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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Srzss. II. Cris. 83-85. 1920. 437 be empowered to change the names of vessels of the United States on application of the owner or owners of such vessels when in his judgment there shall be sufficient cause for so doing. _ Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Navigation, with the approval $§,'g§‘giwg*°~· *° b° of the Secretary of Commerce, shall establish such rules and regula- ' tions and procure such evidence as to age, condition, where built, and pecuniary liability of the vessel as he may deem necessary to prevent injury to public or private interests; and when permission ;P“b*i°°“°¤°’°’d€’¤- is (granted by the Commissioner of Naglisgiition, he shall cause the or er for the change of name to be dpub ed at least in four issues in some daily or weekly aper at e place of documentation, and the cost of procuring evid)ence and advertising the change of name to be paid b the person or persons desiring such change of name. Sec. 3. Tliat for the privrle e of securing such changes of name F¤¤¤*¤b¤p¤i¤· the following fees shall be paidgby the owners of vessels to collectors of customs, to be deposited in the Treasury by such collectors as navigation fees: For vessels ninety-nine gross tons and under, $10; for vessels one hundred gross tons and up to and including four hundred and ninety-nine gross tons, $25; or vessels five hundred gross tons and uip to and including nine hundred and ninety-nine gross tons, $50; or vessels one thousand gross tons and up to and including four thousand nine hundred an ninety-nine gross tons, $7 5; for vessels Eve thousand gross tons and over, $100. Sec. 4. That sections 1 and 2 of the Act of March 2, 1881, entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the Zta 119- name of vessels under certain circumstances," and section 5 of the Act of July 5, 1884, entitled "An Act to constitute a Bureau of Navigation in the Treasury Department," are hereby repealed. _ _ Sec. 5. That this Act shall ta e effect thirty days after its passage. d,§‘;?“‘”° “‘ mmy Approved, February 19, 1920. Febma 21,1920. CHAP. 84.·-An Act To grant the consent of Congress to the Alfords Bridge Com- pany to construct a bridge across the Savannah River. {P“b”°• I"‘°· 1*5*] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Q States gif America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress Klhliilbhgégbtm. is here y granted to the Alfords Bridge Company, a artnershi to {{’a'{,‘;,y’;‘§Y°r}’y'{;‘},§° be composed of the following members, name y: A. Alford, I. ' Alford, and H. B. Alford, o Hart County, Georgia, and their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a. bridgg and a proaches thereto across the Savannah River at a point suita le to tge interests of navigation, at or near Haile Ferry, in the county of Hart State of Georgia, on the west, and £ county of Anderson, State of South Carolina, on the east, in accordance with the provi- C I sions of the Act entitled "An Act to reiglate the construction of ve1.e4,p.(£Z bridges over navigable waters/’ approved arch 23, 1906. Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend or repeal this Act is hereby A“‘°“‘”"°"‘· expressly reserved. Approved, February 21, 1920. CHAP. 85.-An Act To pt0m0t§ the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, Febnlgy2?2g5.l9m` gas, and sodium on the public domain. [ensue, xo. ire] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives pfthe United Puma buds Sta/tes of America in Omfwzss assembled, That deposits o coal, phos- sean}.-amehnnmi phate, sodium, oil, oil sh e, or gas, and lands containing such deposits "°§ ·,,,, to cmowned by the United States, including those in national forests, ¤¢m*_{ggxc,uded but excluding lands acquired under the Act known as the Apps- v..¤.a:., p.961. °