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 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE 
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 1915 
 
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 1915 
 
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 SIR: The edition of tlio Navigation Laws for 19ir> has been pre- 
 pared in substantially the same form as the editions of 1895. 1890, 
 190.,. 1907. and 1911. which proved to he convenient for the use of 
 collectors of customs, shipping commissioners, the masters, owners, 
 and agents of vessels, seamen, and others directly interested in ves- 
 sels, their officers, crews, passengers, and cargo. 
 
 As in the five former editions, the effort has been made to include 
 in this volume only laws actually in force. Where sections of the 
 Kevised Statutes or other laws have been specifically repealed or 
 amended by subsequent legislation the repealed portions of the law 
 are omitted, and the present, not the original, reading of amended 
 sections is adopted. 
 
 The effort has been made to confine the law included in this volume 
 to the navigation law, meaning by that term the law relating to tres 
 sels, with which owners, masters, and agents should be acquainted. 
 The line between this law and the customs law is not always clearly 
 defined. The laws directly relating to duties on imports and to in- 
 voices are not included in this volume, while those relating to entry, 
 clearance, manifests, and transportation by water have been com- 
 prised within its limits. The respective jurisdictions of the Secretary 
 of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce are more clearly 
 defined than heretofore. 
 
 The provisions of the so-called seameivs act of March I, 1015, have 
 been incorporated in the volume, although those provisions do not 
 take effect as to vessels of the United States until November 4, 1915, 
 and as to foreign vessels until March 4, 1910. except vessels of foreign 
 nations under treaties and conventions, articles of which must be ab- 
 rogated before the act becomes applicable to such vessels. As abroga- 
 tion of such treaties and conventions usually requires a year's notice, 
 in the case of vessels of some foreign nations portions of the act will 
 not be applicable before July 1, 1910. 
 
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4 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 The scheme of arrangement will appear from the table of con- 
 tents. The law has been divided into large divisions by subjects, 
 called parts, while these parts have been subdivided into headed 
 paragraphs. 
 
 For further convenience of reference is published a table of -laws, 
 giving the sections of the Kevised Statutes and subsequent laws which 
 have been included in this compilation, the date of enactment and 
 amendment, together with the page of this compilation on which 
 they may be found. The table of laws may be found at the end of 
 the volume, together with the usual alphabetical index. A marginal 
 reference gives the number of the section of the Revised Statutes 
 included in each paragraph, or the date and section of the act, if ( 
 enacted subsequent to the Revised Statutes, with the date of amenda- 
 tory acts which have been incorporated, if practicable, in the para- 
 graph. Where reference is made in a paragraph to a title or chap- 
 ter of the Revised Statutes the numbers of the sections comprised 
 in such title or chapter have been printed in brackets. Reference to 
 the table of laws, at the end of the volume, will show which of those 
 sections have been included in this volume as pertinent or in force, 
 and will also show the page where they may be found. Fees, payable 
 by the masters and owners of vessels of the United States, were in 
 most instances abolished in 1886 and 1890, and according!}^ the stat- 
 utes imposing such fees are not retained in this compilation, though 
 they furnish a basis on which officers are compensated from the 
 Treasury for services. 
 
 Respectfully. EUGENE TYLER CIIAMBKKLAIX. 
 
 Commissioner. 
 
 To Hon. WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, 
 
 Secretary of Commerce. 
 
CONTENTS, 
 
 PAUT I. VESSELS. p 
 
 1 . Definition of vessel 15 
 
 2. Veaaelfl of the United States 15 
 
 3. Registered vessels 1 ."> 
 
 4. Provisional certificates of registry hi 
 
 5. Repeal of penalties 17 
 
 6. Repaired wrecks 17 
 
 7. Prohibitions 18 
 
 8. Whaling vessels 18 
 
 9. Enrolled and licensed vessels 18 
 
 10. Licensed vessels under 20 tons 19 
 
 1 1 . Undocumented vessels 19 
 
 12. Yachts 19 
 
 13. Official number 21 
 
 14. Name of vessel 21 
 
 15. Change of name 22 
 
 ige 
 igh 
 
 16. Draught 22 
 
 PART II. MEASUREMENT. 
 
 1 7. Measurement 23 
 
 1 8. Gross tonnage 24 
 
 19. Deck houses, breaks, etc 26 
 
 20. Hatchways 26 
 
 2 1 . Between decks 26 
 
 22. Open vessels 1 . 27 
 
 23. Water ballast , 27 
 
 24. Net tonnage 27 
 
 25. Crew accommodations 27 
 
 26. Deductions for other purposes 29 
 
 27. Deductions for propelling power 30 
 
 28. Register tonnage 
 
 29. Appendix of measurement 31 
 
 30. Vessels exempt from measurement 
 
 3 1 . Measurement of foreign vessels 32 
 
 32. Exemption from measurement 32 
 
 PART III. DOCUMENTS OP VESSELS. 
 
 33. Carpenter's certificate 
 
 34. Oath of owner 33 
 
 35. Master's oath of citizenship 
 
 36. Place of registry 34 
 
 37. Form of register 
 
 38. Custody and surrender of register 37 
 
 39. Registers to corporations 
 
 40. Change of owner 39 
 
 41. Change of build 
 
 42. Change of master 39 
 
 43. Mortgage and bill of sale 40 
 
 44. Sale to alien 41 
 
 45. Loss of register 41 
 
 46. Failure to deliver former register 42 
 
 47. Cancellation of register 42 
 
 5 
 
6 CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 48. Change of trade 43 
 
 49. Method of enrollment and license 43 
 
 50. Oath of master and owner 44 
 
 51. Fees 44 
 
 52. Form of enrollment 44 
 
 53. Form of license 45 
 
 54. Duration of license 46 
 
 55. Surrender of license 46 
 
 56. Enrollment and license to corporations 47 
 
 57. Change of owner 48 
 
 58. Change of master 48 
 
 59. < Vrt.ification by customs officer 48 
 
 60. Enrollment outside of district 48 
 
 61. Special provisions for enrollment and license 49 
 
 62. Inspection of enrollment ajid license 50 
 
 63. Ileeord of American-built vessels owned by aliens 50 
 
 64. < M'fenses against the registry law 52 
 
 65. Offenses against enrollment ajid license laws 53 
 
 PART IV. OI-IK KI:S OF MKRCHANT vi 
 
 66. Citizenship of officers 54 
 
 67. Duration of licenses ; 55 
 
 68. Service during war 55 
 
 69. Officer's license .- . 56 
 
 70. Master's license 56 
 
 71. Mate's license 57 
 
 72. Engineer's license 57 
 
 73. Pilot's license 57 
 
 74. Master or mate acting as pilot 58 
 
 75. Oath of officer 58 
 
 76. Removal of master 58 
 
 PART V. MERCHANT SEAMEN. 
 
 77. Definitions 59 
 
 78. Exemptions from militia duty 59 
 
 79. Naturalization and citizenship of seamen 60 
 
 80. Shipping officer* 60 
 
 81. Illegal shipments r,l 
 
 82. Owners or masters may ship seamen in certain cases (\~2 
 
 83. Apprentice! (V2 
 
 84. Agreement to ship in foreign trade <;:; 
 
 85. Period of eni^ement G4 
 
 86. Penalty for shipment without agreement 
 
 87. Shipment in foreign ports before consuls i'^ 
 
 . 88. Crew list 66 
 
 89. Failure to produce crew (id 
 
 90. Papers relating to crew (17 
 
 91. Shipment of seamen in the coasting or near-by foreign trade 
 
 92. Agreement in eo;ist in<_r trade not In-fore commissioner i!) 
 
 93. Agreement, with fishermen 70 
 
 94. Discharge in foreign trade 7'J 
 
 95. Discharge in foreign purl* 72 
 
 96. \\ a-es 71 
 
 97. Vessels exeiimt \r\\\ Iilx-1 for wairi-s 
 
 98. Ad vances and allotments of \va^es 7S 
 
 99. \V:i^i-s Uld Clothing exempt fn.m attachment. 
 
 100. DoHertinji of seamen ;ihnad 80 
 
 101. Desertion of foreign seamen in the I nited States SO 
 
 .102. 1 1* -p. -a 1 of treatiefl and convent.ions SI 
 
 108. Arbitration before shipping commj si 
 
 104. Soliciting lodgen 82 
 
 105. "Return of Heamen from foreign port-, Alaska, and in-nlar ports 
 
 106. Effects of decc no 
 
 107. Offenses and punishment! 86 
 
CONTENTS, 7 
 
 Page. 
 
 108. Corporal punishment prohibited 89 
 
 109. Procedure 89 
 
 110. Form of articles of a-ivrmenl !)() 
 
 111. Account of apprentices on board i 
 
 112. Scale of provisions to be allowed and served oiii io <-re\\ during I he- 
 
 voyage 92 
 
 113. Certificate of discharge 93 
 
 114. Sick and disabled seamen 93 
 
 115. Jurisdiction over American seamen in f.. reign ports and foreign seamen 
 
 in American ports 
 
 116. Seamen's witness fees 96 
 
 117. Manning of merchant- vessels 97 
 
 118. rndormanning 1)1) 
 
 119. Fellow-servant clause 0!) 
 
 PART VI. SEAWORTHINESS, SIITUKS, i<><; HOOK. 
 
 120. Unseaworthy vessels 100 
 
 121. 'Inspection of hulls and equipment loo 
 
 122. Seagoing barges _ l()l 
 
 123. 'Inspection of seaworthiness at, domes I ic ports 10'.' 
 
 124. Inspection of seaworthiness at. foreign ])orts 104 
 
 125. Provisions and water 105 
 
 126. Weights and measures 107 
 
 127. Medicines and antiscorbutics 1 07 
 
 128. Slop chest 107 
 
 129. Warmth and clothing 108 
 
 130. Logbook . 108 
 
 PART VII. LIABILITY OF OWNERS, MASTERS, AND SHIPPERS. 
 
 131. Liability of owners, masters, and shippers 110 
 
 132. Act of February 13, 1893 (Ilarter Act) II:! 
 
 133. General libel bond 113 
 
 PART VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 
 
 134. General provisions \\:, 
 
 135. Inspection of registered foreign -built vessels I L'O 
 
 136. Manning of inspected vessels ll>| 
 
 137. Inspection of hulls and equipment 122 
 
 138. Inspect ion of boilers 122 
 
 139. Loading safety valve 126 
 
 140. Water-tight bulkheads 126 
 
 141. Lifeboats, lines, and life preservers 126 
 
 142. Stairways and deck room 145 
 
 143. Wire tiller ropes I K; 
 
 144. Protection against fire 146 
 
 145. Inflammable or explosive cargo 148 
 
 146. Carriage of passengers 153 
 
 147. Certificate of inspection 154 
 
 148. Exhibit of laws 156 
 
 149. Inspectors and oflicers of steam vessels 156 
 
 150. Liability for damage 157 
 
 151. Enforcement and penalty 158 
 
 PART IX. PASSENGER ACT OF 1SS2. 
 
 152. Accommodations 15!) 
 
 153. Light and air 1 1;2 
 
 154. Provisions 163 
 
 155. Medical attendance. . .*. ]i\:\ 
 
 156. Discipline and cleanliness I r, 1 
 
 157. Privacy of passengers 1 (;."> 
 
 158. Explosives; cattle 165 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 159. Boarding vessel; passenger list 166 
 
 160. Death of passenger 
 
 161. Inspection 167 
 
 162. Penalties 168 
 
 PART X. GENERAL PILOT LAWS. 
 
 163. General pilot laws 169 
 
 PART XI. TONNAGE TAX. 
 
 164. Rates of tax 171 
 
 165. Exemptions from tonnage tax 
 
 166. Discriminating tonnage taxes 
 
 167. Alien tonnage taxes (in exceptional cases) 
 
 168. Light money (in exceptional cases) 
 
 169. Consular tonnage charges 174 
 
 170. Refund of tonnage tax 174 
 
 PART XII. DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION. 
 
 171. Discrimination against American vessels 175 
 
 172. Discrimination against American fishing vessels 175 
 
 173. Discrimination against products of the United States 177 
 
 174. Discrimination on Canadian canals 177 
 
 175. Vessels of nations not assimilated by treaty to American vessels 178 
 
 176. Discriminating duties ." 179 
 
 PART XIII. ENTRY AND CLEARANCE. 
 
 177. Clearance 180 
 
 178. Master's oath 180 
 
 179. Form of outward manifest 181 
 
 180. Form of clearance 182 
 
 181. State inspection laws 182 
 
 182. Manifests in Alaskan and insular trades 182 
 
 183. Bullion and coin 182 
 
 184. Live-oak timber 183 
 
 185. Fees 183 
 
 186. Enrolled and licensed vessels in foreign trade 183 
 
 187. Oath of ownership on entry 184 
 
 188. Deposit, of papers 185 
 
 189. War documents; passports; sea letters 186 
 
 190. Illegal boarding of vessel 187 
 
 PART XIV. CUSTOMS LAWS DIRECTLY IIKI.ATIM; TO VKSSKI.S. 
 
 11. Boarding and search of vessel 188 
 
 192. Seizure of vessels or merchandise 189 
 
 193. Exemption from forfeiture 192 
 
 194. Procedure in cases of fines, penalties, ami forfeitures 192 
 
 195. Moieties Informer.-.' and customs officers' awards 193 
 
 196. Procedure !!:> 
 
 197. Oaths of iiia.-ti-rs and owners 1<)7 
 
 PART XV. KNTUY >i \i i:i:< n.\\ i 
 
 198. Definitin 198 
 
 199. Ports of entry !!)! 
 
 200. Vewela botmd to port of deli very I'M) 
 
 201. "Report and deehiratimi of nia-ter !!)(> 
 
 202. Special in Ward manifest fur Treasury 1 >ej, :1 n meni .... 200 
 
 203. Cargo in bulk ... 201 
 
 204. Bond of cargo for reexport ... 201 
 
 205. Inspection of iiu-n-liandis*! laden for export 
 
 206. Transfer of imported merchandise for export 
 
 207. Delivery of cargo in various (list ricts 202 
 
 208. Vessels exempt from entry 203 
 
CONTENTS. 9 
 
 Page. 
 
 209. Vessels exempt from certain charges 204 
 
 210. Entry of wines and distilled spirits 204 
 
 211. Sea stores 204 
 
 212. Coal 205 
 
 213. Baggage and tools of trade 205 
 
 214. Cigars 206 
 
 215. Oaths 206 
 
 216. Inward manifests ; 207 
 
 217. Inspection of inward manifests by boarding officer 208 
 
 218. Entry of merchandise at special ports 210 
 
 219. Clearance at special ports 215 
 
 220. Entry of merchandise for different port of destination 215 
 
 221 . Comparison of cargo and manifest 216 
 
 222. Illegal unlading. 216 
 
 223. Special permit to unlade by night and preliminary entry 217 
 
 224. Unlading by day 219 
 
 225. Supervision of unlading 220 
 
 226. Limit of time for unlading 222 
 
 227. Unlading of wines and spirits 223 
 
 228. Post entry. 223 
 
 229. Returns of unlading of cargo 224 
 
 230. Vessels in distress 224 
 
 23 1 . Obstruction by ice 225 
 
 232. Unlawful removal of bonded merchandise 226 
 
 233 . Transportation in bond 226 
 
 234. Transportation to special ports 
 
 235. Immediate delivery 229 
 
 236. Immediate transportation 
 
 237. Salvage of merchandise 233 
 
 238. Fraudulent importation of merchandise 233 
 
 239. Bribery and solicitation of bribes 
 
 240. Express packages 
 
 241 . Liens for freight or general average 236 
 
 PART XVI. TARIFF PROVISIONS DIRECTLY RELATING TO VESSELS. 
 
 242. Coal 237 
 
 243. Shipbuilding materials 237 
 
 244. Materials for repairs 
 
 245. Sunken merchandise 238 
 
 246. Supplies 
 
 247. Sea stores and equipments 239 
 
 248. Motor boats, racing shells, and similar craft 239 
 
 PART XVII. CONSULS' SERVICES TO VESSELS. 
 
 249. Consuls' services to vessels 240 
 
 250. Naval officer acting as consul 241 
 
 PART XVIII. COMMERCE WITH CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES. 
 
 251 . Size of foreign-trade vessels 242 
 
 252. Evasion of coasting laws on the lakes and frontiers 242 
 
 253. Inward manifests 
 
 254. Customs inspection 
 
 255. Customs seals on frontier 244 
 
 256. Transfer of cargo 
 
 257. Sea stores 
 
 258. Saloon stores 
 
 259. Duties on repairs 
 
 260. Entry from one district to another 
 
 261 . Discharging cargo and passengers 250 
 
 262. Steam tugs 250 
 
 263. Forms and penalties 
 
 264. Touching at foreign ports 
 
 265. Foreign merchandise coastwise 251 
 
 266. Special provisions for British North America 251 
 
10 CONTENTS. 
 
 PART XIX. DOMESTIC COMMERCE. 
 
 267. Great districts ....................................................... 252 
 
 268. Clearance within a great district ...................................... 252 
 
 269. Entry within a great district ......................................... 253 
 
 270. Coasting trade via Isthmus of Panama ................................. 254 
 
 271 . Clearance for another great d istrict ..................................... 254 
 
 272. Entry to another great district ........................................ 255 
 
 273. Exemption on the Mississippi and tributaries ........................... 256 
 
 274. i tli domestic cargo .......................................... 256 
 
 275. Registered vessels in the coasting trade ............................... 258 
 
 276. Report by master ................................................... 258 
 
 277. Foreign vessels barred from const ing trade .............................. 
 
 278. Immediate exportation to foreign port ................................. 258 
 
 279. Foreign voscls on coasting voyages .................................... 259 
 
 280. Foreign tugboats .................................................... 259 
 
 281. Penalties /or violation of coa.sting laws ................................. 260 
 
 282. Forfeiture of vessel and merchandise .................................. 261 
 
 PART XX. TKADI; wrnr HAWAII. 
 
 283. General provisions ................................................... 
 
 284. Registry of vessels and coasting trade ................................. L'liL' 
 
 285. Quarantine and public health ........................................ 262 
 
 286. Fisheries ........................................................... 263 
 
 287. Wharves; harbors; pilots ............................................. 263 
 
 288. Seamen's laws ...................................................... 264 
 
 PART XXI. TKADI; WITH POUTO Rico. 
 
 289. General provisions .................... ............................... 265 
 
 290. Registry of vessels and coasting trade ................................. 265 
 
 291. Quarantine and public health. ....................................... L'HI; 
 
 292. Harbors and navigable waters ......................................... L'Wi 
 
 293. Wharves and piers ................................................... 2(17 
 
 PART XXI F. TRAIM: WITH TIIK PIIII.HTIV 
 
 294. Treaty of peace ...................................................... 208 
 
 295. < leneral provisions ................................................... L'liS 
 
 296. Vessels and co;ist ing trade ............................................ L'li!) 
 
 297. Tariff and internal n-ven no ........................................... L'70 
 
 298. Aids to navigation and commerce ..................................... 273 
 
 PART XXIII.- - THAI H-: WITH ALASKA. 
 
 299. CW-1 ing la\vs ....... '. ........................................... ...... L'7 1 
 
 300. Fin-arms and liquor ................................................. 
 
 301. Special license^ and wharf charges .................................... L'7 1 
 
 302. Transfer of cargo ............... ...................................... -7."> 
 
 303. Y i ikon and Stikine river I rade ........................................ 275 
 
 304. Procedure ........................................................... 
 
 305. Pribilnf, St.. Paul, St. George. Walrus, and otter Islands, and Sea I, ion 
 
 ....................................... 
 
 306. Transit in bond ..................................................... 'J7(J 
 
 307. <Ymi''sand penalties ................................................. -7<> 
 
 l'.\i:r X X I V. Si;\i, n \ 
 
 308. Convention with (in-at Hrifain, Japan, and fective 
 
 309. A. i 
 
 310. lteu r ulatinns fi.r the prelection of fur-bearing animals in Alaska, dated 
 
 rch8, M!i, Department of Commerce ............................ 
 
 311. Pmvisii.i -1 Statutes ........................... 
 
 312. Uei.Mrt1o('Mni:re<s ....................................... 
 
 313. Alaska fisheriea ..................................................... 
 
 314. Alien fishermen in Alaska ............................................ -88 
 
CONTENTS. 11 
 
 I'AKT X.XY. < >i:.\i; \ \ 1 1\ i: \\i> BILLS <>F IIKAITII. 
 
 315. Consular bill of health 
 
 316. Quarantine regulations L'DL' 
 
 317. Quarantine, inspection 
 
 318. Quarantine anchorage 
 
 319. Suspension of commerce 
 
 320. 1 Vnult ies L'lMi 
 
 321. State health laws 20(5 
 
 322. Removal of cargo 
 
 323. "Removal of customhouse 
 
 324. National quarantine L'iJS 
 
 TAUT XXVI. I.MMH;i{ATI()\. 
 
 325. Head tax :;M| 
 
 326. 'Insular territory :50U 
 
 327. Excluded classes :joii 
 
 328. Contract labor :',or, 
 
 329. Assisted immigrants 
 
 330. Illegal landing 306 
 
 331. Diseased immigrants :;()(> 
 
 332. Manifest of aliens :',07 
 
 333. Inspection of aliens 310 
 
 334. Detention on board :M I 
 
 335. Deportation :;il 
 
 336. Public charges .- 313 
 
 337. Frontier inspection 313 
 
 338. Scope :; I :i 
 
 339. Place of deportation 314 
 
 340. Place of entry 314 
 
 341. Special classes 314 
 
 342. Anarchists 314 
 
 343. Foreign oflicials 315 
 
 344. Miscellaneous 315 
 
 345. immigration to Philippines 316 
 
 346. Registry and naturalization of immigrants 316 
 
 PART XXVII. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. 
 
 347. Ocean mail act of 1891 317 
 
 348. General ocean mail service 320 
 
 PART XXVIII. WRECKS. 
 
 349. Report of wrecks 324 
 
 350. Canadian wrecks 325 
 
 351. Wrecks in foreign waters 325 
 
 352. Wrecks in Florida waters 326 
 
 PART XXIX. COAST GUARD CUTTERS. 
 
 353. Coast Guard cutters 
 
 PART XXX. REMISSION OF FINES AND PENAI.TIKS. 
 
 354. Remission of fines and penalties 
 
 PART XXXI. CATTLE, I.IVK STOCK, AND DAIRY TUADK. 
 
 355. Regulation of cattle ships 331 
 
 356. Inspection of live stock and meat products 
 
 357. Horses and horse meat 
 
 358o Diseased cattle 
 
 359. Quarantine of live stock 
 
 360. Exportation of diseased live stock 
 
 361. Care of cattle in domes t ic i rado 337 
 
 362 Neat cattle 
 
 363 Inspection of butter and dairy products - 340 
 
12 CONTENTS. 
 
 PART XXXII. ADULTERATED PRODUCTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 364. General provision 342 
 
 365. Adulterated food products 342 
 
 PART XXXIII. OPIUM TRADE. 
 
 366. Opium trade 346 
 
 PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 
 
 367. Duty to stay by 350 
 
 368. Motor-boat law 351 
 
 369. International rules of 1897 353 
 
 370. Consideration of future rules 367 
 
 371. Inland rules of 1897 367 
 
 372. Limits of application of international and inland or local rules 378 
 
 373. "Rules for the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as far east as 
 
 Montreal 382 
 
 374. Rules for the Red River of the North, and rivers emptying into Gulf of 
 
 Mexico, and their tributaries 388 
 
 375. River navigation 393 
 
 376. Rules for the St. Marys River 394 
 
 377. Regattas and marine parades 394 
 
 PART XXXV. AIDS TO NAVIGATION. 
 
 378. Assistance by United States vessels 396 
 
 379. Removal of derelicts 396 
 
 380. Lights and buoys 397 
 
 381. Nautical Almanac 397 
 
 382. Charts and manuals 397 
 
 383. Storm and weather signals 398 
 
 384. Private signals 398 
 
 385. Interference with range lights 399 
 
 386. Exemption from tolls. 399 
 
 387. Anchorage grounds. ..." 400 
 
 PART XXXVI. OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION. 
 
 388. Improvements by private or municipal corporations 401 
 
 389. Bridges, dams, and dikes 401 
 
 390. General obstructions 407 
 
 391. Harbor lines 407 
 
 392. Penalties 408 
 
 393. Dumping into navigable waters 408 
 
 394. Impairing public works -. 410 
 
 395. Obstruct ing channels 410 
 
 396. Log regulations 411 
 
 397. Penalties 412 
 
 398. Bridge spans 413 
 
 399. Bridge piers and abutments 414 
 
 400. Drawbridges 414 
 
 401. Sunken wrecks 415 
 
 402. Speed of vessels; navigation >[ canals 417 
 
 403. Potomac River 417 
 
 404. Mississippi River passes 418 
 
 PART XXXVII. NEW YORK HARBOR. 
 
 405. New York Harbor 419 
 
 PART XXXVIII. RADIO COMMUNICATION. 
 
 406. Wireless ship act 424 
 
 407. Enforcement of wireless-communication laws, treaties, and conventions. 425 
 
 408. Regulation of radio communication 426 
 
CONTENTS. 13 
 
 PART XXXIX OFFBNBBB A.GAIN8T NKUTRALITY. 
 
 Page. 
 
 409. ( MTenses against neutrality 4IV4 
 
 PART XL. GUANO ISI.ANHS. 
 
 410. Guano islands 438 
 
 PART XLI. MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 411. Life-saving medals 440 
 
 412. Rescuing shipwrecked American seamen 441 
 
 413. School ships 441 
 
 414. Instruction at military schools 442 
 
 415. Instruction in shipbuilding H:; 
 
 416. Naval M ilitia -\\:>, 
 
 417. North Atlantic fisheries -Ill 
 
 418. Supplies for foreign war vessels 444 
 
 419. Navy ration 445 
 
 420. Export of arms to American countries 446 
 
 421. Mines, torpedoes, and harbor defenses 446 
 
 422. Sale of arms and liquors to Pacific islanders 446 
 
 423. Panama Canal 447 
 
 424. Great Lakes-Atlantic Canal 457 
 
 425. Great Lakes' levels 457 
 
 426. Employment of vessels of the United States for public purposes 458 
 
 427. Exemption of private property at sea 459 
 
 428. Hospital ships 459 
 
 429. Sponge fishing 459 
 
 430. Liens on vessels 460 
 
 43 1 . Enforcement of navigation laws 461 
 
 432. Licensing of customhouse brokers 461 
 
 433. Assistance and salvage at sea 462 
 
 PART XLII. LEGAL PROCEDURE. 
 
 434. Jurisdiction of district courts 464 
 
 435. Seizure 464 
 
 436. Summary trial 466 
 
 PART XLIII. CRIMES. 
 
 437. Place of trial 468 
 
 438. Murder 469 
 
 439. Manslaughter 469 
 
 440. Assault 469 
 
 441. Rape 470 
 
 442. Seduction - 470 
 
 443. Death from negligence, misconduct, etc 470 
 
 444. Mayhem 470 
 
 445. Robbery 471 
 
 446. Arson 471 
 
 447. Larceny 471 
 
 448. Reaeiver of stolen property 
 
 449. Miscellaneous offenses 472 
 
 450. Forgery 472 
 
 45 1 . Ill treatment of crew 472 
 
 452. Mutiny 473 
 
 453. Abandonment of seamen 473 
 
 454. Barratry 473 
 
 455. Wrecking 474 
 
 456. Plundering vessel 474 
 
 457. Crimes on the Great Lakes 475 
 
 PART XLIV. PIRACY. 
 
 458. Piracy 476 
 
 459. Crimes deemed piracy 477 
 
14 CONTENTS. 
 
 PART XLV. PROTECTION OF SUBMARINE CABLES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 460. Protection of submarine cables 479 
 
 PART XLVI. ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE OFFICES. 
 
 461 . Department of Commerce 482 
 
 462. Bureau of Navigation 486 
 
 463. Shipping commissioners 488 
 
 464. Customs officers 489 
 
 465. Steamboat-Inspection Service 496 
 
 466. Public Health Service 501 
 
 467. J inmigration and Naturalization Bureau 503 
 
 468. ( ' tast ( ! uard 506 
 
 469. .Life-Saving Service 508 
 
 470. Coast Guard 512 
 
 471. Bureau of Lighthouses 512 
 
 472. Treasury agents ">Hi 
 
 473. Alaska seal agents 517 
 
 474. Coast and (J'odetic Survey 518 
 
 475. District court commissioners 519 
 
 476. Unauthorized services 520 
 
 PART XLVII. FEES PAYABLE BY PRIVATE PERSONS. 
 
 477. Fees on vessels payable by private persons 522 
 
 PART XLVIII. CUSTOMS DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND SUBPORTS. 
 
 478. Customs districts and ports of entry 527 
 
 479. Power to designate ports and subports 533 
 
 PART XLIX. CONSULATES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 480. Consulates of the United States 535 
 
 INDEXES. 
 
 Tables of laws included in this volume: 
 
 1. Ke\is<-<l StatutoH and amendments 539 
 
 2. Acts subsequent to Revised Statutes 550 
 
 Alphabetical index 5">7 
 
NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 PART I. VESSELS. 
 
 1. Definition of vessel. 
 
 2. Vessels of (he United States. 
 
 3. Registered vessels. 
 
 4. Provisional rertilieates of re.u'istry. 
 
 5. Repeal of penalties 
 
 6. Repaired wrecks. 
 
 7. Prohibitions. 
 
 8. AVhaliiig vessels. 
 
 9. Enrolled and licensed vessels. 
 
 10. Licensed vessels under l_'<i tons. 
 
 11. Undocumented vessels. 
 
 12. Yachts. 
 
 13. Otlicial number. 
 
 14. Xaine of vessel. 
 
 15. rhanue of name. 
 
 16. Draught. 
 
 1. Definition of vessel. 
 
 The word " vessel " includes every description of water- R- s. t 3. 
 craft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of 
 being used as a means of transportation on water. 
 
 2. Vessels of the United States. 
 
 Vessels registered pursuant to law and no others, except n. s., 4131. 
 such as shall be duly qualified according to law for carry- 
 ing on the coasting or fishing trade, shall be deemed ves- 
 sels of the United States, and entitled to the benefits and 
 privileges appertaining to such vessels ; but no such ves- 
 sel shall enjoy such benefits and privileges longer than it 
 shall continue to be wholly owned by a citizen or citizens 
 of the United States or a corporation created under the 
 laws of any of the States thereof, and be commanded by 
 a citizen of the United States. And all the officers of May 28, 1896. 
 vessels of the United States who shall have charge of a 
 watch, including pilots, shall in all cases be citizens of 
 the United States. [See also qualifications of officers, 
 page 54] 
 
 3. Registered vessels. 
 
 Vessels built within the United States and belonging . ,s., n.;^ 
 wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be cap- s.-'.-TrT 
 tured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully 
 condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be 
 forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States; 
 and seagoing vessels, whether steam or sail, which have 
 been certified by the Steamboat-Inspection Service as safe 
 to carry dry and perishable cargo, wherever built, which Au - 18 ' 1!M L 
 are to engage only in trade with foreign countries or 
 with the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and 
 Tutuila, being wholly owned by citizens of the United 
 States or corporations organized and chartered under 
 the laws of the United States or of any State thereof, 
 the president and managing directors of which shall be 
 
 92075 15 2 15 
 
16 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED SPATES. 
 
 citizens of the United States, and no others, may be reg- 
 istered as directed in this title. Foreign-built vessels 
 registered pursuant to this Act shall not engage in the 
 coastwise trade: Pro^nlcd^ That a foreign-built yacht, 
 pleasure boat, or vessel not used or intended to be used 
 for trade admitted to American registry pursuant to this 
 
 Augi 
 
 Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage 
 the industries of the United States, and for other pur- 
 poses." * * * Provided further. That such vessel^ 
 so admitted under the provisions of this section may con- 
 tract with the Postmaster (General under the Act of 
 March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled 
 "An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the 
 United States and foreign ports, and to promote com- 
 merce," so long as such vessels shall in all respects com- 
 ply with the provisions and requirements of said Act. 
 
 4. Provisional certificates of registry. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915. Consular officers of the United States and such other 
 persons 1 as may from time to time be designated by the 
 President for the purpose are hereby authorized to issue 
 provisional certificates of registry to vessels abroad which 
 have been purchased by citizens of the United States, 
 including corporations, as defined in section forty-one 
 hundred and thirty-two, Kevised Statutes, as amended 
 by the Panama Canal Act and the Act of August 
 eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen. 
 
 (a) Such a provisional certificate shall entitle the ves- 
 sel to the privileges of a vessel of the United States in 
 trade with foreign countries or with the Philippine 
 Islands and the islands of (iuam and Tutuila until the 
 expiration of six months from its date or until ten days 
 after the vessel's arrival at a port of the United States, 
 whichever first happens, and no longer. On arrival at a 
 port of the United States the vessel shall become subject 
 to the laws relating to officers, inspection, and measure- 
 ment, as amended by the Act of August eighteenth, nine- 
 teen hundred and fourteen. 
 
 (b) The Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe the 
 conditions in accordance with which such provisional 
 certificates shall be issued and the manner in which they 
 shall be surrendered in exchange for certificate- of regis- 
 try at ports of the Tinted States. 
 
 (c) The form of such provisional certificate shall be 
 prescribed by the Commissioner of Navigation and shall 
 include the name, of the ship and of flic master, time and 
 place of purchase and names of purchasers, and the best 
 
 1 Tin- collector >f customs of tin- Philippine Islands, (In- captains of the ports of 
 and I'.allioa. Canal /on.-, and tin- governor of Ouain wen- designated by Jvveciitive Order of 
 April 7, Hi I.".. 
 
1'AIIT 1. VESSELS. 17 
 
 particulars respecting her tonnage, build, description, and 
 inspection or survey which the consular ollicer is able to 
 obtain. 
 
 (d) Copies of such provisional certificates shall be 
 forwarded as soon as practicable by the issuing ollicer to 
 
 the Commissioner of Navigation, 
 
 5. Repeal of penalties. 
 
 So much of sections forty-two hundred and nineteen M;ir - 4 1915 - 
 and forty-two hundred and twenty-live of the Revised 
 Statutes as imposes tonnage duties of f>0 cents per ton 
 and light money of ;">0 cents per ton on a vessel owned by 
 citi/.ens of the I'uited States but not a vessel of the 
 United States: so much of section four !, subsection one, 
 of the Act of October third, nineteen hundred and thir- 
 teen, entitled "An Act to reduce tarill' duties and to pro- 
 vide revenue for the ( iovermuent, and for other pur- 
 poses." as imposes a discriminating duty of ten per 
 centum ad valorem on all goods, waifs, or merchandise 
 imported in a vessel owned by citizens of the United 
 States but not a vessel of the United States; and so much 
 of section four ,J, subsection two, of the Act aforesaid as 
 provides for the forfeiture of any vessel owned by citi- 
 zens of the United States but not a vessel of the United 
 States, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel, and fur- 
 niture, are hereby repealed. Any such tonnage duties, 
 light money, or discriminating duties collected since the 
 passage of the Act of August eighteenth, nineteen hun- 
 dred and fourteen, shall be refunded, and any such for- 
 feitures incurred are hereby remitted: Provided, how- 
 ever, That the provisions of this Act shall apply only in 
 case that any vessel of the character above described after 
 entering an American port shall, before leaving the same, 
 be registered as a vessel of the United States. 
 
 6. Repaired wrecks. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may issue a register or R- s., 4i::y. ^ 
 enrollment for any vessel wrecked on the coasts of the 
 United States or her possessions or adjacent waters, when 
 purchased by a citizen or citizens of the United States 
 and thereupon repaired in a shipyard in the United 
 States or her possessions, if it shall be proved to the 
 satisfaction of the Secretary of Commerce, if he deems 
 it necessary, through a board of three appraisers ap- 
 pointed by him, that the said repairs put upon such 
 
 Is are equal to three times the appraised salved 
 value of the vessel: Provided, That the expense of the 
 appraisal herein provided for shall be borne by the owner 
 of the vessel: Pro ruled fi/rfhrr. That if any of the ma- 
 terial matters of fact sworn to or represented by the 
 owner, or at his instance, to obtain the register of any 
 
 1 are not true, there shall be a forfeiture to the 
 United States of the vessel in respect to which the oath 
 shall have been made, together with tackle, apparel, and 
 furniture thereof." 
 
18 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 7. Prohibitions. 
 
 R. s., 4135. No vessel which has been recorded or registered as an 
 American vessel of the United States, pursuant to law. 
 and which was licensed or otherwise authorized to sail 
 under a foreign flag, and to have the protection of any 
 foreign government during the existence of the rebellion, 
 shall be deemed or registered as a vessel of the United 
 States, or shall have the rights and privileges of vessels 
 of the United States, except under provisions of law espe- 
 cially authorizing such registry. 
 
 8. Whaling vessels. 
 
 R. s., 4339. All vessels which may clear with registers for the pur- 
 pose of engaging in the whale fishery shall be deemed to 
 have lawful and sufficient papers for such voyages, secur- 
 ing the privileges and rights of registered vessels, and the 
 privileges and exemptions of vessels enrolled and licensed 
 for the fisheries. % 
 
 9. Enrolled and licensed vessels. 
 
 R. s., 4311. Vessels of twenty tons and upward, enrolled in pursu- 
 ance of this Title [R. S., 4311-4390], and having a license 
 in force, or vessels of less than twenty tons, which, 
 although not enrolled, have a license in force, as required 
 by this Title, and no others, shall be deemed vessels of the 
 United States entitled to the privileges of vessels em- 
 ployed in the coasting-trade or fisheries. 
 
 R. s., 4316. Any steamboat employed or intended to be employed 
 only in a river or bay of the United States, owned wholly 
 or in part by an alien resident within the United States, 
 may be enrolled and licensed, as if the same belonged to a 
 citizen of the United States, subject to all the provisions 
 of this Title [R, S., 4311-4390], except that, in such case, 
 no oath shall be required that the boat belongs to a citizen 
 of the United States. 
 
 it. s., 4317. Such resident alien, owner of any steamboat, upon 
 application for enrollment or license, shall give bond to 
 the collector of the district, for the use of the United 
 States, in the penalty of one thousand dollars, with suffi- 
 cient surety, conditioned that the boat shall not be em- 
 ployed in other waters than the rivers and hays of the 
 United States. 
 
 K.S.. 4318. Any vessel of the United States, navigating the waters 
 
 on the northern* northeastern, and north western frontiers, 
 otherwise than by sea, shall be enrolled and licensed in 
 such form as other vessels; such enrollment and license 
 shall authorize any such vessel to be employed either in 
 the coast iiiir or foreign trade on such frontiers, and no 
 certificate of registry shall be required for vessels so em- 
 ployed. Such vessel shall be. in every other respect, liable 
 to the regulations and penalties relating to registered and 
 licen.-ed vessels. 
 
PART I. - VESSELS. 19 
 
 10. Licensed vessels under 20 tons. 
 
 Before any vessel, of the burden of live tons, and loss K s - i:;;;L 
 than twenty tons, shall ho licensed, the same measurement 
 shall he made of such vessel, and the same provisions 
 observed relative thereto, as are to he obsei ved in case of 
 measuring vessels to be registered or enrolled; but in all 
 cases, where such vessel or any other licensed vessel shall 
 have been once measured, it shall not he necessary to meas- 
 ure such vessel anew, for the purpose of obtaining another 
 enrollment or license, unless such vessel shall have under- 
 gone some alteration as to her burden, subsequent to the 
 time of her former license. 
 
 11. Undocumented vessels. 
 
 The act |R. S., 4311-4385 | to which this is a supplement Apr.is.i874 
 shall not be so construed as to extend the provisions of the 
 said act to canal boats or boats employed on the internal 
 waters or canals of any State; and all such boats, except- 
 ing only such as are provided with sails or propelling 
 machinery of their own adapted to lake or coastwise navi- 
 gation, and excepting such as are employed in trade with 
 the Canadas, shall be exempt from the provisions of the 
 said act, and from the payment of all customs and other 
 fees under any act of Congress. 
 
 The provisions of title fifty [R. S., 4311-4390] of the J fo, i|79. 
 Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be so con- 
 strued as to require the payment of any fee or charge for 
 the enrolling or licensing of vessels, built in the United 
 States and owned by citizens thereof, not propelled by sail 
 or by internal motive power of their own, and not in any 
 case carrying passengers, whether navigating the internal 
 waters of a State or the navigable waters of the United 
 States, and not engaged in trade with contiguous foreign 
 territory, nor shall this or any existing law be construed 
 to require the enrolling, registering or licensing of any flat 
 boat, barge or like craft for the carriage of freight, not 
 propelled by sail or by internal motive power of its own, 
 on the rivers or lakes of the United States. 
 
 Nothing in this Title [R. S., 4311-4390] shall be con- R.s.,4385. 
 strued to extend to any boat or lighter not being masted, 
 or if masted and not decked, employed in the harbor of 
 any town or city. 
 12. Yachts. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may cause yachts used fe 
 and employed exclusively as pleasure vessels or designed sec.'io.' 
 as models "of naval architecture, if built and owned in jln 
 compliance with the provisions of section forty-one him- f^ 4 ^ 1912 
 dred and thirty-three to forty-one hundred and thirty- 
 five, to be licensed on terms which will authorize them to 
 proceed from port to port of the United States, and 
 to foreign ports, without entering or clearing at the 
 custom-house, such license shall be in such form as the 
 Secretary of Commerce may prescribe. Such vessels, 
 so enrolled and licensed, shall not be allowed to trans- 
 
20 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITKD S'lATKS. 
 
 Ma? 
 Jan.' 
 
 "3 4 lass 
 
 ' ic, i8!r> 
 
 10 3 ' 
 
 R. s., 4217. 
 
 ir. s.,42i5. 
 
 ~ 8t 19 8 ' 
 
 port merchandise or carry passengers for pay. Such 
 vessels shall have their name and port placed on some 
 conspicuous portion of their hulls. Such vessels shall, in 
 all respects, except as above, be subject to the laws of the 
 United States, and shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture 
 for any violation of the provisions of this title [R. S., 
 4131-4305]. 
 
 ^ ^ cense d yacht shall engage in any trade, nor in any 
 way violate the revenue laws of the United States; and 
 every such yacht shall comply with the laws in all re- 
 spects. Any master or owner violating the provisions of 
 the preceding section shall be liable to the penalty of two 
 hundred dollars, in addition to any other penalty im- 
 P seci l>y law -. The Secretary of Commerce shall' have 
 power to remit or mitigate any such penalty if in his 
 opinion it was incurred without negligence or intention 
 of fraud. 
 
 For the identification of yachts and their owners, a 
 commission to sail for pleasure in any designated yacht 
 belonging to any regularly organized and incorporated 
 yacht club, stating the exemptions and privileges enjoved 
 ' ino3 ' im( l er i^ ma 7 be issued by the Secretary of Commerce, 
 and shall be a token of credit to any United States oflicial. 
 and to the authorities of any foreign power, for privileges 
 enjoyed under it. 
 
 All such licensed yachts shall use a signal of the form. 
 size, and colors prescribed by the Secretary of the Xavy: 
 and the owners thereof shall at all times permit the naval 
 architects in the employ of the United States to examine 
 and copy the models of such yachts. 
 
 Whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction 
 of the President of the United States that yachts belong- 
 ing to any regularly organized yacht club "of the United 
 States are allowed to arrive at and depart from any foreign 
 port and to cruise in the waters of such port without 
 entering or clearing at. the custom-house thereof and with- 
 out the payment of any charges for entering or clearing. 
 dues, duty per ton, tonnage taxes or charges for cruising 
 licenses, the Secretary of ( 'ommerce may authorize and 
 direct the customs authorities at the various ports and 
 siibports of entry of the United States to allow yachts 
 from such foreign port belonging to any regularly organ- 
 ized yacht dub thereof to arrive at and depart from 
 any port or subport of the Knifed States and to cruise in 
 waters of the United States without the payment of any 
 charges for entering or clearing, dues, duty per ton. or 
 tonnage (axes, but the Secretary of Commerce may. in 
 his discretion, direct that such foreign yachts shall be 
 required to obtain licenses to cruise, in a form prescribed 
 by him. before they shall be allowed under the provisions 
 of this Act to cruise in waters of the 1 'nited Stales. Such 
 licenses .-hall be is-ned without cost to such yachts and 
 
PART I. VESSFI.s. 21 
 
 shall prescribe such limitat ions as to length of time, 
 direction, and place of cruising and action, and such 
 other particulars as (he Secretary of Commerce may 
 deem proper: /Y^/vVAv/, That the privileges of this sec May 28, 
 lion sliall not extend to any yacht built outside of the 
 United States and owned, chartered, or used by a citi/en 
 of the Tinted States unless such ownership or charter 
 \VMS acquired prior to February lii'tli. eighteen hundred 
 and ninctv-scven. [See also Tonnage tax. pa ragr:iph H'l, 
 page 171/1 
 
 Kvery yacht, except those of fifteen gross tons or under, ^^ 
 visiting a foreign country under the provisions of sections 
 forty-two hundred and fourteen, forty-two hundred and 
 fifteen, and forty-two hundred and seventeen of the lie- 
 vised Statutes shall, on her return to the United States, 
 make due entry at the customhouse of the port at which, 
 on such return, she shall arrive: /Y^/vV/o/, That nothing 
 in this act shall be. so construed as to exempt the master 
 or pel-son in charge of a yacht or vessel arriving from a 
 foreign port or place, with dutiable articles on board from 
 reporting to the customs officer of the United States at 
 the port or place at which said yacht or vessel shall 
 arrive, and deliver in to said officer a manifest of all duti- 
 able articles brought from a foreign country in such 
 yachts or vessels. 
 
 13. Official number. 
 
 The Commissioner of Navigation shall have power, ^^ 
 under such regulations as he shall prescribe, to establish 
 and provide a system of numbering vessels so registered, 
 enrolled, and licensed; and each vessel so numbered shall 
 have her number deeply carved or otherwise permanently 
 marked on her main beam; and if at any time she shall J;!"' 1 ,.' 1886> 
 cease to be so marked, such vessel shall be liable to a fine 
 of thirty dollars on every arrival in a port of the United 
 States if she have not her proper official number legally 
 carved or permanently marked. 
 
 14. Name of vessel. 
 
 The name of every documented vessel of the United feSTw^&i. 
 States shall be marked upon each bow and upon the stern, -i"". -. ls; ' 7 
 and the home port shall also be marked upon the stern. 
 These names shall be painted or gilded, or consist of cut 
 or carved or cast roman letters in light color, on a dark 
 ground, or in a dark color on a light ground, secured in 
 place, and to be distinctly visible. The smallest letters 
 used shall not be less in size than four inches. If any such 
 vessel shall be found without these names being so marked 
 the owner or owners shall be liable to a penalty of ten dol- 
 lars for each name omitted. The word " port'." as used in gg*^f* 1SS 
 section forty-one hundred and seventy-eight shall be con- 
 strued to mean either the port where the vessel is regis- 
 tered or enrolled, or the place in the same district where 
 the vessel was built or where one or more of the owners 
 reside. 
 
22 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4495. 
 Feb. 21, 1891. 
 
 R. S., 4170. 
 
 July 5, 1884. 
 Sees. 1, 2. 
 Sec. 5. 
 
 1YI>. It, 1903. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 Mar. 2, 1881. 
 Sees. 1, 2. 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 Mar. 2, 1881. 
 Bee. I'. 
 
 Feb. 21, 1891. 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 .1:1 Ii. 'JO, 1^.17. 
 
 Every steam vessel of the United States, in addition to 
 having her name painted on her stern. >hall have the same 
 conspicuously placed in distinct, plain letters, of not less 
 than six inches in length on each outer side of the pilot- 
 house, if it has such, and in case the vessel has side wheels, 
 also on the outer side of each wheel-house; and if any 
 such steamboat be found without having her name placed 
 as required, she shall be subject to the same penalty as 
 provided by law in the case of a vessel of the United 
 States found without having her name, and the name of 
 the port to which she belongs, painted on her stern. 
 
 15. Change of name. 
 
 No master, owner, or agent of any vessel of the United 
 States shall in any way change the name of such vessel, 
 or by any device, advertisement, or contrivance deceive or 
 attempt to deceive the public, or any officer or agent of 
 the United States, or of any State, or any corporation or 
 agent thereof, or any person or persons, as to the true 
 name or character of such vessel, on pain of the forfeiture 
 of such vessel. 
 
 The Commissioner of Navigation shall, under the direc- 
 tion of the Secretary of Commerce, be empowered to 
 change the names of vessels of the United States, under 
 such restrictions as may have been or shall be prescribed 
 by act of Congress. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce be, and hereby is. author- 
 ized to permit the owner or owners of any vessel duly 
 enrolled and found seaworthy and free from debt to 
 change the name of the same, when, in his opinion, there 
 shall be sufficient cause for so doing. The Secretary of 
 Commerce shall establish such rules and regulations and 
 procure such evidence as to the age, condition, where 
 built, and pecuniary liability of the vessel as he may 
 deem necessary to prevent injury to public or private 
 interests; and when permission is granted by the Secre- 
 tary, he shall cause the order for the change of name to 
 be published at least in four issues in some daily or weekly 
 paper at the place of register; and the cost of procuring 
 evidence and advertising the change of name to be paid 
 by the person or persons desiring such change of name. 
 
 16. Draught. 
 
 The draught of every registered vessel shall be marked 
 upon the stem and stern post, in English feet or decime- 
 ters, in either Arabic or Roman numerals. The bottom 
 of each numeral shall indicate the draught to that line. 
 
PART II. MEASUREMENT. 
 
 17. Measurement. 
 
 18. Uross tonnage. 
 
 19. Deck houses, breaks, etc. 
 
 20. Hatclnvavs. 
 
 21. Between decks. 
 
 22. Open vessels. 
 
 23. Water ballast. 
 
 24. Net tonnage. 
 
 25. Crew accommodations. 
 
 26. Deductions for oilier purposes. 
 
 27. Deductions for propelling power. 
 
 28. Register tonnage. 
 
 29. Appendix of measurement. 
 
 30. Vessels exempt from measurement. 
 
 31. Measurement of foreign vessels. 
 
 32. Exemption from measurement. 
 
 It. S.. II I-:. 
 
 R. S., 4149. 
 
 R. S., 4150. 
 
 17. Measurement. 
 
 Before any vessel shall be registered, she shall be meas- 
 ured by a surveyor, if there be one, or by the person he 
 shall appoint, at the port or place where the vessel may be, 
 and if there be none, by such person as the collector of the 
 district within which she may be shall appoint. l>ut in 
 all cases where a vessel has before been registered as a 
 vessel of the United States, it shall not be necessary to 
 measure her anew, for the purpose of obtaining another 
 register ; unless such vessel has undergone some alteration 
 as to her burden, subsequent to the time of her former 
 registry. 
 
 The officer or person by whom such measurement is 
 made shall, for the information of and as a voucher to the 
 officer by whom the registry is to be made, grant a certifi- 
 cate, specifying the build of the vessel, her number of 
 decks and masts, her length, breadth, depth, the number 
 of tons she measures, and such other particulars as are 
 usually descriptive of the identity of a vessel, and that 
 her name, and the place to which she belongs, are painted 
 on her stern in manner required by this Title [R. S., 
 4131-4305] ; which certificate shall be countersigned by 
 an owner, or by the master of such vessel, or by some other 
 person who shall attend her admeasurement, on behalf of 
 her owner or owners, in testimony of the truth of the 
 particulars therein contained ; without which the certifi- 
 cate shall not be valid. 
 
 The registry of every vessel shall express her length and 
 breadth, together with her depth and the height under 
 the third or spar deck, which shall be ascertained in the 
 following manner: The tonnage deck, in vessels having 
 three or more decks to the hull, shall be the second deck 
 from below ; in all other cases the upper deck of the hull 
 is to be the tonnage-deck. The length from the fore part 
 of the outer planking on the side of the stem to the after 
 
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24 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 part of the main stern-post of screw-steamers, and to the 
 after part of the rudder-post of all other vessels measured 
 on the top of the tonnage-deck, shall he accounted the 
 vessel's length. The breadth of the broadest part on the 
 outside of the vessel shall be accounted the vessel's 
 breadth of beam. A measure from the under side of the 
 tonnage-deck plank, amidships, to the ceiling of the hold, 
 (average thickness,) shall be accounted the depth of 
 hold. If the vessel has a third deck, then the height 
 from the top of the tonnage-deck plank to the under side 
 of the upper-deck plank shall be accounted as the height 
 under the spar-deck. All measurement to be taken in 
 feet and fractions of feet; and all fractions of feet shall 
 be expressed in decimals. 
 
 n.s., 4151. No part of any vessel shall be required by the pre- 
 
 ceding section to be measured or registered for tonnage 
 that is used for cabins or state-rooms, and construct!- I 
 entirely above the first deck, which is not a deck to the 
 hull. 
 
 18. Gross tonnage. 
 
 The register tonnage of every vessel built within the 
 United States or owned by a citizen or citizens thereof 
 shall be her entire internal cubical capacity in tons of one 
 hundred cubic feet each, to be ascertained as follows: 
 Measure the length of the vessel in a straight line along 
 the upper side of the tonnage-deck, from the inside of the 
 inner plank, average thickness, at the side of the stem to 
 the inside of the plank on the stern-timbers, average 
 thickness, deducting from this length what is due to the 
 rake of the bow in the thickness of the deck, and what is 
 due to the rake of the stern-timber in the thickness of the 
 deck, and also what is due to the rake of the stern-timber 
 in one-third of the round of the beam ; divide the length 
 so taken into the number of e<|iial parts required by the 
 following table, according to the class in such table to 
 which the vessel belongs: 
 
 (lass one. Vessels of which the tonnage length accord- 
 ing to the above measurement is fifty feet or under: into 
 six equal parts. 
 
 (Mass two. Vessels of which the tonnage length accord- 
 ing to the above measurement is above fifty feet and not 
 cding one hundred feet: into eight equal parts. 
 
 (Mass three. Yesx-ls of which the tonnage length ac- 
 cording to the above measurement is above one 1 hundred 
 feet, and not exceeding one hundred and fifty feet : into 
 ten equal parts. 
 
 Class four. Vessels of which the tonnage length ac- 
 cording to the above measurement is above one hundred 
 and fifty feet, and not exceeding two hundred feet: into 
 twelve equal parts. 
 
 Class five. Vessels of which the tonnage length accord- 
 ing to the above measurement is above two hundred feet. 
 and not exceeeding two hundred and fifty feet: into four- 
 teen equal pail 
 
IV\I;T n. MI LSUBEMBNT. 25 
 
 Class six. Vessels of which the tonnage length accord- 
 ing to ilit' above measurement is above two hundred and 
 fifty feet: into sixteen e<|iial parts. 
 
 Then, the hold being sufficiently eleared to admit of the 
 required depth- and breadths being properly taken, find 
 the transverse area of such vessel at each point of division 
 of the length as follows: 
 
 Measure the depth at each point of division from a 
 point at a distance of one-third of the round of the beam 
 below such deck: or, in case of a break, below a line 4 
 stretched in continuation thereof, to the upper side of 
 the floor-timber, at the inside of the limber-strake. after 
 deducting the average thickness of the ceiling, which is 
 between the bilge-planks and limber-strake; then, if the 
 depth at the midship division of the length do not exceed 
 sixteen feet, divide each depth into four equal parts; then 
 measure the inside hori/ontal breadth, at each of the three 
 points of division, and also at the upper and lower points 
 of the depth, extending each measurement to the average 
 thickness, of that part of the ceiling which is between the 
 points of measurement; number these breadths from 
 above, numbering the upper breadth one, and so on down 
 to the lowest breadth : multiply the second and fourth by 
 four, and the third by two; add these products together, 
 and to the sum add the first breadth and the last, or fifth : 
 multiply the quantity thus obtained by one-third of the 
 common interval between the breadths, and the product 
 shall be deemed the transverse area; but if the midship 
 depth exceed sixteen feet, divide each depth into six equal 
 parts, instead of four, and measure as before directed, 
 the horizontal breadths at the five points of division, and 
 also at the upper and lower points of the depth; number 
 them from above as before; multiply the second, fourth, 
 and sixth by four, and the third and fifth by two: add 
 these products together, and to the sum add the first 
 breadth and the last, or seventh; multiply the quantities 
 thus obtained by one-third of the common interval be- 
 tween the breadths, and the product shall be deemed th> 
 transverse area. 
 
 Having thus ascertained the transverse area at each 
 point of division of the length of the vessel, as required 
 above, proceed to ascertain the register tonnage of the 
 vessel in the following manner: 
 
 Number the areas successively one. two. three, and so 
 forth, number one being at the extreme limit of the length 
 at the bow, and the last number at the extreme limit of 
 the length at the stern : then, whether the length be di- 
 vided according to the table into six or sixteen part- 
 in classes one and six. or any intermediate number, as in 
 classes two, three, four, and five, multiply the second, and 
 every even-numbered area by four, and the third, and 
 every odd-numbered area, except the first and last, by 
 two : add these products together, and to the sum add the 
 
26 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 first and last if they yield anything ; multiply the quanti- 
 ties thus obtained by one-third of the common interval be- 
 tween the areas, and the product will be the cubical con- 
 tents of the space under the tonnage-deck; divide this 
 product by one hundred, and the quotient, being the ton- 
 nage under the tonnage-deck, shall be deemed to be the 
 register tonnage of the vessel subject to the additions 
 hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 19. Deck houses, breaks, etc. 
 
 "^ there be a break, a poop, or any other permanent 
 closed-in space on the upper deck, available for cargo, or 
 stores, or for the berthing or accommodation of passen- 
 gers or crew, the tonnage of that space shall be ascer- 
 tained as follows and added to the gross tonnage : 
 
 Measure the internal mean length of such space in feet, 
 and divide it into an even number of equal parts of which 
 the distance asunder shall be most nearly equal to those 
 into which the length of the tonnage-deck has been di- 
 vided; measure at the middle of its height the inside 
 breadths; namely, one at each end and at each of the 
 points of division, numbering them successively one, two, 
 three, and so forth; then to the sum of the end breadths 
 add four times the sum of the even-numbered breadths 
 and twice the sum of the odd-numbered breadths, except 
 the first and last, and multiply the whole sum by one- 
 third of the common interval between the breadths; the 
 product will give the mean horizontal area of such space ; 
 then measure the mean height between the planks of the 
 decks, and multiply by it the mean horizontal area; di- 
 vide the product by one hundred, and the quotient shall 
 be deemed to be the tonnage of such space, and shall be 
 added to the tonnage under the tonnage-decks, ascertained 
 as aforesaid : Provided, That nothing shall be added to 
 the gross tonnage for any sheltered space above the upper 
 deck which is under cover and open to the weather: that 
 is, not inclosed. 
 
 20. Hatchways. 
 
 ]>i>. o, 1009. The cubical contents of the hatchways shall be obtained 
 by multiplying the length and breadth together and the 
 product by the mean depth taken from the top of beam 
 to the under side of the hatch. From the aggregate ton- 
 nage of the hatchways there shall be deducted one-half 
 of one per cent of the gross tonnage and the remainder 
 only shall be added to the gross tonnage of the ship exclu- 
 sive of the tonnage of the hatchways. 
 
 21. Between decks. 
 
 K s nr ' :> '- If a vessel has a third deck, or spar deck, the tonnage 
 of the space between it and the tonnage-deck shall be 
 ascertained as follows: 
 
 Measure in feet the inside length of the space, at the 
 middle of its height, from the plank at the side of the 
 stem to the plank on the timbers at the stern, and divide 
 
PART II. MEASUREMENT. 27 
 
 the length into the same number of e<|iial pails into which 
 tin* length of the tonnage-deck is divided; measure, also 
 at the middle of its height, the inside breadth of the space 
 at each of the points of division, also the breadth of the 
 stem and the breadth at the stern: number them succes- 
 sively one, two, three, and so forth, commencing at the 
 stem; multiply the second, and all other even-numbered 
 breadths, by four, and the third, and all the other odd- 
 numbered breadths, except the first and last, by two; to 
 the sum of these products add the first and last breadths, 
 multiply the whole sum by one-third of the common in- 
 terval between the breadths, and the result will give, in 
 superficial feet, the mean horizontal area of such space; 
 measure the mean height between the plank qf the two 
 decks, and multiply by it the mean horizontal area, and 
 the product will be the cubical contents of the space; 
 divide this product by one hundred, and the quotient 
 shall be deemed to be the tonnage of such space, and shall 
 be added to the other tonnage of the vessel ascertained 
 as above directed. And if the vessel has more than three 
 decks, the tonnage of each space between decks, above the 
 tonnage-deck, shall be severally ascertained in the manner 
 above described, and shall be added to the tonnage of the 
 vessel, ascertained as above directed. 
 
 22. Open vessels. 
 
 In ascertaining the tonnage of open vessels the upper & 4158. 
 edge of the upper strake is to form the boundary-line of 
 measurement, and the depth shall be taken from an 
 athwartship line, extending from the upper edge of such 
 strake at each division of the length. 
 
 23. Water ballast. 
 
 In the case of a ship constructed with a double bottom Mar - 2 > 1895 < 
 for water ballast, if the space between the inner and outer 
 plating thereof is certified by the collector to be not avail- 
 able for the carriage of cargo, stores, or fuel, then the 
 depth of the vessel shall be taken to be the upper side of 
 the inner plating of the double bottom, and that upper 
 side shall for the purposes of measurement be deemed to 
 represent the floor timber. From the gross tonnage there 
 shall be deducted any other space adapted only for water .','.'.!'' 1909 - 
 ballast certified by the collector not to be available for the 
 carriage of cargo, stores, supplies, or fuel. 
 
 24. Net tonnage. 
 
 From the gross tonnage of every vessel of the United Aug - 5> 1882> 
 States there shall be deducted 
 
 25. Crew accommodations. 
 
 (a) The tonnage of the spaces or compartments occu- M:ir - - ls<1 ' 
 pied by or appropriated to the use of the crew of the 
 vessel. Every place appropriated to the crew of the vessel 
 shall have a space of not less than seventy-two cubic feet 
 
28 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 and not less than twelve superficial feet, measured on the 
 deck or floor of that place, for each seaman or apprentice 
 lodged therein. The provisions of this Act requiring a 
 crew space of seventy-two cubic feet per man shall apply 
 only to vessels the construction of which shall be begun 
 after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. 
 Such place shall be securely constructed, properly lighted, 
 drained, and ventilated, properly protected from weather 
 and sea, and as far as practicable properly shut off and 
 protected from the effluvium of cargo or bilge water; and 
 failure to comply with this provision shall subject the 
 owner to a penalty of five hundred dollars. Every place 
 so occupied shall be kept free from goods or stores of any 
 kind not being the personal property of the crew in use 
 during the voyage: and if any such place is not so kept 
 free the master shall forfeit and pay to each seaman or 
 apprentice lodged in that place the sum of fifty cents a 
 day for each day during which any goods or stores as 
 aforesaid are kept or stored in the place after complaint 
 has been made to him by any two or more of the seamen 
 so lodged. No deduction from tonnage as aforesaid shall 
 be made unless there is permanently cut in a beam and 
 over the doorway of every such place the number of men 
 it is allowed to accommodate with these words, u certified 
 to accommodate - - seamen." 
 
 Mar. :*, 1897. On all merchant vessels of the United States the con- 
 Mar l,ioi.->. struction of which shall be begun after the passage of 
 St ' t ;':-' 4 this Act, except vachts, pilot boats, or vessels of less than 
 
 ( Kllortivc 1)0- "- , * J . \ , J 
 
 stoning NOV. 4, one hundred tons register, every place appropriated to 
 the crew of the vessel shall have a space of not less than 
 one hundred and twenty cubic feet and not less than six 
 (eeu square feet, measured on the floor or deck of that 
 place, for each seaman or apprentice lodged therein, and 
 each seaman shall have a separate berth and not more 
 than one berth shall be placed one above another: such 
 place or lodging shall be securely constructed, properly 
 lighted, drained, heated, and ventilated, properly pro- 
 tected from weather and sea, and. as far as practicable. 
 properly shut oil' and protected from the ellluvium of 
 cargo or bilge water. And every such crew space shall In- 
 kept free from goods or stores not being the persona! 
 property of the crew occupying said place in use during 
 the voyage. 
 
 That in addition to the space allotment for lodgings 
 
 hereinbefore provided, on all merchant vessels of the 
 
 l T nited States which in the ordinary course of their trade 
 make voyages of more than three days' duration between 
 ports, and which carry a crew of twelve or more seamen, 
 there shall be constructed a compartment, suitably sepa- 
 rated from other spaces, lor hospital purposes, and such 
 compartment shall have at lea>t one bunk for every 
 twelve seamen, constituting her crew, provided that not- 
 more than six bunks shall be required in any case. 
 
 Kvery steamboat of the Tinted States plyinir upon 
 the Mississippi lii\er or its tributaries shall furnish an 
 
r.M.'T II. .MK ASl KI..M KNT. 29 
 
 appropriate place for the crc\v. which shall conform to 
 tin 1 requirements of this section, so far as they are appli- 
 cable thereto, by providing sleeping room in the engine 
 room of such steamboat, properly protected IVoin the 
 cold, wind, and rain l>y means of suitahle awning or 
 screens on either side of the guards or sides and forward, 
 reaching from the boiler deck to the lower or main deck, 
 under the direction and approval of the Supervising In- 
 spector (leneral of Steam Vessels, and shall he properly 
 
 heated. 
 
 All merchant vessels of the United States, the con- * 
 struct ion of which shall he begun after the passage of 
 this act having more than ten men on deck must have at. 
 
 least, one light, clean, and properly ventilated washing 
 place. There shall he provided at least one washing out- 
 tit for every two men of the watch. The washing place 
 
 shall lii 1 properly heated. A separate washing place shall 
 he provided for the tireroom and engine-room men, if 
 their number exceed ten, which shall be large enough to 
 accommodate at least one-sixth of them at the same time, 
 and have hot and cold water supply and a sufficient num- 
 ber of wash basins, sinks, and shower baths. 
 
 Any failure to comply with this section shall subject 4 
 
 the owner or owners of such vessel to a penalty of not 
 less than $50 nor more than $500: Provided, That fore- 
 ea>tles shall be fumigated at such intervals as may be 
 provided by regulations to be issued by the Surgeon Gen- 
 eral of the Public Health Service, with the approval of 
 the Department of Commerce, and shall have at least 
 two exits, one of which may be used in emergencies. 
 
 26. Deductions for other purposes. 
 
 (b) Any space exclusively for the use of the master cer- Mar. 2. 1895. 
 titled by the collector to be reasonable in extent and prop- 
 erly constructed, and the words "Certified for the accom- 
 modation of master" to be permanently cut in 51 beam 
 
 and over the door of such space. 
 
 (c) Any space used exclusively for the working of the 
 helm, the capstan, and the anchor gear, or for keeping the 
 charts, signals, and other instruments of navigation and 
 boatswain's stores, and the words "Certified for steering 
 gear," or "Certified for boatswain's stores," or "Certified 
 chart house," as the case may be, to be permanently cut in 
 the beam and over the doorway of each of such spaces. 
 
 (d) The space occupied by the donkey engine and 
 boiler, if connected with the main pumps of the ship. 
 
 (e) In the case of a ship propelled wholly by sails any 
 space, not exceeding two and one-half per centum of the 
 gross tonnage, used exclusively for storage of sails: Pro- 
 r'i<h-<1, That spaces deducted shall be certified by the col- 
 lector to be reasonable in extent and properly and effi- 
 ciently constructed for the purposes for which they are 
 intended, and the words "Certified for storage of sails" 
 to be cut on the beam and over the doorway of such space. 
 
30 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 27. Deductions for propelling power. 
 
 Mar. 2, 1895. (f ) In the case of a ship propelled by steam or other 
 power requiring engine room, a deduction for the space 
 occupied by the propelling power shall be made, as 
 follows : 
 
 In ships propelled by paddle wheels in which the ton- 
 nage of the space occupied by and necessary for the 
 proper working of the boilers and machinery is above 
 twenty per centum and under thirty per centum of the 
 gross tonnage, the deduction shall be thirty-seven per 
 centum of the gross tonnage; and in ships propelled by 
 screws in whicli the tonnage of the space is above thirteen 
 per centum and under twenty per centum of the gross 
 tonnage, the deduction shall be thirty-two per centum of 
 the gross tonnage. In the case of screw steamers the con- 
 tents of the trunk shaft shall be deemed spaces necessary 
 for the proper working of the machinery. 
 
 (g) In the case of other vessels in which the actual 
 space occupied by the propelling machinery amounts in 
 the case of paddle vessels to twenty per centum or under 
 and in the case of screw vessels to thirteen per centum or 
 under of the gross tonnage of the ship, the deduction shall 
 consist in the case of paddle vessels of once and a half the 
 tonnage of the actual machinery space and in the case of 
 screw vessels of once and three-fourths the tonnage of the 
 act u a l^ machinery space. But if the actual machinery 
 space is so large as to amount in the case of paddle vessels 
 to thirty per centum or above, and in the case of screw ves- 
 sels to twenty per centum or above of the gross tonnage 
 of the ship, the- deduction shall consist of thirty-seven per 
 centum of the gross tonnage of the ship in the case of a 
 paddle vessel and thirty-two per centum of the gross ton- 
 nage in the case of a screw vessel ; or if the owner prefers 
 there shall be deducted from the gross tonnage of the ves- 
 sel the tonnage of the space or spaces actually occupied by 
 or required to be inclosed for the proper Avorking of the 
 boilers and machinery, including the trunk shaft or alloy 
 in screw steamers, with the addition in the cast 1 of vessels 
 propelled with paddle wheels of fifty per centum, and in 
 the case of vessels propelled by screws of seventy-five per 
 centum of the tonnage of such space. 
 
