May 4, 1882.
Sec. 6.

June 20, 1874.
Sec. 8.

R. S., 2761.

R. S., 2762.

June 17, 1910.
Sec. 4.

from the opening to the close of navigation, except such stations as, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, are not necessary to be manned during the full period specified; and the crews shall reside at the stations during said periods.

Crews may be employed at any of the life-saving or life-boat stations on the Pacific coast during such portion of the year as the general superintendent may deem

necessary.

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make all necessary regulations for the government of the life-saving service not inconsistent with law.

470. Coast Guard.

The master of any Coast Guard cutter shall make a weekly return to the collector, or other officer of the district under whose direction it is placed, of the transactions of the cutter, specifying the vessels that have been boarded, their names and descriptions, the names of the masters, from what port or place they last sailed, whether laden or in ballast, to what nation belonging, and whether they have the necessary manifests of their cargoes on board, and generally all such matters as it may be necessary for the officers of the customs to know.

The officers of Coast Guard cutters shall perform, in addition to the duties hereinbefore prescribed, such other duties for the collection and security of the revenue as from time to time shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not contrary to law.

471. Bureau of Lighthouses.

Hereafter there shall be in the Department of Commerce a bureau of light-houses and a commissioner of light-houses, who shall be the head of said bureau, to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum. There shall also be in the bureau a deputy commissioner, to be appointed by the President, who shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, and a chief clerk, who shall perform the duties of chief clerk and such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Commerce or by the commissioner. There shall also be in the bureau such inspectors, clerical assistants, and other employees as may from time to time be authorized by Congress, and there shall also be employed one

chief constructing engineer at a salary of four thousand dollars per annum and one superintendent of naval construction at a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, both to be appointed by the President. The commissioner of light-houses shall make an annual report to the Secretary of Commerce, who shall transmit the same to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof; and such commissioner, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, is hereby authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, and determine all claims for damages, where the amount of the claim does not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, hereafter occasioned by collisions, for which collisions vessels of the Light-House Service shall be found to be responsible, and report the amounts so ascertained and determined to be due the claimants to Congress at each session thereof through the Treasury Department for payment as legal claims out of appropriations that may be made by Congress therefor.

That all employees of or in the Light-House Board or Sec. 5. the Light-House Establishment are hereby transferred to the bureau of light-houses, excepting, however, army and navy officers.

All duties performed and all power and authority now sec. 6. possessed or exercised by the Light-House Board, under any provision of law not hereby repealed, are hereby transferred to and imposed and conferred upon and vested in the commissioner of light-houses, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce.

The commissioner of light-houses shall, under the di- Sec. 7. rection and control of the Secretary of Commerce, have charge and control of the construction, maintenance, repair, illumination, inspection, and superintendence of light-house depots, supply stations, light and signal stations, light-houses, light-vessels, light-house tenders, fog signals, submarine signals, beacons, buoys, day marks, post-lantern lights, and seamarks and their appendages, and generally of the Light-House Service; and the charge and custody of all the archives, books, documents, drawings, models, returns, apparatus, and other things appertaining to the Light-House Establishment.

All materials for construction, maintenance, repair, and Sec. 8. operation shall be procured by public contracts, under such regulations as may from time to time be prescribed

Sec. 9.

Sec. 10.

Sec. 11.

by the commissioner, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, and no contract shall be made except after public advertisement for proposals in such form and manner as to secure general notice thereof, and the same shall only be made with the lowest and best bidder therefor, upon security deemed sufficient in the judgment of the commissioner of light-houses, but all bids may at any time be rejected by the commissioner: Provided, however, That the commsisioner of lighthouses may purchase illuminating oil, wicks, and chimneys for lights, and ground tackle for light-vessels and buoys, and to an amount not exceeding five hundred dollars at any one time, other materials and supplies when immediate delivery is required by an exigency, by private contract or in the open market, if he deems it for the best interests of the service so to do; but such purchases shall be set forth in the annual report of the commissioner with the reasons for purchasing other than upon bids after public advertisement.

The commissioner, under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized, whenever an appropriation is made by Congress for a new light-house, the proper site for which does not belong to the United States, to purchase the necessary land for such site, provided the purchase money be paid from the amount appropriated for such light-house without exceeding the limit of cost, if any, fixed in such case; and the commissioner of lighthouses is authorized to employ temporarily draftsmen for the preparation of plans for tenders and light-vessels which may be authorized by Congress, to be paid from the respective appropriations therefor.

The commissioner of light-houses, under the direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce, shall, from time to time, prescribe and distribute such regulations as he may deem proper for securing an efficient, uniform, and economic administration of the Light-House Service.

