54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 155, 156-APR. 25, 1940 Motorboats as defined in this Act are hereby exempted from the provisions of Revised Statutes 4399, as amended (48 Stat. 125). SEC. 19. This Act shall take effect upon its approval as to all of the sections hereof except sections 6, 7, and 8, which sections shall take effect one year from the date of said approval, and for a period of one year from the date of approval of this Act sections 5, 6, and 7 of the Motorboat Act of June 9, 1910 (Public, Numbered 201, Sixty-first Congress; 36 Stat. 462), shall continue in full force and effect, except that from and after the date of the approval of this Act the Secretary of Commerce shall have authority to remit or mitigate all fines or penalties heretofore or hereafter incurred or imposed under sections 5 and 6 of the Motorboat Act of June 9, 1910. Except as hereinabove expressly provided, the Motorboat Act of June 9, 1910, above referred to, is repealed upon the approval of this Act and as to sections 5, 6, and 7 of said Act hereinabove continued the said sections are hereby repealed effective one year from the date of approval of this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to alter or amend section 4417a of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 46, sec. 391a), the Act of August 26, 1935 (U. S . C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, ch. 7A secs. 178 and 179), the Act of June 20, 1936 (U. S . C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 46, sec. 367), or repeal Acts of Congress or treaties embodying or revising inter- national rules for preventing collisions at sea. SEC. 20. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 21 . The provisions of section 210 of title II of the Anti-Smug- gling Act, approved August 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 526; U. S . C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 46, sec. 288), requiring a certificate of award of a number to be kept at all times on board of the vessel to which the number has been awarded shall not apply to any vessel not exceeding seventeen feet in length measured from end to end over the deck, excluding sheer, or to any vessel whose design of fittings are such that the carrying of the certificate of award of the number on such vessel would render such certificate imperfect, illegible, or would otherwise tend to destroy its usefulness as a means of ready identification. Approved, April 25, 1940. [CHAPTER 156] AN ACT To amend the provisions of law relating to the use of private vehicles for official travel in order to effect economy and better administration. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of February 14, 1931 (46 Stat. 1103), as amended by section 9 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (47 Stat. 1516; U. S. C ., title 5, sec. 73a), entitled "An Act to permit payments for the operation of motor- cycles and automobiles used for necessary travel on official business, on a mileage basis in lieu of actual operating expenses", is further amended by striking out the words "his own"wherever they appear therein and inserting in lieu thereof the words "a privately owned". Approved, April 25, 1940. 167 Exemption from certain inspection. 46U.S.0. 361. Effective dates. 36 Stat. 463 . 46U.S.C.§§615- 617. Continuance of cer- tain provisions. Authority to remit fines, etc. Repeal of Act of 1910; exceptions. Designated Acts or treaties not affected. 49 Stat. 868 . 46 U. S. C., Supp. V, §§ 178,179. 49 Stat. 1544. Appropriation au- thorized. Undocumented ves- sels, certificates of award, etc. Ar.l 25, 1940 [f.- R. 6693] [Public, No. 485] Private vehicles for official travel. Provisions relating to use of, amended.
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