Chapter 255. To authorize additional aids to navigation in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 255.— An Act To authorize additional aids to navigation in the Lighthouse Service, and for other purposes. July 27, 1912.[[H. R. 22043](/us/bill/62/hr/22043).][[Public, No. 243](/us/62/pl/243).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Lighthouse Service.Aids to navigation authorized. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be, and is hereby, authorized to establish and provide the following additional aids to navigation in the Lighthouse Service, under the Department of Commerce and Labor, in accordance with the respective limits of cost hereinafter respectively sot forth, which shall in no case be exceeded.
Additional light vessels.*Post*, p. 614.Cost.That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized to construct and equip additional light vessels for general service, at a cost not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. first lighthouse district.First district. Lighthouse tenders.Vol. 36. pp. 331, 970.The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to use the appropriation of two hundred thousand dollars for a tender for the first lighthouse district and elsewhere made by the Acts of May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page three hundred and thirty-one), and March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page nine hundred and seventy), for the construction of two tenders. fifth lighthouse district.Fifth district.
Thimble Shoal, Va.Light reestablished.*Post*, p. 614.The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized to complete the reestablishment of the light and fog-signal station marking Thimble Shoal, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, at an additional cost not to exceed thirty-nine thousand dollars. Baltimore, Md.Gas buoys, etc., in channels.The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to use for the establishment of gas buoys and other aids to navigation in the channels leading to Baltimore, Maryland, the appropriation of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars Vol. 36, p. 1431.made by the Act of Congress approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth Statutes, page fourteen hundred and thirty-one), for the establishment of range lights in Fort McHenry Channel, Maryland. sixth lighthouse district.Sixth district.
Cape Fear River.Lighting, etc.*Post*, p. 614.The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized to complete the lighting and marking with aids to navigation of Cape Fear River, North Carolina, at a cost not to exceed thirty thousand dollars. eighth lighthouse district.Eighth district. Aransas Pass Light Station, Tex.Additional land.That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to purchase from the State of Texas for lighthouse purposes approximately sixteen acres of land adjoining the Aransas Pass Light Station, Texas; and the appropriation “General expenses, Lighthouse Service,” for the fiscal year in which the purchase is effected is hereby made available for the purchase of said land. ninth lighthouse district.Ninth district.
San Juan. P. R.Lighthouse reservation.Use of balance for buildings, etc.Vol. 36, p. 332.That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is authorized to use the unexpended balance of the appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars for a storehouse and dock at San Juan, Porto Rico, made by the Act of May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight (Thirty-fifth239Statutes, page three hundred and thirty-two), for the alteration, repair, and construction of necessary buildings and docks and improvements of the grounds of the reservation at San Juan, Porto Rico, set aside to the Department of Commerce and Labor as a lighthouse depot and headquarters of the lighthouse district by the proclamation of the President of the United States dated JanuaryProclamations, p. 49. twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and twelve.
A dwelling for keepers of the lights in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,Guantanamo, Cuba.Light station. and improving the lighting at a cost not to exceed fourteen thousand dollars is hereby authorized. eleventh lighthouse district.Eleventh district. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized toSaint Marys River, Mich.Repairs, etc.*Post*, p. 614. make repairs and improvements to aids to navigation in the Saint Marys River, Michigan, at a cost not to exceed sixty thousand dollars.
That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor be, and he is hereby,Chase S. Osborn.Lands on Duck Island, Mich., reconveyed to. authorized to reconvey to Chase S. Osborn, of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, one and ninety-five onehundreths acres of land situated in the county of Chippewa, State of Michigan, which were granted by him to the United States by deed dated May twenty-eighth, mneteen hundred and ten, and for which the purchase price has never been paid by the Government, to be used as a site for Duck Island Range Lights, Saint Marys River, Michigan, which land is no longer needed for lighthouse purposes, in view of the discontinuance of said lights: *Provided*, That said reconveyance shall be made*Proviso*.Transfer of title, etc. without expense to either party, except that incident to the preparation and recording of the necessary title papers, which expense shall be defrayed by the United States out of the appropriation made on March third, nineteen hundred and three, for the purpose of obtaining title to the sites upon which range lights had been established along the Saint Marys River, Michigan. thirteenth lighthouse district.Thirteenth district.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized to useTender for general service.Use of former appropriation.Vol. 84, p. 1319. the appropriation of sixty thousand dollars for a tender for the fifteenth (now the thirteenth) lighthouse district made by the Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page thirteen hundred and nineteen), for constructing a tender for general service. Post-lantern lights may be established and maintained, in theSaint Croix River.Post-lantern lights. discretion of the Commissioner of Lighthouses, out of the annual appropriations for the Lighthouse Service, on the Saint Croix River, including Lake Saint Croix, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Sec. 2. That hereafter, in case of the absence of the CommissionerActing Commissioner authorized. and Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Lighthouses, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may designate some officer of said bureau to perform the duties of the commissioner during his absence. And hereafter the benefits of the Act of May thirtieth, nineteenInjuries to employees.Compensation allowed.Vol. 86, p. 556. hundred and eight (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page five hundred and fifty-six), entitled “An Act granting to certain employees of the United States the right to receive from it compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their employment,” shall be extended to persons employed by the United States in any hazardous employment m the Lighthouse Service; and hereafter the Secretary of CommerceSale of clothing to employees. and Labor is authorized to purchase, from the appropriations for the Lighthouse Service, clothing for the crews of vessels, to be sold to the employees of said service and the appropriations reimbursed; andSupplies to ship-wrecked persons. hereafter reimbursement, under rules prescribed by the Secretary240Repayment to keepers, etc., for.of Commerce and Labor, is authorized to keepers of light stations and masters of light vessels and of lighthouse tenders for rations and provisions and clothing furnished shipwrecked persons who may be temporarily provided for by them, not exceeding in all five thousand dollars in any fiscal year.
Approved, July 27, 1912.