Public Law 75–665

That section 4676 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 4676.

Whenever the owner of any sunken vessel, boat, watercraft, raft, or other similar obstruction existing on any river, lake, harbor, sound, bay, or canal or other navigable waters of the United States has failed to mark, or in the judgment of the Commissioner of Lighthouses has failed suitably to mark, the same in accordance

30 Stat. 1152.

33 U. S. C. § 409.

with the provisions of section 15 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (ch. 425, 30 Stat. 1152), the Commissioner of Lighthouses is authorized to

Payment of cost by owner until abandonment.

30 Stat. 1154.

33 U. S. C. § 414.

suitably mark the same for the protection of navigation. Until such time as abandonment of any such obstruction has been established in accordance with the provisions of section

Continuance by Lighthouse Service if requested by War Department; cost.

19 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (ch. 425, 30 Stat. 1154), the owner thereof shall pay to the

Maintenance of warning after abandonment by War Department.

Commissioner of Lighthouses the cost of such marking. As soon as abandonment of any such obstruction has been so established, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to keep the same so marked pending removal thereof in accordance with the provisions of section 19 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (ch. 425, 30 Stat. 1154), but the Commissioner of Lighthouses may at the request of the Department of War continue the suitable marking of any such obstruction for and on behalf of that Department. The cost of continuing any such

Receipts covered in.

marking shall be borne by the Department of War. All moneys received by the Commissioner of Lighthouses from the owners of obstructions, in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. No provision of this section shall be construed so as to

Obligation of owner not waived.

relieve the owner of any such obstruction from the duty and responsibility suitably to mark the same in accordance with the provisions

30 Stat. 1152.

33 U. S. C. § 409.

of section 15 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (ch. 425, 30 Stat. 1152).”

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Sec. 2.

The Lighthouse Service is authorized, whenever an aid to

Damage to aids to navigation: payment of repair cost, etc.

navigation or other property belonging to that Service is damaged or destroyed by a private person, and such private person or his agent shall pay to the satisfaction of the proper official of the Lighthouse Service for the cost of repair or replacement of such property, to accept and deposit such payments, through proper officers of the Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department, in special deposit accounts in the Treasury, for payment therefrom to the person or persons repairing or replacing the damaged property and refundment of amounts collected in excess of the cost of the repairs or replacements concerned.

Sec. 3.

The Commissioner of Lighthouses, subject to the approval

Establishment, etc., of aids to mark rivets, waterways, or channels.

of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized in his discretion hereafter to establish and maintain aids to navigation to mark rivers, waterways, or channels, connected by navigable waters with the sea or the Great Lakes, which have been improved for navigation by the United States under proper authority, and appropriations made for the support of the Lighthouse Service are made available for the expenses of establishing and maintaining such aids to navigation.

Sec. 4.

Section 4 of the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1910

36 Stat. 537.

33 U. S. C. §§ 711, 721.

(ch. 301. 36 Stat. 537; U. S. C., title 33, secs. 711, 721), is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 4.

There shall be in the Department of Commerce a Bureau

Bureau of Lighthouses, etc.

Establishment, organization, etc.

of Lighthouses and a Commissioner of Lighthouses, who shall be the head of said Bureau, to be appointed by the President. There shall also be in the Bureau a Deputy Commissioner, to be appointed by the President, and a Chief Clerk, who shall perform the duties of Chief Clerk and such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Commerce or by the Commissioner. There shall also be in the Bureau such inspectors, clerical assistants, and other employees as may from time to time be authorized by Congress. The Commissioner of Lighthouses shall make an annual report to

Annual report.

the Secretary of Commerce, who shall transmit the same to Congress at the beginning of each regular session thereof. The Commissioner

Damage claims, adjustment, etc.

of Lighthouses, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to consider, ascertain, adjust, and determine all claims for damages, where the amount of the claim does not exceed the stun of $500, occasioned by collisions, for which collisions vessels of the Lighthouse Service shall be found to be responsible, and report the amounts so ascertained and determined to be due to the claimants to Congress at each session thereof through the Treasury Department for payment as legal claims out of appropriations that may be made by Congress therefor.”

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Sec. 5.

That so much of section 20 of the Act approved May 28,

Horton Point, N. Y., lighthouse reservation.

Portion of conveyed to Southold Park District, Southold, N.Y.

49 Stat. 308.

1935 (Public, Numbered 81, Seventy-fourth Congress), entitled “An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to dispose of certain lighthouse reservations, and for other purposes”, as reads “to convey to the town of Southold, State of New York” is hereby amended to read “to convey to the Southold Park District in the town of Southold, State of New York”.

Sec. 6.

The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to convey to the

Crooked River Range, Fla.

Additional strip for roadway conveyed to State.

State of Florida for public-roadway purposes an additional portion of the Crooked River Range Lighthouse Reservation, Florida, thirty-four feet in width and approximately five hundred feet in length adjoining the strip of land conveyed pursuant to section 4 of the

49 Stat. 305.

Act approved May 28, 1935 (Public, Numbered 81, Seventy-fourth Congress), to provide for a roadway one hundred feet in width across the reservation. The deed of conveyance shall describe by metes and bounds the portion of the reservation transferred and the conditions imposed by section 36 of the Act of May 28, 1935 (Public, Numbered 81, Seventy-fourth Congress).