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Provided, That the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel Appeal.
whose certificate shall have been so revoked may within thirty days
after receiving notice of such revocation appeal to the head of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating for a reexamina-
tion of the case, and upon such appeal the said head of the depart-
ment shall have power to revise, modify, or set aside such action of
revocation, and direct the issuance to such vessel of her original
certificate or of a new certificate of inspection; and in case the said
head of the department shall so direct the issuance of a certificate,
all judicial process against said vessel based on this section shall there-
upon be of no further force or effect, and the vessel shall thereupon
be released."

SEC. 5. Section 4454 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., Penalty.
1952 edition, title 46, sec. 436), is amended by deleting the word
"steamer" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "inspected vessel";
and by deleting the words "Coast Guard" and inserting in lieu thereof
the word "examining".

Approved June 4, 1956.

Chapter 351 - 2d Session

S. 1378

AN ACT

To clarify and consolidate the authority to require the establishment, maintenance, and operation of aids to maritime navigation on fixed structures in or over navigable waters of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 85 of Aids to maritime title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: navigation. 63 Stat. 501. " 85. Aids to maritime navigation on fixed structures; penalty

"The Secretary shall prescribe and enforce necessary and reasonable rules and regulations, for the protection of maritime navigation, relative to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of lights and other signals on fixed structures in or over navigable waters of the United States. Any owner or operator of such a structure, excluding an agency of the United States, who violates any of the rules or regulations prescribed hereunder, commits a misdemeanor and shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not exceeding $100 for each day during which such violation continues."

SEC. 2. Section 18 of the Federal Water Power Act, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 edition, title 16, sec. 811), is further amended by strik- 41 Stat. 1073. ing out the words "Secretary of War" in the first sentence and inserting

in lieu thereof the words "Secretary of the Department in which the

Coast Guard is operating".

70 Stat. 226.

SEC. 3. The analysis of chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, 70 Stat. 227. immediately preceding section 81 of such title, is amended by striking out the item

85. Failure to maintain lights; penalty"

and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"85. Aids to maritime navigation on fixed structures; penalty." Approved June 4, 1956.

Chapter 352

2d Session

S. 1790

AN ACT

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To amend section 4153 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to authorize more liberal propelling power allowances in computing the net tonnages of certain vessels.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision (f) Tonage of of section 4153 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., 1952 Computation. edition, title 46, sec. 77 (f)), is further amended to read as follows:

vessels.

"(f) In the case of a vessel which is screw propelled in whole or Screw-propelled in part, the following deduction shall be made for the space occupied vessels. by the propelling machinery:

"(1) Thirty-two thirteenths times the tonnage of the propellingmachinery space, if the tonnage of that space is not more than 13 per centum of the gross tonnage of the vessel and if that space is reasonable in extent: Provided, however, That, in lieu thereof, the deduction shall be one and three-fourths times the tonnage of the propellingmachinery space, in the case of a vessel the construction of which was commenced on or before the date of enactment of this Act, if the owner so elects;

"(2) Thirty-two per centum of the gross tonnage of the vessel, if the tonnage of the propelling-machinery space is more than 13 per centum and less than 20 per centum of the gross tonnage of the vessel;

or

"(3) Thirty-two per centum of the gross tonnage of the vessel or one and three-fourths times the tonnage of the propelling-machinery space, whichever the owner of the vessel elects, if the tonnage of that space is 20 per centum or more of the gross tonnage of the vessel."

SEC. 2. Subdivision (g) of section 4153 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C., 1952 edition, title 46, sec. 77 (g)), is further amended to read as follows:

"(g) In the case of a vessel which is propelled in whole or in part Paddle-proby paddle wheels, the following deduction shall be made for the space pelled vessels. occupied by the propelling machinery:

"(1) Thirty-seven twentieths times the tonnage of the propellingmachinery space, if the tonnage of that space is not more than 20 per centum of the gross tonnage of the vessel and if that space is reasonable in extent: Provided, however, That, in lieu thereof, the deduction shall be one and one-half times the tonnage of the propelling-machinery space, in the case of a vessel the construction of which was commenced on or before the date of enactment of this Act, if the owner so elects;

"(2) Thirty-seven per centum of the gross tonnage of the vessel, if the tonnage of the propelling-machinery space is more than 20 per centum and less than 30 per centum of the gross tonnage of the vessel; or

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"(3) Thirty-seven per centum of the gross tonnage of the vessel or one and one-half times the tonnage of the propelling-machinery space, whichever the owner elects, if the tonnage of that space is 30 per centum or more of the gross tonnage of the vessel."

Approved June 4, 1956.

Chapter 353 - 2d Session

S. 1791

AN ACT

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To amend section 3 of the Act of April 25, 1940 (54 Stat. 164), relating to the lights required to be carried by motorboats.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection Motorboat (c) of section 3 of the Act of April 25, 1940 (54 Stat. 164; U. S. C., lights. 1952 edition, title 46, sec. 526b) is amended to read as follows:

"(c) Motorboats of classes A and 1 when propelled by sail alone shall carry the combined lantern, but not the white light aft, prescribed by this section. Motorboats of classes 2 and 3, when so propelled, shall carry the colored side lights, suitably screened, but not the white lights, prescribed by this section. Motorboats of all classes, when so propelled, shall carry, ready at hand, a lantern or flashlight showing a white light which shall be exhibited in sufficient time to avert collision."

SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Act is further amended by adding after subsection (d) thereof the following new subsections:

"(e) When propelled by sail and machinery any motorboat shall carry the lights required by this section for a motor boat propelled by machinery only.

"(f) Any motor boat may carry and exhibit the lights required by the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1948, Act of Oc

tober 11, 1951 (65 Stat. 406-420), as amended, in lieu of the lights 33 USC 143required by this section."

Approved June 4, 1956.

147d; 49 USC

177, 560.