to be admitted to seats in Congress and to all the rights and privileges of Senators and Representatives of other States in the Congress of the United States. And the officers of the State government formed in pursuance of said constitu tion, as provided by said constitutional convention, shall proceed to exercise all the functions of such State officers; and all laws in force in the Territory of Oklahoma at the time of the admission of said State into the Union shall be in force throughout said State, except as modified or changed by this Act or by the constitution of the State, and the laws of the United States not locally inap plicable shall have the same force and effect within said State as elsewhere within the United States. [34 Stat. L. 277.] Officers for a full state government, under the terms of this Act, include not only state officers whose powers and duties are coextensive with the limits of the state, but include all the officers provided for in the constitu tion, from the highest to the lowest, whose duties are in any manner connected with the administration of the state government. Frantz v. Autry, 18 Okla. 561, 91 Pac. 193. SEC. 22. [Acceptance of this Act.] That the constitutional convention provided for herein shall, by ordinance irrevocable, accept the terms and conditions of this Act. [34 Stat. L. 278.] SECS. 23-41. [Arizona and New Mexico.] These sections provided for elections to determine the admission of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico as the state of Arizona. At the general election of Nov. 6, 1906, a majority of the qualified voters of New Mexico voted in favor of the proposition and a majority of the qualified voters of Arizona voted against the proposition. According to the provisions of sec. 24 of this Act, therefore, secs. 23 to 41, inclusive, became null and void, and Arizona and New Mexico continue as territories. STATISTICS. Agricultural Statistics, see AGRICULTURE. 646 STEAM VESSELS. Act of March 17, 1906, Ch. 955, 647. Sec. 1. Steamboat Inspection Service R. S. Section 4400 Amended, 647. 2. Effect, 648. Act of April 9, 1906, Ch. 1372, 649. Sec. 1. Steamboat Inspection Service - Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers-R. S. Section 4414 Amended, 649. 2. Effect, 650. Act of May 16, 1906, Ch. 2460, 650. Steamboat Inspection Service - Regulations for Motor Boats - R. S. Section 4426 Amended, 650. Act of May 28, 1906, Ch. 2565, 651. Transportation of Dangerous Articles on Passenger Steamers Prohibited Act of June 30, 1906, Ch. 3919, 652. Steam Vessels - Fire Protection - Fire Pump, etc., Required — R. S. Section 4471 Amended - Steam Pump- Hand Pump-Location Requirement Modified, 652. Act of Feb. 8, 1907, Ch. 892, 652. Steamboat Inspection Service - Meetings of Board, Assignment of Districts-Regulations - Whistling Restriction Added-Executive Committee Authorized — Amendment, etc., of Regulations — Use of Instruments for Security of Life, 652. Act of April 2, 1908, Ch. 123, 653. Sec. I. Officers and Crew of Passenger Steamers, 653. 2. Effect, 654. Act of May 28, 1908, Ch. 212, 654. Sec. 3. Count or List of Passengers, 654. 4. Penalty for Failure to Keep Count or List, 654. 9. Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers, 654. 10. Seagoing Barges - Annual Inspection to Be Made - Certificates, 655. 11. Life-saving Appliances Required on Barges, 655. 12. Requirements before Registry, etc., of Barges, 655. 13. Penalty for Violations, 655. 14. Towing Vessels in Inland Waters-Regulations for Hawsers, etc., to Be Prepared, 655. 15. Towing Regulations - Penalty for Violation by Master, 656. Act of March 2, 1909, Ch. 244, 656. Sec. 1. Boiler Plates, 656. 2. Boilers in Use, 657. 3. Repeal, 657. CROSS-REFERENCE. See COLLISIONS. An Act To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes relating to inspecțion of steam vessels. [Act of March 17, 1906, ch. 955, 34 Stat. L. 68.] [SEC. 1.] [Steamboat inspection service R. S. sec. 4400 amended.] That section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 4400. All steam vessels navigating any waters of the United States which are common highways of commerce or open to general or competitive navigation, excepting public vessels of the United States, vessels of other countries, and boats propelled in whole or in part by steam for navigating canals, shall be subject to the provisions of this title. And all foreign private steam vessels carrying passengers from any port of the United States to any other place or country shall be subject to the provisions of sections forty-four hundred and seventeen, forty-four hundred and eighteen, forty-four hundred and twentyone, forty-four hundred and twenty-two, forty-four hundred and twenty-three, forty-four hundred and twenty-four, forty-four hundred and seventy, fortyfour hundred and seventy-one, forty-four hundred and seventy-two, forty-four hundred and seventy-three, forty-four hundred and seventy-nine, forty-four hundred and eighty-two, forty-four hundred and eighty-eight, forty-four hundred and eighty-nine, forty-four hundred and ninety-six, forty-four hundred and ninety-seven, forty-four hundred and ninety-nine, and forty-five