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ment of amounts collected in excess of the cost of the repairs or replacements concerned.

SEC. 8. The Commissioner of Lighthouses, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized in his discretion hereafter to establish and maintain aids to navigation to mark rivers, waterways, or channels, connected by navigable waters with the sea or the Great Lakes, which have been improved for navigation by the United States under proper authority, and appropriations made for the support of the Lighthouse Service are made available for the expenses of establishing and maintaining such aids to navigation.

SEO. 4. Section 4 of the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1910 (ch. 801, 86 Stat. 537; U. S. C., title 33, secs. 711, 721), is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. There shall be in the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Lighthouses and a Commissioner of Lighthouses, who shall be the head of said Bureau, to be appointed by the President. There shall also be in the Bureau a Deputy Commissioner, to be appointed by the President, 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 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. The Commissioner of Lighthouses shall make an annual report to the Secretary of Commerce, who shall transmit the same to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof. The Commissioner of Lighthouses, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, and determine all claims for damages, where the amount of the claim does not exceed the sum of $500, occasioned by collisions, for which collisions vessels of the Lighthouse Service shall be found to be responsible, and report the amounts so ascertained and determined to be due to 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."

SEO. 5. That so much of section 20 of the Act approved May 28, 1985 (Public, Numbered 81, Seventy-fourth Congress), entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations, and for other purposes", as reads "to convey to the town of Southold, State of New York" is hereby amended to read "to convey to the Southold Park District in the town of Southold, State of New York".

SEC. 6. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to convey to the State of Florida for public-roadway purposes an additional portion of the Crooked River Range Lighthouse Reservation, Florida, thirtyfour feet in width and approximately five hundred feet in length adjoining the strip of land conveyed pursuant to section 4 of the Act approved May 28, 1935 (Public, Numbered 81, Seventy-fourth Congress), to provide for a roadway one hundred feet in width across the reservation. The deed of conveyance shall describe by metes and bounds the portion of the reservation transferred and the conditions imposed by section 36 of the Act of May 28, 1935 (Public, Numbered 81, Seventy-fourth Congress).

Approved, August 16, 1937.

[CHAPTER 752-1ST SESSION]

(H. R. 5417]

AN ACT

To provide for the measurement of vessels using the Panama Canal, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 412 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Tolls on merchant vessels, army and navy transports, colliers, hospital ships, supply ships, and yachts shall be based on net vesseltons of one hundred cubic feet each of actual earning capacity determined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal prescribed by the President and as may be modified by him from time to time by proclamation, and tolls on other floating craft shall be based on displacement tonnage: Provided, That the basic rules of measurement shall not be changed except after public hearing and six months' public notice of such change. The rate of tolls on laden vessels shall not exceed $1, nor be less than $0.75 per net vessel-ton as determined under the aforesaid rules, and on vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo the rate may be less than the rate of tolls for vessels with passengers or cargo. In addition to the tolls based on measurement or displacement tonnage, tolls may be levied on passengers at rates not to exceed $1.50 for each passenger. The levy of tolls is subject to the provisions of article XIX of the convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, entered into November 18, 1903, and of article I of the treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Colombia proclaimed March 30, 1922."

SEO. 2. This Act shall take effect and be enforced on and after March 1, 1938.

Approved, August 24, 1937.

[CHAPTER 822-1ST SESSION]
[S. 2455]

AN ACT

To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858; 49 Stat. 1985).

Be it enacted by the Ser te and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 202 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, 1986), is hereby amended by adding a sentence at the end thereof to read as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission may, in accordance with good business methods and on such terms and conditions as it determines to effectuate the policy of this Act, operate or lease any lands, docks, wharves, piers, or real property under its control, and all money heretofore or hereafter received from such operation or lease shall be available for expenditure by the Commission as provided in

this Act."

SEC. 2. That section 206 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, 1987), is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 206. All sums of money now in the construction loan fund created by section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended, together with the proceeds of all debts, accounts, choses in action, and the proceeds of all notes, mortgages, and other evidences of indebtedness, hereby transferred to the Commission, and all of the proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property heretofore or hereafter made, including proceeds of notes or other evidences of debt taken therefor and the interest thereon, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all money representing amounts of unclaimed wages, salvage awards and miscellaneous unclaimed items carried as liabilities on the books of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation and all money heretofore or hereafter received from the operation or leasing of lands, docks, wharves, piers, or real property shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and there maintained as a revolving fund, herein designated as the construction fund, and shall be available for expenditure by the Commission in carrying out the provisions of this Act. All moneys received by the Commission under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in its construction fund, and all disbursements made by the Commission under authority of this Act shall be paid out of said fund, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all disbursements applicable to the money referred to in this section may be made by the Commission out of said fund. Further appropriations by Congress to replenish said fund are hereby authorized." SEC. 3. That section 209 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, 1988), is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu

thereof a comma and the following: "and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, without deduction, allocation, or segregation in any manner for amounts of unclaimed wages, salvage awards, and miscellaneous unclaimed items carried as liabilities on the books of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation."

SEC. 4. The sections of this Act shall be deemed operative as of the effective date of the sections of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, amended thereby.

Approved, August 26, 1937.

[CHAPTER 823-1ST SESSION]

[8. 2578] AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to continue the existing system of classification and pay of positions of lighthouse keepers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of the Act approved July 8, 1930(46 Stat. 1003), the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, in his discretion, to continue the existing system governing the classification and pay of the positions of lighthouse keepers, pending the enactment by the Congress of legislation establishing and prescribing a system of classification and pay applicable to these positions.

Approved, August 26, 1937.

[PUBLIC-No. 400-75TH CONGRESS)

[CHAPTER 871-1ST SESSION]

(H. R. 1481]

AN ACT

To amend the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended, to exempt persons traveling between Puerto Rico and the continental United States from the payment of a stamp tax on steamship tickets.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision 5 of schedule A of title VIII of the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended by section 442 (a) of the Revenue Act of May 29, 1928, be, and hereby is, amended by striking out the word "or" before the word "Cuba" and by adding the words "or Puerto Rico" after the word "Cuba". Approved, August 28, 1937.

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