ThirtiethCongress,
FirstSession,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled.
That there be issued under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, a register to the Brig Encarnacion, formerly a Danish vessel, but now owned by John B. Brown, Jedidiah Jewett, and Mark P. Emery of Portland in the State of Maine, citizens of the United States; the said vessel having sustained great damage on a voyage from St. Thomas to Portland, and the aforesaid owners having caused the said vessel to be repaired and refitted for sea at great expense. Provided, It shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the cost of the repairs and refitting said vessel in the United States, exceeds three fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States.
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05/16/1848
Passed the House of Representatives
May 16th AD. 1848.
Attest,
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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H R. 483.
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An Act To authorize the issuing of a regis[ter] to the Brig Encarnacion.
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05/17/1848
In the Senate of the U. States
May 17, 1848.
Resolved, That this Bill pass.
Attest
Asbury Dickins
Secretary.
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passed
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Hampton
May 18th

Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume Volume 1, RG 233, Entry 362: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB ,