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person or persons causing such act may be proceeded against and brought to justice; or, if said explosion has been brought about by accidental means, that precautions may be taken to prevent similar accidents from occurring. In the prosecution of such investigations on employees. the employees of the Bureau of Mines are hereby granted the authority to enter the premises where such explosion or fire has occurred, to examine plans, books, and papers, to administer oaths to, and to examine all witnesses and persons concerned, without let or hindrance on the part of the owner, lessee, operator, or agent thereof. SEC. 21. That the Director of the Bureau of Mines, with the ap- State, etc., agencies. proval of the President, is hereby authorized to utilize such agents, agencies, and all officers of the United States and of the several States, Territories, dependencies, and municipalities thereof, and the District of Columbia, in the execution of this Act, and all agents, agencies, and all officers of the United States and of the several for official acts. States and Territories, dependencies, and municipalities thereof, and the District of Columbia, shall hereby have full authority for all acts done by them in the execution of this Act when acting by the direction of the Bureau of Mines.

Authority conferred

Appropriation for all

SEC. 22. That for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act, expenses. including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and including supplies, equipment, expenses of traveling and subsistence, and for the purchase and hire of animal-drawn or motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles, and upkeep of same, and for every other expense incident to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $300,000, Proviso. or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be expended in the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles.

Approved, October 6, 1917.

Amount for motor vehicles.

CHAP. 84.-An Act Extending the time for the construction of a bridge across Flint River, in the State of Georgia.

October 6, 1917. [H. R. 4232.] [Public, No. 69.]

Flint River.
Time extended for

bridging, by Mitchell

County or Baker Coun-
Vol. 39, p. 52,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge authorized by Act of Congress approved April seventeenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, ty, Ga. to be built across the Flint River, Georgia, by Mitchell County, or by amended. Baker County, Georgia, jointly or separately, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from the date hereof.

SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved.

Approved, October 6, 1917.

CHAP. 85.-An Act To provide for the reimbursement of officers, enlisted men, and others in the naval service of the United States for property lost or destroyed in such service.

October 6, 1917. [H. R. 5647.] [Public, No. 70.]

Navy.

erty.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Paymaster General Reimbursement for of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to reimburse losses of personal propsuch officers, enlisted men, and others in the naval service of the Applications. United States as may have suffered, or may hereafter suffer, loss or destruction of or damage to their personal property and effects in the naval service due to the operations of war or by shipwreck or other marine disaster when such loss, destruction, or damage was without

Articles limited.

Official certificate.

Action of officer upon claims final.

Provisos.

claims.

fault or negligence on the part of the claimant, or where the private property so lost, destroyed, or damaged was shipped on board an unseaworthy vessel by order of an officer authorized to give such order or direct such shipment, or where it appears that the loss, destruction, or damage of or to the private property of the claimant was in consequence of his having given his attention to the saving of the lives of others or of property belonging to the United States which was in danger at the same time and under similar circumstances. And the liability of the Government under this Act shall be limited to such articles of personal property as the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department, with reference to the personnel of the Navy, or the major general commandant of the Marine Corps, with reference to the personnel of that corps, in his discretion, shall decide to be reasonable, useful, and proper for such officer, enlisted man, or other person while engaged in the public service in line of duty, and the certificate of said chief of bureau or major general commandant, as the case may be, shall be sufficient voucher for and shall be final as to all matters necessary to the establishment and payment or settlement of any claim filed hereunder; and the action of the said chief of bureau or major general commandant, as the case may be, upon all claims arising under this Act shall be final, and no right to prosecute a claim or action in the Court of Claims or in any other court of the United States, or before any accounting officer of the United States, or elsewhere, except as herein provided, shall accrue Application to Navy to any person by virtue of this Act: Provided, That the liability of the Government under this Act shall be limited to such articles of personal property as are required by the United States Naval Regulations and in force at the time of loss or destruction for such officers, Marine Corps claims. petty officers, seamen, or others engaged in the public service in the line of duty: Provided further, That with reference to claims of persons in the Marine Corps filed under the terms of this Act the paymaster of the Marine Corps shall make the reimbursement in money, and the quartermaster of the Marine Corps shall make the reimbursement in kind herein provided for: And provided further, That all claims now existing under this Act shall be presented within two years from the passage hereof and not thereafter; and all such claims hereafter arising shall be presented within two years from the occurrence of the loss, destruction, or damage: And provided further, That the term "in the naval service," as herein employed, shall be held to include service performed on board any vessel, whether of the Navy or not, provided the claimant is serving on such vessel pursuant to the orders of duly constituted naval authority: And provided further, That all claimants under this Act shall be required to submit their claims in writing and under oath to the said Chief of the Bureau of Navigation or major general commandant, as the case may be: And provided further, That claims arising in the manner indicated in this Act and which have been settled under the terms of previously existing law shall be regarded as finally determined and no other or further right of recovery under the provisions hereof shall accrue to persons who have submitted such claims as R. S., secs. 288-290, aforesaid: And provided further, That sections two hundred and 962, eighty-eight, two hundred and eighty-nine, and two hundred and ninety, Revised Statutes, and the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five (Twenty-eighth Statutes, page nine hundred and sixty-two), are hereby repealed: And provided further, That reimbursement for loss, destruction, or damage sustained and determined as herein provided shall be made in kind for such articles as are customarily issued to the service and shall be made in money for other articles at the valuation thereof at the time of their loss, tions chargeable there- destruction, or damage: And provided further, That in cases involving persons in the Navy reimbursement in money shall be made from the

