Equipments and appliances. Sec. 2. That the character of the equipments and appliances of the station and the station building shall be determined by the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service. Act April 12, 1902, c. 502, § 2, 32 Stat. 101. ACT JUNE 3, 1902, c. 984. An Act To Establish an Additional Life-Saving Station on Monomoy Island, Massachusetts. (32 Stat. 285.) Station on Monomoy Island, Mass. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish an additional life-saving station on Monomoy Island, Massachusetts, at such point as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend. Act June 3, 1902, c. 984, 32 Stat. 285. ACT JUNE 28, 1902, c. 1303. An Act To Fix the Compensation of District Superintendents in the Life-Saving Service. (32 Stat. 484.) Compensation of district superintendents; clerk hire. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this Act the compensation of district superintendents in the 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 dollars per annum each; for the superintendents of the third and ninth districts, eighteen hundred dollars per annum each; for the superintendent of the eighth district, one thousand seven hundred dollars: Provided, however, That in case the Secretary of the Treasury deems it necessary for any superintendent to employ a clerk, he may allow a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum for the compensation of such clerk in addition to the salary paid the superintendent. Repeal. Act June 28, 1902, c. 1303, § 1, 32 Stat. 484. Previous provisions fixing the compensation of the district superintendents of the Life-Saving Service were contained in Act June 6, 1900, c. 791, § 1, set forth in Comp. St. p. 2928. They may be regarded as repealed by this act. Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Act June 28, 1902, c. 1303, § 2, 32 Stat. 484. ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1351. Traveling expenses of officers of Revenue-Cutter Service detailed for duty in Life-Saving Service. That officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service detailed for duty in the Life-Saving Service shall not be entitled to mileage when travel ing on duty connected with said Life-Saving Service, but shall receive actual necessary traveling expenses. Act July 1, 1902, c. 1351, 32 Stat. 558. This is a provision of the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, and prior years, cited above. CHAPTER SIX Transportation of Passengers and Merchandise. Secs. 4252-4277. ACT AUG. 2, 1882, c. 374, § 1. Accommodations for emigrants in vessels arriving from foreign ports. Provisions regulating immigration, including requirements that lists of passengers, certficates of medical examination, etc., be furnished by masters or other officers of vessels, are contained in Act March 3, 1903, c. 1012, ante, under Title XXIX, "Immigration." SUPP. '03-23 TITLE L. REGULATION OF VESSELS IN DOMESTIC COMMERCE. Sec. 4314. [Amended. Act June 24, 1902, c. 1155, § 2.] This section is amended by Act June 24, 1902, c. 1155, § 2, set forth below. ACT JUNE 24, 1902, c. 1155, § 2. Oath of president, etc., of corporation [or managing owner or agent]. That section forty-three hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 4314. Previous to granting enrollment and license 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 in its 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 such vessel without designating the names of the persons composing such company, when such vessel is owned by a corporation, which oath shall be deemed sufficient without requiring the oath of any other person interested or concerned in such vessel." Act June 24, 1902, c. 1155, § 2, 32 Stat. 399. This section amends Rev. St. § 4314, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2960. Sec. 4347. ACT JUNE 19, 1886, c. 421, § 8. [As amended 1898.] Transportation of passengers in foreign vessels. The application of the provisions of this section, set forth, as amended by Act Feb. 17, 1898, c. 26, § 2, in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2972, are suspended as to foreign vessels engaged in trade between the Philippine Archipelago and the United States, or between ports in the Philippine Archipelago, until July 1, 1904, by Act March 8, 1902, c. 140, § 3, set forth ante, under Title XLVIII, "Regulation of Commerce and Navigation," c. 3. (354) TITLE LI. REGULATION OF FISHERIES. Sec. 4395. [THE FISH COMMISSION.] [As amended 1888.] Appointment of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. The Fish Commission, and the Office of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, and all that pertains to the same, are placed under the jurisdiction and made a part of the Department of Commerce and Labor, by provisions of the act establishing that department, Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 4, ante, under Title XII A, "The Department of Commerce and Labor." [THE FUR-SEAL FISHERY.] The jurisdiction, supervision, and control previously possessed and exercised by the Department of the Treasury over the fur-seal, salmon, and other fisheries of Alaska are transferred and vested in the Department of Commerce and Labor, by provisions of the act establishing that department, Act Feb. 14, 1903, c. 552, § 7, ante, under Title XII A, "The Department of Commerce and Labor." (355) TITLE LII. REGULATION OF STEAM-VESSELS. CHAPTER ONE. Inspection. Sec. 4400. [As amended 1882, 1895.] [Amended. Act Feb. 15, 1902, c. 23.] This section, as amended by Act Aug. 7, 1882, c. 441, § 1, and Act March 1, 1895, c. 146, § 1, is again amended by Act Feb. 15, 1902, c. 23, set forth below. ACT FEB. 15, 1902, c. 23. An Act To Amend Section Forty-Four Hundred of the Revised Statutes of the United States, Relating to a Reciprocal Recognition of Boiler-Inspection Certificates Between the Several Maritime Nations Having Marine-Inspection Laws. (32 Stat. 34.) What vessels are subject to the provisions of this Title; [reciprocal acceptance of foreign certificates of inspection; fees.] Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-four hundred of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to said section, as amended by the Act of Congress approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, chapter one hundred and forty-six, page six hundred and ninety-nine, volume twenty-eight, United States Statutes at Large, third session Fifty-third Congress, after the word "aforesaid," a provision as follows: Provided, however, That when such foreign passenger steamers belong to countries having inspection laws approximating those of the United States, and have unexpired certificates of inspection issued by the proper authorities in the respective countries to which they belong, they shall be subject to no other inspection than necessary to satisfy the local inspectors that the condition of the vessel, her boilers, and life-saving equipments are as stated in the current certificate of inspection; but no such certificate of inspection shall be accepted as evidence of lawful inspection except when presented by steam vessels of other countries which have by their laws accorded to the steam vessels of the United States visiting such countries the same privilege accorded herein to the steam vessels of such countries visiting the United States; it being further provided that there shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States the same |