SECTION 832-SECTION Revised Based on title 14, U. S. C., 1946 ed., § 270 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title I, § 11, as added Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, § 7, 58 Stat. 761). Changes in phraseology were made. CHAPTER 25. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY 893. Limitation on rights of members of the Auxiliary and temporary members of the Reserve. 894. Availability of facilities and appropriations. SECTION 891-SECTION REVISED Based on title 14, U. S. C., 1946 ed., § 352 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title III, § 302, 55 Stat. 13; Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, § 9, 58 Stat. 761). Said section has been divided. The first two sentences are placed in this section. The last sentence is placed in section 892 of this title. Changes in phraseology were made. SECTION 892-SECTION REVISED Based on title 14, U. S. C., 1946 ed., § 352 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title III, § 302, 55 Stat. 13; Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, § 9, 58 Stat. 761). Said section has been divided. The last sentence is placed in this section. The first two sentences are placed in section 891 of this title. SECTION 893-SECTION REVISED Based on title 14, U. S. C., 1946 ed., § 271 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title I, § 12, as added Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, § 8, 58 Stat. 761). Temporary members of the Reserve are included within the provisions of this section. Changes in phraseology were made. SECTION 894-SECTION REVISED Based on title 14, U. S. C., 1946 ed., § 354 (Feb. 19, 1941, title III, § 304, 55 Stat. 14). ch. 8, Changes in phraseology were made. COMPLIANCE WITH RAMSEYER RULE 1. TEXT OF STATUTES For Repeal In compliance with paragraph 2a (1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the text of the statutes or parts thereof which are proposed to be repealed by the bill are set out below. The Revised Statutes, set out first, are in numerical order according to section number. The Statutes at Large follow in chronological order. The citation in the left-hand column identifies the text of the Revised Statutes or Statutes at Large which immediately follows that reference; that in the right-hand column refers to the section of proposed title 14, "Coast Guard," of the United States Code, where similar subject matter will be found. The word "omitted" in the righthand column indicates that the particular text of such statute was not incorporated in proposed title 14 because it was obsolete, executed, covered by other law, or superseded by later law. The specific reasons for omitting and repealing such statutes are given in the omitted laws tables, elsewhere in this report. R. S. 1536 REVISED STATUTES T. 14 §§ 88 (a) (b), 93 (a) The President may, when the necessities of the service permit it, cause any suitable number of public vessels adapted to the purpose to cruise upon the coast in the season of severe weather and to afford such aid to distressed navigators as their circumstances may require; and such public vessels shall go to sea fully prepared to render such assistance. R. S. 2747--- T. 14 §§ 89 (a) (b), 92 (d) (i), 93 (a) (c) The President may, for the better securing the collection of import or tonnage duties, cause to be maintained so many of the revenue-cutters as may be necessary to be employed for the protection of the revenue, the expense whereof shall be paid out of such sum as shall be annually appropriated for the revenue-cutter service, and not otherwise. R. S. 2748 T. 14 §§ 92 (d), 93 (h) The President may from time to time cause such of the revenue-cutters as have become unfit for further service to 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 him under the authority of section two of the act of twentieth April, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, chapter sixty-three. R. S. 2749.. T. 14 § 632 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. R. S. 2751.--. T. 14 § 225 The commissioned officers of the revenue-cutter service shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. R. S. 2756.. T. 14 § 92 (i) The Secretary of the Treasury may cause contracts to be made for the supply of rations for the officers and men of the revenue-cutters. R. S. 2758.__. T. 14 §§ 89, 92 (i) The Secretary of the Treasury may direct the performance of any service by the revenue-vessels which, in his judgment, is necessary for the protection of the revenue. R. S. 2759__ T. 14 § 88 The revenue-cutters on the northern and northwestern lakes, when put in commission, shall be specially charged with aiding vessels in distress on the lakes. R. S. 2760... T. 14 § 89 (b) The officers of the revenue-cutters shall respectively be deemed officers of the customs, and shall be subject to the direction of such collectors of the revenue, or other officers thereof, as from time to time shall be designated for that purpose. They shall go on board all vessels which arrive within the United States or within four leagues of the coast thereof, if bound for the United States, and search and examine the same, and every part thereof, and shall demand, receive, and certify the manifests required to be on board certain vessels, shall affix and put proper fastenings on the hatches and other communications with the hold of any vessel, and shall remain on board such vessels until they arrive at the port or place of their destination. R. S. 2761_.