 (i) On a request in writing to the Commissioner of 
 Navigation by the owners of a ship the tonnage of such 
 portion of the space or spaces above the crown of the 
 engine room and al>ove the upper deck as is framed in for 
 the machinery or for the admission of light and air and 
 not required to be added to gross tonnage 4 shall, for the 
 purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of the space occu- 
 pied by the propelling power, be added to the tonnage of 
 the engine spare; but it shall then be included in the 
 gross tonnage : such space or spaces must be reasonable in 
 extent, safe, and seaworthy, and can not be used for any 
 purpose other than the machinery or for the admission of 
 light and air to the machinery or boilers of the ship. 
 
PART II. MEASUREMENT. 31 
 
 28. Register tonnage. 
 
 And tlu 1 proper deduction from the gross tonnage liav- Auff - 5 1882 - 
 ing been made, the remainder shall be deemed the net or 
 register tonnage of such vessels. , 
 
 The register of the vessel shall express the number of R. S., 4153. 
 decks, the tonnage under the tonnage-deck, that of the 
 between-decks. above the tonnage-deck : also that of the 
 poop or other inclosed spaces above the deck, each sepa- 
 rately. 
 
 The register or other official certificate of the tonnage Aug. 5, iss2. 
 or nationality of a vessel of the United States, in addition 
 to what is now required by law to be expressed therein, 
 shall state separately the deductions made from the gross . 
 tonnage, and shall also state the net or register tonnage 
 of the vessel. 
 
 But the outstanding registers or enrollments of vessels 
 of the United States shall not be rendered void by the 
 addition of such new statement of her tonnage, unless 
 voluntarily surrendered; but the same may be added to 
 the outstanding document or by an appendix thereto, 
 with a certificate of a collector of customs that the origi- 
 nal estimate of tonnage is amended. 
 
 In every vessel documented as a vessel of the United R s., 4153. 
 States the number denoting her net tonnage shall be sec.V ' *' 
 deeply carved or otherwise permanently marked on her 
 main beam, and shall be so continued; and if the number 
 at any time cease to be continued such vessel shall be sub- 
 ject to a fine of thirty dollars on every arrival in a port 
 of the United States if she have not her tonnage number 
 legally carved or permanently marked. 
 
 Under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce Mar. 2, isos. 
 the Commissioner of Navigation shall make regulations feb* 4 i4, 1903. 
 needful to give effect to the provisions of this Act. The | C g ^ 1882 
 Secretary of Commerce shall establish and promulgate Sec/3.' 
 a proper scale of fees to be paid for the readmeasure- 
 ment of the spaces to be deducted from the gross tonnage 
 of a vessel. 
 
 29. Appendix of measurement. 
 
 Upon application by the owner or master of an Ameri- Mar. 2, 1895. 
 can vessel in foreign trade, collectors of customs, under 
 regulations to be approved by the Secretary of Com- ^-^ 1903 - 
 merce, are authorized to attach to the register of such k 
 vessel an appendix stating separately, for use in foreign 
 ports, the measurement of such space or spaces as are 
 permitted to be deducted from gross tonnage by the rules 
 of other nations and are not permitted by the law r s of the 
 United States. 
 
 This Act shall not be construed to require the remeas- Mar. 2, 1895. 
 urement of any American vessel duly measured before Sec - 2 - 
 April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five; but upon 
 application by the owner of any such vessel collectors of 
 customs shall cause such vessel, or the spaces to be de- 
 ducted, to be measured, according to the provisions of this 
 
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32 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Act, and if a new register is not issued the statement of 
 such remeasurement shall be attached by an appendix to 
 the outstanding register or enrollment with a certificate of 
 the collector of customs that the original estimate of ton- 
 nage is amended pursuant to this Act. 
 
 30. Vessels exempt from measurement. 
 
 R. s.,4152. The provisions foregoing relating to the measurement 
 of vessels shall not be deemed to apply to any vessel not 
 required by law to be registered, or enrolled, or licensed, 
 unless otherwise specially provided. 
 
 31. Measurement of foreign vessels. 
 
 ^ii^'s^iis Whenever it is made to appear to the Secretary of 
 see72.' ' Commerce that the rules concerning the measurement for 
 sec!io! ' tonnage of vessels of the United States have been sub- 
 stantially adopted by the government of any foreign 
 country, he may direct that the vessels of such foreign 
 country be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their 
 certificates of register or other national papers, and there- 
 upon it shall not be necessary for such vessels to be 
 remeasured at any port in the United States ; and when it 
 shall be necessary to ascertain the tonnage of any vessel 
 not a vessel of the United States, the said tonnage shall be 
 ascertained in the manner provided by law for the meas- 
 urement of vessels of the United States. 
 
 32. Exemption from measurement. 
 
 se<f*2 18 ' 1914 ' Tne ^resident of the United States is hereby author- 
 ized, whenever in his discretion the needs of foreign com- 
 merce may require, to suspend by order, 1 so far and for 
 such length of time as he may deem desirable, the pro- 
 visions of law prescribing that all the watch officers of 
 vessels of the United States registered for foreign trade 
 shall be citizens of the United States. 
 
 Under like conditions, in like manner, and to like 
 extent the President of the United States is also hereby 
 authorized to suspend 1 the provisions of the law requir- 
 ing survey, inspection, and measurement by oflicers of 
 the Tinted States of foreign-built vessels admitted to 
 American registry under this Act. 
 
 ' i:\eculive Order of Sept. I. 1014 : 
 
 1 Tin- provisions of law prescribing lliat the watch officers of vessels of the United 
 States resist. -red f.. r foreign trade shall he eiti/ens of the luiied States are hereby sus 
 p.-iided so far mid for such length of time as is herein provided, namely: All foreign- 
 built ships which shall be admitted to Iiuled States re-istry under said act may retain 
 tin- watch olliccrs emp loved there,, u. without regard to cil i/.enship. for seven years from 
 tliis date and such watch ollicers shall lie eligible for promotion. Any vacancy occurring 
 nnioiiK such watch ollirers within two years from this date may be lilled without regard 
 IM citi/.eiiship ; but anv vacancy which may occur thereafter shall be filled by a watch 
 otlicer who is a citizen' of the United States. 
 
 L'. The provisions of law requiring survey. Inspection, and measurement, by <>: 
 of the Tinted States, of forej-n built ships admitted to I'nited Stat< Milder said 
 
 act are hereby suspended for two years from this ,1 
 
PART III. DOCUMENTS OF VESSELS. 
 
 33. Carpenter's certificate. 
 
 34. Ojith of owner. 
 
 35. Master's oath of citizenship. 
 
 36. Place of registry. 
 
 37. Form of register. 
 
 38. Custody and surrender of noisier. 
 
 39. Registers to cori)orations. 
 
 40. Change of owner. 
 
 41. Change of build. 
 
 42. CLange of master. 
 
 43. Mortgage and bill of sale. 
 
 44. Sale to alien. 
 
 45. Loss of register. 
 
 46. Failure to deliver former register. 
 
 47. Cancellation of register. 
 
 48. Change of trade. 
 
 49. Method of enrollment and license. 
 
 50. Oath of master and owner. 
 
 51. Fees. 
 
 52. Form of enrollment. 
 
 53. Form of license. 
 
 54. Duration of license. 
 
 55. Surrender of license. 
 
 56. Enrollment and license to corpora- 
 
 tions. 
 
 57. Change of owner. 
 
 58. Change of master. 
 
 59. Cert ilic.-it ion by customs officer. 
 
 60. Enrollment outside of district. 
 
 61. Special provisions for enrollment 
 
 and license. 
 
 62. Inspection of enrollment and li- 
 
 cense. 
 
 63. Record of American-built vessels 
 
 owned by aliens. 
 
 64. Offenses against the registry law. 
 
 65. Offenses against enrollment and 
 
 license laws. 
 
 33. Carpenter's certificate. 
 
 In order to the registry of any vessel built within the u - s - 4147 - 
 Tinted States, it shall be necessary to produce a certifi- 
 cate, under the hand of the principal or master carpenter, 
 by whom or under whose direction the vessel has been 
 built, testifying that she was built by him or under his 
 direction, and specifying the place where, the time when, 
 and the person for whom, and describing her build, num- 
 ber of decks and masts, length, breadth, depth, tonnage, 
 and such other circumstances as are usually descriptive 
 of the identity of a vessel; which certificate shall be suffi- 
 cient to authorize the removal of a new vessel from the 
 district where she may be built to another district in the 
 same or an adjoining State, where the owner actually 
 resides, provided it be with ballast only. 
 
 34. Oath of owner. 
 
 In order to the registry of any vessel, an oath shall be R. s. t 4142. 
 taken and subscribed by the owner, or by one of the 
 owners thereof, before the officer authorized to make such 
 registry, declaring, according to the best of the knowledge 
 and belief of the person so swearing, the name of such 
 vessel, her burden, the place where she was built, if built 
 within the United States, and the year in which she was 
 
34 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4143. 
 
 R. S., 4144. 
 
 K. S ,4141. 
 
 
 built; or that she has been captured in war, specifying 
 the time, by a citizen of the United States, and lawfully 
 condemned as prize, producing a copy of the sentence of 
 condemnation, authenticated in the usual forms; or that 
 she has been adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the 
 laws of the United States, producing a like copy of the 
 adjudication of forfeiture; and declaring his name and 
 place of abode, and if he be the sole owner of the vessel, 
 that such is tlie case; or if there bo another owner, that 
 there is such other owner, specifying his name and place 
 of abode, and that he is a citizen of the United States, 
 and specifying the proportion belonging to each owner; 
 and where an owner resides in a foreign country, in the 
 capacity of a consul of the United States, or as an agent 
 for and a partner in a house or copartnership consisting 
 of citizens of the United States, actually carrying on 
 trade within the United States, that such is the case, that 
 the person so swearing is a citizen of the United States, 
 and that there is no subject or citizen of any foreign 
 prince or state, directly or indirectly, by way of trust, 
 confidence, or otherwise, interested in such vessel, or in 
 the profits or issues thereof ; and that the master thereof 
 is a citizen, naming fche master, and stating the means 
 whereby or manner in which he is a citizen. 
 
 If any of the matters of fact alleged in the oath taken 
 by an owner to obtain the registry of any vessel, which 
 within the knowledge of the party so swearing are not 
 true, there shall be a forfeiture of the vessel, together 
 with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, in respect to 
 which the oath shall have been made, or of the value 
 thereof, to be recovered, with the costs of suit, of the 
 person by whom the oath was made. 
 
 35. Master's oath, of citizenship. 
 
 If the master of a vessel is within the district where a 
 registry thereof is to be made, when application is made 
 for registering the same, he shall himself, instead of the 
 owner, or of the agent or attorney, as hereinafter men- 
 tioned, make oath touching his being a citi/en, and the 
 means whereby or manner in which he is a citi/en; in 
 which case, if the master shall knowingly swear to any- 
 thing untrue, no forfeiture of the vessel, on account of 
 such false oath, shall be incurred, but the master shall be 
 liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. 
 
 36. Place of registry. 
 
 Every vessel, except as is hereinafter provided, .^hall be 
 registered by the collector of that collection district which 
 include.^ the port to which such vessel shall belong at the 
 time of her registry: which port shall be deemed to be 
 that at or nearest to which the owner, if there 1 be but one, 
 or. if more than one. the husband or acting and managing 
 owner of such vessel, usually resides. 
 
PAKT III. DOCUMENTS OF VESSELS. 35 
 
 Whenever any citi/en of the I'nited Stales purchases or R.s.,4159. 
 becomes owner of any vessel entitled to he registered, such 
 I being within any district other than the one in 
 which lie usually resides, such vessel shall he entitled to be 
 registered by the collector of the district whore she may 
 he. at the time of his becoming owner thereof, upon his 
 complying with the provisions hereinbefore prescribed, in 
 order to the registry of vessels. And the oath which is 
 required to be taken may, at the option of such owner, be 
 taken either he fore the collector of the district compre- 
 hending the port to which such vessel may belong, or be- 
 fore the collector of the district within which such vessel 
 may be, either of whom is hereby empowered to admin- 
 ister such oath. 
 
 Whenever any vessel, registered in pursuance of the R - s - 416 - 
 provisions of the preceding section, shall arrive within 
 the district comprehending the port to which she belongs, 
 the certificate of registry, so obtained, shall be delivered 
 up to the collector of such district, who upon the requi- 
 sites of this Title [R, S., 4131-4305] in order to the regis- 
 try of vessels, being complied with, shall grant a new one 
 in lieu of the first. The certificate so delivered up shall 
 forthwith be returned by the collector who receives the 
 same, to the collector who granted it. If the first-men- 
 tioned certificate of registry is not delivered up, as above 
 directed, the owner and the master of such vessel, at the 
 time of her arrival within the district comprehending the 
 port to which she may belong, shall severally be liable to 
 a penalty of one hundred dollars, and the 'certificate of 
 registry shall be thenceforth void. 
 
 Whenever any vessel entitled to be registered is pur- R. s.,4i6i. 
 chased by an agent or attorney for or on account of a citi- 
 zen of the United States, such vessel being in a district of 
 the United States more than fifty miles distant, taking the 
 nearest usual route by land, from the one comprehending 
 the port to which, by virtue of such purchase, and by 
 force of this Title [R. S., 4131-4305], such vessel ought 
 to be deemed to belong, it shall be lawful for the collector , 
 of the district where such vessel may be, and he is hereby 
 required upon the application of such agent or attorney, 
 to proceed to the registering of the vessel, the agent or 
 attorney first complying, on behalf and in the stead of the 
 owner thereof, with the requisites prescribed by this Title 
 in order to the registry of vessels, except that, in the oath 
 taken by the agent or attorney, instead of swearing that 
 he is owner or an owner of such vessel, he shall swear that 
 he is agent or attorney for the owner thereof, and that he 
 has. in good faith, purchased the vessel for the person 
 whom he names and describes as the owner thereof. 
 
 Whenever any vessel registered in pursuance of the pro- R - s - 4162 - 
 visions of the preceding section, shall arrive within the 
 district comprehending the port to which she belongs, the 
 
36 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 certificate of registry so obtained shall be delivered up to 
 the collector of such district, who. upon the requirements 
 of this Title [R, S., 4131-4305] in order to the registry of 
 vessels being complied with, shall grant a new one in lieu 
 of the first. The certificate, so delivered up, shall forth- 
 with be returned to the collector, who shall transmit the 
 same to the collector who granted it. If the first-men- 
 tioned certificate of registry is not delivered up, as above. 
 directed, the owner and the master of such vessel, at the 
 time of her arrival within the district comprehending the 
 port to which she may belong, shall severally be liable to 
 a penalty of one hundred dollars, and the certificate of 
 registry shall be thenceforth void. 
 
 R. s.,4163. jf an y O f ^ ie ma tters of fact alleged in the oath taken 
 by an agent or attorney to obtain the registry of a vessel 
 which are within the knowledge of the party so swearing. 
 are not true, there shall be a forfeiture of vessel, together 
 with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, in respect to 
 which the same was made, or of the value thereof, to be 
 recovered, with costs of suit, of the person by whom such 
 oath was made. 
 
 37. Form of register. 
 
 R. s., 4155. AY hen the several matters hereinbefore required, in 
 
 order to the registering of any vessel, have been complied 
 with, the collector of the district comprehending the port 
 to which she belongs shall make and keep in some proper 
 book a registry thereof, and shall grant a certificate of 
 such registry, as nearly as may be, in the form following: 
 In pursuance of chapter one, Title XL VIII, " REGULA- 
 TION OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION," of the Revised 
 Statutes of the United States, (inserting here the name. 
 occupation, and place of abode of the person by whom the 
 oath was made), having taken and subscribed the oath 
 required by law, and having sworn that he (or she, and if 
 more thaiTone owner, adding the words, " together with," 
 and the name or names, occupation or occupations, plaee 
 or places of abode, of the owner or owners, and the part 
 or proportion of such vessel belonging to each owner) is 
 (or are) the only owner (or owners) of the vessel called 
 the (inserting here her name), of (inserting here the 
 port to which she may belong), whereof (inserting here 
 the name of the master) is at present muster, and is a 
 eiti/en of the United States, and that the said vessel was 
 (inserting here when and where built), and (inserting 
 here the name and office, if any, of the person by whom 
 she shall have been surveyed or measured) having cert i- 
 fied that the said vessel has ( insert ing here the number of 
 decks) and (inserting here the number of masts), and 
 that her length is (inserting here the number of feet ), her 
 breadth (inserting here the number of feet), her depth 
 (inserting here the number of feet), and that she meas- 
 ures (inserting here her number of tons); that she is 
 (describing here the particular kind of vessel, whether 
 
1'Airr III. IMKTMKXTR OF VKSSKI.S. 37 
 
 sliin. brigantine. snow, -chooner, sloop, or whatever else, 
 together with her build, and specifying whether she h;is 
 any or no gallery or head): and the said (naming (lie 
 owner, or the master, or oilier person acting in behalf of 
 the owner or owners, by whom the certificate of measure 
 nient has been countersigned, MS a foresaid ) having agreed 
 to the description and measurement ahove sj)eeilied. ac- 
 cording to law, the said vessel has been duly registered at 
 the port of (naming the port where registered). (Jiven 
 under my band and seal, at (naming the said port), this 
 ( insert ing the particular day) day of (naming the 
 month), in the year (specifying the number of the year, 
 in words, at length). 
 
 AYhen the master of such vessel himself makes oath u. s.. -nr.r,. 
 touching his being a citixen. the wording of the certificate 
 shall be varied so as to be conformable to the truth of the 
 case. "Where a new certificate of registry is granted in 
 consequence of any transfer of a vessel, the words shall be 
 so varied as to refer to the former certificate of registry 
 for her measurement. 
 
 The collector of each district shall progressively num.- R. s., 4170. 
 her the certificates of the registry by him granted, begin- 
 ning anew at the commencement of each year, and shall 
 enter an exact copy of each certificate in a book to be kept 
 for that purpose: and shall, once in three months, trans- J^. y ., r> ' 1884 - 
 mit to the Commissioner of Navigation copies of all the 
 certificates which shall have been granted by him, includ- 
 ing the number of each. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Commerce K. s., 4157. 
 to cause to be provided blank certificates of registry, sic.' 10.' 1{ 
 and such other papers as may be necessary, executed 
 in such manner and with such marks as he may direct. 
 No certificate of registry shall be issued, except such as 
 shall have been so provided and marked. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall cause to be trans- Je. 
 mitted. from time to time, to the collectors of the sev- sec.'io.' 
 eral districts, a sufficient number of forms of the cer- 
 tificates of registry, attested under the seal of the De- 
 partment of Commerce and the hand of the Commis- July 5> 1! 
 sioner of Navigation, with proper blanks, to be filled 
 by the collectors, respectively, by whom also the cer- 
 tificates shall be signed and sealed, before they are 
 issued : and where there is a naval officer at any port, they 
 shall be countersigned by him: and where there is a sur- 
 veyor, but no naval officer, they shall be countersigned by 
 him. A copy of each certificate issued shall be trans- 
 mitted to the Commissioner of Navigation, who shall 
 cause a record to be kept of the same. 
 
 38. Custody and surrender of register. 
 
 A certificate of regi>try shall be solely used for the ves- ^ 
 sel for which it is granted, and shall not be sold, lent, or sec.' 2. ' 
 otherwise disposed of, to any person whomsoever; and in 
 
38 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 case the vessel so registered shall be lost, or taken by an 
 enemy, burned, or broken up, or shall be otherwise pre- 
 vented from returning to the port to which she may 
 belong, the certificate, if preserved, shall be delivered up 
 within eight days after the arrival of the master or person 
 having the charge or command of such vessel within an} 7 
 district of the United States, to the collector of such dis- 
 trict; and if any foreigner, or any person for the use 
 and benefit of such foreigner, shall purchase or otherwise 
 become entitled to the whole, or any part or share of, or 
 interest in such vessel, the same being within a district of 
 the United States, the certificate shall, within seven days 
 after such purchase, change, or transier of property, be 
 delivered up to the collector of the district; and if any 
 such purchase, change, or transfer of property shall hap- 
 pen when such vessel shall be at any foreign port or place, 
 or at sea, then the master or person having the charge or 
 command thereof shall, within eight clays after his arrival 
 Avithin any district of the United States, deliver up the 
 certificate to the collector of such district. Any master or 
 owner violating the provisions of this section shall be 
 liable to a penalty of not exceeding five hundred dollars, 
 and the certificate of registry shall be thenceforth void. 
 Feb. 14, 1903. The Secretary of Commerce shall have the power to 
 remit or mitigate such penalty if in his opinion it was 
 incurred without willful negligence or intention of fraud. 
 
 39. Registers to corporations. 
 
 R.S., 4137. Registers for vessels owned by any incorporated com- 
 pany may be issued in the name of the president or secre- 
 tary of such company; and such register shall not be 
 vacated or affected by sales of any shares of stock in such 
 company. 
 
 R. s., 4138. Upon the death, removal, or resignation of such presi- 
 dent or secretary of any incorporated company owning 
 any vessel, a new register shall be taken out for such 
 vessel. 
 
 R. s.,4i:;o. Previous to granting a register for any vessel owned by 
 
 June 24, 15 02. aJ ry incorporated company. <>r by an individual or indi- 
 viduals, the president or secretary of such company, or 
 any other ollicer or agent thereof, duly authori/ed by said 
 company in writing, attested by the corporate seal there- 
 of, to act for the company in this behal f. or the managing 
 owner, or his agent duly authori/ed by power of attorney, 
 when such vessel is owned by an individual or individ- 
 uals shall swear to the ownership of the vessel without 
 designating tl> (1 names of the persons composing the com- 
 pany, when such vessel is owned by a corporation, and 
 the oath of either of said officers or agents shall be deemed 
 sufficient without requiring the oath of any other person 
 interested and concerned in such vessel. 
 
PART III. DOCUMENTS OP VESSELS. 30 
 
 40. Change of owner. 
 
 Whenever it appears, by satisfactory proof, to the .V;, 
 Commissioner of Navigation (hat any vessel has been sold Bec.2. 
 and transferred l>y process of law. and that the register 
 of such vessel is retained l>y the former owner, the Coin 
 niissioner may direct the collector of the district to which 
 such vessel may belong to grant a new register, under 
 such sale, on the owners complying with such terms and 
 conditions as are by law required for granting such 
 papers: excepting only the delivering up of the former 
 certificate of registry. But nothing in this section shall 
 be construed to remove the liability of any person to any 
 penally for not surrendering the papers belonging to any 
 vessel, on a transfer or sale of the same. 
 
 When any vessel, registered pursuant to any law of the n. s., 4166. 
 United States, shall, while she is without the limits of 
 the Tinted States, be sold or transferred in whole or in 
 part to a citizen of the United States, such vessel on her 
 first arrival in the United States thereafter, shall be enti- 
 tled to all the privileges and benefits of a vessel of the 
 United States: Provided, That all the requisites of law, 
 in order to the registry of vessels, shall be complied with, 
 and a new certificate of registry obtained for such vessel, 
 within three days from the time at which the master or 
 other person having the charge or command of such vessel 
 is required to make his final report upon her first arrival 
 afterward. 
 
 41. Change of build. 
 
 Whenever any vessel, which has been registered, is, in R. s., 4170. 
 whole or in part, sold or transferred to a citizen of the 
 United States, or is altered in form or burden, by being 
 lengthened or built upon, or from one denomination to 
 another', by the mode or method of rigging or fitting, the 
 vessel shall be registered anew, by her former name, ac- 
 cording to the directions hereinbefore contained, other- 
 wise she shall cease to be deemed a vessel of the United 
 States. The former certificate of registry of such vessel 
 shall be delivered up to the collector to whom application 
 for such new registry is made, at the time that the same gScfj?' 1! 
 is made, to be by him transmitted to the Commissioner of 
 Navigation, who shall cause the same to be canceled. In 
 every such case of sale or transfer, there shall be some in- 
 strument of writing, in the nature of a bill of sale, which 
 shall recite, at length, the certificate; otherwise the ves- 
 sel shall be incapable of being so registered anew. 
 
 42. Change of master. 
 
 When the master or person having the charge or com- u s., 4171. 
 mand of a registered vessel is changed, the owner, or one 
 of the owners, or the new master of such vessel, shall 
 report such change to the collector of the district where 
 
40 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 the sail ic has happened, or where the vessel shall first be 
 after the same has happened, and shall produce to him the 
 certificate of registry of such vessel, and shall make oath, 
 showing that such new master is a citizen of the United 
 States, and the manner in which or means whereby he is 
 so a citizen. Thereupon the collector shall indorse upon 
 the certificate of registry a memorandum of such change. 
 specifying the name of such new master, and shall sub- 
 scribe the memorandum with his name: and if other than 
 the collector of the district by whom the certificate of reg- 
 istry was granted, shall transmit a copy of the memoran- 
 dum to him, with notice of the particular vessel to which 
 it relates; and the collector of the district, by whom the 
 certificate shall have been granted, shall make a like mem- 
 orandum of such change in his book of registers, and shall 
 1884. transmit a copy thereof to the Commissioner of Naviga- 
 tion. If the change is not reported, or if the oath is not 
 taken, as above directed,* the registry of such vessel shall 
 be void, and the master or person having the charge or 
 command of her shall be liable to a penalty of one hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 43. Mortgage and bill of sale. 
 
 R. s., 4192. No bill .of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance 
 of any vessel, or part of any vessel, of the United States, 
 shall be valid against any person other than the grantor 
 or mortgagor, his heirs and devisees, and persons having 
 actual notice thereof, unless such bill of sale, mortgage, 
 hypothecation, or conveyance is recorded in the office of 
 the collector of the customs where such vessel is registered 
 or enrolled. The lien by bottomry on any vessel, created 
 during her voyage, by a loan of money or materials neces- 
 sary to repair or enable her to prosecute a voyage, shall 
 not, however, lose its priority, or be in any way affected 
 by the provisions of this section, 
 
 K. s ., 4193. The collectors of the customs shall record all such bills 
 of sale, mortgages, hypothecations, or conveyances, and, 
 also, all certificates for discharging and canceling any 
 such conveyances, in books to be kept for that purpose, in 
 the order of their reception; noting in such books, and 
 also on the bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or con- 
 veyance, the time, when the same was received: and shall 
 certify on the bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or 
 conveyance, or certificate of discharge or cancellation, the 
 nlim j, ( , r () f } ie } )()() ] v - .,,] p ; ,or ( > \vhere recorded: but no 
 bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, conveyance, or dis- 
 charge of mortgage or other incumbrance of any V( 
 shall be recorded, unless the same is duly acknowledged 
 before a notary public or other ollicer authorized to take 
 
 acknowledgment of deeds. 
 
 The collectors of the customs shall keep an index of 
 such records, inserting alphabetically the names of the 
 vendor or mortgagor, and of the purchaser or mortgagee. 
 
 June in. 
 
 
PART III. DOCUMENTS OF VESSELS. 41 
 
 :uul .shall permit such index and books of records t< he 
 inspected during ollice hours, under such reasonable regu- 
 lations as they may establish, and shall, when required, 
 furnish to any person a ceil ilicate, setting forth the 
 names of the owners of any vessel registered or enrolled, 
 the parts or proportions owned by each, if inserted in the 
 register or enrollment, and also the material facts of any 
 i: x'isling bill of sale. mortgage, hypothecation, or other 
 inciimbrance upon such vessel, recorded since the issuing 
 of the last register or enrollment, viz, the date, amount 
 of such incumbrance, and from and to whom or in whose June 10, 1886. 
 favor made. 
 
 The collectors of the customs shall furnish certified u. s., 4195. 
 copies of such records, on the receipt of fifty cents for 
 each bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance. 
 
 All bills of sale of vessels registered or enrolled, shall R. s.,4iiMj. 
 set forth the part of the vessel owned by each person sell- 
 ing, and the part conveyed to each person purchasing. 
 
 44. Sale to alien. 
 
 1 f any vessel registered as a vessel of the United States R. s., 4172. 
 shall be sold or transferred, in whole or in part, by way 
 of trust, confidence, or otherwise, to a subject or citizen 
 of any foreign prince or state, and such sale or transfer 
 shall not be made known, as hereinbefore directed, such 
 vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, 
 shall be forfeited. If such vessel, however, be so owned in 
 part only, and it is made to appear to the jury before 
 whom the trial for such forfeiture is had, that any other 
 owner of such vessel, being a citizen of the United States, 
 was wholly ignorant of the sale or transfer to or owner- 
 ship of such foreign subject or citizen, the share or inter- 
 est of such citizen of the United States shall not be sub- 
 ject to such forfeiture, and the residue only shall be so 
 forfeited. 
 
 45. Loss of register. 
 
 Whenever the certificate of the registry of any vessel is R. s., 4i7. 
 lost, destroyed, or mislaid, the master, or other person 
 having the charge or command thereof, may make oath 
 before the collector of the district where such vessel 
 shall first be after such loss, destruction, or mislaying, 
 in the form following: "I, (inserting here the name 
 of the person swearing), being master (or having the 
 charge or command) of the ship or vessel called the 
 (inserting the name of the vessel), do swear (or affirm) 
 that the said vessel hath been, as I verily believe, reg- 
 istered according to law, by the name of (inserting 
 again the name of the vessel), and that a certificate 
 thereof was granted by the collector of the district of 
 (naming the district where registered), which certifi- 
 cate has been lost (or destroyed, or unintentionally 
 and by mere accident mislaid, as the case may be) ; 
 and (except where the certificate is alleged to have 
 been destroyed) that the same, if found again, and within 
 
42 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 my power, shall be delivered up to the collector of the dis- 
 trict in which it was granted." Such oath shall be sub- 
 scribed by the party making the same ; and upon such oath 
 being made, and the other requisites of this Title [R. S., 
 4131-4305] in order to the registry of vessels being com- 
 plied with, it shall be lawful for the collector of the dis- 
 trict before whom such oath is made, to grant a, new 
 register, inserting therein that the same is issued in lieu of 
 the one lost or destroyed. 
 
 R. s., 4168. Whenever a register is granted in lieu of one lost or 
 destroyed, by any other than the collector of the district 
 to which the vessel actually belongs, such register shall, 
 within ten days after her first arrival within the district 
 to which she belongs, be delivered up to the collector of 
 such district, who shall, thereupon, grant a new register in 
 lieu thereof. And in case the master or commander shall 
 neglect to deliver up such register within the time above 
 mentioned, he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred 
 dollars; and the former register shall become null and 
 void. 
 
 46. Failure to deliver former register. 
 
 R. s., 4169. I n every case in which a vessel is required to be regis- 
 tered anew, if she shall riot be so registered anew, she shall 
 not be entitled to any of the privileges or benefits of a ves- 
 sel of the United States. And if her former certificate of 
 registry is not delivered up, except where the same may 
 have been destroyed, lost, or unintentionally mislaid, and 
 an path thereof shall have been made, as hereinbefore pre- 
 scribed, the owner of such vessel shall be liable to a pen- 
 alty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered, with costs of 
 suit. 
 
 47. Cancellation of register. 
 
 R. s., 4174. Every certificate of registry which is delivered up to a 
 collector on the loss, destruction, or capture of a vessel, or 
 
 July 5, 1884. the transfer thereof to a foreigner, shall be forthwith 
 
 sec. 2. transmitted to the Commissioner of Navigation to be can- 
 
 celed ; who, if the same shall have been delivered up to a 
 collector other than of the district in which it was granted, 
 shall cause notice of such delivery to be given to the col- 
 lector of such district. 
 
 R. s., 4175. Whenever the master or owner of a vessel shall deliver 
 up the register of such vessel, airreeablv t< the provisions 
 of this Title [R. S., 4131-4305], if to the collector of the 
 di.-trict where the same was granted, the collector shall 
 
 Jan. 16, 1895. thereupon cancel the bond which shall have Urn given at 
 the time of granting such register; or il' to the collector of 
 any other district, such collector shall grant to the master, 
 commander, or owner, a receipt or acknowledgment that 
 such register has been delivered to him. and the time when; 
 and upon such receipt being produced to the collector by 
 whom the register was granted, he shall cancel the bond 
 
PART III. DOCUMENTS OF VESSELS. 43 
 
 of the party, as if the register had been returned t<> him. 
 [NOTE. Bonds abolished elan. 16, 1895. This section ap- 
 plies only to outstanding bonds.] 
 
 48. Change of trade. 
 
 The collectors of the several districts may enroll and R. s.,4322. 
 license any \essel that may be registered, upon such regis- 
 try being given up, or may register any vessel that may be 
 enrolled, upon such enrollment and license being given 
 up. 
 
 When any vessel shall be in any other district than the R> g. f 4323. 
 one to which she belongs, the collector of such district, on 
 the application of the master thereof, and upon his 
 taking an oath that, according to his best know ledge and 
 belief, the property remains as expressed in the register 
 or enrollment proposed to be given up, shall make the 
 exchange of an enrollment for a register or a register for Jan. 16, 1005. 
 an enrollment; but in every such case, the collector to 
 whom the register or enrollment and license may be given 
 up shall transmit the same to the Commissioner of Navi- j u iy 5, 1884. 
 gat ion; and the register, or enrollment and license, 
 granted in lieu thereof, shall, within ten days after the 
 arrival of such vessel w r ithin the district to which she 
 belongs, be delivered to the collector of the district, and 
 be by him canceled. If the master shall neglect to deliver 
 the register or enrollment and license within suck time, 
 he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 49. Method of enrollment and license. 
 
 In order for the enrollment of any vessel, she shall pos- R. s., 4312. 
 sess the same qualifications, and the same requirements in 
 all respects shall be complied with, as are required before 
 registering a vessel ; and the same powers and duties are 
 conferred and imposed upon all officers, respectively, and 
 the same proceedings shall be had, in enrollment of ves- 
 sels, as are prescribed for similar cases in registering ; and 
 vessels enrolled, with the masters or owners thereof, shall 
 be subject to the same requirements as are prescribed for 
 registered vessels. 
 
 50. Oath of master and owner. 
 
 Xo licensed vessel shall be employed in any trade where- R - s -' 432 - 
 by the revenue laws of the United States shall be de- 
 frauded. The master of every such vessel shall swear 
 that he is a citizen of the United States, and that such 
 license shall not be used for any other vessel or any other 
 employment than that for which it was specially granted, 
 or in any trade or business whereby the revenue of the 
 United States may be defrauded; and if such vessels be 
 less than twenty tons burden, the husband or managing 
 owner shall swear that she is wholly the property of 
 citizens of the United States; whereupon it shall be the 
 duty of the collector of the district comprehending the 
 port w T hereto such vessel may belong to grant a license. 
 
44 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 stc'5 16 ' 1895 * Any master or owner violating the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall be liable to the penalty of two hundred dollars, 
 
 sec." 10.' 1( 3 ' in addition to any other penalty imposed by law. The 
 Secretary of Commerce shall have power to remit or 
 mitigate any such penalty if in his opinion it was in- 
 curred without negligence or intention of fraud. 
 
 51. Fees. 
 
 June io, 8 i886 ^^ vessels subject to enrollment or license shall be liable 
 ' to the payment of the fees established by law for services 
 of customs officers incident thereto. [See par. 477.] 
 
 52. Form of enrollment. 
 
 ii. s.,43i9. The record of the enrollment of a vessel shall be made, 
 
 ' and an abstract or copy thereof granted, as nearly as may 
 be in the following form : [""] Enrollment. In conformity 
 to Title L, [R, S. 4311-4390] ' REGULATION OF VESSELS IN 
 DOMESTIC COMMERCE,' of the Revised Statutes of the 
 United States, (inserting here the name of the person, 
 with his occupation and place of abode, by whom the oath 
 or affirmation is to be made,) having taken and subscribed 
 the oath (or affirmation) required by law, and having 
 sworn (or affirmed) that he (or she, and if more than one 
 owner adding the words ' together with,' and the name or 
 names, occupation or occupations, place or places of 
 abode [,] of the owner or owners, and the part or propor- 
 tion of such vessel belonging to each owner) is (or are) a 
 citizen (or citizens) of the United States, and sole owner 
 (or owners) of the ship or vessel called the (inserting 
 here her name), of (inserting here the name of the port 
 to which she may belong), whereof (inserting here the 
 name of the master) is at present master, and is a citizen 
 of the United States, and that the said ship or vessel was 
 (inserting here when and where) built, and (inserting 
 here the name and office, if any, of the person by whom she 
 shall have been surveyed and measured), having certified 
 that the said ship or vessel has (inserting here the number 
 of decks) , and (inserting here the number of masts) . and 
 that her length is (inserting here the number of feet), her 
 
 breadth ( inserting here the number of feet), her depth 
 (inserting here the number of feet), and that she meas- 
 ures (inserting here her number of tons) ; that she is (de- 
 scribing here the particular kind of vessel, whether ship, 
 brigantine, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else, to- 
 gether with her build, and specifying whether she has any 
 or no gallery or head), and the said (naming the owner 
 or the master, or other person acting in behalf of the 
 owner or owners, by whom the certificate of measurement 
 shall have been countersigned) , having agreed to the de- 
 scription and measurement above specilicd, according to 
 Jan. 16, 1895. tne ga j ( | Title, the said ship or vessel has been duly en- 
 rolled at the port of (naming the port where, enrolled). 
 (Jiven under my hand and seal, at (naming the said port), 
 this (inserting the particular day) day of (naming the 
 
PART III. DOCUMENTS ol VI.SSELS. 45 
 
 month), in the year (specifying the number of the year, 
 in words, at length)." 
 
 1'uder the direction of the Secretary of Commerce the ft*- H. 
 Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authori/ed and 
 directed from time to time to consolidate into one docu- 
 ment in the case of any vessel of the United States, the 
 form of enrollment prescribed bysection forty-three hun- 
 dred nnd nineteen of the Revised Statutes and the form 
 of license prescribed by section forty-three hundred and 
 twenty-one of the Revised Statutes, and such consolidated 
 form shall hereafter be issued to a vessel of the United 
 States in lieu of the separate enrollment and license, now 
 prescribed by law, and shall be deemed sufficient compli- 
 ance with the requirements of laws relating to the 
 subject. 
 
 This Act shall not be construed to amend any law now ^f-g 24 * 1006 - 
 in force concerning the compensation of officers of the 
 customs for service connected with the enrollment and 
 license of vessels. 
 53. Form of license. 
 
 The form of a license for carrying on the coasting- 5pr''24 2 ibo6 
 trade or fisheries 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). 
 
 "In pursuance of Title L [R. S., 4311-4390], 'REGULA- 
 TION OF VESSELS IN DOMESTIC COMMERCE,' of the Revised 
 Statutes of the United States, (inserting here the name of 
 the husband or managing owner, with his occupation and 
 place of abode), and the name of the master, with the 
 place of his abode, having [given bond] that the (insert Jan - 16 ' 1! 
 here the description of the vessel, whether ship, brigan- 
 tine, snow, schooner, sloop, or whatever else she may be), 
 called the (insert here the vessel's name), whereof the said 
 (naming the master) is master, burden (insert here the 
 number of tons, in words) tons, as appears by her enroll- 
 ment, dated at (naming the district, day, month and year, 
 in words at length, but if she be less than twenty tons, in- 
 sert, instead thereof, ' proof being had of her admeasure- 
 ment') shall not be employed in any trade, while this 
 license shall continue in force, whereby the revenue of the 
 United States shall be defrauded, and having also sworn 
 (or affirmed) that this license shall not be used for any 
 other vessel, or for any other employment, than is herein 
 specified, license is hereby granted for the said (inserting 
 here the description of the vessel) called the (inserting 
 here the vessel's name,) to be employed in carrying on the 
 (inserting here 'coasting-trade,' 'whale-fishery,' 'mack- 
 erel-fishery,' or ' cod-fishery,' as the case may be) , for one 
 year from the date hereof, and no longer. Given under 
 my hand and seal at (naming the said district), this (in- 
 serting the particular day), day of (naming the month), 
 
46 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 in the year (specifying the number of the year in words 
 at length)." [Bonds abolished Jan. 16, 1895.] 
 
 R. s., 4333. The collector of each district shall progressively number 
 the licenses by him granted, beginning anew at the com- 
 mencement of each year, and shall make a record thereof 
 in a book, to be by him kept for that purpose, and shall, 
 
 July 5, 1884. once in three months, transmit to the Commissioner of 
 Navigation copies of the licenses which shall have been so 
 granted by him; and also of such licenses as shall have 
 been given up or returned to him, respectively, in pur- 
 suance of this Title [R. S., 4311-4390]. Whenever any 
 vessel is licensed or enrolled anew, or being licensed or 
 enrolled is afterward registered, or being registered is 
 afterward enrolled or licensed, she shall, in every such 
 case, be enrolled, licensed, or registered by her former 
 name. 
 
 54. Duration of license. 
 
 R. s., 4324, Xo license, granted to any vessel, shall be considered in 
 force any longer than such vessel is owned, and of the 
 description set forth in such license, or for carrying on 
 any other business or employment than that for which 
 she is specially licensed. 
 
 55. Surrender of license. 
 
 R. s., 4325. The license granted to any vessel shall be presented 
 
 sJc r .*2 24 ' 1! 6 ' for renewal by endorsement to the collector of customs of 
 the district in which the vessel then may be within three 
 days after the expiration of the time for which it was 
 granted, or, if she be absent at that time, within three 
 days from her first arrival within a district. In case of 
 change of build, ownership, district, trade, or arrival 
 under temporary papers in the district where she belongs 
 the license shall be surendered. If the master shall Tail 
 to deliver the license he shall be liable to a penalty of ten 
 dollars, which shall not be mitigated. 
 
 Sec - s. This Act shall not be construed to amend any law now 
 
 in force concerning the compensation of officers of the 
 customs for service connected with the enrollment and 
 license of vessels. 
 
 R s.,4326. If such license, however, shall have been previously 
 given up to the collector of any other district, as author- 
 ized by this Title [R. S., 4311-4390], and a certificate 
 thereof under the hand of such collector be produced by 
 such master, or if such license be lost, or destroyed, or 
 unintentionally mislaid so that it cannot be found, and 
 the master of such vessel shall make and subscribe an oath 
 that such license is lost, destroyed, or unintentionally mis- 
 laid, as he verily believes, and that the same, if found. 
 shall be delivered up, as is herein required, then the pen- 
 alty prescribed in the preceding section shall not be in- 
 curred. If such license shall be lost, destroyed, or unin- 
 tentionally mislaid, before the expiration of the time for 
 which it was granted, upon the like oath being made and 
 
PART III. DOCUMENTS OK VESSEL'S. 47 
 
 subscribed by tin 1 master of such ?Q6ael, tin 1 collector, 
 upon application being made therefor, .-hall license such 
 
 I anew. 
 
 The owner of any licensed \essel may return such K - s - J:; - T - 
 license to the collector who granted the same, at any time 
 within the year for which it was granted : and thereupon 
 the collector shall cancel the same, and shall license such 
 anew, upon the application of the owner, and upon 
 the conditions hereinbefore required being complied with. 
 
 56. Enrollment and license to corporations. 
 
 Knrollments and licenses for vessels owned by any in- 1; - s - l::1:: - 
 corporated company may be issued in the name of the 
 president or secretary of such company; and such enroll- 
 ments or licences shall not be vacated or all'ected by any 
 sale of shares of stock in such company. 
 
 Previous to irraiitinir enrollment and license for anv B.B.,4814. 
 
 IT i i i June " I 1901i * 
 
 vessel owned by any incorporated company, or by an indi- 
 vidual or individuals, the president or secretary of such 
 company, or any other officer or agent thereof, duly au- 
 thonzed by said' company in writing, attested by the cor- 
 porate seal thereof, to act in its behalf, or the managing 
 owner, or his agent duly authorized by power of attorney, 
 when such vessel is owned by an individual or individuals, 
 shall swear to the ownership of such vessel without desig- 
 nating the names of the persons composing such company, 
 when such vessel is owned by a corporation, which oath 
 shall be deemed sufficient without requiring the oath of 
 any other person interested or concerned in such vessel. 
 
 Upon the death, removal, or resignation of the presi- s.,4315. 
 dent or secretary of any incorporated company owning 
 any steamboat or vessel, a new enrollment and license 
 shall be taken out for such steamboat or vessel. 
 
 57. Change of owner. 
 
 Whenever it appears, bv satisfactory proof, to the Com- } }-?-~ : ' 
 
 n - T A . , * i 1 -, i i-, i July o, lo 
 
 missioner or Navigation that any vessel has been sold and 
 
 transferred by process of law, and that the certificate of 
 enrollment or license of such vessel is retained by the for- 
 mer owner, the Commissioner may direct the collector of 
 the district to which such vessel belongs to grant a new 
 certificate of enrollment or license, on the owner's, under 
 such sale, comply ing with such terms and conditions as are, 
 by law required for granting of such papers, excepting 
 only the delivering up of the former certificate of enroll- 
 ment or license. But nothing in this section shall be con- 
 strued to remove the liability of any person to any penalty 
 for not surrendering up the papers belonging to any ves- 
 sel, on a transfer or sale of the same. 
 
 58. Change of master. 
 
 Whenever the master of any licensed vessel, ferry-boats l: s J:::::i - 
 excepted, is changed, the new master, or, in case of his 
 
 02075 15 4. 
 
48 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 absence, the owner or one of the owners thereof, shall 
 report such change to the collector residing at the port 
 where the same happens, if there be one ; otherwise, to the 
 collector residing at any port where such vessel next 
 arrives, who, upon the oath of such new master, or, in case 
 of his absence, of the owner, that such master is a citizen 
 of the United States, and that such vessel shall not, while 
 such license continues in force, be employed in any man- 
 ner whereby the revenue of the United States may be de- 
 frauded, shall indorse such change on the license, with the 
 name of the new master. Whenever such change is not 
 reported, and indorsed, as herein required, such vessel, if 
 found carrying on the coasting-trade or fisheries, shall be 
 subject to pay the same fees and tonnage as a vessel of the 
 United States having a register, and the new master shall 
 be liable to a penalty of ten dollars. 
 
 59. Certification by customs officer. 
 
 R. s., 4332. In every case where the collector is by this Title [R. S., 
 4311-4390] directed to grant any enrollment, license, cer- 
 tificate, permit or other document, the naval officer resid- 
 ing at the port, if there be one, shall sign the same; and 
 every surveyor who certifies a manifest, or grants any 
 permit or who receives any certified manifest, or any 
 permit, as is provided for in this Title, shall make return 
 thereof, monthly, or sooner, if it can conveniently be 
 made, to the collector of the district where such surveyor 
 resides. 
 
 60. Enrollment outside of district. 
 
 R. s., 4328. Whenever it becomes necessary for the owner of any 
 vessel of the United States navigating the waters of the 
 
 Apr. 17, 1S74. "United States, and being in a district other than that to 
 which such vessel belongs, to procure her enrollment and 
 license, or license, or renewal thereof, the same proceed- 
 ings may be had in the district in which the vessel then is 
 as are required by law on application for such enrollment 
 and license, or license, or renewal thereof, as the case may 
 he. in the district to which such vessel belongs, excepting 
 
 Jan. 16, 1895. ^} ie enrollment and issuance of license; and the officer be- 
 fore whom such proceeding is had shall certify the same 
 to the collector of the district to which such vessel be- 
 longs, who shall thereupon duly enroll the vessel and 
 issue license in the same form as if the application had 
 originally been made in this office; and shall either de- 
 liver the license to the owner, or forward it by mail to the 
 ollirer who certified to him the preliminary proceedings: 
 and in the latter case, such ollicer shall deliver the license 
 to the owner or master of the vessel. 
 
 61. Special provisions for enrollment and license. 
 
 1; - s -- 4:>>|u - The assistant collector at .Jer.-ey City may enroll and 
 
 license all vessels engaged in the coasting-trade and fish 
 eries, owned in whole or in part by residents of the coun- 
 ties of Hudson and Bergen, in the State of New Jersey. 
 
PART III. DOCUMENTS OF VESSELS. 49 
 
 The assistant collector for the port of Camden, in New 1: s - 4341 - 
 Jersey, may enroll and license all vessels engaged in the 
 coasting-trade and fisheries, owned in whole or in part 
 by residents of that portion of the Hridgcton district, 
 lying north of Alloway's Creek, in the county of Salem, 
 in the State of New Jersey. 
 
 The owners of vessels residing on New River, in Onslow K. &,4M 
 County, in the State of North Carolina, shall liave the 
 privilege of taking out registers or enrollments and 
 licenses at Wilmington, in that State, and the collector 
 of that district may grant the same on the conditions 
 required by law. 
 
 The deputy collector who may be appointed to reside K - s - 1::>:: - 
 at Chesapeake City, in Maryland, shall have power to 
 grant enrollments and licenses to vessels. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may authorize the sur- B^b."l4? 
 veyor of any port of delivery, under such regulations as sec.'io.' 
 he shall deem necessary, to enroll and license vessels to 
 be employed in the coasting-trade and fisheries, in like 
 manner as collectors of ports of entry are authorized 
 to do. 
 
 The surveyors appointed for the ports of Cold Spring, R- SM 4a 
 on the north side of Long Island, Greenport and Port 
 Jefferson, all in the State of New York, shall have power 
 to enroll and license vessels to be employed in the coasting 
 trade and fisheries, and to enter and clear, and grant reg- 
 isters and other usual papers to vessels employed in the 
 whale-fisheries, under such restrictions and regulations as gjj'io' 19 3 ' 
 the Secretary of Commerce may deem necessary. 
 
 Any surveyor who shall perform the duties directed to R 
 he performed by the two preceding sections shall be en- 
 titled to receive the same commissions and fees as are 
 allowed by law to collectors, for performing the same 
 duties. 
 
 62. Inspection of enrollment and license. 
 
 Any officer concerned in the collection of the revenue R - s - 4336> 
 may at all times inspect the enrollment or license of any 
 vessel ; and if the master of any such vessel shall not ex- 
 hibit the same, when required by such officer, he shall be 
 liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 63. Becord of American-built vessels owned by aliens. 
 
 Every vessel built in the United States, and belonging R - s - 418 - 
 wholly or in part to the subjects of foreign powers, in 
 order to be entitled to the benefits of a ship built and re- 
 corded in the United States, shall be recorded in the office 
 of the collector of the district in which such vessel was 
 built, in the manner following: The builder of every such 
 vessel shall make oath before the collector of such district 
 in manner following: "I, (inserting here the name of 
 such builder), of (inserting here the place of his resi- 
 dence), shipwright, do swear (or affirm) that (describing 
 
50 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 here the kind of vessel, as whether ship, brig, snow, 
 schooner, sloop, or whatever else) named (inserting here 
 the name of the ship or vessel), having (inserting here the 
 number of decks) , and being yi length (inserting here the 
 number of feet), in breadth (inserting here the number 
 of feet), in depth (inserting here the number of feet), 
 and measuring (inserting here the number of tons), hav- 
 ing (specifying whether any or no) gallery, and (also 
 specifying whether any or no) head, was built by me or 
 under my direction at (naming the place, county, and 
 State), in the United States, in the year (inserting here 
 the number of the year)." Which oath shall be sub- 
 scribed by the person making the same, and shall be 
 recorded in a book to be kept by the collector for that 
 purpose. 
 
 R. s., 4i8i. The collector shall cause the vessel so built to be sur- 
 veyed or measured, and the person by whom such measure- 
 ment is made shall grant a certificate thereof, as in the 
 case of a vessel to be registered, which certificate shall be 
 countersigned by the builder, and by an owner or the 
 master or person having the command or charge thereof, 
 or by some other person being an agent for the owner 
 thereof, in testimony of the truth of the particulars 
 therein contained. 
 
 R. s., 4182. A certificate of the record, attested under the hand and 
 seal of the collector, shall be granted to the master of 
 every such vessel, as nearly as may be, of the form fol- 
 lowing: "In pursuance of chapter one, Title XLVIII 
 [R. S., 4131-4305], "REGULATION OF COMMEUCK AND XAVT- 
 CATIONV' of the Revised Statutes of the United States, I, 
 (inserting here the name of the collector of the district), 
 of (inserting here the name of the district) , in the United 
 States, do certify that (inserting here the name of the 
 builder), of (inserting here the place of his resident, 
 county, and State), having sworn (or affirmed) that the 
 (describing the ship or vessel, as in the certificate of 
 record) named (inserting here her name) , whereof (in- 
 serting here the name of the master) is. at present, master, 
 was built at (inserting here (he name of the place, county, 
 and State where built ), by him or under his direction, in 
 the year (inserting here the number of the year) : and 
 (inserting here the name of the surveyor, or other per- 
 son, by whom the measurement shall have hcen made) 
 having certified that the said ship or vessel has (insert- 
 ing here her number of decks), is in length (iu>crt- 
 ing he.re (he number of feet), in breadth (inserting here 
 the number of feet), in depth (inserting here the num- 
 . ber of feet), and measures ( insert ing here the num- 
 ber of tons): And the said builder and (naming and 
 describing the owner, or master, or agent for the owner 
 or owners, as the case, may be, by whom the said cer- 
 tificate shall have hcen countersigned) having agreed 
 to the said description and admeasurement, the said 
 
PART III. DOCUMENTS OF VESSELS. 51 
 
 vessel has been recorded, in the district of (inserting 
 
 here the mime of the district where recorded), in the 
 United States. Witness my hsind and seal this (inserting 
 here the day of the month) d:iy of ( insert ing here the 
 name of the month 1 ), in the year (inserting here the 
 niiinher of the year)." Which certilieate shall be re- 
 corded in tlie olliceof the collector, and a duplicate thereof 3u] J 5 - 1884 - 
 transmitted to the Commissioner of Navigation to be re- 
 corded in his ollice. 
 
 Whenever the master or the name of a vessel so recorded II - s - 4183 - 
 is changed, the owner, part owner, or consignee of such 
 vessel shall cause a memorandum thereof to be indorsed 
 on the certificate of the record, by the collector of the dis- 
 trict, where such vessel may be, or at which she shall first 
 arrive if such change took place in a foreign country; and 
 a copy thereof shall be entered in the book of records, a 
 transcript whereof shall be transmitted by the collector to 
 the collector of the district where such certificate was 
 granted, if not the same person, who shall enter the same 
 in his book of records, and forward a duplicate of such July 5> 1! 
 entry to the Commissioner of Navigation; and in such 
 case, until the owner, part owner, or consignee shall cause 
 the memorandum to be made by the collector, in the man- 
 ner above prescribed, such vessel shall not be deemed a 
 vessel recorded, in pursuance of this Title [R. S., 4131- 
 4305]. 
 
 The master or other person having the command or R - s - 4184 - 
 charge of any vessel, recorded in pursuance of this Title 
 [R. S., 4131-4305], shall, on entry of such vessel, produce 
 the certificate of such record to the collector of the dis- 
 trict where she is so entered ; and in default thereof the 
 vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges of a recorded 
 vessel. 
 
 64. Offenses against the registry law. 
 
 Every collector or officer who knowingly makes, or is R - s - 4187 - 
 concerned in making, any false register or record, or who 
 knowingly grants or is concerned in granting, any false 
 certificate of registry or record of or for any vessel, or any 
 other false document whatever touching the same, con- 
 trary to the true intent and meaning of this Title [R. S., 
 4131-4305], or who designedly takes any other or greater 
 fees than are by this Title allowed, or who receives any 
 voluntary reward or gratuity for any of the services per- 
 formed, pursuant thereto; and every surveyor or other 
 person appointed to measure any vessel, who willfully 
 delivers to any collector or naval officer a false description 
 of such vessel, to be registered or recorded, shall be pun- 
 ishable by a fine of one thousand dollars, and be rendered 
 incapable of serving in any office of trust or profit under 
 the United States. 
 
 If any person authorized and required by this Title R- s " 41 
 [R. S., 4131-4305] to perform, as an officer, any act or 
 
52 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4189. 
 
 R. S..4190. 
 
 R. S. t 4191. 
 
 R. S., 4373. 
 
 R. S., 4374. 
 
 thing, willfully neglects to do or perform the same, ac- 
 cording to the true intent and meaning of this Title, he 
 shall, if not subject to the penalty and disqualification 
 prescribed in the preceding section, be punishable by a 
 fine of five hundred dollars for the first offense, and by a 
 like fine for the second offense, and shall thenceforth be 
 rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit 
 under the United States. 
 
 Whenever any certificate of registry, enrollment, or 
 license, or other record or document granted in lieu 
 thereof, to any vessel, is knowingly and fraudulently ob- 
 tained or used for any vessel not entitled to the benefit 
 thereof, such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furni- 
 ture, shall be liable to forfeiture. 
 
 No sea-letter or other document certifying or proving 
 any vessel to be the property of a citizen of the United 
 States shall be issued, except to vessels duly registered, or 
 enrolled and licensed as vessels of the United States, or to 
 vessels which shall be wholly owned by citizens of the 
 United States, and furnished with or entitled to sea-letters 
 or other custom-house documents. 
 
 Every person who knowingly makes, utters, or pub- 
 lishes any false sea-letter, Mediterranean passport, or cer- 
 tificate of registry, or who knowingly avails himself of 
 any such Mediterranean passport, sea-letter, or certificate 
 of registry, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 
 five thousand dollars, and, if an officer of the United 
 States, shall thenceforth be incapable of holding any office 
 of trust or profit under the authority of the United States. 
 
 65. Offenses against enrollment and license laws. 
 
 Every collector, who knowingly makes any record of 
 enrollment or license of any vessel, and every other officer. 
 or person, appointed by or under them, who makes any 
 record, or grants any certificate or other document what- 
 ever, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Title 
 [R. S., 4311 i390], or takes any other or greater fees 
 than are by this Title allowed, or receives for any service 
 performed pursuant to this Title, any reward or gratuity. 
 and every surveyor, or other person appointed to measure 
 vessels, who willfully delivers to any collector or naval 
 officer a false description of any vessel, to be enrolled or 
 licensed, in pursuance of this Title, shall l>e liable to a 
 penalty of five hundred dollars, and be rendered incapable 
 of serving in any office of trust or profit under the United 
 States. 
 
 Kvery person, authorized and required by this Title 
 [R. S., 4311-4390] to perform any act or thing as an 
 officer, who willfully neglects or refuses to do and per- 
 form the same, according to the true intent and meaning 
 of this Title, shall, if not subject to the penalty and dis- 
 qualifications prescribed in the preceding sect ion. he liable 
 to a penalty of five hundred dollars for the first offense, 
 
PART in. I>O<TMKNTS OF VKSSKI.S. 53 
 
 and of a like sum for the second offense, and shall, after 
 conviction for tin 1 second oil'cnsc. be rendered incapable, 
 of holding any ollice of trust or profit under the United 
 Stales. 
 
 K\ery person who forges, counterfeits, erases, alters. or u. s., 4375. 
 falsifies any enrollment, license, certificate, permit, or 
 other document, mentioned or required in this 'Title 
 | k. S., 4311-4390], to be granted by any officer of the 
 revenue, such person, so offending, shall be liable to a pen- 
 alty ol' iive hundred dollars. 
 
 Every person who assaults, resists, obstructs, or hinders K - s - 4376 - 
 any oilicer in the execution of any act or law relating to 
 the enrollment, resist rv, or licensing of vessels, or of this 
 Title [R, S., 4311-4390], or of any of the powers or 
 authorities vested in him by any such act or law, shall, 
 for every such offense, for which no other penalty is par- 
 ticularly provided, be liable to a penalty of five hundred 
 dollars. 
 
PART IV. OFFICERS OF MKKCIIAXT VESSELS. 
 
 66. Citizenship of oflicrrs. 
 
 67. IHir;itili of licenses. 
 
 68. Service during war. 
 
 69. Officer's license. 
 
 70. Master's license. 
 
 71. Mate's license. 
 
 72. Engineer's license. 
 
 73. Pilot's license. 
 
 74. Muster or mate tiding us pilot. 
 
 75. On fh of otli<-er. 
 
 76. Removal of master. 
 
 u. B., 4131, 
 
 May 28, 1890. 
 Sec. 1. 
 
 June 26, 1884. 
 Sec. 1. 
 
 66. Citizenship of officers. 
 
 All the officers of vessels of the United States who shall 
 have charge of a watch, including pilots, shall in all C 
 be citizens of the United States. [Metlakahtla Indians 
 excepted by act. March 4, 1907.] 
 
 The word "officers" shall include the chief engineer 
 and each assistant engineer in charge of a watch on vessels 
 propelled wholly or in part by steam: and after the first 
 day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, no 
 person shall be qualified to hold a license as a commander 
 or watch officer of a merchant vessel of the United States 
 who is not a native-born citizen, or whose naturalization 
 as a citizen shall not have been fully completed. 
 
 In cases where on a foreign voyage, or on a voyage 
 from an Atlantic to a Pacific port of the United States, 
 any such vessel is for any reason deprived of the services 
 of an officer below the grade of master, his place, or a 
 28, 1 MM-,. vacancy mused by the promotion of another officer to 
 such place, may be supplied by a person not a citizen of 
 the United States until the first return of such vessel to 
 its home port; and such vessel shall not be liable to any 
 penalty or penal tax for such employment of an alien 
 officer. 
 
 The President of the United States is hereby author- 
 ized, whenever in his discretion the needs of foreign com- 
 merce may require, to suspend by order, so far and for 
 surh length of time as he may deem desirable, the pro- 
 visions of law prescribing that all the watch officers of 
 Is of the United States registered for foreign trade 
 shall be citizens of the United States. 
 
 s, 1914. 
 Bee. -. 
 
 4 '' nr l )1>nv i s i <)ns l' law prescribing that the watch <\- 
 ' cers of \essels of the Tinted Stales registered for foreign 
 trade shall be citizens of the 1'nited States are hereby 
 suspended so far and for such length of time as is herein 
 provided, namely: All foreign-built ships which shall be 
 admitted to Tnited States registry under said act may 
 
 54 
 
I'AKT IV. ornrKUS OF MERCHANT VESSELS. 55 
 
 retain the watch officers employed thereon, without re- 
 gard to eiti/enship, for- seven years from this date, and 
 such watch oilier rs shall In' eligible for promotion. Any 
 vacancy occurring among such watch officers within two 
 years from this date may he filled without regard to 
 citi/iMiship: hut any vacancy which may occur thereafter 
 shall he filled l>v a' watch officer who is n citizen of the 
 Tinted States. '* * * 
 
 67. Duration of licenses. 
 
 All licenses issued to such officers shall be for a term s ^ if' ' S<M ' 
 of li\e years, but the holder of a license may have the. Oct 22, im i. 
 same renewed for another live years in the manner pre- 
 scribed in the rules and regulations of the Board of Su- 
 pervising [nspectors: /V^/vVrv/, hoircrcr, That any officer 
 holding a license, and who is engaged in a service which 
 necessitates his continuous absence from the United 
 State>. may make application in writing for renewal and 
 transmit the same to the board of local inspectors, with 
 his certificate of citi/enship, if naturalized, and a state- 
 ment of the applicant, verified before a consul or other 
 ollicer of the United States authorized to administer an 
 oath, sett inn: forth the reasons for not appearing in per- 
 son; and upon receiving the same the board of local in- 
 spectors that originally issued such license shall renew 7 the 
 same and shall notify the applicant of such renewal: Pro- 
 r'nh (1 further, That no license as master, mate, or pilot of 
 any class of vessel shall be renewed without furnishing a 
 satisfactory certificate of examination as to color blind- 
 ness. And in all cases where the issue is the suspension 
 or revocation of such licenses, whether before the local 
 boards of inspectors (of steam vessels), as provided for in 
 section forty-four hundred and fifty of the Revised Stat- 
 utes, or before the supervising inspector, as provided for 
 in section forty-four hundred and fifty-two of the Revised 
 Statutes, the accused shall be allowed to appear by coun- 
 sel and to testify in his own behalf. 
 
 68. Service during war. 
 
 Xo master, mate, pilot, or engineer of steam vessels *' 
 licensed under title fifty-two [R. S., 4399-4500] of the Re- 
 vised Statutes shall be liable to draft in time of war, ex- 
 cept for the performance of duties such as required by his 
 license; and, while performing such duties in the service 
 of the United States, every such master, mate, pilot, or 
 engineer shall be entitled to the highest rate of wages 
 paid in the merchant marine of the United States for 
 similar services; and, if killed or w r ounded while per- 
 forming such duties under th,e United States, they, qr their 
 heirs, or their legal representatives shall be entitled to all 
 the privileges accorded to soldiers and sailors serving in 
 the Army and Navy, under the pension laws of the United 
 States. 
 
 May 28, 1896. 
 Sec. 2. 
 
56 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 69. Officer's license. 
 
 Dec "4 43 i 8 sos The boards of local inspectors shall license and classify 
 
 .i.m.' li; IJJOT! the masters, chief mates, and second and third mates, if 
 
 8e?J! 8< 1; 8 ' in charge of a watch, engineers, and pilots of all steam 
 
 vessels, and the masters of sail vessels of over seven hun- 
 
 dred gross tons, and all other vessels of over one hundred 
 
 gross tons carrying passengers for hire. It shall be un- 
 
 lawful to employ any person, or for any person to serve, 
 
 as a master, chief mate, engineer, or pilot of any steamer 
 
 or as master of any sail vessel of over seven hundred gross 
 
 tons, or of any other vessel of over one hundred gross 
 
 tons carrying passengers for hire, who is not licensed by 
 
 the inspectors ; and anyone violating this section shall be 
 
 liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each 
 
 offense. [See act June 9, 1910, p. 351.] 
 
 n. s., 4440. Every master, mate, engineer, and pilot who shall 
 
 Fob. 19, 1907. ,. i_ i j -I 
 
 receive a license shall, when employed upon any vessel, 
 within forty-eight hours after going on duty, place his 
 certificate of license, which shall be framed under glass, 
 in somp conspicuous place in such vessel, where it can be 
 seen by passengers and others at all times : Provided, That 
 in case of emergency such officer may be transferred to 
 another vessel of the same owners for a period not exceed- 
 ing forty-eight hours without the transfer of his license to 
 such other vessel; and for every neglect to comply with 
 this provision by any such master, mate, engineer, or pilot, 
 he shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars, or to 
 the revocation of his license. [See act June 9, 1910, p. 
 351.] 
 
 70. Master's license. 
 
 u. s., 44.,o. Whenever any person applies to be licensed as master 
 sec.' i/. 1 ' l 98 ' of any steam vessel, or of a sail vessel of over seven hun- 
 dred tons, the inspectors shall make diligent inquiry as to 
 his character, and shall carefully examine the applicant 
 as well as the proofs which he presents in support of his 
 claim, and if they are satisfied that his capacity, experi- 
 ence, habits of life, and character are such as warrant the 
 belief that he can safely be intrusted with the duties and 
 responsibilities of the station for which he makes applica- 
 tion, they shall grant him a license authorizing him to dis- 
 charge such duties on any such vessel for the term of five 
 years; but such license shall be suspended or revoked upon 
 satisfactory proof of bad conduct, intemperate habits, 
 incapacity, inattention to his duties, or the willful viola- 
 lion of any provision <f this title [R. S., 4399-4500] ap- 
 plicable to him. | See act June 9, 1910, p. 351.] 
 
 71. Mate's license. 
 
 u-i-.":. 1 1 . i Whenever any person applies for authority to be em- 
 
 ployed as chief mate of ocean or coastwise steam vessels or 
 of sail vesx'ls of over seven hundred tons, or as second or 
 third mate of ocean or coastwise steam vessels, who shall 
 have charge of a watch, or whenever any person applies 
 
PART IV. OFFICERS OF MERCHANT VKSSELS. 57 
 
 for authority to IK- employed as mate of river steamers, 
 the inspectors shall require satisfactory evidence of the 
 knowledge, experience, and skill of the applicant in hid- 
 ing cargo and in handling and stowage of freight, and if 
 for license as chief mate on ocean or coastwise steamers, 
 or of sail vessels of over seven hundred tons, or as second 
 or third mate of ocean or coastwise steamers, who shall 
 have charge of a watch, shall also examine him as to his 
 knowledge and ability in navigation and managing such 
 vessels and all other duties pertaining to his station, and 
 if satisfied of his qualifications and good character they 
 shall grant him a license author i/ing Kim to perform such 
 duties for the term of five years upon the waters upon 
 which he is found qualified to act; but such license shall 
 be suspended or revoked upon satisfactory proof of bad 
 conduct, intemperate habits, unskillfnlness, or want of 
 knowledge of the duties of his station or the willful vio- 
 lation of any provision of this title [R. S., 4399-4500]. 
 [See act June 9, 1910, p. 351.] 
 
 72. Engineer's license. 
 
 Whenever any person applies for authority to perform u. s., 4441. 
 the duties of engineer of any steam- vessel, the inspectors 
 shall examine the applicant as to his knowledge of steam- 
 machinery, and his experience as an engineer, and also the 
 proofs which he produces in support of his claim ; and if, 
 upon full consideration, they are satisfied that his char- 
 acter, habits of life, knowledge, and experience in the 
 duties of an engineer are all such as to authorize the be- 
 lief that he is a suitable and safe person to be intrusted 
 with the powers and duties of such a station, they shall 
 grant him a license, authorizing him to be employed in 
 such duties for the term of five years, in which they shall 
 assign him to the appropriate class of engineers; but such M& y 28 1896 - 
 license shall be suspended or revoked upon satisfactory 
 proof of negligence, unskillfulness, intemperance, or the 
 willful violation of any provision of this Title [R. S., 
 4399-4500]. Whenever complaint is made against any 
 engineer holding a license authorizing him to take charge 
 of the boilers and machinery of any steamer, that he has, 
 through negligence or want of skill, permitted the boilers 
 in his charge to burn or otherwise become in bad condi- 
 tion, or that he has not kept his engine and machinery in 
 good working order, it shall be the duty of the inspectors, 
 upon satisfactory proof of such negligence or want of 
 skill, to revoke the license of such engineer and assign 
 him to a lower grade or class of engineers, if they find 
 him fitted therefor. [See act June 9, 1910, p. 351.] 
 
