[PUBLIC-No. 158.]

By the Act To amend section forty-three hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes, establishing great coasting districts of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section forty-three hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4348. The seacoasts and navigable rivers of the United States and Porto Rico shall be divided into five great districts: The first to include all the collection districts on the seacoasts and navigable rivers between the northern boundary of the State of Maine and the southern boundary of the State of Texas; the second to consist of the island of Porto Rico; the third to include the collection districts on the seacoasts and navigable rivers between the southern boundary of the State of California and the northern boundary of the State of Washington; the fourth to consist of the Territory of Alaska; the fifth to consist of the Territory of Hawaii."

SEC. 2. That this Act shall take effect on and after January first, nineteen hundred and seven.

Approved, May 12, 1906.

[PUBLIC NO. 25.]

By the Act To allow the entry and clearance of vessels at San Luis Obispo, Port Harford, and Monterey, California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the collector of customs at San Francisco is hereby authorized to depute an officer of the customs from his collection district to proceed to San Luis Obispo, Port Harford, or Monterey in his district for the purpose of receiving at those places the entries of vessels arriving there in ballast and of clearing them with cargoes of petroleum and its products only in the same manner as if they had proceeded to San Francisco before entry. Approved, February 24, 1906.

[PUBLIC-No. 143.]

By the Act Relating to the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the privileges of the first section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, relating to the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Buffalo, in the State of New York.

Approved, May 3, 1906.

[PUBLIC NO. 144.]

By the Act Extending to the subport of Spokane, in the State of Washington, the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the subport of Spokane, in the State of Washington.

Approved, May 3, 1906.

[PUBLIC-No. 175.]

By the Act To extend the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the port of Oswego, New York.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Oswego, in the State of New York.

Approved, May 23, 1906.

[PUBLIC-No. 246.]

By the Act To establish an additional collection district in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an additional collection district in the State of Texas shall be, and is hereby, established, to be known as the district of Sabine, to comprise all of that portion of the State of Texas formerly embraced in the district of Galveston and now hereby detached therefrom, beginning on the Gulf of Mexico at the center of the stream of Sabine Pass; thence north with the center of the stream of Sabine Pass to Sabine Lake; thence with the center of the stream of Sabine Lake to a point directly opposite to the Sabine River; thence north with the east shores of the Sabine River to the north boundary line of Shelby County, Texas; thence west to the Neches River; thence down said river with its west shores to a north boundary line of Jefferson County; thence in a westerly direction with the said north boundary line to the east boundary line of Liberty County, Texas; thence south to the Gulf of Mexico; thence in an easterly direction along the Gulf shores to the place of beginning; that Port Arthur, in the county of Jefferson, shall be the port of entry for said district, and Sabine, in the county of Jefferson,

shall be a subport of entry: Provided, That there shall be conveyed to the United States, free of cost, a valid title to the line of water communication between Taylors Bayou and Sabine Pass, known as the Port Arthur Ship Canal, together with a valid title to the existing turning basin and to the artificial slip on which the lumber dock of the Port Arthur Canal and Dock Company is built; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept the said waterways as the property of the United States upon the delivery to him of a clear and indefeasible title thereto; and the said waterways shall thereupon become free public waters of the United States, and be subject to the laws heretofore enacted and that may be hereafter enacted by Congress for the maintenance, preservation, protection, and regulation of navigable waters: Provided further, That the company or corporation conveying title to said canal as aforesaid shall also convey to the United States, free of cost, the fee to a strip of land one hundred and fifty feet wide along the westerly margin of the canal, except that where the right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company prevents the transfer of such strip of land along the westerly margin of said canal there shall be conveyed such strip on the easterly margin thereof as may be necessary to make up such one hundred and fifty feet of width, with the reservation that until Congress shall have authorized and provided for the enlargement and widening of said canal the said company or corporation, its successors or assigns, shall have the right to control, occupy, and use the said strip of land and every part thereof in the same manner and to the same extent as before the execution and delivery of the conveyance, and also the right to transfer, lease, sell, quitclaim, or otherwise dispose of said property and every part thereof, subject to the grant made to the United States: And provided further, That this Act shall take effect only when the foregoing requirements shall have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War. And the charges for the use of said docks and wharves shall be just and reasonable and shall not be greater than charges for similar services at other ports of the United States on the Gulf of Mexico.