hundred of this title, and shall be liable to visitation and inspection by the proper officer, in any of the ports or [of] the United States, respecting any of the provisions of the sections aforesaid: Provided, however, That when such foreign passenger steamers belong to countries having inspection laws approximating those of the United States, and have unexpired certificates of inspection issued by the proper authorities in the respective countries to which they belong, they shall be subject to no other inspection than necessary to satisfy the local inspectors that the condition of the vessel, her boilers, and life-saving equipments are as stated in the current certificate of inspection; but no such certificate of inspection shall be accepted as evidence of lawful inspection except when presented by steam vessels of other countries which have by their laws accorded to the steam vessels of the United States visiting such countries the same privilege accorded herein to the steam vessels of such countries visiting the United States; it being further provided that there shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States the same fees for the inspection of foreign passenger steamers carrying passengers from the United States that any foreign nation shall charge the merchant vessels of the United States trading to the ports of such nationality; it being further provided that the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall have the power to waive at any time the collection of such fees upon due notice of the proper authorities of any country concerned that the collection of fees for the inspection of American steam merchant vessels has been discontinued. It is further provided that the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may, in his discretion, permit any foreign passenger steamer coming within the provisions of this Act whose foreign certificate of inspection shall have expired at sea since last leaving the country to which said vessel belongs, or while said vessel shall have been in a port of the United States, to sail upon her regular route without undergoing any further inspection than would have been required had said foreign certificate of inspection been in force: Provided, however, That such discretion shall be exercised only with respect of vessels operated upon regularly established lines, and in cases where such foreign passenger steamers will be regularly inspected by the authorities of her home government before her next return to a port of the United States." [34 Stat. L. 68.] For R. S. sec. 4400, as it formerly read, see 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 161. SEC. 2. [Effect.] That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. [34 Stat. L. 68.] An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, inspectors of hulls and boilers of steam vessels. [Act of April 9, 1906, ch. 1372, 34 Stat. L. 106.] [SEC. 1.] [Steamboat inspection service inspectors of hulls and boilers -R. S. sec. 4414 amended.] That section forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 4414. There shall be in each of the following collection districts, namely, the districts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco, California; New London, Connecticut; Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Bangor, Maine; New Haven, Connecticut; Michigan, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Willamette, Oregon; Puget Sound, Washington; Savannah, Georgia; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Oswego, New York; Charleston, South Carolina; Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Michigan; Apalachicola, Florida; Galveston, Texas; Mobile, Alabama; Providence, Rhode Island, and in each of the following ports: New York, New York; Jacksonville, Florida; Portland, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio; Norfolk, Virginia; Evansville, Indiana; Dubuque, Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; Albany, New York; Cincinnati, Ohio; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Saint Louis, Missouri; Port Huron, Michigan; New Orleans, Louisiana; Juneau, Alaska; Saint Michael, Alaska; Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Burlington, Vermont, one inspector of hulls and one inspector of boilers. The inspectors of hulls and the inspectors of boilers in the districts and ports enumerated in the preceding paragraph shall be entitled to the following salaries, to be paid under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, namely: For the port of New York, New York, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per year for each local inspector. For the districts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; San Francisco, California, and Puget Sound, Washington, and the ports of Boston, Massachusetts; Buffalo, New York, and New Orleans, Louisiana, at the rate of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per year for each local inspector. For the districts of Michigan, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Duluth, Minnesota; Providence, Rhode Island; Chicago, Illinois, and the ports of