the Secretary of the Treasury, may be commissioned a constructor for engineering duty in said Service with the rank, pay, and emoluments now provided by law for a chief engineer: Provided, That the vacancy created in the list of chief engineers by such transfer shall not be filled by promotion or otherwise, but the number of chief engineers now authorized by law shall be reduced by one, and that no additional expense shall be incurred by reason of commissioning such chief engineer a constructor.

Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1638, §§ 6-8, 34 Stat. 997

Omitted

SEC. 6. That hereafter officers of the Army and Navy detailed for service in connection with the Light-House Establishment shall be paid their actual traveling expenses when traveling under orders on official duty to and from points which can not be conveniently reached by vessel or railroad.

SEC. 7. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall cause the LightHouse Board to make a report to him for transmission to Congress at the opening of the next session thereof of all aids to navigation now in service which may be discontinued without distinct injury to the interests of navigation.

SEC. 8. That the Light-House Board is authorized to employ temporarily at Washington not exceeding three draftsmen, to be paid at current rates, to prepare plans for the tenders and light vessels authorized by this Act, and to be paid from the respective appropriations therefor, such employment to terminate on or before the date when the plans for such tenders and vessels shall be finished and proposals for building them, respectively, are invited by advertisement. Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2918 (only the second paragraph under the heading "Revenue-Cutter Service"), 34 Stat. 1309

T. 14 § 632

That nothing in the Acts approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, and June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and six, making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government, shall be construed to prohibit the detailing of officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service in the District of Columbia for such periods as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary, but the number of officers so detailed shall not exceed ten.

Mar. 26, 1908, ch. 99, 35 Stat. 46

Omitted That from and after the passage of this Act the compensation of district superintendents in the United States Life-Saving Service shall be as follows: For the superintendents of the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth districts, two thousand two hundred dollars per annum each; for the superintendents of the third and ninth districts, two thousand dollars per annum each; for the superintendent of the eighth district, one thousand nine hundred dollars per annum. That the pay of keepers of life-saving stations shall be one thousand dollars per annum each, and that the pay of the number one surfman in each of the crews of the life-saving stations shall be at the rate of seventy dollars per month.

SEC. 2. That every keeper of a life-saving station and every surfman in the Life-Saving Service of the United States shall be entitled to receive one ration per day or, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, commutation therefor at the rate of thirty cents per ration.

SEC. 3. That section eight of the Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled "An Act to promote the efficiency of the Life-Saving Service and to encourage the saving of life from shipwreck," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 8. That if any keeper or member of a crew of a life-saving station shall hereafter die by reason of perilous service or any wound or injury received or disease contracted in the Life-Saving Service in the line of duty, leaving a widow, or a child or children under sixteen years of age, or a dependent mother, such widow and child or children and dependent mother shall be entitled to receive, in equal portions, during a period of two years, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, the same amount, payable quarterly as far as practicable, that the husband or father or son would be entitled to receive as pay if he were alive and continued in the Service: Provided, That if the widow shall remarry at any time during the said two years her portion of said amount shall cease to be paid to her from the date of her remarriage, but shall be added to the amount to be paid to the remaining beneficiaries under the provisions of this section, if there be any; and if any child shall arrive at the age of sixteen years during the said two years, the portion of such child shall cease to be paid to such

child from the date on which such age shall be attained, but shall be added to the amount to be paid to the remaining beneficiaries, if there be any."

SEC. 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Apr. 16, 1908, ch. 145, § 1, 35 Stat. 61... T. 14 §§ 42, 44, 45, 47, 49

