States Revenue-Cutter Service," approved May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six, shall apply to and govern the Coast Guard. All duties now performed by the Revenue-Cutter Service and Life-Saving Service shall continue to be performed by the Coast Guard, and all such duties, together with all duties that may hereafter be imposed upon the Coast Guard, shall be administered by the captain commandant, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and all funds and appropriations now provided by law for the Revenue-Cutter Service and all funds and appropriations now provided by law for the Life-Saving Service shall be available for like purposes under the Coast Guard hereby created. [38 Stat. L. 801.]

For the Act of May 26, 1906, see 1909 Supp. Fed. Stat. Annot. 592.

SEC. 3. [Rank, pay and allowances retirement of officers.] That all existing laws affecting rank, pay, and allowances in the present Live-Saving Service and the present Revenue-Cutter Service shall apply to the corresponding positions in the Coast Guard and the officers and men transferred thereto and their successors. This shall include all laws and regulations which now give to the enlisted men af the existing Revenue-Cutter Service increased pay of $1 per month for each three years' service, allowances for uniforms, and all other allowances or gratuities due to enlisted men, which are hereby made applicable to the enlisted men of the Coast Guard who were formerly surfmen in the Life-Saving Service. The provisions of sections three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine of the Act of April twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, in so far as they provide for the retirement of officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service, are hereby extended to include commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Coast Guard. A commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man who has served thirty years, upon suitable application and as to commissioned officers upon approval by the Secretary of the Treasury, may be retired from active service and receive seventy-five per centum of the duty pay, salary and increase of his grade or rating: Provided, That such commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man may be assigned to such duties as he may be able to perform. The commissioned officers, warrant officers, and petty officers of the Coast Guard shall receive ten per centum increase of pay for every five years of service, such increase not to exceed forty per centum of the pay of their grade or rating subject to the limitations of existing laws governing longevity pay: Provided further, That in computing length of service for any purpose all creditable service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Revenue-Cutter Service, and Life-Saving Service shall be included, counting part of a year as a whole year where stations were operated only part of a year: And provided further, That no person shall receive for the same time retired pay and the extra pay allowed under section seven of the Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. The provisions of section three of the Act of March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and eight, increasing the efficiency of the personnel of the Life-Saving Service shall apply to the death of any officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man on the active list in the Coast Guard: Provided, That no pension shall be allowed or paid to any commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man in the Coast Guard either on the active or retired list. [38 Stat. L. 801.]

For the Act of April 12, 1902, see 6 Fed. Stat. Annot. 778.

For sec. 7 of the Act of May 4, 1882, see 4 Fed. Stat. Annot. 819.

For sec. 3 of the Act of March 26, 1908, see 1909 Supp. Fed. Stat. Annot. 334.

SEC. 4. [Vacancies—promotions abolishment of offices.] That hereafter, whenever a vacancy occurs in the grade of keeper of a life-saving station or house of refuge, it shall be filled by promotion and appointment from the grade of surfman, and whenever a vacancy shall occur in the grade of district superintendent the vacancy shall be filled by promotion. and appointment from the grade of keeper: Provided, That the district superintendents shall be the chief officers and first in authority in their respective districts, subject to the authority of the captain commandant. When the organization of the Coast Guard shall have been perfected the President is authorized to retire the general superintendent on seventy-five per centum of his present salary, and no further appointment shall be made to such office. At the same time the office of assistant general superintendent shall be abolished. [38 Stat. L. 802.]

SEC. 5. [Annual reports.] That the captain commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Secretary of the Treasury, for transmission to Congress, an annual report of the expenditures of the moneys appropriated for the maintenance of the Coast Guard and of the operations of the Coast Guard during the year. [38 Stat. L. 802.]

SEC. 6. [Use of vessels for private purposes prohibited.] That any person using any vessel in the Coast-Guard Service for private purposes, in violation of law, shall upon conviction thereof be fined $1,000. [38 Stat. L. 802.]

SEC. 7. [Repeal of inconsistent Acts.] That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. [38 Stat. L. 802.]

