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to in subsection (a) of this section or on the waters adjacent thereto, 

 as he may deem necessary. 



(2) The head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is 

 operating may mark for the protection of navigation any such island 

 or structure whenever the owner has failed suitably to mark the same 

 in accordance with regulations issued hereunder, and the owner shall 

 pay the cost thereof. Any person, firm, company, or corporation who 

 shall fail or refuse to obey any of the lawful rules and regulations 

 issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined 

 not more than $100 for each offense. Each day during which such 

 violation shall continue shall be considered a new offense. (Public 

 Law 212, 83d Cong. ; 67 Stat. 462.) 



Delegation of Functions 



The following Treasury Department Order 167-15 (20 F.R. 840) 

 was issued by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury under date of 

 Jan. 3, 1955: 



By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan 

 No. 26 of 1950 and by 14 U.S.C. 631, there are transferred to the Com- 

 mandant, U.S. Coast Guard, the functions of the Secretary of the 

 Treasury under section 4(e) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

 Act (Public Law 212, 83d Congress; 67 Stat. 462; 43 U.S.C. 1333(e) ). 



Tlie Commandant may make provision for the performance by 

 subordinates in the Coast Guard of any of these functions. 



