4 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



with the approval of the President by the Secretary of the Treasury 

 luider the classified civil service, who shall perform such duties as the 

 Secretary shall prescribe, and who shall receive compensation at the 

 rate of $14,000 per annum. 



SECTION 4. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS 



The Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time effect such 

 transfers within the Department of the Treasury of any of the records, 

 property, personnel, and unexpended balances (available or to be 

 made available) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of 

 such Department as he may deem necessary in order to carry out the 

 provisions of this reorganization plan. 



ASSIGNMENT OF FUNCTIONS UNDER REORGANIZATION 

 PLAN NO. 26 OF 1950 



The following Treasury Department Order 120 (15 F.R. 6521) was 

 issued by the Secretary of the Treasury under date of July 31, 1950 : 



By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan 

 No. 26 of 1950, it is directed that officers, employees, and agencies of 

 the Treasury Department shall continue to perform the functions 

 they were authorized to perform immediately prior to the effective 

 date of the Reorganization Plan, and authorized regulations and 

 procedures in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the 

 Reorganization Plan shall continue in effect until changed by the 

 appropriate authority. 



Note. — Since the Treasury Department Order 120 continued statutory functions in the 

 same manner and to same extent as though Reorganization Plan No. 26, 1950. had not 

 been issued until such time that other actions are taken by appropriate authority to 

 change the administration of the laws affected by this Plan, the test of the laws affected 

 by this Plan were not changed to show effect of this Plan. Subsequent Treasury Depart- 

 ment orders containing specific delegations of authority are printed with the laws affected. 



Establishment of Coast Guard 



14 U.S.C. 1 



The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military 

 service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all 

 times. The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Treasury Department, 

 except when operating as a service in the Navy. (Aug. 4, 1949, c. 393, 

 §1,63 Stat. 496.) 



Primary duties 



14 U.S.C. 2 



The Coast Guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all 

 applicable Federal laws upon the high seas and watei-s subject to the 

 jurisdiction of the United States; shall administer laws and promul- 

 gate and enforce regulations for the promotion of safety of life and 

 property on the high seas and on waters subject to the jurisdiction 

 of the United States covering all matters not specifically delegated by 

 law to some other executive department; shall develop, establish, 

 maintain, and operate, with due regard to the requirements of national 

 defense, aids to maritime navigation, ice-breaking facilities, and 



