Hereafter the compensation of the keepers of life-saving Sec. 4. and life-boat stations and houses of refuge shall be at the rate of four hundred dollars per annum; and they shall have the powers of inspectors of customs, but shall receive no additional compensation for duties performed as such: Provided, That said keepers shall have authority and be required to take charge of and protect all property saved from shipwreck at which they may be present, until it is claimed by parties legally authorized to receive it, or until otherwise instructed to dispose of it by the Secretary of the Treasury; and keepers of life-saving stations shall be required to reside continually at or in the immediate vicinity of their respective stations. [Note: Compensation changed June 22, 1892; but powers bestowed in this section remain.]

Hereafter the life-saving stations upon the Atlantic and Sec. 5 gulf coasts at which crews are employed shall be manned and the stations opened for active service on the first day of August in each year, and so continue until the first day Aug. 3, 1894. of June succeeding, and upon the lake coasts from the opening to the close of navigation, except such stations as, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, are not necessary to be manned during the full period specified; and the crews shall reside at the stations during said periods.

Provided, That those surfmen who enlist for a term including more than eight and a half months of active service, and those who enlist to fill vacancies caused by the promotion, death, resignation or dismissal of such surfmen shall receive sixty dollars per month during said period of active service.

Mar. 2, 1895.

Sec. 6.

Crews may be employed at any of the life-saving or life- May 4, 1882. boat stations on the Pacific coast during such portion of the year as the general superintendent may deem necessary.

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make all necessary regulations for the government of the life-saving service not inconsistent with law.

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to dispose of, to the best advantage, after due condemnation by board of survey, such articles or materials belonging to the life-saving service as may, from long continued use or other cause, become unserviceable and the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury.

451. Revenue-Cutter Service.

June 20, 1874.

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Sec. 9.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall detail a captain of July 31, 1894. the Revenue-Cutter Service who shall be chief of the division of Revenue-Cutter Service, and a chief engineer, who shall be engineer in chief of said Service, but no additional pay or emoluments shall be allowed on account of such detail.

The President may from time to time cause such of the R. S., 274. revenue-cutters as have become unfit for further service to

R. S., 2749.

July 31, 1876.

be sold; and the proceeds shall be paid into the Treasury: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may apply, in the purchase or construction of revenue-cutters, any unexpended balance of the proceeds of revenue-cutters sold by hím under the authority of section two of the act of twentieth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, chapter sixty-three.

The officers for each revenue-vessel shall be one captain, and one first, one second, and one third lieutenant, and for each steam-vessel, in addition, one engineer and one assistant engineer; but the Secretary of the Treasury may assign to any vessel a greater number of officers whenever in his opinion the nature of the service which she is directed to perform requires it. And vessels of both descriptions shall have such number of petty officers and men as in the opinion of the Secretary are required to make them efficient for their service.

Hereafter upon the occurring of a vacancy in the grade of third lieutenant of the Revenue-Cutter Service, the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint a cadet not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-five years of age with rank next below that of third lieutenant, whose pay shall be three-fourths that of a third lieutenant, and who shall not be appointed to a higher grade until he shall have Feb. 25, 1903. served a satisfactory probationary term of three years and passed the examination required by the regulations of said service; and upon the promotion of such cadet another may be appointed in his stead; but the whole number of third lieutenants and cadets shall at no time exceed the number of third lieutenants now authorized by law.

R. S., 2750.

June 4, 1897.

R. S., 2751.

Apr. 12, 1902.

The grades of engineers shall be chief engineer, and first, and second assistant engineer, with the pay and relative rank of first, second, and third lieutenant, respectively.

Any chief engineer of the Revenue-Cutter Service who has held the office of engineer in chief shall hereafter receive the pay and emoluments of a captain of said service, and shall be eligible for appointment to the office of captain of engineers in said service, with the pay and emoluments of such captain.

The commissioned officers of the revenue-cutter service shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

On and after the passage of this Act the commissioned officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be as follows: Captains, first lieutenants, second lieutenants, third lieutenants, captain of engineers, chief engineers, first assistant engineers, second assistant engineers, and constructor; and the captain of engineers, chief engineers, first assistant engineers, second assistant engineers shall have the rank of captain, first, second, and third lieutenants, respectively; and the constructor shal' have the rank of first lieutenant: Provided, however, There shall be no increase in the number of officers upon the active list over the present number in each class or grade.

The said commissioned officers shall rank as follows: Sec. 2. Captains with majors in the Army and lieutenant-commanders in the Navy; first lieutenants with captains in the Army and lieutenants in the Navy; second lieutenants with first lieutenants in the Army and lieutenants (junior grade) in the Navy; third lieutenants with second lieutenants in the Army and ensigns in the Navy: Provided, That whenever forces of the Navy and Revenue-Cutter Service shall be serving in cooperation pursuant to law (section twentyseven hundred and fifty-seven, Revised Statutes), the officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall rank as follows: Captains with and next after lieutenant-commanders in the Navy; first lieutenants with and next after lieutenants in the Navy; second lieutenants with and next after lieutenants (junior grade) in the Navy; third lieutenants with and next after ensigns in the Navy: Provided further, That no provision of this Act shall be construed as giving any officer of the Revenue-Cutter Service military or other control at any time over any vessel, officer, or man of the naval service. Nor shall any naval officer exercise such military or other control over any vessel, officer, or man of the Revenue-Cutter Service, except by direction of the President.

