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(/us/pl/74/799).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Ice patrol in North Atlantic Ocean. international agreements on ice patrol and derelict destructionInternational agreements on ice patrol and derelict destruction.President authorized to conclude, for maintenance of service of ice patrol. Section 1. The President is authorized to conclude agreements with interested maritime nations
(a)to maintain in the north Atlantic Ocean a service of ice patrol, of study and observation of ice and current conditions, and of assistance to vessels and their crews Service of study of ice conditions, etc.requiring aid within the limits of the patrol;
(b)to maintain a service of study and observation of ice and current conditions in such waters as may affect the set and drift of ice in the north Atlantic Removal of derelicts.Ocean; and
(c)to undertake all practicable steps to insure the destruction or removal of derelicts in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, east of the line drawn from Cape Sable to a point in latitude thirty-four degrees north, longitude seventy degrees west, if Provision for payment for services to be included.this destruction or removal is necessary. The President is further authorized to include in such agreements a provision for payment to the United States by the countries concerned, of their proportionate share of the expense for maintenance of the services named, or for the United States to contribute its proportionate share should it be agreed that another country was to maintain the patrol. patrol servicesPatrol services. Sec. 2. Maintenance during entire ice season.
(a)Unless the agreements made in accordance with section 1 provide otherwise, an ice patrol shall be maintained during the whole of the ice season in guarding the southeastern, southern, 1923and southwestern limits of the region of icebergs in the vicinity of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, and the patrol shall informInformation, assistance, etc. trans-Atlantic and other passing vessels by radio and such other means as are available of the ice conditions and the extent of the dangerous region. A service of study of ice and current conditions, a service of affording assistance to vessels and crews requiring aid. and a service of removing and destroying derelicts shall be maintained during the ice season and any or all such services may be maintained during the remainder of the year as may be advisable.
(b)The ice patrol vessels shall warn vessels known to beWarnings, etc. approaching a dangerous area and recommend safe routes.
(c)The ice patrol vessels shall record the name, together withRecord of ships on other than regular routes, etc. all the facts in the case, of any ship which is observed or known to be on other than a regular recognized or advertised ship route crossing the North Atlantic Ocean, or to have crossed the fishing banks of Newfoundland north of latitude forty-three degrees north during the fishing season, or, when proceeding to and from ports of North America to have passed through regions known or believed to be endangered by ice. The name of any such ship and all pertinent information relating to the incident shall be reported to the government of the country to which the ship belongs, if the government of that country so requests.
(d)The Commandant of the Coast Guard, under the directionAdministration by Coast Guard. of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall administer the services provided for in this section and shall assign thereto such vessels, material, and personnel of the Coast Guard as may be necessary. Any executive department or agency may upon the request of the Secretary of the Treasury detail personnel, loan or contribute material or equipment, or otherwise assist in the carrying out of the services named.
(e)The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall publish each yearAnnual reports to be published. a report of the activities of the services provided for in this section, a copy of which shall be furnished to each interested foreign government and to each agency assisting in the work. north atlantic routesNorth Atlantic routes.Passenger vessels.Notice of regular routes of, to be published. Sec. 3.
(a)The owner, or operating agent, of any passenger vessel of the United States crossing the North Atlantic Ocean shall give public notice, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, of the regular routes which he proposes such vessel will follow and of any changes made in a route, and shall require the vessel to follow the published route as far as circumstances will permit. Any passenger vessel of the United States crossingObservance required. the North Atlantic Ocean shall follow, as far as circumstances wifi permit, the recognized ship routes ; it shall avoid, as far as practicable, the fishing banks of Newfoundland, north of latitude for tythree degrees north during the fishing season; and shall, as far as circumstances will permit, pass outside of the regions reported or known to be endangered by ice.
(b)If the owner, or operating agent, of any such passengerPenalty for violation. vessel fails to comply with this section, he shall for each offense be liable to a fine not exceeding $100. Sec. 4.
(a)The master of every vessel of the United States,Procedure when ice reported. when ice is reported on or near his course, shall proceed at a moderate speed or alter his course so as to go well clear of the danger zone.
(b)If the master of any such ship fails to comply with thisPenalty for violation. section, he shall for each offense be liable to a fine not exceeding $500. 1924 publication Sec. 5. Publication of rules and regulations. All rules and regulations, except such as have no general applicability and legal effect or are effective only against Federal agencies or persons in their capacity as officers, agents, or employees thereof, issued, prescribed, or promulgated pursuant to authority contained herem, shall be forwarded forthwith to the Division of the Federal Register in The National Archives for filing and publishing in the Federal Register. Approved, June 25, 1936. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to distribute the commissioned line and engineer officers of the Coast Guard in grades, and for other purposes”, approved January 12, 1923. Chapter 808 49 Stat. 1924 1936-06-25 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 74 2 public [CHAPTER 808.] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled “An Act to distribute the commissioned line and engineer officers of the Coast Guard in grades, and for other purposes”, approved January 12, 1923. June 25, 1936.[[S. 4654](/us/bill/74/hr/4654).][[Public, No. 800](/us/pl/74/800).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representadvves of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Coast Guard.Commandant, rank, etc.Vol. 42, p. 1130. That section 2 of the Act entitled “An Act to distribute the commissioned line and engineer officers of the Coast Guard in grades, and for other purposes”, approved January 12, 1923 (42 Stat. 1130), is hereby amended by striking out the first proviso in that section and inserting the Rank, etc., when retired.following proviso in lieu thereof: “*Provided*, That any officer who was serving on June 1, 1936, or shall thereafter serve as commandant in the Coast Guard shall, when retired (whether before or after the date of the enactment of this Act), be retired with the rank of Commandant and with the pay of a rear admiral (upper half) of the Rank of Commandant after expiration of term.Navy on the retired list and that an officer whose term of service as Commandant has expired may be appointed a captain and shall be an additional number in that grade, but, if not so appointed, he shall take the place on the lineal list in the grade that he would have attained had he not served as Commandant and be an additional number in such grade;”. Approved, June 25, 1936. To quiet title and possession with respect to certain lands in Lawrence County, Alabama. Chapter 809 49 Stat. 1924 1936-06-25 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 74 2 public [CHAPTER 809.] AN ACT To quiet title and possession with respect to certain lands in Lawrence County, Alabama. June 25, 1936.[[S. 4727](/us/bill/74/s/4727).][
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