SEC. 2. That a collector for the district of Sabine aforesaid shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, who shall hold his office upon the terms and for the time prescribed by law for the like offices in other districts. The said collector shall reside at Port Arthur, the port of entry, and shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars a year in addition to the fees allowed by law, the total compensation not to exceed in the aggregate three thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. That Sabine, in the State of Texas, shall be, and is hereby, made a subport of entry and delivery in the customs district of Sabine, with the privileges of immediate transportation, as defined by section seven of the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to amend the Statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," being chapter one hundred and ninety, volume twenty-one of the Statutes at Large; that a deputy collector and such other officers of the customs as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be appointed to reside at said subport; and that, subject to the supervision of the collector at Port Arthur, the deputy collector of said subport is hereby authorized to license and enroll, enter and clear vessels, receive entries, collect duties, fees, and other moneys, and generally to perform the functions prescribed by law for collectors of customs, and perform such other services and receive such compensation as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury the exigencies of commerce may require.

Approved, June 19, 1906.

[PUBLIC-NO. 272.]

By the Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a port of delivery at Salt Lake City, Utah."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section two of an Act entitled "An Act to establish a port of delivery at Salt Lake City, Utah," approved March eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. That there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs to reside at said port, whose salary shall be one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, in lieu of all fees and commissions of every kind whatsoever.

Approved, June 23, 1906.

[PUBLIC-NO. 371.]

By the Act To extend the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the subport of Superior, Wisconsin.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the privileges of the seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, extended to the subport of Superior, in the State of Wisconsin.

Approved, June 29, 1906.

[PUBLIC-NO. 273.]

By the Act To promote the efficiency of the Revenue-Cutter Service.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the passage of this Act the number of officers on the active list in the grade of third lieutenant in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall not exceed thirty-seven: Provided, That until such time as the grade of third lieutenant shall be filled as provided in this Act there may be advanced to that grade any cadet of the line who has served not less than two years as such cadet, and is recommended for advancement by the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 2. That hereafter the number of cadets of the line allowed in the Revenue Cutter Service shall be such as to provide for filling the vacancies that may occur in the grade of third lieutenant in said. Service: Provided, That a person to be eligible for appointment as a cadet of the line shall produce satisfactory evidence of good moral character, shall be not less than eighteen nor more than twenty-four years of age at the time of appointment, and shall pass a satisfactory physical examination by a board of officers of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, and a satisfactory educational examination, which must in all cases be written and strictly competitive, by a board S. Doc. 535, 59-1-29

of commissioned officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service, both examinations to be conducted under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no person who has been dismissed or compelled to resign from the Military Academy or from the Naval Academy of the United States for hazing, or for any other improper conduct, shall be eligible for appointment as a cadet in the Revenue-Cutter Service: Provided, That no person shall become a cadet of the line who does not obligate himself, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, to serve at least three years as an officer in said Service after graduation, if his services be so long required: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury may summarily dismiss from the Service any cadet who, during his probationary term, is found unsatisfactory in either studies or conduct, or may be deemed not adapted for a career in the Service.

SEC. 3. That hereafter appointments into the grade of second assistant engineer in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be as at present, except that, before being commissioned, the candidate who has successfully passed the required examinations shall serve a probationary term of not less than six months as a cadet engineer to determine his fitness for a commission in said Service, and during which probationary term he shall receive a salary of seventy-five dollars per month and one ration per day: Provided, That no person shall be commissioned a second assistant engineer who is less than twenty-one or more than twenty-six years of age, nor until he shall have served the probationary term herein required.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to employ two civilian instructors in the Revenue-Cutter Service, one at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum and one at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.

SEC. 5. That hereafter it shall not be necessary for any commissioned officer of the Revenue-Cutter Service to make oath to his pay

accounts.

SEC. 6. That a chief engineer of the Revenue-Cutter Service, to be selected for his special ability in naval construction from the present list of chief engineers by the Secretary of the Treasury, may be commissioned a constructor for engineering duty in said Service with the rank, pay, and emoluments now provided by law for a chief engineer: Provided, That the vacancy created in the list of chief engineers by such transfer shall not be filled by promotion or otherwise, but the number of chief engineers now authorized by law shall be reduced by one, and that no additional expense shall be incurred by reason of commissioning such chief engineer a constructor. Approved, June 23, 1906.

[PUBLIC-No. 178.]

By the Act To regulate enlistments and punishments in the United States RevenueCutter Service.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons composing the enlisted force of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be enlisted for a term not to exceed three years, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall prepare regulations governing such enlistments and for the general government of the Service.

SEC. 2. That no commander of a vessel of the Revenue-Cutter Service shall inflict upon any commissioned or warrant officer under his