 73. Pilot's license. 
 
 Whenever any person claiming to be a skillful pilot of R * s " 4442- 
 steam-vessels offers himself for a license, the inspectors 
 shall make diligent inquiry as to his character and merits, 
 and if satisfied, from personal examination of the appli- 
 
58 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 cant, with the proof that he offers that he possesses the 
 requisite knowledge and skill, and is trustworthy and 
 May 28, 1896. faithful, they shall grant him a license for the term of 
 five years to pilot any such vessel within the limits pre- 
 scribed in the license ; but such license shall be suspended 
 or revoked upon satisfactory evidence of negligence, un- 
 skillfulness, inattention to the duties of his station, or 
 intemperance, or the willful violation of any provision 
 of this title [R. S., 4399-4500]. [See act June 9, 1910, 
 p. 351.] 
 
 74. Master or mate acting as pilot. 
 
 R. s., 4443. Where the master or mate is also pilot of the vessel, he 
 shall not be required to hold two licenses to perform such 
 duties, but the license issued shall state on its face that 
 he is authorized to act in such double capacity. [See act 
 June 9, p. 351.] 
 
 75. Oath of officer. 
 
 R. s., 4445. Every master, chief mate, engineer, and pilot, who re- 
 ceives a license, shall, before entering upon his duties, 
 make oath before one of the inspectors herein provided 
 for, to be recorded w r ith the certificate, that he will faith- 
 fully and honestly, according to his best skill and judg- 
 ment, without concealment or reservation, perform all 
 the duties required of him by law. 
 
 Mar. 23, 1900. Every applicant for license as either master, mate, pilot, 
 or engineer under the provisions of this title [R. S.,4399- 
 4500] shall make and subscribe to an oath or affirmation, 
 before one of the inspectors referred to in this title, to 
 the truth of all the statements set forth in his application 
 for such license. 
 
 Any person who shall make or subscribe to any oath or 
 affirmation authorized in this title and knowing the same 
 to be false shall be deemed guilty of perjury. 
 
 Every licensed master, mate, pilot, or engineer who shall 
 change, by addition, interpolation, or erasure of any 
 kind, any certificate or license issued by any inspector or 
 inspectors referred to in this title shall, for every such 
 offense, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not 
 more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment at 
 hard labor for a term not exceeding three years. 
 
 76. Removal of master. 
 
 R. s., 4250. Any person or body corporate having more than one- 
 
 half ownership of any vessel shall have the power to re- 
 move a master, who is also part owner of such vessel, as 
 such majority owners have to remove a master not an 
 owner. This section shall not apply where there is a 
 valid written agreement subsisting, by virtue of which 
 such master would be entitled to possession, nor in any 
 case where a master has possession as part owner, ob- 
 tained before the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred 
 and seventy -two, 
 
I'AKT V. MKKCHANT SEAMEN. 
 
 77. Definitions, 
 
 78. Ivxemption from militin duly. 
 
 79. Naturalization and citi/enship of 
 
 sen i iion. 
 
 80. Shipping ollicers. 
 
 81. Illegal shipments. 
 
 82. Owners or masters may ship sea- 
 
 inen in eertain cases. 
 
 83. Apprentices. 
 
 84. Agreement to ship in foreign 
 
 trade. 
 
 85. Period of engagement. 
 
 86. Penalty for shipment without 
 
 agreement. 
 
 87. Shipment in foreign ports before 
 
 consuls. 
 
 88. Crew list. 
 
 89. Failure to produce crew. 
 
 90. Pajters relating to crew. 
 
 91. Shipment of seamen in the coast- 
 ing or near-by foreign trade. 
 
 92. Agreement in coasting trade not 
 
 before commissioner. 
 
 93. Agreement with fishermen. 
 
 94. Discharge in foreign trade. 
 
 95. Discharge in foreign ports. 
 
 96. Wages. 
 
 97. Vessels exempt from libel for 
 
 wages. 
 
 98. Advances and allotments of 
 
 wages. 
 
 99. Wages and clothing exempt from 
 attachment. 
 
 100. Desertion of seamen abroad. 
 
 101. Desertion of foreign seamen in 
 
 the United States. 
 
 102. Itepeal of treaties and conven- 
 
 tions. 
 
 103. Arbitration before shipping com- 
 
 missioner. 
 
 104. Soliciting lodgers. 
 
 105. Return of seamen from foivign 
 
 ports, Alaska, and insular ports. 
 
 106. Effects of deceased seamen. 
 
 107. Offenses and punishments. 
 
 108. Corporal punishment prohibited. 
 
 109. Procedure. 
 
 110. Form of articles of agreement. 
 
 111. Account of apprentices on board. 
 
 112. Scale of provisions to be allowed 
 
 and served out to crew during 
 the voyage. 
 
 113. Certificate of discharge. 
 
 114. Sick and disabled seamen. 
 
 115. Jurisdiction over American sen- 
 
 men in foreign ports and for- 
 eign seamen in American ports. 
 
 116. Seamen's witness fees. 
 
 117. Manning of merchant vessels. 
 
 118. ITndermanning. 
 
 119. Fellow-servant clause. 
 
 77. Definitions. 
 
 In the construction of this Title [E. S., 4501-4013], R.S..4612. 
 every person having the command of any vessel belonging 
 to any citizen of the United States shall be deemed to be 
 the "master" thereof; and every person (apprentices 
 excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in 
 any capacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken 
 to be a " seaman ;" and the term " vessel " shall be under- 
 stood to comprehend every description of vessel navigat- 
 ing on any sea or channel, lake or river, to which the pro- 
 visions of this Title may be applicable, and the term 
 "owner" shall be taken and understood to comprehend 
 all the several persons, if more than one, to whom the ves- 
 sel shall belong. 
 
 78. Exemption from militia duty. 
 
 Pilots, mariners actually employed in the sea service of Jan. ^26, 1003. 
 any citizen or merchant within the United States, and all fc 
 persons who are exempted by the laws of the respective 
 
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60 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 States or Territories shall be exempted from militia duty, 
 
 without regard to age. 
 
 79. Naturalization and citizenship of seamen. 
 
 R. s. t 2174. Every seaman, being a foreigner, who declares his in- 
 tention of becoming a citizen of the United States in any 
 competent court, and shall have served three years on 
 board of a merchant vessel of the United States subse- 
 quent to the date of such declaration, may, on his applica- 
 tion to any competent court, and the production of his 
 certificate of discharge and good conduct during that 
 time, together with the certificate of his declaration of 
 intention to become a citizen, be admitted a citizen of the 
 United States; and every seaman, being a foreigner, shall, 
 after his declaration of intention to become a citizen of 
 the United States, and after he shall have served such 
 three years, be deemed a citizen of the United States for 
 the purpose of manning and serving on board any 
 merchant-vessel of the United States, anything to the 
 contrary in any act of Congress notwithstanding; but 
 such seaman shall, for all purposes of protection as an 
 American citizen, be deemed such, after the filing of his 
 declaration of intention to become such citizen, 
 
 R. s., 4588. The collector of every district shall keep a book or 
 books, in which, at the request of any seaman, being a 
 citizen of the United States of America, and producing 
 proof of his citizenship, authenticated in the manner 
 hereinafter directed, he shall enter the name of such sea- 
 man, and shall deliver to him a certificate, in the follow- 
 ing form, that is to say: "I, A. B., collector of the dis- 
 trict of D., do hereby certify, that E. F., an American 
 seaman, aged - years, or thereabouts, of the height 
 
 of feet inches, (describing the said seaman 
 
 as particularly as may be,) has, this day, produced to me 
 proof in the manner directed by law; and I do hereby 
 certify that the said E. F. is a citizen of the United States 
 of America. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my 
 
 June 19, 1886. nan( j an( j seal of office, this - day of - ." It 
 
 shall be the duty of the collectors to file and preserve the 
 proofs of citizenship so produced. 
 
 R. s.,4591. The collector of every port of entry in the United 
 States shall send a list of the seamen to whom certificates 
 of citizenship have hern granted, once every three months, 
 to the Secretary of State | together with an account of 
 such impressments or detentions, as shall appear, by the 
 protests of the masters, to have taken place. | 
 
 80. Shipping officers. 
 
 R. s.,4508. The general duties of a stopping-commissioner shall be : 
 First. To afford facilities for engaging seamen by keep- 
 ing a register of their names and characters. 
 
 Second. To superintend their engagement and dis- 
 charge, in manner prescribed by law. 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SEAMEN. 61 
 
 Third. To provide moans for securing the presence on 
 board at the proper times of men who are so engaged. 
 
 Fourth. To facilitate the making of apprenticeships 
 to the sen service. 
 
 Fifth. To perform such other duties relating to mer- 
 chant seamen or merchant ships as are now or may hero- 
 after be required by law. 
 
 In any port in which no shipping-commissioner shall R.8-4508. 
 have been appointed, the whole or any part of the busi- 
 ness of a shipping-commissioner shall be conducted by the 
 collector or deputy collector of customs of such port; and 
 in respect of such business such custom-house shall be 
 deemed a shipping-office, and the collector or deputy col- 
 lector of customs to whom such business shall be com- 
 mitted, shall, for all purposes, be deemed a shipping- 
 commissioner within the meaning of this Title [R. S. 
 4501-46131. 
 
 Every shipping-commissioner, and every clerk or em- Mar''4, 5 i9ii 
 ploye in any shipping-office, who demands or receives any 
 remuneration whatever, either directly or indirectly, for 
 hiring or supplying any seaman for any merchant-vessels, June 19 > 1886 - 
 excepting the lawful fees payable under this Title f R. S., 
 4501-4613], shall, for every such offense, be liable to a 
 penalty of not more than two hundred dollars. [Fees 
 payable by individuals abolished June 19, 1886.] 
 
 81. Illegal shipments. 
 
 Whoever, with intent that any person shall perform |* r - 8 loon - 
 service or labor of any kind on board of any vessel en- 
 gaged in trade and commerce among the several States or 
 with foreign nations, or on board of any vessel of the n^a^aet of 
 United States engaged in navigating the high seas or 
 anv navigable water of the United States, shall procure 
 or induce, or attempt to procure or induce, another, by 
 force or threats or by representations which he knows 
 or believes to be untrue, or while the person so procured 
 or induced is intoxicated or under the influence of any 
 drug, to go on board of any such vessel, or to sign or in 
 anywise enter into any agreement to go on board of any 
 such vessel to perform service or labor thereon ; or who- 
 ever shall knowingly detain on board of any such vessel 
 any person so procured or induced to go on board thereof, 
 or to enter into any agreement to go on board thereof, by 
 any means herein defined; or whoever shall knowingly 
 aid or abet in the doing of any of the things herein made 
 unlawful, shall be fined not more than one thousand dol- 
 lars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
 
 All shipments of seamen made contrary to the provi- i:. s.,4523. , 
 sions of any act of Congress shall be void; and any sea- 
 man so shipped may leave the service at any time, and 
 shall be entitled to recover the highest rate of wages of 
 the port from which the seaman was shipped, or the sum 
 agreed to be given him at his shipment. 
 
62 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 82. Owners or masters may ship seamen in certain cases. 
 
 Any person other than a commissioner under this Title 
 [R. S., 4501-4613], who shall perform or attempt to per- 
 form, either directly or indirectly, the duties which are by 
 this Title set forth as pertaining to a shipping-commis- 
 sioner, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 Nothing in this Title [R.^S., 4501-4613], however, shall 
 prevent the Downer, or consignee, or master of any 
 except vessels bound from a port in the United States to 
 any foreign port, other than vessels engaged in trade be- 
 tween the United States and the British North American 
 possessions, or the West India Islands, or the republic of 
 Mexico, and vessels of the burden of seventy- five tons or 
 upward bound from a port on the Atlantic to a port on 
 the Pacific, or vice versa, from performing, himself, so far 
 as his vessel is concerned, the duties of shipping-commis- 
 sioner under this Title. Whenever the master of am 
 sel shall engage his crew, or any part of the same, in any 
 collection-district where no shipping-commissioner shall 
 have been appointed, he may perform for himself the 
 duties of such commissioner. 
 
 83. Apprentices. 
 
 R. s., 4509. Every shipping-commissioner appointed under this 
 Title [R. S., 4501-4613] shall, if applied to for the pur- 
 pose of apprenticing boys to the sea-service, by any master 
 or owner of a vessel, or by any person legally qualified, 
 give such assistance as is in his power for facilitating the 
 making of such apprenticeships; but the shipping-com- 
 missioner shall ascertain that the boy has voluntarily con- 
 sented to be bound, and that the parents or guardian of 
 such boy have consented to such apprenticeship, and that 
 he has attained the age of twelve years, and is of sulli- 
 cient health and strength, and that the muster to whom 
 such boy is to be bound is a proper person for the purpose. 
 Such apprenticeship shall terminate when the apprentice 
 becomes eighteen years of age. The shipping-commis- 
 sioner shall keep a register of all indentures of apprentice- 
 ship made before him. 
 
 n.s., 4510. The master of every foreign-going vessel shall, before 
 
 carrying any apprentice to sea from any place in (he 
 United States, cause such apprentice to appear before the 
 shipping-commissioner he for" whom the crew is engaged. 
 and shall produce to him the indenture by which such ap- 
 prentice is bound, and the assignment or assignments 
 thereof, if any : and the name of the apprentice, with the 
 date of the indenture and of the assignment or assignments 
 thereof, if any, shall be entered on the agreement : which 
 shall be in the form, as near as may be. given in the table 
 marked "A" in the schedule annexed to this Title | K. S.. 
 ; and no such assignment shall be made with- 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SEAMEN. 63 
 
 out the approval of a commissioner, of tin*, apprentice, 
 and of his parents or his guardian. For any violation 
 of this section, the master shall he liable to a penalty of 
 not more than one hundred dollars. 
 84. Agreement to ship in foreign trade. 
 
 The master of every vessel hound from a port in the u. s., 4511. 
 United States to any foreign port other than vessels en- 
 r aired in trade between the Tinted States and the British 
 North American possessions, or the West India Islands, or 
 the repuhlie of Mexico, or of any vessel of the burden of 
 seventy-five tons or upward, bound from a port on the 
 Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall, be- 
 fore he proceeds on such voyage, make an agreement, in 
 writ ing or in print, with every seaman whom he carries to 
 sea as one of the crew, in the manner hereinafter men- 
 tioned ; and every such agreement shall be, as near as may 
 be, in the form given in the table marked A, in the sched- 
 ule annexed to this Title [R, S., 4501-4613], and shall be 
 dated at the time of the first signature thereof, and shall 
 be signed by the master before any seaman signs the same, 
 and shall contain the following particulars : 
 
 First. The nature and, as far as practicable, the dura- 
 tion of the intended voyage or engagement, and the port 
 or country at which the voyage is to terminate. 
 
 Secondl The number and description of the crew, speci- 
 fying their respective employments. 
 
 Third. The time at which each seaman is to be on 
 board, to begin work. 
 
 Fourth. The capacity in which each seaman is to serve. 
 
 Fifth. The amount of wages which each seaman is to 
 receive. 
 
 Sixth. A scale of the provisions which are to be fur- 
 nished to each seaman. 
 
 Seventh. Any regulations as to conduct on board and Mar. 3, 1897. 
 as to fines, short allowances of provisions, or other lawful Sec> 19> 
 punishments for misconduct, which may be sanctioned by 
 Congress or authorized by the Secretary of Commerce and Feb. 14, 1003. 
 Labor not contrary to or not otherwise provided for by Sec ' 10 * 
 law, which the parties agree to adopt. 
 
 Eighth. Any stipulations in reference to allotment of June ge, 1884. 
 wages, or other matters not contrary to law. [Repealed 
 so far as relates to allotments in trade between the United 
 States, Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the West Dec. 21, 1898. 
 Indies and Mexico, and coasting trade of the United 
 States, except between Atlantic and Pacific ports, by sec. 
 25 of Act of December 21, 1898.] 
 
 The following rules shall be observed with respect to n. s., 4512. 
 agreements : 
 
 First. Every agreement except such as are otherwise 
 specially provided for, shall be signed by each seaman in 
 the presence of a shipping-commissioner. 
 
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64 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Second. When the crew is first engaged the agreement 
 shall be signed in duplicate, and one part shall be retained 
 by the shipping-commissioner, and the other part shall 
 contain a special place or form for the description and 
 signatures of persons engaged subsequently to the first 
 departure of the ship, and shall be delivered to the master. 
 Third. Every agreement entered into before a shipping- 
 commissioner shall be acknowledged and certified under 
 the hand and official seal of such commissioner. The cer- 
 tificate of acknowledgment shall be indorsed on or an- 
 nexed to the agreement; and shall be in the following 
 form: 
 
 " State of , County of : 
 
 " On this day of , personally appeared be- 
 fore me, a shipping-commissioner in and for the said 
 county, A. B., C. D., and E. F., severally known to me to 
 be the same persons who executed the foregoing instru- 
 ment, who each for himself acknowledged to me that he 
 had read or had heard read the same ; that he was by me 
 made acquainted with the conditions thereof, and under- 
 stood the same ; and that, while sober and not in a state 
 of intoxication, he signed it freely and voluntarily, for 
 the uses and purposes therein mentioned." 
 
 R. s. t 4513. Section 4511 shall not apply to masters of vessels where 
 
 the seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to par- 
 ticipate in the profits or result of a cruise or voyage, 
 nor to masters of coastwise nor to masters of lake-going 
 
 Feb. is, 1895. vessels that touch at foreign ports ; but seamen may, by 
 agreement, serve on board such vessels a definite time, or, 
 on the return of any vessel to a port in the United States, 
 
 June 19, 1886. ma y re ship and sail in the same vessel on another voyage, 
 without the payment of additional fees to the shipping- 
 commissioner. 
 
 [NOTE. Sec. 4511, however, does apply in part to 
 masters of coastwise vessels whose crews are shipped 
 under provisions of the act of Feb. 18, 1895.] 
 
 R. s., 4519. The master shall, at the commencement of every voyage 
 or engagement, cause a legible copy of the agreement, 
 omitting signatures, to be placed or posted up in such part 
 of the vessel as to be accessible to the crew; and on do- 
 fault shall l)e liable to a penalty of not more than one 
 hundred dollars. 
 85. Period of engagement. 
 
 ' 1SS4 ' ^ master of a vessel in the foreign trade may eniraire a. 
 seaman at any port in the United States, in the manner 
 provided by law, to serve on a voyage to any port, or for 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SEAMEN. 65 
 
 the round trip from and to tlu 1 port of departure, or for a 
 definite time, -whatever the destination. The master of a 
 vessel making regular and stated trips bet ween the Tinted 
 States and a foreign country may eniraire a seaman for 
 one or more round trips, or for a definite time, or on the 
 return of said vessel to the United States may reship such 
 seamen for another voyage in the same vessel, in the man- 
 ner provided by law, without the payment of additional 
 fees to any officer for such reshipment or re-engagement. 
 
 86. Penalty for shipment without agreement. 
 
 If any person shall be carried to sea, as one of the crew K s - "! 
 on board of any vessel making a voyage as hereinbefore 
 specified, without entering into an agreement with the 
 master of such vessel, in the form and manner, and at the 
 place and times in such cases required, the vessel shall be 
 held liable for each such offense to a penalty of not more 
 than two hundred dollars. But the vessel shall not be 
 held liable for any person carried to sea, who shall have 
 secretly stowed away himself without the knowledge of 
 the master mate, or of any of the officers of the vessel, or 
 who shall have falsely personated himself to the master, 
 mate, or officers of the vessel, for the purpose of being 
 carried to sea. 
 
 If any master, mate, or other officer of a vessel know- R. s., 4515. 
 ingly receives, or accepts, to be entered on board of any 
 merchant-vessel, any seaman who has been engaged or 
 supplied contrary to the provisions of this Title [R. S., 
 4501-4613], the vessel on board of which such seaman 
 shall be found shall, for every such seaman, be liable to a 
 penalty of not more than two hundred dollars. 
 
 87. Shipment in foreign ports before consuls. 
 
 Every master of a merchant- vessel who engages any R. s., 4517. 
 seaman at a place out of the United States, in which there 
 is a consular officer or commercial agent, shall, before 
 carrying such seaman to sea, procure the sanction of such 
 officer, and shall engage seamen in his presence ; and the 
 rules governing the engagement of seamen before a ship- 
 ping-commissioner in the United States, shall apply to 
 such engagements made before a consular officer or com- 
 mercial agent ; and upon every such engagement the con- 
 sular officer or commercial agent shall indorse upon the 
 agreement his sanction thereof, and an attestation to the 
 effect that the same has been signed in his presence, and 
 otherwise duly made. 
 
66 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. s., 4518. Every master who engages any seaman in any place in 
 which there is a consular officer or commercial agent. 
 otherwise than as required by the preceding section, shall 
 incur a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars, 
 for which penalty the vessel shall be held liable. 
 
 June 26, 1884. Every master of a vessel in the foreign trade may en- 
 2 ' 1897. g a g e anv seaman at any port out of the United States, in 
 the manner provided by law, to serve for one or more 
 round trips from and to the port of departure, or for a 
 definite time, whatever the destination ; and the master of 
 a vessel clearing from a port of the United States with 
 one or more seamen engaged in a foreign port as herein 
 provided shall not be required to reship in a port of the 
 United States the seamen so engaged. 
 
 sec. 3. 
 
 88. Crew list. 
 
 R. 8., 4573. 
 
 R. S., 4574. 
 
 Before a clearance is granted to any vessel bound on a 
 foreign voyage or engaged in the whale-fishery, the mas- 
 ter thereof shall deliver to the collector of the customs a 
 list containing the names, places of birth and residence, 
 and description of the persons who compose his ship's 
 company ; to which list the oath of the captain shall be 
 annexed, that the list contains the names of his crew, 
 together with the places of their birth and residence, as 
 June 19, 1886. far as he can ascertain them ; and the collector shall 
 deliver him a certified copy thereof. 
 
 In all cases of private vessels of the United States sail- 
 ing from a port in the United States to a foreign port, 
 the list of the crew shall be examined by the collector for 
 the district from which the vessel shall clear, and if ap- 
 proved of by him, shall be certified accordingly. No per- 
 son shall be admitted or employed on board of any such 
 vessel unless his name shall have been entered in the 
 list of the crew, approved and certified by the collector 
 for the district from which the vessel shall clear. The 
 collector, before he delivers the list of the crew, ap- 
 proved and certified, to the master or proper officer of the 
 vessel to which the same belongs, shall cause the same to 
 be recorded in a book by him for that purpose to bo pro- 
 vided, and the record shall be open for tho inspection of 
 all persons, and a certified copy thereof shall bo admitted 
 in evidence in any court in which any question may arise 
 under any of the provisions of this Title | R. S., 4501- 
 4613.] 
 89. Failure to produce crew. 
 
 The master of every vessel hound on a foreign voyage 
 or engaged in tho whale fishery shall exhibit the cortiiied 
 copy of the list of the crew to the first boarding officer at 
 the first port in the United States at which he snail arrive 
 on his return, and also produce the persons named therein 
 to the boarding officer, whose duty it shall bo to examine 
 the men with such list and to report the same to the col- 
 
 R. S.. 4570. 
 Mar. .'{, 1897 
 Sec. 3. 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SI. A MEN. 67 
 
 lector; and it shall be (hr duty <if the collector at the poit 
 of arrival, where the same is different from the port from 
 which the vessel originally sailed, to transmit a copy of 
 the list so reported to him to the collector of the port 
 from which such vessel originally sailed. For each fail- 
 ure to p rod uce any person on the certified copy of the list 
 of the crew the master and owner shall he severally liable 
 to a penalty of four hundred dollars, to he sued for. pi 
 ciitetl, and disposed of in such manner as penalties and 
 forfeitures which may he incurred for offenses against 
 the laws relating to the collection of duties; but such 
 penalties shall not be incurred on account of the master 
 not producing to the first boarding officer any of the per- 
 sons contained in the list who may have been discharged 
 in a foreign country with the consent of the consul, vice- 
 consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent there 
 residing, certified in writing, under his hand and official 
 seal, to be produced to the collector with the other persons 
 composing the crew, nor on account of any such person 
 dying or absconding or being forcibly impressed into 
 other service of which satisfactory proof shall also be 
 exhibited to the collector. 
 
 90. Papers relating to crew. 
 
 The following rules shall be observed with reference to R. s., 4575. 
 vessels bound on any foreign voyage : 
 
 First. The duplicate list of 'the ship's company, re- 
 quired to be made out by the master and delivered to the 
 collector of the customs, under section forty-five hundred 
 and seventy-three, shall be a fair copy in one uniform 
 handwriting, without erasure or interlineation. 
 
 Second. It shall be the duty of the owners of every such 
 vessel to obtain from the collector of the customs of the 
 district from which the clearance is made, a true and certi- 
 fied copy of the shipping-articles, containing the names of 
 the crew, which shall be written in a uniform hand, with- 
 out erasures or interlineations. 
 
 Third. These documents, which shall be deemed to con- 
 tain all the conditions of contract with the crew as to their 
 service, pay, voyage, and all other things, shall be pro- 
 duced by the master, and laid before any consul, or other 
 commercial agent of the United States, whenever he may 
 deem their contents necessary to enable him to discharge 
 the duties imposed upon him by law toward any mariner 
 applying to him for his aid or assistance. 
 
 Fourth. All interlineations, erasures, or writing in a 
 hand different from that in which such duplicates were 
 originally made, shall be deemed fraudulent alterations, 
 working no change in such papers, unless satisfactorily 
 explained in a manner consistent with innocent purposes 
 and the provisions of law which guard the rights of 
 mariners. 
 
68 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Fifth. If any master of a vessel shall proceed on a for- 
 eign voyage without the documents herein required, or 
 refuse to produce them when required, or to perform the 
 duties imposed by this section, or shall violate the pro- 
 visions thereof, he shall be liable to each and every indi- 
 vidual injured thereby in damages, to be recovered in 
 any court of the United States in the district where such 
 delinquent may reside or be found, and in addition thereto 
 be punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars for each 
 offense. 
 
 Sixth. It shall be the duty of the boarding-officer to 
 
 report all violations of this section to the collector of the 
 
 port where any vessel may arrive, and the collector shall 
 
 sec' /o ' 19 3 ' re P or t ^ ne same to the Secretary of Commerce and to the 
 
 United States attorney in his district. 
 
 91. Shipment of seamen in the coasting or near-by foreign 
 trade. 
 
 T^fJk^ftflfl None of the provisions of an act entitled "An act to 
 
 .nun.' iy, looo. j-i',1 n i .. 
 
 Feb. is, 1895. authorize the appointment of shipping commissioners by 
 the several circuit courts of the United States to superin- 
 tend the shipping and discharge of seamen engaged in 
 merchant ships belonging to the United States, and for 
 the further protection of seamen " shall apply to sail or 
 steam vessels engaged in the coastwise trade, (except the 
 coastwise trade between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,) 
 or in the lake-going trade touching at foreign ports or 
 otherwise, or in the trade between the United States and 
 the British North American possessions, or in any case 
 where the seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to 
 participate in the profits or result oi a cruise, or voyage. 
 
 June 19, 1886. Shipping commissioners may ship and discharge crews 
 for any vessel engaged in the coastwise trade, or the trade 
 between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, 
 or Newfoundland, or the West Indies, or the Republic of 
 Mexico, at the request of the master or owner of such 
 vessel, the shipping and discharging fees in such cases to 
 be one-half that prescribed by section forty-six hundred 
 and twelve of the Revised Statutes, for the purpose of 
 determining the compensation of shipping commissioners. 
 
 Feb. is, 18H5. When a crew is shipped by a shipping commissioner for 
 any American vessel in the coastwise trade, or the trade 
 between the United States and the Dominion of Can ail a, 
 or Ne\y Found land, or the West Indies, or Mexico, as 
 authorized by section two of an Act approved June nine- 
 teenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled "An Act 
 to abolisE certain fees for official services to American 
 vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping com- 
 missioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other 
 purposes," an agreement shall be made with each seaman 
 engaged as one of such crew in the same manner as is pro- 
 vided by Sections four thousand live hundred and eleven 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SKAMKN. 69 
 
 and four thousand fife hundred ;md twelve of the "Revised 
 Statutes, not however including the sixth and eighth items ^; ( ir - s :{ - 1897 - 
 of Section four thousand live hundred and eleven; and Dee. 21, 1898. 
 such agreement shall ho posted as provided in Section 
 four thousand live hundred and nineteen, and such seamen 
 shall he discharged and receive their wages as provided 
 l>y the first clause of Section four thousand five hundred 
 and twenty-nine and also by Sections four thousand live 
 hundred and twenty-six, four thousand five hundred and 
 twenty-seven, four thousand five hundred and twenty- 
 eight, four thousand five hundred and thirty, four thou- 
 sand live hundred and thirty-five, four thousand five hun- 
 dred and thirty-six, four thousand five hundred and 
 forty-two, four thousand five hundred and forty-three, 
 four thousand five hundred and forty-four, four thousand 
 live hundred and forty-five, four thousand five hundred 
 and forty-six, four thousand five hundred and forty- 
 seven, four thousand five hundred and forty-nine, four 
 thousand five hundred and fifty, four thousand five hun- 
 dred and fifty-one, four thousand five hundred and fifty- 
 two, four thousand five hundred and fifty-three, four 
 thousand five hundred and fifty-four and four thousand gj^g 3 ' 1897> 
 six hundred and two of the Revised Statutes; but in all 
 other respects such shipment of seamen and such shipping 
 agreement shall be regarded as if both shipment and 
 agreement had been entered into between the master of 
 a vessel and a seaman without going before a shipping 
 commissioner. 
 
 92. Agreement in coasting- trade not before commissioner. 
 
 Every master of any vessel of the burden of fifty tons B- s - 452 - 
 or upward, bound from a port in one State to a port in 
 any other than an adjoining State, except vessels of the 
 burden of seventy-five tons or upward, bound from a port 
 on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, 
 shall, before he proceeds on such voyage, make an agree- 
 ment in writing or in print, with every seaman on board 
 such vessel except such as shall be apprentice or servant 
 to himself or owners, declaring the voyage or term of 
 time for which such seaman shall be shipped. 
 
 If any master of such vessel of the burden of fifty tons R - s - 4521 - 
 or upward shall carry out any seaman or mariner, except 
 apprentices or servants, without such contract or agree- 
 ment being first made and signed by the seamen, such 
 master shall pay to every such seaman the highest price 
 or wages which shall have been given at the port or place 
 where such seaman was shipped, for a similar voyage, 
 within three months next before the time of such ship- 
 ping, if such seaman shall perform such voyage; or if 
 not, then for such time as he shall continue to do duty on 
 board such vessel ; and shall moreover be liable to a pen- 
 alty of twenty dollars for every such seaman, recoverable, 
 one-half to the use of the person prosecuting for the same, 
 and the other half to the use of the United States. Any 
 
70 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 seamen who has not signed such a contract shall not be 
 bound by the regulations nor subject to the penalties and 
 forfeitures contained in this Title [R. S., 4501-4613]. 
 Dec M 2i 52 i 2 898 ^ ^ ne ^^ ^ evei T such contract to ship upon such a 
 sec.' 2. ' ' vessel of the burden of fifty tons or upward there shall be 
 a memorandum in writing of the day and the hour when 
 such seamen who shipped and subscribed shall render 
 himself on board to begin the voyage agreed upon. If 
 any seaman shall neglect to render himself on board the 
 vessel for which he has shipped at the time mentioned in 
 such memorandum without giving twenty-four hours' 
 notice of his inability to do so, and if the master of the 
 vessel shall, on the day in which such neglect happened, 
 make an entry in the log book of such vessel of the name 
 of such seaman, and shall in like manner note the time 
 that he so neglected to render himself after the time 
 appointed, then every such seaman shall forfeit for every 
 hour which he shall so neglect to render himself one-half 
 of one day's pay, according to the rate of wages agreed 
 upon, to be deducted out of the wages. If any such sea- 
 man shall wholly neglect to render himself on board of 
 such vessel, or having rendered himself on board shall 
 afterwards desert, he shall forfeit all of his wages or 
 emoluments which he has then earned. [This section 
 shall not apply to fishing or whaling vessels or yachts, 
 Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
 93. Agreement with, fishermen. 
 
 R. s., 4391. The mas ter of any vessel of the burden of twenty tons 
 or upward, qualified according to law for carrying on the 
 bank and other cod fisheries, or the mackerel -fishery, 
 bound from a port of the United States to be employed in 
 any such fishery, at sea, shall, before proceeding on such 
 fishing- voyage, make an agreement in writing with every 
 fisherman who may be employed therein, except only an 
 apprentice or servant of himself or owner, and, in addi- 
 tion to such terms of shipment as may be agreed on, shall, 
 in such agreement, express whether the same is to con- 
 tinue for one voyage or for the fishing-season, and shall 
 also express that the fish or the proceeds of such fishing- 
 voyage or voyages which may appertain to the fishermen 
 shall be divided among them in proportion to the quanti- 
 ties or number of such fish which they may respectively 
 have caught. Such agreement shall be indorsed or coun- 
 tersigned by tin 1 owner of such fish ing- vessel or his agent. 
 
 R. s., 4392. If any fisherman, having engaged himself for a voyage 
 
 or for the fishing season in any fishing-vessel and signed 
 an agreement therefor, thereafter and while such airree- 
 ment remains in force and to be performed de>en 
 absents himself from such vessel without leave of the 
 master thereof, or of the owner or his agent, such deserter 
 shall be liable to the same penalties as deserting seamen 
 are subject to in the merchant service, and may in the like 
 
PART V. M KUCHA NT SKAMKN. 71 
 
 manner, and upon tin- like complaint and proof, he ap- 
 prehended and detained: and all costs of process and 
 commitment, it' paid by the master or owner, shall he de- 
 ducted out of the shaiv of fish or proceeds of any fishing- 
 vovage to which such deserter had or shall become en-- 
 titled. Every fisherman, having so engaged himself, who 
 during such iishing-voyage refuses or neglects his proper 
 duty on hoard the fishing-vessel, being thereto ordered or 
 required by the master thereof, or otherwise resists his 
 just commands to the hindrance or detriment of such 
 voyage, besides being answerable, for all damages arising 
 (hereby, shall forfeit to the use of the owner of such ves- 
 sel his share of any public allowance which may be paid 
 upon such voyage. 
 
 Whenever an agreement or contract is so made and u - s - 4393 - 
 signed for a fishing-voyage or for the fishing-season, and 
 any lish caught on board such vessel during the same are 
 delivered to the owner or to his agent, for cure, and sold 
 by such owner or agent, such vessel shall, for the term of 
 six months after such sale, be liable for the master's and 
 everv other fisherman's share of such fish, and may be 
 proceeded against in the same form and to the same effect 
 as any other vessel is by law liable, and may be proceeded 
 against for the wages of seamen or mariners in the mer- 
 chant service. Upon such proceeding for the value of a 
 share or shares of the proceeds of fish so delivered and 
 sold it shall be incumbent on the owner or his agent to 
 produce a just account of the sales and division of such 
 fish according to such agreement or contract; otherwise 
 the vessel shall be answerable upon such proceeding for 
 what may be the highest value of the shares demanded. 
 But in all cases the owner of such vessel or his agent, ap- 
 pearing to answer in such proceeding, may offer there- 
 upon his account of general supplies made for such fish- 
 ing-voyage and of other supplies therefor made to either 
 of the "demandants, and shall be allowed to produce evi- 
 dence thereof in answer to their demands respectively; 
 and judgment shall be rendered upon such proceeding for 
 the respective balances which upon such an inquiry shall 
 appear. 
 
 When process shall be issued against any vessel so lia- II - s 4394 - 
 ble, if the owner thereof or his agent will give bond to 
 cadi fisherman in whose favor such process shall be insti- 
 tuted, with sufficient security, to the satisfaction of two 
 justices of the peace, of whom one shall be named by such 
 owner or agent, and the other by the fisherman or fisher- 
 men pursuing such process, or if either party shall refuse, 
 then the justice first appointed shall name his associate, 
 with condition to answer and pay whatever sum shall be 
 recovered by him or them on such process, there shall be 
 an immediate discharge of such vessel. Nothing in this 
 or the preceding section shall prevent any fisherman from 
 
72 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 having his action at common law for his share or shares 
 of fish or the proceeds thereof. 
 
 94. Discharge in foreign trade. 
 
 R. s., 4549. AH seamen, discharged in the United States from mer- 
 chant vessels engaged in voyages from a port in the 
 United States to any foreign port, or, being of the burden 
 of seventy-five tons or upward, from a port on the Atlan- 
 tic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall be dis- 
 charged and receive their wages in the presence of a duly 
 authorized shipping-commissioner under this Title [R. S., 
 4501-4G13], except in cases where some competent court 
 otherwise directs ; and any master or owner of any such 
 vessel who discharges any such seaman belonging thereto, 
 or pays his wages within the United States in any other 
 manner, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than fifty 
 dollars. 
 
 R. s., 4550. Every master shall, not less than forty-eight hours be- 
 fore paying off or discharging any seaman, deliver to 
 him, or, if he is to be discharged before a shipping-com- 
 missioner, to such shipping-commissioner, a full and true 
 account of his wages, and all deductions to be made there- 
 from on any account whatsoever; and in default shall. 
 for each offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than 
 fifty dollars. No deduction from the wages of any sea- 
 man except in respect of some matter happening after 
 such delivery shall be allowed, unless it is included in the 
 account delivered ; and the master shall, during the voy- 
 age, enter the various matters in respect to which such 
 deductions are made, with the amounts of the respective 
 deductions as they occur, in the official log-book, and 
 shall, if required, produce such book at the time of the 
 payment of wages, and, also, upon the hearing, before 
 any competent authority, of any complaint or question 
 relating to such payment. 
 
 R. s., 4551. Upon the discharge of any seaman, or upon payment of 
 his wages, the master shall sign and give him a certificate 
 of discharge, specifying the period of his service and the 
 time and place of his discharge, in the form marked Table 
 B in the schedule annexed to this Title PR. jS., 4501-4613] ; 
 and every master who fails to sign and give to such sea- 
 man such certificate and discharge, shall, for each such 
 offense, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. But 
 whenever (lie master shall discharge his crew or any part 
 thereof in any collection-district where no shipping-com- 
 missioner has been appointed, lie may perform for himself 
 the duties of such commissioner. 
 
 95. Discharge in foreign ports. 
 
 !jViM' >: 'rt' s Yxsi Upon the application of the master of any vessel to a 
 
 fitoe.2. 'consular officer to discharge a seaman, or upon the appli- 
 
 cation of any seaman for his own discharge, if it appears 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SEAMEN. 73 
 
 to such officer that said seaman lias completed his ship- 
 ping agreement, or is entitled to his discharge under any 
 act of Congress or according to the general principles or 
 usages of maritime law as recognized in the United 
 States, such officer shall discharge said seaman, and re- 
 quire from the master of said vessel, before such discharge 
 shall be made, payment of the wages which may then be 
 due said seaman ; but no payment of extra wages shall be 
 required by any consular oilicer upon such discharge of 
 any seaman except as provided in this act. 
 
 If any consular officer, when discharging any seaman, i) e 
 shall neglect to require the payment of and collect the ser 
 arrears of wages and extra wages required to be paid in 
 the case of the discharge of any seaman, he shall be ac- 
 countable to the United States for the full amount thereof. 
 The master shall provide any seaman so discharged with 
 employment on a vessel agreed to by the seaman, or shall 
 provide him w T ith one month's extra wages, if it shall be 
 shown to the satisfaction of the consul that such seaman 
 was not discharged for neglect of duty, incompetency, or 
 injury incurred on the vessel. If the seaman is dis- 
 charged by voluntary consent before the consul, he shall 
 be entitled to his wages up to the time of his discharge, 
 but not for any further period. If the seaman is dis- 
 charged on account of injury or illness, incapacitating 
 him for service, the expenses of his maintenance and re- 
 turn to the United States shall be paid from the fund for 
 the maintenance and transportation of destitute American 
 seamen : Provided, That at the discretion of the Secre- *c'w 1915 * 
 tary of Commerce, and under such regulations as he may . ( Effective be- 
 prescribe, if any seaman incapacitated from service by i9w s ] 
 injury or illness is on board a vessel so situated that a 
 prompt discharge requiring the personal appearance of 
 the master of the vessel before an American consul or 
 consular agent is impracticable, such seaman may be sent 
 to a consul or consular agent, who shall care for him and 
 defray the cost of his maintenance and transportation, as 
 provided in this paragraph. 
 
 Whenever a vessel of the United States is sold in a for- 5V<>?"2 4 i 58 i 2 898 
 eign country and her company discharged, it shall be the bee.' 17.' 
 duty of the master to produce to the consular officer a cer- 
 tified list of the ship's company, and also the shipping 
 articles, and besides paying to each seaman or apprentice 
 the wages due him, he shall either provide him with ade- 
 quate employment on board some other vessel bound to 
 the port at which he was originally shipped, or to such 
 other port as may be agreed upon by him, or furnish the 
 means of sending him to such port, or provide him with 
 a passage home, or deposit with the consular officer such 
 a sum of money as is by the officer deemed sufficient to de- 
 fray the expenses of his maintenance and passage home ; 
 and the consular officer shall indorse upon the agreement 
 with the crew of the ship which the seaman or apprentice 
 is leaving the particulars of any payment, provision, or 
 
74 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 deposit made under this section. A failure to comply 
 with the provisions of this section shall render the owner 
 liable to a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars. 
 
 Dec"4 58 i 3 898 Whenever on the discharge of a seaman in a foreign 
 sec.' is.' ' country by a consular officer on his complaint that the 
 voyage is continued contrary to agreement, or that the 
 vessel is badly provisioned or unseaworthy, or against the 
 officers for cruel treatment, it shall be the duty of the con- 
 sul or consular agent to institute a proper inquiry into the 
 matter, and, upon his being satisfied of the truth and jus- 
 tice of such complaint, he shall require the master to pay 
 to such seaman one month's wages over and above the 
 wages due at the time of discharge, and to provide him 
 with adequate employment on board some other vessel, or 
 provide him with a passage on board some other vessel 
 bound to the port from which he was originally shipped, 
 or to the most convenient port of entry in the United 
 States, or to a port agreed to by the seaman. 
 96. Wages. 
 
 No seaman shall, by any agreement other than is pro- 
 vided by this Title [R. S., 4501-4613], forfeit his lien upon 
 the ship, or be deprived of any remedy for the recovery 
 of his wages to which he would otherwise have been en- 
 titled ; and every stipulation in any agreement inconsistent 
 with any provision of this Title, and every stipulation by 
 which any seaman consents to abandon his right to his 
 Avages in the case of the loss of the ship, or to abandon 
 any right which he may have or obtain in the nature of 
 salvage, shall be wholly inoperative. 
 
 R. s., 4552. The following rules shall be observed with respect to 
 the settlement of wages: 
 
 First. Upon the completion, before a shipping-com- 
 missioner, of any discharge and settlement, the master or 
 owner and each seaman, respectively, in the presence of 
 the shipping-commissioner, shall sign a mutual release of 
 all claims for wages in respect of the past voyage or en- 
 gagement, and the shipping-commissioner shall also sign 
 and attest it, and shall retain it in a book to be kept for 
 that purpose, provided both the master and seaman as- 
 sent to such settlement, or the settlement has been ad- 
 justed by the shipping-commissioner. 
 
 Second. Such release, so signed and attested, shall oper- 
 ate as a mutual discharge and settlement of all demands 
 for wages between the parties thereto, on account of 
 wages, in respect of the past voyage or cnirairement. 
 
 Third. A copy of such release, certified under the hand 
 and seal of such shipping-commissioner to l.e a true copy, 
 shall be given by him to any party thereto requiring the 
 same, and such copy shall be receivable in evidence upon 
 any future .quest ion touching such claims, and shall have 
 all the ell'ect of the original of which it purports to be a 
 
 copy- 
 Fourth. Tn cases in which discharge and settlement he- 
 fore a shipping-commissioner are required, no payment. 
 
PART V. MERC HA XT Si.. \MI.N. 75 
 
 receipt, settlement, or discharge otherwise made shall 
 operate as evidence of the release or satisfaction of any 
 claim. 
 
 Fifth. Upon payment being made by a master before a 
 shipping-commissioner, the shipping-commissioner shall, 
 
 it' required, sign and give to such master a statement of 
 the whole amount so paid: and such statement shall, be- 
 tween the master and his employer, he received as evi- 
 dence that he has made the payments therein mentioned. 
 
 Upon every discharge ell'ected before a shipping-corn- K. s., 4553. 
 missioner, the master shall make and sign, in the form 
 iriven in the table marked " B," in the schedule annexed 
 to this Title [B. S., 4501-4613], a report of the conduct, 
 character, and qualifications of the persons discharged; or 
 may state in such form, that he declines to give any opin- 
 ion upon such particulars, or upon any of them; and the 
 commissioner shall keep a register of the same, and shall, 
 if desired so to do by any seaman, give to him or indorse 
 on his certificate of discharge a copy of so much of such 
 report as concerns him. 
 
 A seaman's right to wages and provisions shall betaken R - s - 4524 - 
 to commence either at the time at which he commences 
 work, or at the time specified in the agreement for his 
 commencement of work or presence on board, whichever 
 first happens. 
 
 Xo right to wages shall be dependent on the earning of R. s., 4525. 
 freight by the vessel ; but every seaman or apprentice who 
 would be entitled to demand and receive any wages if the 
 vessel on which he has served had earned freight, shall, 
 subject to all other rules of law and conditions applicable 
 to the case, be entitled to claim and recover the same of 
 the master or owner in personam, notwithstanding that 
 freight has not been earned. But in all cases of wreck or 
 loss of vessel, proof that any seaman or apprentice has not 
 exerted himself to the utmost to save the vessel, cargo, 
 and stores, shall bar his claim. 
 
 In cases where the service of any seaman terminates j^ 
 before the period contemplated in the agreement, by rea- sec.'s". ' 
 son of the loss or wreck of the vessel, such seaman shall 
 be entitled to wages for the time of service prior to such 
 termination, but not for any further period. Such sea- 
 man shall be considered as a destitute seaman and shall 
 be treated and transported to port of shipment as pro- 
 vided in sections forty-five hundred and seventy-seven, 
 forty-five hundred and seventy-eight, and forty-five hun- 
 dred and seventy-nine of the Revised Statutes of the 
 United States. [This section shall not apply to fishing 
 or whaling vessels or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
 Any seaman who has signed an agreement and is after- R - * 4527 - 
 ward discharged before the commencement of the voyage 
 or before one month's wages are earned, without fault on 
 his part justifying such discharge, and without his con- 
 sent, shall be entitled to receive from the master or owner, 
 in addition to any wages he may have earned, a sum equal 
 in amount to one month's wages as compensation, and 
 may, on adducing evidence satisfactory to the court hear- 
 
76 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ing the case, of having been improperly discharged, re- 
 cover such compensation as if it were wages duly earned. 
 
 R. s. f 4528. No seaman or apprentice shall be entitled to wages for 
 any period during which he unlawfully refuses or neg- 
 lects to work when required, after the time fixed by the 
 agreement for him to begin work, nor, unless the court 
 hearing the case otherwise directs, for any period during 
 which he is lawfully imprisoned for any offense com- 
 mitted by him. 
 
 5V s ''o 4 i 52 i 9 doQ The master or owner or any vessel making coasting 
 
 Jjec. Zl| lowo. in i , i 
 
 sec. 4. voyages shall pay to every seaman his wages within two 
 
 ' 1{ 6 ' 
 
 days after the termination of the agreement under which 
 sec r *3*' 1915 ' ^ e was sn ipP e d? or a t the time sch seaman is discharged, 
 1 (Effective be- whichever first happens; and in case of vessels making 
 ilns.'T v ' 4 ' foreign voyages, or from a port on the Atlantic to a port 
 
 on the Pacific, or vice versa, within twenty-four hours 
 after the cargo has been discharged, or within four days 
 after the seaman has been discharged, whichever first 
 happens ; and in all cases the seaman shall be entitled to 
 be paid at the time of his discharge on account of wages 
 a sum equal to one-third part of the balance due him. 
 Every master or owner who refuses or neglects to make 
 payment in the manner hereinbefore mentioned without 
 sufficient cause shall pay to the seaman a sum equal to 
 two days' pay for each and every day during which pay- 
 ment is delayed beyond the respective periods, which 
 sum shall be recoverable as wages in any claim made be- 
 fore the court ; but this section shall not apply to masters 
 or owners of any vessel the seamen of which are entitled 
 to share in the profits of the cruise or voyage. [This 
 section shall not apply to fishing or whaling vessels or 
 yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26 but this section shall 
 apply to all vessels engaged in the taking of oysters - 
 June 28, 1906, sec. 4.] 
 
 D cSi 53 i898 Every seaman on a vessel of the United States shall be 
 sic.' s. ' ' entitled to receive on demand from the master of the 
 sec!'4 4 ' 1915 ' ves sel to which he belongs one-half part of the wages 
 (Effective on which he shall have then earned at every port where such 
 w" er ginning vessel, after the voyage has been commenced, shall load 
 v seJ? 1 oi or d e li yer cargo before the voyage is ended and all stipu- 
 nations lations in the contract to the contrary shall be void : Pro- 
 . 1 ? vided. Such a demand shall not be made before the expi- 
 of n ot V hep ra ^ on o ^> nor opener than once in five days. Any failure 
 isn na-on the part of the master to comply with this demand 
 shall release the seaman from his contract and he shall 
 j^ entitled to full payment of wages earned. And when 
 the voyage is ended every such seaman shall be entitled 
 to the remainder of the wages which shall then be due 
 him, as provided in section forty-five hundred and 
 twenty-nine of the Revised Statutes: Provided further, 
 That notwithstanding any release signed by any seaman 
 under section forty-five hundred and fifty-two of the 
 Revised Statutes any court having jurisdiction may upon 
 good cause shown set aside such release and take such 
 
1'AIIT V. MERCHANT SKAM1.X. 77 
 
 action as justice shall require: And i>ror't<ll further, 
 That this section shall apply to seamen on foreign vet 
 while in harbors of the United States, and the courts of 
 the United States shall he open to such seamen for its 
 enforcement. [This section shall not apply to fishing 
 or whaling vessels or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 1 J<>. | 
 
 Whenever the wages' of any seaman are not paid within u. s., 4546. 
 ten days after the time when the Same ought to be paid ac- 
 cording to the provisions of this Title [II. S., 4501-4613], 
 or any dispute arises between the master and seamen 
 touching wages, the district judge for the judicial district 
 where the vessel is, or in case his residence be more than 
 three miles from the place, or he be absent from the place 
 of his residence, then, any judge or justice of the peace, 
 or any commissioner of a district court, may summon the May 28, 
 master of sueh vessel to appear before him, to show cause 
 why process should not issue against such vessel, her 
 tackle, apparel, and furniture, according to the course of 
 admiralty courts, to answer for the wages. 
 
 If the master against whom such summons is issued pg 
 neglects to appear, or, appearing, does not show that the sec 
 wages are paid or otherwise satisfied or forfeited, and if sec. 6 -*? 8 ' li 
 the matter in dispute is not forthwith settled, the judge 
 or justice or commissioner shall certify to the clerk of the 
 district court that there is sufficient cause of complaint 
 whereon to found admiralty process; and thereupon the 
 clerk of such court shall issue process against the vessel. 
 In all cases where the matter in demand does not exceed 
 one hundred dollars the return day of the monition or 
 citation shall be the first day of a stated or special session 
 of court next succeeding the third day after the service 
 of the monition or citation, and on the return of process 
 in open court, duly served, either party may proceed 
 therein to proofs and hearing without other notice, and 
 final judgment shall be given according to the usual 
 course of admiralty courts in such cases. In such suits 
 all the seamen having cause of complaint of the like kind 
 against the same vessel may be joined as complainants, 
 and it shall be incumbent on the master to produce the 
 contract and log book, if required to ascertain any matter 
 in dispute ; otherwise the complainants shall be permitted 
 to state the contents thereof, and the burden of proof of 
 the contrary shall be on the master. But nothing herein 
 contained shall prevent any seaman from maintaining 
 any action at common law for the recovery of his wages, 
 or having immediate process out of any court having 
 admiralty jurisdiction wherever any vessel may be found, 
 in case she shall have left the port of delivery where her 
 voyage ended before payment of the wages, or in case she 
 shall be about to proceed to sea before the end of the ten 
 days next after the day when such wages are due, in ac- 
 cordance with section forty-five hundred and twenty-nine 
 of the Revised Statutes. [This section shall not apply to 
 fishing or whaling vessels or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 
 26 but this section shall apply to all vessels engaged in 
 the taking of oysters June 28, 1906, sec. 4.] 
 
78 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4548. 
 
 R. S., 4603. 
 
 R. S., 4605. 
 
 R. S., 4251. 
 
 Dec. 21, 1898. 
 
 Sec. 24. 
 
 Apr. 26, 1904. 
 
 June 28, 1906. 
 
 Sec. 4. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915. 
 
 Sec. 11. 
 
 (Effective on 
 American ves- 
 sels beginning 
 NOT. 4, 1915; 
 on vessels of 
 foreign nations 
 not covered by 
 treaties Mar. 4, 
 1916 ; on ves- 
 sels of other 
 foreign nn- 
 tions after ter- 
 mination of 
 treaties.) 
 
 Moneys paid under the laws of the United States, by 
 direction of consular officers or agents, at any foreign port 
 or place, as wages, extra or otherwise, due American sea- 
 men, shall be paid in gold or its equivalent, without any 
 deduction whatever any contract to the contrary notwith- 
 standing. 
 
 Any question concerning the forfeiture of, or deduc- 
 tions from, the wages of any seaman or apprentice, may 
 be determined in any proceeding lawfully instituted with 
 respect to such wages, notwithstanding the offense in re- 
 spect of which such question arises, though hereby made 
 punishable by imprisonment as well as forfeiture, has not 
 been made the subject of any criminal proceeding. 
 
 Whenever in any proceeding relating to seamen's wages 
 it is shown that any seaman or apprentice has, in the 
 course of the voyage, been convicted of any offense by 
 any competent tribunal, and rightfully punished therefor, 
 by imprisonment or otherwise, the court hearing the case 
 may direct a part of the wages due to such seaman not 
 exceeding fifteen dollars, to be applied in reimbursing 
 any costs properly incurred by the master in procuring 
 such conviction and punishment. 
 
 97. Vessels exempt from libel for wages. 
 
 No canal-boat, without masts or steam pow r er, which is 
 required to be registered, licensed, or enrolled and 
 licensed, shall be subject to be libeled in any of the 
 United States courts for the wages of any person who 
 may be employed on board thereof, or in navigating the 
 same. 
 
 98, Advances and allotments of wages. 
 
 (a) It shall be, and is hereby, made unlawful in any 
 case to pay any seaman wages in advance of the time 
 when he has actually earned the same, or to pay such ad- 
 vance wages, or to make any order, or note, or other 
 evidence of indebtedness therefor to any other person, 
 or to pay any person, for the shipment of seamen when 
 payment is deducted or to be deducted from a seaman's 
 wages. Any person violating any of the foregoing provi- 
 sions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a line 
 of not less than $'J.~> nor more than $100, and may also 
 be imprisoned for a period of not exceed ing six months. 
 at the discretion of the court. The payment of such ad- 
 vance wages or allotment shall in no case except as herein 
 provided absolve the vessel or the master or the owner 
 thereof from the full payment of wages after the same 
 shall have been actually earned, and shall be no defense 
 to a libel suit or action for the recovery of such wage.-. 
 If any person shall demand or receive, either directly or 
 indirectly, from any seaman or other person seeking em- 
 ployment, as seaman, or from any person on his behalf. 
 any remuneration whatever for providing him with em- 
 ployment, he shall for every such offense be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor and shall be imprisoned not more than 
 six months or fined not more than $500. 
 
PART V. MERC HANI SKAMEN. 79 
 
 (b) It shall be lawful for any seaman to stipulate in 
 his shipping agreement for an allotment of any portion 
 of the wages he may earn to his grandparents, parents, 
 wife, sister, or children. 
 
 (c) No allotment shall he valid unless in writing and 
 signed by and approved by the shipping commissioner. 
 It shall he the duty of the said commissioner to examine 
 such allotments and the parties to them and enforce 
 compliance with the law. All stipulations for the allot- 
 ment of any part of the wages of a seaman during his 
 absence which are made at the commencement of the 
 voyage shall be inserted in the agreement and shall state 
 (he amounts and times of the payments to be made and 
 the persons to whom the payments are to be made. 
 
 (d) No allotment except as provided for in this sec- 
 tion shall be lawful. Any person who shall falsely claim 
 to be such relation, as above described, of a seaman under 
 this section shall for every such offense be punished by 
 a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 
 six months, at the discretion of the court. 
 
 (e) This section shall apply as well to foreign vessels 
 while in waters of the United States, as to vessels of 
 the United States, and any master, owner, consignee, 
 or agent of any foreign vessel who has violated its pro- 
 visions shall be liable to the same penalty that the master, 
 owner, or agent of a vessel of the United States would be 
 for similar violation. 
 
 The master, owner, consignee, or agent of any vessel of 
 the United States, or of any foreign vessel seeking clear- 
 ance from a port of the United States, shall present his 
 shipping articles at the office of clearance, and no clear- 
 ance shall be granted any such vessel unless the provi- 
 sions of this section have been complied with. 
 
 (f ) Under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce 
 the Commissioner of Navigation shall make regulations 
 to carry out this section. [This section shall not apply 
 to fishing or whaling vessels or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, 
 sec. 26 but this section shall apply to all vessels engaged 
 in the taking of oysters June 28, 1906, sec. 4.] 
 
 99. Wages and clothing exempt from attachment. 
 
 No wages due or accruing to any seaman or apprentice i^J r - 1 *' 1915 - 
 shall be subject to attachment or arrestment from any (Effective be- 
 eourt, and every payment of wages to a seaman or ap- g 
 prentice shall be valid in law, notwithstanding any pre- 
 vious sale or assignment of wages or of any attachment, 
 encumbrance, or arrestment thereon ; and no assignment 
 or sale of wages or of salvage made prior to the accruing 
 thereof shall bind the party making the same, except such 
 allotments as are authorized by this title. This section 
 shall apply to fishermen employed on fishing vessels as 
 well as to seamen : Provided* That nothing contained in 
 this or any preceding section shall interfere with the 
 order by any court regarding the payment by any seaman 
 of any part of his wages for the support and maintenance 
 of his wife and minor children. 
 
80 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Feb. is, 1895. The clothing of any seaman shall be exempt from 
 attachment, and any person who shall detain such cloth- 
 ing when demanded by the owner shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned not more than 
 six months or fined not more than five hundred dollars, 
 or both. 
 
 R. s., 4537. No sum exceeding one dollar shall be recoverable from 
 any seaman, by any one person, for any debt contracted 
 during the time such seaman shall actually belong to any 
 vessel, until the voyage for which such seaman engaged 
 shall be ended. 
 
 100. Desertion of seamen abroad. 
 
 Dec.' 2i? i 898. ^ shall be the duty of all consular officers to discoun- 
 Mar 2 1* 1915 ^ enance insubordination by every means in their power 
 Sec.'s. ' ' and, where the local authorities can be usefully employed 
 ginnin| C Nov b I; f r that purpose, to lend their aid and use their exertions 
 1915.) '^0 that end in the most effectual manner. In all cases 
 
 where seamen or officers are accused, the consular officer 
 shall inquire into the facts and proceed as provided in 
 section forty-five hundred and eighty-three of the Revised 
 Statutes; and the officer discharging such seaman shall 
 enter upon the crew list and shipping articles and official 
 log the cause of such discharge and the particulars in 
 which the cruel or unusual treatment consisted and sub- 
 scribe his name thereto officially. He shall read the entry 
 made in the official log to the master, and his reply 
 thereto, if any, shall likewise be entered and subscribed in 
 the same manner. 
 
 101. Desertion of foreign seamen in the United States. 
 
 R. s., 5280. Q n application of a consul or vice-consul of any foreign 
 government having a treaty with the United States stipu- 
 lating for the restoration of seamen deserting, made in 
 writing, stating that the person therein named has de- 
 serted from a vessel of any such government, while in any 
 port of the United States, and on proof by the exhibition 
 of the register of the vessel, ship's roll, or other official 
 document, that the person named belonged, at the time of 
 desertion, to the crew of such vessel, it shall be the duty 
 of any court, judge, commissioner of any circuit court, 
 justice, or other magistrate, having competent power, to 
 issue warrants to cause such person to be arrested for 
 examination. If, on examination, the facts stated are 
 found to be true, the person arrested not being a citizen 
 of the United States, shall be delivered up to the consul 
 or vice-consul, to be sent back to the dominions of any 
 such government, or, on the request and at the expense of 
 the consul or vice-consul, shall be detained until the con- 
 sul or vice-consul finds an opportunity to send him back 
 to the dominions of any such government. No person 
 so arrested shall be detained more than two months after 
 his arrest : but at the end of that time shall be set at lib- 
 erty, and shall not be again molested for the same cause. 
 If any such deserter shall be found to have committed 
 any crime or offense, his surrender may be delayed until 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SI. AM I X. 81 
 
 the tribunal before which tin- case shall ho depending) or 
 
 may ho cogni/ablc, shall have pronounced its sentence, 
 and such sentence shall have hoon carried into effect. 
 103. Arbitration before shipping commissioner. 
 
 In the judgment of Congress articles in treaties and ^;'. r y ( V I01 ' v 
 conventions of the United States, in so far as they provide 
 for the arrest and imprisonment of officers and seamen 
 deserting or charged with desertion from merchant ves- 
 sels of the United States in foreign countries, and for the 
 arrest and imprisonment of officers and seamen deserting 
 or charged with desertion from merchant vessels of for- 
 eign nations in the United States and the Territories and 
 possessions thereof, and for the cooperation, aid, and pro- 
 tection of competent legal authorities in effecting such 
 arrest or imprisonment and any other treaty provision in 
 conflict with the provisions of this Act, ought to be ter- 
 minated, and to this end the President be, and he is 
 hereby, requested and directed, within ninety days after 
 the passage of this Act, to give notice to the several Gov- 
 ernments, respectively, that so much as hereinbefore de-" 
 scribed of all such treaties and conventions between the 
 United States and foreign Governments will terminate 
 on the expiration of such periods after notices have been 
 given as may be required in such treaties and conventions. 
 
 Upon the expiration after notice of the periods re- Sec - 17 - 
 quired, respectively, by said treaties and conventions and 
 of one year in the case of the independent State of the 
 Kongo, so much as hereinbefore described in each and 
 every one of said articles shall be deemed and held to 
 have expired and to be of no force and effect, and there- 
 upon section fifty-two hundred and eighty and so much 
 of section four thousand and eighty-one of the Revised 
 Statutes as relates to the arrest or imprisonment of offi- 
 cers and seamen deserting or charged with desertion from 
 merchant vessels of foreign nations in the United States 
 and Territories and possessions thereof, and for the co- 
 operation, aid, and protection of competent legal authori- 
 ties in effecting such arrest or imprisonment, shall be, 
 and is hereby, repealed. 
 103. Arbitration before shipping commissioner. 
 
 Every shipping-commissioner shall hear and decide any Aug.''i9, 5 i89o 
 question whatsoever between a master, consignee, agent, 
 or owner, and any of his crew, which both parties agree in 
 writing to submit to him; and every award so made by 
 him shall be binding on both parties, and shall, in any 
 legal proceedings which may be taken in the matter, be- 
 fore any court of justice, be deemed to be conclusive as to 
 the rights of parties. And any document under the hand 
 and official seal of a commissioner purporting to be such 
 submission or award, shall be prima-facie evidence 
 thereof. 
 
 In any proceeding relating to the wages, claims, or dis- R - s - 45r>5 - 
 charge of a seaman, carried on before any shipping-com- 
 missioner, under the provisions of this Title [R. S., 4501- 
 
82 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 4613], such shipping- commissioner may call upon the 
 owner, or his agent, or upon the master, or any mate, or 
 any other member of the crew, to produce any log-books, 
 papers, or other documents in their possession or power, 
 respectively, relating to any matter in question in such 
 proceedings, and may call before him and examine any of 
 such persons, being then at or near the place, on any such 
 matter; and every owner, agent, master, mate, or other 
 member of the crew who, when called upon by the ship- 
 ping-commissioner, does not produce any such books, 
 papers, or documents, if in his possession or power, or 
 does not appear and give evidence, shall, unless he shows 
 some reasonable cause for such a default, be liable to a 
 penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each 
 offense; and, on application made by the shipping-com- 
 missioner, shall be further punished, in the discretion of 
 the court, as in other cases of contempt of the process of 
 the court. 
 
 104. Soliciting lodgers. 
 
 A' ?"il ibo4 " ^' w ithi n twenty-four hours after the arrival of any 
 ' vessel at any port in the United States, any person, then 
 being on board such vessel, solicits any seaman to become 
 a lodger at the house of any person letting lodgings for 
 hire, or takes out of such vessel any effects of any seaman, 
 except under his personal direction, and with the permis- 
 sion of the master, he shall, for every such offense, be 
 punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or by 
 imprisonment for. not more than three months. This sec- 
 tion shall apply to vessels of the United States engaged 
 in the foreign trade and to foreign vessels. 
 
 105. Return of seamen from foreign ports, Alaska, and insular 
 
 ports. 
 
 R. s., 4577. j sna ii b e t ne duty of the consuls, vice-consuls, com- 
 mercial agents, and vice-commercial agents, from time to 
 time, to provide for the seamen of the United States, who 
 may be found destitute within their districts, respectively, 
 sufficient subsistence and passages to some port in the 
 United States, in the most reasonable manner, at the ex- 
 pense of the United States, subject to such instructions as 
 the Secretary of State shall give. The seamen ^shall, if 
 able, be bound to do duty on board the vessels in which 
 they may be transported, according to their several 
 abilities. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915. Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign 
 countries, and shipwrecked American seamen in the- Ter- 
 ritory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands. "Porto Rico, 
 the Panama Canal Zone, and the Philippine Islands. 
 $20,000. 
 
 j.im-'26, 7 i884. All masters of vessels of the United States, and hound 
 
 Kec. o. ' ' to some port of the same, are required to take such desti- 
 tute seamen on board their vessels, at the request of con- 
 sular officers, and to transport them to the port in the 
 United States to which such vessel may he bound, on such 
 terms, not exceeding ten dollars for each person for voy- 
 ages of not more than thirty days, and not exceeding 
 
l'.\i; T V. M Ki:m \.\T BEAMBN, S.'i 
 
 twenty dollars I'm- each person for longer voyages, as may il!, 1 " ',!/' lss ' ; 
 IK- agreed between the master and the 1 consular officer, 
 when the transportation is by a sailing vessel; and the 
 regular steerage passenger rate not to exceed two cents 
 per milo when the transportation is by steamer; and said 
 consular officer shall issue cert ilicates for such transporta- 
 tion, which cert ilicates shall be assignable for collection. 
 If any such destitute seaman is so disabled or ill as to be 
 unable to perform duty, the consular officer shall so cer- 
 tify in the certilicate of transportation, and such addi- 
 tional compensation shall be paid as the Comptroller of 
 the Treasury shall deem proper. Every such master who 
 refuses to receive and transport such seamen on the re- 
 quest or order of such consular officer shall be liable to the 
 Tinted States in a penalty of one hundred dollars for 
 each seaman so refused. The certificate of any such con- 
 sular officer, given under his hand and official seal, shall 
 be presumptive evidence of such refusal in any court of 
 law having jurisdiction for the recovery of the penalty. 
 No master of any vessel shall, however, be obliged to take 
 a greater number than -one man to every one hundred 
 tons burden of the vessel on any one voyage, or to take 
 any seaman having a contagious disease. 
 
 Whenever distressed seamen of the United States are R - s - 457 - 
 transported from foreign ports where there is no consular 
 ollicer of the United States, to ports of the United States, 
 there shall be allowed to the master or owner of each ves- 
 sel, in which they are transported, such reasonable com- 
 pensation, in addition to the allowance now fixed by law, 
 as shall be deemed equitable by the Comptroller of the 
 Treasury. 
 106. Effects of deceased seamen. 
 
 Whenever any seaman or apprentice belonging to or R - s - 4588 
 sent home on any merchant vessel, whether a foreign- 
 going or domestic vessel, employed on a voyage which is 
 to terminate in the United States, dies during such voy- 
 age, the master shall take charge of all moneys, clothes, 
 and effects which he leaves on board, and shall, if he 
 thinks fit, cause all or any of such clothes and effects to 
 be sold by auction at the mast or other public auction, and 
 shall thereupon sign an entry in the official log-book, and 
 cause it to be attested by the mate and one of the crew, 
 containing the following particulars : 
 
 First. A statement of the amount of money so left by 
 the deceased. 
 
 Second. In case of a sale, a description of each article 
 sold, and the sum received for each. 
 
 Third. A statement of the sum due to deceased as 
 AY ages, and the total amount of deductions, if any, to be 
 made therefrom. 
 
 In cases embraced by the preceding section, the follow- R - s - 4S 
 ing rules shall be observed : 
 
 First. If the vessel proceeds at once to any port in the 
 United States, the master shall, within forty-eight hours 
 after his arrival, deliver any such effects remaining un- 
 
4 NAVIGATION LAWS OF NIK UNITED STATES. 
 
 sold, and pay any money which lie has taken charge of, or 
 received from siich sale, and the balance of wages due to 
 leceased, to the shipping-commissioner at the port of 
 destination in the Tinted States. 
 
 ond. If the vessel touches and remains at some for- 
 port before coming to any port in the United States, 
 the master .-hall report the case to the United States con- 
 sular ollicer there, and shall give to such ollicer any infor- 
 mation he requires as to the destination of the vessel and 
 prol.ahle length of the voyage; and such officer may, if he 
 considers it expedient so to do. re([ii ire the effects, money, 
 and wages to be delivered and paid to him, and shall, upon 
 such delivery and payment, give to the master a receipt; 
 and the master shall' Avithin forty-eight hours after his 
 arrival at his port of destination in the United States pro- 
 duce the MIMIC to the shipping-commissioner there. Such 
 consular ollicer shall, in any such case, indorse and certify 
 upon the agreement with the crew the particulars with 
 respect to such delivery and payment. 
 