An Act To provide for the establishment of a life-saving station in the vicinity of Duxbury Reef, California.

[Act of March 3, 1915, Ch. 82.]

[Life-saving station-establishment in vicinity of Duxbury Reef, California.] That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to establish a life-saving station in the vicinity of Duxbury Reef, or Bolinas Bay, California, at a cost not to exceed $12,000. [38 Stat. L. 928.]

An Act To authorize the establishment of a life-saving station at the mouth of the Siuslaw River, Oregon.

[Act of March 4, 1915, Ch. 160.]

[Life-saving station established-Siuslaw River, Oregon.] That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to establish a life-saving station at the mouth of the Siuslaw River, Oregon, in such locality as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend, at a cost not to exceed $12,000. [38 Stat. L. 1188.]

COLLECTORS.

See INTERNAL REVENUE.

COLLEGES.

See EDUCATION.

COLLISIONS.

Act of May 25, 1914, Ch. 98, 30.

Rules to be Established by Supervising Inspectors, etc., 30.

An Act To provide for warning signals on vessels working on wrecks or engaged in dredging or other submarine work, and to amend section two of the Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions upon certain harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States."

[Act of May 25, 1914, Ch. 98.]

[Rules to be established by supervising inspectors, etc.] That section two of the Act approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions upon certain harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States," be amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. That the supervising inspectors of steam vessels and the Supervising Inspector General shall establish such rules to be observed by steam vessels in passing each other and as to the lights to be carried by ferryboats and by barges and canal boats when in tow of steam vessels, and as to the lights and day signals to be carried by vessels, dredges of all types, and vessels working on wrecks by other obstruction to navigation or moored for submarine operations, or made fast to a sunken object which may drift with the tide or be towed, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as they from time to time may deem necessary for safety, which rules when approved by the Secretary of Commerce are hereby declared special rules duly made by local authority, as provided for in article thirty of chapter eight hundred and two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety. Two printed copies of such rules shall be furnished to such ferryboats, barges, dredges, canal

boats, vessels working on wrecks, and steam vessels, which rules shall be kept posted up in conspicuous places in such vessels, barges, dredges, and boats." [38 Stat. L. 381.]

For sec. 2 of the Act of June 7, 1897, as originally enacted see 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 181.

COMBINATIONS.

See TRADE UNIONS AND COMBINATIONS AND TRUSTS.

COMMERCE AND LABOR.

Act of July 16, 1914, Ch. 141, 31.

Sec. 1. Apprentices in Bureau of Standards, 31.

CROSS-REFERENCES.

Taking or catching sponges, see SPONGES.

See also LIGHTS AND BUOYS.

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[SEC. 1.] [Apprentices in Bureau of Standards.] * Apprentices in the Bureau of Standards may be promoted after satisfactory apprenticeship, with the approval of the Civil Service Commission, to positions corresponding to the journeyman grades for which their duties logically prepare them without regard to apportionment: Provided, That they thus acquire no rights to transfer to other lines of work. [38 Stat. L. 502.]

This is from the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act of July 16, 1914, ch. 141.

CONFEDERATE GRAVES.

See CEMETERIES.

CONGRESS.

Act of July 16, 1914, Ch. 141, 32.

Sec. 1. Salaries of Members-Commencement, 32.
Clerk of House-Supplies for Barber Shop, 32.

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* The salaries

[SEC. 1.] [Salaries of members—commencement.] of Representatives in Congress, Delegates from Territories, and Resident Commissioners, elected for unexpired terms, shall commence on the date of their election and not before. [38 Stat. L. 458.]

This and the following paragraph are from the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act of July 16, 1914, ch. 141.

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[Clerk of House-supplies for barber shop.] * * That hereafter it shall be unlawful for the Clerk of the House to pay out of any moneys of the House of Representatives any bills for laundry, furniture, supplies, or utensils used in the barber shops of the House Office Building or the House side of the Capitol. [38 Stat. L. 462.]

CONSULS.

See DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS.

CO-OPERATIVE AGRICULTURE EXTENSION

WORK.

See EDUCATION.

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