To provide transportation on Canadian vessels between ports in southeastern Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern Alaska or the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation. on Canadian vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, until June Alaska. 30, 1956, notwithstanding the provisions of law of the United States Transportation restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passengers and merchandise directly or indirectly from any port in the United States to another port of the United States, passengers may be transported on Canadian vessels between ports in southeastern Alaska, and passengers and merchandise may be transported on Canadian vessels between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in southeastern Alaska or the continental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation. Approved May 7, 1955. (717) To amend section 4421 of the Revised Statutes, in order to remove the requirement as to verifying under oath certain certificates of inspection, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4421 of Vessels. the Revised Statutes (46 U. S. C. 399), is amended to read as follows: "4421. When the inspection of a steam vessel is completed and the Certificates Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating of inspection. approves the vessel and her equipment throughout, he shall make and subscribe a certificate to that effect. He shall deliver such certificate to the master or owner of the vessel to which it relates, shall keep one copy thereof on file in his office, and shall deliver one copy to the official who is performing the duties of the collector or other chief officer of the customs of the district in which such inspection has been made, who shall keep the same on file in his office. If the Secretary refuses to grant a certificate of approval, he shall make a statement in writing and sign the same, giving the reasons for his disapproval. Upon such inspection and approval the Secretary shall also make and Temporary subscribe a temporary certificate, which shall set forth substantially certificates. the fact of such inspection and approval, and shall deliver the same to the master or owner of the vessel and shall keep a copy thereof on file in his office. The said temporary certificate shall be carried and exposed by vessels in the same manner as is provided in section 4423 for the regular certificate, and the form thereof and the period 46 USC 400. during which it is to be in force shall be as prescribed under the author ity of section 4405. And such temporary certificate, during such 46 USC 375. period and prior to the delivery to the master or owner of the regular certificate, shall take the place of and be a substitute for the regular certificate of inspection, as required by this section and by section 4426, 46 USC 404. and for the purposes of said sections. Such temporary certificate shall also be subject to revocation in the manner and under the conditions provided in section 4453. No vessel required to be inspected 46 USC 435. under the provisions of this title shall be navigated without having on board an unexpired regular certificate of such inspection or such temporary certificate: Provided, however, That any such vessel operated Completion of upon a regularly established line from a port of the United States to voyage after a port of a foreign country not contiguous to the United States whose expiration. certificate of inspection expires at sea or while said vessel is in a foreign port or a port of Hawaii may lawfully complete her voyage without the regular certificate of inspection or the temporary certificate required by this section, and no liability for penalties imposed by this title for want of such certificate shall be incurred until her 69 Stat. 86. voyage shall have been completed: Provided, That said voyage shall 69 Stat. 87. be so completed within thirty days after the expiration of said certificate or temporary certificate: Provided further, That no such vessel whose certificate of inspection shall expire within fifteen days of the Restriction. All 69 Stat. 87. date of her sailing shall proceed upon her voyage to such port of a foreign country not contiguous to the United States without first having procured a new certificate of inspection or the temporary certificate required by this section." Approved June 8, 1955. Chapter 246 1st Session JOINT RESOLUTION All 69 Stat. 217, To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell certain vessels to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines; to provide for the rehabilitation of the interisland commerce of the Philippines, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 14 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (Public Law 321, Seventy-ninth Congress), as amended, or any other provision of law, the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and directed to sell to citizens of the Republic of the Philippines in accordance with the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, five vessels named herein: Carrick Bend, Masthead Knot, Snug Hitch, Boatswains Hitch and Turks Head, which at present are in the Philippines: Provided, That with respect to each of the said vessels one-half of the charter hire paid to the United States shall be subtracted from the sales price as additional depreciation for the period beginning July 1, 1954, and ending with the date of execution of the contract of sale of the respective vessel: And provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce after consultation with the National Advisory Council in International Monetary and Financial Problems, shall fix the terms of payment on unpaid balances, which terms shall in no event be more favorable than the terms applicable in the case of sales to citizens of the United States. Vessels. Sale to Philippine oitizens. 60 Stat. 50. 50 USC app. 1735 note. In determining the order of preference between applicants for the purchase of such vessels, first preference shall be given to the applicants who are charterers of such vessels under the terms of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946, as amended, at the time of making applica- 60 Stat. 128. tion to purchase vessels under the terms of this Act; second preference 50 USC app. shall be given to applicants who suffered losses of interisland tonnage in the interests of the Allied war effort: Provided, That applications for the purchase of said vessels are received by the Secretary of Commerce within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 1751 note. Except with the prior approval of the Secretary of Commerce, any Interisland vessel sold under this joint resolution shall, for a period of ten years commerce. from the date of sale of the vessel, be operated only in the interisland commerce of the Philippines. Delivery of the vessels for the purposes of sale shall be made at a port in the Philippines designated by the Secretary of Commerce. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the said vessels shall continue to operate in the Philippines under existing charters until such time as the agreements of sale are executed and deliveries of the vessels thereunder are accomplished. For the purposes of this Act, the term "citizen" includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other form of business entity authorized to do business under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. Approved June 30, 1955. Chapter 492 1st Session · S. 741 AN ACT All 69 Stat. 440. To extend the provisions of title XII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, relating to war risk insurance, for an additional five years. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1214 of title XII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, is amended by striking 64 Stat. 777. out "5" and inserting in lieu thereof "10". Approved August 3, 1955. (721) 46 USC 1294. |