 Third. If the consular ollicer does not require such pay- 
 ment and deli very to be made to him, the master shall take 
 charge of the effects, money, and wages, and shall, within 
 forty-eight hours after his arrival at his port of destina- 
 tion in the United States, deliver and pay the same to the 
 shipping-commissioner there. 
 
 Fourth. The master shall, in all cases in which any 
 seaman or apprentice dies during the voyage or engage- 
 ment, give to such officer or shipping-commissioner an ac- 
 count, in such form as they may respectively require, of 
 the etl'erts. money, and wages so to be delivered and paid; 
 and no deductions claimed in such account shall be al- 
 lowed unless vcrilied by an entry in the official log-book, 
 if there be any: and by such other vouchers, if any. as 
 may lie reasonably required by the officer or shipping-com- 
 mis-ioner to whom the account is rendered. 
 
 Fifth. Opon due compliance with such of the provisions 
 of this section as relate to acts to be done at the port of 
 i mat ion in the United States, the shipping-commis- 
 sioner shall grant to the master a certificate to that effect. 
 ..flicer of customs shall clear any foreign-going vessel 
 without the production of such certificate. 
 
 \Yhene\er any master fails to take such charge of the 
 
 money or other effect- of a seaman or apprentice during a 
 
 OF to make such entries in respect thereof, or to 
 
 procure such attestation to such entries, or to make such 
 
 payment or delivery of any money, wages, or effect- of 
 
 any seaman or app: lying during a voyage, or to 
 
 sin-li account in respect thereof as is above directed. 
 
 hall be ac.-ountable for the money, wages, and effects 
 
 of the seaman or apprentice to the district court in whose 
 
 jurisdiction such port of destination is situate, and shall 
 
 pay and deliver the same a-e. .rdingly : and he shall, in 
 
 addition, for \ery BUCh offense, IT liable to a penalty of 
 
PART V. MKIK'II ANT SEAMEN. 85 
 
 not more than treble the value of the money or effects, or, 
 if such value is not ascvrtaini'd, not more than two hun- 
 dred dollars; and if any such money, wages, or effects arc 
 not duly paid, delivered, and accounted for by the master, 
 the owner of the vessel shall pay, deliver, and account for 
 the same, and such money and wages and the value of 
 such effects shall be recoverable from him accordingly; 
 and if he fails to account for and pay the same, he shall, 
 in addition to his liability for the money and value, be 
 liable to the same penalty which is incurred by the master 
 for a like offense; and all money, wages, and effects of any 
 seaman or apprentice dying during a voyage shall be 
 recoverable in the courts and by the modes of proceeding 
 by which seamen are enabled to recover wages due to 
 them. 
 
 Whenever any such seaman or apprentice dies at any R. 
 place out of the United States, leaving any money or se a c 
 effects not on board of his vessel, the consular officer of the 
 United States at or nearest the place shall claim and take 
 charge of such money and effects, and shall, if he thinks 
 fit, sell all or any of such effects, or any effects of any 
 deceased seaman or apprentice delivered to him under the 
 provisions of this Title [R. S., 4501-4613], and shall 
 quarterly remit to the district court for the district em- 
 bracing the port from which such vessel sailed, or the port 
 where the voyage terminates, all moneys belonging to or 
 arising from the sale of the effects or paid as the wages of 
 any deceased seamen or apprentices which have come to 
 his hands; and shall render such accounts thereof as the 
 circuit court requires. 
 
 Whenever any seaman or apprentice dies in the United R. s. t 4542. 
 States, and is, at the time of his death, entitled to claim 
 from the master or owner of any vessel in which he has 
 served, any unpaid wages or effects, such master or owner 
 shall pay and deliver, or account for the same, to the ship- ^ r - 6 3 - 1897 - 
 ping-commissioner at the port where the seaman or 
 apprentice was discharged, or was to have been dis- 
 charged, or where he died. 
 
 Every shipping-commissioner in the United States R- s - 4543 
 shall, within one week from the date of receiving any such 
 money, wages, or effects of any deceased seaman or ap- 
 prentice, pay, remit, or deliver to the district court of the 
 district in which he resides, the money, wages, or effects, 
 subject to such deductions as may be allowed by the dis- 
 trict court for expenses incurred in respect to such money 
 and effects; and should any commissioner fail to pay, 
 remit, and deliver the same to the district court, within 
 the time hereinbefore mentioned, he shall incur a penalty 
 of not more than treble the value of such money and 
 effects. 
 
 If the money and effects of any seaman or apprentice R. s., 4544. 
 paid, remitted, or delivered to the district court, includ- 
 ing the moneys received for any part of his effects which 
 
86 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 have been sold, cither before delivery to the district court, 
 or bv its directions, do not exceed in value the sum of 
 three hundred dollars, then, subject to the provisions here- 
 inafter contained, and to all such deductions for expenses 
 ii.'cunvd in respect to the seaman or apprentice, or of his 
 money and effects, as the said court thinks fit to allow, 
 the court may pay and deliver the said money and effects 
 jiiy claimants' who can prove themselves either to be 
 hi> widow or children, or to be entitled to the effects of 
 the deceased under his will, or under any statute, or at 
 common law, or to be entitled to procure probate, or take 
 out letters of administration or confirmation, although no 
 probate or letters of administration or confirmation have 
 been taken out, and shall be thereby discharged from all 
 further liability in respect of the money and effects so 
 paid and delivered; or may, if it thinks fit so to do, re- 
 quire probate, or letters of administration or confirma- 
 tion, to be taken out, and thereupon pay and deliver the 
 said money and effects to the legal personal representa- 
 tives of the deceased; and if such money and effects ex- 
 ceed in value the sum of three hundred dollars, then, sub- 
 ject to deduction for expenses, the court shall pay and 
 deliver the same to the legal personal representatives of 
 the deceased. 
 
 R. s., 4545. A district court, in its discretion, may at any time direct 
 _s, i(97. tne ga j e () f ^ W h j e or anv p ar t O f the effects of a de- 
 
 -a in an or apprentice, which it has received or may 
 hereafter receive, and shall hold the proceeds of such sale 
 as the wages of deceased seamen are held. When no 
 claim to the wages or effects or proceeds of the sale of the 
 effects of a deceased seaman or apprentice, received by a 
 district court, is substantiated within six years after the 
 ipt thereof by the court, it shall be in the absolute dis- 
 r n-t inn of the court, if anv subsequent claim is made, 
 cither to allow or refuse the same. Such courts shall, 
 from time to time, pay any moneys arising from the un- 
 claimed wages and effects of deceased seamen, w y hich in 
 their opinion it is not necessary to retain for the purpose 
 of satisfying claims, into the Treasury of the United 
 nid such moneys shall form a fund for, and be 
 Appropriated to. the relief of sick and disabled and desti- 
 tute >camen belonging to the United States merchant 
 marine scr\ ice. 
 
 107. Offenses and punishments. 
 
 Whenever any seaman who has l>een lawfully engaged 
 
 or any apprentice to tin rvice commits any of the 
 
 7*- r t'nllnwing nllenses. he shall be punished as follows: 
 
 Kinning?NoY b 4" ' /N ( - '' " r ' lc- , T! i mi. by forfeiture of all or any part 
 
 'of the clothes or effects he leaves on hoard and of all or 
 
 any part of the wages or emoluments which he has then 
 
 earned* 
 
PART V. M KUCHA NT SKAMKN. 87 
 
 Second. For neglecting or refusing without reasonable 
 cause to join his vessel or to proceed to sea in his ves- 
 sel, or for absence without leave tit any time within 
 twenty-four hours of the vessel's sailing from any port, 
 either at the commencement or during the progress of the 
 voyage, or for absence at any time without leave and 
 without sufficient reason from his vessel and from his 
 duty, not amounting to desertion, by forfeiture from his 
 wages of not more than two days pay or sufficient to 
 defray any expenses which shall have been properly 
 incurred in hiring a substitute. 
 
 Third. For quitting the vessel without leave, after her 
 arrival at the port of her delivery and before she is placed 
 in security, by forfeiture from his wages of not more 
 than one month's pay. 
 
 Fourth. For willful disobedience to any lawful com- 
 mand at sea, by being, at the option of the master, placed 
 in irons until such disobedience shall cease, and upon ar- 
 rival in port by forfeiture from his wages of not more 
 than four days' pay, or, at the discretion of the court, by 
 imprisonment for not more than one month. 
 
 Fifth. For continued willful disobedience to lawful 
 command or continued willful neglect of duty at sea, by 
 being, at the option of the master, placed in irons, on 
 bread and water, with full rations every fifth day, until 
 such disobedience shall cease, and upon arrival in port by 
 forfeiture, for every twenty-four hours' continuance of 
 such disobedience or neglect, of a sum of not more than 
 twelve days' pay, or by imprisonment for not more than 
 three months, at the discretion of the court. 
 
 Sixth. For assaulting any master or mate, by impris- 
 onment for not more than two years. 
 
 Seventh. For willfully damaging the vessel, or embez- 
 zling or willfully damaging any of the stores or cargo, 
 by forfeiture out of his wages of a sum equal in amount 
 to the loss thereby sustained, and also, at the discretion 
 of the court, by imprisonment for not more than twelve 
 months. 
 
 Eighth. For any act of smuggling for which he is con- 
 victed and whereby loss or damage is occasioned to the 
 master or owner, he shall be liable to pay such master or 
 owner such a sum as is sufficient to reimburse the master 
 or owner for such loss or damage, and the whole or any 
 part of his wages may be retained in satisfaction or on 
 account of such liability, and he shall be liable to impris- 
 onment for a period of not more than twelve months. 
 
 Upon the commission of any of the offenses enumerated J^* '., l 1 r 'jg 98 
 in the preceding section an entry thereof shall be made in sec.* 20.' 
 the official log book on the day on which the offense was 
 committed, and shall be signed by the master and by the 
 mate or one of the crew ; and the offender, if still in the 
 
88 NAVIGATION' LAWS (F T II F. I'XITED STATES. 
 
 vessel, shall, before her next arrival at any port, or, if she 
 is at the time in port, before her departure therefrom, be 
 
 furnished with a copy of such entry, and have the same 
 read over distinctly and audibly to him, and may there- 
 upon make such a reply thereto as he thinks fit; and a 
 statement that a copy of the entry has been so furnished, 
 or the same has been so read over, together with his re- 
 ply, if any. made by the offender, shall likewise be entered 
 and .-igned in the same manner. In any subsequent legal 
 proceedings the entries hereinbefore required shall, if 
 practicable, be produced or proved, and in default of 
 such production of proof the court hearing the case may, 
 at its discretion, refuse to receive evidence of the offense. 
 
 '". All clothes, effects, and wages which, under the provi- 
 
 sions of this Title [R. S., 4501-4613], are forfeited for 
 desertion, shall be applied, in the first instance, in pay- 
 ment of the expenses occasioned by such desertion, to the 
 master or owner of the vessel from which the desertion 
 lias taken place, and the balance, if any, shall be paid by 
 the master or owner to any shipping-commissioner resi- 
 dent at the port at which the voyage of such vessel termi- 
 nates; and the shipping-commissioner shall account for 
 and pay over such balance to the judge of the district 
 court within one month after the commissioner receives 
 the same, to be disposed of by him in the same manner as 
 is prescribed for the disposal of the money, effects, and 
 wages of deceased seamen. Whenever any master or 
 er neglects or refuses to pay over to the shipping- 
 commissioner such balance, he shall be liable to a penalty 
 of double the amount thereof, recoverable by the commis- 
 sioner in the same manner that seamen's wages are recov- 
 I. In all other ca.-es of forfeiture of wages, the for- 
 feiture shall be for the benefit of the master or owner by 
 whom the wages are payable. 
 
 1002. Any ma.-ter of, or any seaman or apprentice belonging 
 
 to, any merchant vessel, who, by willful breach of duty, 
 or by reason of drunkenness, does any act tending to the 
 immediate loss or destruction of, or serious damage to 
 sucl. . or tending immediately to endanger the life 
 
 or limb of any person belonging to or on board of such 
 
 I : nr who, by willful breach of duty, or by neglect of 
 duty, or by rea.-on of drunkenness, refuses or omits to do 
 any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for 
 
 from immediate 1 loss, destruction, 
 
 rious damage, or for preserving any person belong- 
 ing to or on board of such ship from immediate danger 
 to life or limb, shall, for every such oll'ense. be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for 
 not more than twelve months. 
 
 '''"- No seaman in the merchant-service shall wear any 
 
 ith knife on shipboard. It shall he the duty of the 
 
 ma>ter of any VCSSe] re<:i-tered. enrolled, or licensed under 
 
 the la\\s of the I'n i ted States, and of the person entering 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SEAM I 89 
 
 into contract for tin employment of a seaman upon any 
 such vessel, to inform every person ottering to ship him- 
 self of the provisions of this section, and to require his 
 compliance therewith, under a penalty of fifty dollars for 
 each omission, to be sued for and recovered in the name of 
 the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of i^ 1 ;-^ 1 - 1003 - 
 Commerce; one half for the benefit of the informer, and 
 the other half for the benefit of the fund for the relief of 
 sick and disabled seamen. 
 
 108. Corporal punishment prohibited. 
 
 Flogging and all other 'forms of corporal punishment I 1 v,.;?".,'V' l Vv>.s 
 are hereby prohibited on board of any vessel, and no form s.V-.' lil'.' 
 of corporal punishment on board of any vessel shall be $?'< 191r> ' 
 deemed justifiable, and any master or other officer thereof ( ^Rj^ T6 N be ' 
 who shall violate the aforesaid provisions of this section, 4, 1915.) 
 or either thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, punishable by imprisonment for not less than 
 three months nor more than two years. Whenever any 
 officer other than the master of such vessel shall violate 
 any provision of this section, it shall be the duty of such 
 master to surrender such officer to the proper authorities 
 as soon as practicable, provided he has actual knowledge 
 of the misdemeanor, or complaint thereof is made within 
 three days after reaching port. Any failure on the part 
 of such master to use due diligence to comply herewith, 
 which failure shall result in the escape of such officer, 
 shall render the master or vessel or the owner of the vessel 
 liable in damages for such flogging or corporal punish- 
 ment to the person illegally punished by such officer. 
 
 109. Procedure. 
 
 All penalties and forfeitures Imposed by this Title R - s - 461 - 
 [R. S., 4501-4613], for the recovery whereof no specific 
 mode is hereinbefore provided, may be recovered, with 
 costs, in any district court of the United States, at the suit 
 of any district attorney of the United States, or at the 
 suit of any person by information to any district attor- 
 ney in any port of the United States, where or near to 
 where the offense is committed or the offender is found ; 
 and if a conviction is had, and the sum imposed as a 
 penalty by the court is not paid either immediately after 
 the conviction, or within such period as the court at the 
 time of the conviction appoints, it shall be lawful for the 
 court to commit the offender to prison, there to be im- 
 prisoned for the term hereinbefore provided in case of 
 such offense, the commitment to be terminable upon pay- 
 ment of the amount and costs; and all penalties and for- 
 feitures mentioned in this Title for which no special 
 application is provided, shall, when recovered, be paid 
 and applied in manner following : So much as the court 
 shall determine, and the residue shall be paid to the court 
 and be remitted from time to time, by order of the judge, 
 to the Treasury of the United States, and appropriated 
 
90 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 as provided for in section forty-five hundred and forty- 
 five: Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the 
 court before which any proceeding shall be instituted for 
 the recovery of any pecuniary penalty imposed by this 
 act, to mitigate or reduce such penalty as to such court 
 shall appear just and reasonable; but no such penalty 
 shall be reduced to less than one-third of its original 
 amount: Provided also, That all proceedings so to be 
 instituted shall be commenced within two years next after 
 the commission of the offense, if the same shall have been 
 committed at or beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape 
 Horn, or within one year if committed elsewhere, or 
 within tw r o months after the return of the offender and 
 the complaining party to the United States; and there 
 shall be no appeal from any decision of any of the dis- 
 trict courts, unless the amount sued for exceeds the sum 
 of five hundred dollars. 
 
 TABLE A. 
 110. Form of articles of agreement. 
 
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
 R. s.,46i2. (Date and place of first signature of agreement, includ- 
 
 ing name of shipping-office.) 
 
 It is agreed between the master and seamen or mariners 
 of the , of which - is at present 
 
 master, or whoever shall go for master, now r bound from 
 
 the port of - , - , to - , , (here the 
 
 voyage is to be described, and the places named at which 
 the vessel is to touch, or if that cannot be done, the general 
 nature and probable length of the voyage is to bo stated.) 
 
 And the said crew agree to conduct themselves in an 
 orderly, faithful, honest, and sober manner, and to be at 
 all times diligent in their respective duties, and to be obe- 
 dient to the lawful commands of the said master, or of any 
 person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of their supe- 
 rior officers in everything relating to the vessel, and the 
 stores and cargo thereof, whether on board, in boats, or on 
 shore; and in consideration of which service, to be duly 
 performed, the said master hereby agrees to pay the said 
 crew, as wages, the sums against their names respectively 
 expressed, and to supply them with provisions according 
 to the annexed scale. And it is hereby agreed that any 
 enihe/xJenient, or willful or negligent destrurtion of any 
 part of the ve.-sel's cargo or stores, shall be made good to 
 the owner out of the wages of the person guilty of the 
 same; and if any person enters himself as qualified for a 
 duty which he proves himself incompetent to perform, his 
 wages -hall be reduced in proport ion to his incompetency. 
 And it is also agreed that if any member of the crew con- 
 siders himself to be aggrieved by any breach of the agree- 
 ment or otherwise, he shall represent the same to the 
 master or officer in charge of the vessel, in a quiet and 
 
r.MlT V. MERCHANT SEAMEN. 
 
 91 
 
 orderly manner, who shall thereupon take such steps as 
 tlu- cast 1 may require. And it is also agreed tliat (here 
 any other stipulations may be inserted to which the 
 parties agree, and which are not contrary to law). 
 
 In witness whereof the said parties have subscribed 
 their names hereto, on the days against their respective 
 signatures mentioned. 
 
 Signed by -. master, on the - day of 
 
 -, eighteen hundred and . 
 
 Signature of crew. 
 
 Birthplace. 
 
 < 
 
 Height. 
 
 Descrip- 
 tion. 
 
 Wages per month. 
 
 Wages per run. 
 
 Amount of allotment. 
 
 Time of 
 
 service. 
 
 Whole wages. 
 
 Wages due. 
 
 Place and time of entry. 
 
 Time at which he is to be 
 on board. 
 
 In what capacity. 
 
 Shipping commissioner's 
 signature or initials. 
 
 Allotment payable to 
 
 I Conduct qualifications. 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 Complexion. 
 
 & 
 
 Months. 
 
 t 
 
 ft 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 26, 1884. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 Dec. 21, 1898. 
 Sec. 24. 
 
 XOTE. In the place for signatures and descriptions of 
 men engaged after the first departure of the ship, the 
 entries are to be made as above, except that the signatures 
 of the consul or vice-consul, officer of customs, or witness 
 before whom the man is engaged, is to be substituted for 
 that of the shipping-master. 
 
 111. Account of apprentices on board. 
 
 Christian and 
 surname of ap- 
 prentice in full. 
 
 Date of regis- 
 try of inden- 
 ture. 
 
 Port at which 
 indenture was 
 registered. 
 
 Date of regis- 
 ter of assign- 
 ment. 
 
 Port at which R . s 46 i 2o 
 assignment was 
 registered. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
92 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 112. Scale of provisions to be allowed and served out to crew 
 during- the voyage. 
 
 . L898. 
 
 * .. 1915. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 02 
 
 Monday. 
 
 t 
 
 \\V.lnesday. 
 
 Thursday. 
 
 I 
 
 Saturday. 
 
 Water quarts. . 
 IHscuit pound.. 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 i 
 
 5 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 ji 
 
 
 ji 
 
 
 i] 
 
 I'ork salt pound 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 Flour pound 
 
 i 
 
 
 l 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 Ciinni'd meat pound 
 
 I 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 pounds.. 
 Fish, dry, prrsrrvi-d, or fresh., pound 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 |i 
 
 ii 
 
 pound.. 
 
 l 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 i 
 
 i 
 
 Pease pint 
 
 ' 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 T 
 
 
 Beans pint 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 Rice pint 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Coffee (green berry) ounce. . 
 Tea ounce.. 
 Sugar ounces . . 
 Molassos pint 
 
 ;i 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 } 
 
 } 
 
 3" 
 i 
 
 3^ 
 
 , 
 
 Dried fruit ounces 
 
 j 
 
 
 
 
 j 1 
 
 
 
 pint 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 Vinegar pint 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 Corn meal ounces 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Onions ounces 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 4 
 
 Lanl ounce 
 
 1 
 
 l 
 
 l 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Hut tor ounce.. 
 Mustard, pepper, and salt sufficient for 
 seasoning. 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 SUBSTITUTES. 
 
 One pound of flour daily may be substituted for the 
 daily ration of biscuit or fresh bread; two ounces of desic- 
 cated vegetables for one pound of potatoes or yams; six 
 ounces of hominy, oatmeal, or cracked wheat, or two 
 ounces of tapioca, for six ounces of rice; six ounces of 
 canned vegetables for one-half pound of canned toma- 
 j'hth of an ounce of tea for three-fourths of 
 an ounce of coffee; three-fourths of an ounce of coffee for 
 one -eighth of an ounce of tea; six ounces of canned fruit 
 for three ounces of dried fruit; one-half ounce of lime 
 juice for the daily ration of vinegar: four ounces of oat- 
 mefil or cracked wheat for one-half pint of corn meal: 
 two ounces of pickled onions for four ounces of fresh 
 onioi 
 
 When the vessel is in port and it is possible to obtain 
 the same, one-and-one-half pounds of fresh meat shall be. 
 si i lt it u ted for the daily rat i>n- of salt and canned meat : 
 ialf pound of irrern cabbage for one ration of canned 
 toiuatoi- : one-half pound of fresh fruit for one rat ion of 
 dried fruit, r'rcsh fruit and vrirctahles shall be served 
 while in port if obtainable. The seamen shall have the 
 option of a<-<-4-pt'mjr the fare the master may provide, but 
 the riirht at any time to demand the fOEfJgOing scale of 
 j>ro\ The f(i-eiroin5 ><~,\\c of prn\i>iuis shall be 
 
 inserted in every article of agreement, and shall not be 
 reduced by any contract, except Rfl ahove. and a copy of 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SEAMKN. 
 
 93 
 
 the same shall be posted in a conspicuous place, in the 
 galley and in the forecastle of each vessel. | Fishing or 
 whaling vessels or yachts exempt Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 'JO. \ 
 
 TABLE B. 
 
 Certificate of discharge. 
 
 I 
 
 a 
 
 1* 
 
 ?3 
 
 o 
 
 T) w, 
 
 I 
 
 ll 
 
 II. S., 4612. 
 
 I certify that the above particulars are correct, and that 
 the above-named seaman was discharged accordingly. 
 Dated day of - , eighteen hundred and - . 
 
 (Signed) 
 (Countersigned) 
 
 Master. 
 
 Seaman. 
 
 (jiven to the above-named seaman in my presence this 
 day of - , eighteen hundred and . 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 Shipping-Commissioner. 
 
 114. Sick and disabled seamen. 
 
 The President is authorized to receive donations of real it- s., 4301. 
 or personal property, in the name of the United States, 
 for the erection or support of hospitals for sick and dis- 
 abled seamen. 
 
 The term " seaman," wherever employed in legislation ^ e a c r - 3 3 1875 
 relating to the marine-hospital service, shall be held to 
 include any person employed on board in the care, pres- 
 ervation, or navigation of any vessel, or in the service, on 
 board, of those engaged in such care, preservation, or 
 navigation. 
 
 No person employed in or connected with the naviga- R- s - 4804 
 tion, management, or use of canal-boats engaged in the 
 coasting-trade shall by reason thereof be entitled to any 
 benefit or relief from the marine-hospital fund. 
 
 Sick and disabled seamen of foreign vessels and of ves- Mar. 3, 1875. 
 sels [not subject to hospital-dues] may be cared for by Sec * 6 * 
 
NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4805. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1875. 
 Sec. 5. 
 
 the marine-hospital service at such rates and under such 
 regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- 
 scribe. 
 
 Sick foreign seamen maybe admitted to the marine hos- 
 pitals within the United States, if it can with convenience 
 In- done, on the application of the master of any foreign 
 ls " r> - vessel to which any such seaman may belong. Each sea- 
 man so admitted shall be subject to a charge of [seventy- 
 five cents | per day for each day he may remain in the 
 hospital, which shall be paid by the master of such for- 
 eign vessel to the collector of the collection-district in 
 which such hospital is situated. And the collector shall 
 not grant a clearance to any foreign vessel until the 
 money so due from her master shall be paid. The officer 
 in charge of each hospital is hereby directed, under pen- 
 alty of fifty dollars, to make out the accounts against 
 each foreign seaman that may be placed in the hospital 
 under his direction, and render the same to the collector. 
 
 Insane patients of said | marine hospital] service shall 
 be admitted into the Government Hospital for the Insane 
 upon the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall 
 be cared for therein until cured or until removed by the 
 same authority; and the charge for each such patient 
 shall not exceed four dollars and fifty cents a week, which 
 charge shall be paid out of the marine-hospital fund. 
 
 The privilege of admission to and temporary treatment 
 in the marine hospitals under the control of the Govern- 
 ment of the United States be. and is hereby, extended to 
 the keepers and crews of the Life-Saving Service under 
 the same rules and regulations as those governing sailors 
 and seamen, and for the purposes of this Act members of 
 the Life-Saving Service shall be received in said hospitals 
 and treated therein, and at the dispensaries thereof, as are 
 seamen of American registered vessels: but this Act shall 
 not be so construed as to compel the establishment of hos- 
 pitals or dispensaries for the benefit of said keepers and 
 crews, nor as establishing a home for the same when per- 
 manently disabled. 
 
 115. Jurisdiction over American seamen in foreign ports and 
 foreign seamen in American ports. 
 
 Whenever it is .-tipulatod by treaty or convention be- 
 tween the Tinted States and any foreign nation that the 
 'il-general. consuls. \ ice -con-ids, or consular or com- 
 mercial aircnt- of each nation, shall have exclusive juris- 
 diction of controversies, difficulties, or disorders arising 
 a or in the \\aters or port- of the other nation. Ite- 
 t u een the nia-ter or officer- and any of the crew, or bet ween 
 any of the crew t hein.-el \ es. of any FCSSel belonging to the 
 nation represented by such consular officer, such -tipula- 
 tim- .-hall be executed and enforced within the jurisdic- 
 
 Aug. 4, 1894. 
 
 i: s . 
 
PART V. MKKc IIANT SEAM K N . 95 
 
 tion of the United States as hereinafter declared. But 
 before this section shall take eli'ect as to the vessels of any 
 particular nation having Mich treaty with the I'nited 
 States, the President shall be satisfied that similar provi- 
 sions have been made for the execution of such treaty by 
 the other contracting parly, and shall issue his proclama- 
 tion to that ellcct. declaring this section to be in force as 
 to such nation. 
 
 In all cases within the purview of the preceding section it. s., 4oso. 
 the consul-general, consul, or other consular or commer- 
 cial authority of such foreign nation charged with the 
 appropriate duty in the particular case, may make appli- 
 cation to any court of record of the United States, or to 
 any judge thereof, or to any commissioner of a district Mft y 28 189C - 
 court, setting forth that such controversy, difficulty, or 
 disorder has arisen, briefly stating the nature thereof, and 
 when and where the same occurred, and exhibiting a cer- 
 tified copy or abstract of the shipping-articles, roll, or 
 other proper paper of the vessel, to the effect that the per- 
 son in question is of the crew or ship's company of such 
 vessel ; and further stating and certifying that such per- 
 son has withdrawn himself, or is believed to be about to 
 AvithdraAv himself, from the control and discipline of the 
 master and officers of the vessel, or that he has refused, or 
 is about to refuse, to submit to and obey the laAvful juris- 
 diction of such consular or commercial authority in the 
 premises ; and further stating and certifying that, to the 
 best of the knowledge and belief of the officer certifying, 
 such person is not a citizen of the United States. Such 
 application shall be in writing and duly authenticated by 
 the consular or other sufficient official seal. Thereupon 
 such court, judge, or commissioner shall issue his Avarrant 
 for the arrest of the person so complained of, directed to 
 the marshal of the United States for the appropriate dis- 
 trict, or in his discretion to any person, being a citizen of 
 the United States, whom he may specially depute for the 
 purpose, requiring such person to be brought before him 
 for examination at a certain time and place. 
 
 If, on such examination, it is made to appear that the R. 8.^4081. 
 person so arrested is a citizen of the United States, he 528o e as amend- 
 shall be fortliAvith discharged from arrest, and shall 
 left to the ordinary course of laAv. But if this is not a*. 
 made to appear, and such court, judge, or commissioner 
 finds, upon the papers hereinbefore referred to, a sufficient 
 prima-facie case that the matter concerns only the inter- 
 nal order and discipline of such foreign vessels, or, 
 whether in its nature civil or criminal, does not affect di- 
 rectly the execution of the laws of the United States, or 
 the rights and duties of any citizen of the United States, 
 he shall forthwith, by his warrant, commit such person 
 to prison, where prisoners under sentence of a court of the 
 United States may be lawfully committed, or, in his dis- 
 
 02075 15 7 
 
96 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 cretion, to the master or chief officer of such foreign 
 vessel, to be subject to the lawful orders, control, and dis- 
 cipline of such master or chief officer, and to the jurisdic- 
 tion of the consular or commercial authority of the nation 
 to which such vessel belongs, to the exclusion of any 
 authority or jurisdiction in the premises of the United 
 StMtrs or any State thereof. No person shall be detained 
 more than two months after his arrest, but at the end of 
 that time shall be set at liberty and shall not again be 
 arrested for the same cause. The expenses of the arrest 
 and the detention of the person so arrested shall be paid 
 by the consular officer making the application. 
 '-\-, tll * The district courts, and the United States commis- 
 7i " sioners, shall have power to carry into effect, according 
 to the true intent and meaning thereof, the award, or 
 arbitration, or decree of any consul, vice-consul, or com- 
 mercial agent of any foreign nation, made or rendered 
 by virtue of authority conferred on him as such consul, 
 vice-consul, or commercial agent, to sit as judge or ar- 
 bitrator in such differences as may arise between the 
 captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation 
 whose interests are committed to his charge, application 
 for the exercise of such power being first made to such 
 court or commissioner by petition of such consul, vice- 
 consul, or commercial agent. And said courts and com- 
 missioners may issue all proper remedial process, mesne 
 and final, to carry into full effect such award, arbitration, 
 or decree, and to enforce obedience thereto, by imprison- 
 ment in the jail or other place of confinement in the dis- 
 trict in which the United States may lawfully imprison 
 any person arrested under the authority of the United 
 Statr<. until such award, arbitration, or decree is com- 
 plied with, or the parties are otherwise discharged there- 
 from, by the consent in writing of such consul, vice-con- 
 sul, or commercial agent, or his successor in office, or by 
 the authority of the foreign government appointing such 
 ul. \ ice-consul, or commercial agent: Provided, how- 
 <<>/-. That the expenses of the said imprisonment, and 
 maintenance of the prisoners, and the cost of the proceed- 
 ings, shall be borne by such foreign government, or by its 
 con-ill. rice-Consul, or commercial agent requiring such 
 imprisonment The marshals of the 1'nited States shall 
 serve all such pr nd do all other acts necessary and 
 
 proper to carry into effect the premises, under the au- 
 thority of the said courts and commissioners. 
 116. Seamen's witness fees. 
 
 Thnv >hall be paid to each seaman or other person who 
 is sent to the I'nited om any foreign port,station. 
 
 Hi. by any I'nited Btatefl minister, charge 
 d'affaires, connd. captain, or commander, to give testi- 
 mony in any criminal ea depending in any court of the 
 t'nih-d State-. >uch compen>at ion. exclusive of subsistence 
 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SEAMEN. 97 
 
 and transportation, as such court may adjudge to l>e 
 proper, not exceeding one dollar for each flay necessarily 
 employed in such voyage, and in arriving at the place of 
 examination or trial. In fixing such compensation, the 
 court shall take into consideration the condition of said 
 seaman or witness, and whether his voyage lias been 
 broken up, to his injury, by his being sent to the United 
 States. "When such seaman or person is transported in an 
 armed vessel of the United States no charge for subsist- 
 ence or transportation shall be allowed. When he is 
 transported in any other vessel, the compensation for his 
 transportation and subsistence, not exceeding in any case 
 iii'ty cents a day, may be fixed by the court, and shall be 
 paid to the captain of said vessel accordingly. 
 
 117. Manning of merchant vessels. 
 
 In all merchant vessels of the United States of more gjjj. 1 ^' 1!U ' 
 than one hundred tons gross, excepting those navigating , (Effective be 
 
 11 i -i I'-iji-i Panning Nov. 4, 
 
 rivers, harbors, bays, or sounds exclusively, the sailors 1015.) 
 shall, while at sea, be divided into at least two, and the 
 firemen, oilers, and water tenders into at least three 
 watches, which shall be kept on duty successively for the 
 performance of ordinary work incident to the sailing and 
 management of the vessel. The seamen shall not be 
 shipped to work alternately in the fireroom and on deck, 
 nor shall those shipped for deck duty be required to work 
 in the fireroom, or vice versa ; but these provisions shall 
 not limit either the authority of the master or other officer 
 or the obedience of the seamen when, in the judgment of 
 the master or other officer, the w y hole or any part of the 
 crew are needed for the maneuvering of the vessel or the 
 performance of work necessary for the safety of the ves- 
 sel or her cargo, or for the saving of life aboard other ves- 
 sels in jeopardy, or when in port or at sea from requiring 
 the whole or any part of the crew to participate in the 
 performance of fire, lifeboat, and other drills. While 
 such vessel is in a safe harbor no seaman shall be re- 
 quired to do any unnecessary work on Sundays or the 
 following-named days: New Year's Day, the Fourth of 
 July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day, 
 but this shall not prevent the dispatch of a vessel on regu- 
 lar schedule or when ready to proceed on her voyage. 
 And at all times while such vessel is in a safe harbor, nine 
 hours, inclusive of the anchor watch, shall constitute a 
 day's work. Whenever the master of any vessel shall fail 
 to comply with this section, the seamen shall be entitled 
 to discharge from such vessel and to receive the wages 
 earned. But this section shall not apply to fishing or 
 whaling vessels, or yachts. 
 
 No vessel of one hundred tons gross and upward, ex- ^'"is! 1J 
 cept those navigating rivers exclusively and the smaller (Effective O n 
 
 .i,,, i -i j.' . AV American ves- 
 
 mland lakes and except as provided in section one of this seis beginning- 
 Ac^ shall be permitted to depart from any port of the Nov - 4> l 
 
98 NAVIGATION LAWS OF TIIK rXITKl* STATES. 
 
 foreign nations United States unless she has on board a crew not less than 
 not e !vered by seventy-five per centum of which, in each department 
 V!TVr s ,m il \vs- thereof, are able to understand any order given by the 
 seis 'of other officers of such vessel, nor unless forty per centum in the 
 
 foreign na- ~ f n . .-^ -, nj>, 
 
 after ter- first year, forty-five per centum in the second year, fifty 
 1011 f per centum in the third year, fifty-five per centum in 
 the fourth year after the passage of this Act, and there- 
 after sixty-five per centum of her deck crew, exclusive of 
 licensed officers and apprentices, are of a rating not less 
 than able seaman. Even 7 person shall be rated an able 
 seaman, and qualified for service as such on the seas, who 
 is nineteen years of age or upward, and has had at least 
 three years' service on deck at sea or on the Great Lakes, 
 on a vessel or vessels to which this section applies, includ- 
 ing decked fishing vessels, naval vessels or coast guard 
 vessels; and every person shall be rated an able seaman, 
 and qualified to serve as such on the Great Lakes and on 
 the smaller lakes, bays or sounds, who is nineteen years of 
 age oi- upward and lias had at least eighteen months' serv- 
 ice on deck at sea or on the Great Lakes or on the smaller 
 lakes, bays, or sounds, on a vessel or vessels to which this 
 section applies, including decked fishing vessels, naval 
 vessels, or coast guard vessels: and graduates of school 
 ships approved by and conducted under rules prescribed 
 by the Secretary of Commerce may be rated able seamen 
 after twelve months' service at sea: Provided, That upon 
 
 mination, under rules prescribed by the Department 
 of Commerce as to eyesight, hearing, and physical condi- 
 tion, such persons or graduates are found to be compe- 
 tent : rrai'ided further, That upon examination, under 
 rules prescribed by the Department of Commerce as to 
 iifht. hearing, physical condition, and knowledge of 
 the duties of seamanship a person found competent may 
 l>e rated as able seaman after having served on deck 
 twelve months at sea, or on the Great Lakes; but seamen 
 examined and rated able seamen under this proviso shall 
 not in any case compose more than one-fourth of the num- 
 ber of able seamen required by this section to be shipped 
 01- employed upon any vessel. 
 
 Any pcrxin may make application to any board of local 
 inspectors for a certificate of service as able seaman, and 
 upon proof he'mg made to said board by affidavit and 
 
 mination, under rules approved by the Secretary of 
 Commerce, showing the nationality and age of the appli- 
 cant and the veOB6\ or ve els on which he has had service 
 and that he is entitled to such certificate under the pro- 
 \ i-ions of this section, the hoard of local inspectors shall 
 i>Hie to said applicant a certificate of service, which shall 
 be retained by him and he accepted as prima facie evi- 
 dence of his rating as an able seaman. 
 
PART V. MERCHANT SEAMEN. 99 
 
 Each board of local inspectors shall keep a complete 
 record of all certificates of service issued by them and to 
 whom issued and shall keep on file the affidavits upon 
 which said certificates are issued. 
 
 The collector of customs may, upon his own motion, 
 and shall, upon the sworn information of any reputable 
 citizen of the United States setting forth that this section 
 is not being complied with, cause a muster of the crew of 
 any vessel to be made to determine the fact; and no clear- 
 ance shall be given to any vessel failing to comply with 
 the provisions of this section: Provided, That the col- 
 lector of customs shall not be required to cause such mus- 
 ter of the crew to be made unless said sworn information 
 has been filed with him for at least six hours before the 
 vessel departs, or is scheduled to depart: Provided fur- 
 ther, That any person that shall knowingly make a false 
 affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of per- 
 jury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a 
 fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding 
 one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, within 
 the discretion of the court. Any violation of any provi- 
 sion of this section by the owner, master, or officer in 
 charge of the vessel shall subject the owner of such vessel 
 to a penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $500 : 
 And provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce 
 shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary 
 to carry out the provisions of this section, and nothing 
 herein shall be held or construed to prevent the Board of 
 Supervising Inspectors, with the approval of the Secre- 
 tary of Commerce, from making rules and regulations 
 authorized by law as to vessels excluded from the opera- 
 tion of this section. 
 
 118. TTnderxnanning. 
 
 In case of desertion or casualty resulting in the loss of R. g., 4516. 
 one or more of the seamen, the master must ship, if ob- ^'. i 1 ' 1898 ' 
 tainable, a number equal to the number of those whose ^, r - 1 *' 1915 - 
 services he has been deprived of by desertion or casualty, " ^Effective fce- 
 who must be of the same or higher grade or rating with f^ 1 ^ Nov - 4> 
 those whose places they fill, and report the same to the 
 United States consul at the first port at which he shall 
 arrive, without incurring the penalty prescribed by the 
 two preceding sections. This section shall not apply to 
 fishing or wdialing vessels or yachts. 
 
 119. Fellow-servant clause. 
 
 In any suit to recover damages for any injury sustained JJjJ^'o 1915 ' 
 on board vessel or in its service seamen having command ( Effective i*?- 
 shall not be held to be fellow-servants with those under fiT^ Nor ' 4 ' 
 their authority. 
 
PART VI. SEAWORTHINESS, SUPPLIES, LOG BOOK. 
 
 120. Unseaworthy vessels. 
 
 121. Inspection of hulls and equip- 
 
 ment. 
 
 122. Seagoing barges. 
 
 123. Iiisi>ection of seaworthiness at 
 
 domestic i><>rts. 
 
 124. Inspection of seaworthiness at 
 
 foreign ports. 
 
 125. Provisions and water. 
 
 126. Weights and measures. 
 
 127. Medicines and antiscorbutics. 
 
 128. Slop chest. 
 
 129. Warmth and clothing. 
 
 130. Log book. 
 
 Sec. 11. 
 
 120. TJnseawcrthy vessels. 
 
 If any person knowingly sends or attempts to send or is 
 party to the sending or attempting to send an American 
 ship to sea, in the foreign or coastwise trade, in such an 
 unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to 
 be thereby endangered, he shall, in respect of each offense. 
 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a 
 fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprison- 
 ment not to exceed five years, or both, at the discretion of 
 the court, unless he proves that either he used all reason- 
 able means to insure her being sent to sea in a sea- 
 worthy state, or that her going to sea in an unseaworthy 
 be was. under the circumstances, reasonable and justi- 
 fiable, and for the purposes of giving that proof he may 
 give evidence in the same manner as any other witness. 
 | This section shall not apply to fishing or whaling vessels 
 or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
 121. Inspection of hulls and equipment. 
 
 The local inspectors shall, once in every year, at least, 
 carefully inspect the. hull of each steam vessel within their 
 respective districts, and shall satisfy themselves that 
 every such vessel so submitted to their inspection is of a 
 structure suitable for the service in which she is to be 
 
 ^yr;,, 1 ^ 1 em ployed. has suitable accommodations for passengers 
 and the crew, and is in a condition to warrant the belief 
 that she may be used in navigation as a steamer, with 
 t v to life, and that all the requirements of law in re- 
 gard to fires, boats, pumps, hose, life-preservers, floats, 
 anchors, cables, and other things are faithfully complied 
 with: and if they deem it expedient they may direct the 
 '1 to be put in motion, and may adopt any other suit- 
 able mean- t<> tr.-t her sufliciency and that of her equip- 
 ment. The local inspectors shall, once in every year, at 
 least, carefully inspect the hull of each sail vess'el'of over 
 seven hundred ton- carrying passengers for hire and all 
 other voxels and barges of over one hundred tons burden 
 carrying pa^engers for hire within their respective 
 districts, and -hall -atisfv themselves that every such 
 
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PART VI. SEAWORTHINESS, sri'l'l IKS. L06 I'.ooK. 101 
 
 vessel so submitted to their inspection is of a struc- 
 ture suitable for the service in which she is to be 
 employed, has suitable accommodations for the crew, 
 and is in condition to warrant the belief that she 
 may be used in navigation with safety to life: Pro- 
 mded, That vessels while laid up and dismantled and 
 out of commission may, by regulations established by 
 the Board of Supervising Inspectors, with the approval 
 of the Secretary of Commerce, be exempted from any 
 or all inspection under sections forty-four hundred and 
 seventeen, forty-four hundred and eighteen, forty-four 
 hundred and twenty-six, forty-four hundred and twenty- 
 sex en. Whenever any inspector or assistant inspector 
 shall, in the performance of his duty, find on board any 
 vessel subject to the provisions of this Title [R. S., 4399- 
 4500] as part of the required equipment thereof, any 
 equipment, machinery, apparatus, or appliances not con- 
 forming to the requirements of law, he shall require the 
 same to be placed in proper condition by the owner or 
 master of the said vessel, if possible; and if said inspector 
 or assistant inspector shall find on board any such vessel 
 any life-preservers or fire hose so defective as to be inca- 
 pable of repair, he shall require that the same be destroyed 
 in his presence by such owner or master. And in any of 
 the foregoing cases local inspectors by whom or under 
 whose supervision said vessel is then being inspected 
 shall have power to enforce the foregoing requirements 
 by revoking the certificate of the said vessel, and by 
 refusing to issue a new certificate to the said vessel until 
 the said requirements shall have been fully complied 
 with or until such action of the local inspectors shall have 
 been reversed, modified, or set aside by the supervising 
 inspector of the district on proper appeal by the owner 
 or master of said vessel, which appeal shall be made to 
 the said supervising inspector within ten days after the 
 final action as aforesaid by the local inspectors ; and upon 
 such appeal, duly made, the supervising inspector shall 
 have power to affirm, modify, or set aside such action by 
 the local inspectors. 
 122. Seagoing barges. 
 
 The local inspectors of steamboats shall at least once in j^^f' 1908 - 
 every year inspect the hull and equipment of every sea- 
 going barge of one hundred gross tons or over, and shall 
 satisfy themselves that such barge is of a structure suit- 
 able for the service in which she is to be employed, has 
 suitable accommodations for the crew, and is in a condi- 
 tion to warrant the belief that she may be used in navi- 
 gation with safety to life. They shall then issue a cer- 
 tificate of inspection in the manner and for the purposes 
 prescribed in sections forty-four hundred and twenty-one 
 and forty-four hundred and twenty-three of the Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
102 NAVI CATION I \\VS ( \- TilK UNITED STATES. 
 
 s<*. 11. Kvery such barge shall be equipped with the following 
 
 appliances of kinds approved by the Board of Supervising 
 Inspectors: At least one lifeboat, at least one anchor with 
 suitable chain or cable, and at least one life-preserver for 
 each person on board. 
 28, I9oa A reg^ter. enrollment, or license shall not be issued 
 
 no. or renewed by any collector or other officer of customs to 
 any such barge unless at the time of issue or renewal such 
 barge h;is in force the certificate of inspection prescribed 
 by section ten and on board the equipment prescribed by 
 section eleven. 
 
 1(| 8. If any such barge shall be navigated without such cer- 
 tificate of inspection, or without any part of the equip- 
 ment prescribed by section eleven, the owner shall be 
 liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each offense. 
 /: rno ^ ne Commissioner of Light-Houses, the Supervising 
 sec. e c. ' 'Inspector-General of the Steamboat-Inspection Service, 
 and the Commissioner of Navigation shall convene as a 
 board at such times as the Secretary of Commerce shall 
 prescribe to prepare regulations limiting the length of 
 hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in 
 tow and the length of such tows within any of the inland 
 waters of the United States designated and defined from 
 time to time pursuant to section two of the Act approved 
 February nineteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and 
 such regulations when approved by the Secretary of 
 Commerce shall have the force of law. 
 
 " 1S - The master of the towing vessel shall be liable to the 
 .-iispension or revocation of his license for any willful vio- 
 lation of regulations issued pursuant to section fourteen 
 in the manner now pi-escribed for incompetency, mis- 
 conduct, or unskillfulness. 
 
 123. Inspection of seaworthiness at domestic ports. 
 
 If the first and second officers under the master or a 
 ii'.'ijority of the crew of any vessel bound on any voyage 
 .- hall, before the vessel shall have left the harbor, discover 
 that the vessel is too leaky or is otherwise unlit in her 
 crew. body, tackle, apparel, furniture, provisions, or stores 
 to proceed on the intended voyage, and .-hall require such 
 unfitness to be inquired into, the master shall, upon the 
 request of the fir.-t and second officers under the master or 
 -iicli majority of the crew, forthwith apply to the judge of 
 the di>t net court of that judicial dislrii-t. if he shall there 
 I--, or if not. to some justice d' the peace of the city. 
 to\\ ii. or place for the appoint ment of surveyors. a< in sec- 
 tion forty-five hundred and fifty-<evcn provided, taking 
 with him two or more of the crew who shall have made 
 
PART VI. SK.\Wni:T!MXESS, SUl'l'l .1 KS. LOG BOOK. 103 
 
 sucli request : and any master refusing or neglecting to 
 comply with these provisions shall he liable to a penalty 
 of live hundred dollars. | This section shall not apply to 
 fishiiiir or whaling vessels or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, 
 sec. LM1. | 
 
 The judge, or justice, in a domestic port, shall, upon u. 8.^4557. 
 such application of the master or commander, issue his Sc.'!. J> 
 precept, directed to three persons in the neighborhood, the 
 most experienced and skillful in maritime atl'airs that can 
 be procured; and whenever such complaint is about the 
 provisions one of such surveyors shall be a physician or a 
 surgeon of the Public Health and Marine Hospital July i, 1902. 
 Service, if such service is established at the place where 
 the 1 complaint is made. It shall be the duty of such sur- 
 veyors to repair on board such vessel and to examine the 
 same in respect to the defects and insufficiencies com- 
 plained of. and make reports to the judge, or justice, as 
 the case may be, in writing, under their hands or the 
 hands of two of them, whether in any or in what respect 
 the vessel is unfit to proceed on the intended voyage, and 
 what addition of men, provisions, or stores, or what 
 repairs or alterations in the body, tackle, or apparel will 
 be necessary; and upon such report the judge or justice 
 shall adjudge and shall indorse on his report his judg- 
 ment whether the vessel is fit to proceed on the intended 
 voyage, and, if not, whether such repairs can be made or 
 deficiencies supplied where the vessel then lies, or whether 
 it is necessary for her to proceed to the nearest or most 
 convenient place where such supplies can be made or 
 deficiencies supplied ; and the master and the crew shall, 
 in all things, conform to the judgment. The master or 
 commander shall, in the first instance, pay all the costs of 
 such review, report, or judgment, to be taxed and allowed 
 on a fair copy thereof, certified by the judge or justice. 
 IS nt if the complaint of the crew shall appear upon the 
 report and judgment to have been without foundation, the 
 master or commander, or the owner or consignee of such 
 vessel, shall deduct the amount thereof, and of reasonable 
 damages for the detention, to be ascertained by the judge 
 or justice, out of the wages of the complaining seamen. 
 [This section shall not apply to fishing or whaling vessels 
 or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
 If 2 after judgment that such vessel is fit to proceed on R. s.,458. 
 her intended voyage, or after procuring such men, pro- g^'g 2 
 visions, stores, repairs, or alterations as may be directed, 
 the seamen, or either of them, shall refuse to proceed on 
 the voyage, he shall forfeit any wages that may be due 
 him. | This section shall not apply to fishing or whaling 
 vessels or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
104 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 124. Inspection of seaworthiness at foreign ports. 
 
 ?' ?"2 4 i 55 i 9 898 1'pon a complaint in writing, signed by the first and 
 'iV t , second officers or a majority of the crew of any vessel, 
 
 Mar. i, i: is. ^ft e ' n & f ore ig n port, that such vessel is in an unsuit- 
 
 (1 S^S?NjT*W e condition to go to sea because she is leaky or insuffi- 
 ri'iiHV "ciently supplied with sails, rigging, anchors, or any other 
 equipment, or that the crew is insufficient to man her, or 
 that her provisions, stores, and supplies are not or have 
 not been during the voyage sufficient or wholesome, there- 
 upon, in any of these or like cases the consul or a com- 
 mercial agent who may discharge any of the duties of a 
 consul shall cause to be appointed three persons of like 
 qualifications with those described in section forty-five 
 hundred and fifty-seven, who shall proceed to examine 
 into the cause of complaint and who shall proceed and 
 be governed in all their proceedings as provided by said 
 section. [This section shall not apply to fishing or whal- 
 ing vessels or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
 B. s., 4560. The inspectors appointed by any consul or commercial 
 agent, in pursuance of the preceding section, shall have 
 full power to examine the vessel and whatever is aboard 
 of her, so far as is pertinent to their inquiry, and also to 
 hear and receive any other proofs which the ends of jus- 
 tice may require; and if, upon a view of the whole pro- 
 ceedings, the consul or other commercial agent is satisfied 
 therewith, he may approve the whole or any part of the 
 report, and shall certify such approval ; or if he dissents, 
 he shall certify his reasons for dissenting. 
 
 ?' s -o 6 }8 The inspectors in their report shall also state whether 
 
 J UH6 ~ "> ( 1 S-*. .... i 1 . "j 1 i 
 
 sec. 4. m their opinion the vessel was sent to sea unsuitably pro- 
 
 sec, 'n.' l 98 * vided in any important or essential particular, by neglect 
 or design, or through mistake or accident; and in case it 
 was by neglect or design, and the consular officer approves 
 of such finding, he shall discharge such of the crew as 
 request it. and shall require the payment by the master of 
 one month's wages for each seaman over and above the 
 wages then due, or sufficient money for the return of such 
 of the crew as desire to be discharged to the nearest and 
 most convenient port of the United States, or by furnish- 
 ing the seamen who so desire to be discharged with em- 
 ployment on a ship agreed to by them. But if in the 
 opinion of the inspectors the defects or deficiencies found 
 to exist have been the result of mistake or accident, and 
 could not. in the exercise of ordinary care, have been 
 known and provided against before the sailing of the 
 vessel, and the ma-ter -hall in a reasonable time remove 
 or remedy the CaU866 of complaint, then the crew shall 
 remain and discharge their duty. | This section shall not 
 applv to li>hinr <r whaling vessels or yachts Dec. 21, 
 1-!'-'. BBC, -'<. | 
 
 it N.4502. The ma.-ter -hall pay all such reasonable charges for 
 
 inspection under Midi complaint as shall be officially cer- 
 
PART VI. SEAWORTHINKSS, Sl'l'l'LlKS, l.OC BOOK. 1Q5 
 
 tified to him under the hand of the- consul or commercial 
 agent; but in case the inspectors report that the com- 
 plaint is without any good and sufficient cause, the master 
 may retain from the wages of the complainants, in pro- 
 portion to the pay of each, the amount of such charges, 
 with such reasonable damages for detention on that ac- 
 count as the consul or commercial agent directing the in- 
 quiry may officially certify. 
 
 Every master who refuses to pay such wages and R - s 4563 - 
 charges shall be liable to each person injured thereby, in 
 damages, to be recovered in any court of the United States 
 in the district where such delinquent may reside or be 
 found, and in addition thereto be punishable by a fine 
 of one hundred dollars for each offense. 
 
 125. Provisions and water. 
 
 Should any master or owner of any merchant vessel jj e c"2i 5 
 of the United States neglect to provide a sufficient quan- sec.'i2.' 
 tity of stores to last for a voyage of ordinary duration to 
 the port of destination, and in consequence of such neglect 
 the crew are compelled to accept a reduced scale, such 
 master or owner shall be liable to a penalty as provided 
 in section forty-five hundred and sixty-eight of the 
 Kevised Statutes. 
 
 Any three or more of the crew of any merchant-vessel R. S-, 4565. 
 of the United States bound from a port in the United 
 States to any foreign port, or being of the burden of 
 seventy-five tons or upward, and bound from a port on 
 the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, may 
 complain to any officer in command of any of the vessels 
 of the United States Navy, or consular officer of the 
 United States, or shipping-commissioner or chief officer 
 of the customs, that the provisions or water for the use 
 of the crew are, at any time, of bad quality, unfit for use, 
 or deficient in quantity. Such officer shall thereupon ex- 
 amine the provisions or water, or cause them to be exam- 
 ined; and if, on examination, such provisions or w r ater 
 are found to be of bad quality and unfit for use, or to be 
 deficient in quantity, the person making such examination 
 shall certify the same in writing to the master of the 
 ship. If such master does not thereupon provide other 
 proper provisions or water, where the same can be had, 
 in lieu of any so certified to be of a bad quality and unfit 
 for use, or does not procure the requisite quantity of any 
 so certified to be insufficient in quantity, or uses any pro- 
 visions or water which have been so certified as aforesaid 
 to be of bad quality and unfit for use, he shall, in every 
 such case, be liable to a penalty of not more than one 
 hundred dollars; and upon every such examination the 
 officers making or directing the same shall enter a state- 
 ment of the result of the examination in the log-book, and 
 shall send a report thereof to the district judge for the 
 judicial district embracing the port to which such vessel 
 
106 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 
 R. s., 4.-,'-.7. 
 
 >4 i 56 i 8 898 
 
 s',' '.'-.' iV v 
 
 is bound; and such report shall be received in evidence 
 in any legal proceedings. 
 
 If the officer to whom any such complaint in regard to 
 tlu* provisions or the water is made certifies in such state- 
 incut that there was no reasonable ground for such com- 
 plaint. each of the parties so complaining shall forfeit to 
 the master or owner his share of the expense, if any, of 
 the survey. [This section shall not apply to fishing or 
 whaling vessels. or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
 If any seamen, while on board any vessel, shall state to 
 the master that they desire to make complaint, in accord- 
 ance with the two preceding sections, in regard to the pro- 
 visions or the water, to a competent officer, against the 
 master, the master shall, if the vessel is then at a place 
 where there is any such officer, so soon as the service of 
 the vessel will permit, and if the vessel is not then at such 
 a place, so soon after her first arrival at such place as the 
 service of the vessel will permit, allow such seamen, or 
 any of them, to go ashore, or shall send them ashore, in 
 proper custody, so that they may be enabled to make such 
 complaint ; and shall, in default, be liable to a penalty of 
 not more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 ^' Curing a v y a to e > the allowance of any of the provi- 
 sions which any seaman is entitled to under section forty - 
 six hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes is reduced 
 except for any time during which such seaman willfully 
 and without sufficient cause refuses or neglects to perform 
 his duty, or is lawfully under confinement for misconduct 
 either on board or on shore; or if it shall be shown that 
 any of such provisions are, or have been during the voy- 
 ;iL r <-. bad in quality or unfit for use, the seaman shall 
 ive. by way of compensation for such reduction or 
 bad qualify, according t<> the time of its continuance, the 
 following sums, to be paid to him in addition to and to 
 be recoverable ;,< wages: 
 
 First. If his allowance is reduced by any quantity not 
 exceeding one-third of the quantity specified by law, a 
 sum not exceeding fifty cents a day. 
 
 <>nd. If his allowance is reduced by more than one- 
 third of such quantity, a sum not exceeding one dollar a 
 day. 
 
 Third. In respect to bad quality, a sum not exceeding 
 one dollar a day. 
 
 Iut if it is shown to the satisfaction of the court before 
 which the case is tried that any provisions, the allowance 
 of which has been reduced, could not be procured or sup- 
 plied in sullicient quantities, or were unavoidably injured 
 or lost, oi- if by reason of its innate qualities any article 
 unfit for use and that proper and equivalent sub- 
 stitutes were supplied in lieu thereof, the court shall take 
 such circumstances into consideration and shall modify or 
 refuse Compensation, as the justice of the case may re- 
 
 quire. [This >ect ion shall not apply to fishing or whaling 
 \->sels or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
PART VI. SEAWORTHINESS, SUPPLIES, LOG BOOK. 107 
 
 126. Weights and measures. 
 
 Everv master shall keep on hoard proper weights and K. s.. tr.vi. 
 measures for the purpose of determining the quantities of 
 the several provisions and articles served out, and shall 
 allow the same to he used at the time of serving out such 
 provisions and articles, in the presence of a witness, 
 whenever any dispute arises about such quantities, and in 
 default shall, for every offense, be liable to a penalty of 
 not more than fifty dollars. 
 
 127. Medicines and antiscorbutics. 
 
 Every vessel belonging to a citizen of the United H - s - 456 - 
 States, 'bound from a port in the United States to any 
 foreign port, or being of the burden of seventy-five tons 
 or upward, and bound from a port on the Atlantic to a 
 port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall be provided with 
 a chest of medicines ; and every sailing-vessel bound on a 
 voyage across the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, or around 
 Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope, or engaged in the 
 whale or other fisheries, or in sealing, shall also be pro- 
 \ ided with, and cause to be kept, a sufficient quantity of 
 lime or lemon juice, and also sugar and vinegar, or other 
 anti-scorbutics, to be served out to every seaman as fol- 
 lows : The master of every such vessel shall serve the lime 
 or lemon juice, and sugar and vinegar, to the crew, within 
 ten days after salt provisions mainly have been served 
 out to the crew, and so long afterward as such consump- 
 tion of salt provisions continues ; the lime or lemon juice 
 and sugar daily at the rate of half an ounce each per day ; 
 and the vinegar weekly at the rate of half a pint per 
 week for each member of the crew. 
 
 If, on any such vessel, such medicines, medical stores, R - s.,4570. 
 lime or lemon juice, or other articles, sugar, and vinegar, 
 as are required by the preceding section, are not pro- 
 vided ancl kept on board, as required, the master or 
 owner shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five 
 hundred dollars; and if the master of any such vessel 
 neglects to serve out the lime or lemon juice, and sugar 
 and vinegar in the case and manner directed, he shall for 
 each such offense be liable to a penalty of not more than 
 one hundred dollars: and if any master is convicted in 
 either of the offenses mentioned in this section, and it ap- 
 pears that the offense is owing to the act or default of the 
 owner, such master may recover the amount of such pen- 
 alty, and the costs incurred by him, from the owner. 
 
 128. Slop chest. 
 
 Every such vessel [E, S., 4569~| except vessels engaged i\l 6 ' 1884> 
 in the whaling or fishing business shall also be provided 
 with a slop-chest, which shall contain a complement of 
 clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman em- 
 ployed, including boots or shoes, hats, or caps, under ^"^3' 1886> 
 clothing and outer clothing, oiled clothing, and every- 
 
108 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THK UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. 8., l 
 
 IN*. 21, 1898. 
 
 Sec. 15. 
 
 R. 8., 4290. 
 
 thing necessary for the wear of a seaman ; also a full sup- 
 ply of tobacco and blankets. Any of the contents of the 
 slop-chest shall be sold, from time to time, to any or 
 every seaman applying therefor, for his own use, at a 
 profit not exceeding ten per centum of the reasonable 
 wholesale value of the same at the port at which the 
 voyage commenced. And if any such vessel is not pro- 
 vided, before sailing, as herein required, the owner shall 
 be liable to a penalty of not more than five hundred dol- 
 lars. The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
 vessels plying between the United States and the Domin- 
 ion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Bermuda Islands, the 
 Bahama Islands, the West Indies, Mexico and Central 
 America. 
 
 129. Warmth and clothing. 
 
 Every vessel bound on any foreign voyage exceeding in 
 length fourteen days shall also be provided with at least 
 one suit of woolen clothing for each seaman, and every 
 vessel in the foreign or domestic trade shall provide a safe 
 and warm room for the use of seamen in cold weather. 
 Failure to make such provision shall subject the owner or 
 master to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars. 
 [This section shall not apply to fishing or whaling vessels 
 or yachts Dec. 21, 1898, sec. 26.] 
 
 130. "Log book. 
 
 Every vessel making voyages from a port in the United 
 States to any foreign port, or being of the burden of 
 seventy-five tons, or upward, from a port on the Atlantic 
 to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall have an 
 official log-book; and every master of such vessel shall 
 make, or cause to be made therein, entries of the follow- 
 ing matters, that is to say: 
 
 First. Fvery legal conviction of any member of his 
 crew, and the punishment inflicted. 
 
 Second. Fvery offense committed by any member of his 
 crew for which it is intended to prosecute, or to enforce a 
 forfeiture, together with such statement concerning the 
 reading over such entry, and concerning the reply, i i' any, 
 made to the charge, as is mjnircd by the provisions of 
 section forty-five hundred and ninety-seven. 
 
 Third. Fvery oll'ense for which punishment is inflicted 
 on board, and the punishment inflicted. 
 
 Fourth. A .-tatement of the conduct, character, and 
 qualifications of each of his crew : or a statement that he 
 declines to give an opinion of such particulars. 
 
 Fifth. Kvery case of illness or injury happening to any 
 member of the crew, with the nature thereof, and the 
 medical treatment. 
 
 Sixth. Fvrry case of death happening on board, with 
 the cause ther 
 
PART VI. SEAWORTHINESS, SUPPLIES, LOG BOO 1C. 109 
 
 Seventh. Every birth happening on board, with the 
 sex of the infant, and the names of the parents. 
 
 Eighth. Every marriage taking place on board, with 
 the names and ages of the parties. 
 
 Ninth. The name of every seaman or apprentice who 
 ceases to he a member of the crew otherwise than by 
 death, with the place, time, manner, and cause thereof. 
 
 Tenth. The wages due to any seaman or apprentice 
 who dies during the voyage, and the gross amount of all 
 deductions to be made therefrom. 
 
 Eleventh. The sale of the effects of any seaman or ap- 
 prentice who dies during the voyage, including a state- 
 ment of each article sold, and the sum received for it. 
 
 Twelfth. In every case of collision in which it is prac- Feb - 14 190 - 
 ti cable so to do, the master shall, immediately after the 
 occurrence, cause a statement thereof, and of the circum- 
 stances under which the same occurred, to be entered in 
 the official log book. Such entry shall be made in the 
 manner prescribed in section forty-two hundred and 
 ninety-one, and failure to make such entry shall subject 
 the offender to the penalties prescribed by section forty- 
 two hundred and ninety-two. 
 
 Every entry hereby required to be made in the official R> s - 4291 - 
 log-book shall be signed by the master and by the mate, or 
 some other one of the crew, and every entry in the official 
 log-book shall be made as soon as possible after the occur- 
 rence to which it relates, and, if not made on the same day 
 as the occurrence to which it relates, shall be made and 
 dated so as to show the date of the occurrence, and of the 
 entry respecting it ; and in no case shall any entry therein, 
 in respect of any occurrence happening previously to the 
 arrival of the vessel at her final port, be made more than 
 twenty-four hours after such arrival. 
 
 If in any case the official log-book is not kept in the R - s - 4292 
 manner hereby required, or if any entry hereby directed 
 to be made in any such log-book is not made at the time 
 and in the manner hereby directed, the master shall, for 
 each such offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than 
 twenty-five dollars; and every person who makes, or pro- 
 cures to be made, or assists in making, any entry in any 
 official log-book in respect of any occurrence happening 
 previously to the arrival of the vessel at her final port 
 of discharge, more than twenty-four hours after such ar- 
 rival, shall, for each offense, be liable to a penalty of not 
 more than one hundred and fifty dollars. 
 
PART VIL LIABILITY OF OWNERS, MASTERS, AND 
 
 SHIPPERS. 
 
 131. Liability of owners, masters, and 
 
 shippers. 
 
 132. Act of February 13, 1893 (Barter 
 
 Act). 
 
 139. Loading safety valve. 
 
 R, 8.. 4281. 
 
 R. 8., 4282. 
 
 4283. 
 
 110 
 
 131. Liability of owners, masters, and shippers. 
 
 If any shipper of platina, gold, gold dust, silver, bul- 
 lion, or other precious metals, coins, jewelry, bills of any 
 bank or public body, diamonds, or other precious stones, 
 or any gold or silver in a manufactured or unmanufac- 
 tured state, watches, clocks, or time pieces of any descrip- 
 tion, trinkets, orders, notes, or securities for payment of 
 money, stamps, maps, writings, title-deeds, printings, 
 engravings, pictures, gold or silver plate or plated articles, 
 glass, china, silks in a manufactured or unmanufactured 
 state, and whether wrought up or not wrought up with 
 any other material, furs, or lace, or any of them, contained 
 in any parcel, or package, or trunk, shall lade the same as 
 freight or baggage, on any vessel, without at the time of 
 such lading giving to the master, clerk, agent, or owner 
 of such vessel receiving the same a written notice of the 
 true character and value thereof, and having the same 
 entered on the bill of lading therefor, the master and 
 owner of such vessel shall not l>e liable as carriers thereof 
 in any form or manner; nor shall any such master or 
 owner l>e liable for any such goods beyond the value and 
 rding to the character thereof so not ilied and entered. 
 
 No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or 
 
 make good to any person any loss or damage which may 
 
 happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be 
 
 shipped, taken in. or put on board any such vessel, by 
 
 in or by means of any lire happening to or on board 
 
 the" vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or 
 
 led "f such owner. 
 
 The liability of the owner of any 708861, for any embex- 
 y.lemcnt. lOBB, or dc-truction. by any peix.n. of any prop- 
 erty, goods, or merchandi.M-. snipped or put on board of 
 such ur for any hs. damage, or injury by col- 
 
 lision, or for any act. matter, or thing. lo>t. damage, or 
 forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the 
 ju-ivity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in 
 no can excc.-d the amount or value of the interest of such 
 owner in >uch vessel, and her freight then pending. 
 
PART VII. - LIABILITY <>!' OWNKIIS, MASTKIIS, A N I) SHIPPERS. Ill 
 
 Whenever any such embezzlement, loss, or destruction u- 
 
 is suffered by several freighters or owners of goods, wares, 
 merchandise, or any property whatever. <>n (he same voy- 
 age, and the whole value of the vessel, and her freight for 
 the voyage, is not sullicient to make compensation to each 
 of them. they shall receive compensation from the owner. 
 of the vessel, in proportion to their respective losses; and 
 for that purpose the freighters and owners of the prop- 
 erty. and the owner of the vessel, or any of them, may 
 take the appropriate proceedings in any court, for the 
 purpose of apportioning the sum for which the owner of 
 the vessel may he liahle among the parties entitled thereto. 
 
 It shall be deemed a sullicient compliance on the part of ^. s., 4285. 
 such owner with the requirements of this Title JR. S., 
 1 i:>l -loO."> | relating to his liability for any embezzlement, 
 loss, or destruction of any property, goods, or merchan- 
 dise, if he shall transfer his interest in such vessel and 
 freight, for the benefit of such claimants, to a trustee, to 
 be appointed by any court of competent jurisdiction, to 
 act as such trustee for the person who may prove to be 
 legally entitled thereto; from and after which transfer all 
 claims and proceedings against the owner shall cease. 
 
 The charterer of any vessel, in case he shall man, vict- R- s.,4286. 
 nal. and navigate such vessel at his own expense, or by 
 his own procurement, shall be deemed the owner of such 
 vessel within the meaning of the provisions of this Title 
 [R. S., 4131-4305] relating to the limitation of the lia- 
 bility of the owners of vessels; and such vessel, when so 
 chartered, shall be liable in the same manner as if navi- 
 gated by the owner thereof. 
 
