SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 373, 374, 378. 1910. 605 port of supply is intrusted. No aperson tortiously or unlawfully in possession or charge of a vessel sh l have authority to bind the vessel. Sec. 3. That the officers and agents of a vessel specified in section 0¤e¤¢r¤r¤.e¤=. two shall be taken to include such officers and agents when appointed by a charterer, by] an owner pro hac vice, or by an agreed purchaser in possession of the vessel, but nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer a lien when the furnisher knew, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence could have ascertained, that because of the terms of a charter party, agreement for sale of the vessel, or for any other reason, the person ordering the repairs, supplies, or other necessaries was without authority to bind the vessel therefor. Sm. 4.· That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a Wnivinslien. furnisher of repairs, supplies, or other necessaries from waiving his right to alien at any time, by agreement or otherwise, and this Act ,,,§Q§‘,§;c,g,’f’°°°°*”8' shall not be construed to alfect the rules of law now existing, either in regard to the right to proceed against a vessel for advances, or in regard to laches in the enforcement of liens on vessels, or in regard to the priority or rank of liens, or in regard to the right to proceed in personam- Sec. 5. That this Act shall supersede the provisions of all state e§,g;{° laws *“P°'· statutes conferring liens on vessels in so far as the same purport to ` create rights of action to be enforced by proceedings in rem against vessels for repairs, supplies, and other necessaries. ‘ Approved, June 23, 1910. CHAP. 374.-An Act For the erection of a replica of the statue of General Von ·gg¤§§6g£lj Stmbcm [Public; No. zoo.] Be it enacted by the Senate and H'mwl;?"R@rese»ztat:}ves of the United States o_fAm.e1·£ca in Oemgress assemb , That the expenditure of the ,,§f“°"‘1 V°“ Sm" sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, u§,*;g}_*,<;•é(;>{g;¤*:;>l{; be, and the same is hereby, authorized to be made under the direction mm weemiin nmof the Secretary of State and the Joint Committee on the Library for "°§,§;_ ,,_,,,,, · the erection of a bronze replica of the statue of General Von Steuben ' authorized to be erected in Washington; said replica to be presented to His Majesty the German Emperor and the German Nation in recognition of the gift of the statue of Frederick the Great, presented by the Emperor to the people of the United States. Approved, June 23, 1910. CHAP. 378.+-An Act Makin appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal ear June 24- 1919- ending June thirtieth, nineteeniliuxiildreld and eleven, and for other purposes. y Pu ic, No. 261.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, ,,,§`,,'§,$_°"‘°"“"*"°' and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending June thirticth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes. PAY or THE NAVY. Pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty and P" °‘ “"""° other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; clerks_to paymasters at yards and stations, general storekeepers and receiving ships, and other vessels; two clerks to general inspectors of Pay Corps; one clerk to pay officer in charge of deserters’ rolls; commutation of guarters for officers on shore not occupyiagnpublic quarters, including boatswains, gunners, carpenters, s akers,
