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74TH CONGRESS . SESS . I . CHS. 436, 438. AUGUST 3, 5, 1935 .

517 SEC . 2. That the Territo ry of H awaii, a ny prov ision of the author ad bond issue Ha waiian O rganic Act or of any any Act of th is Congre ss to the con- tra ry notwith standing, is authori zed and em powered to issue bon ds in the sum of not to exceed $4,803,000 of the character and in the manner provided in that certain act of the legislature of said Terri- tor y, enacted at its re gular sess ion of 193 5, entitle d "An Act to provide for public improvements and for the securing of Federal funds for expenditure in connection with funds hereby appropriated for such improvements ." Su ch bonds m ay be eith er term or serial bo nds, matur ing, in th e Character of bonds. case of the term bonds, not later than thirty years from the date of issue thereof, and, in the case of the serial bonds, payable in sub- stantially equal annual installments, the first installment to mature not later than five years and the last installment to mature not later tha n thirty y ears, from the date of such is sue . And sa id act of said legislature is hereby ratified and confirmed, subject to the pro- visions of this Act : Pr ovi ded, however, That nothing herein con- Proviso . tained shall be deemed to prohibit the said act of said Territory by Improvements. the legislature thereof from time to time to provide for changes in the improveme nts author ized by sa id act or for the di sposition of unexpended moneys appropriated by said act, and that said bonds may be issued without t he approva l of the P resident o f the Unit ed Sta tes . SEC . 3 . This Act shall take effect immediately .

Effective date . Approve d, Augus t 3, 1935 . [CHAPTER 438 .1 AN ACT August 5, 1935 . To p rotect the reve nue of the Uni ted States and provide measur es for the more [ H . R . 7980.) effective enforcement of the laws respecting the revenue, to prevent smuggling,

[Public, No . 238.) to authorize customs-enforcement areas, and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, TITLE I SECTION 1. (a) Whenever the President finds and declares that Anti-Smugglin g Act . Customs enforce- at any place or within any area on the high seas adjacent to but m ent areas ; establish- outside customs waters any vessel or vessels hover or are being kept mentauthorized' off the coast of the United States and that, by vi rtue of the pre sence of any such vessel or vessels at such place or within such area, the unlawful introduction or removal into or from the United States of any merchandise or person is being or may be occasioned, pro- moted, or threatened, the place or area so found and declared shall constitute a customs-enforcement area for the purposes of this Act . Only such waters on the high seas shall be within a customs-enforce- tionsogr aphical limita- ment area as the President finds and declares are in such proximity to such vessel or vessels that such unlawful introduction or removal of merchandis e or perso ns may be carried on by or to or from su ch vess el or vessels . No customs-enforcement area shall include any waters more than one hundred nautical miles from the place or immediate area where the President declares such vessel or vessels are ho vering or are being kept and, notwithsta nding the foregoing provision, shall not include any waters more than fifty nautical miles outwards f rom the ou ter limit of customs waters . Whenever Termination of area; the President finds that, within any customs-enforcement area, the when . circumstances no longer exist which gave rise to the declaration of such a rea as a c ustoms-enf orcement a rea, he sh all so dec lare, and thereafter, and until a further finding and declaration is made under