Volume 53
Public Law 76–682
To admit the American-owned barges Prari and Palpa to American registry and to permit their use in coastwise trade.
Approved August 10, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
To admit the American-owned barges Prari and Palpa to American registry and to permit their use in coastwise trade.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, notwithstanding
Barges “Prari” and “Palpa.
Admittance of, to American registry, etc.
the provisions of section 27 of the Act of June 5, 1920, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 46, sec. 883), the barges Prari and Palpa, owned by the Southern Banana Corporation, a Delaware corporation, shall be admitted to American registry, and shall be entitled to engage in the coastwise trade and to transport merchandise between points in the United States, including Districts, Territories, and possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise laws.
Approved, August 10, 1939.