No American citizen is allowed to import a foreignbuilt vessel. in the sense of purchasing. acquiring a registry or title to. or of using her as his own property. the only other absolute prohibitions of imports on the part of the United States being in respect to counterfeit money and obscene publications or objects. With the exception of counterfeit money and obscene publications or objects ships are the only other items of property that an American citizen can not purchase abroad. 2. An American vessel ceases to be such if owned in the smallest degree by any person naturalized in the United States who may. after acquiring such ownership. reside "for more than one year in the country in which he originated or more than two years in any foreign country. unless such perstn be a consul or other public agent of the United States." 3. If a nativeborn American citizen. for health. pleasure. or any other purpose. except as a consul of the United States or as a partner or agent in an exclusively American mercantile house. decides to reside ("usually ") in some foreign country. any American vessel of which he may be. in all or any part. owner at once loses its register and ceases to be entitled to the protection of the flag of the United States. even though the vessel may have been of American construction and have regularly paid taxes in the United States. and the owner himself has no thought of finally relinquishing his American citizenship. 4. Every citizen of the United States obtaining a register for an American vessel must make oath "that there is no subject or citizen of any foreign power or state directly or indirectly. by way of trust or confidence. or otherwise. interested in such vessel or in the profits thereof." 5.
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