54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 128, 129-APR. 22, 1940 deck and arranged, so far as intervening structures will permit, so as to be visible from any angle of approach." SEC. 3. Rule 10 of section 4233 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S. C ., 1934 edition, title 33, sec. 319), be and is hereby, amended to read as follows: "RuLE 10. All vessels, whether steam vessels or sail vessels, when at anchor in roadsteads or fairways, shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a globular lantern of eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light, visible all around the horizon, and at a distance of at least one mile: Provided, That the Secretary of War may, after investigation, rule, regulation, or order, designate such areas as he may deem proper as 'special anchorage areas'; such special anchorage areas may from time to time be changed, or abolished, if after inves- tigation the Secretary of War shall deem such change or abolition in the interest of navigation: Provided further, That vessels not more than sixty-five feet in length when at anchor in any such special anchorage area shall not be required to carry or exhibit the white light required by this article." Approved, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 129] AN ACT Authorizing the reconstruction or replacement of certain bridges necessitated by the Rio Grande canalization project and authorizing appropriation for that purpose. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State, acting through the American Section, International Bound- ary Commission, United States and Mexico, is authorized to recon- struct or replace certain bridges over the Rio Grande within the Rio Grande canalization project known as the Courchesne, Country Club, Borderland, and Vinton Bridges in El Paso County, Texas, and the Berino, Vado, Mesquite, Shalem, and Hatch-Rincon Bridges in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and such other bridges within said project as the Secretary of State may determine to include. SEC. 2 . That notwithstanding the limitation imposed on the total cost of construction of the Rio Grande canalization project by sec- tion 2 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing construction, opera- tion, and maintenance of Rio Grande canalization project and author- izing appropriation for that purpose", approved June 4, 1936, there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $350,000, which shall be in addition to appropriations heretofore authorized for such project, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 1 hereof other than for operation and maintenance, including salaries and wages, fees for professional services; rents, travel expenses- per diem in lieu of actual subsistence; printing and binding, lawbooks and books of reference; purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled passenger- and freight-carrying vehi- cles; hire with or without personal services, of work animals and animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment; acquisi- tion by donation, condemnation, or purchase of real and personal property; transportation (including drayage) of personal effects of employees upon change of station; telephone, telegraphic, and air- mail communications; rubber boots for official use by employees; ice; equipment, services, supplies, and materials and other such miscel- laneous expenses as the Secretary of State may deem necessary prop- 151 28 Stat. 672. Rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico. Anchor lights on vessels in roadsteads or fairways. Provisos. "Special anchorage areas." Exempted vessels. April 22,1940 [H. R . 7809] [Public, No. 472] Rio Orande canali- zation project. Reconstruction or replacement of certain bridges authorized. Additional appro- priation authorized. 49 Stat. 1463. PoEt, p. 660 . Expenses included.
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