1344 41 Stat. 1008. 46 USC 802.
PRIVATE LM 87-514-AUG. 24, 1962
[76 STAT.
corporation is a citizen of the United States as defined in section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916. If such vessels, while documented pursuant to this Act, transport merchandise or passengers in th6 coastwise trade except as an incident to dredging operations, such vessels shall be forfeited to the United States, such merchandise shall be forfeited to the United States, and the owner of such vessels shall be subject to a penalty of $200 for each such passenger transported. Any penalty or forfeiture incurred under the provisions of this Act may be remitted or mitigated by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of section 5294 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 7). For the purpose of this Act the term "citizen of the United States" includes a corporation, partnership, or association if it is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916. Approved August 24, 1962.
Private Law 87-514 August 24, 1962 [H. R. 7549]
Lewis Invisible Stitch Machine Co. Inc.
AN ACT For the relief of liCwis Invisible Stitch Machine Company, Incorporated, now known as Lewis Sewing Machine Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized andf directed to pay to Lewis Invisible Stitch Machine Company, Incorporated, now known as Lewis Sewing Machine Company, the sum of $9,207.93 belonging to said corporation and held in escrow pursuant to agreements between said corporation and the W a r Department in March and June 1947, subject to a determination 61 a claim by the United States for interest, which claim has not been resolved in favor of the United States: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved August 24, 1962.
Private Law 87-515 August 24, 1962 [H. R. 7741]
Lucky Linda. U s e in coastw i s e trade. 49 Stat. 442.
AN ACT To iiermit the vessel I^ucky I>in(la to be documented for limited use in the coastwise trade. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding section 4132 of the Revised Statutes of the United States,- as amended (46 U.S.C. 11), and section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C. 883), the vessel Lucky Linda, built in Nova Scotia and owned by Martin Soderlund, Northport, New York, shall be admitted to American registry and documented under the laws of the United States, and shall be entitled to engage in the coastwise trade to the extent necessary to permit the carriage of passenger's, whether for hire or otherwise, not to exceed twenty miles to sea from a harbor of safe refuge between Block Island, Rhode Island, and Fire Island Inlet, New York, so long as such vessel is from the date of enactment of this Act continuously owned by a citizen of the United States.
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