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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 393-AUG. 4 , 1949 Lorn stations. 49 U. S. C., Supp. 1, § 452. Sec. 89. Law enforcement. 90. Ocean stations. 91. Safety of naval vessels. 92. Secretary; general powers. 93. Commandant; general powers. § 81. Aids to navigation authorized In order to aid navigation and to prevent disasters, collisions, and wrecks of vessels and aircraft, the Coast Guard may establish, main- tain, and operate: (1) aids to maritime navigation required to serve the needs of the armed forces or of the commerce of the United States; (2) aids to air navigation required to serve the needs of the armed forces of the United States as requested by the Secretary of the appropriate department within the National Military Establishment; and (3) Loran stations (a) required to serve the needs of the armed forces of the United States; or (b) required to serve the needs of the maritime commerce of the United States; or (c) required to serve the needs of the air commerce of the United States as determined by the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics. Such aids to navigation other than Loran stations shall be established and operated only within the United States, its Territories and pos- sessions, and beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the United States at places where naval or military bases of the United States are or may be located, and at other places where such aids to navigation have been established prior to June 26, 1948. § 82. Cooperation with Administrator of Civil Aeronautics The Coast Guard in establishing, maintaining, or operating any aids to air navigation herein provided shall solicit the cooperation of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics to the end that the personnel and facilities of the Civil Aeronautics Administration will be utilized to the fullest possible advantage. Before locating and operating any such aid on military or naval bases or regions, the consent of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, shall first be obtained. No such aid shall be located within the territorial jurisdiction of any foreign country without the consent of the government thereof. Nothing in this title shall be deemed to limit the authority granted by the pro- visions of section 458 of Title 5, or by sections 175 (f) or 451-458 of Title 49. § 83. Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty No person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed services, shall establish, erect, or maintain any aid to maritime navigation without first obtaining authority to do so from the Coast Guard in accordance with applicable regulations. Whoever violates the provisions of this section or any of the regulations issued by the Secretary in accordance herewith shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $100 for each offense. Each day during which such violation continues shall be considered as a new offense. § 84. Interference with aids to navigation; penalty It shall be unlawful for any person, or public body, or instrumen- tality, excluding the armed forces, to remove, change the location of, obstruct, wilfully damage, make fast to, or interfere with any aid to 500 [63 STAT.