...States, except under provisions of law especially authorizing such registry. 3. Registered vessels. .Vessels built within the United States, and belonging...captured in war by citizens of the United States, and law- • fully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws...

...documented. REGISTERED AND DOCUMENTED VESSELS. The navigation laws of the United States1 stipulate that " vessels which may be captured in war by citizens of...which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States, being wholly owned by citizens and no others, may be registered" under...

...' ' Registering and Clearing Vessels, Regulating the Coasting Trade, ' ' etc. It provided that only vessels built within the United States, and belonging wholly to citizens thereof, or, if not built wholly within the United States, belonging to a citizen on May 16, 1789, and of which...

...built within the United States and belong to its citizens. The law as it reads to-day is as follows: "Vessels built within the United States and belonging...citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prizes or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States, being...

...registry. 3. Registered vessels. Vessels built within the United States, and belonging B. a, 41S2. wholly to citizens thereof, and vessels which may...which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of tne United States, being wholly owned by citizens, and no others, may be registered as...

...built within the United States and belong to its citizens. The law as it reads to-day is as follows: "Vessels built within the United States and belonging...citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prizes or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States, being...

...United States, and for other purposes," as conflicts with this section is hereby repealed. "SEC. 4132. Vessels built within the United States and belonging...citizens thereof, and vessels which may be captured in wur by citizens or the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be...

...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...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...

...was enacted on December 31, 1792, and as incorporated in section 4132, Revised Statutes, reads thus: Vessels built within the United States, and belonging...which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States, being wholly owned by citizens, and no others, may be registered as...

...or whose naturalization as a citizen shall not have been fully completed." Then section 4132 :— " Vessels built within the United States, and belonging...which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United Stages, being wholly owned by citizens, and no others, may be registered " Ajid...