--. Omitted The master of any revenue cutter shall make a weekly 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. R. S. 2762. T. 14 §§ 89, 92 (i) The officers of revenue-cutters shall perform, in addition to the duties hereinbefore 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. R. S. 2764.___. T. 14 § 638 The cutters and boats employed in the service of the revenue shall be distinguished from other vessels by an ensign and pendant, with such marks thereon as shall be prescribed by the President. If any vessel or boat, not employed in the service of the revenue, shall, within the jurisdiction of the United States, carry or hoist any pendant or ensign prescribed for vessels in such service, the master of the vessel so offending shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. R. S. 2765____ T. 14 § 637 Whenever any vessel liable to seizure or examination does not bring-to, on being required to do so, or on being chased by any cutter or boat which has displayed the pendant and ensign prescribed for vessels in the revenue service, the master of such cutter or boat may fire at or into such vessel which does not bring-to, after such pendant and ensign has been hoisted, and a gun has been fired by such cutter or boat as a signal; and such master, and all persons acting by or under his direction, shall be indemnified from any penalties or actions for damages for so doing. If any person is killed or wounded by such firing, and the master is prosecuted or arrested therefor, he shall be forthwith admitted to bail. R. S. 3618 1 T. 14 § 92 (d) All proceeds of sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, except the proceeds of the sale or leasing of marine hospitals, or of the sales of revenue-cutters, or of the sales of commissary stores to the officers and enlisted men of the Army, or of the sale of condemned Navy clothing or of sales of materials, stores, or supplies to any exploring or surveying expedition authorized by law, shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, on account of "proceeds of Government property," and 1 Only that portion of line 3, as follows: "or of the sales of revenue-cutters,". shall not be withdrawn or applied, except in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law. R. S. 3692 2 T. 14 § 91 (d) All moneys received from the leasing or sale of marine hospitals, or the sale of revenue-cutters, or from the sale of commissary stores to the officers and enlisted men of the Army, or from sales of condemned clothing of the Navy, or from sales of materials, stores, or supplies to any exploring or surveying expedition authorized by law, shall respectively revert to that appropriation out of which they were originally expended, and shall be applied to the purposes for which they are appropriated by law. R. S. 4242__. T. 14 §§ 92 (c), 93 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury may establish such stations on the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, for affording aid to shipwrecked vessels thereon, and may make such changes in the location of the existing stations, and make such repairs and furnish such apparatus and supplies, as many, in his judgment, be best adapted to the preservation of life and property from such shipwrecked vessels. R. S. 4245... T. 14 §§ 93 (b), 92 (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may also establish such stations at such lighthouses as, in his judgment, he shall deem best, and the keepers of such lights shall take charge of such boats and apparatus as may be put in their charge respectively, as a part of their official duties. R. S. 4249_ _ _ T. 14 §§ 92 (c), 93 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide for the establishment of ten lifesaving stations on the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina, at such points as he may deem necessary, for the saving of life and property on said coasts: Provided, That all life-saving stations hereafter erected, shall be erected under the supervision of two captains of the revenue service, to be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to be under his direction. R. S. 4402... Omitted There shall be a supervising inspector-general, who shall be appointed from time to time by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be selected with reference to his fitness and ability to systematize and carry into effect all the provisions of law relating to the steamboat-inspection service, and who shall be entitled to a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars a year, and his reasonable traveling expenses, or mileage at the rate of ten cents a mile, incurred in the performance of his duty. R. S. 4668.