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 910 Trraa m.-rin: cosscr suavnr. T I T L E L V I. THE COAST STIRVEY. sec. sec. 4681. President may authorize surveys. l 4686. Power to employ vessels. 4682. Surveys beyond twenty leagues from 4687. Manner of employment of otllcers of shore. Army or Navy. 4683. Mode of conducting surveys. 4688. Allowances for subsistence. 4884. Employment of otlioers of Army and l 4689. Salary of superintendent. Navy. 4690. Report. 4685. Power to use books, &c., and to em- 4691. Disposal of maps and charts. ploy persons. President may Sec. 4681. The President is authorized to cause a survey to be taken §"h°""“ “““'°Y”· of the coasts of the United States, in which shall be desi nated the 10 Feb., 1807, c. islands and shoals, with the roads or places of anchorage. within twenty 8·;bb‘{·2alg£l3· leagues of any part of the shores of the United States; and also the ,91 8 {I3"., p_5y§’ respective courses and_distances between the principal capes or head- ’’'lands, together with such other matters as he may deem proper for completing an accurate chart of every art of the coasts. Surveys beyond Sec. 4682. The President may also cause such examinations and ob- }"'°“*Yh l°“€“°” servations to be made with respect to Saint George’s Bank, and to any other bank, or shoal, and the soundings and currents, although beyond I0 FSU- 1807, ¢- the distance of twenty leagues from the shore to the Gulf Stream. as he 8* S` 2*"· 2* P' 413* may cdlegm especially subservient to the commercial interests of the nit `tates. _Modeo£conduct» Sec. 4683. All appropriations made for the work of surveyin the "*8¤°"°Y¤· coast of the Unite States shall be expended in accordance witg the 3 Mm-., 1843, c, plan of re-organizing the mode of executing the survey which has been 100, s.1,v.5,p.640. submitted to the President by a board of officers organized under the gmt March three, eighteen hundred and forty-three, chapter one hun- Employment ot Sec. 4684. The President shall carry into effect the plan of the board, °'%°,‘f,” °* Am? as agreed upon by a majority of its members; and shall cause to be 2;};. emp o ed as many officers of the Army and Navy of the United States Ibid- as willybe compatible with the successful rosccution of the work; the officers of the avy to be employed on the lilydrographical parts, and the oficers of the Army on the to graphical parts of the work; and no officer of the Army or Navy shalloreceive any extra pay out of any appropriations for surve s. bog;:';' tzngzg Sec. 4685. The President is authorized, in executing the provisions amphjx E°E`;,S0,,s_ of this_Title, to use all maps, charts, books, instruments, and apparatus 10h1y, 1832, c_ belonging to the United tates, and to direct where the same s all be 191,s. 2,v, 4,p,571. depos1te, and to employ all persons in the land or naval service of the United States, and such astronomers and other persons as he shall deem proper. P°W°"*°°mPl°Y Sec. 4686. The President is authorized. for any of the purposes of sur- Y veying the coast of the United States, to cause to be employed such of 8 !_ 3 $2; p_ df' the public vesselsin actual service as he deems it expedient to emdploy, ’;4 Ap,-gf, 1818, ,_ and to give such instructions for regulating their conduct as he coms 58,s. 1, v. 3, p. 425. proper, accordirégto the tenor of this Title. Manner of em- Sec. 4687. O cers of the Army and Navy shall, as far as practicable, Pl°Xm°¤*°*§m*¤ be employed in the work of surveying the coast of the United States, ?’T - whenever and in the manner required by the Department having charge n unc, 1844, c-  gi, SM1, v. 5, pp. ' -$_ll<>W•¤¤¤ f°' Sec. 4688. The Secretary of the Treasury ma make such allowances  to the officers and men of the Army and Navy, wllile employed on Coast 1512  ¥;5*;;;· Survey service, for subsistence, in addition to their compensation, as be 319; 3Q0f’may deem necessary, not exceeding the sum authorized by the Treasury regulation of the eleventh day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four.