Albany, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Portland, Maine; Juneau, Alaska; Saint Michael, Alaska, and Norfolk, Virginia, at the rate of two thousand dollars per year for each local inspector. For the districts of Oswego, New York; Willamette, Oregon; Detroit, Michigan, and Mobile, Alabama, and the ports of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Port Huron, Michigan, at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year for each local inspector. For the districts of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; New Haven, Connecticut; Savannah, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; Galveston, Texas; New London, Connecticut; Superior, Michigan; Bangor, Maine, and Apalachicola, Florida, and the ports of Dubuque, Iowa; Toledo, Ohio; Evansville, Indiana; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Point Pleasant, West Virginia; Burlington, Vermont; Jacksonville, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per year for each local inspector. And in addition the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may appoint, in districts or ports where there are two hundred and twenty-five steamers and upward to be inspected annually, assistant inspectors, at a salary, for the port of New York, of two thousand dollars a year each; for the port of New Orleans, Louisiana; the districts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; the ports of Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois, and the district of San Francisco, California, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per year each, and for all other districts and ports at a salary not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars a year each; and he may appoint a clerk to any such board at a compensation not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars a year to each person so appointed. Every inspector provided for in this or the preceding sections of this title shall be paid his actual and reasonable traveling expenses or mileage, at the rate of five cents a mile, incurred in the performance of his duties, together with his actual and reasonable expenses for transportation of instruments, which shall be certified and sworn to under such instructions as shall be given by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Assistant inspectors, appointed as provided by law, shall perform such duties of actual inspection as may be assigned to them under the direction, supervision, and control of the local inspectors. And the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may from time to time detail said assistant inspectors of one port or district for service in any other port or district, as the needs of the Steamboat-Inspection Service may, in his discretion, require, and the actual and reasonable traveling expenses or mileage of assistant inspectors so detailed shall, subject to such limitations as the said Secretary may in his discretion prescribe, be paid in the same manner as provided in this section for inspectors." [34 Stat. L. 106.] For R. S. sec. 4414, as first amended, see 10 Fed. Stat. Annot. 390. As originally enacted, see 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 166. A further amendment of this section is contained in sec. 9 of the Act of May 28, 1908, ch. 212, given infra, p. 654. SEC. 2. [Effect.] That this Act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of May, nineteen hundred and six. An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States; regulation of motor boats. [Act of May 16, 1906, ch. 2460, 34 Stat. L. 193.] [Steamboat inspection service-regulations for motor boats - R. S. sec. 4426 amended.] That section forty-four hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and it is hereby, amended by striking out, after the words "launches of ten," and before the words "and under," the words "tons burden," and inserting in lieu thereof the words " gross tons," and by striking out, after the words "above fifteen," and before the words "carrying freight," the words "tons burden," and inserting in lieu thereof the words (( gross tons; " and also that said section be, and it is hereby, further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "All vessels of fifteen gross tons or less propelled in whole or in part by gas, gasoline, petroleum, naphtha, fluid, or electricity, and carrying passengers for hire, shall carry one life-preserver, of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the board of supervising inspectors, for every passenger carried, and no such boat while so carrying passengers shall be cperated or navigated except in charge of a person duly licensed for such service by the local board of inspectors. No examination shall be required as a condition of the obtaining of such a license, and any such license shall be revoked or suspended by the local board of inspectors for misconduct, gross negligence, recklessness in navigation, intemperance, or violation of law on the part of the holder, and if revoked, the person holding such license shall be incapable of obtaining another such license for one year from the date of revocation," so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: |