§ 735. — Marking pierheads in certain lakes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC735]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 16--LIGHTHOUSES
Sec. 735. Marking pierheads in certain lakes
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly mark all pierheads
belonging to the United States situated on the northern and northwestern
lakes, whenever he is duly notified by the department charged with the
construction or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair of
any such pierheads has been completed.
(R.S. Sec. 4677; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Secs. 6, 13, 36 Stat. 538, 539;
1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53
Stat. 1432; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Secs. 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 4677 derived from act July 15, 1870, ch. 292, Sec. 3, 16
Stat. 309.
Transfer of Functions
``Commandant of the Coast Guard'' substituted in text for ``Light-
House Board'' on authority of sections 6 and 13 of act June 17, 1910,
which abolished the board and transferred its powers and duties to the
Commissioner of Lighthouses, who was the head of the Bureau of
Lighthouses. Said sections 6 and 13 were repealed by section 20 of act
Aug. 4, 1949, section 1 of which reestablished the Coast Guard by
enacting Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 2(a) of Reorg. Plan No. II of
1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees, consolidated the Bureau of Lighthouses with the Coast Guard,
the Chief of which is the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set
out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of Coast Guard, and Commandant
of Coast Guard, were excepted from transfer when Coast Guard is
operating as part of Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast
Guard.
Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary of
the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of the
Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89-670,
Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2) of Pub. L.
89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such transfer of
functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in time of war or
when President directs as provided in section 3 of Title 14. See section
108 of Title 49, Transportation.
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of
Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d),
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified,
set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.