 Nothing in the five preceding sections shall be con- R. s.,4287. 
 strued to take away or affect the remedy to which any 
 party may be entitled, against the master, officers, or sea- 
 men. for or on account of any embezzlement, injury, loss, 
 or destruction of merchandise, or property, put on board 
 any vessel, or on account of any negligence, fraud, or 
 other malversation of such master, officers, or seamen, re- 
 spectively, nor to lessen or take away any responsibility 
 to which any master or seaman of any vessel may by law 
 be liable, notwithstanding such master or seaman may be 
 an owner or part owner of the vessel. 
 
 Any person shipping oil of vitriol, unslacked lime, in- R- s - 4288 - 
 flammable matches, or gunpowder, in a vessel taking 
 cargo for clivers persons on freight, without delivering, 
 at the time of shipment, a note in writing, expressing the 
 nature and character of such merchandise, to the master, 
 mate, officer, or person in charge of the lading of the ves- June 10, 1886. 
 sel, shall be liable to the United States in a penalty of Sec - 4 - 
 one thousand dollars. 
 
 The individual liability of a ship-owner, shall be limited $ e ffi 1884< 
 to the proportion of any or all debts and liabilities that 
 his individual share of the vessel bears to the whole ; and 
 
 92075 15 - 8 
 
112 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 the aggregate liabilities of all the owners of a vessel on 
 account of the same shall not exceed the value of such 
 vessel and freight pending : Provided, That this provision 
 shall not affect the liability of any owner incurred pre- 
 vious to the passage of this act, nor prevent any claimant 
 from joining all the owners in one action ; nor shall the 
 same apply to wages due to persons employed by said 
 ship-owners. 
 
 Yum*' io 8 ?886 The provisions of the seven preceding sections, and of 
 sec. 4. ' ' section eighteen of an act entitled "An act to remove cer- 
 tain burdens on the American merchant marine and en- 
 courage the American foreign carrying-trade, and for 
 other purposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen 
 hundred and eighty-four, relating to the limitations of 
 the liability of the owners of vessels, shall apply to all 
 sea-going vessels, and also to all vessels used on lakes or 
 rivers or in inland navigation, including canal-boats, 
 barges, and lighters. 
 132. Act of February 13, 1893 (Harter Act). 
 
 Bee.' i 13 ' 1 * 193 " It shall not be lawful lor the manager, agent, master 
 or owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or prop- 
 erty from or between ports of the United States and for- 
 eign ports to insert in any bill of lading or shipping docu- 
 ment any clause, covenant, or agreement whereby it, he, 
 or they shall be relieved from liability for loss or damage 
 arising from negligence, fault, or failure in proper load- 
 ing, stowage, custody, care, or proper delivery of any and 
 all lawful merchandise or property committed to its or 
 their charge. Any and all words or clauses of such im- 
 port inserted in bills of lading or shipping receipts shall 
 be null and void and of no effect. 
 
 It shall not be lawful for any vessel transporting mer- 
 chandise or property from or between ports of the United 
 States of America and foreign ports, her owner, master, 
 agent or manager to insert in any bill of lading or ship- 
 ping document any covenant or agreement whereby the 
 obligations of the owner or owners of said vessel to exer- 
 cise due diligence, properly equip, man, provision, and 
 outfit said vessel, and to make said vessel seaworthy and 
 capable of performing her intended voyage, or whereby 
 the obligations of the master, officers, agents, or servants 
 to carefully handle and stow her cargo and to care for 
 and properly deliver same, shall in any wise be lessened, 
 weakened, or avoided. 
 
 If the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise 
 or property to or from any port in the United States of 
 America shall exercise due diligence to make the said 
 I in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, 
 equipped, and supplied, neither the vessel, or owners, 
 n,L r 'iit, <>r charterers shall become or beheld responsible for 
 dainaire or loss resulting from faults or errors in navi- 
 gation or in the management of said vessel, nor shall the 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Ser. ?,. 
 
PART VII. LIABILITY OK OWNKKS, MASH l;s. A N I > SI I I IM'KKS. 113 
 
 vessel, her owner or owners, charterers, agent, or master, 
 be held liable for losses arising from dangers of the sea or 
 other navigable waters, acts of God, or public enemies, or 
 the inherent defect, quality, or vice of the tiling carried, 
 or from insufficiency of package, or seizure under legal 
 process, or for loss resulting from any act or omission of 
 the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or represen- 
 tative, or from saving or attempting to save life or prop- 
 erty at sea, or from any deviation in rendering such 
 service, 
 
 It shall be the duty of the owner or owners, masters, or Sec - 4 - 
 agent of any vessel transporting merchandise or property 
 from or between ports of the United States and foreign 
 ports to issue to shippers of any lawful merchandise a bill 
 of lading, or shipping document, stating, among other 
 things, the marks necessary for identification, number of 
 packages, or quantity, stating whether it be carrier's or 
 shipper's weight, and apparent order or condition of such 
 merchandise or property delivered to and received by the 
 owner, master, or agent of the vessel for transportation, 
 and such document shall be prima facie evidence of the 
 receipt of the merchandise therein described. 
 
 For a violation of any of the provisions of this act the Sec< 5 - 
 agent, owner, or master of the vessel guilty of such viola- 
 tion, and who refuses to issue on demand the bill of lading 
 herein provided for, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 
 two thousand dollars. The amount of the fine and costs 
 for such violation shall be a lien upon the vessel, whose 
 agent, owner, or master is guilty of such violation, and 
 such vessel may be libeled therefor in any district court of 
 the United States, within whose jurisdiction the vessel 
 may be found. One-half of such penalty shall go to the 
 party injured by such violation and the remainder to the 
 Government of the United States. 
 
 This act shall not be held to modify or repeal sections Sec - 6 - 
 forty-two hundred and eighty-one, forty-two hundred 
 and eighty- two, and forty-two hundred and eighty-three 
 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or any 
 other statute defining the liability of vessels, their own- 
 ers, or representatives. 
 
 Sections one and four of this act shall not apply to the Sec. 7. 
 transportation of live animals. 
 
 133. General libel bond. 
 When a warrant of arrest or other process in rem is R. s., 941. 
 
 T <> -t 1. V . , Mar. 3, 1899. 
 
 issued in any cause of admiralty jurisdiction, except in 
 cases of seizures for forfeiture under any law of the 
 United States, the marshal shall stay the execution of 
 such process, or discharge the property arrested if the 
 process has been levied, on receiving from the claimant of 
 the property a bond or stipulation in double the amount 
 claimed by the libelant, with sufficient surety, to be ap- 
 proved by the judge of the court where the cause is pend- 
 
114 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ing, or, in his absence, by the collector of the port, con- 
 ditioned to answer the decree of the court in such cause. 
 Such bond or stipulation shall be returned to the court, 
 and judgment thereon, against both the principal and 
 sureties, may be recovered at the time of rendering the 
 decree in the original cause. And the owner of any ves- 
 sel may cause to be executed and delivered to the marshal 
 a bond or stipulation, with sufficient surety, to be ap- 
 proved by the judge of the court in which he is marshal, 
 conditioned to answer the decree of said court in all or 
 any cases that shall thereafter be brought in said court 
 against the said vessel, and thereupon the execution of all 
 such process against said vessel shall be stayed so long as 
 the amount secured by such bond or stipulation shall be 
 at least double the aggregate amount claimed by the libel- 
 ants in such suits which shall be begun and pending 
 against said vessel ; and like judgments and remedies may 
 be had on said bond or stipulation as if a special bond or 
 stipulation had been filed in each of said suits. The 
 court may make such orders as may be necessary to carry 
 this section into effect, and especially for the giving of 
 proper notice of any such suit. Such bond or stipulation 
 shall be indorsed by the clerk with a minute of the suits 
 wherein process is so stayed, and further security may at 
 any time be required by the court. If a special bond or 
 stipulation in the particular cause shall be given under 
 this section, the liability as to said cause on the general 
 bond or stipulation shall cease. 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 
 
 134. General provisions. 
 
 135. Inspection of registered foreign- 
 
 built vessels. 
 
 136. Manning of inspected vessels. 
 
 137. Inspection of hulls and equip- 
 
 ment. 
 
 138. Inspection of boilers. 
 
 139. Loading safety valve. 
 
 140. Water-tight bulkheads. 
 
 141. Lifeboats, lines, and life lire- 
 
 servers. 
 
 142. Stairways and deck room. 
 
 143. Wire tiller ropes. 
 
 144. Protection si gainst fire. 
 
 145. Inflammable or explosive <-arp>. 
 
 146. Carriage of passengers. 
 
 147. Certificate of inspection. 
 
 148. Exhibit of laws. 
 
 149. Inspectors and officers of steam 
 
 vessels. 
 
 150. Liability for damage. 
 
 151. Enforcement and penalty. 
 
 134, General provisions. 
 
 Every vessel propelled in whole or an part by steam K. s., 4399. 
 shall be deemed a steam-vessel within the meaning of this 
 Title [R, S., 4399-4500]. 
 
 All steam vessels navigating any waters of the United Aug.' f 7, 4 i882. 
 States which are common highways of commerce or open Mar. i' isos 
 
 1 A * A * * j j_ * 11* r 6D. 1 0, 1 H F_. 
 
 to general or competitive navigation, excepting public Mar. 17, 1900. 
 vessels of the United States, vessels of other countries, 
 and boats propelled in whole or in part by steam for 
 navigating canals, shall be subject to the provisions of 
 this title. [See Aug. 18, 1914, sec. 2, p. 120.] 
 
 And all foreign private steam vessels carrying passen- 
 gers from any port of the United States to any other 
 place or country shall be subject to the provisions of sec- 
 tions forty-four hundred and seventeen, forty-four hun- 
 dred and eighteen, forty-four hundred and twenty-one, 
 forty-four hundred and twenty-two, forty-four hundred 
 and twenty-three, forty-four hundred and twenty-four, 
 forty-four hundred and seventy, forty-four hundred and 
 seventy-one, forty-four hundred and seventy-two, forty- 
 four hundred and seventy-three, forty-four hundred and 
 seventy-nine, forty-four hundred and eighty-two, forty- 
 four hundred and eighty-eight, forty-four hundred and 
 eighty-nine, forty-four hundred and ninety-six, forty- 
 four hundred and ninety-seven, forty-four hundred and 
 ninety-nine, and forty-five hundred of this title, and shall 
 be liable to visitation and inspection by the proper officer, 
 in any of the ports of the United States, respecting any 
 of the provisions of the sections aforesaid: Provided, 
 however, That when such foreign passenger steamers be- 
 long to countries having inspection laws approximating 
 those of the United States, and have unexpired certifi- 
 
 115 
 
116 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 cates of inspection issued by the proper authorities in the 
 respective countries to which they belong, they shall be 
 subject to no other inspection than necessary to satisfy 
 the local inspectors that the condition of the vessel, her 
 boilers, and life-saving equipments are as stated in the 
 current certificate of inspection; but no such certificate 
 of inspection shall be accepted as evidence of lawful 
 inspection except when presented by steam vessels of 
 other countries which have by their laws accorded to the 
 steam vessels of the United States visiting such countries 
 the same privilege accorded herein to the steam vessels 
 of such countries visiting the United States; it being 
 further provided that there shall be collected and paid 
 into the Treasury of the United States the same fees for 
 the inspection of foreign passenger steamers carrying 
 passengers from the United States that any foreign 
 nation shall charge the merchant vessels of the United 
 States trading to the ports of such nationality ; it being 
 further provided that the Secretary of Commerce shall 
 have the power to waive at any time the collection of 
 such fees upon due notice of the proper authorities of any 
 country concerned that the collection of fees for the 
 inspection of American steam merchant vessels has been 
 discontinued. 
 
 It is further provided that the Secretary of Commerce 
 may, in his discretion, permit any foreign passenger 
 steamer coming within the provisions of this Act whose 
 foreign certificate of inspection shall have expired at sea 
 since last leaving the country to which said vessel belongs, 
 or while said vessel shall have been in a port of the 
 United States, to sail upon her regular route without 
 undergoing any further inspection than would have been 
 required had said foreign certificate of inspection been 
 in force: Provided, however, That such discretion shall 
 be exercised only with respect of vessels operated upon 
 regularly established lines, and in cases where such for- 
 eign passenger steamers will be regularly inspected by 
 the authorities of her home government before her next 
 return to a port of the United States. 
 
 A register, enrollment, or license shall not be granted, 
 or other papers be issued by any collector or other chief 
 oflicer of customs to any vessel subject bv law to inspec- 
 tion under this title [R. S. 4399-45001 until all the provi- 
 sions of this title applicable to such vessels have been 
 fully complied with and until the copy of the certificate 
 of in-pection required ly this title for such vessel has 
 been filed with said collector or other chief officer of 
 
 cnstom& 
 
 The hull and boilers of every ferryboat, canal boat, 
 
 Jim! K ',!;'_" yacht, or other small craft of like character propelled by 
 
 in. shall be inspected under the provisions of thi's 
 
 M:.y i6, 1900. tj t ] (> Such other provisions of law for the better security 
 
 of life as may be applicable to such vessel shall, by the 
 
 regulations of the board of supervising inspectors, also be 
 
 I, 1915. 
 Sec. 5. 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OP STEAM VESSKI S. 
 
 required to be complied with before a certificate of inspec- 
 tioii shall be granted, and no such vessel shall be navi- 
 gated without a licensed engineer and a licensed pilot: 
 Provided* however, That in open steam launches of ten 
 gross tons and under, one person, if duly qualified, may 
 serve in the double capacity of pilot and engineer. All 
 vessels of above fifteen gross tons carrying freight or 
 passengers for hire, but not engaged in fishing as a regular 
 business, propelled by gas, fluid, naphtha, or electric 
 motors, shall be, and are hereby, made subject to all the 
 provisions of section forty-four hundred and twenty-six 
 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to 
 the inspection of hulls and boilers and requiring engineers 
 and pilots, and for any violation of the provisions of this 
 title applicable to such vessels, or of rules or regulations 
 lawfully established thereunder, and to the extent to 
 which such provisions of law and regulations are so 
 applicable, the said vessels, their masters, officers, and 
 owners shall be subject to the provisions of sections forty- 
 four hundred and ninety-six, forty-four hundred and 
 ninety-seven, forty-four hundred and ninety-eight, forty- 
 four hundred and ninety-nine, and forty-five hundred, 
 relating to the imposition and enforcement of penalties 
 and the enforcement of law. 
 
 All vessels of fifteen gross tons or less propelled in 
 whole or in part by gas, gasoline, petroleum, naphtha, 
 fluid, or electricity, and carrying passengers for hire, 
 shall carry one life-preserver, of the sort prescribed by 
 the regulations of the board of supervising inspectors, for 
 every passenger carried, and no such boat while so carry- 
 ing passengers shall be operated or navigated except in 
 charge of a person duly licensed for such service by the 
 local board of inspectors. No examination shall be re- 
 quired as a condition of the obtaining of such a license, 
 and any such license shall be revoked or suspended by 
 the local board of inspectors for misconduct, gross neg- 
 ligence, recklessness in navigation, intemperance, or vio- 
 lation of law on the part of the holder, and if revoked, 
 the person holding such license shall be incapable of 
 obtaining another such license for one year from the date 
 of revocation. [See motor boat act, p. 351.] 
 
 Irondequoit Bay, New York, shall, for the purpose of June 25, 1890. 
 applying the provisions of title fifty-two of the Revised 
 Statutes [R. S., 4399^500], relating to steam-vessels 
 navigating thereon, be declared a navigable water of the 
 United States; and steam- vessels navigated thereon, and 
 carrying passengers, shall be inspected under the pro- 
 visions of section forty-four hundred and twenty-six of 
 the title [R. S., 4399-4500] referred to, and subject to 
 the penalties provided therein for a failure to comply 
 therewith. 
 
 The hull and boiler of every tug-boat, towing-boat, and u. s., 4427. 
 freight-boat shall be inspected, under the provisions of 
 
118 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 this Title [R. S., 4399-4500] ; and the inspectors shall see 
 that the boilers, machinery, and appurtenances of such 
 vessel are not dangerous in form or workmanship, and 
 that the safety-valves, gauge-cocks, low-water alarm-indi- 
 cators, steam-gauges, and fusible plugs are all attached in 
 conformity to law ; and the officers navigating such ves- 
 sels shall be licensed in conformity with the provisions of 
 this Title, and shall be subject to the same provisions of 
 law as officers navigating passenger-steamers. 
 
 v u ' 4 i'W Whenever any board of local inspectors refuses to grant 
 a license to any person applying for the same, or suspends 
 or revokes the license of any master, mate, engineer, or 
 pilot, any person deeming himself wronged by such re- 
 fusal, suspension, or revocation, may, within thirty days 
 thereof, on application to the supervising inspector of the 
 di-trict. have his case examined anew by such supervising 
 inspector; and the local board shall furnish to the super- 
 vising inspector, in writing, the reasons for its doings 
 in the premises; and such supervising inspector shall 
 examine the case anew, and he shall have the same powers 
 to summon witnesses and compel their attendance and 
 to administer oaths that are conferred on local inspectors ; 
 and such witnesses and the marshal shall be paid in the 
 same manner as provided for by the preceding section; 
 and such supervising inspector may revoke, change, or 
 modify the decision of such local board; and like pro- 
 ceedings may be had by any master or owner of any steam 
 vessel in relation to the inspection of such vessel, or her 
 boilers or machinery, by any such local board ; and in case 
 of repairs, and in any investigation or inspection, where 
 there shall be a disagreement between the local inspectors, 
 the supervising inspector, when so requested, shall inves- 
 tigate and decide the case. In cases of trials for the rev- 
 ocation or suspension of an officer's license, where either 
 the license has been revoked or suspension for more than 
 six months has been made, and such action has boon 
 affirmed by the supervising inspector, the officer whoso 
 license is in question may have the case examined anew 
 by the Supervising Inspector-General, who shall have the 
 same powers to summon witnesses, to compel their attend- 
 ance, and to administer oaths as are conferred on local 
 inspectors, and the Supervising [nspector-General may 
 revoke, change, or modify said decisions. Application 
 for such recrimination of the case shall lo made to the 
 Snprr\ isinir Inspector-( ienoral within thirty day- after 
 final decision l>y the supervising inspector. 
 
 n. R.. In addition io the annual inspection, the local inspec- 
 
 Mar.^... r.os. ^^ s j ia jj <. x . nn j n( .. ;1 ( proper times, steamers arriving and 
 departing to and from their respective ports, so often 
 as to enable them to detect any neglect to comply with the 
 requirements of law, and also any defects or imperfec- 
 tions becoming apparent after the inspection aforesaid, 
 and tending to render the navigation of the vessels un- 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OP STEAM VESSELS. 119 
 
 safe; mid if they shall discover any omission to comply 
 with the law, or that repairs have become necessary to 
 make the vessel safe, the inspectors shall at once notify 
 the master, in writing, stating in the notice what is re- 
 quired ; and if the master deems the requirements unrea- 
 sonable or unnecessary, he may apply for a reexaminatioii 
 of the case to the supervising inspector, as provided in 
 the preceding section. All inspections and orders for re- 
 pairs shall be promptly made by the inspectors, and, when 
 it can he safely done in their judgment, they shall per- 
 mit repairs to be made where those interested can most 
 conveniently do them. And whenever any local inspector 
 or supervising inspector ascertains to his satisfaction that 
 any vessel, subject to the provisions of this title, has been 
 or is being navigated or operated without complying 
 with the terms of the vessel's certificate of inspection 
 regarding the number and class of licensed officers and 
 crew, or without complying with the provisions of law 
 and her said certificate as to the number or kind of life- 
 saving or fire-fighting apparatus, or without maintaining 
 in good and efficient condition her lifeboats, fire pumps, 
 fire hose,* and life-preservers, or that for any other reason 
 said vessel can not be operated with safety to life, the 
 said local or supervising inspector shall order the owner 
 or master of said vessel to correct such unlawful condi- 
 tions, and may require that the vessel at once cease navi- 
 gating and be submitted to reinspection ; and in case 
 the said orders of such inspector shall not at once be com- 
 plied with, the said inspector shall revoke the said ves- 
 sel's certificate of inspection and shall immediately give 
 to the owner, master, or agent of said vessel notice, in 
 writing, of such revocation; and no new certificate of 
 inspection shall be again issued to her until the provisions 
 of this title [R. S., 4399-4500] have been complied with. 
 Any vessel subject to the provisions of this title [R. S., 
 4399-4500] operating or navigating or attempting to 
 operate or navigate after the revocation of her certificate 
 of inspection and before the issuance of a new certificate, 
 shall, upon application by the inspector to any district 
 court of the United States having jurisdiction, and by 
 proper order or action of said court in the premises, "be 
 seized summarily by way of libel and held without priv- 
 ilege of release by bail or bond until a proper certificate 
 of inspection shall have been issued to said vessel: Pro- 
 vided, That the master or owner of any vessel whose 
 certificate shall have been so revoked may within thirty 
 days after receiving notice of such revocation appeal 
 to the Secretary of Commerce for a reexamination of 
 the case, and upon such appeal the said Secretary shall 
 have power to revise, modify, or set aside such action 
 of the local or supervising inspector and direct the 
 issuance to such vessel of her original certificate or of a 
 new certificate of inspection ; and in case the said Secre- 
 
120 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 tary shall so direct the issuance of a certificate, all judicial 
 process against said vessel based on this section shall 
 thereupon be of no further force or effect, and the vessel 
 shall thereupon be released. 
 
 R. s., 4454. If any master or owner of any steamer shall refuse or 
 neglect to comply with the requirements of the local in- 
 spectors, made in pursuance of the preceding section, and 
 shall, contrary thereto and while the same remains unre- 
 versed by the supervising inspector, employ the vessel by 
 navigating her, the master and owner shall be liable to a 
 penalty of five hundred dollars for each offense, one-half 
 for the use of the informer ; for which sum the vessel itself 
 shall be liable, and may be seized and proceeded against 
 by libel in any district court having jurisdiction; and the 
 master and owner, and the vessel itself, shall, in addition 
 thereto, be liable for any damage to passengers and their 
 baggage which shall occur from any defects as stated in 
 the notice prescribed in the preceding section. 
 
 No kind of instrument, machine, or equipment, for the 
 better security of life, provided for by this Title [R. S., 
 4399-4500] shall be used on any steam-vessel which shall 
 
 sec'iV' 19 3 ' no * ^ 1S ^ ke a PP rove d by the board of supervising in- 
 spectors, and also by the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 135. Inspection of registered foreign-built vessels. 
 
 s! : . ir 'i4' 1S 7 ' The Secretary of Commerce be, and he is hereby, au- 
 r.-h i4, loo:?, thorized to direct the inspection of any foreign vessel, 
 admitted to American registry, its steam boilers, steam 
 pipes, and appurtenances, and to direct the issue of the 
 usual certificate of inspection, whether said boilers, steam 
 pipes, and appurtenances are or are not constructed pur- 
 suant to the laws of the United States, or whether they 
 are or are not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to 
 said laws. The tests in the inspection of such boilers, 
 steam pipes, ami appurtenances shall be the same in all 
 respects as to strength and safety as are required in the 
 inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for 
 marine purposes. 
 
 sec g< 2 18 ' 1914 The 1>residen t of the United States is hereby author- 
 ized, whenever in his discretion the needs of foreign com- 
 merce may require, to suspend by order, so far and for 
 such length of time as he may deem desirable, the provi- 
 sions of law prescribing that nil the watch officers of VGB- 
 sels of the United States registered for foreign trade shall 
 be citi/ens of the United States. 
 
 I'nder like conditions, in like manner, and to like extent 
 the President of the Tinted States is also hereby author- 
 ized to suspend the provisions of the law requiring sur- 
 . in>pection. and measurement by oHicers of the Tnited 
 States of forciirn-lmilt vessels admitted to American reg- 
 i.-trv under this Act. (See Kxecutive order of Sept. -1. 
 1914, p. :JJ 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VHSSELS. 121 
 
 136. Manning of inspected vessels. 
 
 Any vessel of the United States subject to the prpvi- "*; 1 1 ," ','';;; IS 
 sions of this title or to the inspection laws of the United Mar. 5', lois! 
 States shall not be navigated unless she shall have in her Star. 4, 1015. 
 service and on board such complement of licensed officers Sec - 14 - 
 and crew, including certificated lifeboatmen, separately 
 stated, as may, in (he judgment of the local inspectors 
 who inspect the vessel, be necessary for her safe naviga- 
 tion. The local inspectors shall make in the certificate 
 of inspection of the vessel an entry of such complement of 
 officers and crew, including certificated lifeboatmen, sepa- 
 rately stated, which may be changed from time to time 
 by indorsement on such certificate by local inspectors 
 by reason of change of conditions or employment. Such 
 entry or indorsement shall be subject to a right of ap- 
 peal, under regulations to be made by the Secretary of 
 Commerce, to the supervising inspector and from him to 
 the Supervising Inspector General, who shall have the 
 power to revise, set aside, or affirm the said determination 
 of the local inspectors. 
 
 If any such vessel is deprived of the services of any 
 number of the crew, including certificated lifeboatmen, 
 separately stated, without the consent, fault, or collusion 
 of the master, owner, or any person interested in the ves- 
 sel, the vessel may proceed on her voyage if, in the judg- 
 ment of the master, she is sufficiently manned for such 
 voyage : Provided, That the master shall ship, if obtain- 
 able, a number pqual to the number of those whose serv- 
 ices he has been deprived of by desertion or casualty, who 
 must be of the same grade or of a higher rating with 
 those whose places they fill. If the master shall fail to 
 explain in writing the cause of such deficiency in the 
 crew, including certificated lifeboatmen, separately stated, 
 to the local inspectors within twelve hours of the time 
 of the arrival of the vessel at her destination, he shall be 
 liable to a penalty of fifty dollars. If the vessel shall not 
 be manned as provided in this Act, the owner shall be 
 liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, or, in case of 
 an insufficient number of licensed officers, to a penalty of 
 five hundred dollars. 
 
 The board of local inspectors shall make an entry in the M e * r 2 3 1913 - 
 certificate of inspection of every ocean and coastwise sea- 
 going merchant vessel of the United States propelled by 
 machinery, and every ocean-going vessel carrying passen- 
 gers, the minimum number of licensed deck officers re- 
 quired for her safe navigation according to the following 
 scale : 
 
 That no such vessel shall be navigated unless she shall 
 have on board and in her service one duly licensed master. 
 
 That every such vessel of one thousand gross tons and 
 over, propelled by machinery, shall have in her service 
 and on board three licensed mates, who shall stand in 
 three watches while such vessel is being navigated, un- 
 
122 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 less such vessel is engaged in a run of less than four hun- 
 dred miles from the port of departure to the port of final 
 destination, then such vessel shall have two licensed 
 mates; and every vessel of two hundred gross tons and 
 less than one thousand gross tons, propelled by ma- 
 chinery, shall have two licensed mates. 
 
 That every such vessel of one hundred gross tons and 
 under two hundred gross tons, propelled by machinery, 
 shall have on board and in her service one licensed mate; 
 but if such vessel is engaged in a trade in which the time 
 required to make the passage from the port of departure 
 to the port of destination exceeds twenty-four hours, then 
 such vessel shall have two licensed mates. 
 
 That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to 
 prevent local inspectors from increasing the number of 
 licensed officers on any vessel subject to the inspection 
 lisws of the United States if, in their judgment, such ves- 
 sel is not sufficiently manned for her safe navigation: 
 Provided, That this section shall not apply to fishing or 
 whaling vessels, yachts, or motor boats as defined in the 
 Act of June ninth, nineteen hundred and ten. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for the master, owner, agent, or Sec - 3 - 
 other person having authority, to permit an officer of any 
 vessel to take charge of the deck watch of the vessel upon 
 leaving or immediately after leaving port, unless such offi- 
 cer shall have had atf least six hours off duty within the 
 twelve hours immediately preceding the time of sailing, 
 and no licensed officer on any ocean or coastwise vessel 
 si mil be required to do duty to exceed nine hours of any 
 twenty-four while in port, including the date of arrival, 
 or more than twelve hours of any twenty-four at sea, 
 except in a case of emergency when life or property is 
 endangered. Any violation of this section shall subject 
 the person or persons guilty thereof to a penalty of one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 137. Inspection of hulls ana equipment. 
 [See Seaworthiness, par. 121, p. 100."] 
 
 138. Inspection of boilers. 
 
 The local inspectors shall also inspect the boilers and K. s.. 441* 
 
 , , l i ! f Mill'. ."., 'H 
 
 their appurtenances m all steam vessels before the same 
 shall lie used, and once at least in every year thereafter, 
 and shall subject all boilers to the hydrostatic pressure. 
 All such vessels shall comply with the following require- 
 ments, namely: That the boilers are well made, of good 
 and suitable material; that the openings for the passaire 
 of water and steam, respectively, and all pipes and tubes 
 exposed to heat, are of proper dimensions and free from 
 obstructions: that the spaces between and around the Hues 
 are sufficient: that flues, boilers, furnaces, -afety valves, 
 fusible pi HITS, low-water indicators, feed-water apparatus, 
 gauge cocks, steam gauges, water and steam pipes con 
 nectinir boilers, means of prevention of sparks and flames 
 from (ire doors, low-water gauges, means of removing 
 mud and sediment from boilers, and all other such ma- 
 
I'AKT VIII.- IXSIM.CTION OF STEAM VKSSKI.S. 123 
 
 chinery and appurtenances thereof, are of such construe 
 tion. shape, condition, arrangement, and material that the 
 same may lie safely employed in the service proposed 
 without peril to life; and the local inspectors shall satisfy 
 themsehes l>y thorough examination that said require- 
 ments of law and regulations in regard thereto have been 
 fully complied with. All boilers used on steam vessels 
 and constriK'ted of iron or steel plates, inspected under 
 the provisions of section forty-four hundred and thirty, 
 shall be subjected to a hydrostatic test, in the ratio of one 
 hundred and fifty pounds to the square inch to one hun- 
 dred pounds to the square inch of the working steam 
 power allowed. No boiler or Hue pipe, nor any of the 
 connections therewith, shall be approved, which is made, 
 in whole or in part, of bad material, or is unsafe in its 
 form, or dangerous from defective workmanship, age, 
 use, or other cause. 
 
 In applying the directions of the preceding section K. s.,4420. 
 [4418] to steamboats used exclusively for towing and car- 
 rying freight on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, 
 the local inspectors shall substitute, for such boats, one 
 hundred and fifty pounds of steam pressure in place of 
 one hundred and ten pounds for the standard pressure 
 upon standard boilers of forty-two inches diameter, and 
 of plates of one-quarter of an inch in thickness; and such 
 boats may, on the written permit of the supervising in- 
 spector of the district in which such boats shall carry on 
 their business, be permitted to carry steam above the 
 standard pressure of one hundred and ten pounds, but not 
 exceeding the standard pressure of one hundred and fifty 
 pounds, to the square inch. 
 
 One of the safety-valves may, if in the opinion of the R - s " 4419 - 
 local inspectors it is necessary to do so, and the steam- 
 registers shall, be taken wholly from the control of all 
 persons engaged in navigating such vessels and secured 
 by the inspectors. 
 
 Every boiler manufactured to be used on steam-vessels, u s " 4428 * 
 and made of iron or steel plates shall be constructed of 
 plates that have been stamped in accordance with the 
 provisions of this Title [R, S., 4390-4500]. 
 
 Every person who constructs a boiler, or steam-pipe K s 442 *- 
 connecting the boilers, to be used on steam- vessels, of iron 
 or steel plates which have not been duly stamped and in- 
 spected according to the provisions of this Title [R. S., 
 4399^4500] , or who knowingly uses any defective, bad, or 
 faulty iron or steel in the construction of such boilers; or 
 who drifts any rivet-hole to make it come fair; or who 
 delivers any such boiler for use, knowing it to be imper- 
 fect in its flues, flanging, riveting, bracing, or in any other 
 of its parts, shall be fined one thousand dollars, one-half 
 for the use of the informer. Nothing in this Title shall 
 be so construed as to prevent from being used, on any 
 steamer, any boiler or steam-generator which may not be 
 constructed of riveted iron or steel plates, when the board 
 of supervising inspectors have satisfactory evidence that 
 
124 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Aug. 7, 
 Feb. 14, 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 R. S., 4430. 
 
 Jan. 22, 1894. 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 such boiler or steam-generator is equal in strength, and as 
 safe from explosion, as a boiler of the best quality con- 
 structed of riveted iron or steel plates : Provided, how- 
 ever, That the Secretary of Commerce may grant permis- 
 sion to use any boiler or steam-generator not constructed 
 of riveted iron or steel plates upon the certificate of the 
 supervising inspector of steamboats for the district 
 wherein such boiler or generator is to be used, and other 
 satisfactory proof that the use of the same is safe and 
 efficient; said permit to be valid until the next regular 
 meeting of the supervising inspectors who shall act 
 thereon. 
 
 Every iron or steel plate used in the construction of 
 steamboat-boilers, and which shall be subject to a tensile 
 strain, shall be inspected in such manner as shall be pre- 
 sec.' lo 4 .' 1J 3 ' scribed by the board of supervising inspectors and ap- 
 proved by the Secretary of Commerce, so as to enable 
 the inspectors to ascertain its tensile strength, homoge- 
 neousness, toughness, and ability to withstand the effect 
 of repeated heating and cooling; and no iron or steel 
 plate shall be used in the construction of such boilers 
 which has not been inspected and approved under those 
 rules. 
 
 And the Supervising Inspector-General may, under the 
 direction of the Secretary of Commerce, detail assistant in- 
 spectors from any local inspection district where assistant 
 inspectors are employed, to inspect iron or steel boiler 
 plates at the mills where the same are manufactured ; 
 and if the plates are found in accordance with the rules 
 of the supervising inspectors, the assistant inspector shall 
 stamp the same with the initials of his name, followed 
 by the letters and words "U. S. Assistant Inspector;" 
 and material so stamped* shall be accepted by the local 
 inspectors in the districts where such material is to be 
 manufactured into marine boilers as being in full com- 
 pliance with the requirements of this section regarding 
 the inspection of boiler plates; it being further provided 
 that any person who affixes any false, forged, fraudulent. 
 spurious, or counterfeit of the stamp herein authori/ed 
 to be put on by an assistant inspector, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a felony, and shall be fined not less than one 
 thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, 
 and imprisoned not less than two years nor more than 
 five years. 
 
 Every plate of boiler-iron or steel, made for use in the 
 construction of steamboat-boilers, shall be distinctly and 
 permanently stamped by the manufacturer thereof, and. 
 if practicable, in such places that the marks shall be left- 
 visible when such plates arc worked into boilers, with the 
 name of the manufacturer, the place where manufactured, 
 and the number of pounds tensile strain it will bear to the 
 sectional square inch: and the inspectors shall keep a rec- 
 ord in their office of the stamps upon all boiler-plates and 
 boilers which they inspect. 
 
 Every person who counterfeits, or causes to be counter- 
 feited, any of the marks or stamps prescribed for boiler 
 
 R. S., 4431. 
 
 R. S.. 4432. 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OK STl.AM VESSELS. 125 
 
 iron or steel plates, or who designedly stamps, or causes to 
 be Stamped falsely, any such plates; and every person who 
 stamps or marks, or causes to be stamped or marked, any 
 such iron or steel plates with the name or trade-mark of 
 another, with the intent to mislead or deceive, shall be 
 fined two thousand dollars, one-half to the use of the in- 
 former, and may, in addition thereto, at the discretion of 
 the court, be imprisoned not exceeding two years. 
 
 The working steam-pressure allowable on boilers con- R. s., 4433. 
 structed of plates inspected as required by this Title 
 [K. S., 4399-4500], when single-riveted, shall not produce 
 a strain to exceed one-sixth of the tensile strength of the 
 iron or steel plates of which such boilers are constructed ; 
 but where the longitudinal laps of the cylindrical parts 
 of such boilers are double-riveted, and the rivet-holes for 
 such boilers have been fairly drilled instead of punched, 
 an addition of twenty per centum to the working pres- 
 sure provided for single-riveting may be allowed: Pro- 
 vided, That all other parts of such boilers shall corre- 
 spond in strength to the additional allowances so made; 
 and no split-calking shall in any case be permitted. 
 
 No externally fired boiler having its shell constructed ^a?'.' 2, 4 i909. 
 of iron or steel plates, exceeding an average thickness of 
 thirty-eight one-hundredths of an inch, shall be employed 
 on any steam vessel navigating the Red River of the 
 North or rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico or their 
 tributaries; and no externally fired boiler employed on 
 any such steam vessel shall have less than three inches 
 space between its shell and any of its internal flues, and 
 not less than three inches space between such flues when 
 any such flues are more than five inches in diameter, the 
 measurements to be taken from the center of the length 
 of the tapered section of said flues ; and every such exter- 
 nally fired boiler employed on any such steam vessel shall 
 be provided with a manhole in the lower part of the front 
 head thereof, of such dimensions as may be prescribed by 
 the Board of Supervising Inspectors, in all cases where the 
 distance between its internal flues is less than three 
 inches. Externally fired boilers having shells constructed 
 of iron or steel plates not exceeding an average thickness 
 of fifty one-hundredths of an inch may, in the discretion 
 of the Supervising Inspector-General, be authorized and 
 employed on steam vessels navigating the Atlantic and 
 Pacific oceans, or salt-water bays, or sounds, or the Great 
 Lakes, or any of them, and waters flowing to and from 
 the same, or any of them : Provided, That on inspection, 
 no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness of 
 thirty-eight one-hundredths of an inch and no plate that 
 is by this Act limited to a thickness of fifty one-hun- 
 dredths of an inch shall be rejected for use if found to 
 exceed those dimensions, respectively, if the approved 
 average thickness thereof does not exceed the limits 
 therein specified, and the amount of steam pressure that 
 will be permitted to be carried in boilers constructed in 
 accordance with the requirements of this Act shall be 
 
126 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 determined from measurements showing the least thick- 
 ness of the plates. 
 
 sec. 2. All externally fired boilers, constructed of iron or steel, 
 
 prior to the passage of this Act, and now in use on any 
 such vessels, wherein the space between the shell and any 
 of its internal flues or between such flues is less than 
 three inches, they shall be deemed lawfully constructed. 
 
 139. Loading- safety valve. 
 
 R. s.,4437. Every person who intentionally loads or obstructs, or 
 causes to be loaded or obstructed, in any way or manner, 
 the safety-valve of a boiler, or who employs any other 
 means or device whereby the boiler may be subjected to a 
 greater pressure than the amount allowed by the certifi- 
 cate of the inspectors, or who intentionally deranges or 
 hinders the operation of any machinery or device em- 
 ployed to denote the state of the water or stream in any 
 boiler, or to give warning of approaching danger, or who 
 intentionally permits the water to fall below the pre- 
 scribed low- water line of the boiler, and every person con- 
 cerned therein, directly or indirectly, shall be guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and shall be fined two hundred dollars, and 
 may also be imprisoned not exceeding five years. 
 
 140. Water- tight bulkheads. 
 
 R. s., 4490. Every sea-going steamer, and every steamer navigating 
 the great northern or northwestern lakes, carrying pas- 
 sengers, the building of which shall be completed after 
 the twenty-eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and 
 seventy-one, shall have not less than three water-tight 
 cross-bulk-heads, such bulk-heads to reach to the main- 
 deck in single-decked vessels, otherwise to the deck next 
 below the main-deck; to be made of iron plates, sustained 
 upon suitable frame-work ; and to be properly secured to 
 the hull of the vessel. The position of such bulk-heads 
 and the strength of material of which the same shall be 
 constructed shall be determined by the general rules of 
 the board of supervising inspectors. 
 
 July 9, 1886. Steam- vessels of one hundred tons burden or under, en- 
 gaged in the coastwise bays and harbors of the I'nited 
 States, may be licensed by the United States local inspect- 
 ors of steam- vessels to carry passengers or excursions on 
 the ocean or upon the Great Lakes of the North or North- 
 west, not exceeding fifteen miles from the mouth of such 
 bays or harbors, without being re<|iiire<l to have the three 
 water-tight cross-bulkheads provided by section forty- 
 four hundred and ninety of the Kevised Statutes for 
 other passenger steamers: /'/"/"/<</, That in the judg- 
 ment of the local inspector such steamers shall be safe and 
 suitable for such navigation without danger to human 
 life, and that they shall have one water-tight collision 
 bulkhead not less than live feet abaft the stem of said 
 steamer. 
 
 141. Lifeboats, lines, and life preservers. 
 
 R.s.,4481. Every >tc;mi- vessel navigating rivers only, except ferry- 
 
 boats, freight-boats, canal-boats, and to\\ ing-boats, of less 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 127 
 
 than fifty tons, shall have at least one good substan- 
 tial boat with linos attached, and properly supplied 
 with oars, and kept in good condition at all times, and 
 ready for immediate use: and in addition thereto, every 
 such vessel carrying passengers shall have one or more 
 metallic life-boats, fireproof, and in all respects good and 
 substantial boats, of such dimensions and arrangements 
 as the board of supervising inspectors by their regulations 
 shall prescribe, which boats shall be carried in the most 
 convenient manner to be brought into immediate use in 
 case of accident. But where the character of the naviga- 
 tion is such that, in the opinion of the supervising in- 
 spector, the metallic life-boats can be dispensed with, he 
 may exempt any such vessel from carrying the same; or 
 may require a substitute therefor, at his discretion. 
 
 Every such steam- vessel carrying passengers shall also , R - s " 4482 - 
 be provided with a good life-preserver, made of suitable 
 material, for every cabin passenger for which she will 
 have accommodation, and also a good life-preserver or 
 float for each deck or other class passenger which the 
 inspector's certificate shall allow her to carry, including 
 the officers and crew ; which life-preservers or floats shall 
 be kept in convenient and accessible places on such vessel 
 in readiness for immediate use in case of accident. 
 
 Every steamer navigating the ocean, or any lake, bay, Ma 
 or sound of the United States, shall be provided with sec's. 
 such numbers of lifeboats, floats, rafts, life-preservers, 
 line-carrying projectiles, and the means of propelling 
 them, and drags, as will best secure the safety of all per- 
 sons on board such vessel in case of disaster; and every 
 seagoing vessel carrying passengers, and every such ves- 
 sel navigating any of the northern or northwestern lakes, 
 shall have the lifeboats required by law, provided with 
 suitable boat-disengaging apparatus, so arranged as to 
 allow such boats to be safely launched while such vessels 
 are under speed or otherwise, and so as to allow such 
 disengaging apparatus to be operated by one person, dis- 
 engaging both ends of the boat simultaneously from the 
 tackles by which it may be lowered to the water. And 
 the board of supervising inspectors shall fix and deter- 
 mine, by their rules and regulations the character of life- 
 boats, floats, rafts, life-preservers, line-carrying projec- 
 tiles, and the means of propelling them, and drags that 
 shall be used on such vessels, and also the character and 
 capacity of pumps or other appliances for freeing the 
 steamer from water in case of heavy leakage, the capacity 
 of such pumps or appliances being suited to the naviga- 
 tion in which the steamer is employed. Every vessel 
 subject to the provisions of this title [R. S., 4399-4500] 
 shall, while in operation, carry one life-preserver for each 
 and every person allowed to be carried on said vessel by 
 the certificate of inspection, including each member of 
 the crew : Provided, however, That upon such vessels and 
 under such conditions as are specified in section forty- 
 four hundred and eighty-two floats may be substituted 
 for life-preservers. Any person who willfully and know- 
 
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128 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ingly manufactures or sells, or offers for sale, or has in 
 his possession with intent to sell, life-preservers contain- 
 ing metal or other nonbuoyant material, for the purpose 
 of increasing the weight thereof, or more metal or other 
 such material than is reasonably necessary for the con- 
 struction thereof, or who shall so manufacture, sell, offer 
 for sale, or possess with intent to sell any other articles 
 commonly used for preservation of life or the prevention 
 of fire on board vessels subject to the provisions of this 
 title, which articles shall be so defective as to be inefficient 
 to accomplish the purposes for which they are respec- 
 tively intended and designed, shall upon conviction, be 
 fined not more than two thousand dollars, and may, in 
 addition thereto, in the discretion of the court, be impris- 
 oned not exceeding five years. 
 
 lecf'it' 1915 ' ^ ne P owers bestowed by this section upon the Board of 
 (Effective on Supervising Inspectors in respect of lifeboats, floats, 
 4 eri Snn V ing rafts, life preservers, and other life-saving appliances and 
 on ^ore'ign 9 ves- e( l u ^P men ^ anc ^ ^ ne f lll 'ther requirements herein as to 
 seis Mar. 4, davits, embarkation of passengers in lifeboats and rafts, 
 nmi'tationV^of and the manning of lifeboats and rafts, and the musters 
 era? e opini e on anc ^ drills of the crews, on steamers navigating the ocean, 
 of August, or any lake, bay, or sound of the United States, on and 
 15>) after July first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, shall be 
 
 subject to the provisions, limitations, and minimum re- 
 quirements of the regulations herein set forth, and all 
 such vessels shall thereafter be required to comply in all 
 respects therewith : Provided, That foreign vessels leav- 
 ing ports of the United States shall comply with the rules 
 herein prescribed as to life-saving appliances, their equip- 
 ment, and the manning of same. 
 
 REGULATIONS. 
 
 LIFE-SAVIN<; APPLIANCE. 
 
 STANDARD TYPES OF BOATS. 
 
 The standard types of boats classified an follows: 
 
 Class. 
 
 ( Knt i rely rigid side>) 
 
 II 
 
 ( Partially collapsible sides), 
 
 Section. T V P C - 
 
 A. Open. Internal buoy- 
 
 ancy only. 
 
 B. Open. Internal and ex- 
 
 ternal luiovanev. 
 
 C. Pontoon. Well deck; 
 
 fixed water-tight hul- 
 
 warks. 
 A. < )pen. t'pper part of 
 
 sides collapsible. 
 IS. Pontoon. Well deck. 
 
 collapsible water- 
 
 tirht bulwarks. 
 C. Pontoon. Flush deck; 
 
 collapsible water- 
 
 tight bulwarks. 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 129 
 
 STRENGTH OF BOATS. 
 
 Each boat must be of sufficient strength to enable it to 
 
 he safely lowered into the water when loaded with its full 
 complement of persons and equipment. 
 
 ALTER N ATI VK TYI'KS OF BOATS AND RAFTS. 
 
 Any type of boat may be accepted as equivalent to a 
 boat of one of the prescribed classes and any type of raft 
 as equivalent to an approved pontoon raft, if the Board 
 of Supervising Inspectors, with the approval'of the Sec- 
 retary of Commerce, is satisfied by suitable trials that it 
 is as effective as the standard types of the class in ques- 
 tion, or as the approved type of pontoon raft, as the case 
 may be. 
 
 Motor boats may be accepted if they comply with the 
 requirements laid down for boats of the first class, but 
 only to a limited number, which number shall be deter- 
 mined by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, with the 
 approval of the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 No boat may be approved the buoyancy of which de- 
 pends upon the previous adjustment of one of the prin- 
 cipal parts of the hull or which has not a cubic capacity 
 of at least one hundred and twenty-five cubic feet. 
 
 BOATS OF THE FIRST CLASS. 
 
 The standard types of boats of the first class must sat- 
 isfy the following conditions : 
 
 1A. OPEN BOATS WITH INTERNAL BUOYANCY ONLY. 
 
 The buoyancy of a wooden boat of this type shall be 
 provided by water-tight air cases, the total volume of 
 which shall be at least equal to one-tenth of the cubic 
 capacity of the boat. 
 
 The buoyancy of a metal boat of this type shall not be 
 less than that required above for a wooden boat of the 
 same cubic capacity, the volume of water-tight air cases 
 being increased accordingly. 
 
 IB. OPEN BOATS WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL 
 BUOYANCY. 
 
 The internal buoyancy of a wooden boat of this type 
 shall be provided by water-tight air cases, the total vol- 
 ume of which is at least equal to seven and one-half per 
 centum of the cubic capacity of the boat. 
 
 The external buoyancy may be of cork or of any other 
 equally efficient material, but such buoyancy shall not be 
 secured by the use of rushes, cork shavings, loose granu- 
 lated cork, or any other loose granulated substance, or 
 by any means dependent upon inflation by air. 
 
130 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 If the buoyancy is of cork, its volume, for a wooden 
 boat, shall not be less than thirty-three thousandths of 
 the cubic capacity of the boat; if of any material other 
 than cork, its volume and distribution shall be such that 
 the buoyancy and stability of the boat are not less than 
 that of a similar boat provided with buoyancy of cork. 
 
 The buoyancy of a metal boat shall be not less than 
 that required above for a wooden boat of the same cubic 
 capacity, the volume of the air cases and external buoy- 
 ancy being increased accordingly. 
 
 1C. PONTOON BOATS, IN WHICH PERSONS CAN NOT BE AC- 
 COMMODATED BELOW THE DECK. IIAYINd A WKLL DECK AND 
 FIXED WATER-TIGHT BULWARKS. 
 
 The area of the well deck of a boat of this type shall 
 be at least thirty per centum of the total deck area. The 
 height of the well deck above the water line at all points 
 shall be at least equal to one-half per centum of the length 
 of the boat, this height being increased to one and one- 
 half per centum of the length of the boat at the ends of 
 the well. 
 
 The freeboard of a boat of this type shall be such as 
 to provide for a reserve buoyancy of at least thirty-five 
 per centum. 
 
 BOATS OF THE SECOND CLASS. 
 
 The standard types of boats of the second class must 
 satisfy the following conditions: 
 
 2 A. OPEN BOATS HAVING THE UPPER PART OF THE SIDES 
 
 COLLAPSIBLE. 
 
 A boat of this type shall be fitted both with water-tight 
 air cases and \vith external buoyancy, the volume of 
 which, for each person which the boat is able to accom- 
 modate, shall be at least equal to the following amounts: 
 Air cases, one and live-tenths cubic feet: external buoy- 
 ancy (if of cork), two-tenths cubic foot. 
 
 The minimum freeboard of boats of this type is fixed in 
 relation to their length; it is measured vertically to the 
 top of the solid hull at the side amidships, from the water 
 level when the boat is loaded. 
 
 The freeboard in fresh water shall not be less than the 
 following amounts: 
 
 I.eM'jill of 
 
 Minimum 
 
 DlC IxKlt. 
 
 freeboard. 
 
 
 Inches. 
 
 26 
 
 8 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 10 
 
 The freeboard of boats of intermediate lengths is to 
 be found by interpolation. 
 
1'AUT VTII. INSPECTION OF STF.AM VESSELS. 
 
 131 
 
 2B. PONTOON BOATS MAVIMJ A WKI.L DECK AM> 
 r.i.i: MI LWAIJKS. 
 
 All the mndit ions laid down for hunts of type 1C arc to 
 be applied to boats of this type, which diller from those 
 of type 1C only in regard to the bulwarks. 
 
 2C. PONTOON BOATS, IN WHICH TIII-: I-I.KSONS < AX NOT BE 
 
 ACCOM MoDATKl) I '.1. LOW DECK, II AVI \G A FLUSH ]>K<K AND 
 ( ( il .LA I'SIBLE BULW A IJ K S. 
 
 The minimum freeboard of boats of this type is inde- 
 pendent of their lengths and depends only upon their 
 depth. The depth of the boat is to be measured vertically 
 from the underside of the garboard strake to the top of 
 the deck on the side amidships, and the freeboard is to 
 be measured from the top of the deck at the side amid- 
 ships to the water level when the boat is loaded. 
 
 The freeboard in fresh water shall not be less than the 
 following amounts, which are applicable without correc- 
 tion to boats having a mean sheer equal to three per 
 centum of their length : 
 
 Depth of 
 boat. 
 
 Minimum 
 freeboard. 
 
 Inches. 
 
 Inches. 
 
 12 
 
 2| 
 
 18 
 
 3f 
 
 20 
 
 5f 
 
 30 
 
 8 
 
 For intermediate depths the freeboard is obtained by 
 interpolation. 
 
 If the sheer is less than the standard sheer defined 
 above,- the minimum freeboard is obtained by adding to 
 the figures in the table one- seventh of the difference be- 
 tween the standard sheer and the actual mean sheer meas- 
 ured at the stem and sternpost. No deduction is to be 
 made from the freeboard on account of the sheer being 
 greater than the standard sheer or on account of the 
 camber of the deck. 
 
 MOTOR BOATS. 
 
 When motor boats are accepted, the volume of internal 
 buoyancy and, when fitted, the external buoyancy, must 
 be fixed, having regard to the difference between the 
 weight of the motor and its accessories and the weight of 
 the additional persons which the boat could accommodate 
 if the motor and its accessories were removed. 
 
132 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ARRANGEMENTS FOR CLEARING PONTOON LIFEBOATS OF 
 WATER. 
 
 All pontoon lifeboats shall be fitted with efficient means 
 for quickly clearing the deck of water. The orifices for 
 this purpose shall be such that the water can not enter 
 the boats through them when they are intermittingly sub- 
 merged. The number and size of the orifices shall be 
 determined for each type of boat by a special test. 
 
 For the purpose of this test the pontoon boat shall be 
 loaded with a weight of iron or bags of sand, equal to 
 that of its complement of persons and equipment. 
 
 In the case of a boat twenty-eight feet in length two 
 tons of water shall be cleared from the boat in a time not 
 exceeding the following: Type 1C, sixty seconds; type 
 2B, sixty seconds ; type 2C, twenty seconds. 
 
 In the case of a boat having a length greater or less 
 than twenty-eight feet the weight of water to be cleared 
 in the same time shall be, for each type, directly propor- 
 tional to the length of the boat. 
 
 CONSTRUCTION OF BOATS. 
 
 Open lifeboats of the first class (types 1A and IB) 
 must have a mean sheer at least equal to four per centum 
 of their length. 
 
 The air cases of open boats of the first class shall be 
 placed along the sides of the boat ; they may also be placed 
 at the ends of the boat, but not in the bottom of the boat. 
 
 Pontoon lifeboats may be built of wood or metal. If 
 constructed of wood, they shall have the bottom and deck 
 made of two thicknesses with textile material between : 
 if of metal, they shall be divided into water-tight com- 
 partments with means of access to each compartment. 
 
 All boats shall be fitted for use of a steering our. 
 
 PONTOON RAFTS. 
 
 No type of pontoon raft may be approved unless it 
 satisfies the following conditions: 
 
 First. It should be reversible and fitted with bulwarks 
 of wood, canvas, or other suitable material on both sides. 
 These bulwarks may be collapsible. 
 
 Second. It should l>e of such size, strength, and weight 
 that it can be handled without mechanical appliances, 
 and, if necessary. l>e thrown from the vessel's deck. 
 
 Third. It should have not less than three cubic feet of 
 air cases or equivalent buoyancy for each person whom 
 it can accommodate. 
 
 Fourth. It should have a deck' area of not less than 
 four square feet for each person whom it can accommo- 
 date and the platform should not be less than six inches 
 above the water level when the raft is loaded. 
 
 Fifth. The air case- or equivalent buoyancy should be 
 placed as near as possible to the sides of the* raft. 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 133 
 
 CAPACITY OF BOATS AM) PONTOON RAFTS. 
 
 First. The number of persons which a boat of one of 
 the standard types or a pontoon raft can accommodate is 
 equal to the greatest whole number obtained by dividing 
 the capacity in cubic feet, or the surface in square feel-, of 
 the boat or of the raft by the standard unit of capacity, 
 or unit of surface (according to circumstances), defined 
 below for each type. 
 
 Second. The cubic capacity in feet of a boat in which 
 the number of persons is determined by the surface shall 
 be assumed to be ten times the number of persons which 
 it is authorized to carry. 
 
 Third. The standard units of capacity and surface are 
 as follows: 
 
 Units of capacity, open boats, type 1A, ten cubic feet; 
 open boats, type IB, nine cubic feet. 
 
 Unit of surface, open boats, type 2A, three and one- 
 half square feet; pontoon boats, type 2 ^> three and one- 
 half square feet; pontoon boats, type 1C, three and one- 
 fourth square feet; pontoon boats, type 2B, three and 
 one- fourth square feet. 
 
 Fourth. The board of supervising inspectors, with the 
 approval of the Secretary of Commerce, may accept, in 
 place of three and one-fourth, a smaller divisor, if it is 
 satisfied after trial that the number of persons for whom 
 there is seating accommodation in the pontoon boat in 
 question is greater than the number obtained by applying 
 the above divisor, provided always that the divisor 
 adopted in place of three and one-fourth may never be 
 less than three. 
 
 CAPACITY LIMITS. 
 
 Pontoon boats and pontoon rafts shall never be marked 
 with a number of persons greater than that obtained in 
 the manner specified in this section. 
 This number shall be reduced- 
 First. When it is greater than the number of persons 
 for which there is proper seating accommodation, the 
 latter number being determined in such a way that the 
 persons when seated do not interfere in any way with the 
 use of the oars. 
 
 Second. When in the case of boats other than those of 
 the first two sections of the first class, the freeboard, 
 when the boat is fully loaded, is less than the freeboard 
 laid down for each type respectively. In such circum- 
 stances the number shall be reduced until the freeboard, 
 when the boat is fully loaded, is at least equal to the 
 standard freeboard laid down above. 
 
 In boats of types 1C and 2B the raised part of the deck 
 at the sides may be regarded as affording seating accom- 
 modation. 
 
134 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 EQUIVALENTS FOR AND WEIGHT OF THE PERSONA. 
 
 In test for determining the number of persons which a 
 boat or pontoon raft can accommodate each person shall 
 he assumed to be an adult person wearing a life jacket. 
 
 In verifications of freeboard the pontoon boats shall 
 be loaded with a weight of at least one hundred and 
 sixty-five pounds for each adult person that the pontoon 
 boat is authorized to carry. 
 
 In all cases two children under twelve years of age 
 shall be reckoned as one person. 
 
 < IHIC CAPACITY OF OPEN BOATS OF THE FIRST CLASS. 
 
 First. The cubic capacity of an open boat of type 1A 
 or IB shall be determined by Stirling's (Simpson's) rule 
 or by any other method, approved by the Board of Super- 
 vising Inspectors, giving the same degree of accuracy. 
 The capacity of a square-sterned boat shall be calculated 
 as if the boat had a pointed stern. 
 
 Second. For example, the capacity in cubic feet of a 
 boat, calculated by the aid of Stirling's rule, may be con- 
 sidered as given by the following formula : 
 
 Capacity =^(4A + 2B + 4C), 
 \2i 
 
 1 being the length of the boat in meters (or feet) from 
 the inside of the planking or plating at the stem to the 
 corresponding point at the stern post; in the case of a 
 boat with a square stern, the length is measured to the 
 inside of the transom. 
 
 A, B, C denote, respectively, the areas of the cross sec- 
 tions at the quarter length forward, amidships, and the 
 quarter length aft, which correspond to the three points 
 obtained by dividing 1 into four equal parts. (The areas 
 corresponding to the two ends of the boat are considered 
 negligible.) 
 
 The areas A, B, C shall be deemed to be given in square 
 feet by the successive application of the following for- 
 mula to each of the three cross sections: 
 
 Area= j^(a + 4b + 2c + 4d-fe), 
 
 h being the depth measured in meters (or in feet) inside 
 the planking or plating from the keel to the level of the 
 gunwale, or, in certain cases, t<> a lower level, as deter- 
 mined hereafter. 
 
 a. b, c, d, e denote the horizontal breadths of the boat 
 measured in feet at the upper and lower points of the 
 depth and at the three points obtained by dividing h into 
 four equal parts (a and e being the breadths at the ex- 
 treme points, and c at the middle point, of h). 
 
 Third. If the sheer of the gunwale, measured at the 
 two points situated at a quarter of the length of the boat 
 from the ends, exceeds one per centum of the length of 
 the boat, the depth employed in calculating the area of 
 
PABT VIII. IXSI'KCTION OF STKA.M YKSSELS. 135 
 
 the cross sections A or C shall be deemed to be (he depth 
 amidships plus one per centum of the length of the boat. 
 
 Fourth. If the depth of the boat amidships exceeds 
 forty-five per centum of the breadth, the depth employed 
 in calculating the area of tin 1 midship cross section B 
 shall be deemed to be equal to forty-live per centum of the 
 breadth : and the depth employed in calculating the areas 
 of the quarter-length sections A and C is obtained by 
 increasing this last figure by an amount equal to one per 
 centum of the length of the boat, provided that in no case, 
 shall the depths employed in the calculation exceed the 
 actual depths at these points. 
 
 Fifth. If the depth of the boat is greater than four 
 feet, the number of persons given by the application of 
 this rule shall be reduced in proportion to the ratio of 
 four feet to the actual depth, until the boat has been 
 satisfactorily tested afloat with that number of persons on 
 board all wearing life jackets. 
 
 Sixth. The Board or Supervising Inspectors shall im- 
 pose, by suitable formula*, a limit for the number of per- 
 sons allowed in boats with very fine ends and in boats 
 very full in form. 
 
 Seventh. The Board of Supervising Inspectors may by 
 regulation assign to a boat a capacity equal to the product 
 of the length, the breadth, and the depth multiplied by 
 six-tenths if it is evident that this formula does not give 
 a greater capacity than that obtained by the above 
 method. The dimensions shall then be measured in the 
 following manner: 
 
 Length. From the intersection of the outside of the 
 planking with the stem to the corresponding point at the 
 sternpost or, in the case of a square-sterned boat, to the 
 afterside of the transom. 
 
 Breadth. From the outside of the planking at the point 
 where the breadth of the boat is greatest. 
 
 Depth. Amidships inside the planking from the keel 
 to the level of the gunwale, but the depth used in calcu- 
 lating the cubic capacity may not in any case exceed 
 forty-five per centum of the breadth. 
 
 In all cases the vessel owner has the right to require 
 that the cubic capacity of the boat shall be determined 
 by exact measurement. 
 
 Eighth. The cubic capacity of a motor boat is obtained 
 from the gross capacity by deducting a volume equal to 
 that occupied by the motor and its accessories. 
 
 DECK AREA OF PONTOON BOATS AND OPEN BOATS OF THE 
 SECOND CLASS. 
 
 First. The area of the deck of a pontoon boat of type 
 1C, 2B, or 2C shall be determined by the method indi- 
 cated below or by any other method giving the same de- 
 gree of accuracy. The same rule is to be applied in 
 determining the area within the fixed bulwarks of a boat 
 of type 2A. 
 
136 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Second. For example, the surface in square feet of a 
 boat may be deemed to be given by the following formula : 
 
 1 being the length in feet from the intersection of the out- 
 side of the planking with the stem to the corresponding 
 point at the sternpost. 
 
 a. b, c, d, e denote the horizontal breadths in feet out- 
 side the planking at the points obtained by dividing 1 
 into four equal parts and subdividing the foremost and 
 aftermost parts into two equal parts (a and e being the 
 breadths at the extreme subdivisions, c at the middle 
 point of the length, and b and d at the intermediate 
 points) . 
 
 MARKING OF BOATS AND PONTOON RAFTS. 
 
 The dimensions of the boat and the number of persons 
 which it is authorized to carry shall be marked on it in 
 clear, permanent characters, according to regulations by 
 the Board of Supervising Inspectors, approved by the 
 Secretary of Commerce. These marks shall be specific- 
 ally approved by the officers appointed to inspect the 
 ship. 
 
 Pontoon rafts shall be marked with the number of per- 
 sons in the same manner. 
 
 EQUIPMENT OF BOATS AND PONTOON RAFTS. 
 
 First. The normal equipment of every boat shall con- 
 sist of 
 
 (a) A single banked complement of oars and two spare 
 oars; one set and a half of thole pins or crutches; a boat 
 hook. 
 
 (b) Two plugs for each plug hole (plugs are not re- 
 quired when proper automatic valves are fitted) ; a bailer 
 and a galvani/ed-iron bucket. 
 
 (c) A tiller or yoke and yoke lines. 
 
 (d) Two hatchets. 
 
 (e) A lamp filled with oil and trimmed. 
 
 (f) A mast or masts with one good sail at least, and 
 proper gear for each. (This does not apply to motor 
 lifeboatfi <>r lifeboats on the (Jreat Lakes or other inland 
 water-. ) 
 
 \ -uitablr coin] 
 
 Pontoon lifeboats will have no plug hole, but shall be 
 provided with at lea-t two bilge pinups. 
 
 In the CftSe of a -learner which earries passengers in the 
 North Atlantic, all the boats need not be equipped with 
 masts, sails, and compasses, if the ship is provided with 
 * radiotelegraph installation. 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OF SIT. AM VKSSKI.S. 137 
 
 Second. The normal equipment of every approved pon- 
 toon raft shall consist of 
 
 (a) Four oars. 
 
 (l>) Five rowlocks. 
 
 (c) A self- igniting life-buoy light. 
 
 Third. In addition, every boat and every pontoon raft 
 shall be equipped with 
 
 (a) A life' line becketed around the outside. 
 
 (b) A sea anchor. 
 
 (c) A painter. 
 
 (d) A vessel containing one gallon of vegetable or ani- 
 mal oil. The. vessel shall be so constructed that the oil 
 can be easily distributed on the water and so arranged 
 that it can Ive attached to the sea anchor. 
 
 (e) A water-tight receptacle containing two pounds 
 avoirdupois of provisions for each person, except on ves- 
 sels navigating fresh water. 
 
 (f) A water-tight receptacle containing one quart for 
 each person, except on vessels navigating fresh water. 
 
 (g) A number of self-igniting "red lights" and a 
 water-tight box of matches. 
 
 Fourth. All loose equipment must be securely attached 
 to the boat or pontoon raft to which it belongs. 
 
 STOWAGE OF BOATS NUMBER OF DAVITS. 
 
 The minimum number of sets of davits is fixed in rela- 
 tion to the length of the vessel ; provided that a number 
 of sets of davits greater than the number of boats neces- 
 sary for the accommodation of all the persons on board 
 may not be required. 
 
 HANDLING OF THE BOATS AND RAFTS. 
 
 All the boats and rafts must be stowed in such a way 
 that they can be launched in the shortest possible time 
 and that, eA en under unfavorable conditions of list and 
 trim from the point of view of the handling of the boats 
 and rafts, it may be possible to embark in them as large a 
 number of persons as possible. 
 
 The arrangements must be such that it may be possible 
 to launch on either side of the vessel as large a number 
 of boats and rafts as possible. 
 
 STIIKNGTII AM) OI'KKATION OK THE DAVITS. 
 
 The davits shall be of such strength that the boats can 
 be lowered with their full complement of persons and 
 equipment, the vessel being assumed to have a list of fif- 
 teen degrees. 
 
 The davits must be fitted with a gear of sufficient power 
 to insure that the boat can be turned out against the 
 maximum list under which the lowering of the boats is 
 possible on the vessel in question. 
 
138 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 OTHER APPLIANCES EQUIVALENT TO DAVITS. 
 
 Any appliance may be accepted in lieu of davits or 
 sets of davits if the Board of Supervising Inspectors, 
 with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, is satis- 
 fied after proper trials that the appliance in question is 
 as effective as davits for placing the boats in the water. 
 
 DAVITS. 
 
 Each set of davits shall have a boat of the first class 
 attached to it, provided that the number of open boats 
 of the first class attached to davits shall not be less than 
 the minimum number fixed by the table which follows. 
 
 If it is neither practicable nor reasonable to place on a 
 vessel the minimum number of sets of davits required 
 by the rules, the Board of Supervising Inspectors, with 
 the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, may author- 
 ize a smaller number of sets of davits to be fitted, pro- 
 vided always that this number shall never ho less than 
 the minimum number of open boats of the first class 
 required by the rules. 
 
 If a large proportion of the persons on board are ac- 
 commodated in boats whose length is greater than fifty 
 feet, a further reduction in the number of sets of davits 
 may be allowed exceptionally, if the Board of Super- 
 vising Inspectors, with the approval of the Secretary of 
 Commerce, is satisfied that the arrangements are in all 
 respects satisfactory. 
 
 In all cases in which a reduction in the minimum num- 
 ber of sets of davits or other equivalent appliances re- 
 quired by the rules is allowed, the owner of the vessel in 
 question shall be required to prove, by a test made in the 
 presence of an officer designated by the Supervising In- 
 spector (ionoral, that all the boats can bo olHeiently 
 launched in a minimum time. 
 
 The. conditions of this test shall be as follows: 
 
 First. The vessel is to bo upright and in smooth water, 
 'ond. The time is the time required from the begin- 
 ning of the removal of tho boat covers, or any other opera- 
 tion necessary to prepare tho boats for lowering, until the 
 last boat or pontoon raft is afloat. 
 
 Third. Tho number of men employed in tho whole op- 
 oration must not exceed the total number of boat hands 
 that will 1)0 carried on the vessel under normal service 
 conditions. 
 
 Fourth. Kadi boat when being lowered must have on 
 board at least two men and its full equipment as required 
 by the rules. 
 
 The time allowed for putting all the boats into tho 
 water shall be fixed by the Hoard of Supervising In- 
 spectors, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VKSSKI.S. 
 
 139 
 
 MINIMUM NtMI'.l.i; 01 DAVITS AND OF OPKN BOATS OF TIIR 
 FIKSP GLASS MINIMUM BOAT CAPACITY. 
 
 The followiDg table fixes, according to the length of 
 the vessel 
 
 ( A ) The inininiiiiii number of sets of davits to be pro- 
 vided, to each of which must l>e attached a boat of (lie 
 first class in accordance with this section. 
 
 (B) The minimum total number of open boats of the 
 first class, which must be attached to davits, in accordance 
 with this section. 
 
 (C) The minimum boat capacity required, including 
 the boats attached to davits and the additional boats, in 
 accordance with this section. 
 
 KetjisttMvd length of th<> ship 
 
 (feet). 
 
 (A) 
 
 Minimum 
 number 
 of sets of 
 davits. 
 