That on and after the passage of this Act the President be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint in the Revenue-Cutter Service, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one captain commandant for a period of four years who may be reappointed for further periods of four years each, who shall act as chief of the division of Revenue-Cutter Service, with the rank of a colonel in the Army and a captain in the Navy, and who shall have the pay and allowances of a colonel in the Army: six senior captains, who shall perform duty in connection with the construction of vessels and the inspection of their armament and crews and such other duties as the Secretary of the Treasury or the President may prescribe, each with the rank of a lieutenant-colonel in the Army and a commander in the Navy, and who shall each have the pay and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel in the Army; one engineer in chief for a period of four years who may be reappointed for further periods of four years each, with the rank of a lieutenant-colonel in the Army and a commander in the Navy, and who shall have the pay and allowances of a lieutenant-colonel in the Army; and six senior engineers, who shall perform duty in connection with the construction and inspection of the machinery of vessels and such other duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, each with the rank of a major in the Army and a lieutenant-commander in the Navy, and who shall each have pay and allowances of a major in the Army: Provided, That the position vacated by an officer appointed captain commandant or engineer in chief shall be filled by promotion according to existing law. That any officer who shall hereafter serve as captain commandant shall, when retired, be retired with the rank of captain commandant and with the pay of a colonel in the Army on the retired list, and that an officer whose term of service as captain commandant has expired may be appointed a senior captain and shall be an additional number in that grade, but if not so appointed, he shall resume the lineal position he would have held in his previous grade, as an additional number: Provided further, That any officer who shall hereafter serve as engineer in chief shall, when retired, be retired with the rank of engineer in chief and with the pay of a lieutenant-colonel in the Army on the retired list, and that an officer whose term of service as engineer in chief has expired may be appointed a senior engineer and shall be an additional number in that grade, but if not so appointed, he shall resume the lineal position he would have held in his previous grade, as an additional number. Additional numbers in the grades of senior captain and senior engineer shall at no time exceed two in each grade on the active list.

Apr. 16, 1908, ch. 145, § 2, 35 Stat. 62----

T. 14 §§ 44, 47, 221

That the captain commandant shall be selected from the active list of line officers not below the grade of captain; that the six senior captains shall be made by promotion from the active list of captains in the order of seniority; that the engineer in chief shall be selected from the active list of engineer officers not below the rank of first lieutenant; that the six senior engineers shall be made by promotion from the active list of engineer officers of the rank of first lieutenant in the order of seniority. When a vacancy occurs in any of the grades created by this Act, it shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this section. Apr. 16, 1908, ch. 145, §§ 3-11, 35 Stat. 62, 63----

Omitted

SEC. 3. That when the appointments herein provided are made the active list of captains in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be reduced by six and the active list of engineer officers with the rank of first lieutenant by six, and the said lists shall remain thereafter at thirty-one and twenty-eight, respectively.

SEC. 4. That the examinations and requirements for promotion provided in section eight of the Act approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act to promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service," shall not be required for promotion to the grades created by this Act.

SEC. 5. That any officer of the Revenue-Cutter Service with a creditable record who served during the civil war in the land or naval forces of the United States shall, when retired, have the rank and receive three-fourths of the duty pay and increase of the next higher grade; and the provisions of this section shall apply to officers of the said Service now on the retired list.

SEC. 6. That the captain now on the retired list who served as chief of the division of Revenue-Cutter Service for ten years and until March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and five, shall have the rank and receive three-fourths of the duty pay and increase of the highest grade provided for in this Act.

SEC. 7. That a constructor or surgeon, with the rank of first lieutenant, after fifteen years' service in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall have the pay and allowances of a captain.

SEC. 8. That the pay of the enlisted force of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be increased twenty per centum over the pay that they are now receiving. That all warrant and petty officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall receive ten per centum increase of pay for every five years of service as such warrant or petty officers, such increase not to exceed forty per centum of the pay of their grade or rating: Provided, That no warrant or petty officer shall be appointed or rated as such without a suitable examination or period of probation to determine his fitness for his grade or rating. That an enlisted man or a warrant or petty officer who has served thirty years in the Service shall, upon suitable application, be placed on waiting orders and receive seventy-five per centum of the pay and increase of his grade or rating: Provided, That such enlisted man, warrant or petty officer may be assigned to such duties as he may be able to perform.

SEC. 9. That a third lieutenant or an engineer officer with the rank of third lieutenant who has served five years in his grade shall, upon passing the examinations now required by law, be eligible to promotion to the next higher grade: Provided, That there shall be no increase in the total number of lieutenants nor in the total number of engineer officers below the rank of first lieutenant authorized by law: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent promotions to fill vacancies as now provided by law.

