FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1813, 181-1. 1904. 561 _ CHAP. 1813.-—An Act Creating a eommissiou to consider and recommend legisla- AWN 28; {904- tion for the development of the American merchant marine, and for other purposes. [H' K '°°6·] Public, No. 2 . Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentatvI21esof the United [ 45] _ States of.~1merica in Gmgress assembled, Theta commission is hereby Mjg}]°(§i°“"**°'°h““* created, to be called "The Merchant Marine Commission} to be com- Cqmninissicn to inposed as follows: Five members of the Senate of the United States v°S2§'$§gi${§;]_ and five members of the House of Re resentatives of the United States, to be appointed by the presidin officer of each- House of Congress, respectively: Provided, That atdeast two of the said members of the @@,9;, pm), my Senate and two of the said members of the House of Representatives r¤¤¤¤¢¤¤i¤¤. shall be members of the minority party. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duti of this commission to investigate D““"· and to report to the Congress on the first day of its next session what legislation, if any, is desirable for the development of the American merchant marine and American commerce, and also what change, or changes, if any, should be made in existin laws relating to the treatment, comfort, and sefet of seamen, in order to make more attractive the seafuring calling in the American merchant service. ` Sino. 3. That the commission shall give reasonable time for hearings, H¤¤ri¤z¤- if deemed necessary, and if necessary it may a point a subcommission S¤b¤<>¤¤¤¤i¤Si¤¤¤- or subeommissions of its own members tomake investigation in any part of the United States, and it shall be allowed actual necessary expenses for the same. It shall have the authority to send for persons P¤W¤¤- and papers and to administer oaths and aiiirmations. All necessary F¤P·¤¤¤¤¤- expenses, including clerks, stenogmphers, messengers, rent for place of meeting, and pmntinglsud stationery, shall be paid from any money in the Treasury not o erwise appropriated; however, not to exceed Limittwenty thousand dollars for expenditure underthis section, to be paid V°“°”°”· upon vouchers to be approved y the chairman of the commission. Sec. 4. That any vacancies occurring in the commission by reason V**°°°°‘°°- of death, disability, or from any other cause, shall be filled by appointment by the officer and in the same manner as was the member whose retirement from the commission creates the vacancy. Approved, April 28, 1904. CHAP. 1814.——An Act To provide for the construction of a. light-house and fog - Apiri12S;_1904. signal at Diamond Shoal, on the coast of North Carolina, at Cape Hatteras. _____j__f*· ___. Public, No. 246. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRqn·es¢m¢a¢ives olf the [hzited [ 1 S[dt€80fA7Ib€T?r0d in Oongresaaaaenzbled, ThatAlbert F. Eel s, of Boston, Diamond Sh<»·1.<v•·pe Massachusetts, be, and he is hereby, authorized, with such others as H;§{$${:°g;t;°n0;;i,h, may be associated with him, to construct, in the manner and on the §{’“,§; ,{{*,QrQ°g *{,¤y{;* conditions herein specified, a substantial and sufficient light-house and` ` fog signal of the latest and most improved construction, together with PM P· 1266- such auxiliary works of the most modern character and such as will be neuessarv to maintain the same permanently, at the outer side of the outer .DlRIIlOHd Shoal. on the coast of North Carolina, at Cape Hatteras. That the construction of said progxsed light-house and fo si nal commencement or shall be in good faith commenced wit in twelve months from 516 date °°""""°"°“* of the approval of this Act. That the said light-house and fog signal shall be constructed and r>ep:h<·w-me:. placed where the water is at least thirty feet in depth, mean high tide. That the construction of the superstructure or tower of said light- rrmm. house or fog signal above the line thirty feet above high—water mark shall conform to the specifications contained in the letter from D. W. Sr~¤i¤<·¤¤*¤¤#· Lockwood, lieutenant-colonel, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, secretary of the Light-House Board of the Department of vox. xxxm, rr 1--36
