1994 US Code
Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND WAR SHIPPING ACTS
Sec. 1293 - Payment of compensation; insurance
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND WAR SHIPPING ACTS ACT MAR. 24, 1943, CH. 26, 57 STAT. 45 Sec. 1293 - Payment of compensation; insurance |
Contains | section 1293 |
Date | 1994 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Mar. 24, 1943, ch. 26, §3, 57 Stat. 48; July 25, 1947, ch. 327, §1, 61 Stat. 449. |
Statutes at Large References | 57 Stat. 45, 48 60 Stat. 501 61 Stat. 449 64 Stat. 1273 75 Stat. 843 95 Stat. 151 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 97-31 |
§1293. Payment of compensation; insurance
(a) Omitted [Amendment of section 1271 of this Appendix].
(b) Omitted.
(c) In the event that a vessel the title or use and possession of which is requisitioned or taken pursuant to section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended [46 App. U.S.C. 1242], or the Act of June 6, 1941 (Public Law 101, Seventy-seventh Congress) [sections 1271 to 1275 of this Appendix], is in the custody of any court, State or Federal, it shall be the duty of all agents and officers of the court having possession, custody, or control of said vessel, forthwith upon the filing with the clerk of said court of a certified copy of the order of requisitioning or taking, and without further order of the court, to comply with said requisitioning or taking and to permit the representatives of the United States Maritime Commission or the War Shipping Administration,1 as the case may be, to take possession, custody, and control of said vessel.
(d) Omitted [Amendment of section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1242)].
(e) to (i) Repealed. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, §1, 61 Stat. 449.
(j) Omitted [Amendment of section 1273 of this Appendix].
(k) Omitted [Amendment of section 1274 of this Appendix].
(Mar. 24, 1943, ch. 26, §3, 57 Stat. 48; July 25, 1947, ch. 327, §1, 61 Stat. 449.)
CodificationSubsec. (b). Act Mar. 24, 1943, dealing with power of War Shipping Administrator to determine whether a vessel was required by United States, expired with the termination on Sept. 1, 1946, of War Shipping Administration, as set forth in note below.
Subsecs. (e) to (i). Act Mar. 24, 1943, amended sections 1128b to 1128e and 1128h of former Title 46, Shipping, by providing compensation for servicing insurance, placing 5 percent limitation on commissions, for action in nature of bill of interpleader against interested persons, defining risks of war, and reinsurance of insurance companies.
Transfer of FunctionsWar Shipping Administration terminated as of Sept. 1, 1946, and functions, powers, duties, etc., transferred to United States Maritime Commission for period Sept. 1, 1946, to Dec. 31, 1946, for purpose of liquidating Administration, by act July 8, 1946, ch. 543, title II, §202, 60 Stat. 501.
United States Maritime Commission abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 21, 1950, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1273, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred part of its functions and part of functions of its Chairman to Federal Maritime Board and Chairman thereof, that Board having been created by that Plan as an agency within Department of Commerce with an independent status in some respects, and transferred remainder of Commission's functions and functions of its Chairman to Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in Secretary to authorize their performance by Maritime Administrator, the head of Maritime Administration, which likewise was established by the Plan in Department of Commerce with provision that Chairman of Federal Maritime Board should, ex officio, be that Administrator.
Federal Maritime Board, including offices of members of Board, abolished by section 304 of Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1961, eff. Aug. 12, 1961, 26 F.R. 7315, 75 Stat. 843, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Board transferred either to Federal Maritime Commission or to Secretary of Commerce by sections 103 and 202 of Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1961.
Maritime Administration transferred from Department of Commerce to Department of Transportation by Pub. L. 97–31, Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 151 (46 App. U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
Vessel Operations Under Revolving FundVessel operations conducted under Vessel Operations Revolving Fund, applicability of subsec. (c) of this section to, see section 1241a of Title 46, Appendix, Shipping.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 46 App. section 1241a.
1 See Transfer of Functions note below.
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