[Amended. Act June 24, 1902, c. 1155, § 1.]

This section is amended by Act June 24, 1902, c. 1155, § 1, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 24, 1902, c. 1155.

An Act To Amend Section Forty-One Hundred and Thirty-Nine and Section Forty-Three Hundred and Fourteen of the Revised Statutes. (32 Stat. 398.)

Oath of officer of corporation [or managing owner or his agent].

Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-one hundred and thirty-nine of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

"Sec. 4139. Previous to granting a register for any vessel owned by any incorporated company, or by an individual or individuals, the president or secretary of such company, or any other officer or agent thereof, duly authorized by said company in writing, attested by the corporate seal thereof, to act for the company in this behalf, or the managing owner, or his agent duly authorized by power of attorney, when such vessel is owned by an individual or individuals, shall swear to the ownership of the vessel without designating the names of the persons composing the company, when such vessel is owned by a corporation, and the oath of either of said officers or agents shall be deemed sufficient without requiring the oath of any other person interested and concerned in such vessel."

Act June 24, 1902, c. 1155, § 1, 32 Stat. 398.

This section amends Rev. St. § 4139, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2808, to read as set forth here.

Sec. 2. [Amends Rev. St. § 4314.]

The provisions of this section, and of sections 4198, 4199, and 4200. are extended to and govern in the trade between the United States and Hawaii, Porto Rico, Alaska, the Philippine Islands, Guam, and its other noncontiguous territory, and in the trade conducted between said islands and territory, and in shipments from said islands or territory to other parts of the United States, by Act April 29, 1902, c. 637, set forth below.

The laws relating to entry, clearance, and manifests of vessels arriving from or going to foreign ports apply to voyages each way between the Philippine Islands and the United States and the possessions thereof, by Act July 1, 1902, c. 1369, § 84, ante, under Title XXXIV, “Collection of Duties upon Imports," c. 4.

ACT APRIL 29, 1902, c. 637.

An Act To Facilitate the Procurement of Statistics of Trade Between the United States and Its Noncontiguous Territory. (32) Stat. 172.)

Provisions of Rev. St. §§ 4197-4200, made applicable to trade between United States and Hawaii, Porto Rico, Alaska, Philippine Islands, Guam, and other noncontiguous territory.

Be it enacted, &c., That the provisions of sections four thousand one hundred and ninety-seven to four thousand two hundred, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, requiring statements of quantity and value of goods carried by vessels clearing from the United States to foreign ports, shall be extended to and govern, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, in the trade between the United States and Hawaii, Porto Rico, Alaska, the Philippine Islands, Guam, and its other noncontiguous territory, and shall also govern in the trade conducted between said islands and territory, and in shipments from said islands or territory to other parts of the United States: Provided, That this law shall not apply in the Philippine Islands during such time as the collectors of customs of those islands are under the jurisdiction of the War Department.

Act April 29, 1902, c. 637, 32 Stat. 172.

The sections of the Revised Statutes referred to in this act are set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 2840, 2841.

Sec. 4198.

Oath of master.

See note under Rev. St. § 4197.

Sec. 4199.

Form of manifest.

See note under Rev. St. § 4197.

Sec. 4200.

Manifests of shippers.

See note under Rev. St. § 4197.

CHAPTER THREE.

Tonnage Duties.

Sec. 4219. [As amended 1877.]
Amount of tonnage duties.

The President is authorized to suspend in part the operation of this section, by a proviso annexed to Rev. St. § 4228, by an amendment of that section by Act July 24, 1897, c. 13, incorporated in Rev. St. § 4228, as set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2856, so that foreign vessels from a country imposing partial discriminating tonnage duties upon American vessels, or partial discriminating import duties upon American merchandise, may enjoy in our ports the identical privileges which the same class of American vessels and merchandise may enjoy in said foreign country.

The provisions of law relating to tonnage duties upon vessels coming into the United States from foreign countries are made applicable to all foreign vessels coming into the United States from the Philippine Archipelago, by Act March 8, 1902, c. 140, § 3, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 26, 1884, c. 121, § 14.

Amount of tonnage duties; suspension; repeal.

