Volume 52
Public Law 75–597
Limiting the hours of labor of certain officers and seamen on certain vessels navigating the Great Lakes and adjacent waters.
Approved June 23, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
Limiting the hours of labor of certain officers and seamen on certain vessels navigating the Great Lakes and adjacent waters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 2 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp.
46 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 673.
III, title 46, sec. 673), is amended by adding after the first sentence thereof the following: “No licensed officer or seaman in the deck or engine department of any tug documented under the laws of the United States (except boats or vessels used exclusively for fishing purposes) navigating the Great Lakes, harbors of the Great Lakes, and connecting and tributary waters between Gary, Indiana; Duluth, Minnesota; Niagara Falls, New York; and Ogdensburg, New York, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in one day except in case of extraordinary emergency affecting the safety of the vessel and/or life or property.
Approved, June 23, 1938.