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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 49 STAT. · February 19, 1895 · Public Law 723

Public Law 723.

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(/us/74/pl/722).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Inspection of steam vessels.Laws covering, made applicable to seagoing vessels of 300 gross tons and over, propelled by internal-combustion engines. That existing laws covering the inspections of steam vessels be, and they are hereby, made applicable to seagoing vessels of three hundred gross tons and over propelled in whole or in part by internal-combustion engines to such extent and upon such conditions as may be required by the regulations of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam *Provisos*.Fishing, etc., boats excepted.Vessels, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce: *Provided*, That this Act shall not apply to any vessel engaged in fishing, oystering, clamming, crabbing, or any other branch of the fishery or kelp Licenses, masters and engineers operating vessels in Hawaiian waters.or sponge industry: *Provided further*, That as to licenses required for masters and engineers operating vessels propelled by internal-combustion engines operating exclusively in the district covering the Hawaiian Islands, said masters and engineers shall be under the jurisdiction of the hull and boiler inspectors having jurisdiction over said waters, who shall make diligent inquiry as to the character, merits, and qualifications, and knowledge and skill of any master or Qualifications, etc.engineer applying for a license.
If the said inspectors shall be satisfied from personal examination of the applicant and from other proof submitted that the applicant possesses the requisite character, merits, qualifications, knowledge, and skill, and is trustworthy and faithful, they shall grant him a license for the term of five years to operate such vessel under the limits prescribed in the license. 1545 Sec. 2. The term “seagoing vessels” as used in the preceding“Seagoing vessels” defined. section shall be construed to mean vessels which in the usual course of their employment proceed outside the line dividing the inland waters from the high seas as designated and determined under theVol. 28, p. 672; [U.
S. C., p. 1454](/us/usc/p1454). provisions of section 2 of the Act of February 19, 1895. Approved, June 20, 1936. To amend the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes”, approved April 15, 1926, so as to equalize the allowances for quarters and subsistence of enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. 1936-06-20 49 Stat. 1545 629 Chapter 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 629.] AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes”, approved April 15, 1926, so as to equalize the allowances for quarters and subsistence of enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. June 20, 1936.[[H. R. 1976](/us/bill/74/s/1976).][[Public, No. 723](/us/74/pl/723).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That so much ofArmy, Navy, and Marine Corps, enlisted men.Vol. 44, p. 257.[U.
S. C., p. 261](/us/usc/p261).Quarters and subsistence. the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes”, approved April 15, 1926 (44 Stat. 257; U. S. C., Appendix title 37, sec. 192 11 So in original.), which provides “That hereafter enlisted men, including the members of the United States Army Band, entitled to receive allowances for quarters and subsistence shall continue, while their permanent stations remain unchanged, to receive such allowances while sick in hospital or absent from their permanent duty stations in a pay status: *Provided further*, That allowances for subsistence shall not accrue to such an enlisted man while he is in fact being subsisted at Government expense”, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"“That hereafter enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, including the members of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine CorpsAllowances to continue while permanent stations unchanged, while in hospital, etc. Bands and the Naval Academy Band, entitled to receive allowances for quarters and subsistence, shall continue, while their permanent stations remain unchanged, to receive such allowances while sick in hospital or absent from their permanent duty stations in a pay status: *Provided further*, That allowances forNo subsistence allowance if being subsisted at Government expense. subsistence shall not accrue to such an enlisted man while he is in fact being subsisted at Government expense.”" Approved, June 20, 1936.
To amend certain Acts relating to public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents and Acts amendatory thereof. 1936-06-20 49 Stat. 1545 630 Chapter 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 630.] AN ACT To amend certain Acts relating to public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents and Acts amendatory thereof.
June 20, 1936.[[H. R. 3440](/us/bill/74/s/3440).][
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