An Act to grant the masters of certain U.S. vessels a lien on those vessels for their wages
PL 90-293 (H.R.14401), enacted 04/25/1968

82 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 90-293-APR. 25, 1968 
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COORDINATIOX WITH THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT 
SEC. 5. (a) The Board of Education and the Commissioner of the 
District of Columbia shall jointly develop procedures to assure the 
maximum coordination of educational and other municipal programs 
and services in achieving the most effective educational .system and 
utilization of educational facilities and services to serve broad com-
munity needs. Such procedures shall cover such matters as— 
(1) design and construction of educational facilities to accom-
modate civic and community activities such as recreation, adult 
and vocational education and training, and other community pur-
poses ; 
(2) full utilization of educational facilities during nonschool 
hours for community purposes; 
(3) utilization of municipal services such as police, sanitation, 
recreational, maintenance services to enhance the effectiveness and 
stature of the school in the community; 
(4) arrangements for cost-sharing and reimbursements on 
school and community programs involving utilization of educa-
tional facilities and services; and 
(5) other matters of mutual interest and concern. 
(b) The Board of Education may invite the (Commissioner of the 
District of Columbia or his designee to attend and participate in 
meetings of the Board on matters pertaining to coordination of educa-
tional and other municipal programs and services and on such other 
matters as may be of mutual interest. 
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION OF OFFICE 
SEC. 6. (a) The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
May 15,1968, except that— 
(1) the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, 
appointed under the Act of June 20, 1906 (as in effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act), shall continue to exercise the pow-
ers, functions, duties vested in it under such Act (as in effect on 
such date); 
(2) vacancies in such Board shall be filled by appointment in 
accordance with such Act (as in effect on such date); and 
(3) the members of such Board appointed under such Act (as 
in effect on such date) shall continue m office; 
until such time as at least six of the members first elected to the Board 
of Education (under such Act as amended by this Act) take office. 
Approved April 22, 1968. 
34 Stat. 316. 
D.C- Code 31-
101 et seq. 
Public Law 90-293 
AN A C T 
^p^jl 25,1968 
To grant the masters of certain United States vessels a lien on those vessels for 
[H.R. 14401] 
their wages. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That (a) the master 
of a vessel documented, registered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws 
of the United States shall have the same lien for his wages against such 
vessel and the same priority as any other seaman serving on such vessel. 
(b) Sections 4546 and 4547 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (46 U.S.C. 603 and 604) shall not apply in any proceeding 
brought by a master for the enforcement of the lien granted by this 
section. 
Vessels. 
Masters' liens 
for wages. 
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PUBLIC LAW 90-294-APR. 26, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
"Master." 
(c) Section 4535 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 
U.S.C. 600) is amended by striking out "seaman" each place it appears 
and inserting in lieu thereof at each such place "master or seaman''. 
(d) Section 12 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (38 Stait. 
1164; 46 U.S.C. 601), is amended (1) by striking out "seaman or 
apprentice" each place it a^jpears and inserting in lieu thereof at each 
such place "master, seaman, or apprentice", and (2) by striking out in 
the first proviso thereof "any seaman" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"any master or seaman". 
SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act, section 4535 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States and section 12 of the Act of March 4, 
1915, as amended (38 Stat. 1164; 46 U.S.C. 601), the term "master" 
shall include every person having command of any vessel documented, 
registered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws of the United States, 
except a person who has a financial interest valued at 5 per centum or 
more either of the corporation, partnership, or association which owns 
the vessel against which the lien is claimed, or of the market value of 
the vessel against which the lien is claimed. 
Approved April 25, 1968. 
April 26, 1968 
[S.3135] 
Corporation for 
Public Broad-
casting. 
81 Stat. 372. 
47 u s e 396. 
Public Law 90-294 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 by extending the authorization of 
appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraphs 
(1) and (2) of section 396 (k) of the Communications Act of 1934 are 
each amended by striking out "1968" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"1969". 
Approved April 26, 1968. 
April 29, 1968 
[S.1664] 
El Dorado, 
Kans. 
Relief. 
Public Law 90-295 
AN ACT 
For the relief of the city of El Dorado, Kansas. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the city of El Dorado, 
Kansas, the sum of $10,071.81 in full settlement of all its claims against 
the United States for payment of civil defense matching funds for 
a civil defense communication system composed of items described in 
the project application and approved by the Office of Civil Defense 
and installed in the El Dorado emergency operating center located in 
the new public safety building for civil defense purposes. Payment 
of all or a portion oi the amount appropriated in this Act is condi-
tioned upon installation of and payment for the items included in 
the project application. No part of the amount appropriated in this 
Act shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney 
on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the 
same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. 
Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any 
sum not exceeding $1,000. 
Approved April 29, 1968.