Flood control. Mississippi River. FLOOD CONTROL Flood control, Mississippi River: For prosecuting work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Vol. 39, p. 948; Flood Control Acts approved March 1, 1917, and March 4, 1923, $10,000,000. Vol. 42, p. 1505. Sacramento, River, Calif. Vol. 39, p. 948. Flood control, Sacramento River, Calif.: For prosecuting work of flood control in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act approved March 1, 1917, $500,000. * * Approved, June 7, 1924. * June 7, 1924. Vol. 43, p. 539. [H. R. 8839.] CHAP. 302.-An Act Making appropriations for the Government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of such District for the [Public, No. 224.] fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to defray the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, any revenue (not including the proportionate share of the United States in any revenue arising as the result of the expenditure of appropriations made for the fiscal year 1924 and prior fiscal years) now required by law to be credited to the District of Columbia and the United States in the same proportion that each contributed to the activity or source from whence such revenue was derived shall be credited wholly to the District of Columbia, and in addition, $9,000,000 is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and all the remainder out of the combined revenues of the District of Columbia and such advances from the Federal Treasury as are authorized in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1923, namely: Anacostia Park. Continuing development of. * * * ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FLATS * For continuing the reclamation and development of Anacostia Park, in accordance with the revised plan as set forth in Senate Document Numbered 37, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, $150,000, of which amount Division of ex- $125,000 shall be available for expenditure below Benning Bridge and not more than $25,000 may be expended above Benning Bridge in the acquirement of necessary land. penditures. Approved June 7, 1924. CHAP. 316. An Act To protect navigation from obstruction and injury by preventing the discharge of oil into the coastal navigable waters of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Oil Pollution Act, 1924." SEC. 2. When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (a) The term "oil" means oil of any kind or in any form, including fuel oil, oil sludge, and oil refuse; (b) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association; any owner, master, officer, or employee of a vessel; and any officer, agent, or employee of the United States; "Coastal navigable waters of United States." "Secretary." Discharge of oil by any method into navigable waters, unlawful. (c) The term "coastal navigable waters of the United States" means all portions of the sea within the territorial the jurisdiction of the United States, and all inland waters navigable in fact in which the tide ebbs and flows; (d) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of War. SEC. 3. That, except in case of emergency imperiling life or property, or unavoidable accident, collision, or stranding, and except as otherwise permitted by regulations prescribed by the Secretary as hereinafter authorized, it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, or suffer, or permit the discharge of oil by any method, means, or manner into or upon the coastal navigable waters of the United States from any vessel using oil as fuel for the generation of propulsion power, or any vessel carrying or having oil thereon in excess of that necessary for its lubricating requirements and such as may be required under the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder. The Secretary is authorized and empowered to prescribe regulations permitting the discharge of oil from vessels in such quantities, under such conditions, and at such times and places as in his opinion will not be deleterious to health or sea food, or a menace to navigation, or dangerous to persons or property engaged in commerce on such waters, and for the loading, handling, and unloading of oil. SEC. 4. That any person who violates section 3 of this Act, or any regulation prescribed in pursuance thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,500 nor less than $500, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year nor less than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense. And any vessel (other than a vessel owned and operated by the United States) from which oil is discharged in violation of section 3 of this Act, or any regulation prescribed in pursuance thereof, shall be liable for the pecuniary penalty specified in this Regulations to be prescribed per mitting discharge, etc., if not delesea food, etc. terious to health, Punishment for violations. Vessel liable for penalty. held, etc. Clearance with section, and clearance of such vessel from a port of the United States may be withheld until the penalty is paid, and said penalty shall constitute a lien on such vessel Recovery of which may be recovered in proceedings by libel in rem in the district court of the United States for any district within which the vessel may be. lien. Revocation, etc., of officer's license for violaR. S., sec. 