Laws Relating to Shipping and Merchant Marine

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - Maritime law
 

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Act of March 27 1934 to establish the composition of the United States
114
Act of June 20 1924 to amend section 938 of the Revised Statutes to vest
124
Act of June 30 1932 to amend section 5 of the Suits in Admiralty
130
Act of August 21 1935 to amend and supplement the steering rules
145
Act of August 29 1935 relative to limitation of shipowners liability
152
Act of May 13 1936 to amend section 981 of title 4 and section 843
163
Act of May 20 1936 to amend section 4321 Revised Statutes Public
165
Act of June 16 1936 amending the Shipping Act 1916 as amended
174
Act of June 20 1936 to provide for the modification of the contract
180
Act of June 25 1936 to amend section 3b of an act entitled An act
187
Act of June 29 1936 to further the development and maintenance of
196
Act of August 31 1935 providing for the prohibition of the export
232
Act of June 19 1936 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to permit
238
Act of June 16 1937 to expedite the dispatch of vessels from certain ports
252
Act of June 28 1937 extract from for the protection of the northern
253
Act of August 16 1937 to provide more effectively for the marketing
259
Public Law No 503 75th Cong
265
Act of May 31 1938 to amend the act approved June 19 1934 entitled
271
Act of June 29 1938 to amend H R 10672 75th Cong 3d sess entitled
274
Act of June 21 1938 authorizing the United States Maritime Commis
277
Act of September 26 1961 to amend the Ship Mortgage Act 1920 with
303
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304
Act of April 5 1938 to authorize compacts or agreements between
313
Act of March 29 1939 to exempt all vessels of the United States of less
316
Act of June 6 1939 to amend section 509 of the Merchant Marine Act
322
Act of August 1 1939 to provide for the registry of pursers and surgeons
328
Act of August 7 1939 to amend sections 712 802 and 902 of the Merchant
336
Act of August 10 1939 to admit the Americanowned barges Prari
343
Act of March 28 1940 to amend the act of June 15 1917 as amended
347
Act of April 30 1940 to provide for rearrangement of the location of
356
Act of June 13 1940 to amend the Canal Zone Act Public Law No 626
363
Act of June 28 1940 to expedite national defense Public Law No 671
371
Act of June 29 1940 to amend the Merchant Marine Act 1936
380
Act of August 27 1940 to permit American vessels to assist in the evacua
386
Act of October 9 1940 to amend section 4472 of the Revised Statutes
414
Act of October 10 1940 to expedite national defense by suspending
421
Act of June 26 1940 to amend section 4 of Public Res No 54 approved
435
Act of July 18 1940 making an appropriation to enable the United States
438
Act of May 2 1941 to make emergency provision for certain activities
445
Act of June 23 1941 to extend certain provisions of Title X of the Mer
455
Act of July 15 1941 to authorize the construction of Coast Guard cutters
461
Act of December 23 1941 to establish the composition of the U S Navy
467
Act of March 6 1942 to extend and amend SubtitleInsurance of Title II
476
Act of March 13 1944 to provide cash awards to personnel of the Maritime
483
Act of July 9 1942 to establish the composition of the U S Navy
489
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490
Act of April 26 1943 to authorize the refund by the War Shipping Admin
502
Act of April 29 1943 to authorize the return to private ownership
503
Act of June 23 1943 to provide reemployment rights for persons
510
Act of December 17 1943 authorizing the acquisition and conversion
516
Act of May 18 1944 to amend the act of April 29 1943 to authorize
522
Act of September 30 1944 to amend section 2 of Public Law 17 78th
529
Act of March 24 1945 to permit the Administrator War Shipping Admin
532
Act of August 7 1946 to exempt certain vessels from filing passenger lists
545
Act of August 8 1946 providing for a medal for service in the merchant
551
Act of March 7 1947 to authorize the U S Maritime Commission to make
557
Act of July 22 1947 to create an Academic Advisory Board for the U
562
Act of August 4 1947 to provide for the exploration investigation develop
569
Act of April 27 1948 to prohibit the operation of gambling ships Public
575
Act of June 19 1948 for the extension of admiralty jurisdiction Public
588
Act of May 17 1949 to authorize the cancellation and release of an agree
594
Act of August 8 1953 to amend the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1937
655
Act of June 18 1954 to amend section 1923 a of Title 28 United States
674
Act of July 15 1954 to provide for the revocation or denial of merchant
680
Act of June 6 1924 an act to amend sections 11 and 12 of the Merchant
682
Act of August 9 1954 to extend emergency foreign merchant vessels acqui
686
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692
Act of August 13 1954 to repeal certain World War II laws relating
695
Act of August 20 1954 to provide an immediate program for the moderni
702
Act of August 23 1954 to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to dispose
703
Act of May 7 1955 to provide transportation on Canadian vessels
717
Act of July 27 1965 to extend the provisions of title XII of the Merchant
721
Act of August 11 1955 to amend section 313 of the Agricultural Adjust
723
Act of May 14 1956 to authorize the construction and conversion of cer
730
Act of June 4 1956 to amend section 4482 of the Revised Statutes
731
Act of June 4 1956 to amend section 4153 of the Revised Statutes
737
Act of June 25 1956 to clarify section 1103d of Title XI of the Mer
743
Act of July 11 1956 to amend Title VII of the Merchant Marine Act
749
Act of July 30 1956 to amend Title VII of the Merchant Marine Act
755
Act of August 3 1956 to provide for a study by the Federal Communica
759
Act of August 6 1956 to extend the operation of the Emergency Ship
766
Act of August 8 1956 to promote the fishing industry in the United States
775
Act of August 22 1957 to revise the definition of contract carrier by motor
781
Act of September 4 1957 to facilitate the conduct of fishing operations
784
Act of June 30 1958 to provide transportation on Canadian vessels between
790
Act of July 31 1958 to authorize the construction of modern naval vessels
802
Act of August 14 1958 to amend the act of June 7 1897 as amended
809
Act of August 23 1958 to authorize free transit at the Panama Canal
815
Act of September 2 1958 to amend section 27 of the Merchant Marine
821
Act of May 13 1959 to authorize the construction of modern naval vessels
828
Act of July 31 1959 to provide transportation on Canadian vessels
836
Act of August 25 1959 to clarify a provision in the Black Bass Act relat
842
Act of September 22 1959 to repeal section 217 of the Merchant Marine
848
Act of June 1 1960 to authorize the loan of one submarine to Canada
856
Act of June 29 1960 to amend Public Law 626 85th Cong relating to dual
862
Act of June 30 1960 to provide for certain pilotage requirements in
863
Act of July 5 1960 to continue the application of the Merchant Marine
869
Act of July 12 1960 to amend the Interstate Commerce Act as amended
875
Act of July 14 1960 to permit the admission to registry and the use in
881
Act of June 30 1961 to amend Public Law 85626 as amended by Public
889
Act of July 20 1961 to amend section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act
891
Act of August 31 1961 to amend sections 337 and 4200 of the Revised
897
Act of September 13 1961 to amend title V of the Merchant Marine
903
Act of September 21 1961 to amend the Merchant Marine Act 1936
909
Act of October 3 1961 to amend the Shipping Act 1916 as amended
912
Act of October 5 1961 to amend section 510 of the Merchant Marine Act
919
Act of October 3 1962 to amend section 1208a of the Merchant Marine
926
Act of April 3 1963 to extend the provisions of section 3 of Public
934
Act of October 30 1963 to provide for exceptions to the rules of naviga
956
Act of December 23 1963 to amend Public Law 86518 and section 506
957
Act of May 20 1964 to promote State commercial fishery research
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966
Act of August 11 1964 to permit the vessel United States ship Alabama
970
Act of August 30 1964 to amend the Federal Employees Compensation
977
Act of September 29 1965 to provide for the measurement of the gross
112
Act of November 6 1966 to require evidence of adequate financial respon
113
Act of December 14 1967 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce
Act of January 2 1968 providing for an investigation and study to deter
114
Act of July 26 1968 to amend the act prohibiting fishing in the territorial