 (B) 
 
 Minimum 
 number 
 of open 
 boats of 
 the first 
 class. 
 
 (C) 
 
 Minimum 
 capacity of 
 lifeboats. 
 
 100 and loss than J20 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 Cubicfeet. 
 980 
 
 V'0 -ind less than HO 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 220 
 
 1 10 and less than J(>0 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 550 
 
 JGO and It^s than 175 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 1 880 
 
 175 and less than 1!H) 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 2 390 
 
 190 and less than 205 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 2 740 
 
 "D.") and less than 220 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 3 330 
 
 4 >0 and less than 230 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 3 900 
 
 30 and less than 245 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 4 560 
 
 9 45 and less than 255 . 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 5 100 
 
 255 and less than 270 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 5 640 
 
 270 and less than 285. . . . 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 6,190 
 
 285 and less than 300 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 6,930 
 
 300 and less than 315 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 7,550 
 
 315 and less than 330 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 8 290 
 
 330 and less than 350 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 9 000 
 
 350 and less than 370 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 9 630 
 
 370 and less than 390 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 10 650 
 
 390 and less than 410 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 11 700 
 
 410 and less than 435 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 13 060 
 
 435 and less than 4(50 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 14 430 
 
 460 and less than 490 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 15, 920 
 
 490 and less than 520 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 17, 310 
 
 520 and less than 550 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 18, 720 
 
 550 and less than 5sO 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 20,350 
 
 580 and less than 010 . 
 
 18 
 
 13 
 
 21, 900 
 
 610 and less than 640 . . . 
 
 18 
 
 13 
 
 23,700 
 
 640 and less than 670 
 
 20 
 
 14 
 
 25,350 
 
 670 and less than 700 
 
 20 
 
 14 
 
 27, 050 
 
 700 and less than 730 
 
 22 
 
 15 
 
 28, 560 
 
 730 and less than 760 
 
 22 
 
 15 
 
 30, 180 
 
 760 and less than 790 
 
 24 
 
 17 
 
 32, 100 
 
 790 and less than 820 
 
 24 
 
 17 
 
 34,350 
 
 820 and less than 855 . 
 
 26 
 
 18 
 
 36,450 
 
 855 and less than 890 
 
 26 
 
 18 
 
 38,750 
 
 890 and less than 925 . 
 
 28 
 
 19 
 
 41,000 
 
 925 and less than 960 
 
 28 
 
 19 
 
 43, 880 
 
 960 and less than 995 
 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 46, 350 
 
 995 and less than 1 030 
 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 48,750 
 
 
 
 
 
140 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 When the length of the vessel exceeds one thousand and 
 thirty feet, the Board of Supervising Inspectors, with the 
 approval of the Secretary of Commerce, shall determine 
 the minimum number of sets of davits and of open boats 
 of the first class for that vessel. 
 
 EMBARKATION OF THE PASSENGERS IX THE LIFEBOATS AND 
 
 RAFTS. 
 
 Suitable arrangements shall be made for embarking 
 the passengers in the boats, in accord with regulations 
 by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, with the ap- 
 proval of the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 In vessels which carry rafts there shall be a number 
 of rope or wooden ladders always available for use in 
 embarking the persons on to the rafts. 
 
 The number and arrangement of the boats, and (where 
 they are allowed) of the pontoon rafts, on a vessel de- 
 pends upon the total number of persons which the vessel 
 is intended to carry: Provided, That there shall not be 
 required on any voyage a total capacity in boats, and 
 (where they are allowed) pontoon rafts, greater than 
 that necessary ito accommodate all the persons on board. 
 
 At no moment of its voyage shall any passenger steam 
 vessel of the United States on ocean routes more than 
 twenty nautical miles offshore have on board a total num- 
 ber of persons greater than that for whom accommoda- 
 tion is provided in the lifeboats and pontoon life rafts 
 on board. 
 
 If the lifeboats attached to davits do not provide suffi- 
 cient accommodation for all persons on board, additional 
 lifeboats of one of the standard types shall be provided. 
 This addition shall bring the total capacity of the boats 
 on the vessel at least up to the greater of the two follow- 
 ing amounts: 
 
 ) The minimum capacity required by these regula- 
 tions; 
 
 (b) A (-a parity sufficient to accommodate seventy-five 
 per centum of the persons on board. 
 
 The remainder of the accommodation required shall 
 be provided, under regulations of the Hoard of Super- 
 viking Inspectors, approved by the Secretary of Com- 
 merce, cither in boats of class one or class two, or in pon- 
 toon rafts of an approved type. 
 
 At no moment of its voyage shall any passenger steam 
 I of the I'nited States on ocean routes less than 
 twenty nautical miles oll'shore have on hoard a total num- 
 ber of persons greater than that for whom accommoda- 
 tion is provided in the lifeboats and pontoon rafts on 
 hoard. The accommodation provided in lifeboats shall 
 in every case be sufficient to accommodate at least seventy- 
 five per centum of the persons on board. The number 
 and type of such lifeboats and life rafts shall be deter- 
 
P.M.''!' VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VKSSKI.S. 141 
 
 mined by regulations of the Hoard of Supervising In- 
 spectors, approved l>y tin 1 Secretary of Commerce: /'/v>- 
 {'!</((/, That during the interval from May lifteenth to 
 Sej)teml)er lifteenth, inclusive, any passenger steam ves- 
 sel of the Knifed States, on ocean routes less than twenty 
 nautical miles offshore, shall be required to carry accom- 
 modation for not less than seventy per centum of tho 
 total number of persons on board in lifeboats and pon- 
 toon life rafts, of which accommodation not less than 
 iifty per centum shall be in lifeboats and fifty per centum 
 may be in collapsible boats or rafts, under regulations of 
 the Board of Supervising Inspectors, approved by the 
 Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 At no moment of its voyage may any ocean -cargo steam 
 vessel of the United States have on board a total num- 
 ber of persons greater than that for whom accommoda- 
 tion is provided in the lifeboats on board. The number 
 and types of such boats shall be determined by regula- 
 tions of the Board of Supervising Inspectors, approved 
 by the Secretary of Commerce, 
 
 At no moment of its voyage may any passenger steam 
 vessel of the United States on the Great Lakes, on routes 
 more than three miles offshore, except over waters whose 
 depth is not sufficient to submerge all the decks of the ves- 
 sel, have on board a total number of persons, including 
 passengers and crew, greater than that for whom accom- 
 modation is provided in the lifeboats and pontoon life 
 rafts on board. The accommodation provided in life- 
 boats shall in every case be sufficient to accommodate at 
 least seventy-five per centum of the persons on board. 
 The number and types of such lifeboats and life rafts 
 shall be determined by regulations of the Board of Super- 
 vising Inspectors, approved by the Secretary of Com- 
 merce: Provided, That during the interval from May fif- 
 teenth to September fifteenth, inclusive, any such steamer 
 shall be required to carry accommodation for not less 
 than fifty per centum of persons on board in lifeboats and 
 pontoon life rafts, of which accommodation not less than 
 two-fifths shall be in lifeboats and three-fifths may be in 
 collapsible boats or rafts, under regulations of the Board 
 of Supervising Inspectors, approved by the Secretary of 
 Commerce: Provided further, That all passenger steam 
 vessels of the United States, the keels of which are laid 
 after the first of July, nineteen hundred and fifteen, for 
 service on ocean routes, or for service from September 
 fifteenth to May fifteenth on the Great Lakes on routes 
 more than three miles offshore, shall be built to carry, and 
 shall carry, enough lifeboats and life rafts to accommo- 
 date all persons on board, including passengers and crew : 
 And provided further, That not more than twenty-five 
 per centum of such equipment may be in pontoon life 
 rafts or collapsible lifeboats. 
 
 At no moment of its voyage may any cargo steam ves- 
 sel of the United States on the Great Lakes have on board 
 
142 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 a total number of persons greater than that for whom 
 accommodation is provided in the lifeboats on board. 
 The number and types of such boats shall be determined 
 by regulations of the Board of Supervising Inspectors 
 approved by the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 The number, types, and capacity of lifeboats and life 
 rafts, together with the proportion of such accommoda- 
 tion to the number of persons on board which shall be 
 carried on steam vessels on the Great Lakes, on routes 
 three miles or less offshore or over waters whose depth is 
 not sufficient to submerge all the decks of the vessel, and 
 on all other lakes, and on rivers, bays, and sounds, shall 
 be determined by regulations of the Board of Supervising 
 Inspectors, approved by the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 All regulations by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, 
 approved by the Secretary of Commerce, authorized by 
 this Act, shall be transmitted to Congress as soon as prac- 
 ticable after they are made. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce is authorized in specific 
 cases to exempt existing vessels from the requirements of 
 this section that the davits shall be of such strength and 
 shall be fitted with a gear of sufficient power to insure 
 that the boats can be lowered with their full complement 
 ' of persons and equipment, the vessel being assumed to 
 have a list of fifteen degrees, where their strict applica- 
 tion would not be practicable or reasonable. 
 
 < KKTIKK ATKI) LIFKIiOAT MKN MANNING OF THE BOATS. 
 
 There shall be for each boat or raft a number of life- 
 boat men at least equal to that specified as follows: If the 
 boat or raft carries twenty-live persons or less, the 
 minimum number of certificated lifeboat men shall be 
 one ; i 1' the boat or raft carries twenty-six persons and less 
 than forty-one persons the minimum number of certifi- 
 cated lifeboat men shall be two ; if the boat or raft carries 
 forty-one persons and less than sixty-one persons the 
 minimum number of certificated lifeboat men shall be 
 three : if the boat or raft carries from sixty-one to eighty- 
 five persons, the minimum number of certificated lifeboat 
 men shall he four; if the boat or raft carries from eighty- 
 six to one hundred and ten persons, the minimum num- 
 ber of certificated lifeboat men shall l>e live; if the boat 
 or rafl carries from one hundred and eleven to <>ne hun- 
 dred and sixty persons, the minimum number of certifi- 
 cated lifeboat men shall be six ; if the boat or rafl carries 
 from one hundred and sixty-one to two hundred and ten 
 pcr.-nii.-. the minimum number of certificated lifeboat 
 men shall he seven: and, thereafter, one additional cer- 
 tificated lifeboat man for each additional fifty persons: 
 Proriilnl. That if the raft carries fifteen persons or less 
 a licensed officer <>r able seaman need not he placed in 
 charge of Mich raft : /'/'>//',/, ,/ further, That one-half the 
 number of rafts carried shall have a capacity of exceeding 
 fifteen persons. 
 
PART viii. iNsn-rnox OK STKAM VESSELS. 143 
 
 The allocation of the certificated lifeboat men t<> each 
 boat and raft remains within the discretion of the master, 
 according to the cireiimstances. 
 
 liy " certificated lifeboat man"' is meant any member 
 of the crew who holds a certificate of ellicieney issued un- 
 der the authority of the Secretary of ("ommeree, who is 
 hereby directed to provide for the issue of such certifi- 
 cates. 
 
 In order to obtain the special lifeboat man's certificate 
 the applicant must prove to the satisfaction of an officer 
 designated by the Secretary of Commerce that he has 
 been trained in all the operations connected with launch- 
 ing lifeboats and the use of oars; that he is acquainted 
 with the practical handling of the boats themselves; and, 
 further, that he is capable of understanding and answer- 
 ing the orders relative to lifeboat service. 
 
 Section forty-four hundred and sixty-three of the Re- 
 vised Statutes as amended is hereby amended by adding 
 the words " including certificated lifeboat men, separately 
 stated," to the word " crew " wherever it occurs. 
 
 .MANNING OF BOATS. 
 
 A licensed officer or able seaman shall be placed in 
 charge of each boat or pontoon raft; he shall have a list 
 of its lifeboat men, and other members of its crew which 
 shall be sufficient for her safe management, and shall see 
 that the men placed under his orders are acquainted with, 
 their several duties and stations. 
 
 A man capable of working the motor shall be assigned 
 to each motor boat. 
 
 The duty of seeing that the boats, pontoon rafts, and 
 other life-saving appliances are at all times ready for use 
 shall be assigned to one or more officers. 
 
 MUSTER ROLL AND DRILLS. 
 
 Special duties for the event of an emergency shall be 
 allotted to each member of the crew. 
 
 The muster list shows all these special duties, and in- 
 dicates, in particular, the station to which each man 
 must go, and the duties that he has to perform. 
 
 Before the vessel sails the muster list shall be drawn 
 up and exhibited, and the proper authority, to be desig- 
 nated by the Secretary of Commerce, shall be satisfied 
 that the muster list has been prepared for the vessel. It 
 shall be posted in several parts of the vessel, and in par- 
 ticular in the crew's quarters. 
 
 MUSTER LIST. 
 
 The muster list shall assign duties to the different mem- 
 bers of the crew in connection with 
 
 (a) The closing of the water-tight doors, valves, and 
 so forth. 
 
 92075 15 10 
 
144 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 (b) The equipment of the boats and rafts generally. 
 
 (c) The launching of the boats attached to davits. 
 
 (d) The general preparation of the other boats and 
 the pontoon rafts. 
 
 (e) The muster of the passengers. 
 
 (f) The extinction of lire. 
 
 The muster list shall assign to the members of the 
 stewards' department their several duties in relation to 
 the passengers at a time of emergency. These duties shall 
 include 
 
 (a) Warning the passengers. 
 
 (b) Seeing that they are dressed and have put on their 
 life jackets in a proper manner. 
 
 (c) Assembling the passengers. 
 
 (d) Keeping order in the passages and on the stair- 
 ways, and, generally, controlling the movements of the 
 passengers. 
 
 The muster list shall specify definite alarm signals for 
 calling all the crew to the boat and fire stations, and shall 
 give full particulars of these signals. 
 
 MUSTERS AND DRILLS. 
 
 Musters of the crews at their boat and fire stations, fol- 
 lowed by boat and fire drills, respectively, shall be held 
 at least once a week, either in port or at sea. An entry 
 shall be made in the official log book of these drills, or of 
 the reason why they could not be held. 
 
 Different groups of boats shall be used in turn at suc- 
 cessive boat drills. The drills and inspections shall be so 
 arranged that the crew thoroughly understand and are 
 practiced in the duties they have to perform, and that all 
 the boats and pontoon rafts on the ship with the gear 
 appertaining to them are always ready for immediate use. 
 
 LIFE JACKETS AND LIFE BUOYS. 
 
 A life jacket of an approved type, or other appliance 
 of equal buoyancy and capable of being fitted on the 
 body, shall be carried for every person on board, and, in 
 addition, a sufficient number of life jackets, or other 
 equivalent appliances, suitable for children. 
 
 First. A life jacket shall satisfy the following condi- 
 tions: 
 
 (a) It shall be of approved material and construction. 
 
 (b) It shall be capable of supporting in fre>h water 
 
 for twenty-four hours fifteen pounds avoirdupois of iron. 
 
 Life jackets the buoyancy of which depends on air com- 
 partmentfi are prohibited. 
 
 eond: A life buoy shall satisfy the following con- 
 ditions: 
 
 (a) It shall be of solid cork or any other equivalent 
 material. 
 
PART VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 145 
 
 (b) It shall be capable of supporting in fresh water 
 for twenty-four hours at least thirty-one pounds avoirdu- 
 pois of iron. 
 
 Life buoys filled with rushes, cork shavings, or granu- 
 lated cork, or any other loose granulated material, or 
 whose buoyancy depends upon air compartments which 
 require to be inflated, are prohibited. 
 
 Third. The minimum number of life buoys with which 
 vessels are to be provided is fixed as follows: 
 
 Length of the vessel under four hundred feet, minimum 
 number of buoys, twelve; length of the vessel, four hun- 
 dred and under six hundred feet, minimum number of 
 buoys, eighteen; length of the vessel, six hundred and 
 under eight hundred feet, minimum number of buoys, 
 twenty-four; length of the vessel, eight hundred feet and 
 over, minimum number of buoys, thirty. 
 
 Fourth. All the buoys shall be fitted with beckets se- 
 curely seized. At least one buoy on each side shall be 
 fitted with a life line of at least fifteen fathoms in 
 length. The number of luminous buoys shall not be less 
 than one-half of the total number of life buoys, and 
 in no case less than six. The lights shall be efficient 
 self-igniting lights which can not be extinguished in 
 water, and they shall be kept near the buoys to which 
 they belong, with the necessary means of attachment. 
 
 Fifth. All the life buoys and life jackets shall be so 
 placed as to be readily accessible to the persons on board; 
 their position shall be plainly indicated so as to be known 
 to the persons concerned. 
 
 The life buoys shall always be capable of being rap- 
 idly cast loose, and shall not be permanently secured in 
 any way. The owner of any vessel who neglects or re- 
 fuses to provide and equip his vessel with such lifeboats, 
 floats, rafts, life preservers, line-carrying projectiles, and 
 the means of propelling them, drags, pumps, or other 
 appliances, as are required under the provisions of this 
 section, or under the regulations of the Board of Super- 
 vising Inspectors, approved by the Secretary of Com- 
 merce, authorized by and made pursuant hereto, shall be 
 fined not less than $500, nor more than $5,000, and every 
 master of a vessel who shall fail to comply with the 
 requirements of this section, and the regulations of the 
 Board of Supervising Inspectors, approved by the Sec- 
 retary of Commerce, authorized by and made pursuant 
 hereto, shall upon conviction be fined not less than $50, 
 nor more than $500. 
 142. Stairways and deck room. 
 
 Every such steam- vessel carrying passengers on the K - s - 4484 - 
 main-deck shall be provided with permanent stairways 
 and other sufficient means, convenient to the passengers, 
 for their escape to their upper deck, in case of the vessel 
 sinking or of other accident endangering life; and in the 
 stowage of freight upon such deck, where passengers are 
 
146 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4486. 
 
 R. S., 4480. 
 Mar. 3, 1905. 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 carried, gangways or passages, sufficiently large to allow 
 persons to pass freely through them, shall be left open 
 both fore and aft of the vessel, and also to and along the 
 guards on each side. 
 
 R. s., 4485. The captain or mate of every such steam- vessel carry- 
 ing passengers upon the main-deck shall assign to all 
 deck-passengers, when taking passage, the space on deck 
 they may occupy during the voyage, and such space shall 
 not thereafter be occupied by freight, nor overcrowded by 
 other persons, nor shall freight be stowed about the boil- 
 ers or machinery, in such a manner as to obstruct or pre- 
 vent the engineer from readily attending to his duties. 
 
 For every violation of the provisions of the two pre- 
 ceding sections the owners of the vessel shall be punished 
 by a fine of three hundred dollars. 
 
 143. Wire tiller ropes. 
 
 Every steamer carrying passengers shall be provided 
 with such tiller ropes, tiller rods, or chains for the pur- 
 pose of steering and navigating the vessel, and such bell- 
 pulls for signalizing the engineer from the pilot house, 
 and such tubes or other arrangement to repeat back the 
 signal to the pilot house, as may be prescribed by the 
 board of supervising inspectors, with the approval of the 
 Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 144. Protection against fire. 
 
 Every steamer carrying passengers or freight shall be 
 provided with suitable pipes and valves attached to the 
 boiler to convey steam into the hold and to the different 
 compartments thereof to extinguish fire, or such other 
 suitable apparatus as may be prescribed by the regula- 
 tions of the board of supervising inspectors, with the ap- 
 proval of the Secretary of Commerce, for extinguishing 
 fire in the hold and compartments thereof by the intro- 
 duction through pipes into such hold and compartments 
 of carbonic acid gas or other fire-extinguishing gas or 
 vapor; and every stove used on board of any such vessel 
 shall be well and securely fastened, so as to prevent it 
 from being moved or overthrown, and all woodwork or 
 other ignitible substances about the boilers, chimneys, 
 cook houses, and stovepipes, exposed to ignition shall be 
 thoroughly shielded by some incombustible material in 
 such a manner as to leave the air to circulate freely be- 
 tween such material and woodwork or other ignitible 
 substance; and before granting a certificate of inspection 
 the inspector shall require all other necessary provisions 
 to be made throughout such vessels to guard against loss 
 or danger from fir 1 . 
 
 R. s., 4471. Every steamer permitted by her certificate of inspec- 
 tion to carry as many as fifty passenger-, or upward, and 
 every steamer carrying passengers, which also carries 
 cotton, hay, or hemp, shall he provided with a good 
 double-acting steam lire-pump, or other equivalent appa- 
 
 R. S., 4470. 
 Mar. 3, 1905. 
 Sec. 7. 
 
I'AIIT VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 147 
 
 ratus for throwing water. Such pump or other appa- 
 ratus for throwing water shall he kept at all times and 
 at all seasons of the year in good order and ready for 
 immediate use, having at least two pipes ol' suitable di- 
 mensions, one on each side of the vessel, to convey the 
 water to the upper decks, to which pipes there shall be at- 
 tached, by means of stop-cocks or valves, both between 
 decks and on the upper deck, good and suitable hose of 
 suilicient strength to stand a pressure of not less than one 
 hundred pounds to tin- square inch, long enough to reach 
 to all parts of the vessel and properly provided with noz- 
 zles, and kept in good order and ready for immediate 
 service. Every steamer exceeding two hundred tons bur- 
 den and carrying passengers shall be provided with two 
 good double-acting lire-pumps, to be worked by hand; 
 each chamber of such pumps, except pumps upon steamers 
 in service on the twenty-eighth day of February, eighteen 
 hundred and seventy-one, shall be of sufficient capacity 
 to contain not less than one hundred cubic inches of 
 water ; and such pumps shall be placed in the most suit- 
 able parts of the vessel for efficient service, having suit- 
 able well-fitted hose to each pump, of at least one-half the 
 vessel in length, kept at all times in perfect order, and 
 shipped up and ready for immediate use. On every 
 steamer not exceeding two hundred tons, one of such 
 pumps may be dispensed with. Each fire-pump thus pre- 
 scribed shall be supplied with water by means of a suit- 
 able pipe connected therewith, and passing through the 
 side of the vessel so low as to be at all times under water 
 when she is afloat. Every steamer shall also be provided June so, IQOG. 
 with a pump which shall be of sufficient strength and 
 suitably arranged to test the boilers thereof. 
 
 Every steamer carrying passengers during the night- R. s., 4477. 
 time shall keep a suitable number of watchmen in the 
 cabins, and on each deck, to guard against fire or other 
 dangers, and to give alarm in case of accident or disaster. 
 
 For any neglect to keep the watchmen required by the R. s., 4478. 
 preceding section, the license of the officer in charge of the 
 vessel for the time being shall be revoked; and every 
 owner of such vessel who neglects or refuses to furnish 
 the number of men necessary to keep watch as required, 
 shall be fined one thousand dollars. 
 
 The board of supervising inspectors may require steam- R - s - 4479 - 
 ers carrying either passengers or freight to be provided 
 with such number and kind of good and efficient portable 
 fire-extinguishers as, in the judgment of the board, may 
 be necessary to protect them from fire when such steamers 
 are moored or lying at a wharf without steam to work the 
 pumps. 
 
 Every such steam vessel carrying passengers shall keep R s., 4483. ^ 
 such fire buckets, axes, and water barrels as shall be pre- *J'^' 1905 ' 
 scribed by the regulations established by the board of 
 supervising inspectors, with the approval of the Secre- 
 tary of Commerce. The buckets and barrels shall be kept 
 
148 ttAVIGATIOX LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 in convenient places and filled with water, to be in readi- 
 ness in case of fire, and the axes shall be kept in good 
 order and ready for immediate use. Tanks of suitable 
 dimensions and arrangement, or buckets in sufficient num- 
 ber, may be substituted for barrels. 
 
 R. s., 4492. Every barge carrying passengers, while in tow of any 
 steamer, shall be subject to the provisions of this Title 
 [R. S., 4399-4500] relating to fire-buckets, axes, life-pre- 
 servers, and yawls, to such extent as shall be prescribed 
 by the board of supervising inspectors; and for any vio- 
 lation of this section the penalty shall be two hundred 
 dollars, recoverable one-half for the use of the informer. 
 
 145. Inflammable or explosive cargo. 
 
 R. s., 4422. ^ Upon the application of any master or owner of any 
 Be&af* M 15 ' s .^ eam vessel employed in the carriage of passengers, for a 
 license to carry gunpowder, the local inspectors shall ex- 
 amine such vessel, and if they find that she is provided 
 with a chest or safe composed of metal, or entirely lined 
 and sheathed therewith, or if the vessel has one or more 
 compartments thoroughly lined and sheathed with metal, 
 at a secure distance from any fire, they may grant a cer- 
 tificate to that effect, authorizing such vessel to carry as 
 freight within such chest, safes, or compartments, the 
 article of gunpowder, which certificate shall be kept con- 
 spicuously posted on board such vessel. 
 
 R. s.,4472. ^ Xo loose hay, loose cotton, or loose hemp, camphene, 
 gLTg 3 ' 1( 5 nitroglycerin, naphtha, benzine, benzole, coal oil, crude or 
 refined petroleum, or other like explosive burning fluids, 
 or like dangerous articles, shall be carried as freight or 
 used as stores on any steamer carrying passengers; nor 
 shall baled cotton or hemp be carried on such steamers 
 unless the bales are compactly pressed and thoroughly 
 covered and secured in such manner as shall be prescribed 
 by the regulations established by the board of supervising 
 inspectors with the approval of the Secretary of Com- 
 merce ; nor shall gunpowder be carried on any such vessel 
 except under special license; nor shall oil of vitriol, 
 nitric or other chemical acids be carried on such steam- 
 ers except on the decks or guards thereof or in such 
 other safe part of the vessel as shall be prescribed by the 
 inspectors. Refined petroleum, which will not ignite at 
 a temperature less than one hundred and ten degrees of 
 Fahrenheit thermometer, may be carried on board such 
 steamers upon routes where there is no other practicable 
 mode of transporting it. and under such regulations as 
 shall be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors 
 with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce: and 
 oil or spirits of turpentine may be carried on such 
 steamers when put up in good metallic vessels or casks 
 pr barrels well and securely hound with iron and stowed 
 in a secure part of the ve^el : and friction matches may 
 be carried on such steamers when securely packed in 
 
I'AKT VIII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 149 
 
 strong, tight chests or boxes, the covers of which shall lc 
 well secured hy locks, screws, or other reliable fastenings, 
 and stowed in a sa fe |art of the vessel at a secure distance 
 from any lire or heat. All such other provisions shall be 
 made on every -learner carrying passengers or freight, to 
 guard a pi i list- and extinguish fire, as shall be prescribed 
 by the hoard of supervising inspectors and approved 
 by the Secretary of Commerce. Nothing in the fore- 
 ir'oing or following sections of this Act shall prohibit 
 the transportation by steam vessels of gasoline or any of 
 the products of petroleum when carried by motor vehicles 
 (commonly known as automobiles) using the same as a 
 source of motive power: J'rorided, hotrercr, That all fire, 
 if any, in such vehicles or automobiles be extinguished 
 immediately after entering the said vessel, and that the 
 same be not relighted until immediately before said ve- 
 hicle shall leave the vessel: Provided further, That any 
 owner, master, agent, or other person having charge of 
 passenger steam vessels shall have the right to refuse to 
 transport automobile vehicles the tanks of which contain 
 gasoline, naphtha, or other dangerous burning fluids. 
 
 ]'i'<>r'/<1< <1. lioircrcr, That nothing in the provisions of May 28, IOOG. 
 this Title shall prohibit the transportation by vessels not 
 carrying passengers for hire, of gasoline or any of the 
 products of petroleum for use as a source of motive power 
 for the motor boats or launches of such vessels. 
 
 Provided further, That nothing in the foregoing or Jan. 24, 1913. 
 following sections of this Act shall prohibit the use, by 
 steam vessels carrying passengers for hire, of lifeboats 
 equipped with gasoline motors, and tanks containing 
 gasoline for the operation of said motor-driven lifeboats : 
 Provided, however, That no gasoline shall be carried 
 other than that in the tanks of the lifeboats: Provided 
 further, That the use of such lifeboats equipped with 
 gasoline motors shall be under such regulations as shall 
 be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors with 
 the approval of the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 Provided, however, That nothing in the foregoing or Oct. 22, 1914. 
 following sections of this Act shall prohibit the trans- 
 portation and use by vessels carrying passengers or 
 freight for hire of gasoline or any of the products of 
 petroleum for the operation of engines to supply an 
 auxiliary lighting ancl wireless system independent of the 
 vessel's main power plant: Provided further, That the 
 transportation or use of such gasoline or any of the prod- 
 ucts of petroleum shall be under such regulations as 
 shall be prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspec- 
 tors, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 Every bale of cotton or hemp that shall be shipped or R. s., 4473. 
 carried on any passenger-steamer, without conforming to 
 the provisions of the preceding section, shall be subject 
 to a penalty of five dollars, and shall be liable to seizure 
 and sale to secure the payment of such penalty. 
 
150 
 
 XAVIC.ATIOX LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4474. 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 Oct. IS. 1888. 
 1-vi.. l t. LOOSi 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 July 17, 1014 
 
 K. S., 4475. 
 
 .1. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may grant permission to 
 the owner of any steam-vessel, to use any invention or 
 process for the utilization of petroleum or other mineral 
 oils or substances in the production of motive-power, and 
 may make and enforce regulations concerning the appli- 
 cation and use of the same for such purpose. But no 
 such permission shall be granted, unless upon the certifi- 
 cate of the supervising inspector of steamboats for the 
 district wherein such vessel is registered, and other satis- 
 factory proof that the use of the same is safe and efficient : 
 and upon such proof, and the approval of such certificate 
 bv the Secretary of Commerce, a special license for the 
 i'>e of such process or invention shall issue under the seal 
 of the Department of Commerce. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may permit the use of 
 petroleum as fuel on steamers not carrying passengers, 
 without the certificate of the supervising inspector of the 
 district where the vessel is to be used, subject to such con- 
 ditions and safeguards as the Secretary of Commerce in 
 his judgment shall provide. For a violation of any of 
 the conditions imposed by the Secretary of Commerce 
 a penalty of five hundred dollars shall be imposed, which 
 penalty shall be a lien upon the vessel, but a bond may. as 
 provided in other cases, be given to secure the satisfac- 
 tion of the judgment. 
 
 Provided further, That when crude petroleum of a 
 flash point not less than one hundred and fifty degrees 
 Fahrenheit, is carried in the double-bottom fuel tanks of 
 steamers using the same for fuel, the crude petroleum car- 
 ried in such tanks in excess of the necessities of the voy- 
 age may be discharged at terminal ports when no passen- 
 gers are on board the ship. Crude petroleum carried and 
 discharged under these conditions will not be considered 
 storc< or cargo within the contemplation of section f oily- 
 four hundred and seventy-two, Revised Statutes of the 
 United States. 
 
 All gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, camphene, naphtha, 
 benzine, benzole, coal-oil, crude or refined petroleum, oil 
 of vitriol, nitric or other chemical acids, oil or spirits of 
 turpentine, friction-matches, and all other articles of like 
 character, when packed or put up for shipment, shall be 
 securely packed and put up separately from each other 
 and from all other articles: and the package, box. cask, 
 or other vessel containing the same shall be distinctly 
 marked on the outside, with the name or description of 
 the article contained therein. 
 
 It shall be unlawful to transport, carry, or convey, 
 liquid nitroglycerin. fulminate in bulk in dry condition, 
 or other like explosive, between a place in a foreign coun- 
 try and a place within or subject to the jurisdiction of the 
 Tinted Si:ite>. or bet ween a place in one State. Territory, 
 or District of the Tuited States, or place noiicoiit iiruou.s 
 to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and a place in 
 
PABT VIII.- INSIM-V Tin.X o|- STKA.M VKSSKI.S. 151 
 
 any other State. Territory. or District of the 
 States. or place noncontiguous to but subject to (lit 1 juris- 
 diction thereof. on jiny vessel or vehicle of any dcscrip 
 lion operated by a common carrier in the transportation 
 of passengers or articles of commerce by land or water. 
 
 Kvery person who packs or puts up. or causes to be K.s.,4476. 
 packed or put up for shipment, any gunpowder. nitro- 
 glycerine. cainphenc, naphtha. hen/ine, benzole, coal-oil, 
 crude or refined petroleum, oil of vitriol, nitric or other 
 chemical acids, oil or spirits of turpentine, friction- 
 matches. or other articles of like character otherwise 1 than 
 as directed by the preceding section, or who knowingly 
 ships or attempts to ship the same, or delivers the same 
 to any such vessels as stores unless duly packed and 
 marked, shall "be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or 
 imprisonment not exceeding eighteen months, or both; 
 one-half of the fine to go to the informer, and the articles 
 to be liable to seizure and forfeiture. 
 
 Every package containing explosives or other danger- | Iar - 2 4 - 100 - 
 ous articles when presented to a common carrier for ship- Repeals 'R, s.. 
 ment shall have plainly marked on the outside thereof 5353> 5:>>r>1 
 the contents thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any 
 person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any com- 
 mon carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by 
 land or water, for interstate or foreign transportation, or 
 to carry upon any vessel or vehicle engaged in interstate 
 or foreign transportation, any explosive, or other dan- 
 gerous article, under any false or deceptive marking, de- 
 scription, invoice, shipping order, or other declaration, 
 or without informing the agent of such carrier of the 
 true character thereof, at or before the time such delivery 
 or carriage is made. Whoever shall knowingly violate, 
 or cause to be violated, any provision of this section, or 
 of the three sections last preceding, or any regulation 
 made by the Interstate Commerce Commission in pursu- 
 ance thereof, shall be fined not more than two thousand 
 dollars, or imprisoned not more than eighteen months, or 
 both. 
 
 When the death or bodily injury of any person is sec. 236. 
 caused by the explosion of any article named in the four 
 sections last preceding, while the same is being placed 
 upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported in violation 
 thereof, or while the same is being so transported, or 
 while the same is being removed from such vessel or 
 vehicle, the person knowingly placing, or aiding or per- 
 mitting the placing, of such articles upon any such vessel 
 or vehicle, to be so transported, shall be imprisoned not 
 more than ten years. 
 
 It shall be unlawful to transport, carry, or convey, any Mar. 4, ^1909. 
 dynamite, gunpowder, or other explosive, between a place Scc>> ~"~' 
 in a foreign country and a place within or subject to the 
 jurisdiction of the United States, or between a place in 
 
152 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 any State, Territory, or District of the United States, 
 or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdic- 
 tion thereof, and a place in any other State, Territory, 
 or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous 
 to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, on any vessel 
 or vehicle of any description operated by a common car- 
 rier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for 
 hire: Provided, That it shall be lawful to transport on 
 any such vessel or vehicle small arms ammunition in any 
 quantity, and such fuses, torpedoes, rockets, or other sig- 
 nal devices, as may be essential to promote safety in oper- 
 ation, and properly packed and marked samples of ex- 
 plosives for laboratory examination, not exceeding a net 
 weight of one-half pound each, and not exceeding twenty 
 samples at one time in a single vessel or vehicle ; but such 
 samples shall not be carried in that part of a vessel or 
 vehicle which is intended for the transportation of pas- 
 sengers for hire: Provided further, That nothing in this 
 section shall be construed to prevent the transportation 
 of military or naval forces with their accompanying 
 munitions of war on passenger equipment vessels or 
 vehicles. 
 
 sec. 2.->>s. The Interstate Commerce Commission shall formulate 
 
 R> S ' f regulations for the safe transportation of explosives, 
 which shall be binding upon all common carriers engaged 
 in interstate or foreign commerce which transport ex- 
 plosives by land. Said commission, of its own motion. 
 or upon application made by any interested party, may 
 make changes or modifications in such regulations, made 
 desirable by new information or altered conditions. 
 Such regulations shall be in accord with the best known 
 practicable means for securing safety in transit, covering 
 the packing, marking, loading, handling while in transit, 
 and the precautions necessary to determine whether the 
 material when offered is in proper condition to transport. 
 Such regulations, as well as all changes or modifications 
 thereof, shall take effect ninety days after their formula- 
 tion and publication by said commission and shall be in 
 effect until reversed, set aside, or modified. 
 
 It shall not be lawful to transport, carry, or convey, 
 ship, deliver on board, or cause to be delivered on board. 
 the siil stance or article known or designated as nitro- 
 glycerine, or glynoin oil, nitroleiim or blasting oil. or 
 nitrated oil. or powder mixed with any such oil. or liber 
 saturated with any such article, or substance, upon or in 
 any \ <<! or vehicle used or employed in transporting 
 engen by hind or water between a place in any for- 
 ciirn country and a place within the limits of any State. 
 Territory, or district of the Tinted States, or between a 
 place in one State. Territory, or district of the United 
 States, and a place in any other State. Territory, or dis- 
 trict thereof. 
 
 R. 8., 4279. It shall not be lawful to ship. send, or forward any 
 
 quantity of the substances or articles named in the pre- 
 
PART VTII. INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 153 
 
 ceding section, or to transport, convoy, or curry the same 
 by a vessel or vehicle of any description, upon land or 
 water, between a place in a foreign country ami a place 
 within the I'nited States, OF between a place in one State, 
 Territory, or district of the United States, and a place in 
 any other State, Territory, or district thereof, unless the 
 same shall be securely enclosed, deposited, or packed in a 
 metallic vessel surrounded by plaster of Vans, or other 
 material that will be non-explosive when saturated with 
 such oil or substance, and separate from all other sub- 
 stances, and the outside of the package containing the 
 same be marked, printed, or labeled in a conspicuous man- 
 ner with the words k * Nitroglycerine, dangerous." 
 
 The two preceding sections shall not be so construed as R. s., 4280. 
 to prevent any State, Territory, district, city, or town 
 within the United States from regulating or from prohib- 
 iting the traffic in or transportation of those substances, 
 between persons or places lying or being within their re- 
 spective territorial limits, or from prohibiting the intro- 
 duction thereof into such limits, for sale, use, or con- 
 sumption therein. 
 
 146. Carriage of passengers. 
 
 The inspectors shall state in every certificate of inspec- R - s - 446< *. 
 tion granted to steamers carrying passengers, other than 
 ferry-boats, the number of passengers of each class that 
 any such steamer has accommodations for, and can carry 
 with prudence and safety. 
 
 It shall not be lawful to take on board of any steamer a R- s., 4465. 
 greater number of passengers than is stated in the certifi- 
 cate of inspection ; and for every violation of this provi- 
 sion the master or owner shall be liable, to any person 
 suing for the same, to forfeit the amount of passage- 
 money and ten dollars for each passenger beyond the 
 number allowed. 
 
 Any steam vessel engaged in the business of towing ves- July o, isse. 
 sels, rafts, or water craft of any kind, also steam vessels Feb ' ~ 3 ' li 
 engaged in oyster dredging and planting, and fishing 
 steamers engaged in food fishing on the Great Lakes anil 
 all other inland waters of the United States, and not car- 
 rying passengers, may be authorized and licensed by the 
 supervising inspector of the district in which said steamer 
 shall be employed to carry on board such number of per- 
 sons, in addition to its crew, as the supervising inspector, 
 in his judgment, shall deem necessary to carry on the 
 legitimate business of such* towing, oyster and fishing 
 steamers, not exceeding, however, one person to every 
 net ton of measurement of said steamers : Provided, how- 
 ever, That the person so allowed to be carried shall not 
 be carried for hire. 
 
 Every steam- vessel licensed under the foregoing section July 9, issc. 
 shall carry and have on board, in accessible places, one Sec ' 2 ' 
 life-preserver for every person allowed to be carried, in 
 addition to those provided for the crew r of such vessel. 
 
154 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. s., 4466. jf anv passenger-steamer engages in excursions, the 
 
 inspectors shall issue to such steamer a special permit, in 
 writing, for the occasion, in which shall be stated the 
 additional number of passengers that may be carried, and 
 the number and kind of life-saving appliances that shall 
 be provided for the safety of such additional passengers; 
 and they shall also, in their discretion, limit the route 
 and distance for such excursions. 
 
 a. 8., 4467. ^ The master of every passenger steamer shall keep a 
 May iis. \<, s. { . ()1T(l( , t coim t O f a vj the passengers received and delivered 
 from day to day, which count shall be open to the inspec- 
 tion of the inspectors and oilicers of the customs at all 
 times, and the aggregate number of passengers shall be 
 furnished to inspectors as often as called for: Pror/<//. 
 h(tircrc/\ That a correct list of passengers received and 
 delivered from day to day shall be kept, instead of a cor- 
 rect count, by the masters of seagoing passenger steamers 
 in the coastwise trade and by the masters of passenger 
 steamers on the Great Lakes on routes exceeding three 
 hundred miles: Provided further, That nothing herein 
 shall affect existing laws relative to vessels running be- 
 tween this country and foreign ports. 
 
 J " 4<i ' 
 
 -sio8 Every master of any passenger steamer who fails, 
 N ' through negligence or design, to keep a count or list of 
 
 
 It. S., -It lift. 
 
 1121. 
 June 11, I'.MH;. 
 
 passengers as required by the preceding section shall be 
 liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 The penalties imposed by sections foily-four hundred 
 and sixty-five and forty-four hundred and sixty-eight 
 shall l>e a lien upon the vessel in each case; but a bond 
 may, as provided in other cases, be given to secure the 
 satisfaction of the judgment. 
 147. Certificate of inspection. 
 
 When the inspection of a steam vessel is completed 
 June 25', 1910. and the inspectors approve the vessel and her equipment 
 MM.-, j. u 6. throughout, they shall make and subscribe a certificate, 
 which certificate shall be verified by the oaths of the 
 inspectors signing it, before the chief officer of the cus- 
 toms of the district or any other person competent by 
 law to administer oaths. Such certificate shall be deliv- 
 ered to the master or owner of the vessel to which it re- 
 . and one copy thereof shall be kept on file in the 
 inspectors' office and one copy shall be delivered to the 
 collector or other chief ollicer of the customs of the dis- 
 trict in which such inspection lias been made, who shall 
 keep the same on file in Uis ollice. I f the inspectors refuse 
 to grant a certificate of approval they shall make a state- 
 ment in writing and si_ r n the same. gi\ ing the reasons 
 for their disapproval. I'pon such inspection and ap- 
 proval the inspectors shall also make and subscribe- a 
 temporary certificate, which shall set forth substantially 
 the fact of such inspection and approval) and shall de- 
 liver the same to the master or owner of the vessel and 
 shall keep a ropy thereof on file in their ollice. The said 
 
I'AIIT VIII.- INSIM-X'TIOX OK STEAM YKSSKI.S. 155 
 
 temporary certificate shall be carried and exposed by 
 vessels iii (he same manner as is provided in section 
 fort v- four hundred and twent y-three for the regular cer- 
 tificate, and the foim thereof and the period during 
 \\hich it is to be in force shall he as j>rescribed by the 
 board of supervising inspectors, or the executive com- 
 mittee thereof, as provided in section forty-four hundred 
 and live. And such temporary certificate, during such 
 period and prior to the delivery to the master or owner 
 of the regular certificate, shall take thej>lace of and be 
 a substitute for the regular certificate of inspection, as re- 
 quired by this section and by section forty-four hundred 
 and twenty-six, and for the purposes of said sections. 
 Such temporary certificate shall also be subject to revo- 
 cation in the manner and under the conditions provided 
 in section forty-four hundred and fifty-three. No vessel 
 required to be inspected under the provisions of this title 
 shall be navigated without having on board an unexpired 
 regular certificate of inspection or such temporary cer- 
 tificate: Pror/drd, however, That any such vessel oper- 
 ated upon a regularly established line from a port of the 
 United States to a port of a foreign country not contigu- 
 ous to the United States whose certificate of inspection 
 expires at sea or while said vessel is in a foreign port or 
 a port of the Philippine Islands or Hawaii may lawfully 
 complete her voyage without the regular certificate of 
 inspection or the temporary certificate required by this 
 section, and no liability for penalties imposed by this 
 title for want of such certificate shall be incurred until 
 her voyage shall have been completed: Provided, That 
 said voyage shall be so completed within thirty days after 
 the expiration of said certificate or temporary certificate : 
 Provided further* That no such vessel whose certificate 
 of inspection shall expire within fifteen days of the date 
 of her sailing shall proceed upon her voyage to such 
 port of a foreign country not contiguous to the United 
 States without first having procured a new certificate of 
 inspection or the temporary certificate required by this 
 section. 
 
 The original certificate of inspection delivered to the "8^8)06. 
 master or owner of a steam vessel shall be placed by such ' 
 
 master or owner in a conspicuous place in the vessel sec.' 3.' 
 where it will be most likely to be observed by passengers 
 and others, and there kept at all times, framed under 
 glass, as evidence of the authority thereby conferred: 
 Provided, however, That where it is not practicable to so 
 expose said certificate, it shall be carried in the vessel in 
 such manner as shall be prescribed by the regulations 
 established by the board of supervising inspectors with 
 the approval of the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 Whenever any passenger is received on board any jJar" 4 42 ioi5. 
 steam vessel not having an unexpired certificate of ap- sec.' 4.' 
 proval or an unexpired temporary certificate of approval 
 
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156 
 
 XAVICATIOX LAWS OF THE rXTTKD STATES. 
 
 placed and kept as required by this title, or whenever 
 anv passenger steam vessel receives or carries any gun- 
 powder on board, not having a certificate authorizing 
 the same, placed and kept as required, or shall carry any 
 gunpowder at a place or in a manner not authorized by 
 such certificate, such steam vessel shall be liable to a 
 penalty of *100 for each offense. 
 
 148. Exhibit of laws. 
 
 K. s, not. Every master, or commander of any steam-vessel car- 
 rying passengers shall keep on board of such vessel at 
 least two copies of the provisions of this Title | R. S., 
 
 Feb. 14, 1903.4399-4500], to be furnished to him by the Secretary of 
 Commerce, and if the master or commander neglects or 
 refuses to do so, or shall unreasonably refuse to exhibit 
 a copy of the same to any passenger who asks for it, he 
 shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 149. Inspectors and officers of steam vessels. 
 
 i. S., 4406. 
 
 R. S., 4407. 
 
 Each supervising inspector shall watch over all parts of 
 the territory assigned to him. shall visit, confer with, and 
 examine into the doings of the local boards of inspectors 
 within his district, and shall instruct them in the proper 
 performance of their duties; and shall, whenever he 
 thinks it expedient, visit any vessels licensed, and examine 
 into their condition, for the purpose of ascertaining 
 whether the provisions of this Title [K. S., 4300-4500] 
 have been observed, and complied with, both by the board 
 of inspectors and the master and owners. All masters, 
 engineers, mates, and pilots of such vessels shall answer 
 all reasonable inquiries, and shall give all the information 
 in their power in regard to any such vessel so visited, and 
 her machinery for steaming, and the manner of manag- 
 ing both. 
 
 Whenever a supervising inspector ascertains to his sat- 
 is fact ion that any master, mate, engineer, pilot, or owner 
 of any steam-vessol fails to perform his duties a coord ins 
 to the provisions of this Title [E. S., 4300-4500], he shall 
 report the facts in writing to the board of local inspectors 
 in the district where the vessel was inspected or belongs; 
 and. if need be. he shall cause the negligent or offending 
 party to be prosecuted: and if the supervising inspector 
 has good reason to believe there has been, through negli- 
 gence or any other cause, a failure of the board which 
 inspected the vessel to do its duty. he shall report the facts 
 ,!,' I '"' in writing to the Secretary of Commerce- who shall cau^e 
 immediate investigation into the truth of the complaint, 
 and. if he deems the cause sufficient, shall remove any 
 officer found delinquent. 
 
 \Vlien any licensed nflicer is employed on a steamer in a 
 district distant from any local board of inspectors, such 
 inspectors, or the supervising inspector of the district, 
 may grant a renewal of his license, without such licensed 
 officer being personally present, under such regulations as 
 the board of supervising inspectors shall prescribe. 
 
 R. S., 4447. 
 
PART VIII. - INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 157 
 
 All officers licensed under the provisions of this title \y. 
 [R. 8. 4399-4500] shall assist the inspectors in their 
 animation of any vessel to which such licensed officers 
 belong and shall point out all defects and imperfections 
 known to them in the hull, equipments, boilers, or ma- 
 chinery of such vessel, and shall also make known to the 
 inspectors at the earliest opportunity all accidents or 
 occurrences producing serious injury to the vessel, her 
 equipments, boilers, or machinery, and in default thereof 
 the license of any such officer so neglecting or refusing 
 shall be suspended or revoked. 
 
 No inspector or supervising inspector receiving infor- 
 mation from a licensed officer who is employed on any 
 vessel as to defects in such vessel, or her equipments, 
 1 toilers, or machinery, or that any provision of this title 
 is being violated, shall impart the name of such licensed 
 officer, or the source of his information, to any person 
 other than his superiors in the Steamboat-Inspection 
 Service. Any inspector or supervising inspector vio- 
 lating this provision shall be subject to dismissal from 
 the service. 
 
 If any licensed officer shall, to the hindrance of com- R. s., 4440. 
 merce, wrongfully or unreasonably refuse to perform his le"^' 1905 
 official duties after having signed articles or while em- Mar. 3, 1015 
 ployed on any vessel as authorized by the terms of his 
 certificate of license, or if any pilot or engineer shall 
 refuse to admit into the pilot house or engine room any 
 person whom the master or owner of the vessel may de- 
 sire to place there for the purpose of learning the pro- 
 fession, his license shall be revoked or suspended upon 
 the same proceedings as are provided in other cases oi 
 revocation or suspension of such license. 
 
 The local boards of inspectors shall investigate all acts R. s., 4450. 
 of incompetency or misconduct committed by any licensed 
 officer while acting under the authority of his license, and 
 shall have power to summon before them any witnesses 
 within their respective districts, and compel their attend- 
 ance by a similar process as in the United States district 
 courts; -and they may administer all necessary oaths to 
 any witnesses thus summoned before them; and after 
 reasonable notice in writing, given to the alleged delin- 
 quent, of the time and place of such investigation, such 
 witnesses shall be examined, under oath, touching the 
 performance of his duties by any such licensed officer; 
 and if the board shall be satisfied that such licensed officer 
 is incompetent, or has been guilty of misbehavior, negli- 
 gence, or unskillfulness, or has endangered life, or will- 
 fully violated any provision of this Title [R. S., 4399- 
 4500], they shall immediately suspend or revoke his 
 license. 
 
 150. Liability for damage. 
 
 Whenever damage is sustained by any passenger, or his R. s. t 4493. 
 baggage, from explosion, fire, collision, or other cause, the 
 master and the owner of such vessel, or either of them, 
 
158 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4496. 
 
 K. S., 4497. 
 
 R. S., 4499. 
 Mar. 3, 1905. 
 Sec. 4. 
 
 R. S., 4500. 
 
 and the vessel shall be liable to each and every person so 
 injured, to the full amount of damage, if it happens 
 through any neglect, or failure to comply with the pro- 
 visions of this Title [K. S., 4399-4500], or through known 
 defects, or imperfections of the steam apparatus or of the 
 hull; and any person sustaining loss, or injury through 
 the carelessness, negligence, or willful misconduct of any 
 master, mate, engineer, or pilot, or his neglect or refusal 
 to obey the laws governing the navigation of such steam- 
 ers, may sue such master, mate, engineer, or pilot, and 
 recover damages for any such injury caused by any such 
 master, mate, engineer, or pilot. 
 
 151. Enforcement and penalty. 
 
 All collectors, or other chief officers of the customs and 
 all inspectors within the several districts, shall enforce 
 the provisions of this Title [K, S. 4399-4500] against all 
 steamers arriving and departing. 
 
 Every collector, or other chief officer of the customs, or 
 inspector, who negligently, or intentionally omits any 
 duty under the preceding section, shall be liable to re- 
 moval from office, and to a penalty of one hundred dollars 
 for each offense, to be sued for in an action of debt. 
 
 If any vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam be 
 navigated without complying with the terms of this title 
 [R. S., 4399-4500], the owner shall be liable to the United 
 States in a penalty of five hundred dollars for each 
 offense, one-half for the use of the informer, for which 
 sum the vessel so navigated shall be liable, and may be 
 seized and proceeded against by way of libel in any dis- 
 trict court of the United States having jurisdiction of the 
 offense. Persons or corporations chartering or engaging 
 or contracting for the use of vessels subject to this title, 
 cinder such terms and conditions that they have full and 
 exclusive control of the management and operation of 
 such vessels, shall be subject to the same penalties for 
 violations of the provisions of this title [R. S.. !:'> ( ,) ( .)-4500] 
 as are now imposed upon owners of vessels thereunder, 
 and in such cases the owners shall not be liable to such 
 penalties for such violations by such charterers or con- 
 tractors. 
 
 The penalty for the violation of any provisions of this 
 Title [R. S., 4399-4500], nut otherwise specially provided 
 for. shall be a line of five hundred dollars, recoverable 
 one-half for the use of the informer. 
 
PART IX. PASSENGER ACT OF 1882. 
 
 152. Accommodations. 158. Explosives; cattle. 
 
 153. I.i.uht :ind air. 159. Boarding vessel; passenger list. 
 
 154. Provisions. 160. Death of passenger. 
 
 155. Medical attendance. 161. Inspection. 
 
 156. Discipline and cleanliness. 162. Penalties. 
 
 157. Privacy of passengers. 
 
 152. Accommodations. 
 
 It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel ug . 2^ iss& 
 whereon steerage passengers have been taken at any port 
 or place in a foreign country or dominion (ports and 
 places in foreign territory contiguous to the United States 
 excepted) to bring such vessel and passengers to or take 
 from any port or place in the United States unless the 
 compartments, spaces, and accommodations hereinafter 
 mentioned have been provided, allotted, maintained, and 
 used for and by such passengers during the entire voyage, 
 unobstructed by cargo, stores, or goods. The master of a 
 vessel coming to a port or place in the United States in 
 violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and if the number of 
 steerage passengers carried or brought in the vessel, or in 
 any compartment, space, poop, or deck house thereof, is 
 greater than the number allowed to be carried or brought 
 therein, respectively, as hereinafter prescribed, the said 
 master shall be fined fifty dollars for each and every such 
 passenger in excess of the proper number, and may also 
 be imprisoned not exceeding six months. 
 
 In computing the number of passengers carried or 
 brought in any vessel, children under one year of age 
 shall not be included, and two children between one and 
 eight years of age shall be counted as one passenger; and 
 any person brought in such vessel who shall have been, 
 during the voyage, taken from any other vessel wrecked 
 or in distress on the high seas, or have been picked up at 
 sea from any boat. raft, or otherwise, shall not be in- 
 cluded in such computation. 
 
 Second. The expression " steerage passenger " means all 
 passengers except cabin passengers, and persons shall not 
 
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160 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 be deemed cabin passengers unless the space allotted to 
 their exclusive use is in the proportion of at least thirty- 
 six clear superficial feet to each passenger. 
 
 Third. Tlie expression " lowest passenger deck " means 
 the deck next below the water line; and the expression 
 " passenger deck " includes every deck or portion of a 
 deck which is above the lowest passenger deck, and is 
 appropriated for passengers. 
 
 Fourth. A vessel shall not carry passengers, whether 
 cabin or steerage passengers, on more than one deck below 
 the water line. 
 
 Fifth. The height between that part of any deck on 
 which steerage passengers are carried and the deck imme- 
 diately above it shall not be less than six feet. 
 
 Sixth. Xo steerage passengers shall be carried on the 
 lowest passenger deck unless it is efficiently lighted by 
 side scuttles and otherwise to the satisfaction of the 
 inspector. 
 
 Seventh. No greater number of steerage passengers 
 shall be carried on the lowest passenger deck than in the 
 proportion of one steerage passenger to every twenty-one 
 clear superficial feet allotted to their use. If, however, 
 the height between the lowest passenger deck and the 
 deck immediately above it is less than seven feet, and the 
 apertures, exclusive of side scuttles, through which light 
 and air are admitted are less in size than in the propor- 
 tion of three square feet to every one hundred superficial 
 feet of that deck, no greater number of steerage pas- 
 sengers shall be carried on that deck than in the pro- 
 portion of one steerage passenger to every thirty clear 
 superficial feet thereof, subject to the allowance for meas- 
 urement of public rooms, lavatories, and bath rooms, if 
 any, provided for by paragraph ten. 
 
 Eighth. No greater number of steerage passengers may 
 be carried on a passenger deck than in the proportion of 
 one steerage passenger to every eighteen clear superficial 
 feet of deck allotted to their use, subject to the allowance 
 for measurement of public rooms, lavatories, and bath 
 rooms, if any, provided for by paragraph ten. If, how- 
 ever, the height between any passenger deck and the deck 
 immediately above it be less than seven feet, no greater 
 number of steerage passengers may be carried on that 
 deck than in the proportion of one steerage passenger to 
 every twenty-one dear superficial feet thereof, subject to 
 the allowance for measurement of public rooms, lavatories, 
 and bnth rooms, if any. provided for by paragraph ten. 
 
 Ninth. A vessel, whatever be the superficial space of 
 the passenger decks and of the lowest passenger deck, 
 shall not carry a greater number of steerage passengers 
 on the whole than in the proportion of one steerage pas- 
 gar to every five superficial feet of air or promenade 
 space provided on a deck so open as not to be included in 
 
PART IX. PASSENGER ACT OF 1882. 161 
 
 the tonnage and approved by the inspector, and this 
 space shall not be counted or included in the area avail- 
 able for any other passengers, or in other areas for steer- 
 age passengers prescribed by this section. 
 
 Tenth. In the measurement of the passenger decks and 
 of the lowest passenger deck, the space occupied by that 
 part of the personal baggage of the steerage passengers 
 which the inspector permits to be carried there shall be 
 included, and also, on whatever deck located, commo- 
 dious and suitable dining rooms, lounging rooms, smok- 
 ing rooms, lavatories, toilet rooms, and bath rooms: Pro- 
 //</<</, That 
 
 (a) The space in any place appropriated to the use of 
 steerage passengers in which they sleep shall not be less 
 than eighteen superficial feet in the case of the lowest 
 passenger deck and fifteen superficial feet in the case of 
 a passenger deck. 
 
 (b) Each space so included in the measurement must 
 be clearly marked to the satisfaction of the inspector as 
 being exclusively appropriated for the use of the steerage 
 passengers. 
 
 Eleventh. Each separate compartment in which steer- 
 age passengers are berthed shall be conspicuously marked, 
 showing the total area of such compartments. 
 
 In every such steamship or other vessel there shall be a $c.' 2! 1882 ' 
 sufficient number of berths for the proper accommodation 
 as hereinafter provided, of all such passengers. There 
 shall not be on any deck nor in any compartment or space 
 occupied by such passengers more than two tiers of berths. 
 The berths shall be properly constructed, and be separated 
 from each other by partitions, as berths ordinarily are 
 separated, and each berth shall be at least two feet in 
 width and six feet in length; and the interval between 
 the floor or lowest part of the lower tier of berths and the 
 deck beneath them shall not be less than six inches, nor 
 the interval between each tier of berths, and the interval 
 between the uppermost tier and the deck above it, less 
 than two feet six inches; and each berth shall be occupied 
 by not more than one passenger over eight years of age ; 
 but double berths of twice the above-mentioned width may 
 be provided, each double berth to be occupied by no more 
 and by none other than two women, or by one woman and 
 two children under the age of eight years, or by husband 
 and wife, or by a man and two of his own children under 
 the age of eight years, or by two men personally ac- 
 quainted with each other. All the male passengers up- 
 wards of fourteen years of age who do not occupy berths 
 with their wives shall be berthed in the fore part of the 
 vessel, in a compartment divided off from the space or 
 spaces appropriated to the other passengers by a substan- 
 tial and well-secured bulkhead; and unmarried female 
 passengers shall be berthed in a compartment separated 
 
162 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 from the spaces occupied by other passengers by a sub- 
 stantial and well-constructed bulkhead, the opening or 
 communication from which to an adjoining passenger 
 space shall be so constructed that it can be closed and 
 secured. Families, however, shall not be separated except 
 with their consent. Each berth shall be numbered seri- 
 ally, on the outside berth-board, according to the number 
 of passengers that may lawfully occupy the berth; and 
 the berths occupied by such passengers shall not be re- 
 moved or taken down until the expiration of twelve hours 
 from the time of entry, unless previously inspected within 
 a shorter period. For any violation of either of the pro- 
 visions of this section the master of the vessel shall be 
 liable to a fine of five dollars for each passenger carried 
 or brought on the vessel. 
 
 153. Light and air. 
 
 *ec. 3. Every such steamship or other vessel shall have ade- 
 
 quate provisions for affording light and air to the passen- 
 ger-decks and to the compartments and spaces occupied by 
 such passengers, and with adequate means and appliances 
 for ventilating the said compartments and spaces. To 
 compartments having sufficient space for fifty or more of 
 such passengers at least two ventilators, each not less than 
 twelve inches in diameter, shall be provided, one of which 
 ventilators shall be inserted in the forward part of the 
 compartment, and the other in the after part thereof, and 
 shall be so constructed as to ventilate the compartment; 
 and additional ventilators shall be provided for each com- 
 partment in the proportion of two ventilators for each 
 additional fifty of such passengers carried or brought in 
 the compartment. All ventilators shall be carried at least 
 six feet above the uppermost deck of the vessel, and shall 
 be of the most approved form and construction. In any 
 steamship the ventilating apparatus provided, or any 
 method of ventilation adopted thereon, which has been 
 approved by the proper emigration officers at the port or 
 place from which said vessel was cleared, shall be deemed 
 a compliance with the foregoing provisions; and in all 
 vessels carrying or bringing such passengers there shall 
 be properly-constructed hatchways over the compartments 
 or spaces occupied by such passengers, which hatchway 
 shall lc properly covered with houses or booby hatches, 
 and the combing or sills of which shall rise at least six 
 inches above the deck; and there shall be proper com- 
 panion-ways or ladders from each hatchway leading to 
 the compartments or spaces occupied by such passengers; 
 and the said companion-ways or ladders shall be securely 
 constructed, and be provided with hand-rails or strong 
 rope. and. when the weather will permit, such passengers 
 shall have the use of each hatchway situated over the com- 
 partments or spaces appropriated to their use: and every 
 vessel carrying or bringing such passengers shall have a 
 
PART IX. PASSENGER ACT OF 1882. 163 
 
 properly located and constructed caboose and cooking- 
 range, or other cooking apparatus, the dimensions and 
 capacity of which shall he snilicient to provide for prop- 
 erly cooking and preparing the food of all such passen- 
 gers. In every vessel carrying or bringing such passen- 
 gers there shall he at least, two water-closets or privies, 
 and an additional water-closet or privy for every one 
 hundred male passengers on hoard, for the exclusive use 
 of such male passengers, and an additional water-closet or 
 privy for every fifty female passengers on board, for the 
 exclusive use of the female 1 passengers and young chil- 
 dren on board. The aforesaid water-closets and privies 
 shall be properly enclosed and located on each side of the 
 vessel, and shall be separated from passengers' spaces by 
 substantial and properly-Constructed partitions or bulk- 
 heads; and the water-closets and privies shall be kept 
 and maintained in a serviceable and cleanly condition 
 throughout the voyage. For any violation of either of 
 the provisions of this section, or for any neglect to con- 
 form to the requirements thereof, the master of the ves- 
 sel shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred 
 and fifty dollars. 
 
 154. Provisions. 
 
 An allowance of good, wholesome, and proper food, Sec. 4. 
 with a reasonable quantity of fresh provisions, which food 
 shall be equal in value to one and a half navy rations of 
 the United States, and of fresh water, not less than four 
 quarts per day, shall be furnished each of such passen- 
 gers. Three meals shall be served daily, at regular and 
 stated hours, of which hours sufficient notice shall be 
 given. If any such passengers shall at any time during 
 the voyage be put on short allowance for food and water, 
 the master of the vessel shall pay to each passenger three 
 dollars for each and every day the passenger may have 
 been put on short allowance, except in case of accidents, 
 where the captain is obliged to put the passengers on 
 short allowance. Mothers with infants and young chil- 
 dren shall be furnished the necessary quantity of whole- 
 some milk or condensed milk for the sustenance of the 
 latter. Tables and seats shall be provided for the use of 
 passengers at regular meals. And for every willful viola- 
 tion of any of the provisions of this section the master of 
 the vessel shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, and be 
 imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months. The 
 enforcement of this penalty, however, shall not affect the 
 civil responsibility of the master and owners of the vessel 
 to such passengers as may have suffered from any negli- 
 gence, breach of contract, or default on the part of such 
 master and owners. 
 
 155. Medical attendance. 
 
 In every such steamship or other vessel there shall be Sec - 5 - 
 properly built and secured, or divided off from other 
 
164 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 
 
 spaces, two compartments or spaces to be used exclusively 
 as hospitals for such passengers, one for men and the 
 other for women. The hospitals shall be located in a space 
 not below the deck next below the main deck of the vessel. 
 The hospital spaces shall in no case be less than in the 
 proportion of eighteen clear superficial feet for every fifty 
 such passengers who are carried or brought on the vessel, 
 and such hospitals shall be supplied with proper beds, 
 lied ding, and utensils, and be kept so supplied throughout 
 the voyage. And every steamship or other vessel carry- 
 ing or bringing emigrant passengers, or passengers other 
 than cabin passengers, exceeding fifty in number, shall 
 carry a duly qualified and competent surgeon or medical 
 practitioner, who shall be rated as such in the ship's arti- 
 cles, and who shall be provided \vith surgical instruments, 
 medical comforts, and medicines proper and necessary for 
 diseases and accidents incident to sea-voyages, and for the 
 proper medical treatment of such passengers during the 
 voyage, and with such articles of food and nourishment as 
 may be proper and necessary for preserving the health of 
 infants and young children ; and the services of such sur- 
 geon or medical practitioner shall be promptly given, in 
 any case of sickness or disease, to any of the passengers, 
 or to any infant or young child of any such passengers, 
 who may need his services. For a violation of either of 
 the provisions of this section the master of the vessel shall 
 be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and 
 fifty dollars. 
 
 156. Discipline and cleanliness. 
 
 The master of every such steamship or other vessel is 
 authorized to maintain good discipline and such habits 
 of cleanliness among such passengers as will tend to the 
 preservation and promotion of health, and to that end he 
 shall cause such regulations as he may adopt for such pur- 
 pose to be posted up on board the vessel, in a place or 
 places accessible to such passengers, and shall keep the 
 same so posted up during the voyage. The said master 
 shall cause the compartments and spaces provided for. 
 or occupied by, such. passengers to be kept at all times in 
 a clean and healthy condition, and to be, as often as may 
 be necessary, disinfected with chloride of lime, or by 
 some other equally ellicient disinfectant. Whenever the 
 state of (he weather will permit, such pasM-nirers and their 
 bedding shall be mustered on deck, and a clear and suili- 
 cient space on the main or any upper deck of the VQSSe] 
 shall be set apart, and so kept, for the use and exercise 
 of such passengers duriu<r the voyage. For each neglect 
 or \iolation of any of the provisions of this section the 
 master of the veel shall be liable to a penalty not ex- 
 ceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. 
 
PART IX. PASSENGER ACT OF 1882. 165 
 
 157. Privacy of passengers. 
 
 Neither the officers, seamen, nor other persons em- Sec - 7 - 
 ployed on any such steamship or other vessel shall visit 
 or frequent any part of the vessel provided or assigned 
 to the use of such passengers, except by the direction or 
 per mission of the master of such vessel lirst made or given 
 for such purpose ; and every officer, seaman, or other per- 
 son employed on board of such vessel who shall violate 
 (he provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and may be lined not exceeding one hun- 
 dred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding twenty 
 days, for each violation; and the master of such vessel 
 wlio directs or permits any officer, seaman, or other per- 
 son employed on board the vessel to visit or frequent any 
 part of the vessel provided for or assigned to the use of 
 such passengers, or the compartments or spaces occupied 
 by such passengers, except for the purpose of doing or 
 performing some necessary act or duty as an officer, sea- 
 man, or other person employed on board of the vessel, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be 
 lined not more than one hundred dollars for each time 
 he directs or permits the provisions of this section to be 
 violated. A copy of this section, written or printed in 
 the language or principal languages of the passengers on 
 board, shall, by or under the direction of the master of 
 the vessel, be posted in a conspicuous place on the fore- 
 castle and in the several parts of the vessel provided and 
 assigned for the use of such passengers, and in each com- 
 partment or space occupied by such passengers, and the 
 same shall be kept so posted during the voyage; and if 
 the said master neglects so to do, he shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 158. Explosives; cattle. 
 
 It shall not be lawful to take, carry, or have on board of Sec - 8 - 
 any such steamship or other vessel any nitro-glycerine, 
 dynamite, or any other explosive article or compound, 
 nor any vitriol or like acids, nor gunpowder, except for 
 the ship's use, nor any article or number of articles, 
 whether as a cargo or ballast, which, by reason of the na- 
 ture or quantity or mode of storage thereof, shall, either 
 singly or collectively, be likely to endanger the health or 
 lives of the passengers or the safety of the vessel, and 
 horses, cattle, or other animals taken on board of or 
 brought in any such vessel shall not be carried on any 
 deck below the deck on which passengers are berthed, 
 nor in any compartment in which passengers are berthed, 
 nor in any adjoining compartment except in a vessel 
 built of iron, and of which the compartments are divided 
 off by water-tight bulkheads extending to the upper deck. 
 For every violation of any of the provisions of this sec- 
 tion the master of the vessel shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding one thou- 
 sand dollars, and be imprisoned for a period not exceed- 
 ing one year. 
 
166 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 159. Boarding vessel; passenger list. 
 
