[CHAPTER 822—1ST SESSION] AN ACT To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858; 49 Stat. 1985). Be it enacted by the Ser ute and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 202 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, 1986), is hereby amended by adding a sentence at the end thereof to read as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission may, in accordance with good business methods and on such terms and conditions as it determines to effectuate the policy of this At, operate or lease any lands, docks, wharves, piers, or real property under its control, and all money heretofore or hereafter received from such operation or lease shall be available for expenditure by the Commission as provided in this Act." SEC. 2. That section 206 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, 1987), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 206. All sums of money now in the construction loan fund created by section 11 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended, together with the proceeds of all debts, accounts, choses in action, and the proceeds of all notes, mortgages, and other evidences of indebtedness, hereby transferred to the Commission, and all of the proceeds of sales of ships and surplus property heretofore or hereafter made, including proceeds of notes or other evidences of debt taken therefor and the interest thereon, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all money representing amounts of unclaimed wages, salvage awards and miscellaneous unclaimed items carried as liabilities on the books of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation and all money heretofore or hereafter received from the operation or leasing of lands, docks, wharves, piers, or real property shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and there maintained as a revolving fund, herein designated as the construction fund, and shall be available for expenditure by the Commission in carrying out the provisions of this Act. All moneys received by the Commission under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in its construction fund, and all disbursements made by the Commission under authority of this Act shall be paid out of said fund, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all disbursements applicable to the money referred to in this section may be made by the Commission out of said fund. Further appropriations by Congress to replenish said fund are hereby authorized.' SEC. 3. That section 209 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (Act of June 29, 1936, ch. 858, 49 Stat. 1985, 1988), is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, without deduction, allocation, or segregation in any manner for amounts of unclaimed wages, salvage awards, and miscellaneous unclaimed items carried as liabilities on the books of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation." SEC. 4. The sections of this Act shall be deemed operative as of the effective date of the sections of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, amended thereby. Approved, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 823-1ST SESSION] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to continue the existing system of classification and pay of positions of lighthouse keepers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of the Act approved July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1003), the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, in his discretion, to continue the existing system governing the classification and pay of the positions of lighthouse keepers, pending the enactment by the Congress of legislation establishing and prescribing a system of classification and pay applicable to these positions. Approved, August 26, 1937. [PUBLIC-No. 400-75TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 871-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 1481] AN ACT To amend the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended, to exempt persons traveling between Puerto Rico and the continental United States from the payment of a stamp tax on steamship tickets. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision 5 of schedule A of title VIII of the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended by section 442 (a) of the Revenue Act of May 29, 1928, be, and hereby is, amended by striking out the word "or" before the word "Cuba" and by adding the words "or Puerto Rico" after the word "Cuba". Approved, August 28, 1937. [CHAPTER 194-3D SESSION] [8. 2986] AN ACT To amend section 6 of the Act approved May 27, 1936 (49 U. S. Stat. L. 1380). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the Act of May 27, 1936 (49 Stat. L. 1880), entitled "An Act to provide for a change in the designation of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, to create a marine casualty investigation board and increase efficiency in administration of the steamboat inspection laws, and for other purposes", is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 6. The Secretary of Commerce shall fix a reasonable rate of extra compensation for overtime services of local inspectors of steam vessels and their assistants, United States shipping commissioners and their deputies and assistants, and customs officers and employees, who may be required to remain on duty between the hours of 5 o'clock postmeridian and 8 o'clock antemeridian or on Sundays or holidays to perform services in connection with the inspection of vessels or their equipment, supplying or signing on or discharging crews of vessels on the basis of one-half day's additional pay for each two hours or fraction thereof of at least one hour that the overtime extends beyond 5 o'clock postmeridian (but not to exceed two and one-half days' pay for the full period from 5 o'clock postmeridian to 8 o'clock antemeridian) and two additional days' pay for Sunday or holiday duty. The said extra compensation for overtime services shall be paid by the master, owner, or agent of such vessel to the local United States collector of customs or his representative who shall deposit such collection into the Treasury of the United States to an appropriately designated receipt account. The amount of the receipts so covered during the fiscal year 1936 is hereby authorized to be appropriated and made available for payment of extra compensation for overtime services to the several employees entitled thereto according to rates fixed therefor by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided, That effective July 1, 1936, and thereafter, the amounts of such collections received by the said collector of customs or his representative shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and the payments of such extra compensation to the several employees entitled thereto shall be made from the annual appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Bureau: Provided further, That to the extent that the annual appropriations, which are hereby authorized to be made from the general fund of the Treasury, are insufficient, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury such additional amounts as may be necessary, to the extent that the amounts of such receipts are in excess of the amounts appropriated: Provided further, That such extra compensation shall be paid if such officers or employees have been ordered to report for duty and have so reported, whether the actual inspection of the vessel or her equipment, or the supplying, or signing on, or discharging crews takes place or not: And provided further, That in those ports where customary working hours are other than those herein above mentioned, the local inspectors of steam vessels, United States shipping commissioners, or collectors of customs, as the case may be, are vested with authority to regulate the hours of such employees so as to agree with prevailing working hours in said ports, but nothing contained in this proviso shall be construed in any manner to alter the length of a working day for the local inspectors, their assistants, the United States shipping commissioners and their deputies and assistants, or customs officers and employees, or the overtime pay herein fixed." Approved, May 11, 1938. |