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due : And provided further, That the provisions of this section shall 

 not apply to any obligations or the security therefor which may be 

 held by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under the provisions 

 of section 3. 



Sec. 13. As used in this Act the term "rural area" shall be deemed 

 to mean any area of the United States not included within the 

 boundaries of any city, village, or borough having a population in 

 excess of fifteen hundred inhabitants, and such term shall be deemed 

 to include both the farm and nonfarm population thereof; the term 

 "farm" shall be deemed to mean a farm as defined in the publications 

 of the Bureau of the Census ; the term "person" shall be deemed to 

 mean any natural pei'son, firm, corporation, or association; the term 

 "Territory" shall be deemed to include any insular possession of the 

 United States. 



Sec. 14. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to 

 any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the 

 Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circum- 

 stances shall not be affected thereby. 



Approved, May 20, 1936. 



Loans excluded. 

 Anle, p. 1364. 



Definitions. 

 "Rural area.* 



"Person.' 



"Territory." 



Separability 

 sion. 



[CHAPTER 433.] 



AN ACT 



To amend article 3 of the "Rules Concerning Lights, and so forth", contained 

 in the Act entitled "An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions upon 

 certain harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States", approved 

 June 7, 1897. 



May 20, 1936. 



|H. R. 103U8.1 



[PubUc, No. 606.) 



Navigation. 

 "Rules Concerning 

 Lights, etc." 

 Vol. 30, p. 97. 

 U. S. C, p. 1455. 



Be it eTiacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Congress assembJed, That the first sen- 

 tence of article 3 of the "Rules, Concerning Lights, and so forth", 

 contained in the Act entitled "An Act to adopt regulations for pre- 

 venting collisions upon certain harbors, rivers, and inland waters of 

 the United States", approved June 7, 1897, is amended to read as 

 follows : 



"Art. 3. A steam vessel when towing another vessel or vessels Lights of steam ves- 

 alongside shall, in addition to her side lights, carry two bright white sei alongside"" ^"^^^ 

 lights in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than three feet 

 apart, and when towing one or more vessels astern, regardless of the 

 length of the tow, shall carry an additional bright white light three 

 feet above or below such lights : Provided, That on the Red River of 

 the North and the rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their 

 tributaries, this article shall not affect the signal lights used on towing 

 vessels which propel the tow by pushing at the rear of the tow." 



Approved, May 20, 1936. 



When towing astern. 



Proviso. 

 Exceptions. 



[CHAPTER 434.] 



AN ACT 



To amend section 4321, Revised Statutes (U. S. C, title 46, sec. 263), and for 



other purposes. 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of 'Am£rica in Cong-ress aJiseniNed, That section 4321, 

 Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C, title 46, sec. 263), be, 

 and is hereby, amended to read as follows: 



"The form of a license for carrying on the coasting trade or fish- 

 eries shall be as follows : 



"License for carrying on the (here insert 'coasting trade', 'whale 

 fishery', 'mackerel fishery', or 'cod fishery', as the case may be). 



May 20, 1936. 



[H. R. 11036.1 



[Public, No. 607.1 



Vessels in domestic 

 commerce. 



R. S.,sec.4321,p.835. 

 U. S. C, p. 2005. 



License for coasting 

 trade or fisheries. 



Form prescribed. 



