9711 25 A 2 RADIO LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES June 24, 1910, 61st Congress July 23, 1912, 62d Congress August 13, 1912, 62d Congress August 22, 1912, 62d Congress July 16, 1918, 65th Congress December 17, 1919, 66th Congress June 5, 1920, 66th Congress April 14, 1922, 67th Congress February 28, 1925, 68th Congress December 8, 1926, 69th Congress February 23, 1927, 69th Congress March 28, 1928, 70th Congress February 21, 1929, 70th Congress March 4, 1929, 70th Congress June 21, 1929, 71st Congress December 18, 1929, 71st Congress April 14, 1930, 71st Congress May 23, 1930, 71st Congress July 1, 1930, 71st Congress February 1, 1930, 71st Congress May 19, 1932, 72d Congress July 5, 1932, 72d Congress March 3, 1933, 72d Congress May 18, 1934, 73d Congress Congress Congress Public Law No. 255 Public Law [extract] No. 308 Public Law No. 423 Public Law No. 652 Public Law [extract] No. 799 Public Law No. 26 Public Law No. 97 Public Resolution No. 67 Public Law No. 503 Public Law No. 561 Public Law No. 441 Public Law No. 649 Public Law No. 659 May 25, 1934, 73d June 19, 1934, 73d Congress March 15, 1935, 74th Congress August 24, 1935, 74th Congress January 22, 1936, 74th Congress June 5, 1936, 74th Congress June 25, 1936, 74th Congress March 29, 1937, 75th Congress May 20, 1937, 75th Congress August 24, 1937, 75th Congress May 11, 1938, 75th Congress May 31, 1938, 75th Congress March 18, 1940, 76th Congress June 24, 1940, 76th Congress June 25, 1940, 76th Congress Compiled by ELMER A. LEWIS, Superintendent DOCUMENT ROOM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1941 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 15 cents UNITED STATES OF AMERICA APR 1 '41 [PUBLIC-No. 262-61ST CONGRESS] [S. 7021] An Act To require apparatus and operators for radio communication on certain ocean steamers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eleven, it shall be unlawful for any ocean-going steamer of the United States, or of any foreign country, carrying passengers and carrying fifty or more persons, including passengers and crew, to leave or attempt to leave any port of the United States unless such steamer shall be equipped with an efficient apparatus for radio-communication, in good working order, in charge of a person skilled in the use of such apparatus, which apparatus shall be capable of transmitting and receiving messages over a distance of at least one hundred miles, night or day: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to steamers plying only between ports less than two hundred miles apart. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of this act apparatus for radio-communication shall not be deemed to be efficient unless the company installing it shall contract in writing to exchange, and shall, in fact, exchange, as far as may be physically practicable, to be determined by the master of the vessel, messages with shore or ship stations using other systems of radio-communication. SEC. 3. That the master or other person being in charge of any such vessel which leaves or attempts to leave any port of the United States in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not more than five thousand dollars, and any such fine shall be a lien upon such vessel, and such vessel may be libeled therefor in any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such vessel shall arrive or depart, and the leaving or attempting to leave each and every port of the United States shall constitute a separate offense. SEC. 4. That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall make such regulations as may be necessary to secure the proper execution of this act by collectors of customs and other officers of the Government. Approved, June 24, 1910. [PUBLIC No. 238-62D CONGRESS] [S. 3815] An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to require appraratus and operators for radio communcation on certain ocean steamers," approved June twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and ten. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of an Act entitled "An Act to require apparatus and operators for radio communication on certain ocean steamers," approved June twentyfourth, nineteen hundred and ten, be amended so that it will read as follows: "SECTION 1. That from and after October first, nineteen hundred and twelve, it shall be unlawful for any steamer of the United States or of any foreign country navigating the ocean or the Great Lakes and licensed to carry, or carrying, fifty or more persons, including passengers or crew or both, to leave or attempt to leave any port of the United States unless such steamer shall be equipped with an efficient apparatus for radio communication, in good working order, capable of transmitting and receiving messages over a distance of at least one hundred miles, day or night. An auxiliary power supply, independent of the vessel's main electric power plant, must be provided which will enable the sending set for at least four hours to send messages over a distance of at least one hundred miles, day or night, and efficient communication between the operator in the radio room and the bridge shall be maintained at all times. "The radio equipment must be in charge of two or more persons skilled in the use of such apparatus, one or the other of whom shall be on duty at all times while the vessel is being navigated. Such equipment, operators, the regulation of their watches, and the transmission and receipt of messages, except as may be regulated by law or international agreement, shall be under the control of the master, in the case of a vessel of the United States; and every willful failure on the part of the master to enforce at sea the provisions of this paragraph as to equipment, operators, and watches shall subject him to a penalty of one hundred dollars. "That the provisions of this section shall not apply to steamers plying between ports, or places, less than two hundred miles apart.' SEC. 2. That this Act, so far as it relates to the Great Lakes, shall take effect on and after April first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and so far as it relates to ocean cargo steamers shall take effect on and after July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen: Provided, That on cargo steamers, in lieu of the second operator provided for in this Act, there may be substituted a member of the crew or other person who shall be duly certified and entered in the ship's log as competent to receive and understand distress calls or other usual calls indicating danger, and to aid in maintaining a constant wireless watch so far as required for the safety of life. Approved, July 23, 1912. [PUBLIC-No. 264-62D CONGRESS] [S. 6412] An Act To regulate radio communication. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a person, company, or corporation within the jurisdiction of the United States shall not use or operate any apparatus for radio communication as a means of commercial intercourse among the several States, or with foreign nations, or upon any vessel of the United States engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, or for the transmission of radiograms or signals the effect of which extends beyond the jurisdiction of the State or Territory in which the same are made, or where interference would be caused thereby with the receipt of messages or signals from beyond the jurisdiction of the said State or Territory, except under and in accordance with a license, revocable for cause, in that behalf granted by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor upon application therefor; but nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to the transmission and exchange of radiograms or signals between points situated in the same State: Provided, That the effect thereof shall not extend beyond the jurisdiction of the said State or interfere with the reception of radiograms or signals from beyond said jurisdiction; and a license shall not be required for the transmission or exchange of radiograms or signals by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, but every Government station on land or sea shall have special call letters designated and published in the list of radio stations of the United States by the Department of Commerce and Labor. Any person, company, or corporation that shall use or operate any apparatus for radio communication in violation of this section, or knowingly aid or abet another person, company, or corporation in so doing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the apparatus or device so unlawfully used and operated may be adjudged forfeited to the United States. SEC. 2. That every such license shall be in such form as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall determine and shall contain the restrictions, pursuant to this Act, on and subject to which the license is granted; that every such license shall be issued only to citizens of the United States or Porto Rico or to a company incorporated under the laws of some State or Territory or of the United States or Porto Rico, and shall specify the ownership and location of the station in which said apparatus shall be used and other particulars for its identification and to enable its range to be estimated; shall state the purpose of the station, and, in case of a station in actual operation at the date of passage of this Act, shall contain the statement that satisfactory proof has been furnished that it was actually operating on the above-mentioned date; shall state the wave length or the wave lengths authorized for use by the station for the prevention of |