 Sec - 9 - It shall not be lawf ul for the master of any such steam- 
 
 ship or other vessel, not in distress, iifter the arrival of 
 the vessel within any collection district of the United 
 States, to allow any person or persons, except a pilot, 
 officer of the customs, or health officer, agents of the ves- 
 sel, and consuls, to come on board of the vessel, or to 
 leave the vessel, until the vessel has been taken in charge 
 by an officer of the customs, nor, after charge so taken, 
 without leave of such officer, until all the passengers, 
 with their baggage, have been duly landed from the ves- 
 
 Feb. 9, 1905. sel ; and on the arrival of any such steamship or other 
 vessel within any collection district of the United States, 
 the master shall submit for inspection to the officer of 
 customs who first makes demand therefor, and shall sub- 
 sequently deliver with his manifest of cargo on entry, a 
 correct list, signed and verified on oath by the master, of 
 all passengers taken on board the vessel at any foreign 
 port or place, specifying, in the manner to be prescribed 
 from time to time by the Secretary of Commerce, the 
 name of each passenger, age (if a child of eight years or 
 under), sex, married or single, location of compartment 
 or space occupied during the voyage (if the passenger be 
 other than a cabin passenger), whether a citizen of the 
 United States, number of pieces of baggage, and if any 
 passenger die on the voyage the list shall specify the 
 name, age, and cause of death of each deceased passenger. 
 For a violation of either of the provisions of this section, 
 or for permitting or neglecting to prevent a violation 
 thereof, the master of the vessel shall be liable to a fine 
 not exceeding one thousand dollars. 
 
 Mar. 31, 1900. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and 
 
 sec.' 10.' 19 3 ' directed to prescribe from time to time and enforce regu- 
 lations governing the boarding of vessels arriving at the 
 seaports of the United States, before such vessels have 
 been properly inspected and placed in security, and for 
 that purpose to employ any of the officers of that Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 Mar. si, 1900. Each person violating such regulations shall be subject 
 to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars or 
 imprisonment not to exceed six mouths, or both, in the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
 Sec. 3. This Act shall be construed us supplementary to sec- 
 
 tion nine of chapter three hundred ami seventy-four of 
 the Statutes of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and 
 ion forty-six hundred and six of the Revised Statutes. 
 
 May 7, 1874. Kach and every collector of customs to whom shall be 
 delivered the nianife.-ts or lists of passengers prescribed 
 by the twelfth section of the act aforesaid, approved 
 March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall make 
 
 Feb. 14, ion:;, returns from such manifests or lists of passengers to the 
 Secretary of Commerce of the Tinted States, in such 
 manner as shall be prescribed l>y that officer, under whose 
 
PART IX. PASSENGER ACT OF 1882. 167 
 
 direction statements of the same shall he prepared and 
 published. 
 
 160. Death of passenger. 
 
 In case there shall have occurred on hoard any such A ?-^j 1882 * 
 steamship or other vessel any death among such passen- 
 ger< during the voyage, the master or consignees of the 
 vessel shall, within forty-eight hours after the arrival of 
 the vessel within a collection district of the United States, 
 oi' within twenty four hours after the entry of the vessel, 
 pay to the collector of customs of such district the sum of 
 ten dollars for each and every such passenger .above the 
 age of eight years who shall have died on the voyage by 
 natural disease; and the master or consignees of any ves- 
 sel who neglect or refuse to pay such collector, within the 
 times hereinbefore prescribed, the sums of money afore- 
 said, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars in addi- 
 tion to the sum required to be paid as aforesaid for each 
 passenger whose death occurred on the voyage. All sums 
 of money paid to any collector under the provisions of 
 this section shall be by him paid into the Treasury of the 
 United States in such manner and under such regulations 
 as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 161. Inspection. 
 
 The collector of customs of the collection district Sec. 11. 
 within which, or the surveyor of the port at which, any 
 such steamship or other vessel arrives, shall direct an 
 inspector or other officer of the customs to make an exami- 
 nation of the vessel^ and to admeasure' the compartments 
 or spaces occupied by the emigrant passengers, or pas- 
 sengers other than cabin passengers, during the voyage; 
 and such measurement shall be made in the manner pro- 
 vided by law for admeasuring vessels for tonnage; and to 
 compare the number of such passengers found on board 
 with the list of such passengers furnished by the master 
 to the customs officer; and the said inspector or other 
 officer shall make a report to the aforesaid collector or 
 surveyor, stating the port of departure, the time of sail- 
 ing, the length of the voyage, the ventilation, the number 
 of such passengers on board the vessel, and their native 
 country, respectively; the cubic quantity of each com- 
 partment or space, and the number of berths and passen- 
 gers in each space, the kind and quality of the food fur- 
 nished to such passengers on the voyage ; the number of 
 deaths, and the age and sex of those who died during the 
 voyage, and of what disease; and in case there was any 
 unusual sickness or mortality during the voyage, to re- 
 port whether the same was caused by any neglect or viola- 
 tion of the provisions of this act, or by the want of 
 proper care against disease by the master or owners of the 
 vessel; and the said reports shall be forwarded to the 
 Secretary of Commerce at such times and in such manner Feb. 14, i9os. 
 as he shall direct. Sec - 10 ' 
 
168 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 13. 
 
 162. Penalties. 
 
 The provisions of this act shall apply to every steam- 
 ship or other vessel whereon emigrant passengers, or 
 passengers other than cabin passengers, are taken on board 
 at a port or place in the United States for conveyance to 
 any port or place in a foreign country except foreign ter- 
 ritory contiguous to the United States, and shall also 
 apply to any vessel whereon such passengers are taken on 
 board at any port or place of the United States on the 
 Atlantic Ocean or its tributaries for conveyance to a port 
 or place on the Pacific Ocean or its tributaries, or vice 
 versa ; and whether the voyage of said vessel is to be con- 
 tinuous from port to port or such passengers are to be 
 conveyed from port to port in part by the wav of any 
 overland route through Mexico or Central America ; and 
 the said collector of customs may direct an examination of 
 the vessel to be made by an inspector or other officer of the 
 customs, who shall make the examination and report 
 whether the provisions of this act have been complied 
 with in respect to such vessel, and the said collector is 
 authorized to withhold the clearance of such vessel until 
 the coming in of such report ; and if the said report shall 
 show that any of the provisions of this act have not been 
 complied with, the collector is authorized and directed to 
 withhold the clearance of such vessel until the said pro- 
 visions are complied with; and if any such vessel leaves 
 the aforesaid port or place without having been duly 
 cleared by the collector of customs, the master shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined not 
 exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not 
 exceeding one year, and the vessel shall be liable to seizure 
 and forfeiture. 
 
 The amount of the several fines and penalties imposed 
 by any section of this act upon the master of any steam- 
 ship or other vessel carrying or bringing emigrant passen- 
 gers, or passengers other than cabin passengers, for any 
 violation of the provisions of this act, shall be liens upon 
 such vessel, and such vessel may bo libeled therefor in any 
 district court of the United States where such vessel shall 
 arrive or depart. 
 
PART X. GENKRAL PILOT LAWS. 
 
 163. General pilot laws. 
 
 Until further provision is made by Congress, all pilots R - s - 4235 - 
 in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the United 
 States shall continue to be regulated in conformity with 
 the existing laws of the States respectively wherein such 
 pilots may be, or with such laws as the States may respec- 
 tively enact for the purpose. 
 
 The master of any vessel coming into or going out of R - s - 4236 - 
 any port situate upon waters which are the boundary 
 between two States, may employ any pilot duly licensed 
 or authorized by the laws of either of the States bounded 
 on such waters, to pilot the vessel to or from such port. 
 
 No regulations or provisions shall be adopted by any R. s., 4237. 
 State which shall make any discrimination in the rate of 
 pilotage or half pilotage between vessels sailing between 
 the ports of one State and vessels sailing between the 
 ports of different States, or any discrimination against 
 vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, or against 
 national vessels of the United States; and all existing 
 regulations or provisions making any such discrimination 
 are annulled and abrogated. 
 
 No State or municipal government shall impose upon R - s - 4444 - 
 pilots of steam-vessels any obligation to procure a State 
 or other license in addition to that issued by the United 
 States, or any other regulation which will impede such 
 pilots in the performance of the duties required by this 
 Title [R. S., 4399-4500] ; nor shall any pilot-charges be 
 levied by any such authority upon any steamer piloted 
 as provided by this Title; and in no case shall the fees 
 charged for the pilotage of any steam-vessel exceed the 
 customary or legally established rates in the State where 
 the same is performed. Nothing in this Title shall be 
 construed to annul or affect any regulation established by 
 the laws of any State, requiring vessels entering or leav- 
 ing a port in any such State, other than coastwise steam- 
 vessels, to take a pilot duly licensed or authorized by the 
 laws of such State, or of a State situate upon the waters 
 of such State. 
 
 All coastwise sea-going vessels, and vessels navigating R. s., 4401. 
 the great lakes, shall be subject to the navigation laws of 
 the United States, when navigating within the jurisdic- 
 
 169 
 
170 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Feb' 
 
 June 7, 1897. 
 
 thereof ; and all vessels, propelled in whole or in part 
 by steam, and navigating as aforesaid, shall be subject to 
 all the rules and regulations established in pursuance of 
 law for the government of steam-vessels in passing, as 
 provided by this Title [K. S., 4399-4500] ; and every 
 coastwise sea-going steam- vessel subject to the navigation 
 laws of the United States, and to the rules and regula- 
 tions aforesaid, not sailing under register, shall, when 
 under way, except on the high seas, be under the control 
 and direction of pilots licensed by the inspectors of 
 steamboats. 
 
PART XI. TONNAGE TAX. 
 
 164. Rates of tax. 
 
 165. Exemptions from tonnage t;ix. 
 
 166. Discriminating tonnage taxes. 
 
 167. Alien tonnage taxes (in excep- 
 
 tional cases). 
 
 168. Light money (in exceptional 
 
 cases). 
 
 169. Consular tonnage charges. 
 
 170. Refund of tonnage tax. 
 
 1909> 
 
 164. Bates of tax. 
 
 Nothing contained in this Title [R. S., 4131-4305] *.s.,4227 
 shall be deemed in any wise to impair any rights and privi- 
 leges which have been or may be acquired by any foreign 
 nation under the laws and treaties of the United States 
 relative to the duty on tonnage of vessels, or any other 
 duty on vessels. 
 
 A tonnage duty of two cents per ton, not to exceed in |^ 
 the aggregate ten cents per ton in any one year, is hereby k 
 imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered 
 in any port of the United States from any foreign port 
 or place in North America, Central America, the West 
 India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, 
 or the coast of South America bordering on the Carib- 
 bean Sea, or Newfoundland, and a duty of six cents per 
 ton, not to exceed thirty cents per ton per annum, is 
 hereby imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall 
 be entered in any port of the United States from any 
 other foreign port, not, however, to include vessels in dis- 
 tress or not engaged in trade. 
 
 This section shall not be construed to amend or repeal 
 section twenty-seven hundred and ninety-two of the 
 Revised Statutes as amended by section one of chapter 
 two hundred and twelve of the laws of nineteen hundred 
 and eight, approved May twenty-eighth, nineteen hun- 
 dred and eight, or section five of the said chapter two 
 hundred and twelve of the laws of nineteen hundred and 
 eight, or section twenty-seven hundred and ninety-three 
 of the Revised Statutes. 
 
 Section forty-two hundred and thirty-two of the Re- 
 vised Statutes, and sections eleven and twelve of chapter 
 four hundred and twenty-one of the laws of eighteen hun- 
 dred and eighty-six, approved June nineteenth, eighteen 
 hundred and eighty-six, and so much of section forty-two 
 hundred and nineteen of the Revised Statutes as conflicts 
 with this section, are hereby repealed. 
 
 165. Exemptions from tonnage tax. 
 
 No vessel belonging to any citizen of the United States, R - s - 422 - 
 trading from one port within the United States to another 
 
 171 
 
172 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4221. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1910. 
 
 port within the United States, or employed in the bank, 
 whale, or other fisheries, shall be subject to tonnage tax 
 or duty, if such vessel be licensed, registered or enrolled. 
 
 In cases of vessels making regular daily trips between 
 any port of the United States and any port in the Domin- 
 ion of Canada, wholly upon interior waters not navi- 
 gable to the ocean, no tonnage or clearance fees shall be 
 charged against such vessel by the officers of the United 
 States, except upon the first clearing of such vessel in 
 each year. 
 
 Vessels entering otherwise than by sea from a foreign 
 port at which tonnage or light-house dues or other equiva- 
 lent tax or taxes are not imposed on vessels of the United 
 States shall be exempt from the tonnage duty of two 
 cents per ton, not to exceed in the aggregate ten cents per 
 ton in any one year, prescribed by section thirty-six of 
 the Act approved August fifth, nineteen hundred and 
 nine, entitled "An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, 
 and encourage the industries of the United States, and 
 for other purposes." 
 
 166. Discriminating tonnage taxes. 
 
 R. s., 4228. Upon satisfactory proof being given to the President, 
 by the government of any foreign nation, that no discrim- 
 inating duties of tonnage or imposts are imposed or levied 
 in the ports of such nation upon vessels wholly belonging 
 to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, 
 manufactures, or merchandise imported in the same from 
 the United States or from any foreign country, the Presi- 
 dent may issue his proclamation, declaring that the for- 
 eign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within 
 the United States are suspended and discontinued, so far 
 as respects the vessels of such foreign nation, and the 
 produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported into the 
 United States from such foreign nation, or from any 
 other foreign country ; the suspension to take effect from 
 the time of such notification being given to the President. 
 and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of 
 -els, belonging to citizens of the United States, and 
 their cargoes, shall be continued, and no longer. 
 
 July 24, 1897. Pror'Il, That the President is anthori/ed to suspend 
 in part the operation of sections forty-two hundred and 
 nineteen and twenty-five hundred and two so that foreign 
 I- from a country imposing partial discriminating 
 tonnage duties upon American vessels, or partial discrim- 
 inatin.ir import duties upon American merchandise, may 
 enjoy in our ports the identical privileires which the same 
 class of American vessels and merchandise may enjoy in 
 said foreign country. 
 
 R. s., 4L>L'!i. N O other or hiirher rate of duties shall he imposed or 
 
 collected on 7688elfl of Prussia, or of her dominions, from 
 whencesoever coming, nor on their cargoes, howsoever 
 composed, than are or may be payable on vessels of the 
 United States, and their cargoes. 
 
 R. s.,423o. The preceding section shall continue and be in force 
 during the time that the equality for which it provides 
 
PART XI. TONNAGE TAX. 173 
 
 shall, in all respects, be reciprocated in the ports of 
 Prussia and her dominions; and if at any time hereafter 
 the equality shall not l>e reciprocated 'in the ports of 
 Prus-ia and her dominions, the President may issue his 
 proclamation, declaring that fact, and thereupon the sec- 
 tion preceding shall cease to be in force. 
 
 From Spanish vessels coining from any port or place in R- s.,423i. 
 Spain or her colonies, where no discriminating or coun- 
 tervailing duties on tonnage are levied upon vessels of the 
 United States, or from any other port or place to and 
 with which vessels of the United States are ordinarily 
 permitted to go and trade, there shall be exacted in the 
 ports of the United States no other or greater duty on 
 1 01 in a ire than at the time may be exacted of vessels of the 
 tlnited States. 
 
 167. Alien tonnage taxes (in exceptional cases). 
 
 Upon vessels which shall be entered in the United J^ 8 -'^^-. 
 States from any foreign port or place there shall be paid (Seep. 17, act 
 duties as follows: On vessels built within the United J 9 f 15 ) a r 4 
 States but belonging wholly or in part to subjects of for- 
 eign powers, at the rate of 30 cents per ton; on other 
 vessels not of the United States, at the rate of 50 cents 
 per ton. Upon every vessel not of the United States, 
 which shall be entered in one district from another dis- 
 trict, having on board goods, wares, or merchandise taken 
 in one district to be delivered in another district, duties 
 shall be paid at the rate of 50 cents per ton. Nothing in 
 this section shall be deemed in any wise to impair any 
 rights or privileges which have been or may be acquired 
 by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties of the 
 United States relative to the duty of tonnage on vessels. 
 On all foreign vessels which shall be entered in the 
 United States from any foreign port or place, to and with 
 which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily per- 
 mitted to enter and trade, there shall be paid a duty at 
 the rate of two dollars per ton; and none of the duties 
 on tonnage above mentioned shall be levied on the vessels 
 of any foreign nation if the President of the United 
 States shall be satisfied that the discriminating or coun- 
 tervailing duties of such foreign nations, so far as they 
 operate to the disadvantage of the United States, have 
 been abolished ; and any rights or privileges ac- June 26, 1884. 
 
 quired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties 
 of the United States relative to the duty of tonnage on 
 vessels shall not be impaired; and any vessel any officer 
 of which shall not be a citizen of the United States, shall 
 pay a tax of fifty cents per ton. 
 
 168. Light money (in exceptional cases). 
 
 A duty of fifty cents per ton, to be denominated "light ^"pA^'act 
 money," shall be levied and collected on all vessels not of o f M a r ! ' 4, 
 the United States, which may enter the ports of the 1C 
 
174 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4226. 
 
 United States. Such light-money shall be levied and col- 
 lected in the same manner and under the same regulations 
 as the tonnage duties. 
 
 The preceding section shall not be deemed to operate 
 upon unregistered vessels, owned by citizens of the United 
 States, and carrying a sea-letter, or other regular docu- 
 ment, issued from a custom-house of the United States, 
 proving the vessel to be American property. Upon the 
 entry of every such vessel from any foreign port, if the 
 same shall be at the port at which the owner or any of 
 the part owners reside, such owner or part owners shall 
 make oath that the sea-letter or other regular document 
 possessed by such vessel contains the name or names of all 
 the persons who are then the owners of the vessel; or if^ 
 any part of such vessel has been sold or transferred since 
 the date of such sea-letter or document, that such is the 
 case, and that no foreign subject or citizen has, to the 
 best of his knowledge and belief, any share, by way of 
 trust, confidence or otherwise, in such vessel. If the 
 owner or any part owner does not reside at the port or 
 place at which such vessel shall enter, then the master 
 shall make oath to the like effect. If the owner or part 
 owner, where there is one, or the master, where there is 
 no owner, shall refuse to so swear, such vessel shall not 
 be entitled to the privileges granted by this section. 
 
 169. Consular tonnage charges. 
 
 No consul or consular agent of the United States shall 
 exact tonnage fees from any vessel of the United States, 
 touching at or near ports in Canada, on her regular voy- 
 age from one port to another within the United States, 
 unless such consul or consular agent shall perform some 
 official services, required by law for such vessel, when she 
 shall thus touch at a Canadian port. 
 
 170. Refund of tonnage tax. 
 
 Whenever any fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or 
 charge arising under the laws relating to vessels or sea- 
 men has been paid to any collector of customs or consular 
 officer, and application lias been made within one year 
 from such payment for the refunding or remission of the 
 Feb. 14, ion.-., same, the Secretary of Commerce, if on investigation he 
 finds that such fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or 
 charge was illegally, improperly, or excessively impo^-d. 
 shall have the power, either before or after the same has 
 been covered into the Treasury, to refund so much of 
 such fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or charge as he 
 may think proper, from any moneys in the Treasury not 
 otherwise appropriated. 
 
 On all questions of interpretation relating 
 
 to the collection of tonnage tax, and to the refund of 
 such tax when collected erroneously or illegally, his 
 [Commissioner of Navigation] decision shall be final. 
 
 R. 8., 4222. 
 
 1884. 
 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 July 5, 1884 
 Sec. 3. 
 
PART XT!. DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION. 
 
 171. Discrimination a^aiust American 
 
 vessels. 
 
 172. Discrimination against American 
 
 fishing vessels. 
 
 173. Discrimination against products 
 
 of tlie United States. 
 
 174. Discrimination on Canadian 
 
 canals. 
 
 175. Vessels of nations not assimi- 
 
 lated by treaty to American 
 vessels. 
 
 176. Discriminating duties. 
 
 1886< 
 
 171. Discrimination against American vessels. 
 
 Whenever any foreign country whose vessels have been 
 placed on the same footing in the ports of the United 
 States as American vessels (the coastwise trade excepted) 
 shall deny to any vessel of the United States any of the 
 commercial privileges accorded to national vessels in the 
 harbors, ports, or waters of such foreign country, the 
 President, on receiving satisfactory information of the 
 continuance of such discriminations against any vessels of 
 the United States, is hereby authorized to issue his proc- 
 1 a mat ion excluding, on and after such time as he may 
 indicate, from the exercise of such commercial privileges 
 in the ports of the United States as are denied to Ameri- 
 can vessels in the ports of such foreign country, all ves- 
 sels of such foreign country of a similar character to the 
 vessels of the United States thus discriminated against, 
 and suspending such concessions previously granted to 
 the vessels of such country; and on and after the date 
 named in such proclamation for it to take effect, if the 
 master, officer, or agent of any vessel of such foreign 
 country excluded by said proclamation from the exercise 
 of any commercial privileges shall do any act prohibited 
 by said proclamation in the ports, harbors, or waters of 
 the United States for or on account of such vessel, such 
 vessel, and its rigging, tackle, furniture, and boats, and 
 all the goods on board, shall be liable to seizure and to 
 forfeiture to the United States ; and any person opposing 
 any officer of the United States in the enforcement of this 
 act, or aiding and abetting any other person in such oppo- 
 sition, shall forfeit eight hundred dollars, and shall be 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be 
 liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two 
 years. 
 
 172. Discrimination against American fishing vessels. 
 
 Whenever the President of the United States shall be Mar - 3 - 1887 - 
 satisfied that American fishing vessels or American fisher- 
 men, visiting or being in the waters or at any ports or 
 
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176 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 places of the British Dominions of North America, are 
 or then lately have been denied or abridged in the enjoy- 
 ment of any" rights secured to them by treaty or law, or 
 are or then lately have been unjustly vexed or harassed in 
 the enjoyment of such riglits, or subjected to unreasonable 
 restrictions, regulations, or requirements in respect of 
 such rights; or otherwise unjustly vexed or harassed in 
 said waters, ports, or places; 
 
 Or whenever the President of the United States shall 
 be satisfied that any such fishing vessels or fishermen, hav- 
 ing a permit under the laws of the United States to touch 
 and trade at any port or ports, place or places, in the 
 British Dominions of North America, are or then lately 
 have been denied the privilege of entering such port or 
 ports, place or places, in the same manner and under the 
 same regulations as may exist therein applicable to trad- 
 ing vessels of the most favored nation, or shall be un- 
 justly vexed or harassed, in respect thereof, or otherwise 
 be unjustly vexed or harassed therein, or shall be pre- 
 vented from purchasing such supplies as may there be 
 lawfully sold to trading vessels of the most favored 
 nation ; 
 
 Or whenever the President of the United States shall 
 be satisfied that any other vessels of the United States, 
 their masters or crews, so arriving at or being in such 
 British waters or ports or places of the British Dominions 
 of North America, are or then lately have been denied any 
 of the privileges therein accorded to the vessels, their 
 masters or crews, of the most favored nation, or unjustly 
 vexed or harassed in respect to the same, or unjustly 
 vexed or harassed therein by the authorities thereof, then, 
 and in either or all of such cases : 
 
 It shall be lawful, and it shall be the duty of the Presi- 
 dent of the United States, in his discretion, by proclama- 
 tion to that effect, to deny vessels, their masters and crews, 
 of the British Dominions of North America, any entrance 
 into the waters, ports, or places of, or within the United 
 States (with such exceptions in regard to vessels in dis- 
 tress, stress of weather, or needing supplies as to the 
 President shall seem proper), whether such vessels shall 
 have come directly from said dominions on such destined 
 vova<re or by way of some port or place in such destined 
 voyage elsewhere, and also to deny entry into any port or 
 place of the United States of fre>h fish or salt fish or any 
 other product of said dominions, or other goods coming 
 from said dominions to the 1'nited St;>J 
 
 The President may. in his discretion, apply such procla- 
 mation to any part or to all of the foregoing-named sub- 
 jects, and may revoke, <|ualify. limit, and renew such 
 proclamation i'rom time to time as he may deem necessary 
 to the full and just execution of the purposes of this act. 
 
 Every violation of any such proclamation, or any part 
 thereof, is hereby declared illegal, and all vessels and 
 
PART XII. DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION. 177 
 
 goods so coming or being within the waters, ports, or 
 places of the United States contrary to such proclamation 
 
 shall he forfeited to the Tinted States; and such forfei- 
 ture shall he enforced and proceeded upon in the same 
 manner and with the same effect as in the case of vessels 
 or roods whose importation or coming to or being in the 
 waters or ports of the United States contrary to law may 
 now be enforced and proceeded upon. 
 
 Kvery person who shall violate any of the provisions of 
 this act, or such proclamation of the President made in 
 pursuance hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by 
 a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprison- 
 ment for a term not exceeding two years, or by both said 
 punishments, in the discretion of the court. 
 
 173. Discrimination against products of the United States. 
 
 Whenever the President shall be satisfied that unjust Aug. so, 1890. 
 discriminations are made by or under the authority of k 
 any foreign state against the importation to or sale 
 in such foreign state of any product of the United States, 
 he may direct that such product of such foreign state 
 so discriminating against any product of the United 
 States as he may deem proper shall be excluded from im- 
 portation to the United States; and in such case he shall 
 make proclamation of his direction in the premises, and 
 therein name the time when such direction against impor- 
 tation shall take effect, and after such date the importa- 
 tion of the articles named in such proclamation shall be 
 unlawful. The President may at any time revoke, mod- 
 ify, terminate, or renew any such direction as, in his 
 opinion, the public interest may require. 
 
 174. Discrimination on Canadian canals. 
 
 With a view of securing reciprocal advantages for the July 26, 1892. 
 citizens, ports, and vessels of the United States, on and 
 after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-two, whenever and so often as the President shall 
 be satisfied that the passage through any canal or lock 
 connected with the navigation of the Saint Lawrence 
 River, the Great Lakes, or the water ways connecting the 
 same, of any vessels of the United States, or of cargoes or 
 passengers in transit to any port of the United States, is 
 prohibited or is made difficult or burdensome by the im- 
 position of tolls or otherwise which, in view of the free 
 passage through the Saint Marys Falls Canal, now per- 
 mitted to vessels of all nations, he shall deem to be recip- 
 rocally unjust and unreasonable, he shall have the power, 
 and it shall be his duty, to suspend by proclamation to 
 that effect, for such time and to such extent (including 
 absolute prohibition) as he shall deem just, the right of 
 free passage through the Saint Marys Falls Canal, so far 
 as it relates to vessels owned by the subjects of the gov- 
 
178 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 eminent so discriminating against the citizens, ports, or 
 vessels of the United States, or to any cargoes, portions 
 of cargoes, or passengers in transit to the ports of the 
 government making such discrimination, whether carried 
 in vessels of the United States or of other nations. 
 
 In such case and during such suspension tolls shall be 
 levied, collected, and paid as follows, to wit: 
 
 Upon freight of whatever kind or description, not to 
 exceed two dollars per ton ; upon passengers, not to exceed 
 five dollars each, as shall be from time to time determined 
 by the President : 
 
 Provided-, That no tolls shall be charged or collected 
 upon freight or passengers carried to and landed at 
 Ogdensburg, or any port west of Ogdensburg, and south 
 of a line drawn from the northern boundary of the State 
 of New York through the Saint Lawrence River, the 
 Great Lakes, and their connecting channels to the north- 
 ern boundary of the State of Minnesota. 
 
 Feb 14 1903 ^ to ^ s so cnar g e d shall be collected under such regti- 
 sec." io f . ' ' lations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Com- 
 merce, who may require the master of each vessel to fur- 
 nish a sworn statement of the amount and kind of cargo 
 and the number of passengers carried and the destination 
 of the same, and such proof of the actual delivery of such 
 cargo or passengers at some port or place within the lim- 
 its above named as he shall deem satisfactory ; and until 
 such proof is furnished such freight and passengers may 
 be considered to have been landed at some port or place 
 outside of those limits, and the amount of tolls which 
 would have accrued if they had been so delivered shall 
 constitute a lien, which may be enforced against the ves- 
 sel in default wherever and whenever found in the waters 
 of the United States. 
 
 175. Vessels of nations not assimilated by treaty to American 
 vessels. 
 
 July" I*, 9 ! 897. ^ gods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases pro- 
 AU C ' 2 5 3 ''i909 y ided f r by" treaty, shall be imported into the United 
 secf 16. States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of 
 
 s C e'c. 3> iv 9 , 13 j f t ne United States, or in such foreign \essels as truly and 
 (See 860 !^^ wn My belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of 
 of 6 p Mar! a 4, which the goods are the growth, production, or manuf ac- 
 ture. or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can 
 only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transporta- 
 tion. All goods, wares, or merchandise imported con- 
 trary to this section. ;md the vessel wherein the same shall 
 be imported, together with her cariro, tackle, apparel, and 
 furniture, shall l>e forfeited to the United States: and 
 such goods, wares, or merchandise, ship, or vessel, and 
 car<ro shall he liable to be seized, prosecuted, and con- 
 demned in like manner, and under the same regulations, 
 restrictions, and provisions as have been heretofore estab- 
 lished for the recovery, collection, distribution, and re- 
 mission of forfeitures to the United States by the several 
 revenue laws. 
 
PART XII. - DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION. 179 
 
 The preceding section shall not apply to vessels or Jjjjy 2 2 1897 - 
 goods, wares, or merchandise imported in vessels of a W.V 1000. 
 foreign nation which does not maintain a similar regula- n'rt: 8, 1018, 
 tion against vessels of the United States. S Sui>scctYon 3! 
 
 176. Discriminating duties. ( *J'' I'^JJ; "'^ 
 
 A discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem, in R?s!,2502. 
 addition to the duties 'imposed !>y law. shall be levied, ^-^ 1Jm 
 collected, and paid on all goods, 'wares, or merchandise Oct. 8. 191$, 
 which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States, subsection i! 
 or which being the production or manufacture of any for- 
 eign country not contiguous to the United States, shall 
 come into the United States from such contiguous coun- 
 try: but this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, 
 wares, or merchandise which shall he imported in vessels 
 not of the United States entitled at the time of such 
 importation by treaty or convention or act of Congress to 
 he entered in the ports of the United States on payment 
 of the same duties as shall then be payable on goods, 
 wares, and merchandise imported in vessels of the United 
 States, nor to such foreign products or manufactures as 
 shall be imported from such contiguous countries in the 
 usual course of strictly retail trade. 
 
 A discount of 5 per centum on all duties imposed by Oct. 3, i v 13 - T 
 this Act shall be allowed on such goods, wares, and mer- k Jubsection V! 
 chandise as shall be imported in vessels admitted to reg- 
 istration under the laws of the United States: Provided, 
 That nothing in this subsection shall be so construed as 
 to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the pro- 
 visions of any treaty concluded between the United 
 States and any foreign nation. 
 
PART XIII. ENTRY AND CLEARANCE. 
 
 177. Clearance. 
 
 178. Master's oath. 
 
 179. Form of outward manifest 
 
 180. Form of clearance. 
 
 181. State inspection laws. 
 
 182. Manifests in Alaskan and insular 
 
 trades. 
 
 183. Bullion and coin. 
 
 184. Live-oak timber. 
 
 185. Fees. 
 
 186. Enrolled and licensed vessels in 
 
 foreign trade. 
 
 187. Oath of ownership on entry. 
 
 188. Deposit of papers. 
 
 189. War documents; passports; sea 
 
 letters. 
 
 190. Illegal boarding of vessel. 
 
 177. Clearance. 
 
 Apr." 29, 1902. The master or person having the charge or command of 
 any vessel bound to a foreign port, shall deliver to the 
 collector of the district from which such vessel is about to 
 depart, a manifest of all the cargo on board the same, and 
 the value thereof, by him subscribed, and shall swear to 
 the truth thereof; whereupon the collector shall grant a 
 clearance for such vessel and her cargo, but without 
 specifying the particulars thereof in the clearance, unless 
 required by the master or other person having the charge 
 or command of such vessel so to do. If any vessel bound 
 to a foreign port departs on her voyage to such foreign 
 port without delivering such manifest and obtaining a 
 clearance, as hereby required, the master or other person 
 having the charge or command of such vessel shall be 
 liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars for every such 
 offense. 
 
 178. Master's oath. 
 
 R. S., 4198. 
 Apr. 29, 1902. 
 
 The oath to be taken by the master or commander of the 
 vessel shall be as follows : 
 
 District of 
 
 I, (insert the name), master or commander of the (in- 
 sert the denomination and name of the vessel), bound 
 from the port of (insert the name of the port or place 
 sailing from) to (insert the name of the port or place 
 bound to), do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear (or 
 affirm, as the rase may be) that the manifest of the cargo 
 <n hoard the said (insert denomination and name of the 
 vessel), now delivered by me to the collector of this dis- 
 
 180 
 
PART XIII. KXTIJY AND CI.KAKANCE. 
 
 181 
 
 trict, and subscribed with my name, contains, according 
 to the best of my kno\\ 'ledge and belief, a full, just, and 
 true account of all the goods, wares, and merchandise now 
 actually laden on hoard the said vessel, and of the value 
 thereof: and if any other goods, wares, or merchandise 
 shall be laden or put on board the said (insert denomina- 
 tion and name of vessel) previous to her sailing from this 
 port. I will immediately report the same to the said col- 
 lector. I do also swear (or affirm) that I verily believe 
 the duties on all the foreign merchandise therein specified 
 ha\e been paid or secured, according to law, and that no 
 part thereof is intended to be relanded within the United 
 States, and that if by distress or other unavoidable acci- 
 dent it shall become necessary to reland the same, I will 
 forthwith make a just and true report thereof to the col- 
 lector of the customs of the district wherein such distress 
 or accident may happen. So help me God. 
 
 179. Form of outward manifest. 
 
 The form of the report and manifest to be delivered Ap?."29, 9 i902. 
 to the collector shall be as follows : 
 
 Report and manifest of the cargo laden at the port of 
 board the , master, bound for 
 
 port 
 
 on 
 
 Marks. 
 
 Numbers. 
 
 Packages or arti- 
 cles in bulk. 
 
 Contents or 
 quantities. 
 
 Value at the port 
 of exportation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Before a clearance shall be granted for any vessel J- f 
 bound to a foreign port, the owners, shippers, or con- 
 signors of the cargo of such vessel shall deliver to the 
 collector manifests of the cargo, or the parts thereof 
 shipped by them respectively, and shall verify the same 
 by oath. Such manifests shall specify the kinds and 
 quantities of the articles shipped respectively, and the 
 value of the total quantity of each kind of articles; and 
 the oath to each manifest shall state that it contains a 
 full, just, and true account of all articles laden on board 
 of such vessel by the owners, shippers or consignors, re- 
 spectively, and that the values of such articles are truly 
 stated, according to their actual cost, or the values which 
 they truly bear at the port and time of exportation. 
 And before a clearance shall be granted for any such 
 vessel, the master of that vessel, and the owners, ship- 
 pers, and consignors of the cargo, shall state, upon oath, 
 to the collector, the foreign port or country in which 
 such cargo is truly intended to be landed. The oaths 
 shall be taken and subscribed in writing. 
 
182 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 180. Form of clearance. 
 
 R. s., 4201. ^ The form of a clearance, to be granted to a ship or 
 "" vessel on her departure to a foreign port or place, shall 
 b3 as follows: 
 
 District of , ss, 
 
 Port of 
 
 These are to certify all whom it doth concern, that , 
 master or commander of the . burden tons, or 
 
 thereabouts, mounted with guns, navigated with 
 
 men, built, and bound for , having on 
 
 board , hath here entered and cleared his said ves- 
 
 sel according to law. Given under our hands and seals, 
 at the custom-house of , this day of , 
 
 one thousand , and in the year of the Inde- 
 
 pendence of the United States of America. 
 
 181. State inspection laws. 
 
 R. s., 4202. The collectors and other officers of the customs shall 
 Apr. 29, i! 02. ^^ ^ Q regard to the inspection laws of the States in 
 which they may respectively act, in such manner that no 
 vessel having on board goods liable to inspection shall be 
 cleared until the master, or other proper person, shall 
 have produced such certificate that all such goods have 
 been duly inspected, as the laws of the respective States 
 may require to be produced to collectors or other officers 
 of the customs. 
 
 182. Manifests in Alaskan and insular trades. 
 
 Apr. 29, 1902. The provisions of sections four thousand one hundred 
 sees, it'io 903 ' and ninety-seven to four thousand two hundred, inclu- 
 sive, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, re- 
 quiring statements of quantity and value of goods carried 
 by vessels clearing from the United States to foreign 
 ports, shall be extended to and govern, under such regu- 
 lations as the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe, in 
 the trade between the United States and Hawaii, Porto 
 Rico, Alaska, the Philippine Islands, (iiiam, and its other 
 noncontiguous territory, and shall also govern in the 
 trade conducted between said islands and territory, and 
 in shipments from said islands or territory to other parts 
 of the United States: Provided. That this law shall not 
 apply in the Philippine Islands during such time as the 
 collectors of customs of those islands are under the juris- 
 diction of the War Department. 
 
 183. Bullion and coin. 
 
 R. s., 4204. All vessels belonging to citizens of the United States, 
 and hound from any port in the United States to any 
 other port therein, or to any foreign port, or from any 
 foreign port t<> any port in the United States, shall, before 
 clearance, receive on hoard all such bullion, coin, United 
 States notes and bonds and other securities, as the Govern- 
 ment of the United States or any department thereof, or 
 
PART XIII. ENTRY AND CLEARANCE. 183 
 
 any minister, consul, vice-consul, or commercial or other 
 agent of the United States abroad, shall offer, and shall 
 securely convey and promptly deliver the same to the 
 proper authorities or consignees, on arriving at the port 
 of destination; and shall receive for such service such 
 reasonable compensation as may be allowed to other car- 
 riers in the ordinary transactions of business. 
 
 184. Live-oak timber. 
 
 Collectors of the collection-districts within the States R. s.,4205. 
 of Florida. Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, before 
 allowing a clearance to any vessel laden in whole or in 
 part with live-oak timber, shall ascertain satisfactorily 
 that such timber was cut from private lands, or, if from 
 public lands, by consent of the Department of the Navy. 
 
 185. Fees. 
 
 Previous to a clearance being granted to any vessel, f u^' ili*886 
 outward bound, the legal fees which shall have accrued on 
 such vessel shall be paid at the offices where such fees are 
 respectively payable; and receipts for the same shall be 
 produced to the collector or other officer whose duty it 
 may be to grant clearances, before a clearance is granted. 
 
 Whenever any clearance is granted to any vessel of the R - s - 4207 - 
 United States, duly registered as such, and bound on any 
 foreign voyage, the collector of the district shall annex 
 thereto, in every case, a copy of the rates or tariffs of fees 
 which diplomatic and consular officers are entitled, by the 
 regulations prescribed by the President, to receive for 
 their services. 
 
 186. Enrolled and licensed vessels in foreign trade. 
 
 If any vessel, enrolled or licensed, shall proceed on a R - s - 43 37. 
 foreign voyage, without first giving up her enrollment 
 and license to the collector of the district comprehending 
 the port from which she is about to proceed on such voy- 
 age, and being duly registered by such collector, every 
 such vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, and furni- 
 ture, and the merchandise so imported therein, shall be 
 liable to seizure and forfeiture. (See R. S., 4377, p. 260.) 
 
 If the port from which any vessel, so enrolled or R. s.. 4333. 
 licensed is about to proceed on a foreign voyage, is not 
 within the district where such vessel is enrolled, the col- 
 lector of such district shall give to the master of such ves- 
 sel a certificate, specifying that the enrollment and license 
 of such vessel has been received by him, and the time 
 when it was so received ; which certificate shall afterward 
 be delivered by the master to the collector who may have 
 granted such enrollment and license. 
 
 Whenever any vessel, licensed for carrying on the fish- R - SM 4364> 
 ery, is intended to touch and trade at any foreign port, it 
 shall be the duty of the master or owner to obtain permis- 
 sion for that purpose from the collector of the district 
 
184 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4365. 
 
 R. S., 4173. 
 
 R. S., 4226. 
 
 where such vessel may be, previous to her departure, and 
 the master of every such vessel shall deliver like mani- 
 fests, and make like entries, both of the vessel and of the 
 merchandise on board, within the same time, and under 
 the same penalty, as are by law provided for vessels of the 
 United States arriving from a foreign port. 
 
 Whenever a vessel, licensed for carrying on the fish- 
 eries, is found within three leagues of the coast, with 
 merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture, exceed- 
 ing the value of five hundred dollars, without having such 
 permission as is directed by the preceding section, such 
 vessel, together with the merchandise of foreign growth 
 or manufacture imported therein, shall be subject to sei- 
 zure and forfeiture. 
 187. Oath of ownership on entry. 
 
 Upon the entry of every vessel of the United States 
 from any foreign port, if the same shall be at the port at 
 which the owner or any of the part owners reside, such 
 owner or part owner shall make oath that the register of 
 such vessel contains the name or names of all the persons 
 who are then owners of the vessel ; or if any part of such 
 vessel has been sold or transferred since the granting of 
 such register that such is the case, and that no foreign 
 subject or citizen has, to the best of his knowledge and 
 belief, any share, by way of trust, confidence, or other- 
 wise, in such vessel. If the owner or any part owner does 
 not reside at the port at which such vessel enters, the 
 master shall make oath to the like effect. If the owner, or 
 part owner, where there is one, or the master, where there 
 is no owner, refuses so to swear, such vessel shall not be 
 entitled to the privileges of a vessel of the United States. 
 
 Upon the entry of every such [unregistered vessel, 
 owned by citizens of the United States, and carrying a 
 sea-letter, or, other regular document, issued from a cus- 
 tom house of the United States, proving the vessel to be 
 American property] vessel from any foreign port, if the 
 same shall be at the port at which the owner or any of 
 the part owners reside, such owner or part owner shall 
 make oath that the sea letter or other regular document 
 possessed by such vessel contains the name or names of 
 all the persons who are then the owners of the vessel ; or 
 if any part of such vessel has been sold or transferred 
 since the date of such sea-letter or document, that such is 
 the case, and that no foreign subject or citi/en lias, to the 
 best of his knowledge and belief, any share. ly way of 
 tru-t, confidence, or otherwise, in such vessel. If the 
 owner or any part owner does not reside at the port or 
 place at which such vessel shall enter, then the master 
 shall make oath to the like effect. If the owner or part 
 owner, where there is one, or the master. wh"re there is 
 no owner, shall refuse to so swear, such vessel shall not be 
 entitled to the privileges granted by this section. 
 
PART XIII. ENTRY AND CLEARANCE. 185 
 
 188. Deposit of papers. 
 
 The register, or other document in lieu thereof, together K s 279 - 
 with the cleuranrr and other papers granted by the oili- 
 cers of the customs to a vessel at her departure from the 
 port from whence she may have arrived, Mediterranean 
 passports excepted, shall previous to entry be produced 
 to the collector with whom such entry is to be made, and 
 shall remain in his oiliee; and on the clearance of such 
 vessel the register and other documents shall be returned 
 to the master or owner of such vessel. 
 
 The register, or other document in lieu thereof, together H. s., 4209. 
 with the clearance and other papers granted by the offi- 
 cers of the customs to any foreign vessel, at her departure 
 from the port from which she may have arrived, shall. 
 
 5 rev ions to entry in any port of the United States, be pro- 
 need to the collector with whom such entry is to be made. 
 It shall be the duty of the master, within forty-eight 
 hours after such entry, to deposit the papers with the 
 consul or vice-consul of the nation to which the vessel be- 
 longs, and to deliver to the collector the certificate of such 
 consul or vice-consul that the papers have been so depos- 
 ited. Every master who fails to comply with this regu- 
 lation shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five 
 hundred dollars, nor more than two thousand dollars. 
 
 The preceding section shall not extend to the vessels of R - s - 421 - 
 foreign nations in whose ports American consuls are not 
 permitted to have the custody and possession of the regis- 
 ter and other papers of vessels entering the ports of such 
 nation. 
 
 It shall not be lawful for any foreign consul to deliver R - s - 4211 - 
 to the master of any foreign vessel the register and other 
 papers deposited with him pursuant to the provisions of 
 the preceding section, until such master shall produce to 
 him a clearance in due form from the collector of the port 
 where such vessel has been entered. Any consul offend- 
 ing against the provisions of this section shall be fined 
 not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five 
 thousand. 
 
 It shall be the duty of all masters of vessels for whom R. s., 4213. 
 any official services shall be performed by any consular se e i| 6 ' lf 
 officer, without the payment of a fee, to require a written 
 statement of such services from such consular officer, and, 
 after certifying as to whether such statement is correct, to 
 furnish it to the collector of the district in which such 
 vessels shall first arrive on their return to the United 
 States; and if any such master of a vessel shall fail to 
 furnish such statement, he shall be liable to a fine of not 
 exceeding fifty dollars, unless such master shall state 
 under oath that no such statement was furnished him by 
 said consular officer. And it shall be the duty of every 
 collector to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury all 
 such statements as shall have been furnished to him, and 
 also a statement of all certified invoices which shall have 
 
186 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4306. 
 
 R. S., 4307. 
 
 R. S., 4308. 
 
 K. S., 4309. 
 
 II. S.. 4310. 
 
 come to his office, giving the dates of the certificates, and 
 the names of the persons for whom and of the consular 
 officer 'by whom the same were certified. 
 
 189. War documents; passports; sea letters. 
 
 Every vessel of the United States, going to any foreign 
 country, shall, before she departs from the United States, 
 at the request of the master, be furnished by the collector 
 for the district where such vessel may be, with a passport, 
 the form for which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of 
 State. In order to be entitled to such passport, the mas- 
 ter of every such vessel shall be bound, with sufficient 
 sureties, to the Treasurer of the United States, in the 
 penalty of two thousand dollars, conditioned that the 
 passport shall not be applied to the use or protection of 
 any other vessel than the one described in it; and that, in 
 case of the loss or sale of any vessel having such passport, 
 the same shall, within three months, be delivered up to 
 the collector from whom it was received, if the loss or 
 sale take place within the United States; or within six 
 months, if the same shall happen at any place nearer 
 than the Cape of Good Hope; and within eighteen 
 months, if at a more distant place. 
 
 If any vessel of the United States shall depart there- 
 from, and shall be bound to any foreign country, other 
 than to some port in America, without such passport, the 
 master of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of two 
 hundred dollars for every such offense. 
 
 Every unregistered vessel owned by a citizen of the 
 United States, and sailing with a sea-letter, going to any 
 foreign country, shall, before she departs from the United 
 States, at the request of the master, be furnished by the 
 collector of the district where such vessel may be with a 
 passport, for w r hich the master shall be subject to the 
 rules and conditions prescribed for vessels of the United 
 States. 
 
 Every master of a vessel, belonging to citizens of the 
 United States, who shall sail from any port of the United 
 States, shall, on his arrival at a foreign port, deposit his 
 register, sea-letter, and Mediterranean passport with the 
 consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial 
 agent, if any there be at such port; and it shall be the 
 duty of such consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or 
 vice-commercial agent, on such master or commander 
 producing to him a clearance from the proper officer 
 of tin- purf where his vessel may be, to deliver to the 
 ma-ter all of his papers, if such master or Commander has 
 complied with the provisions of law relating to the dis- 
 charge of seamen in a foreign country, and to the pay- 
 ment of the fees of consular officers. 
 
 Kvery master of any such vessel who refuses or neglects 
 to deposit the papers as required by the preceding section, 
 shall he liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, to be 
 recovered by such consul, vice consul, commercial agent, 
 
PART XIII. ENTRY AND CLEARANCE. 187 
 
 or vice-commercial agent, in his own name, for the benefit 
 of the United States, in any court of competent jurisdic- 
 tion. 
 
 190. Illegal boarding of vessel. 
 
 Every person who, not being in the United States serv- R - s - 4606 - 
 ice, and not being duly authorized by law for the purpose, 
 goes on board any vessel about to arrive at the place of 
 her destination, before her actual arrival, and before she 
 has been completely moored, without permission of the 
 master, shall, for every such offense, be punishable by a 
 fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and by im- 
 prisonment for not more than six months; and the master 
 of such vessel may take any such person so going on board 
 into custody, and deliver him up forthwith to any consta- 
 ble or police oilieer, to be by him taken before any justice 
 of the peace, to be dealt with according to the provisions 
 of this Title [R. S., 4501-4613]. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and Mar. 31, 1000. 
 directed to prescribe from time to time and enforce regu- slc.'io.' 
 lations governing the boarding of vessels arriving at the 
 seaports of the United States, before such vessels have 
 been properly inspected and placed in security, and for 
 that purpose to employ any of the officers of that [or 
 Treasury] Department. 
 
 Each person violating such regulations shall be subject | r e ar - 2 31 ' 190 
 to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars or 
 imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, in the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
 This Act shall be construed as supplementary to section sec. 3. 
 nine of chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the 
 Statutes of eighteen hundred and eighty two, and section 
 forty-six hundred and six of the Revised Statutes. 
 
PART XIV. CUSTOMS LAWS DIRECTLY RELATING TO 
 
 VESSELS. 
 
 191. Boarding and search of vessel. 
 
 192. Seizure of vessels or merchan- 
 
 disr. 
 
 193. Exemption from forfeiture. 
 
 194. Procedure in cases of fines, pen- 
 
 alties, and forfeitures. 
 
 195. Moieties Informers' and cus- 
 
 toms officers' awards. 
 
 196. Procedure. 
 
 197. Oaths of masters and owners. 
 
 R. S.. ::or,o. 
 
 R. 8., 3067. 
 
 R. S., 3068. 
 
 188 
 
 191. Boarding and search of vessel. 
 
 It shall be lawful for any officer of the customs, includ- 
 ing inspectors and occasional inspectors, or of a revenue- 
 cutter, or authorized agent of the Treasury Department, 
 or other person specially appointed for the purpose in 
 writing by a collector, naval officer, or surveyor, to go on 
 board of any vessel, as well without as within his district, 
 and to inspect, search, and examine the same, and any 
 person, trunk, or envelope on board, and to this end to 
 hail and stop such vessel if under way, and to use all 
 necessary force to compel compliance ; and if it shall ap- 
 pear that any breach or violation of the laws of the 
 United States has been committed, whereby or in conse- 
 quence of which such vessel, or the merchandise, or any 
 part thereof, on board of or imported by such vessel, is 
 liable to forfeiture, to make seizure of the same, or either 
 or any part thereof, and to arrest, or in case of escape, or 
 any attempt to escape, to pursue and arrest any person 
 engaged in such breach or violation. 
 
 The original appointment in writing of any person 
 specially appointed under the provisions of the previous 
 section shall be filed in the custom-house where such ap- 
 pointment is made. 
 
 It shall be lawful for all collectors, naval officers, sur- 
 veyors, inspectors, and the officers of the revenue-cutters, 
 to go on board of vessels in any port of the United States, 
 or within four leagues of the coast thereof, if bound to 
 the United States, whether in or out of their respective 
 district^ for the purpose of demanding the manifests, 
 and of examining and searching the vessels; and those 
 officers respectively shall have free access to the cabin 
 and every other part of a vessel. 
 
 If any master of a vessel coming into or having arrived 
 at any port within the I'limd States shall obstruct or 
 hinder or shall intentionally cause any obstructions or hin- 
 
PART XIV. CUSTOMS LAWS IHKI.t Tl Y IM I \TINO TO VESSELS. 189 
 
 dranoe to any officer in lawfully going on board such 
 sel for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the iw 
 enue laws of the United States, he shall for every such 
 offense be liable to a penalty of not more than five hun- 
 dred dollars nor less than fifty dollars. 
 
 If any box. trunk, chest, cask, or other package shall R s., 3069. 
 be found in the cabin, steerage, or forecastle of a vessel, 
 or in any other place separate from the residue of the 
 cargo, the officer of the customs shall take a particular 
 account of such package, and of the marks and numbers 
 thereof, if any, and a description thereof, and, if he 
 judges proper, shall seal every such package; and such 
 account and description shall be by him forwarded with- 
 out delay to the collector of the district to which such 
 vessel is bound. If upon her arrival at the port of her 
 entry, the packages so described, or any of them, are miss- 
 ing, or if any seal put thereon has been broken, the master 
 shall be liable to a penalty for every package missing, or 
 on which any seal shall be broken, of two hundred dollars. 
 192. Seizure of vessels or merchandise. 
 
 Every officer or other person authorized to make R. s., 3071. 
 searches and seizures by this Title [K. S., 2517-3129] 
 shall, at the time of executing any of the powers con- 
 ferred upon him, make known, upon being questioned, 
 his character as an officer or agent of the customs or Gov- 
 ernment, and shall have authority to demand of any per- 
 son within the distance of three miles to assist him in 
 making any arrests, search, or seizure authorized by this 
 Title, where such assistance may be necessary; and if 
 such person shall, without reasonable excuse, neglect or 
 refuse so to assist, upon proper demand, he shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of 
 not more than two hundred dollars, nor less than five 
 dollars. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the several officers of the customs R. s., 3072. 
 to seize and secure any vessel or merchandise which shall 
 become liable to seizure by virtue of any law respecting 
 the revenue, as well without as within their respective 
 districts. 
 
 If any officer, or other person, executing or aiding or R. s., 3073. 
 assisting in the seizure of goods, under any act providing 
 for or regulating the collection of duties on imports or 
 tonnage, is sued for anything done in virtue of the powers 
 given thereby, or by virtue of a warrant granted by any 
 judge, or justice, pursuant to law, he may plead the gen- 
 eral issue and give such act and the special matter in 
 evidence. 
 
 In all cases of seizure of property subject to forfeiture R- s., 3074. 
 for any of the causes named in any provision of law relat- 
 ing to the customs, or for the registering, enrolling, or 
 licensing of vessels, when, in the opinion of the collector 
 or other principal officer of the revenue making such seiz- 
 ure, the value of the property seized does not exceed five 
 
190 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 3075. 
 
 R. S., 3076. 
 
 R. S., 3077. 
 
 hundred dollars, he shall cause a list and particular de- 
 scription of the property seized to be prepared in dupli- 
 cate, and an appraisement of the same to be made by two 
 sworn appraisers under the revenue laws, if there are 
 such appraisers at or near the place of seizure; but if 
 there are no such appraisers, then by two competent and 
 disinterested citizens of the United States, to be selected 
 by him for that purpose, residing at or near the place of 
 seizure; which list and appraisement shall be properly 
 attested by such collector or other officer and the persons 
 making the appraisal. For such services of the apprais- 
 ers they shall be allowed out of the revenue one dollar 
 and fifty cents each, for every day necessarily employed 
 in such service. 
 
 If the amount of the appraisal of property so seized as 
 forfeited shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, 
 the collector or other principal officer shall publish a no- 
 tice once a week for three successive weeks in some news- 
 paper of the county or place where such seizure shall 
 have been made, if any newspaper shall be published in 
 such county; but if no newspaper shall be published in 
 such county, then such notice shall be published in some 
 newspaper of the county in which the principal customs 
 office of the district shall be situated; and if no news- 
 paper shall be published in such county, then notices shall 
 In 1 posted in proper public places, which notices shall de- 
 scribe the articles seized, and state the time, cause, and 
 place of seizure, and shall require any person claiming 
 such articles to appear and file with such collector or 
 other officer his claim to such articles within twenty days 
 from the date of the first publication of such notice. 
 
 Any person claiming the property so seized may, at any 
 time within twenty days from the date of such publica- 
 tion, file with the collector or other officer a claim, stating 
 his interest in the articles seized, and, upon depositing 
 with such collector or other officer a bond to the United 
 States in the penal sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, 
 with two sureties, to be approved by such collector or 
 other officer, conditioned that, in case of the condemna- 
 tion of the articles so claimed, the obligors shall pay all 
 the costs and expenses of the proceedings to obtain such 
 condemnation. Such collector or other ollicer shall trans- 
 mit the same, with the duplicate list and description of 
 the articles sei/cd and claimed, to the United States dis- 
 trict attorney for the district, who shall proceed for a 
 condemnation of the property in the ordinary mode pre- 
 scrihed by law. 
 
 If no such claim shall be filed or bond given within the 
 twenty days ahove specified, such collector or other officer 
 shall give not less than fifteen days' notice of the sale of 
 the property so seized, by publication in the manner be- 
 fore mentioned; and, at the time and place specified in 
 
PART XIV. CUSTOM^ LAWS DIRECTLY KK LATINO TO VESSELS. 191 
 
 such notice, ho shall sell at public auction the property so 
 seized, and shall deposit the proceeds, after deducting the 
 
 actual expenses of such sei/uro. publication, and sale, in 
 the Treasury of the I'nited States, as shall he directed hy 
 the Secretary of the Treasury. The collector, however, 
 shall have power to adjourn such sale from time to time 
 for a period not exceeding thirty days in all. 
 
 Any person claiming to he interested in the property R. s., 3078. 
 sold under the provisions of the preceding section may, s'v.'iot' *' 
 within three months after such sale, apply to the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury for a remission of the forfeiture and 
 a restoration of the proceeds of such sale, and the same 
 may he granted by the Secretary upon satisfactory proof, 
 to be furnished in such manner as he shall direct, that the 
 applicant, at the time of the seizure and sale of the prop- 
 erty in question, did not know of the sei/ure, and was in 
 such circumstances as prevented him from knowing of 
 the same, and that such forfeiture was incurred without 
 willful negligence or any intention of fraud on the part 
 of the owner of such property. [XoxE. In certain cases 
 the application will be made to the Secretary of Com- 
 merce Feb. U, 1903, sec. 10.] 
 
 If no application for such remission or restoration Feb M i 3 4 >7 ibo3 
 shall be made within three months after such sale, the Sec.' 10.' 
 Secretary of the Treasury [or Secretary of Commerce] 
 shall then cause the proceeds of such sale to be distrib- 
 uted in the same manner as if such property had been 
 condemned and sold in pursuance of a decree of a com- 
 petent court. 
 
 Whenever seizure shall be made of any property which, R - s - 308 - 
 in the opinion of the appraisers, is liable to perish or 
 waste, or to be greatly reduced in value by keeping, or 
 which cannot be kept without great disproportionate ex- 
 pense, whether such property consists of live animals or 
 merchandise, and when the property thus seized shall not 
 exceed five hundred dollars in value, and when no claim 
 shall have been interposed therefor as is hereinbefore pro- 
 vided, the appraisers, if requested by the collector or 
 principal officer making the seizure, at the time when such 
 appraisal is made, shall certify on oath in their appraisal 
 their belief that the property seized is liable to speedy de- 
 terioration, or that the expenses of its keeping will largely 
 reduce the net proceeds of the sale; and in case the ap- 
 praisers thus certify, such collector or other officer may 
 proceed to advertise and sell the same at auction, by giv- 
 ing notice for such time as he may think reasonable, but 
 not less than one week, of such seizure and intended sale, 
 by advertisement as is hereinbefore provided; and the 
 proceeds of such sale shall be deposited to the credit of 
 the Treasurer of the United States, subject, nevertheless, 
 to the payment of such claims as shall be presented within 
 three months from the day of sale, and allowed by the 
 Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 92075 15 13 
 
192 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 3081. 
 
 R. S., 3083. 
 
 R. S., 3086. 
 
 R. S., 3063. 
 Feb. 8, 1881. 
 
 R. S., 3084. 
 
 R. S., 3085. 
 
 The collectors of the several districts of the United 
 States, in all cases of seizure of any merchandise for vio- 
 lation of the revenue laws, the appraised value of which, 
 in the district wherein such seizure shall be made, does 
 not exceed one thousand dollars, are hereby authorized, 
 subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 to release such merchandise on payment of the appraised 
 value thereof. 
 
 Whenever any seizure shall be made for the purpose of 
 enforcing any forfeiture, the collector or other person 
 causing such seizure to be made shall immediately give 
 information thereof to the Solicitor of the Treasury. 
 
 All merchandise or property of any kind seized under 
 the provisions of any law of the United States relating 
 to the customs, shall, unless otherwise provided for by 
 law, be placed and remain in the custody of the collector 
 or other principal officer of the customs of the district in 
 which the seizure shall be made, to abide adjudication 
 by the proper tribunal, or other disposition according to 
 law. 
 
 193. Exemption from forfeiture. 
 
 No vessel used by any person or corporation, as common 
 carriers, in the transaction of their business as such com- 
 mon carriers, shall be subject to seizure or forfeiture by 
 force of the provisions of Title thirty-four [R. S., 2517- 
 3129] of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
 unless it shall appear that the owner or master of such 
 vessel at the time of the alleged illegal act was a consent- 
 ing party or privy thereto. 
 
 194. Procedure in cases of fines, penalties, and forfeitures. 
 
 The several collectors of customs shall report within ton 
 days to the district attorney of the district in which any 
 fine, penalty, or forfeiture may be incurred for the viola- 
 tion of any law of the United States relating to the 
 revenue, a statement of all the facts and circumstances of 
 the case within their knowledge, or which may come to 
 their knowledge from time to time, stating the names of 
 the witnesses, and the provisions of the law believed to be 
 violated, and on which a reliance may he had for con- 
 demnation or conviction. If any collector shall in any 
 fail to report to the proper district attorney, as pre- 
 scribed in this section, such collector's right to any com- 
 pensation, benefit, or allowance in such case .shall he 
 forfeited to the United States, and the same may, in the 
 discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, he awarded 
 to such persons as may make complaint and prosecute the 
 same to judgment or conviction. 
 
 District attorneys, upon receiving the report of a col- 
 lector, shall cause suit and prosecution to be commenced 
 and prosecuted without delay for the fines and personal 
 penalties by law in such case provided, unless upon in- 
 
 
PART XIV. CUSTOMS LAWS DIRECTLY UK!. ATI M; TO VESSELS. 193 
 
 (jtiiry and examination they shall decide that a conviction 
 cannot prohahly ho obtained, or that the ends of public 
 justice do not require that a suit or pro-edition should ho 
 instituted, in which case they shall report the fact- to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury for his dim-lion. K>r BS 
 penses incurred and services rendered in prosecution for 
 such lines and personal penalties, they shall receive such 
 allowance as the Secretary of the Treasury shall deem 
 just and reasonahle. upon the certificate of the judge 
 before whom such prosecution was had. 
 
 The collector w ithin whoso district any sei/ure shall be R. 8., 3087. 
 made or forfeiture incurred for any violation of the duty 
 laws is hereby enjoined to cause suits for the same to be 
 commenced without delay, and prosecuted to effect; and 
 is. moreover, authorized to receive from the court within 
 which such trial is had, or from the proper officer thereof, 
 the sum recovered, after deducting all proper charges to 
 ho allowed by the court; and on receipt thereof he shall 
 
 Eay and distribute the same without delay, according to 
 iw. 
 
 Whenever a vessel, or the owner or master of a vessel, R - s - 3088 - 
 has become subject to a penalty for a violation of the rev- 
 enue laws of the United States, such vessel shall be 
 holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be 
 sei/ed and proceeded against summarily by libel to re- 
 cover such penalty. 
 
 Whenever a seizure, condemnation, and sale of mer- R - s - 3089 - 
 chandise takes place within the United States, and the 
 value thereof is less than two hundred and fifty dollars, 
 that part of the forfeiture which accrues to the United 
 States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be 
 applied to the payment of the cost of the prosecution. 
 
 195. Moieties Informers' and custom officers' awards. 
 
 All provisions of law under which moieties of any g^? 2 ' 1874 ' 
 fines, penalties, or forfeitures, under the customs-revenue 
 laws, or any share therein, or commission thereon, are 
 paid to informers, or officers of customs, or other officers 
 of the United States, are hereby repealed ; and from and 
 after the date of the passage of this act the proceeds of !"?. e 29' lf 
 all such fines, penalties, and forfeitures shall bo- paid into 
 the Treasury of the United States. 
 
 It shall hereafter be the duty of the Secretary of the ge? e 3 22 ' ll 
 Treasury, out of any money specifically appropriated by 
 Congress, to make suitable compensation in certain cases 
 under the customs revenue laws, as hereinafter provided, 
 and not otherwise; and he shall annually report to Con- 
 gress, in detail, all payments by him for such purpose. 
 
 Whenever any officer of the customs or other person sec. 4. 
 shall detect and seize goods, wares, or merchandise, in the 
 act of being smuggled, or which have been smuggled, he 
 shall be entitled to such compensation therefor as the Sec- 
 
194 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 rotary of the Treasury shall award, not exceeding in 
 amount one-half of the net proceeds, if any, resulting 
 from such seizure, and deducting all duties, costs, and 
 charges connected therewith : 
 
 Pro rifled. That for the purposes of this act smuggling 
 shall be construed to mean the act. with intent to defraud, 
 of bringing into the United States, or, with like intent, 
 attempting to bring into the United States, dutiable arti- 
 cles without passing the same, or the package containing 
 the same, through the custom house, or submitting them 
 to the officers of the revenue for examination. And when- 
 ever any person not an officer of the United States shall 
 furnish to a district attorney, or to any chief officer of the 
 customs, original information concerning any fraud upon 
 the customs-revenue, perpetrated or contemplated, which 
 shall lead to the recovery of any duties withheld, or of 
 any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred, whether by im- 
 porters or their agents, or by any officer or person em- 
 ployed in the customs-service, such compensation may, on 
 such recovery, be paid to such person so furnishing infor- 
 mation as shall be just and reasonable, not exceeding in 
 any case the sum of five thousand dollars: which compen- 
 sation shall be paid, under the direction of the Secretary 
 of the Treasury, out of any money appropriated for that 
 purpose. 
 
 Sec. 6. No payment shall be made to any person furnishing 
 
 information in any case wherein judicial proceedings shall 
 have been instituted, unless his claim to compensation 
 shall have been established to the satisfaction of the court 
 or judge having cognizance of such proceedings, and the 
 value of his services duly certified by said court or judge 
 for the information of the Secretary of the Treasury ; but 
 no certificate of the value of such services shall be conclu- 
 sive of the amount thereof. And when any fine, penalty, 
 or forfeiture shall be collected without judicial proceed- 
 ings, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, before direct- 
 ing payment to any person claiming such compensation, 
 require satisfactory proof that such person is justly en- 
 titled thereto. 
 
 Sec. 7. Kxcept in cases of smuggling as aforesaid, it shall not 
 
 IK- lawful for .-my officer of the Tinted States, under any 
 pretense whatever, directly or indirectly, to receive, ac- 
 cept, or contract for any portion of the money which may, 
 under any of the provisions of this or any other act, 
 accrue to any such person furnishing information: and 
 any such dlicer who shall so receive, accept, or contract 
 for any portion of the money that may accrue as aforesaid 
 shall be iruilty of a misdemeanor, and. on conviction 
 thereof, snail he liable to a line not exceeding five thou- 
 sand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one 
 year, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall 
 not he thereafter eligible to any office of honor, trust, or 
 emolument. 
 
PAETXIV. CUSTOMS LAWS DIRK< II Y III I \TI\(i To VKSSKI.S. 195 
 
 And any such person so furnishing information as 
 aforesaid, who shall pay to any such ollicer of the Tinted 
 Slates, or to any person for his use. directly or indirectly, 
 any portion of said money, or any other valuable thing, 
 on account of or because of such money, shall ha\e a 
 right of action against such ollicer or other person, and 
 \\\< legal representatives, to recover back the same, or the 
 value thereof. 
 
 No ollicer. or other person entitled to or claiming com Sec. 8. 
 pensation under any provision of this act. shall be thereby 
 disqualified from becoming a witness in any action, suit, 
 or proceeding for the recovery, mitigation, or remission 
 thereof, but shall be subject to examination and cross- 
 examination in like manner with other witnesses, without 
 being thereby deprived of any right, title, share, or in- 
 terest in any fine, penalty, or forfeiture to which such 
 examination may relate; and in every such case the de- 
 fendant or defendants may appear and testify and be ex- 
 amined and cross-examined in like manner. 
 
 196. Procedure. 
 
 In all suits and proceedings other than criminal aris- *** 5 - 
 ing under any of the revenue-laws of the United States, 
 the attorney representing the Government, whenever, in 
 his belief, any business-book, invoice, or paper, belonging 
 to or under the control of the defendant or claimant, will 
 tend to prove any allegation made by the United States, 
 may make a written motion, particularly describing such 
 book', invoice, or paper, and setting forth the allegation 
 which he expects to prove; and thereupon the court in 
 which suit or proceeding is pending may, at its discre- 
 tion, issue a notice to the defendant or claimant to pro- 
 duce such book, invoice, or paper in court, at a day and 
 hour to be specified in said notice, which, together with a 
 copy of said motion, shall be served formally on the de- 
 fendant or claimant by the United States marshal by 
 delivering to him a certified copy thereof, or otherwise 
 serving the same as original notices of suit in the same 
 court are served; and if the defendant or claimant shall 
 fail or refuse to produce such book, invoice, or paper in 
 obedience to such notice, the allegations stated in the 
 said motion shall be taken as confessed unless his failure 
 or refusal to produce the same shall be explained to the 
 satisfaction of the court. And if produced, the said 
 attorney shall be permitted, under the direction of the 
 court, to make examination (at which examination the 
 defendant or claimant, or his agent, may be present) of 
 such entries in said book, invoice, or paper as relate to or 
 tend to prove the allegation aforesaid, and may offer the 
 same in evidence on behalf of the United States. But the 
 owner of said books and papers, his agent or attorney, 
 shall have, subject to the order of the court, the custody 
 of them, except pending their examination in court as 
 aforesaid. 
 
196 
 
 Sec. 15. 
 
 Sec. 17. 
 
 Sec. 18. 
 
 Sec. 19. 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 It shall be the duty of any officer or person employed in 
 the customs-revenue service of the United States, upon 
 detection of any violation of the customs laws, forthwith 
 to make complaint thereof to the collector of the district, 
 whose duty it shall be promptly to report the same to the 
 district attorney of the district in which such frauds shall 
 be committed. Immediately upon the receipt of such 
 complaint, if, in his judgment, it can be sustained, it 
 shall be the duty of such district attorney to cause inves- 
 tigation into the facts to be made before a United States 
 commissioner having jurisdiction thereof, and to initiate 
 proper proceedings to recover the fines and penalties in 
 the premises, and to prosecute the same with the utmost 
 diligence to final judgment. 
 
