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 326 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 181-183. 1910. A rtl 21. 1910- CHAP. 181.——An Act To t authori to the Crosb Transportation Company, !lB· ’°°°·l of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to gliznnge the mtime of the steagzer Naomi to E. G. Crosby. r¤,. 44. ·, _ 2 mc No 1 1 __ Be itenucted by the Senate¢md.H0»useof1?epresentatzvesof the United •w¤liie£' CWS"' States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the Commissioner of ,,{§’,‘·‘f’_§d‘;f,_'“N““"' Navigation is hereby authorized and directed, upon application by the owners, the Crosby Transportation Congpanyr of Milwaukee, W1scon— sin, to change the name 0 the steamer aomi, officnal number eighty thousand eight hundred and sixty·0ne, to E. G. Crosby. Approved, April 21, 1910. Avri121. 1910- CHAP. 182.—An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide two ___L€;{”‘·l new revenue cutters, and for other purposes. Public, N0. 145. [ 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 8e§‘g;g¤¤e<>¤¢¤¤* States of America in Oongreas assembled, That the Secretary of the ‘ Two imew nsw. Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to tprovide and equ1p two ‘°,,,‘{‘,‘§_";°$;,_ new revenue cutters at a cost not exceeding] e sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in each case, and w en either of said revenue cutters shall be placed in service, one of the revenue cutters now in the service shall thereupon be retired from service. T¤·¤¤f¢r0f¤¢¤¢i¤¤¤· Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasu is hereby authorized from time to time to make such transfer and ignge of stations of revenue cutters as he may deem desirable for the best interests of the service, and in his discretion to direct any revenue cutter to cruihe in any waters to perform the duties of the Revenue-Cutter Service. _c¤m•.mu¤¤ under Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury is directed to have the vessels °""""’°‘“‘“"‘ provided for herein constructed in accordance with the provisions of g°é·2Z;>3§*‘g·p M the Act entitled “An Act relating to the limitation of the hours of ' " ’ ` daily service of laborers and mechanics employed u n the public works of the United States and of the District of Columll>(ia," approved August iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Approved, April 21, 1910. Apgl $123310. CHAP. 183.-An Act To protect the seal fisheries of Alaska, and for other purposes. Amelie, xo. neg Be it enacted b·y the Semue and House of Representat1Zves of the United e,c_‘°""“°**‘“°"° °’· States of America, wa. Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commgg_g;e=·;rg ragogqé meme and Labor shall have power to authorize the killing of fur seals umu? rzkulations mr and the taking of sealskms on the Pribilof Islands, in Alaska, under ‘““‘“¥· °‘°·· ““°"· revulations established b him prescribing the manner in which such killing shall be done andy limiting the number of seals to be killed, whenever he shall determine that such killin is necessary or desirable Hman. and not inconsistent with the preservation 0% the seal herd: Provided, d§§f§,'{§f°° ‘° °°`l` however, That under such authorit the right of killing fur seals and taking sealskins shall be exercisedy b officers, agents, or employees of the United States appointed b the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and by the natives of the Iyribilof Islands under the direction and supervision of such oH·icers, agents, or employees, and b no um:. other person: And provhled further, That male seals only shall be killed and that not more than ninety-five per centum of three-yearold male seals shall be killed in any one year. “¤*°¤· Sno, 2. That any and all sealskins taken under the authorit conferred by the greceding section shall be sold by the Secreta ofYCommerce and La or in such market, at such times, and in sulch manner as he may deem most advantageous; and the proceeds of such sale gagvieg to mmm or sales shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States: Provided, umiés. That the directions of this section, relating to the disposition of seal skms and the proceeds thereof, shall be subject to the provisions of