62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 SEC. 2. Section 4611 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (46 U. S . C ., section 712), is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4611. Whenever any officer of a vessel of the United States, other than the master thereof, violates section 2191 of Title 18, the master shall, if he has actual knowledge of the offense or if com- plaint be made within three days after reaching port, surrender such officer to the proper authorities. Any failure on the part of such master to use due diligence to comply herewith, which failure shall result in the escape of such officer, shall render the master or vessel or the owner of the vessel liable in damages for such flogging or corporal punishment to the person illegally punished by such officer." SEC. 3 . The fourteenth paragraph of section 17 of the Act of August 1, 1914 (chapter 222, 38 Stat. 601; 25 U. S. C., section 86), is amended to read as follows: "Land allotted to any applicant for enrollment as a citizen in the Five Civilized Tribes whether an Indian or freedman, shall not be affected or encumbered by any deed, debt, or obligation of any char- acter contracted prior to the time at which said land may be alienated under the laws of the United States: Provided further, That the interest accruing from tribal funds and deposited in banks in the State of Oklahoma may be used as authorized by the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, under the direction of the Sec- retary of the Interior, to defray the expense of per capita payments authorized by Congress." SEC. 4. Subsection (f) of section 514 of the Act of February 16, 1938, chapter 30 (52 Stat. 77; 7 U. S . C ., section 1514 (f)), is amended to read as follows: "(f) The provisions of section 3741 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U. S . C., section 22), shall not apply to any crop insurance agreements made under this title." SEC. 5. Section 510 of the Act approved July 1, 1944 (chapter 373, 58 Stat. 711; 42 U. S. C ., section 228), is amended to read as follows: aWEARING OF UNIFORMS "SEc. 510. Except as may be authorized by regulations of the Presi- dent, the insignia and uniform of commissioned officers of the Service, or any distinctive part of such insignia or uniform, or any insignia or uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part thereof, shall not be worn, after the promulgation of such regulations, by any person other than a commissioned officer of the Service." SEC. 6. Section 1 of Title 1 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the con- text indicates otherwise- "words importing the singular include and apply to several persons, parties, or things; "words importing the plural include the singular; "words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well; "words use in the present tense include the future as well as the present- "the words 'insane' and 'insane person' and 'lunatic' shall include every idiot, lunatic, insane person, and person non compos mentis; "the words 'person' and 'whoever' include corporations, com- panies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies as well as individuals; " 'officer includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office; 859 Cruelty to seamen. Surrender of officer. Ante, p . 800. Five Civilized Tribes. Nonencumbrance of certain land. Use of interest. 36 Stat. 1058 . Crop insurance agreements. Publiclealth Serv- ice. 1U. S. ., Supp. I, §1. Rules of construo- tion for Acts of Con- gress.
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