$500, and for all damages sustained by any passenger in his person or baggage by such neglect or refusal: Provided, That nothing herein shall relieve any vessel, owner, or corporation from any liability incurred by reason of such neglect or refusal. "SEC. 4233C. Every vessel that shall be navigated without complying with the provisions of section 4233, or the regulations established in pursuance of section 4233A, shall be liable to a penalty of $500, one-half to go to the informer, for which sum the vessel so navigated shall be liable and may be seized and proceeded against by action in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense." SEC. 5. Where any Navy or Coast Guard vessel of special construction, as certified to by the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of Coast Guard vessels operating under the Treasury Department, or such official or officials as either may designate, is now or may hereafter by virtue of statute, convention, or treaty, be exempt from compliance with any requirements of the International Rules of the Road, such type of vessel shall similarly be exempt from compliance with any corresponding requirement under the rules specified in this Act. SEC. 6. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 1949. [CHAPTER 526-2D SESSION] (H. R. 238] AN ACT For the extension of admiralty jurisdiction Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States shall extend to and include all cases of damage or injury, to person or property, caused by a vessel on navigable water, notwithstanding that such damage or injury be done or consummated on land. In any such case suit may be brought in rem or in personam according to the principles of law and the rules of practice obtaining in cases where the injury or damage has been done and consummated on navigable water: Provided, That as to any suit against the United States for damage or injury done or consummated on land by a vessel on navigable waters, the Public Vessels Act or Suits in Admiralty Act, as appropriate, shall constitute the exclusive remedy for all causes of action arising after the date of the passage of this Act and for all causes of action where suit has not been hitherto filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act: Provided further, That no suit shall be filed against the United States until there shall have expired a period of six months after the claim has been presented in writing to the Federal agency owning or operating the vessel causing the injury or damage. Approved June 19, 1948. [PUBLIC LAW 718-80TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 549-2D SESSION] [H. R. 6110] AN ACT To permit the landing of halibut by Canadian fishing vessels to Alaskan ports, and for other purposes. 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 4311 of the Revised Statutes (46 U. S. C. 251), Canadian fishing vessels engaged in the North Pacific halibut fishery only shall be permitted to land their catches of halibut and sable fish (black cod) in ports of entry in Alaska, upon compliance with applicable customs laws, during any period prior to January 1, 1950, in which the Secretary of State finds and so notifies the Secretary of the Treasury that United States fishing vessels engaged in the North Pacific halibut fishery only are granted comparable privileges in ports of British Columbia. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 673-2D SESSION] [S. 2186] AN ACT To amend section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the laws relating to navigation, 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 5 of the Act entitled "An act to amend the laws relating to navigation, and for other purposes", approved May 28, 1908, as amended (U. S. C., title 46, sec. 104), is amended (1) by striking out the words "yachts belonging to any regularly organized yacht club of the United States", and inserting in lieu thereof "yachts used and employed exclusively as pleasure vessels and belonging to any resident of the United States", and (2) by striking out the words "belonging to any regularly organized yacht club thereof", and inserting in lieu thereof "used and employed exclusively as pleasure vessels". Approved June 26, 1948. [PUBLIC LAW 801-80TH CONGRESS] [H. R. 4690] AN ACT To amend the Act of July 30, 1947, permitting vessels of Canadian registry to transport certain merchandise between Hyder, Alaska, and points in the continental United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to permit vessels of Canadian registry to transport certain merchandise between Hyder, Alaska, and points in the continental United States", approved July 30, 1947, is amended to read as follows: "That notwithstanding the provisions of section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 46, sec. 883), vessels of Canadian registry shall be permitted until June 30, 1949, to transport products of, and supplies and equipment for, the Riverside Mine at Hyder, Alaska, between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in the United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation." Approved June 28, 1948. [CHAPTER 786-2D SESSION] [S. J. Res. 219] JOINT RESOLUTION To continue until March 1, 1949, the authority of the United States Maritime Commission to make provision for certain ocean transportation service to, from, and within Alaska. