, such substitute shall in their judgment afford safe and . suitable means of preserving life in case of accident.
&g:1"?g¤S£1§ Sec. 4: And be zz further resoleed, That no person interested 35
gamut for m0_ pateutce, m eny way? direct or mdirect in lifejnreservers, life-boats 01*
g?;;JJ%;)9 ;Ot;xg any other article required for stes.mers by the law of August thirtieth,
Inspector of eaghteen hundred and fifty-two, aforesaid, shall he deemed competent t0 ,mmb0m_ to gold the officik of xgsgeezrgr to discharge the duties thereof. rrxoven, are , 5 . Merch 8, 1853. [N0. 14.] A Resolution jorthe Relic of the S ish Consul and other sub 'ecls o ' . . f Spam, -——————-—— reszdzng at Mw O lea J {di' losses occasioned inf tlzdljecjzeigttggnjhmrg/;`dIaandl @3-gl Key West, émdemmtyjbr
Resolved by the {Senate and House of Represeniatives of the United
grvgltéggtign gig of America rn Congress assembled, That the President of the Uni-
Spmish comm e fates be, and IS hereby requested to cause an investigation to be
