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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 327-JULY 29, 1941 607 [CHAPTER 327] JOINT RESOLUTION July 29, 1941 To provide suitable vessels for the use of certain State nautical schools, and for [H. J. Res. 139] other purposes. IPublic Law 191] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the admin- State nautical istration of the Act entitled "An Act for the establishment of marine h. S. Maritime schools, and for other purposes", approved March 4,1911, as amended veissmeli to'""h (U. S . C ., 1934 edition, title 34, secs. 1121 to 1123), the United States 36 stat. 133. 34U.S. c. §§ 1121- Maritime Commission may repair or recondition, equip, and furnish 1123. to any State maintaining a marine school or a nautical branch under such Act, a suitable vessel owned or acquired by the Commission or otherwise available for disposition hereunder. Any department or Assistance of other agency of the United States is hereby authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to supply to the Commission for dispo- sition hereunder any suitable vessel which can be spared without detriment to the service to which such vessel has been assigned. All To reman U. S. vessels furnished to States for the use of such schools shall be and pr remain the property of the United States, and shall be maintained in good repair by the Commission. SEC. 2. The Maritime Commission is authorized, from any moneys Replacements. hereafter appropriated or made available to the Commission, to provide for the construction, by contract or otherwise, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the Commission and approved by the Secretary of the Navy, of suitable vessels with modern equipment and instruments to replace vessels otherwise fur- nished to States which are maintaining schools under such Act. SEC. 3. The maximum amount authorized to be appropriated for Maximum appro- any one marine school or nautical branch by section 2 of such Act school. of March 4, 1911, as amended, is hereby increased from $25,000 to 34. s.c. 1122. $50,000. Each marine school or nautical branch thereof, as a condi- Condition toa ar tion to receiving any portion of the monetary aid authorized by ce mory said section 2, or the use of any vessel authorized by this joint resolu- tion, shall under appropriate authority agree to conform to such minimum standards in regard to students' entrance requirements, the staff of instructors, and courses of and facilities for training, as the Maritime Commission shall approve. Each marine school or Out-of-State stu- nautical branch thereof, as a condition to receiving any portion ofents such monetary aid in excess of $25,000, shall under appropriate authority agree to admit to such school students resident in other States upon such terms and in such numbers as the Commission shall prescribe: Provided, That the per capita cost of students designated ProT" o by the Maritime Commission for admission to such school shall be capita cost. paid from the Federal funds authorized in said section 2 and that Limitation onum- the total number of such students shall not exceed one-third of the b er. student capacity of such school. SEc. 4. The Maritime Commission is authorized to prescribe such Rules and re gu la- rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate in the administration of this joint resolution and such Act of March 4, 1911, as amended. SEC. 5. The Maritime Commission is authorized to extend the bene- Extension of bene fits of this joint resolution to a State nautical school, established and maintained by any State in accordance with the applicable provi- sions of the Act entitled "An Act for the establishment of marine schools, and for other purposes", approved March 4, 1911, as amended. 3 ta t 13. at such port as may be designated by the State. 2 112 Approved, July 29, 1941.

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