§336. Canal boats exempt from enrollment, license, and customs fees

The act to which this is a supplement shall not be so construed as to extend the provisions of the said act to canal boats or boats employed on the internal waters or canals of any State; and all such boats, excepting only such as are provided with sails or propelling machinery of their own adapted to lake or coastwise navigation, and excepting such as are employed in trade with the Canadas, shall be exempt from the provisions of the said act, and from the payment of all customs and other fees under any act of Congress.

(Apr. 18, 1874, ch. 110, 18 Stat. 31 .)

References in Text

The act to which this is a supplement, and the said act, referred to in text, mean act Feb. 18, 1793, ch. 8, 1 Stat. 305 , entitled "An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same", which was incorporated into the Revised Statutes of 1878 as R.S. §§919, 923, 938, 941, 4311, 4312, 4319 to 4327, 4331 to 4338, 4349 to 4356, 4359 to 4369, 4371 to 4381, 4383, and 4385. For complete classification of such sections of the Revised Statutes to the Code, see Tables.