151 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 229 231. 1884. E X ¤¤¤i¤¤fi¤¤¤ the local engineer in charge of the district, or an engineer detailed for ‘:§1‘?mg“""y“ °°“° the purpose; and such local or detailed engineer shall report to said P €l{ i Chief of Engineers whether, in his opinion, said harbor 01* river is aunnauousfy 1.8 Worthy of improvement, and shall state in such report fully and partlcports 01*, to be ularly the thats and reasons on which he bases such opinion, including ¤¤}<i¤ ¤> C¤¤gr¤¤¤; the present and prospective demands of commerce. Audit shall be the P““““g· duty of the Chief of Engineers to direct the making of such survey if, in his opinion, the harbor or river proposed to be surveyed be worthy of improvement by the General Government; and he shall report to the Secretary of War the facts, and what public necessity or convenicnce may be subservcd themby, together with the full reports of the local engineer. Said reports of preliminary examinations and surveys shall be made to the House of Representatives, and arc hereby ordered to be printed when so made.
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pprovod, July 5, 1884. July 5, 1884, CHAP. 230. -Au act authorizing the inspection of the boiler of tho stuamship Kent. 20 Smm,47. Whereas, the Congress of the United States did pass chapter eighty Preamble. of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, approved May second, eighteen hundred and seventyeight, nationalizin g the Canadianbuilt propeller East, and did change her name to that of Kent; aud Whereas a doubt has arisen as to whether said act entitled the steamboiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances then in said Canadianbuilt propuller to inspection pursuant to the laws of the United States regulatla? tl? construction and use of stcamboilcrs for marine purposes: are ore, Ipspection of Be it enacted by the Senate cmd Home of Representatives of the United b°¤1°1'; 6*% of States of America in Congress assembled, That tha Secretary of the "°°'““l”P K°“°· Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to authorize aud direct the inspection of said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificate issued to tug-boats or marine vessels not used for carrying passengers, without reference to the fact that said stcamboiler, steampipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States, and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to the laws of the United States; and the tests to be applied on the inspection of said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances to be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as arc required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save that the fact that said boiler, stcampipes, and appurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States, and of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual ccrtiiicate if said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances are found of sufficient strength and safety. Approved, July 5, 1884. Q ..j... July 5, 1884, CHAP. 231. -A11 act granting the consent of Congress to the Saint Cloud Water-
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Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Construction of States of America in Congress assembled That the consent of Congress $b•?·M*:*°·; *9*'°*‘*; is hereby granted to the Su.lnt Cloud Wzatcr Power and Mill Company Rho], S:l:“'@f£,{; to construct across the Mississippi River, at some point: within nbc m- u;m,',,muw,;w1Z corpcmted limits of the city of Saint Cloud, a dam, canal, and works