SEC. 10. That engineer officers who now have or who may hereafter have the rank of captain, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, or third lieutenant in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall hereafter have the title of captain of engineers, first lieutenant of engineers, second lieutenant of engineers, and third lieutenant of engineers, respectively, and the titles of chief engineer, first assistant engineer, and second assistant engineer are hereby abolished. That precedence between line and engineer officers of the same rank shall be determined by length of continuous service as a commissioned officer.

SEC. 11. That an enlisted man upon first entering the Revenue-Cutter Service shall have credited to his account the sum of forty-five dollars, and upon each subsequent enlistment the sum of twenty dollars, for uniform clothing, and such amount shall be paid to said enlisted man at the expiration of his term of enlistment if he has served a full term as prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and has received an honorable discharge.

Apr. 16, 1908, ch. 145, § 12, 35 Stat. 63.

T. 14 § 636

That the presidents and recorders of Revenue-Cutter Service courts and commanding officers of vessels of the Revenue-Cutter Service be, and are hereby, authorized to administer oaths of allegiance and such other oaths as may be necessary for the proper conduct of said Service; and that commanding officers of vessels of the Revenue-Cutter Service be, and are hereby, authorized to administer oaths generally in Alaska.

Apr. 16, 1908, ch. 145, §§ 13, 14, 35 Stat. 63.......

Omitted

SEC. 13. That the number of officers allowed in the grades of second lieutenant and third lieutenant and second lieutenant of engineers and third lieutenant of engineers is hereby increased five in each of said grades.

SEC. 14. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

May 14, 1908, ch. 168, § 4, 35 Stat. 162

Omitted

That it is hereby made the duty of the Light-House Board to care for and maintain the anchorage buoys in New York Harbor and Philadelphia Harbor heretofore placed there by the United States.

May 14, 1908, ch. 168, § 5, 35 Stat. 162.

T. 14 § 85

That any person, firm, company, or corporation required by law to maintain a light or lights upon any bridge or abutments over or in any navigable waters, who shall fail or refuse to maintain such light or lights, or to obey any of the lawful rules and regulations relating to the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars for each offense, and each day during which such violation shall continue shall be considered as a new offense.

May 14, 1908, ch. 168, § 6, 35 Stat. 162

T. 14 § 84

That it shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or interfere with any aid to navigation established or maintained in the Light-House Establishment under

the Light-House Board, or to anchor any vessel in any of the navigable waters of the United States so as to obstruct or interfere with range lights maintained therein, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars for each offense, and each day during which such violation shall

continue shall be considered as a new offense.

May 14, 1908, ch. 168, § 8, 35 Stat. 162..

Omitted

That the Light-House Board is authorized to employ temporarily at Washington, not exceeding three draftsmen, to be paid at current rates, to prepare plans for the tenders and light vessels authorized by this Act and to be paid from the respective appropriations therefor, such employment to terminate on or before the date when the plans for such tenders and vessels shall be finished and proposals for building them respectively are invited by advertisements.

May 30, 1908, ch. 231, 35 Stat. 553...

T. 14 §§ 93 (b) (c)

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to cause a Lyle gun and the necessary beach apparatus used in connection with it to be placed at the Farallone Islands, off the coast of California, at such point as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend, and to furnish ammunition for said gun and make repairs to the apparatus from time to time as necessary. SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to detail an experienced surfman from one of the life-saving stations on the coast of California for duty at the Farallone Islands for a sufficient time to instruct and drill the inhabitants of the islands as to the proper use and care of the life-saving apparatus.

Dec. 11, 1908, ch. 1, 35 Stat. 581.

Omitted

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to transfer, from time to time, from the Treasury Department library to the life-saving stations of the United States, such books as in his judgment may be no longer needed for use in said library.

Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299 (only the clause after the last semicolon under subheading "Lighting of rivers" under the heading "Lighthouse Establishment," reading as follows:), 35 Stat. 972

T. 14 § 92 (f)

** * the Light-House Board being hereby authorized to lease the neces sary ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use or are used to point out changeable channels, and which in consequence can not be made permanent,

Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, 35 Stat. 973 (only the proviso under the heading "Repairs to Light-House Tender Pansy").