Limit for presenting claims.

Naval service recognized.

Submission of claims.

Determination of prior claims final.

Formerlaws repealed.

p. 48, repealed.

Vol. repealed.

28, p.

Reimbursement

kind or money.

for.

in

Specified appropria

to.

Coast Guard.

appropriation "Pay of the Navy," and reimbursement in kind shall be made from the appropriation "Outfits on first enlistment," and in cases involving persons in the Marine Corps reimbursement in money shall be made from the appropriation Pay, Marine Corps," and reimbursement in kind shall be made from the appropriation "Clothing, Marine Corps," respectively, current at the time the claim covering such loss, damage, or destruction is paid: And provided further, Provisions applicable That the provisions of this Act shall apply to the personnel of the Coast Guard in like manner as to the personnel of the Navy, whether the Coast Guard is operating under the Treasury Department or operating as a part of the Navy, and all of the duties, which, under this Act, devolve upon the major general commandant of the Marine Corps with reference to the personnel of that corps, shall devolve upon the captain commandant of the Coast Guard, and in cases involving persons in the Coast Guard reimbursement in money shall be made by a disbursing officer of the Coast Guard from the appropriation "Coast Guard" and reimbursement in kind shall be made by the captain commandant from the appropriation "Coast Guard." Approved, October 6, 1917.

Authority of officers.

CHAP. 86.-An Act Providing for an amendment to section twenty-two hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes, allowing homestead and other public land affidavits to be taken before the military commander of any person engaged in military or naval service of the United States.

October 6, 1917. [H. R. 5082.]

[Public, No. 71.]

Public lands.

in service during the

force.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the continuance Affidavits of persons of the present war with Germany, and until his discharge from serv- war may be made be ice, any man serving in the armed forces of the United States, who, fore officer of armed prior to the beginning of his services was a settler, an applicant, or entryman under the land laws of the United States, or who has, prior to enlistment, filed a contest, with the view of exercising preference right of entry therefor, may make any affidavit required by law or regulation of the department, affecting such application, entry, or contest, or necessary to the making of entry in the case of the succesful termination of such contest awarding him preference right of entry, before his commanding officer as provided in section twenty- Legal effect, etc. two hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which affidavits shall be as binding in law and with like penalties as if taken before the Register of the United States Land Office.

Approved, October 6, 1917.

R. S., sec. 2293, p.421.

CHAP. 87.-An Act Amending the Act to increase the limit of the cost of certain public buildings, and so forth.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the public buildings Act, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of certain public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, and for other purposes" (Public Numbered four hundred and thirty-two), and all other authorizations and appropriations passed in pursuance thereof for the construction of a post office at Durant, Oklahoma, be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to

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October 6, 1917. [H. R. 6175.]

[Public, No. 73.]

Shipping.

Coastwise trade per

mitted to registered etc., during the war.

38, p. 698.

Provisos.

Permits required.

authorize and appropriate the use of funds apportioned to Durant, Oklahoma, for the construction and equipment of a United States post office and other Government offices at Durant, Oklahoma. Approved, October 6, 1917.

