33 U.S.C. § 875 — Powers of officers as notaries

Page 254 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 874 1960—Pub. L. 86–397 substituted ‘‘Secretary of Com- merce’’ for ‘‘Coast and Geodetic Survey’’ and ‘‘instru- ment observer or recorder’’ for ‘‘bombers or fathometer readers,’’ inserted reference to employees tending magnetographs, and authorized Secretary to establish rates of compensation. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1964 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 88–448 effective on first day of first month which begins later than the ninetieth day following Aug. 19, 1964, see section 403 of Pub. L. 88–448. § 874. Repealed. Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 271(5), Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3094 Section, act July 22, 1947, ch. 286, § 1, 61 Stat. 400; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, related to transportation of de- ceased officers’ effects and reimbursement for supplies furnished distressed and shipwrecked persons. See sec- tion 3075 of this title. § 875. Powers of officers as notaries In places where the National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration is serving which are not within the jurisdiction of any one of the States of the continental United States, exclud- ing Alaska, commanding officers of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ves- sels, and such other officers of the National Oce- anic and Atmospheric Administration as the Secretary of Commerce may designate, may ex- ercise the general powers of the notary public in the administration of oaths for the execution, acknowledgment, and attestation of instru- ments and papers, and the performance of all other notarial acts. The powers conferred shall be limited to acts performed in behalf of the per- sonnel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or in connection with the proper execution of the functions of that agency. (Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 932, § 1, 70 Stat. 988; Pub. L. 86–624, § 24, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 418; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1960—Pub. L. 86–624 substituted ‘‘the States of the continental United States, excluding Alaska’’ for ‘‘the several States’’. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Weath- er Bureau to form a new agency in Department of Com- merce to be known as Environmental Science Services Administration, and commissioned officers of Survey transferred to ESSA, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. The Reorg. Plan also transferred to Secretary of Commerce all functions of Coast and Geodetic Survey and Director of Survey. Subsequently, Environmental Science Services Admin- istration abolished, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established, and Commissioned Officer Corps of ESSA redesignated Commissioned Officer Corps of NOAA by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. For further details, see note set out under section 851 of this title. § 876. Fees for notarial acts; prima facie evidence of authority No fee of any kind shall be paid to any officer for the performance of any notarial act author- ized by section 875 of this title. The signature without seal together with indication of grade of any officer performing any notarial act shall be prima facie evidence of his authority. (Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 932, § 2, 70 Stat. 988.) § 877. Appropriations; advances from Advances of money from available appropria- tions may be made to the National Ocean Sur- vey and by authority of the Director thereof to chiefs of parties and accounts arising under such advances shall be rendered through and by the disbursing officer of the National Ocean Survey to the Government Accountability Office as under advances made to chiefs of parties prior to July 1, 1918. (July 1, 1918, ch. 113, § 1, 40 Stat. 688; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 929; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 231(z), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 212; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was a provision of the Sundry Civil Appro- priation Act of July 1, 1918. Section was formerly classified to section 550 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. AMENDMENTS 1972—Pub. L. 92–310 struck out provisions which re- quired chiefs of parties to give bonds. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Government Accountability Office’’ substituted in text for ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ pursuant to sec- tion 8(b) of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under sec- tion 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesig- nated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Pre- viously, ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ substituted in text for ‘‘Treasury Department’’ pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred all powers and duties of Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other employees of Treasury to General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Na- tional Weather Bureau to form Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. Environ- mental Science Services Administration abolished and its personnel, property, records, etc., transferred to Na- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090. By order of Acting Associate Adminis-