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution of March 7, 1947, entitled "Joint resolution to authorize the United States Maritime Commission to make provision for certain ocean transportation service to and from Alaska until July 1, 1948, and for other purpose", is amended to read as follows: "That it is the intention of the Congress to assist in providing essential water transportation service for the Territory of Alaska pending the determination of a long-range policy with respect to such transportation. "SEC. 2. (a) The United States Maritime Commission is authorized to enter into contracts, charters, and other arrangements deemed by it to be appropriate, with American citizens, deemed by the Commission to be qualified, to supply ocean transportation service with American-flag vessels to, from, and within Alaska. Such contracts, charters, or arrangements may include provisions for making available to such operators Government-owned vessels made available to the Commission for such purposes and vessels under the control or jurisdiction of the Commission for operation on voyages commencing not later than March 1, 1949. Such provisions may include (1) charter hire at a nominal rate; (2) such marine insurance to be provided by the Commission, as the Commission may determine to be necessary or appropriate as to vessels made available by the Commission and other vessels operated in the Alaska service under contracts, charters, or arrangements with the Commission; (3) requirements that the operators shall operate such vessels to secure the most economical transportation adequate for the Alaska service; and (4) such other requirements, terms, and conditions as the Commission may deem appropriate. (b) Each such contract, charter, or arrangement shall provide that, as of the end of each accounting period, the cumulative gross profit, before overhead expenses, from the operation of vessels thereunder, as approved by the Commission, shall be allocated as follows and in the following order: "(1) To provide for the operator's proportionate share of the expenses of all operators of maintaining a survey of Alaska ocean transportation services and of the costs and methods of operation of operators in said services, in accordance with a program approved by the Commission; "(2) To allow compensation to the operator for working capital, use of facilities other than operator-owned vessels, and overhead expenses, on such bases as the Commission may determine; and such bases may be fixed in terms of a percentage or percentages, deemed by the Commission to be reasonable, of vessel operating revenues; "(3) To allow the operator a return at the rate of 10 per centum per annum, before Federal income taxes, on the fair value of operatorowned vessels used in the Alaska service; "(4) Any profit remaining thereafter, at the conclusion of each accounting period, shall be held in a special account. At the end of the second and each succeeding accounting period, if any, such account shall be available for paying any then cumulative deficiency (covering the period from the commencement of operations hereunder) with respect to any amounts which, if earned, would have theretofore been allocated pursuant to the previous paragraphs of this subsection; "(5) At the conclusion of operations under any such contract, charter, or other arrangement, any balance in said special account shall be promptly divided and paid 75 per centum to the Commission and 25 per centum to the operator. "(c) The Commission may incorporate in each such contract, charter, or arrangement such definitions and formulas for the determinations of vessel-operating revenue, gross profit before overhead expenses, overhead expenses, accounting periods, fair value, and depreciation, as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the other provisions of this subsection and of this joint resolution. The Commission's determination of the value of operator-owned vessels, for the purposes of such contract, charter, or other arrangement, shall be for the purposes of this joint resolution only and shall not be relevant evidence in any regulatory proceeding before the Commission. "SEC. 3. (a) Every contract, charter, or arrangement made under this joint resolution shall expressly reserve to the Commission, after reasonable notice to the operator and affording him opportunity for hearing if the Commission determines that it is in the public interest o to do, the right to cancel the same upon reasonable notice of such Cancellation but not less than ninety days. Such contract, charter, or arrangement shall also reserve to the operator the right to request the Commission to modify or cancel the same for good cause shown, and if the Commission shall determine that the operator's claim is justified, it may make such modification or shall permit such cancellation at such time thereafter as it may consider reasonable but not more than ninety days after such determination. "(b) Whenever the President shall proclaim that the security of the national defense makes it advisable, or during any national emergency declared by proclamation of the President, the Commission may terminate any contract, charter, or arrangement hereunder, without cost to the United States, upon such notice to the operator as the President shall determine. "(c) Nothing contained in this joint resolution shall be construed to limit the right of the Commission to enter into other contracts, charters, or arrangements with new or other operators, if after such notice, investigation, or consultation as the Commission may deem necessary or appropriate in the particular case, but without the neces |