Subsequent provisions for a partial suspension of tonnage duties as to foreign vessels from a country imposing partial discriminating tonnage duties upon American vessels are contained in a proviso annexed to Rev. St. § 4228, by an amendment by Act July 24, 1897, c. 13, incorporated in that section as set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2856.

ACT MARCH 8, 1902, c. 140, § 3.

Tonnage duties on foreign vessels coming into United States from Philippines; transportation of passengers; licenses to harbor ves

sels.

That on and after the passage of this Act the same tonnage taxes shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all foreign vessels coming into the United States from the Philippine Archipelago which are required by law to be levied, collected, and paid upon vessels coming into the United States from foreign countries: Provided, however, That until July first, nineteen hundred and four, the provisions of law restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from one port of the United States to another port of the United States shall not be

applicable to foreign vessels engaging in trade between the Philippine Archipelago and the United States, or between ports in the Philippine Archipelago: And provided further, That the Philippine Commission shall be authorized and empowered to issue licenses to engage in lighterage or other exclusively harbor business to vessels or other craft actually engaged in such business at the date of the passage of this Act, and to vessels or other craft built in the Philippine Islands or in the United States and owned by citizens of the United States or by inhabitants of the Philippine Islands.

Act March 8, 1902, c. 140, § 3, 32 Stat. 54.

This section is part of an act temporarily to provide revenues for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes, cited above, other sections of which are set forth or referred to ante, under Title XXXIII, “Duties Upon Imports."

The amount of tonnage duties upon vessels entered in the United States from any foreign port or place is fixed by Rev. St. § 4219, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2848. Rev. St. §§ 4220-4222, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 2853, 2854, exempt certain vessels from tonnage duties. Act June 26, 1884, c. 121, § 14, set forth, as amended by Act June 19, 1886, c. 421, § 11, and Act April 4, 1888, c. 61, in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2850, makes certain reductions in tonnage duties.

CHAPTER FOUR,

Discriminating Duties.

Sec. 4228. [As amended 1897.]
Suspension by the President.

Rev. St. § 2502, mentioned in the proviso annexed to this section by amendment by Act July 24, 1897, c. 13, and incorporated in this section as set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2856, imposed a discriminating duty upon merchandise imported in foreign vessels. It is superseded by subsequent similar sections in successive tariff acts, the latest of which is Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 22, Comp. St. 1901, p. 1698, to which these provisions for suspension of such duties may be regarded as applicable, having been enacted on the same day, as a subsequent chapter.

Rev. St. § 4219, also mentioned in the proviso annexed to this section as stated above, imposes tonnage duties on foreign vessels, and is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2848. It is repealed in part by Act June 26, 1884, c. 121, § 14, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2850, which contains other provisions relating to tonnage duties, including provisions for partial suspension thereof.

Additional life-saving stations are established by Act March 10, 1902, c. 143, Act April 12, 1902, c. 502, and Act June 3, 1902, c. 984, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 18, 1878, c. 265, § 8.

Revenue Marine officers as inspectors.

Officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service detailed for duty in the LifeSaving Service are not entitled to mileage when traveling on duty connected with the service, but are to receive actual necessary traveling expenses, by a provision of Act July 1, 1902, c. 1351, set forth below.

ACT JUNE 6, 1900, c. 791, § 1.

Compensation of district superintendents.

This section fixes the compensation of the district superintendents of the Life-Saving Service, enumerates the districts, and authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to change the serial number of the districts. The compensation of the superintendents, as fixed by this act, is changed by Act June 28, 1902, c. 1303, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 10, 1902, c. 143.

An Act To Authorize the Establishment of a Life-Saving Station At or Near Bogue Inlet, North Carolina. (32 Stat. 58.) Station at Bogue Inlet, N. C.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a life-saving station at or near Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, in such locality as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend.

Act March 10, 1902, c. 143, 32 Stat. 58.

ACT APRIL 12, 1902, c. 502.

An Act To Authorize the Establishment of a Life-Saving Station on Ocracoke Island, on the Coast of North Carolina. (32 Stat. IOI.)

Station on Ocracoke Island, N. C.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a life-saving station on Ocracoke Island near Ocracoke Inlet, on the coast of North Carolina, at such point as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend.

Act April 12, 1902, c. 502, § 1, 32 Stat. 101.