The commissioner of light-houses, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, as soon as practicable, shall rearrange the ocean, gulf, and lake coasts and the rivers of the United States, Porto Rico, and the naval station in Cuba into not exceeding nineteen light-house districts, and a light-house inspector shall be assigned in charge of each district. The light-house inspectors shall each receive a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, except the inspector of the third district, whose salary shall be three thousand six hundred dollars per annum. The President may, for a period not exceeding three years from the taking effect of this section, assign army and navy officers to act in lieu of the appointment of civilian light-house inspectors, but such army and navy officers shall not receive any

salary or compensation in addition to the salary or compensation they are entitled to as such army or navy officers: Provided, That in the districts which include the Mississippi River and its tributaries the President may designate army engineers to perform the duties of and act as inspectors. The President may detail officers of the Engineer Corps of the United States Army for consultation or to superintend the construction or repair of any aid to navigation authorized by Congress.

No light-house, beacon, public piers, or landmark, R. S., 4661. shall be built or erected on any site until cession of jurisdiction over the same has been made to the United States.

A cession by a State of jurisdiction over a place selected R. S., 4662. as the site of a light-house, or other structure or work June 17, 1910. of the Light-House Service, shall be deemed sufficient within the preceding section, notwithstanding it contains a reservation that process issued under authority of such State may continue to be served within such place. And notwithstanding any such cession of jurisdiction contains no such reservation, all process may be served and executed within the place ceded, in the same manner as if no cession had been made.

Whenever any of the light-vessels occupying positions R. s., 4668. which are adapted to the erection of light-houses upon pile-foundations require to be rebuilt, or require such extensive repairs as to render the substitution of such lighthouse advisable and practicable, such permanent structures may be erected in place of any such light-vessels; but the expense arising from all such changes and erections shall be defrayed from the general annual appropriations for repairs, and so forth, of light-vessels, except when a special appropriation is made for such change.

The Secretary of Commerce shall assign to any of the R. S., 4672. collectors of the customs the superintendence of such Feb. 14, 1903. light-houses, beacons, light-ships, and buoys, as he deems Sec. 4.

best.

The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to regulate R. S., 4673. the salaries of the respective keepers of light-houses in Feb. 14, 1903. such manner as he deems just and proper, but the whole Sec. 4. sum allowed for such salaries shall not exceed an average

of six hundred dollars to each keeper.

Sec. 6.

The Secretary of Commerce may, upon the recommen- R. S., 4674. dation of the Commissioner of Light-Houses, discontinue Feb. 14, 1903. from time to time such lights as may from any cause be- Sec, 4. come useless or unnecessary. And he may, upon the like June 17, 1910. recommendation, from time to time re-establish any lights which have been thus discontinued, whenever he believes such re-establishment to be required by public convenience or the necessities of trade or commerce.

No inspector, light-keeper, or other person in any R. S., 4680. manner connected with the light-house service, shall be June 17, 1910.

June 20, 1906.
Sec. 3.

Sec. 6.

interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the light house service, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or illumination, or in any article of supply for the lighthouse service.

After the first day of January, nineteen hundred and June 17, 1910. seven, it shall be unlawful for any person, company, corporation, or municipality not under the control of the Commissioner of Light-Houses, to establish, erect, or maintain in the navigable waters of the United States any light as an aid to navigation, or any other aid to navigation similar to any of those maintained by the United States under the control and direction of the Commissioner of Light-Houses, without first obtaining permission so to do from the Commissioner of LightHouses, in accordance with rules and regulations to be established by the Secretary of Commerce; and any person violating the provisions of this section or any of the rules and regulations established by the Secretary of Commerce in accordance herewith shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars for each offense, and each day during which such violation shall continue shall be considered as a new offense.

R. S., 2649.
Aug. 15, 1876.

472. Treasury agents.

The Secretary of the Treasury may appoint one superMar. 3, 1891. vising special agent, who shall receive in addition to the necessary traveling expenses actually incurred by him, a compensation of ten dollars per day; eighteen special agents, who shall each receive in addition to the necessary traveling expenses actually incurred by him, a compensation to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed eight dollars per day; and nine special agents, who shall each receive in addition to the necessary traveling expenses actually incurred by him, a compensation to Feb. 14, 1903. be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury not to exceed six dollars per day, for the purpose of making the examinations of the books, papers, and accounts of collectors and other officers of the customs, and to be employed generally, under the direction of the Secretary, in the prevention and detection of frauds on the customs revenue; and the expenses thereof shall be charged to the "appropriation to defray the expense of collecting the revenue from customs."

Secs. 4, 10.

R. S., 2651.

The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, Aug. 15, 1876. make such regulations not inconsistent with law, for the government of the special agents, as he deems expedient, and may rescind or alter regulations so made. But no special agent, in addition to those authorized by the two preceding sections [sec. 2649 as amended], shall be appointed or employed upon any business relating to the customs revenue; nor shall any sum be paid to any agent authorized to be employed for mileage or any other ex