4450, tions. p. 861. Vol. 40, p. 602. Penalties, etc., not enforceable for SEC. 5. A board of local inspectors of vessels may, subject to the provisions of section 4450 of the Revised Statutes, and of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for appeals from decisions of local inspectors of vessels, and for other purposes," approved June 10, 1918, suspend or revoke a license issued by any such board to the master or other licensed officer of any vessel found violating the provisions of section 3 of this Act. SEC. 6. That no penalty, or the withholding of clearviolation within ance, or the suspension or revocation of licenses, provided for herein, shall be enforced for any violation of this Act occurring within three months after its passage. three months. Administration by rivers and har personnel. ferred for arrest, SEC. 7. That in the administration of this Act the Secbors officers and retary may make use of the organization, equipment, and agencies, including engineering, clerical, and other personnel, employed under his direction in the improvement of rivers and harbors, and in the enforcement of existing Powers con- laws for the preservation and protection of navigable etc., of offenders. waters. And for the better enforcement of the provisions of this Act, the officers and agents of the United States in charge of river and harbor improvements, and the assistant engineers and inspectors employed under them by authority of the Secretary, and officers of the Customs and Coast Guard Service of the United States, shall have power and authority and it shall be their duty to swear out process and to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person who may violate any of said provisions: Provided, That no person shall be arrested process restricted. Without process for a violation not committed in the presence of some one of the aforesaid officials: And provided further, That whenever any arrest is made under the provisions of this Act the person so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in cases of crimes against the United States. Provisos. Arrests without Judicial procedure. Act an addition to, and not a re ing laws. directed of pol SEC. 8. That this Act shall be in addition to the existpeal, etc., of existing laws for the preservation and protection of navigable waters and shall not be construed as repealing, modifying, or in any manner affecting the provisions of those laws. Investigation SEC. 9. That the Secretary is authorized and directed luting deposits in to make such investigation as may be necessary to ascernavigable and tain what polluting substances are being deposited into the navigable waters of the United States, or into nonnavigable waters connecting with navigable waters, to such an extent as to endanger or interfere with navigation connecting waters, etc. Report to Conmendations, etc. gress with recom Provisos. Funds avail or commerce upon such navigable waters or the fisheries Additional authorized. CHAP. 337.-An Act For the abandonment of a portion of the present channel of the south branch of the Chicago River. Ill. June 7, 1924. Vol. 43, p. 646. [S. 3188.] Chicago River, Preamble. Whereas the city of Chicago has requested a permit of [Public, No. 259.] the Secretary of War to straighten the south branch of the Chicago River between West Polk Street and West Nineteenth Street in the city of Chicago as a part of a project which comprises the construction of a new channel and the abandonment of the old channel between said West Polk Street and said West Nineteenth Street, as shown on drawings transmitted by the city of Chicago to the Secretary of War in connection with the aforesaid request for a permit and which are on a file in the office of the Secretary of War; and New channel of south branch of, govern- persede present authorized to su Whereas it is proposed to fill up and abandon a portion. Approved, June 7, 1924. CHAPS. 346 AND 348.-See page 1922 of this volume. December 5, 1924. CHAP. 4.-An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for [Public, No. 292.] the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes. Second Defi. ciency Act, 1924. War Department. Flood control. for. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes, namely: Control of Floods: For preliminary examinations and designated rivers surveys with a view to the control of floods in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved May 31, 1924, fiscal years 1924 and 1925, as follows: North Branch of the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania and New York, $8,000; Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, $25,000; Puyallup River, Washington, $5,000; in all, $38,000. January 20, 1925. [H. R. 11308.] First Deficiency Act, 1925. CHAP. 85.-An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes, namely: Audited claims. Payment of, certified by General fice. Vol. 18, p. 110. AUDITED CLAIMS SEC. 2. That for the payment of the following claims, Accounting Of Certified to be due by the General Accounting Office under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section 5 of the Act of June 20, 1874, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year 1922 and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section 2 of the Act of July 7, 1884, as fully Vol. 23, p. 254. |