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182 FIFTY—E1GHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. Cus. 1314, 1315,1392. 1904. U;@S;;s§°d by Sap. 5. Thgigsepltioiés $21;:1 aértigt two of this Act shall not apply to vesse s owne e n1 es. m}Q°fg;§{,b°j*u;;,;§•j Sec. 6. That gn and after the passage of this Act the same tonnage ` taxes shall be levied collected, and paid upon all forei vessels coming into the United States from the Philippine Archipeglldgo which are required by law to be levied, collected, an paid u§ln vessels coming mw-ub] mm into the United States from foreign countries: ovided, however, · July ° That until July iirst, nineteen hundred and six, the provisions of law restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from one port of the United States to another port of the United States shall not be applicable to foreign vessels engaging in trade between the Philippine ug:;,,";' b“""°'" glpcgiipelagql and the Unigeadl And further,dThat the i ip ine ommission s au oriz an empowere to issue license}; to engage in lighte e or other exclusively harbor business to vessels or other craft acturhby engaged in such business at the date ghthe f]s this Achmantd to yegsels or rather cxéaftt built in the; ili me or in nite tutes an owne y citizens o `the States or by inhabitants of the Philippine Islands. ` d:;;:::; ¤••*¥ Sec. 7. That this Act shall not be construed to imlmir or aifect any vonamaiivsc.ppivilegebguamntetefld tp; Sptgpiséh ships aincgmerchan `de by Elie treaty; o ace tween e ni `tates an 'n si e at the cit o P81i%S on December tenth, eighteen hundrepdu andgilinety-eight, land ratified April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. _ R°¤“l***°¤¤· Sec. 8. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall, from time to time, issue regulations for the enforcement of this Act, excefpt as gggzanwot mV_ otherwise provided in section three: Provided, That such o the mmm awt. navigation laws of the United States as are in force in the Philippine Archi lago in regard to vessels arriving in the Philippine Is ands from dh; mainland territory and other insular possessions of the United States shall continue to be administered by the proper officials of the government of the Philippine Islands. Approved, April 15, 1904. Apr¤15.1¤M.] CRAP. 1815.-An Act Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the con- PME i";8·lu5] tingent fund of the United States Senate. ' C, O. . [ Be it empqeted by the Sgnate and Hwzoéegf jtéee United senate- States 0 merica in ongress asuern , at there is ere y a rop£`iifi¤l°°i3i- °eY»ilG¤°iZ priatediiut of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriialted ¤°“‘°"¥’°“’·2°“· the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including comtpensation to stenographers to committees at such rate as may be iixe by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and twentyfdve cents per printed page, being a deficiency for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four. Approved, April 15, 1904. April 1s, 1004. CHAP. 1892.-——An Act To authorize Frank P. Harman to bridge the Tug1I:` ork oi [H- R· 137%] the Big Sandy River ucar_ Delorme, in Mingo County, Yrrgmia, w ere the {Public, N0_ H6_] same forms the boundary line between the States of West Virgima and Kentucky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Obzited _ Tug p,,,;. of Bis States q;`Amev·u·a an Ooiagress assembled, That 1t shall be lawful_fo1· §¤¤FQ;`{¤¥{*—H Frank . Harman, or his assigns, to erect, construct, and maintain a gg. umrwbgidse, at railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Tug Fork of the °”“°’ ‘ ‘ Big Sandy River near the town of Delorme (post~office Edgerton), in