Section 121
SEC. 121. Officers of the customs will distinguish on their books the following classes of vessels in the Philippine Islands entitled to the flag and protection of the United States: 1. Vessels owned on or before April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by American citizens. 2. Vessels owned on or before April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by native inhabitants. 3. Vessels owned on or before April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, resident in the Philippine Islands before that date. 4. Vessels acquired since April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by American citizens. 5. Vessels acquired since April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by native inhabitants. 6. Vessels acquired since April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by Spanish subjects, natives of the Peninsula, resident in the Philippine Islands before that date. CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS. Class (a).