___. T. 14 § 81 Whenever any of the light-vessels occupying positions which are adapted to the erection of light-houses upon pile-foundations require to be rebuilt, or require such extensive repairs as to render the substitution of such light-houses advisable and practicable, such permanent structures may be erected in place of any such light-vessels; but the expense arising from all such changes and erections shall be defrayed from the general annual appropriations for repairs, and so forth, of light-vessels, except when a special appropriation is made for such change. R. S. 4673... Omitted The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to regulate the salaries of the respective keepers of light-houses in such manner as he deems just and proper, but the whole sum allowed for such salaries shall not exceed an average of six hundred dollars to each keeper. R. S. 4676... T. 14 § 86 The Light-House Board may, when they deem it is necessary, place a lightvessel, or other suitable warning of danger, on or over any wreck or temporary obstruction to the entrance of any harbor, or in the channel or fairway of any bay or sound. R. S. 4678... T. 14 § 87 All buoys along the coast, or in bays, harbors, sounds, or channels, shall be colored and numbered, so that passing up the coast or sound, or entering the bay, Only that portion of line 2, as follows: "or the sale of revenue-cutters,". harbor, or channel, red buoys with even numbers shall be passed on the starboard hand, black buoys with uneven numbers on the port hand, and buoys with red and black stripes on either hand. Buoys in channel-ways shall be colored with alternate white and black perpendicular stripes. R. S. 4741........... Omitted The officers and seamen of the revenue-cutters of the United States, who have been or may be wounded or disabled in the discharge of their duty while cooperating with the Navy by order of the President, shall be entitled to be placed on the Navy pension-list, at the same rate of pension and under the same regulations and restrictions as are provided by law for the officers and seamen of the Navy. STATUTES AT LARGE June 20, 1874, ch. 344, §§ 2-5, 18 Stat. 127 Omitted SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, whenever, in his opinion, it may become necessary for the proper administration of the lifesaving service, and the protection of the public property at the stations and houses of refuge herein authorized to be established, to appoint one superintendent for the coasts of Delaware and Virginia, one for the coast of Florida, one for the coasts of Lakes Erie and Ontario, one for the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, and one for the coast of Lake Michigan, and also a keeper for each of said stations and houses of refuge; and the said superintendents shall have the powers and perform the duties of inspectors of customs. SEC. 3. That the compensation of each of the superintendents, to be appointed under the provisions of the preceding section, shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum; and the compensation of the keepers shall not exceed two hundred dollars per annum, except that those employed at the houses of refuge on the Florida coast shall reside in said houses and receive a compensation at the rate of forty dollars per month. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant to the superintendent of the coast of Long Island and Rhode Island, who shall perform the duties required of the superintendent at the life-saving stations within the State of Rhode Island, and reside on Block Island, and for his services he shall receive an annual salary of five hundred dollars. SEC. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to employ crews of experienced surfmen at such of the stations herein denominated complete stations and at such of the life-boat stations on the Pacific coast as he may deem necessary and proper, for such periods, and at such compensation, not to exceed forty dollars per month, as he may deem necessary and reasonable. June 20, 1874, ch. 344, § 6, 18 Stat. 127.......... T. 14 § 93 (m) That the Secretary of the Treasury may accept the services of volunteer crews of any of the life-boat stations herein authorized, who shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the life-saving service; and a list of the names of each crew shall be kept in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such volunteers shall receive no compensation except a sum of not more than ten dollars each for every occasion upon which they shall have been instrumental in saving human life, and such of the medals herein authorized as they may be entitled to under the provisions hereinafter made: Provided, That no payment shall be made to any person who shall not have actually participated in the efforts to save the life or lives rescued. June 20, 1874, ch. 344, § 7, 18 Stat. 127 T. 14 § 500 That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to cause to be prepared medals of honor, with suitable devices, to be distinguished as life-saving medals of the first and second class, which shall be bestowed upon any persons who shall hereafter endanger their own lives in saving, or endeavouring to save lives from perils of the sea, within the United States, or upon any American vessel: Provided, That the medal of the first class shall be confined to cases of extreme and heroic daring; and that the medal of the second class shall be given in cases not sufficiently distinguished to deserve the medal of the first class: Provided, also, That no award of either medal shall be made to any person until sufficient evidence of his deserving shall have been filed with the Secretary of the Treasury and entered upon the records of the Department. |