Omitted

Provided, That hereafter any and all proposals for bids for any new machinery or other new equipment necessary in the repair of any vessel in the Light-House Service shall be on specifications prepared and submitted that will secure competition in the bids for furnishing such machinery or equipment.

Apr. 21, 1910, ch. 182, 36 Stat. 326

T. 14 § 93 (c)

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to provide and equip two new revenue cutters at a cost not exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in each case, and when either of said revenue cutters shall be placed in service, one of the revenue cutters now in the service shall thereupon be retired from service.

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized from time to time to make such transfer and change of stations of revenue cutters as he may deem desirable for the best interests of the service, and in his discretion to direct any revenue cutter to cruise in any waters to perform the duties of the RevenueCutter Service.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is directed to have the vessels provided for herein constructed in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act relating to the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia," approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

June 17, 1910, ch. 301, §§ 4-6, 36 Stat.

537,538

Omitted

SEC. 4. That hereafter there shall be in the Department of Commerce and Labor a bureau of light-houses and a commissioner of light-houses, who shall be the head of said bureau, to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum. There shall also be in the bureau a deputy commissioner, to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, and a chief clerk, who shall perform the duties of chief clerk and such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor or by the commissioner. There shall also be in the bureau such inspectors, clerical assistants, and other employees as may from time to time be authorized by Congress, and there shall also be employed one chief constructing engineer at a salary of four thousand dollars per annum and one superintendent of naval construction at a salary of three thousand dellars per annum, both to be appointed by the President. The commissioner of light-houses shall make an annual report to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who shall transmit the same to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof; and such commissioner, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, is hereby authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, and determine all claims for damages, where the amount of the claim does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, hereafter occasioned by collisions, for which colisions vessels of the Light-House Service shall be found to be responsible, and report the amounts so ascertained and determined to be due the claimants to Congress at each session thereof through the Treasury Department for payment as legal claims out of appropriations that may be made by Congress therefor. SEC. 5. That all employees of or in the Light-House Board or the Light-House Establishment are hereby transferred to the bureau of light-houses, excepting, however, army and navy officers.

SEC. 6. That all duties performed and all power and authority now possessed or exercised by the Light-House Board, under any provision of law not hereby repealed, are hereby transferred to and imposed and conferred upon and vested in the commissioner of light-houses, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.

June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 7, 36 Stat. 538

T. 14 § 81

That the commissioner of light-houses shall, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, have charge and control of the construction, maintenance, repair, illumination, inspection, and superintendence of light-house depots, supply stations, light and signal stations, light-houses, lightvessels, light-house tenders, fog signals, submarine signals, beacons, buoys, day marks, post-lantern lights, and seamarks and their appendages, and generally of the Light-House Service; and the charge and custody of all the archives, books, documents, drawings, models, returns, apparatus, and other things appertaining to the Light-House Establishment.

June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 8, 36 Stat. 537,

538

Omitted

That all materials for construction, maintenance, repair, and operation shall be procured by public contracts, under such regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by the commissioner, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and no contract shall be made except after public advertisement for proposals in such form and manner as to secure general notice thereof, and the same shall only be made with the lowest and best bidder therefor, upon security deemed sufficient in the judgment of the commissioner of light-houses, but all bids may at any time be rejected by the commissioner: Provided, however, That the commissioner of light-houses may purchase illuminating oil, wicks, and chimneys for lights, and ground tackle for light-vessels and buoys, and to an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars at any one time, other materials and supplies when immediate delivery is required by an exigency, by private contract or in the open market, if he deems it for the best interests of the service so to do; but such purchases shall be set forth in the annual report of the commissioner with the reasons for purchasing other than upon bids after public advertisement. June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 9, 36 Stat. 538---

T. 14 §§ 92 (f), 653

That the commissioner, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, is authorized, whenever an appropriation is made by Congress for a new light-house, the proper site for which does not belong to the United States, to pur