Volume 35
Public Law 60–151
To provide for safety of life on navigable waters during regattas or marine parades.
Approved April 28, 1908
Statutory text
An Act
To provide for safety of life on navigable waters during regattas or marine parades.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of Commerce
Marine parades, etc.
Protection to life on navigable waters during.
and Labor is hereby authorized and empowered in his discretion to issue from time to time regulations, not contrary to law, to promote the safety of life on navigable waters during regattas or marine parades.
Sec. 2.
That to enforce such regulations the Secretary of Commerce
Enforcement of regulations.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor may detail public vessels, etc.
and Labor may detail any public vessel in the service of that Department and make use of any private vessel tendered gratuitously for the purpose, or upon the request of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor the head of any other Department may enforce the regulations issued under this Act by means of any public vessel of such Department and of any private vessel tendered gratuitously for the purpose.
Sec. 3.
That the authority and power bestowed upon the Secretary
Transfer of authority allowed.
of Commerce and Labor by sections one and two may be transferred for any special occasion to the head of another Department by the President whenever in his judgment such transfer is desirable.
Sec. 4.
That for any violation of regulations issued pursuant to this
Penalties for violation.
Act the following penalties shall be incurred:
A licensed officer shall be liable to suspension or revocation of
By licensed officers.
license in the manner now prescribed by law for incompetency or misconduct.
Any person in charge of the navigation of a vessel other than a
Nonlicensed persons.
licensed officer shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars.
The owner of a vessel (including any corporate officer of a corporation
Owner, if actually on board.
owning the vessel) actually on board shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, unless the violation of regulations shall have occurred without his knowledge.
Any other person shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred
Other persons.
and fifty dollars.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized and
Remission of penalties.
empowered to mitigate or remit any penalty herein provided for in the manner prescribed by law for the mitigation or remission of penalties for violation of the navigation laws.
Sec. 5.
That the Act approved May nineteenth, eighteen hundred
Repeal.
Vol. 29, p. 122.
and ninety-six, entitled “An Act to provide for the safety of passengers on excursion steamers,” is hereby repealed.
Sec. 6.
That this Act shall take effect on April tenth, nineteen hundred
Effect.
and eight.
Approved, April 28, 1908.