The commissioned officers of the United States Revenue- Sec. 3. Cutter Service shall hereafter receive the same pay and allowances, except forage, as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for officers of corresponding rank in the Army, including longevity pay.

When any officer in the Revenue-Cutter Service has Sec. 4. reached the age of sixty-four years he shall be retired by the President from active service; and when any officer has become incapable of performing the duties of his office he shall be either placed upon the retired waiting-orders list or dropped from the service by the President, as hereinafter provided.

The Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of Sec. 5. the President, shall from time to time assemble a RevenueCutter Service retiring board, composed of officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service and medical officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, consisting of not less than five commissioned officers, two-fifths of whom shall be selected from medical officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, for the purpose of examining and reporting on such officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service as may be ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury to appear before it; and the members of said board shall be sworn, in every case, to discharge their duties honestly and impartially, the oath to be administered to the members by the president of the board, and to him by the junior member or recorder; and such board shall inquire into and determine the facts touching the nature and occasion of the disability of any officer who appears to be incapable of performing the duties of his office, and shall have such powers as may be necessary for that purpose; and

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Sec. 7.

Sec. 8.

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R. S., 2752.

R. S., 2753.

when the board finds an officer incapacitated for active service it shall also find and report the cause which in its judgment has produced his incapacity, whether such cause is an incident of service, whether due to his own vicious habits, or the infirmities of age, or physical or mental disability. The proceedings and decisions of the board shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall by him be laid before the President for his approval or disapproval and his orders in the case.

When a board finds that an officer is incapacitated for active service, and that his incapacity is the result of an incident of service, or is due to the infirmities of age, or physical or mental disability, and not his own vicious habits, and such decision is approved by the President, he shall be retired from active service and placed upon a retired waiting-orders list. Officers thus retired may be assigned to such duties as they may be able to perform, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury.

When a board finds that an officer is incapacitated for active service, and that such incapacity is the result of his own vicious habits and not due to any incident of service, and its decision shall be approved by the President, the officer shall be dropped from the service.

When any commissioned officer is retired from active service, the next officer in rank shall be promoted according to the established rules of the service, and the same rule of promotion shall be applied successively to the vacancies consequent upon such retirement: Provided, That all promotions shall be subject to examination to determine the professional qualifications of the candidates, and such examination shall be wholly written before a board of officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service, and their physical qualifications shall be reported upon by a board of medical officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service; and such board shall be convened by the Secretary of the Treasury whenever the exigencies of the service require.

All officers borne upon the retired or permanent waitingorders list at the date of the passage of this Act, or hereafter, shall receive seventy-five per centum of the duty pay, salary, and increase of the rank upon which they have been or may be retired: Provided, That no longevity increase of pay shall be allowed for any length of service accruing after retirement.

No person shall be appointed to the office of captain, first, second, or third lieutenant, of any revenue-cutter, who does not adduce competent proof of proficiency and skill in navigation and seamanship.

The compensation of the officers of the revenue-cutter service shall be at the following rates while on duty:

Captains, twenty-five hundred dollars a year each.

First lieutenants and chief engineers, eighteen hundred dollars a year each.

Second lieutenants and first assistant engineers, fifteen hundred dollars a year each.

Third lieutenants and second assistant engineers, twelve hundred dollars a year each.

And at the following rates while on leave of absence or while waiting orders:

Captains, eighteen hundred dollars a year each.

First lieutenants and chief engineers, fifteen hundred dollars a year each.

Second lieutenants and first assistant engineers, twelve hundred dollars a year each.

Third lieutenants and second assistant engineers, nine hundred dollars a year each.

Cadets, five hundred dollars per annum and one ration Aug. 18, 1894. per day each.

The wages of petty officers and seamen of the revenue cutter service shall not exceed the average wages paid for like services on the Atlantic or Pacific coasts, respectively, in the merchant service.

R. S., 2754.

Each officer of the revenue-cutter service, while on duty, R. S., 2755. shall be entitled to one Navy ration per day.

The Secretary of the Treasury may cause contracts to be R. S., 2756. made for the supply of rations for the officers and men of the revenue-cutters.

The revenue-cutters shall, whenever the President so directs, co-operate with the Navy, during which time they shall be under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, and the expenses thereof shall be defrayed by the Navy Department.

R. S., 2757.

The master of any revenue-cutter shall make a weekly R. S., 2761. return to the collector, or other officer of the district under whose direction it is placed, of the transactions of the cutter, specifying the vessels that have been boarded, their names and descriptions, the names of the masters, from what port or place they last sailed, whether laden or in ballast, to what nation belonging, and whether they have the necessary manifests of their cargoes on board, and generally all such matters as it may be necessary for the officers of the customs to know.

The officers of revenue-cutters shall perform, in addition R.S., 2762. to the duties herein before prescribed, such other duties for

the collection and security of the revenue as from time to time shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not contrary to law.

452. Light-House Board.

The President shall appoint two officers of the Navy, of R. S., 4653. high rank, two officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army, and two civilians of high scientific attainments, whose services may be at the disposal of the President, together with an officer of the Navy and an officer of engineers of the Army, as secretaries, who shall constitute the Light House Board.