Approved, September 26, 1890.
Chap. 998.−An act September 27, 1890.to amend the Articles of War relative to the punishment on conviction by courts-martial.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Courts martial Army.
Discretionary punishment limited.
R. S., Title XIV, chap. 5, p. 229.whenever by any of the Articles of War for the government of the Army the punishment on conviction of any military offense is left to the discretion of the court martial the punishment therefor shall not, in time of peace, be in excess of a limit which the President may prescribe.
Approved, September 27, 1890.
Chap. 999.−An act September 27, 1890.to provide an American register for the Steamer Neptuno.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That ‘‘Neptuno.’’
American register granted to foreign-built vessel.the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer Neptuno, purchased and wholly owned by American citizens, and repaired by them, to be registered as a vessel of the United States.
Sec. 2.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to authorize and direct Inspection, etc.the inspection of said steam-vessel, steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and the appurtenances of said boiler, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificate issued to steam-vessels of the merchant marine, without reference to the fact that said steam-boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States, and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws; and the tests to be applied to the inspection of said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances will be the same in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes, save the fact that said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances not being constructed pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the United States, and are of unstamped iron, shall not be an obstacle to the granting of the usual certificate if said boiler, steam-pipes, and appurtenances are found-to be of sufficient strength and safety.
Approved, September 27, 1890.
Chap. 1000.−An act September 27, 1890.for the relief of George M. Wheeler.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That George M. Wheeler.
To be appointed and retire a major in the Army.the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice of the Senate, to appoint Captain George M. Wheeler, United States Army, retired, a major on the retired list of the Army, with the Rank and pay.rank and pay of that grade from the twenty-third of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, being the date on which he would have been eligible to promotion but for his retirement as captain on June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.
Approved, September 27, 1890.