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Page 78 - SEO. 20. That any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the commonlaw right or remedy
Page 79 - (c) Seventy-five per centum of the interest in a corporation shall not be deemed to be owned by citizens of the United States (a) if the title to 75 per centum of its stock is not vested in such citizens free from any trust or fiduciary obligation in favor of any person not
Page 36 - SEC. 2. That section one of Title XII and all other provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes," approved June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
Page 217 - of section 13 of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea", approved March 4, 1915, as amended,
Page 65 - a foreign registry or flag, or operated, in violation of any provision of this section shall be forfeited to the United States, and whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $5,000, or to imprisonment for not more than five years,
Page 286 - SEO. 7. (a) Whenever, during any war in which the United States is neutral, the President, or any person thereunto authorized by him, shall have cause to believe that any vessel, domestic or foreign. whether requiring clearance or not, is about to carry out of a port or
Page 619 - 12 Every vessel or seaplane on the water may, if necessary in order to attract attention, in addition to the lights which she is by these Rules required to carry, show a flare-up light or use a detonating or other efficient sound signal that cannot be mistaken for any signal authorised elsewhere under these Rules.
Page 614 - (iii) On the left or port wing tip a red light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 110 degrees of the compass, so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to 20 degrees abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as
Page 283 - out the provisions of this Act. The Board shall consist of the Secretary of State, who shall be chairman and executive officer of the Board, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of Commerce. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, or by other law, the administration of this Act
Page 634 - vessel constructed, reconstructed, reconditioned, or acquired by the taxpayer, or with respect to which purchase-money indebtedness is liquidated as provided in subsection (g), in whole or in part out of the construction reserve fund shall be reduced by that portion of the deposits in the fund expended in the construction, reconstruction.

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