Chapter 115. To amend sections forty-four hundred and two, forty-four hundred and four, and forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States
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CHAP. 115.— An Act To amend sections forty-four hundred and two, forty-four hundred and four, and forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States. July 2, 1918.[[S. 2104](/us/bill/65/s/2104).][[Public, No. 183](/us/pl/65/183).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That sections forty-four Steamboat-Inspection Service.hundred and two, forty-four hundred and four, and forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and they are hereby, amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 4402. That there shall be a supervising inspector general, Supervising Inspector General.Appointment, qualifications, pay. etc.[R. S., sec. 4402, p. 853, amended](/us/rs/s4402/p853).who shall be appointed from time to time by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be selected with reference to his fitness and ability to systematize and carry into effect all the provisions of law relating to the Steamboat-Inspection Service, and who shall be entitled to a salary of 85,000 a year and his actual necessary traveling expenses while traveling on official business assigned him by competent authority, together with his actual and reasonable expenses for transportation of instruments, which shall be certified and sworn to under such instructions as shall be given by the Secretary of Commerce. 740 Deputy authorized.Appointment, duties, etc.
“The Secretary of Commerce may appoint a deputy supervising inspector general, who shall be the chief clerk of the bureau and in the absence of the supervising inspector general have power to act in his stead, and who shall be entitled to a salary of $3,000 per year. “Sec. 4404. Supervising inspectors.Appointment, qualifications, etc.[R.S., sec. 4404, p. 853, amended](/us/rs/s4404/p853). There shall be eleven supervising inspectors, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Each of them shall be selected for his knowledge, skill, and practical experience in the uses of steam for navigation, and shall be a competent judge of the character and qualities of steam Pay, etc.vessels and of all parts of the machinery employed in steaming. Each supervising inspector shall be entitled to a salary of $3,450 a year and his actual necessary traveling expenses while traveling on official business assigned him by competent authority, together with his actual and reasonable expenses for transportation of instruments, which shall be certified and sworn to under such instructions as shall be given by the Secretary of Commerce.
“Sec. 4414. Inspectors of hulls and boilers.[R. S., sec. 4414, p. 854, amended](/us/rs/s4414/p854).Vol. 34, p. 106.Collection districts and ports. There shall be in each of the following collection districts, namely, the districts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California; New London, Connecticut; Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Bangor, Maine; New Haven, Connecticut; Michigan, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Willamette, Oregon; Puget Sound, Washington;
Savannah, Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Oswego, New York; Charleston, South Carolina; Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Michigan; Apalachicola, Florida; Galveston, Texas; Mobile, Alabama; Providence, Rhode Island; and in each of the following ports: New York, New York; Jacksonville, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Portland, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio; Norfolk, Virginia; Evansville, Indiana; Dubuque, Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; Albany, New York;
Cincinnati, Ohio; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Saint Louis, Missouri; Port Huron, Michigan; New Orleans, Louisiana; Los Angeles, California; Juneau, Alaska; Saint Michael, Alaska; Point Pleasant, West Virginia; and Burlington, Vermont; Honolulu, Hawaii; and San Juan, Porto Rico; one inspector of hulls and one inspector of boilers. “The inspector of hulls and the inspector of boilers in the districts and ports enumerated in the preceding paragraphs shall be entitled to the following salaries, to be paid under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, namely:
Salaries at specified districts and ports increased. “For the port of New York, New York; at the rate of $2,950 per year for each local inspector. “For the districts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; San Francisco, California; and Puget Sound, Washington; and the ports of Boston, Massachusetts; Buffalo, New York; and New Orleans, Louisiana, at the rate of $2,700 per year for each local inspector. “For the districts of Michigan, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Duluth, Minnesota; Providence, Rhode Island; Chicago, Illinois; and the ports of Albany, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Portland, Maine; Los Angeles, California; Juneau, Alaska; Saint Michael, Alaska; and Norfolk, Virginia; Honolulu, Hawaii; and San Juan, Porto Rico; at the rate of $2,500 per year for each local inspector. “For the districts of Oswego, New York; Willamette, Oregon; Detroit, Michigan; and Mobile, Alabama; and the ports of Saint Louis, Missouri; and Port Huron, Michigan; at the rate of $2,350 per year for each local inspector.
“For the districts of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; New Haven, Connecticut; Savannah, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; Galveston, Texas; New London, Connecticut; Superior, Michigan; 741Bangor, Maine; and Apalachicola, Florida; and the ports of Dubuque, Iowa; Toledo, Ohio; Evansville, Indiana; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Point Pleasant, West Virginia; Burlington, Vermont; Jacksonville, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; and Cincinnati, Ohio; at the rate of $2,100 per year for each local inspector.
“And in addition the Secretary of Commerce may appoint, in districts Assistant Inspectors.Salaries increased.or ports where the volume of work requires them, assistant inspectors, at a salary, for the port of New York, of $2,500 a year each; for the port of New Orleans, Louisiana; the districts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; the ports of Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; and the district of San Francisco, California, at $2,350 per year each, and for all other districts and Clerks’ salary reduced.ports at a salary of $2,100 a year each; and he may appoint a clerk to any such board at a compensation not exceeding $1,500 a year to each person so appointed.
Every inspector provided for in this or the Traveling, etc., expenses.preceding sections of this title shall be paid his actual necessary traveling expenses while traveling on official business assigned him by competent authority, together with his actual and reasonable expenses for transportation of instruments, which shall be certified and sworn to under such instructions as shall be given by the Secretary of Commerce. “Assistant inspectors, appointed as provided by law, shall perform Duties of assistant inspectors.such duties of actual inspection as may be assigned to them under the direction, supervision, and control of the local inspectors.
“The Secretary of Commerce may appoint not exceeding four Traveling inspectors.traveling inspectors when in his judgment they are necessary for the improvement of the service, each of whom shall be entitled to a salary of $3,000 a year and his actual necessary traveling expenses while traveling on official business. “That all officers and employees provided for in this Act shall not Not entitled to additional compensation, 1919.*Post*, p. 814.receive the additional compensation authorized by section six of the Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen.
“And the Secretary of Commerce may from time to time detail said Details authorised.assistant inspectors of one port or district for service in any other port or district, as the needs of the Steamboat-Inspection Service may, in his discretion, require, and the actual necessary traveling expenses of assistant inspectors so detailed, while traveling on official business assigned them by competent authority, shall, subject to such limitations as the said Secretary may in his discretion prescribe, be paid in the same manner as provided in this section for inspectors.
” " Approved, July 2, 1918.