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Woodrow Wilson: That the provisions of law requiring survey, inspection and measurement, by officers of the United States, of…

On the recordSeptember 3, 1914
That the provisions of law requiring survey, inspection and measurement, by officers of the United States, of foreign-built ships admitted to United States registry under said Act, are hereby suspended for two years from this date
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order 2039—Admitting Foreign-Built Ships to American Registry

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