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 SIXTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 287. 1912. 307 SHIP srarroiws 1*0 counumoarm wrrn Nmnnsr snonn srauous. Seventeenth. In general, the shi board stations shall transmit their °°*¤¤°¤*°**i°¤• ·rad.ic{ams to the nearest shore stlition. A sender on board a vessel h°m°m°°°°d' owever, have the right to designate the shore station through whic he desires to have his radiograms transmitted. If this can not be done, the wishes of the sender are to be complied with only if the transimssion can be effected without interfering with the service of other stations. Lnmarroxs ron rU·rUnn msrannunous m vrcmrrms or covmuw- 1mNr srarroxs. l:l§h' teenth. No station on shore not in actual operation at the date *'°' •°•“°'·• mm of e passage of this Act shall be licensed for the transaction of x¤d::?G1i:¤i'°wli¤l?`°°i commercial bnsmess by radio communication within fifteen nautical miles of the following naval or military stations, to wit: Arlington ' Vlgllllb; Key West, Florida; San Juan Porto Rico; North sad an Tatoosh Island, Washingt0n· San  California; and those ggabhsheldtpf    bg establishedhin Alaska anil in the•2i1Céa(1:al ne; an e o e e artment aving contro of su v- °°*¤¤•*°*·*' °¤**· ernment stations shall, so farpas is consistent with the transaction iii·°&¤i°»i. °°v ° of governmental business, arrange for the transmission and receipt of commercial   under the grovisions of the Berlin conven- P°"· "‘ “°° tion of nineteen hun andsix and ture international conventions or treaties to which the United States mg be a party, at each of the stations above referred to, and shall fix e rates therefor subject to N 1 u M control of such rates by Congress. At such stations and wherever and p¤ti¥t¤.°i£e§°* whenever shore stations open for general public business between the coast and vessels at sea under the provisions of the Berlin convention of nineteen hundred and six and future international conventions and treaties to which the United States may be a party shall not_ be so established as to insure a constant service day and night without interruption, and in all localities wherever or whenever such service shall not be maintained by acommercial shore station within one hundred nautical miles of a naval radio station, the Secretary of the Navy shall, so far as is consistent with the transaction of govern— mental business, open naval radio stations to the general public businem described above, and shall fix rates for such service, subject xml"` to control of such rates by Congress. The receipts from such radiograms shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. — sncamcr or missions. Nineteenth. No on or persons engaged in or having knowl e w°ri::i°.¥°»i.Z`¤•a ° of the operation of Pahlysstation or stations, shall divulge or publislijtlge contents of any messages transmitted or received y such station, except to the poison or persons to whom the same may be directed, or their authorized agent, or to another station employed to forward such message to its destination, unless legally required so to_d0 by the Mmmm, M. ,,,_ court oéézicimpegant jurisdictionbgig other competent autho1¥1ty.h Any v¤1s¤¤z- person ty o `vulging or pu lung any message, excep as erem provided, shall, on conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars} or imprisonment for a period of not exceeding three months, or both fine and imprisonment, m the discretion of the court.