CHAP. 88.-An Act Giving the United States Shipping Board power to suspend present provisions of law and permit vessels of foreign registry and foreign-built vessels admitted to American registry under the Act of August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, to engage in the coastwise trade during the present war and for a period of one hundred and twenty days thereafter, except the coastwise trade with Alaska.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the present foreign-built Vessels, war with Germany and for a period of one hundred and twenty days thereafter the United States Shipping Board may, if in its judgment the interests of the United States require, suspend the present provisions of law and permit vessels of foreign registry, and foreignVol. 37, p. 562; Vol. built vessels admitted to American registry under the Act of August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States: Provided, That no such vessel shall engage in the coastwise trade except upon a permit issued by the United States Shipping Board, which permit shall limit or define Preference to Ameri- the scope of the trade and the time of such employment: Provided further, That in issuing permits the board shall give preference to vessels of foreign registry owned, leased, or chartered by citizens of Alaska trade not in the United States or corporations thereof: And provided further, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the coastwise trade with Alaska or between Alaskan ports.

can owned, etc.

cluded.

October 6, 1917.

[H. R. 6306.]

[Public, No. 74.]

Navy.

Six months' gratuity

ice extended to re

active duty in the war.

amended.
Vol. 38, p. 938.

Approved, October 6, 1917.

CHAP. 89.-An Act To provide for the payment of six months' gratuity to the widow, children, or other previously designated dependent relative of retired officers or enlisted men on active duty.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the to beneficiaries of offi- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the paragraph cers, etc., dying in serv- of the Act approved August twenty-second, nineteen hundred and tired officers, etc., on twelve, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the Naval Vol. 37, p. 329, Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes, as amended by the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and fifteen, which provides for the payment of six months' gratuity to the widow or children or other previously designated dependent relative of a deceased officer or enlisted man on the active list of the Navy and Marine Corps, be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the words "on the active list of the Navy or Marine Corps" a comma and the words "or of any retired officer or enlisted man serving on active duty during the continuance of the present war."

October 6, 1917. [H. R. 6310.]

[Public, No. 75.]

Mahoning River.

Approved, October 6, 1917.

CHAP. 90.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Trumbull Steel Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mahoning River, in the State of Ohio.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Trumbull Steel Com- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Trumbull Steel Company and its

pany may bridge, Warren, Ohio.

successors and assigns to construct, maintain, and operate, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a bridge and approaches thereto across the Mahoning River, near the city of Warren, in the county of Trumbull, in the State of Ohio, in accordance with the Construction. provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.

Vol. 34, p. 84.

SEC. 2.. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved.

Approved, October 6, 1917.

CHAP. 91.—An Act To authorize the issuance of Reserve Corps and National Army commissions in the lower grades of staff corps and to remove the fixed age limits requiring the discharge of Reserve Corps officers.

October 6, 1917. [H. R. 6350.]

[Public, No. 76.]

Army.

of Officers' Reserve

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That during the existing Additional appointemergency the President is authorized, in addition to the grades ments in lower grades now authorized, to appoint in the Officers' Reserve Corps and the Corps and National National Army in the grades of second and first lieutenant in the Guard staff corps durQuartermaster Corps; second lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps and Signal Corps; second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain in The Adjutant General's Department, such citizens as shall be found physically, mentally, and morally qualified for appointment.

ing the war.

Officers' Reserve

During the existing emergency no member of the Officers' Reserve Corps. Corps shall be discharged by reason of reaching the age limits pro- charge suspended. Age limit for disvided in section thirty-seven of the national defense Act approved Vol. 39, p. 190. June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen. Approved, October 6, 1917.

CHAP. 92. An Act To promote the efficiency of the United States Navy.

October 6, 1917. [H. R. 6362.] [Public, No. 77.]

Navy. Prohibitions on intoxicants, bawdy

jurisdiction.

Ante, pp. 82, 83.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in construing the provisions of sections twelve and thirteen of the selective-draft Act houses, etc., extended approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, the to places under naval word "Army shall extend to and include "Navy"; the word June, pop "military" shall include "naval"; "Article of War" shall include "Articles for the Government of the Navy"; the words "camps, station, cantonment, camp, fort, post, officers' or enlisted men's club," in section twelve, and "camp, station, fort, post, cantonment, training, or mobilization place," in section thirteen, shall include such places under naval jurisdiction as the President may prescribe, and the powers therein conferred upon the Secretary of War with regard to the military service are hereby conferred upon the Secretary of the Navy with regard to the naval service.

Approved, October 6, 1917.

CHAP. 93.-An Act To provide for the service of officers of auxiliary naval forces on naval courts.

October 6, 1917.
[H. R. 6363.]
[Public, No. 78.]

Naval courts martial,
Officers of auxiliary

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when actively serving etc. under the Navy Department in time of war or during the existence forces to serve on, in of an emergency, pursuant to law, as a part of the naval forces of the time of war, etc. United States, commissioned officers of the Naval Reserve Force, Marine Corps Reserve, National Naval Volunteers, Naval Militia,

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