 Whenever, for an alleged violation of the customs-rev- 
 enue laws, any person who shall be charged with having 
 incurred any fine, penalty, forfeiture, or disability other 
 than imprisonment, or shall be interested in any vessel 
 or merchandise seized or subject to seizure, when the 
 appraised value of such vessel or merchandise is not less 
 than one thousand dollars, shall present his petition to 
 the judge of the district in which the alleged violation 
 occurred, or in which the property is situated, setting 
 forth, truly and particularly, the facts and circumstances 
 of the case, and praying for relief, such judge shall, if 
 the case, in his judgment, requires, proceed to inquire, in 
 a summary manner into the circumstances of the case, at 
 such reasonable time as may be fixed by him for that pur- 
 pose, of which the district attorney and the collector shall 
 be notified by the petitioner, in order that they may at- 
 tend and show cause why the petition should be refused. 
 
 The summary investigation hereby provided for may bo 
 held before the judge to whom the petition is presented, 
 or if he shall so direct, before any United States commis- 
 sioner for such district, and the facts appearing thereon 
 shall be stated and annexed to the petition, and, together 
 with a certified copy of the evidence, transmitted to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, who shall thereupon havo 
 power to mitigate or remit such fine, penalty, or forfei- 
 ture, or remove such disability, or any part thereof, if, in 
 his opinion, the same shall have been incurred without 
 willful negligence or any intention of fraud in the person 
 or persons incurring the same, and to direct the prosecu- 
 tion, if any shall havo boon instituted for tho recovery 
 thereof, to coaso and bo discontinued upon such terms or 
 conditions as ho may deem reasonable and just. 
 
 It shall not bo lawful for any ollicer or officers of the 
 United Slates to compromise or abate any claim of the 
 United State- arising under the customs laws, for any 
 fine, penalty, or forfeit uro incurred by a violation thereof; 
 and any ollicer or person who shall so compromise or 
 abate any such claim, or attempt to make such compro- 
 mise or abatement, or in any manner relieve or attempt to 
 
PART XIV. CUSTOMS LAWS DIRECTLY RELATING To VKSSKLS. 197 
 
 relieve iVoin such line, penalty, or forfeiture, shall be 
 deemed guilty of ;i felony, and. on conviction thereof, 
 shall Buffer imprisonment not exceeding ten years, and he 
 lined not exceeding ten thou-and dollars. 
 
 Nothing in this section shall he construed to alFect any Jan. 22, ISTB. 
 authority, power, or right which might theretofore have 
 heen lawfully exercised l>y any court, judge, or district 
 attorney of the Tinted States to obtain the testimony of 
 an accomplice in any crime against, or fraud upon the 
 customs-revenue laws, on any trial or proceeding for a 
 line, penalty, or forfeiture under said laws, by a discon- 
 tinuance or dismissal, or by an engagement to discontinue 
 or dismiss any proceedings against such accomplice. 
 
 r I'or'nhd. fioirerer, That the Secretary of the Treasury June 22, 1874. 
 shall have power to remit any fines, penalties, or forfei- 
 tures, or to compromise the same, in accordance with ex- 
 isting law. 
 
 Whenever any application shall be made to the Secre- Sec. 20. 
 tary of the Treasury for the mitigation or remission of 
 any fine, penalty, or forfeiture, or the refund of any 
 duties, in case the amount involved is not less than one 
 thousand dollars, the applicant shall notify the district 
 attorney and the collector of customs of the district in 
 which the duties, fine, penalty, or forfeiture accrued; and 
 it shall be the duty of such collector and district attorney 
 to furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury all practicable 
 information necessary to enable him to protect the inter- 
 ests of the United States. 
 
 197. Oaths of masters and owners. 
 
 Nothing contained in this Title [K, S., 2517-3094] shall R - s - 3094 - 
 be construed to exempt the masters or owners of vessels 
 from making and subscribing any oaths required by any 
 laws of the United States not immediately relating to the 
 collection of the duties on the importation of merchandise 
 into the United States, 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 198. Definitions. 
 
 199. Ports of entry. 
 
 200. Vessels bound to port of delivery. 
 
 201. Report and declaration of master. 
 
 202. Special inward manifest for 
 
 Treasury Department. 
 
 203. Cargo in bulk. 
 
 204. Bond of cargo for reexport. 
 
 205. Inspection of merchandise laden 
 
 for export. 
 
 206. Transfer of imported merchan- 
 
 dise for export. 
 
 207. Delivery of cargo in various dis- 
 
 tricts. 
 
 208. Vessels exempt from entry. 
 
 209. Vessels exempt from certain 
 
 charges. 
 
 210. Entry of wines and distilled 
 
 spirits. 
 
 211. Sea stores. 
 
 212. Coal. 
 
 213. Baggage and tools of trade. 
 
 214. Cigars. 
 
 215. Oaths. 
 
 216. Inward manifests. 
 
 217. Inspection of inward manifest by 
 
 boarding officer. 
 
 218. Entry of merchandise at special 
 
 ports. 
 
 219. Clearance at special ports. 
 
 220. Entry of merchandise for differ- 
 
 ent port of destination. 
 
 221. Comparison of cargo and mani- 
 
 fest. 
 
 222. Illegal unlading. 
 
 223. Special permit to unlade by night 
 
 and preliminary entry. 
 
 224. Unlading by day. 
 
 225. Supervision of unlading. 
 
 226. Limit of time for unlading. 
 
 227. Tnlading of wines and spirits. 
 
 228. Post entry. 
 
 229. Returns of unlading of cargo. 
 
 230. Vessels in distress. 
 
 231. Obstruction by ice. 
 
 232. Unlawful removal of bonded mer- 
 
 chandise. 
 
 233. Transportation in bond. 
 
 234. Transportation to special ports. 
 
 235. Immediate delivery. 
 
 236. Immediate transportation. 
 
 237. Salvage of merchandise. 
 
 238. Fraudulent importation of mer- 
 
 chandise. 
 
 239. Bribery and solicitation of bribes. 
 
 240. Express packages. 
 
 241. Liens for freight or general aver- 
 
 age. 
 
 i: s .2766. 
 
 i: s . 2767. 
 
 i:. s 
 
 i: s.,2769. 
 
 198 
 
 198. Definitions. 
 
 The word "merchandise," .as used in this Title [R. S.. 
 
 L'.MT-.'Ui^.) |. may include goods, wares, and chattels of 
 every description capable of beinir imported. 
 
 The word "port," as used in this Title | II. S.. 2617 
 
 ol-J!>|, may include any place from which merchandise 
 can he shipped for importation, or at which merchandise 
 can he imported, 
 
 The word "master," as used iii this Title | K. S.. iJ.MT 
 Jill".) |. may include any person ha\ inir the chief charire or 
 command of the employment and na\ iirat ion of a vessel. 
 
 In cases where the forms of nllicial documents, as pre- 
 scrihed by this Title | K. S.. -jr. 1 7- -.", IL>!> | . shall he substan- 
 tially complied with ami observed, according to the true 
 intent thereof, no penalty or forfeiture shall be incurred 
 by a deviation therefrom. 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. 199 
 
 199. Ports of entry. 
 
 It shall not be lawful to make entry of any vessel which K s - L ' 770 - 
 shall arrive within the United States, from any foreign 
 I 'oil. or of the carp) on hoard such vessel, elsewhere than 
 at one of the ports of entry designated in chapter one 
 [R. S., 2517-2612] of this Title | K. S., 2517-;UL><) | ; nor 
 to unlade the cargo, or any part thereof, elsewhere than 
 at one of the ports of delivery therein designated, except 
 that every port of entry shall be also a port of delivery. 
 This section shall not prevent the master or commander 
 of any vessel from making entry with the collector of any 
 district in which such vessel may be owned, or from 
 which she may have sailed on the voyage from which she 
 shall then have returned. 
 
 | For list of ports of entry, see par. 478, p. 527.] 
 Vessels which are not vessels of the United States shall R - s " 2<m . 
 be admitted to unlade only at ports of entry established 
 by law: and no such vessel shall be admitted to make 
 entry in any other district than in the one in which she 
 shall be admitted to unlade. 
 
 200. Vessels bound to port of delivery. 
 
 The master of every vessel bound to a port of delivery R ' s " 2772 ' 
 only, in any district, shall first come to at the port of 
 entry of such district, with his vessel, and there make 
 report and entry in writing, and pay all duties required 
 by law, port fees and charges, before such vessel shall 
 proceed to her port of delivery. Any master of a vessel 
 who shall proceed to a port of delivery contrary to such 
 directions shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred 
 dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit. 
 
 201. Report and declaration of master. 
 
 TTithin twenty-four hours after the arrival of any yes- R ' S-> 2774 * 
 sel, from any foreign port, at any port of the United 
 States established by law, at which an officer of the cus- 
 toms resides, or within any harbor, inlet, or creek thereof, 
 in the hours of business at the office of the chief officer of 
 the customs at such port will permit, or as soon thereafter 
 as such hours will permit, the master shall repair to such 
 office, and make report to the chief officer, of the arrival 
 of the vessel; and he shall, within forty-eight hours 
 after such arrival, make a further report in writing, to 
 the collector of the district, which report shall be in the 
 form, and shall contain all the particulars required to be 
 inserted in, and verified like, a manifest. Every master 
 who shall neglect or omit to make either of such reports 
 and declarations, or to verify any such declaration as 
 required, or shall not fully comply with the true intent 
 and meaning of this section, shall, for each offense, be 
 liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. 
 
200 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE VXITKD STATES. 
 
 R s. t 2775. The master of any vessel having on board distilled 
 spirits, or wines, shall, within forty-eight hours after his 
 arrival, whether the same be at the first port of arrival of 
 such vessel or not, in addition to the requirements of the 
 preceding section, report in writing to the surveyor or offi- 
 cer acting as inspector of the revenue of the port at which 
 he has arrived, the foreign port from which he last 
 sailed, the name of his vessel, his own name, the tonnage 
 and denomination of such vessel, and to what nation be- 
 longing, together with the quantity and kinds of spirits 
 and wines, on board of the vessel, particularizing the 
 number of casks, vessels, cases, or other packages contain- 
 ing the same, with their marks and numbers, as also the 
 quantity and kinds of spirits and wines, on board such 
 vessel as sea-stores, and in default thereof he shall be 
 liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars and any spirits 
 omitted to be reported shall be forfeited. 
 
 R. s. t 2773. If any vessel, having arrived within the limits of any 
 collection-district, from any foreign port, departs, or 
 attempts to depart from the same, unless to proceed on 
 her way to some more interior district to which she may 
 be bound, before report or entry shall have been made by 
 the master with the collector of some district, the master 
 shall be liable to a penalty of four hundred dollars; and 
 any collector, naval officer, surveyor, or commander of 
 any revenue-cutter may cause such vessel to be arrested 
 and brought back to the most convenient port of the 
 United States. If, however, it is made to appear by the 
 oath of the master, and of the person next in command. 
 or by other sufficient proof to the satisfaction of the 
 Collector of the district within which such vessel shall 
 afterward come, or to the satisfaction of the court in 
 which the prosecution for such penalty may be had. that 
 the departure or attempt to depart was occasioned by 
 stress of weather, pursuit or duress of enemies, or other 
 necessity, the penalty imposed by this section shall not be 
 incurred. 
 
 202. Special inward manifest for Treasury Department. 
 
 <!, : '. r V) 2 ' 1895 ' Each master of a vessel arriving in the United States 
 from a foreign port except vessels carrying traffic in bond 
 on transfer ferries shall, immediately upon landing and 
 before entering his vessel at the custom-house, mail to the 
 Auditor for the Treasury Department. Washington, a 
 true copy of the manifest of his vessel, and shall on enter- 
 ing his vessel make affidavit that he has mailed such copy 
 and that the same is true and correct; and he shall also 
 mail to the said Auditor a true copy of the corrected 
 manifest filed on any post entry of his vessel. Any mas- 
 ter who neglects or refuses to mail to the Auditor the re- 
 quired copy of the original or corrected manifest shall 
 be subject to the same fines and penalties fixed by law for 
 his failure to deliver the manifest of his vessel to the col- 
 
PART XV. ENT1IY (>1 Ml KCHANDISE. 201 
 
 lector: 7V^/vV<v/, 'Flint this section shall not apply to 
 ports where there is a naval ol'.icer. 
 
 203. Cargo in bulk. 
 
 Vessels arriving at a port of entry in the United States, }}^:' 
 laden with roal. salt, railroad iron and other like articles Bec.29. 
 in hulk may proceed to places within that collection dis- 
 trict to le specially designated by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury by general regulations or otherwise, under the 
 superintendence of customs officers, at the expense of the 
 parties interested, for the purpose of unlading cargoes of 
 the character before mentioned. 
 
 204. Bond of cargo for reexport. 
 
 Any vessel may proceed with any merchandise brought R - S - 277G - 
 in her. and. in the manifest delivered to the collector of 
 the customs, reported as destined for any foreign port, 
 from the district within which such vessel shall first 
 arrive to such foreign port without paying or securing 
 the payment of any duties upon such merchandise as shall 
 be actually re-ex ported in the vessel. But the manifest 
 so declaring to re-export such merchandise shall be de- 
 livered to such collector within forty-eight hours after 
 the arrival of the vessel. And the master of such vessel 
 shall give bond as required by the next section. 
 
 The master of any vessel so destined for a foreign port R - s - 2777. 
 shall give bond, with one or more sureties, in a sum equal 
 to the amount of the duties upon the merchandise, as the 
 same shall be estimated by the collector and naval officer 
 of the port where the report shall be made, to the satis- 
 faction of the collector, with condition that the merchan- 
 dise, or any part thereof, shall not be landed within the 
 United States, unless due entry thereof shall have been 
 first made and the duties thereupon paid, according to 
 law. Such bond shall be taken for the same period, and 
 canceled in like manner, as a bond given for obtaining 
 drawback of duties. No such bond shall be required in 
 respect to merchandise on board of any vessel which has 
 put into the United States from a necessity, shown as 
 prescribed in section twenty-seven hundred and seventy- 
 three. 
 
 The collector receiving any bond conditioned for the R- s. f 2778. 
 payment of duties upon merchandise reported as des- 
 tined for a foreign port, in case the same shall be landed 
 within the United States, or any other bonds taken upon 
 the exportation of merchandise entitled to drawback, 
 shall immediately after the time when by the conditions 
 of the same they ought to be canceled, put the same in 
 suit, provided the proof of the occurrence of such a neces- 
 sity as excuses a landing of such goods within the United 
 States has not been produced, or further time granted 
 therefor by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
202 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 3035. 
 
 R. S., 3036. 
 
 R. S., 2779. 
 
 R. S., 2780. 
 
 R. S., 2781. 
 
 205. Inspection of merchandise laden for export. 
 
 The collector shall direct the surveyor, where any, to 
 inspect, or cause to be inspected, the merchandise notified 
 for exportation, and if it is found to correspond fully with 
 the notice and proof concerning the same, the collector, 
 together with the naval officer, if any, shall grant a permit 
 for lading the same on board of the vessel named in such 
 notice and entry. Such lading shall be performed under 
 the superintendence of the officer by whom the same has 
 been so inspected ; and the exporter shall make oath that 
 the merchandise, so noticed for exportation, and laden on 
 board such vessel, previous to the clearance thereof, or 
 within ten days after such clearance, is truly intended to 
 be exported to the place whereof notice has been given, 
 and is not intended to be relanded within the United 
 States; otherwise the merchandise shall not be entitled to 
 the benefit of drawback. 
 
 206. Transfer of imported merchandise for export. 
 
 All merchandise imported into the United States, the 
 duties on which have been paid, or secured to be paid, 
 may be transported by land, or partly by land and partly 
 by water, or coastwise, from the district into which it was 
 imported to any port of entry and exported from such 
 port of entry with the benefit of drawback. 
 
 207. Delivery of cargo in various districts. 
 
 Any vessel in which any merchandise is brought into 
 the United States from any foreign port, and which is 
 specified in the manifest verified before the collector of 
 the port in which such vessel first arrives, to be destined 
 for other districts, may proceed with the same from dis- 
 trict to district within the United States, in order to the 
 landing or delivery thereof; and the duties on such of the 
 merchandise only as shall be landed in any district shall 
 be paid within such district. 
 
 Before any vessel departs from the district in which she 
 shall first arrive for another district, provided such de- 
 parture is not within forty-eight hours after her arrival 
 within such district, with merchandise brought in such 
 vessel from a foreign port on which the duties have not 
 been paid, the master si \ all obtain from the collector of the 
 district from which she is about to depart, who is hereby 
 required to grant the same, a copy of the report and 
 rnanife.st made by such master, certified by the collector, 
 to which copy shall he annexed a certificate of the quan- 
 tity and particulars of the merchandise which appears to 
 him to have been landed within his district, or of the 
 quantity and particulars of the merchandise which re- 
 mains on board and upon which the duties are to be paid 
 in some other district. 
 
 Within twenty-four hours after the arrival of such ves- 
 sel within any other district, the master shall make report 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. 203 
 
 or entry to or with the collector of such other district, 
 producing and showing the certified cony of his first 
 report, together with n certificate from each collector of 
 any other district Avithin which any of the merchandise, 
 brought in such vessel, has been landed, of the quantity 
 and particulars of such merchandise as has been landed 
 in each district respectively. 
 
 The master shall, however, first give bond, with one or R. s., 2782. 
 more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector of the 
 district within which the vessel first arrives, in a sum 
 equal to the amount of the duties on the residue of the 
 merchandise, according to such estimate as the collector 
 shall form thereof, with condition that the residue of 
 such merchandise shall be duly entered and delivered in 
 another district for which the same has been reported to 
 be destined. 
 
 The bond shall be canceled or discharged within six R. s., 2783. 
 calendar months from the date thereof, by the production 
 of certificates from the collectors of the districts for 
 which the merchandise has been reported, showing the 
 due entry and delivery of the merchandise in such dis- 
 tricts, or upon due proof to the satisfaction of the col- 
 lector by whom the bond was taken, and to the naval 
 officer of the port, if any, that such entry and delivery 
 were prevented by some unavoidable accident or casualty, 
 and if the whole or any part of the merchandise has not 
 been lost, that it has been duly entered and delivered 
 within the United States. 
 
 If the master of any such vessel fails by his neglect or R. s., 2784. 
 fault to obtain the copy of his report from the collector 
 of the district from which he is about to depart, or any 
 certificate which he ought to obtain, or neglects to ex- 
 hibit the same to the collector of any other district to 
 which the vessel afterward proceeds, w r ithin the time for 
 that purpose allowed, he shall be liable to a penalty, for 
 every such neglect or omission, of five hundred dollars. 
 
 208. Vessels exempt from entry. 
 
 It shall not be necessary for the master of any vessel of R- s., 2791. 
 war, or of any vessel employed by any prince, or state, as 
 a public packet for the conveyance of letters and dis- 
 patches, and not permitted by the laws of such prince or 
 state to be employed in the transportation of merchan- 
 dise, in the way of trade, to make report and entry. 
 
 Vessels used exclusively as ferry-boats carrying pas- R. s., 2792. 
 sengers, baggage, and merchandise, shall not be required 
 to enter and clear, nor shall the masters of such vessels be 
 required to present manifests, or to pay entrance or clear- 
 ance fees, or fees for receiving or certifying manifests, 
 but they shall, upon arrival in the United States, be re- 
 quired to report such baggage and merchandise to the 
 proper officer of the customs according to law. 
 
204 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 May 28, 1908. ^\ n y passenger vessel engaged triweekly or oftener in 
 trade between ports of the United States and foreign 
 ports shall be exempt from entrance and clearance fees 
 and tonnage taxes while such service triweekly or oftener 
 is maintained. 
 
 209. Vessels exempt from certain charges. 
 
 R. s., 2793. Enrolled or licensed vessels engaged in the foreign and 
 coasting trade on the northern, northeastern and north- 
 western frontiers of the United States, departing from or 
 arriving at a port in one district to or from a port in an- 
 other district, and also touching at intermediate foreign 
 ports, shall not thereby become liable to the payment of 
 entry and clearance fees, or tonnage tax, as if from or to 
 foreign ports ; but such vessels shall, notwithstanding, be 
 required to enter and clear. 
 
 210. Entry of wines and distilled spirits. 
 
 R. s., 2794. Every importer of distilled spirits or wines, or person 
 to whom distilled spirits or wines are consigned, shall 
 make a separate and additional entry thereof, specifying 
 the name of the vessel, and her master, in which, and the 
 place from which, such spirits or wines were imported, 
 together with the quantity and quality thereof, and a par- 
 ticular detail of the casks or receptacles containing the 
 same, with their marks and numbers ; such entry shall be 
 subscribed by the person making the same, for himself, 
 or in behalf of the person to whom such entry is made, 
 and shall be certified by the collector, before whom it is 
 made, as a true copy, and conformable to the general 
 entry before directed, in respect to all distilled spirits and 
 wines therein contained ; such entry thus certified shall be 
 transmitted to the surveyor or officer acting as inspector 
 of the revenue for the port where it is intended to com- 
 mence the delivery of such spirits or wines. 
 
 211. Sea stores. 
 
 R. s., 2795. In order to ascertain what articles ought to be exempt 
 from duty as the sea-stores of a vessel, the master shall 
 particularly specify the articles, in the report or manifest 
 to be by him made, designating them as the sea-stores of 
 such vessel; and in the oath to be taken by such ma>ter, 
 on making such report, he shall declare that the article* 
 so specified as sea-stores are truly such, and are not in- 
 tended by way of merchandise or for sale: whereupon the 
 articles shall be free from duty. 
 
 u. S.,2796. Whenever it appeal's to the collector to whom a report 
 
 and manifest of Bea-Storefl are delivered, together with the 
 naval officer, where there is one. or alone, where there is 
 no naval officer, that the quantities of the article.-, or any 
 part thereof, reported as sea tore-, arc excessive, the col- 
 lector, jointly with the naval oflicer. or alone, as the case 
 may be, may in his discretion estimate the amount of the 
 
PART XV. ENTHV OF M Klii 1 1 1 ANDISE. 205 
 
 duty on such excess: which shall U forthwith paid by the 
 master, to the collector, on pain of forfeiting the value of 
 such excess. 
 
 11' any other or greater (jiiantity of articles are found R.S.,2797. 
 on board such vessel as sea-stores ihan are specified in an 
 entry of sea-stores, or if any of the articles are landed 
 without a permit first obtained from the collector, and 
 naval ollicer if any, for that purpose, all such articl< 
 are not included in the report or manifest by the master, 
 and all which are landed without a permit, shall be for- 
 feited, and may be seized; and the master shall moreover 
 be liable to a penalty of treble the value of the articles 
 omitted or landed. 
 
 Sea stores and the legitimate equipment of vessels be- Mar. a, 1897. 
 longing to regular lines plying between foreign ports and 
 the United States delayed in port for any cause may be 
 transferred in such port of the United States under the 
 supervision of the customs officers from one vessel to an- 
 other vessel of the same owner without payment of duties, 
 but duties must be paid on such stores or equipments 
 landed for consumption, except American products. 
 
 212. Coal. 
 
 The master of any vessel propelled by steam, arriving R - s - 2798 - 
 at any port in the United States, may retain all the coal 
 such vessel may have on board at the time of her arrival, 
 and may proceed with such coal to a foreign port, without 
 being required to land the same in the United States, or 
 to pay any duty thereon. 
 
 213. Bag-gage and tools of trade. 
 
 In order to ascertain what articles ought to be ex- R. s., 2799. 
 empted as the wearing apparel, and other personal bag- 
 gage, and the tools or implements of a mechanical trade 
 only, of persons who arrive in the United States, due entry 
 thereof, as of other merchandise, but separate and distinct 
 from that of any other merchandise, imported from a 
 foreign port, shall be made with the collector of the dis- 
 trict in which the articles are intended to be landed by 
 the owner thereof, or his agent, expressing the persons 
 by whom or for whom such entry is made, and particu- 
 larizing the several packages, and their contents, with 
 their marks and numbers; and the person who shall make 
 the entry shall take and subscribe an oath before the col- 
 lector, declaring that the entry subscribed by him and to 
 which the oath is annexed contains, to the best of his 
 knowledge and belief, a just and true account of the con- 
 tents of the several packages mentioned in the entry, 
 specifying the name of the vessel, of her master, and or 
 the port from which she has arrived; and that such pack- 
 ages contain no merchandise whatever other than wearing 
 apparel, personal baggage, or, as the case may be, tools 
 of trade, specifying it ; that they are all the property of 
 a person named who has arrived, or is shortly expected 
 
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 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES 
 
 to arrive in the United States, and are not directly or 
 indirectly imported for any other, or intended for sale. 
 
 R. s.,2800. Whenever the person making entry of any articles as 
 wearing apparel, personal baggage, tools, or implements, 
 is not the owner of them, he shall give bond with one or 
 more sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in a sum 
 equal to the duties on like articles imported subject to 
 duty, upon the condition that the owner of the articles 
 shall, within one year, personally make an oath such as is 
 prescribed in the preceding section. 
 
 R. s., 2801. On compliance with the two preceding sections, and not 
 otherwise, a permit shall be granted for landing such 
 articles. But whenever the collector and the naval officer, 
 if any, think proper, they may direct the baggage of any 
 person arriving within the United States to be examined 
 by the surveyor of the port, or by an inspector of the cus- 
 toms, who shall make a return of the same; and if any 
 articles are contained therein which in their opinion 
 ought not to be exempted from duty, due entry of them 
 shall be made and the duties thereon paid. 
 
 R. s., 2802. Whenever any article subject to duty is found in the 
 baggage of any person arriving within the United States, 
 which was not, at the time of making entry for such bag- 
 gage, mentioned to the collector before whom such entry 
 was made, by the person making entry, such article shall 
 be forfeited, and the person in w T hose baggage it is found 
 shall be liable to a penalty of treble the value of such 
 article. 
 
 214. Cigars. 
 
 No cigars shall be imported unless the same are packed 
 in boxes of not more than five hundred cigars in each 
 box; and no entry of any imported cigars shall be 
 allowed of less quantity than three thousand in a single 
 package ; and all cigars on importation shall be placed in 
 public store or bonded warehouse, and shall not be re- 
 sec^! 7 ' 1894< move d therefrom until the same shall have been inspected 
 and a stamp affixed to each box indicating such inspec- 
 tion, and also a serial number to be recorded in the cus- 
 tom-house. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby 
 authorized to provide the requisite stamps, and to make 
 all necessary regulations for carrying the above provi- 
 sions of law into effect. 
 
 215. Oaths. 
 
 R. s., 2805. All oaths to be taken upon making of any of the reports 
 or entries, or respecting any of the acts mentioned in this 
 chapter |K. S. 2766-2866], whether by a nmster of any 
 el, or the owner or consignee of any merchandise, his 
 factor or agent, or l>y any other person, shall l>e adminis- 
 tered Hy the collector, or officer to or with whom the re- 
 port or entry is made, and shall be reduced to writing, 
 and subscribed by the person taking and by the person 
 administering the oath. 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF M Ki:ril ANDISE. 207 
 
 And such clerks and inspectors of customs MS tlic Sec- S|1 it. so, 1890. 
 rctary of the Treasury may designate for the purj 
 shall be authori/ed to administer oaths, such as deputy 
 collectors of customs are no\v authori/ed to administer, 
 and no compensation shall he paid or charge made 
 therefor. 
 
 216. Inward manifests. 
 
 No merchandise shall he brought into the United R s -- 2806 - 
 States, from any foreign port, in any vessel unless the 
 master has on hoard manifests in writing of the cargo, 
 signed by such master. 
 
 Kvery manifest required by the preceding section shall u s.,2807. 
 contain: 
 
 Kii-st. The name of the ports where the merchandise in 
 such manifest mentioned were taken on board, and the 
 ports within the United States for which the same are 
 destined; particularly noting the merchandise destined 
 for each port respectively. 
 
 Provided, however, That the master of a vessel laden June 3 - 1892< 
 exclusively either with sugar, coal, salt, hides, dyewoods, 
 wool, or jute butts, consigned to one consignee, arriving 
 at a port for orders, may be permitted to destine such 
 cargo or determine its disposition " for orders," upon en- 
 tering the vessel at the custom-house, and, within fifteen 
 days afterward and before the unloading of any part of 
 the cargo, to amend the manifest by designating the actual 
 port of discharge of such cargo : 
 
 Provided further, That in the event of failure to desig- 
 nate the port of discharge within fifteen days such cargo 
 must be discharged at the port where the vessel entered. 
 
 Second. The name, description, and build of the vessel ; R- s., 2807. 
 the true admeasurement or tonnage thereof; the port to 
 which such vessel belongs; the name of each owner, ac- 
 cording to the register of the same ; and the name of the 
 master of such vessel. 
 
 Third. A just and particular account of all the merchan- 
 dise, so laden on board, whether in packages or stowed 
 loose, of any kind or nature whatever, together with the 
 marks and numbers as marked on each package, and the 
 number or quantity and description of the packages in 
 words at length, whether leaguer, pipe, butt, puncheon, 
 hogshead, barrel, keg, case, bale, pack, truss, chest, box, 
 hand-box, bundle, parcel, cask, or package, of any kind or 
 sort, describing the same by its usual name or denomina- 
 tion. 
 
 Fourth. The names of the persons to whom such pack- 
 ages are respectively consigned, agreeably to the bills of 
 lading signed for the same, unless when the goods are con- 
 signed to order, when it shall be so expressed in the 
 manifest. 
 
 Fifth. The names of the several passengers on board 
 the vessel, distinguishing whether cabin or steerage pas- 
 sengers, or both, with their baggage, specifying the num- 
 ber and description of packages belonging to each respec- 
 tively. 
 
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208 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sixth. An account of the sea-stores remaining, if any. 
 
 it. s., 2808. jf merchandise shall be imported, destined to be deliv- 
 ered in different districts or ports, the quantities and 
 packages so destined to be delivered shall be inserted in 
 successive order in the manifest; and all spirits and 
 wines constituting the whole or any part of the cargo of 
 any vessel shall also be inserted in successive order, dis- 
 tinguishing the ports to which the same may be destined, 
 and the kinds, qualities, and quantities thereof. 
 
 R. s., 2809. jf anv merchandise is brought into the United States 
 
 in any vessel whatever from any foreign port Avithout 
 having such a manifest on board, or which shall not be 
 included or described in the manifest, or shall not agree 
 therewith, the master shall be liable to a penalty equal to 
 the value of such merchandise not included in such mani- 
 fest ; and all such merchandise not included in the mani- 
 fest belonging or consigned to the master, mate, officers, 
 or crew of such vessel, shall be forfeited. 
 
 Whenever it is made to appear to the satisfaction of 
 the collector, naval officer, and surveyor, or to the major 
 part of them, where those officers are established at any 
 port, or to the satisfaction of the collector alone, where 
 either of the other of the officers is not established, or to 
 the satisfaction of the court in which a trial shall be had 
 concerning such forfeiture, that no part of the cargo of 
 any vessel without proper manifests was unshipped, after 
 it was taken on board, except such as shall have been 
 particularly specified and accounted for in the report of 
 the master, and that the manifests have been lost or mis- 
 laid, without fraud or collusion, or were defaced by acci- 
 dent, or became incorrect by mistake, no forfeiture or 
 penalty shall be incurred under the preceding section. 
 
 217. Inspection of inward manifests by boarding- officer. 
 R. s., 2811. Every master of any vessel laden with merchandise, 
 and bound to any port in the United States shall, on his 
 arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within 
 any of the bays. 1) arbors, ports, rivers, creeks, or inlets, 
 thereof, upon demand, produce the manifests in writing, 
 which such master is required to have on board his vessel, 
 to such officer of the customs as first comes on board his 
 vessel, for inspection, and shall deliver to such oilicer true 
 copies thereof, which copies shall be provided and sub- 
 scribed by the master, and the ollicer to whom the original 
 manifests have been produced shall certify upon the back 
 thereof that the same were produced, and the day and 
 year on which the same were so produced, and that such 
 copies were to him delivered and by him examined with 
 the original manifest; and shall likewise certi fy upon the 
 back of such copies the day and year on which the same 
 were delivered, and shall forthwith transmit such copies 
 to the respective collectors of the several district.-, to 
 which the goods by such manifests appear respectively to 
 be consigned. 
 
PA in' XV.- KNTIIY OK M 1 ,K( ' I I A M M SI . 209 
 
 The master of any such vessel shall in like manner pro- K. 8., 2812. 
 duce to the officer of the customs who iirst comes on board 
 such vessel, upon her arrival within the limits of any col 
 lection-district in which the cargo, or any pail thereof, is 
 intended to he discharged or landed, for his inspection, 
 such manifest; and shall also deliver to him true copies 
 thereof, such copies also to he provided and subscribed by 
 the master, the production of which manifests and the 
 delivery of which copies shall also he certified by the 
 officer of the customs, upon the back of the original mani- 
 fests, with the particular day and year when such mani- 
 fests were produced to such officer, and when he so re- 
 ceived the copies thereof; and such oilicer is required 
 forthwith to transmit the copies of the manifest to the 
 collector of the district; and the master shall afterward 
 deliver the original manifests so certified to the collector. 
 When any manifest shall be produced, upon which there 
 shall be no certificate from any officer of the customs as 
 before mentioned, the master producing the same shall be 
 required to make oath that no officer has applied for, and 
 that no indorsement has taken place on, any manifest of 
 the cargo of such vessel. 
 
 The master of any such vessel shall not be required to R - s - 2813 - 
 make delivery of more than one copy of each manifest to 
 the officer who shall first come on board of such vessel, 
 within four leagues of the coast of the United States, and 
 one other copy to such officer as shall first come on board 
 within the limits of any collection-district, for which the 
 cargo of such vessel, or some p&rt thereof, is destined, nor 
 to make delivery of any such copy to any other officer; 
 but it shall be sufficient, in respect to any such other offi- 
 cer, to exhibit to him the original manifest and the cer- 
 tificates thereupon. 
 
 If the master of any vessel laden with merchandise, and R> s '' 2814 ' 
 bound to any port in the United States, fails upon his 
 arrival within four leagues of the coast thereof, or within 
 the limits of any collection-district, where the cargo of 
 such vessel, or any part thereof, is intended to be dis- 
 charged, to produce such manifests as are heretofore 
 required, in writing, to the proper officer upon demand 
 therefor, or to deliver such copies thereof, according to 
 the directions of the preceding sections, or if he fails to 
 give an account of the true destination of the vessel, which 
 he is hereby required to do, upon request of such officer, 
 or gives a false account of such destination, in order to 
 evade the production of the manifests, the master shall 
 for every such neglect, refusal, or offense, be liable to a 
 penalty of not more than five hundred dollars. If any 
 officer first coming on board, in each case, shall neglect or 
 refuse to certify on the back of such manifests the produc- 
 tion thereof, and the delivery of such copies respectively 
 as are directed to be delivered to such officer, such officer 
 shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars. 
 
 The officers who may apply to the master of any such R - s - 2815 - 
 vessel, respecting any of the provisions in the preceding 
 
210 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 sections, and who shall not receive full satisfaction 
 therein, are hereby required to make a return in writing 
 of the name of the vessel and master so offending, in any 
 or all of the particulars required, as soon as possible, to 
 the collector of the district to which such vessel shall be 
 considered to be bound. 
 
 Ma?'' I 83 i 4 897 Collectors and surveyors, respectively, may, whenever 
 sec^'i5.' they judge it to be necessary for the security of the rev- 
 
 enue, put an inspector of the customs on board any vessel, 
 to accompany the same until her arrival at the first port 
 of entry or delivery, in the district to which such vessel 
 may be destined. If the master of any vessel shall neg- 
 lect or omit to deposit a manifest as herein prescribed, or 
 shall refuse to receive an inspector of the customs on 
 board, as the case requires, he shall forfeit and pay five 
 hundred dollars, to be recovered with cost of suit, one- 
 half for the use of the officer with whom such manifest 
 ought to have been deposited, and the other half to the 
 use of the collector of the district to which such vessel 
 may be bound. If, however, the manifest shall, in either 
 of the above cases, have been previously delivered to any 
 officer of the customs, pursuant to the provisions herein 
 after made in that behalf, the depositing of a manifest 
 shall not be necessary. 
 
 218. Entry of merchandise at special ports. 
 
 R. s., 2816. AVhen any merchandise is intended to be imported from 
 any foreign country into the port of Albany, upon the 
 Hudson River, in New York, such merchandise may be 
 entered at any port of entry and thereafter transported 
 to Albany, upon compliance with sections twenty-eight 
 hundred and twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and 
 thirty-one, inclusive. 
 
 n. s., 2817. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from 
 any foreign country into the port of Augusta, upon the 
 Savannah River, in Georgia, such merchandise may be 
 entered at the port of Savannah and thereafter trans- 
 ported, either by the river or by railroad, to Augusta, 
 upon compliance with sections twenty-eight hundred and 
 twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty-one, 
 inclusive. 
 
 K. s., 2818. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from 
 
 any foreign country into the port of Pilatka, upon the 
 Saint John's River, in Florida, such merchandise may 
 be entered at Saint John's, and thereafter transported to 
 Pilatka upon compliance with sections twenty-eight hun- 
 dred and twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty- 
 one, inclusive. 
 
 K BH 2819. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from 
 
 any foreign country to the port of IJayport. in Florida, 
 such merchandise may be entered at Cedar Keys, and 
 thereafter transported t<> I'ayport. upon compliance with 
 sections twenty-eight hundred and twenty-five to twenty- 
 eight hundred and thirty-one, inclusive. 
 
 R. s., 2820. When any merchandise is intended to be imported from 
 
 ;iny foreign country into the port of Selma, upon the Ala- 
 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. 211 
 
 bama "River, in Alabama, such merchandise may be en- 
 tered at Mobile, and thereafter transported to Selma, 
 upon compliance with sections twenty-eight hund.vd and 
 twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty -one, 
 inclusive. 
 
 When any merchandise is intended to he imported from U.S., 2821. 
 any foreign country into the port of Houston, upon Buf- 
 falo Hayou, in Texas, such merchandise may he entere-l 
 at the port of Gal vest on and thereafter transported to 
 Houston, upon compliance with section tw r enty-eight hun- 
 dred and twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty - 
 one, inclusive. 
 
 When any merchandise is intended to be imported from u - s - 2822 
 any foreign country into either of the following ports of 
 delivery, being ports upon the Mississippi River and its 
 tributaries, namely, Pittsburg. in Pennsylvania; Wheel- 
 ing, in West Virginia; Cincinnati, in Ohio; Louisville, in 
 Kentucky; Saint Louis, in Missouri; and Nashville, in 
 Tennessee; such merchandise may be entered at the port 
 of New Orleans, or at either of such ports of entry on the 
 sea-hoard as may be designated by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, and thereafter transported to the port of deliv- 
 ery for which the same is intended, by such inland routes 
 as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, under 
 such rules and regulations not inconsistent w r ith law as he 
 may prescribe, in compliance with sections twenty-eight 
 hundred and twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and 
 thirty-one, inclusive, and subject to the forfeitures and 
 penalties therein mentioned. 
 
 When any merchandise is intended to be imported from R. s., 2823. 
 any foreign country into either of the following ports of 
 delivery, namely : Parkersburg, in West Virginia ; Pa- 
 ducah, in Kentucky: Saint Joseph and Kansas City, in 
 Missouri ; Memphis, in Tennessee; Alton, Galena, Quincy, 
 and Cairo, in Illinois ; Evansville, New Albany, Madison, 
 and Jeffersonville, in Indiana; Keokuk, Dubuque, and 
 Burlington, in Iowa; Leavenworth, in Kansas, and 
 Omaha, in Nebraska, such merchandise may be entered 
 at the port of New Orleans, and thereafter transported 
 to the port of delivery for which the same is intended, in 
 compliance with sections twenty-eight hundred and 
 twenty-five to twenty-eight hundred and thirty-one, in- 
 clusive,' and subject to the forfeitures and penalties 
 therein mentioned. 
 
 The importer of any merchandise destined for any of Ma?."' s 
 the ports mentioned in the eight preceding sections shall s " 1(> 
 deposit in the custody of the surveyor of such port of 
 delivery a schedule of the goods so intended to be im- 
 ported, with an estimate of their cost at the place of ex- 
 portation, whereupon the surveyor shall make an esti- 
 mate of the amount of duties accruing on the same, and 
 the importer or consignee shall give bond, with sufficient 
 sureties, to be approved by the surveyor, in double the 
 amount of the duties so estimated, conditioned for the 
 
212 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 2829. 
 
 R. S., 2832. 
 
 R. S., 2833. 
 
 R. S., 2836. 
 
 payment of the duties on such merchandise, ascertained 
 as hereinafter directed; and the surveyor shall forthwith 
 notify the collector at the port of entry for the collection- 
 district to which such port of delivery is attached, of the 
 same, by forwarding to him a copy of bond and schedule. 
 
 The master or conductor of any such vessel or vehicle 
 arriving at either of the ports named in sections twenty- 
 eight hundred and sixteen to twenty-eight hundred and 
 twenty-four, inclusive, on board of which merchandise 
 shall have been shipped at such port of entry, shall, 
 within eighteen hours next after the arrival, and previ- 
 ously to unloading any part of such merchandise, deliver 
 to the surveyor of such port the manifest of the same, 
 certified by the collector, at the port of entry, and shall 
 make oath before the surveyor that there was not, when 
 he departed from the port of entry, any more or other 
 merchandise on board such boat, vessel, or vehicle so im- 
 ported than is therein mentioned. If the master of such 
 vessel or vehicle shall neglect or refuse to deliver the 
 manifests within the time herein directed, he shall be lia- 
 ble to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 All vessels proceeding to the ports of Natchez or Vicks- 
 burg from any foreign port shall stop and report their 
 arrival at the port of New Orleans ; and before any such 
 vessel shall proceed on her voyage to Natchez or Vicks- 
 burg the collector for the district of New Orleans shall 
 order on board any such vessel a custom-house officer, who 
 shall remain on board such vessel until her arrival at 
 Natchez or Vicksburg. Such custom-house officer shall 
 take possession of and safely keep all the papers belong- 
 ing to such vessels having relation to the freight or cargo 
 on board, which papers he shall deliver to the collector at 
 Natchez or Vicksburg immediately after his arrival at 
 that port; and any such vessel, which shall depart from 
 New Orleans without such custom-house officer on board, 
 shall be subject to all the pains and penalties provided for 
 by law for a violation of the revenue laws. 
 
 The expenses of the custom-house officer who may be 
 put on board any such vessel bound for Natchez or Yicks- 
 burg at New Orleans, from the time of his being put on 
 board until his return to New Orleans, shall be paid by 
 the owner of such vessel. 
 
 The master of any vessel arriving within the districts 
 of Petersburg or Richmond, laden with merchandise, 
 belonging or consigned to persons resident within both 
 the districts, shall make entry of such vessel, in manner 
 already pres<Tile<l by law, with the collector of that dis- 
 trict wherein the owner or consignee, or the husband or 
 acting manager of nich vessel, shall actually reside; and 
 the master shall, at the time of making the entry, deliver 
 a duplicate manifest of the carp) t<> the collector, whose 
 duty it shall then be to certify the same as a true copy, 
 and to transmit it to the collector of the other district, 
 and the delivery of such merchandise shall be authorized 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF M l.i;c 1 1 A ND1SE. 213 
 
 by permits from the collector of each district, respec- 
 tively, in which the same has been duly entered according 
 to law. No importer, owner, or consignee of merchan- 
 dise, residing in either district, shall, however, be ad- 
 mitted to make an entry of such merchandise with the 
 collector of the district in which such importer, owner, 
 or consignee does not reside. All entries, moreover, for 
 merchandise, made by agents, for persons residing in 
 other districts, shall be made with the collector of the dis- 
 trict in which such vessel may discharge. 
 
 Vessels owned in whole or in part in the towns of s., 2520. 
 Edgecomb and Newcastle in Maine, having entered in 
 due form of law at the port of Wiscasset, and taken on 
 board an officer, shall be permitted to unlade in the parts 
 of those towns which adjoin Sheepscut River. 
 
 Merchandise destined for either of the towns of Kit- R s - 2524 - 
 tery or Berwiek, in Maine, may be, at the option of the 
 master of the vessel, entered and permit for the delivery 
 thereof obtained, -either in the district of Portsmouth, in 
 the State of New Hampshire, or in the district of York, 
 in the State of Maine. 
 
 All cargoes chargeable with duties intended for de- R s - 2537 - 
 livery at the port of Greenport, in the State of New 
 York, shall be entered and the duties paid at the port of 
 Sag Harbor, before permission shall be granted to dis- 
 charge the same at Greenport. 
 
 All merchandise chargeable with duties intended for R - s -> 254 - 
 delivery at the port of Cold Spring, on the north side of 
 Long Island, in the State of New York, or at the port 
 of Port Jefferson, in that State, shall be entered and the 
 duties paid at the port of New York, before permission 
 shall be granted to discharge the same at Cold Spring or 
 Port Jefferson. 
 
 All merchandise transported in bond to the port of R-s.,2581. 
 P>rownsville from any other port of the United States, by 
 Brazos Harbor, may, on arrival in that harbor, be trans- 
 shipped under such regulations, not inconsistent with 
 law. as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, in 
 other vessels for transportation by the Rio Grande to 
 Brownsville; and all merchandise imported into the dis- 
 trict by Brazos Harbor, from any foreign country, may 
 in like manner be transshipped to Brownsville as pro- 
 vided for goods, wares, and merchandise transshipped in 
 bond. 
 
 The master of every vessel entering the Columbia River R - s " 2588 
 from the sea, and bound for Portland, in the district of 
 Willamette, shall exhibit his papers to the collector of the 
 port of Astoria, and deposit with him a sworn copy of 
 the manifest of cargo. If the vessel is laden with do- 
 mestic merchandise or merchandise in bond for Portland, 
 the collector at Astoria shall permit her to proceed to her 
 place of destination ; but if she has dutiable merchandise 
 on board not bonded, he shall cause a customs officer to 
 proceed on board the vessel to Portland, who shall see 
 
214 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 2590. 
 
 R. S., 2967. 
 
 R. S., 2968. 
 
 R. S., 4362. 
 
 R. 8., 4363. 
 
 that no goods are landed from such vessel before her 
 arrival and entry at the latter port. The necessary 
 expenses, including the per diem of such officer and the 
 expense of his return to Astoria, shall be paid by the 
 master of such vessel to the collector of customs at Port- 
 land, for the use of the United States, before permit 
 shall be given to unload. 
 
 When a vessel shall arrive at Astoria, in the district of 
 Oregon, from sea, having merchandise on board for that 
 place and also for Portland, in the district of Willamette, 
 such vessel shall enter at Astoria and discharge such por- 
 tion of her cargo as is destined for that place, whereupon 
 the collector shall cause her hatches to be closed and 
 sealed, and shall then permit her to proceed to Portland 
 in charge of a customs officer. 
 
 Merchandise imported into the port of Louisville, and 
 destined for Jeifersonville, may be landed and ware- 
 housed at Jeffersonville, under the custody and control 
 of the surveyor of the port of Louisville. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury may extend the privi- 
 leges of the provisions relating to warehouses, and the 
 regulations of the Treasury Department relating thereto, 
 to the port of Albany. 
 
 The collector of the district of Philadelphia may grant 
 permits for the transportation of merchandise of foreign 
 growth or manufacture across the State of New Jersey to 
 the district of New York, or across the State of Delaware 
 to any district in the State of Maryland or Virginia ; and 
 the collector of the district of New York may grant like 
 permits for transportation across the State of New Jer- 
 sey; and the collector of any district of Maryland or 
 Virginia may grant like permits for transportation across 
 the State of Delaware to the district of Philadelphia. 
 Every such permit shall express the name of the owner, 
 or person sending the merchandise, and of the person to 
 whom the merchandise is consigned, with the marks, 
 numbers, and description of the packages, whether bale, 
 box, chest, or otherwise, and the kind of goods contained 
 therein, and the date when granted; and the owner, or 
 person pending such goods, shall swear that they were 
 legally imported, and the duties paid. Where the mer- 
 rhandise, to be so transported, shall be of less value than 
 eight hundred dollars, the permit shall not be deemed 
 necessary. 
 
 The owner or consignee of all merchandise transported 
 under the provisions of the preceding section and for the 
 transportation whereof a permit is necessary, shall, within 
 twenty- four hours after the arrival thereof at the place 
 to which such merchandise was permitted 'to be trans- 
 ported, report the same to the collector of the district 
 where it has arrived, and shall deliver up the permit ac- 
 companying the same ; and if the owner or consignee shall 
 neglect or refuse to make due entry of such merchandise 
 within the time and in the manner directed, all such mer- 
 chandise shall be subject to forfeiture ; and if the permit 
 granted shall not be given up within the time limited for 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. 215 
 
 making the report. the person to whom it was granted, 
 neglecting or refusing to deliver it up, shall he liable to a 
 penalty of iil'ty dollars for every twenty-four hours it 
 shall be withheld afterward. 
 
 219. Clearance at special ports. 
 
 Any vessel owned by or consigned to any person in the K- s., 2554. 
 col lection-district of Richmond, and which shall be 
 loaded, in whole or in part, in the district of Petersburg, 
 by such owner or consignee, may be cleared by the col- 
 lector of the district ol Richmond, on application of the 
 owner, consignee, or captain of such vessel. 
 
 All vessels clearing from Portland, in the district of R. s.,2589. 
 AYillamette. and bound to sea, shall, on arrival at Astoria, 
 in the district of Oregon, report to the collector; and the 
 master of every vessel so reporting shall leave a copy of 
 his manifest, including any additional cargo taken on 
 boa I'd after leaving Portland, with the collector at Asto- 
 ria, and thereupon shall be allowed to proceed to sea. 
 The master or other person in charge or command of any 
 vessel entering the Columbia River from the sea, or clear- 
 ing from Portland and bound to sea as described in this 
 section, who shall neglect to exhibit his papers, or to re- 
 port to the collector, or to deposit his manifest, as herein 
 required, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 The master or person having charge or command of R. s., 4208. 
 any steamboat on Lake Champlain, when going from the 
 United States into the province of Quebec, may deliver a 
 manifest of the cargo on board, and take a clearance from 
 the collector of the district through which any such boat 
 shall last pass, when leaving the United States, without 
 regard to the place from which any such boat shall have 
 commenced her voyage, or where her cargo shall have 
 been taken on board. 
 
 220. Entry of merchandise for different port of destination. 
 
 The importer, or his agent, may enter merchandise at R. s., 2826. 
 the port of entry for the collection-district into which it 
 is to be imported in the usual manner; and the collector 
 shall grant a permit for the landing thereof, and cause 
 the duties to be ascertained as in other cases, the goods 
 remaining in the custody of the collector until reshipped 
 for the place of destination. The collector shall certify 
 to the surveyor at such place the amount of such duties, 
 which the surveyor shall enter on the margin of the bond 
 given to secure the same; and the merchandise phall be 
 delivered by the collector to the agent of the importer or 
 consignee, duly authorized to receive the same, for ship- 
 ment to the place of destination. 
 
 The master or conductor of every vessel or vehicle in R. s., 2827. 
 which such merchandise shall be transported, shall, pre- 
 viously to departure from the port of entry, deliver to the 
 collector duplicate manifests of such merchandise, speci- 
 fying the marks and numbers of every case, bag, box, 
 chest, or package, containing the same, with the name and 
 place of residence of every importer or consignee of such 
 
216 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 merchandise, and the quantity shipped to each, to be by 
 him subscribed, and to the truth of which he shall swear, 
 and that the merchandise has been received on board his 
 vessel or vehicle, stating the name of the agent who 
 shipped the same; and the collector shall certify the 
 facts, on the manifests, one of which he shall return to 
 the master, with a permit thereto annexed, authorizing 
 him to proceed to the place of his destination. 
 
 R. s., 2828. If any vessel or vehicle having such merchandise on 
 board shall depart from the port of entry without having 
 complied with the provisions of the preceding section, the 
 master or conductor thereof shall be liable to a penalty of 
 five hundred dollars. 
 
 221. Comparison of cargo and manifest. 
 
 R. s., 2830. The surveyor at the port of delivery shall cause the 
 casks, bags, boxes, chests, or packages, to be inspected, 
 and compared with the manifests, and the same being 
 identified he shall grant a permit for unloading the same, 
 or such part thereof as the master or conductor shall re- 
 quest; and when a part only of such merchandise is in- 
 tended to be landed the surveyor shall make an indorse- 
 ment on the back of the manifests, designating such part, 
 specifying the articles to be landed, and shall return the 
 manifests to the master or conductor, indorsing thereon 
 his permission to such vessel or vehicle to proceed to the 
 place of its destination. 
 
 222. Illegal unlading. 
 
 R. s., 2867. if a f ter t^ alT i va i O f an y vessel laden with merchan- 
 dise and bound to the United States, within the limits of 
 any collection-district, or within four leagues of the coast, 
 any part of the cargo of such vessel shall be unladen, for 
 any purpose whatever, before such vessel has come to the 
 proper place for the discharge of her cargo, or some part 
 thereof, and has been there duly authorized by the proper 
 officer of the customs to unlade the same, the master of 
 such vessel and the mate, or other person next in com- 
 mand, shall respectively be liable to a penalty of one 
 thousand dollars for each such offense, and the merchan- 
 dise so unladen shall be forfeited, except in case of some 
 unavoidable accident, necessity, or distress of weather. 
 In case of such unavoidable accident, necessity, or dis- 
 tress, the master of such vessel shall give notice to, and. 
 together with two or more of the officers or mariners on 
 hoard such vessel, of whom the mate or other person next 
 in command shall he one, shall make proof upon oath 
 before the collector, or other chief ollicer of the. customs 
 of the district, within the limits of which such accident, 
 necessity, or distress happened, or before the collector, or 
 other chief ollicer of the collection-district, within the 
 limits of which such vessel shall first afterward arrive, if 
 the accident, necessity, or distress happened not within 
 the limits of any district, but within four leagues of the 
 
PART XV. - ENTRY OF M l.KC 1 1 A N D1SI . t> 1 7 
 
 coast of the 1'nited States. The collector, or other chid' 
 ollicer. is hereby aiithori/ed and required to administer 
 such oath. 
 
 If any merchandise, so unladen from on board any i:.s.i868. 
 such vessel, shall he put or received into any other vessel. 
 except in the case of such accident, necessity, or dislr 
 to he so notified and proved, the master of any such vessel 
 into which the merchandise shall be so put and received. 
 and every other person aiding and assisting therein, shall 
 be liable to a penalty of treble the value of the merchan- 
 dise, and the vessel in which they shall be so put shall be 
 forfeited. 
 
 223. Special permit to unlade by night and preliminary entry. 
 
 Upon arrival at any port in the United States of any R. s.,Ls7i. 
 
 *"' 
 
 vessel or other conveyance from a foreign port or place, FeEf i.' ilm! 
 
 either directly or by way of another port in the Unitecl 
 
 States, or upon such arrival from another port in the 
 
 United States of any vessel or other conveyance belong- 
 
 ing to a line designated by the Secretary of the Treasury 
 
 as a common carrier of bonded merchandise, and, after 
 
 due report and entry of such vessel in accordance with 
 
 existing law or due report, under such regulations as the 
 
 Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, of the arrival 
 
 of such other conveyances, the collector of customs, with 
 
 the concurrence of the naval officer at ports where there 
 
 is a naval officer, shall grant, upon proper application 
 
 therefor, a special license to lade or unlade the cargo of 
 
 any such vessel or other conveyance at night; that is 
 
 to say, between sunset and sunrise. 
 
 The master of any vessel from a foreign port or place, Sec. a. 
 upon arrival within a customs collection district of the 
 United States, bound to a port of entry in such district, 
 may make preliminary entry of the vessel by making 
 oath or affirmation to the truth of the statements con- 
 tained in his original manifest and delivering his said 
 original manifest to the customs officer who shall board 
 such vessel within such district, with a copy of said 
 original manifest for the use of the naval officer at ports 
 where there is a naval officer; whereupon, upon arrival 
 at the wharf or place of discharge, the lading or unlading 
 of the cargo of such vessel may proceed, by both day and 
 night, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 
 Treasury may prescribe. 
 
 Before any such special license to lade or unlade at sec. 3. 
 night shall be granted and before any permit shall be 
 issued for the immediate lading or unlading of any such 
 vessel after preliminary entry, as hereinbefore provided. 
 either by day or by night the master, owner, agent, or 
 consignee of such vessel or other conveyance shall make 
 proper application therefor and shall at the same time 
 execute and deliver to the United States, through the col- 
 
218 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 lector of customs, a good and sufficient bond, in a penal 
 sum to be approved by the said collector, conditioned to 
 indemnify and save the United States harmless from any 
 and all losses and liabilities which may occur or be occa- 
 sioned by reason of the granting of such special license or 
 the issuing or granting of such permit for immediate 
 lading or unlading; or the master, owner, agent, con- 
 signee, or probable consignee, as aforesaid, may execute 
 and deliver to the United States, in like manner and 
 form, a good and sufficient bond, in the penal sum of fifty 
 thousand dollars, conditioned to indemnify and save the 
 United States harmless from any and all losses and lia- 
 bilities which may occur or be occasioned by reason of the 
 granting of such special licenses and the issuing or grant- 
 ing of such permits for immediate lading or unlading by 
 day and night during a period of six months. 
 
 sec. 4. Such application having been duly made and the re- 
 
 quired bond having been duly executed and delivered, 
 special license or licenses to lade or unlade at night after 
 regular entry of vessels, and due report of other convey- 
 ances, may be granted, and a permit or permits may be 
 issued for the immediate lading and unlading, by day and 
 night, of vessels admitted to preliminary entry, or of 
 other conveyances of which due report of arrival has been 
 made: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall 
 extend and be applicable to any vessels or other convey- 
 ances bound to a port of entry in the United States to be 
 unladen at a port of delivery or to be unladen at a place 
 of discharge designated by the Secretary of the Treasury 
 under the provisions of section twenty-seven hundred and 
 seventy-six of the Revised Statutes as amended : Provided 
 further, That when preliminary entry of a vessel shall be 
 made by the master as herein provided he shall not be 
 relieved from making due report and entry of his vessel 
 at the customhouse in accordance with existing law, and 
 any liability of the master or owner of any such vessel to 
 the owner or consignee of any merchandise landed from 
 her shall not be affected by the granting of such special 
 license, but such liability shall continue until the merchan- 
 dise is properly removed from the dock whereon the same 
 may be landed. 
 
 Sec. 5. 't'he Secretary of the Treasury shall fix a reasonable 
 
 rate of extra compensation for night services of inspec- 
 tors, storekeepers, weighers, and other customs officers and 
 employees in connection with the lading or unlading of 
 cargo at night, or the lading at night of cargo or mer- 
 chandise for transportation in bond or for exportation in 
 bond, or for the exportation with benefit of drawback, but 
 such rate of compensation shall not exceed an amount 
 equal to double the rate of compensation allowed to each 
 such officer or employee for like services rendered by day. 
 the said extra compensation to be paid by the master, 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. 219 
 
 owner, silent, or consignee of such vessel or other convey- 
 ance, whenever such special license or permit for immedi- 
 ate lading or unlading or for lading or unlading at night 
 or on Sundays or holidays shall be granted, to the oolfec- 
 tor of customs, who shall pay the same to the several cus- 
 toms ollicers and employees entitled thereto according to 
 the rates fixed therefor by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 Customs ollicers acting as boarding officers, and any cus- 
 toms officer who may be designated for that purpose by 
 the collector of customs, are hereby authorized to admin- 
 ister the oath or affirmation herein provided for, and such 
 boarding officers shall be allowed extra compensation for 
 se i- vices in boarding vessels at night or on Sundays or 
 holidays at the rate prescribed by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury as herein provided, the said extra compensation 
 to be paid by the master, owner, agent, or consignee of 
 such vessels. 
 224. Unlading by day. 
 
 Except as authorized by the preceding section, no mer- ** s - 2872 - 
 chandise brought in any vessel from any foreign port 
 shall be unladen or delivered from such vessel within the 
 United States but in open day that is to say, between 
 the rising and the setting of the sun except by special 
 license from the collector of the port, and naval officer 
 of the same, where there is one, for that purpose, nor at 
 any time without a permit from the collector, and naval 
 officer, if any, for such unlading or delivery. 
 
 When the license to unload between the setting and ris- gec e 25' 188 
 ing of the sun is granted to a sailing vessel under this 
 section, a fixed, uniform, and reasonable compensation 
 may be allowed to the inspector or inspectors for service 
 between the setting and rising of the sun, under such 
 regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- 
 scribe, to be received by the collector from the master, 
 owner, or consignee of the vessel, and to be paid by him 
 to the inspector or inspectors. 
 
 If any merchandise shall be unladen or delivered from R. s., 2873. 
 any vessel contrary to the preceding section, the master 
 of such vessel, and every other person who shall know- 
 ingly be concerned, or aiding therein, or in removing, 
 storing, or otherwise securing such merchandise, shall 
 each be liable to a penalty of four hundred dollars for 
 each offense, and shall be disabled from holding any office 
 of trust or profit under the United States, for a term not 
 exceeding seven years; and the collector of the district 
 shall advertise the name of such person in a newspaper 
 printed in the State in which he resides, within twenty 
 days after each respective conviction. 
 
 All merchandise, so unladen or delivered contrary to R - s 2874 - 
 the provisions of section twenty-eight hundred and sev- 
 
220 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 enty-two, shall become forfeited, and may be seized by 
 any of the officers of the customs; and where the value 
 thereof, according to the highest market price of the same, 
 at the port or district where landed, shall amount to four 
 hundred dollars, the vessel, tackle, apparel, and furniture 
 shall be subject to like forfeiture and seizure. 
 225. Supervision of unlading. 
 
 R. s. t 2875. The collector of any district at which any vessel ar- 
 rives, immediately on her first coming within such dis- 
 trict, or the surveyor of any port where such vessel is, 
 may put and keep on board such vessel, while remaining 
 within such district, or in going from one district to an- 
 other, one or more inspectors to examine the cargo or 
 contents of such vessel, and to superintend the delivery 
 thereof, or of so much thereof as shall be delivered within 
 the United States, and to perform such other duties ac- 
 cording to law, as they shall be directed by the collector, 
 or surveyor, to perform for the better securing the col- 
 lection of the duties. Only collectors shall have power, 
 however, to put inspectors on board vessels to go from 
 one district to another. 
 
 it. s. f 2876. The inspector shall make known to the master of such 
 vessel the duties he is to perform; and shall suffer no 
 merchandise to be unladen, or otherwise removed from 
 such vessel, without a permit in writing from the collector 
 of the port, and naval officer thereof, if any. The in- 
 spector shall enter in a book, to be by him kept according 
 to such a form as shall be prescribed or approved by the 
 collector, the name of the person in whose behalf such 
 permits are granted, together with the particulars therein 
 specified, and the marks, numbers, kinds, and descrip- 
 tion of the respective packages which shall be unladen 
 pursuant thereto, and shall keep a like account in the 
 book of all merchandise which, not having been entered 
 within the time limited by this Title [R. S., 2517-3129], 
 or for some other cause., has been sent to the store or ware- 
 house provided for the reception of such merchandise; 
 such book shall be delivered to the surveyor in the month 
 of January in every year for his inspection, and immedi- 
 ately after such inspection be transmitted by the sur- 
 veyor, with such observations as he may think necessary 
 thereon, to the collector, to he deposited in his ollice. 
 
 K s., 2877. The inspector shall attend to the delivery of the cargo 
 
 under his care, at all times when the unlading or delivery 
 of merchandise is lawful, particularly from the rising to 
 the setting of the sun on each day, Sundays ami the 
 fourth day of July in each year excepted : for which pur- 
 pose he shall constantly attend and remain on hoard the 
 -I. the deliveries from which he is to superintend, or at 
 any other station where his inspection is necessary- The 
 inspector shall not quit such station or place without the 
 leave of the surveyor of the port first obtained, who shall 
 
PAKT XV. KNTI{\ OK M Ki;< ' 1 1 A M >I 221 
 
 appoint another inspector, if he deems it necessary, to 
 supply tlu 1 place of such inspector during his absci 
 and any inspector who shall neglect or in any manner ad 
 contrary to the duties hereby enjoined, shall for the first 
 offense he liable to a penalty of the sum of fifty dollars, 
 and for the .second ofl'ense shall be displaced, and be in- 
 capable of holding any station of trust or profit under 
 the revenue laws of the Tinted States, for a term not 
 exceeding seven years. 
 
 No inspector shall perform any other duties or service K.S., 2878. 
 on hoard any vessel, the superintendence of which is com 
 milled to him for anv person whatever, other than what 
 is required by this title | K. S., '2:> 17-3129], under the 
 penalty of being disabled from acting any longer as an 
 inspector of the customs; the wages or compensation of 
 such inspector as may proceed from one district to an- 
 other, shall be defrayed by the master of the vessel com- 
 mitted to his care; every inspector or other officer of the 
 revenue, while performing any duty on board any vessel, 
 not in a port of the United States, discharging her cargo, 
 shall be entitled to receive from the master of such vessel 
 such provisions and accommodations as are usually sup- 
 plied to passengers, or as the state and condition of such 
 vessel will admit, on receiving therefor fifty cents a day ; 
 and any master of any vessel who shall refuse such pro- 
 visions and reasonable accommodations shall be liable to 
 a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 If, by reason of the delivery of the cargo in several dis- R. s., 2379. 
 tricts, more than the term allowed by law shall in the 
 whole be spent therein, the wages or compensation of the 
 inspector who may be employed on board of any vessel, 
 in respect to which such term may be so exceeded, shall, 
 for every day of such excess, be paid by the master or 
 owner; and the inspector shall, previously to the clear- 
 ance of the vessel, render an exact account to the collec- 
 tor of all such compensation as has been paid, or is due 
 and payable by the master or owner. 
 
 The inspector who may be put on board of any vessel R- s - 3070. 
 shall secure, after sunset in each evening, or previous to 
 his quitting the vessel, the hatches and other communica- 
 tions with the hold of such vessel, or any other part 
 thereof he may judge necessary, with locks or other 
 proper fastenings, which locks or other fastenings shall 
 not be opened, broken, or removed until the morning fol- 
 loAving, or after the rising of the sun, and in the presence 
 of the inspector by whom the same were affixed, except by 
 special license from the collector of the port, and the 
 naval officer, if any, first obtained. If the locks or other 
 fastenings, or any of them, are broken or removed con- 
 trary to this section, or, if any merchandise or packages 
 are clandestinely landed, notice thereof shall be immedi- 
 ately given by the inspector to the collector and naval 
 
222 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 officer, if any, of the port where the vessel may be; and 
 the master of such vessel shall, for each or every such 
 offense, be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, 
 def xeC Ma i r e 3", Merchandise shall not be entered or delivered from 
 1913. ' customs custody elsewhere than at one of the ports of 
 
 entry hereinbefore designated, except at the expense of 
 the parties in interest, upon express authority from the 
 Secretary of the Treasury and under conditions to be 
 prescribed by him. When it shall be made to appear to 
 the Secretary of the Treasury that the interests of com- 
 merce or the protection of the revenues so require, he may 
 cause to be stationed at places in the various collection 
 districts, though not named as ports of entry, officers or 
 employees of the customs with authority to enter and 
 clear vessels, to accept entries of merchandise, to collect 
 duties, and to enforce the various provisions of the cus- 
 toms and navigation laws. [For list of ports of entry, see 
 par. 478, p. 527.] 
 
 226. Limit of time for unlading. 
 
 May'V 8 i896 Whenever any merchandise shall be imported into any 
 port of the United States from any foreign port, in any 
 vessel, at the expiration of ten working days if the vessel 
 is less than five hundred tons register, and within fifteen 
 working days if it is of five hundred tons register and 
 less than one thousand, and within twenty working days 
 if it is of one thousand tons register and less than fifteen 
 hundred, and within twenty-five working days if it is of 
 fifteen hundred tons register and upward, not including 
 legal holidays and days when the condition of the weather 
 prevents the unlading of the vessel with safety to its 
 cargo, after the time within which the report of the 
 master of any vessel is required to be made to the col- 
 lector of the district, if there is found any merchandise 
 other than has been reported for some other district or 
 some foreign port, the collector shall take possession 
 thereof; but with the consent of the owner or consignee 
 of any merchandise, or with the consent of the owner or 
 master of the vessel in which the same may be imported. 
 the merchandise may be taken possession of by the col- 
 lector a 1'ter one day's notice to the collector of the district. 
 All merchandise so taken shall be delivered pursuant to 
 the order of the collector of the district, for which a cer- 
 tificute or receipt shall be granted. 
 
 June 3 88 i89 f ^ l( ' l' ln 'tati<>n of time for unlading, prescribed by the 
 Sec. 2. ' " preceding section, shall not extend to vessels laden exclu- 
 sively with coal, salt, sugar, hides, dyewoods, wool, or 
 jute butts, consigned to one consignee, arriving at a port 
 for orders; but if the master of any such vessel requires a 
 longer time to discharge her cargo, the wages or compen- 
 sation of the inspector, for every day's attendance ex- 
 ceeding the number of days allowed by law, shall be paid 
 by the master or owner; and thereupon the collector is 
 hereby authorized and required to allow such longer time, 
 not exceeding fifteen days. 
 
PART XV. ENTRY (K M KKi'll AMU- 223 
 
 All merchandise of which the collector shall lake pos- u s., 2060. 
 session under the provisions relating to the time for the 
 discharge of a vessel's cargo shall he kept with due and 
 reasonable care at the charge and risk of the owner. 
 
 227. Unlading of wines and spirits. 
 
 K\ery permit for the unlading of spirits, wines, or any K s., 2883. 
 part thereof, shall, previous to such landing or unlading 
 thereof, be produced to the ollicer of inspection, who shall 
 record or register in proper hooks the contents thereof, 
 and shall indorse thereupon the word " Inspected," the 
 time when, and his own name: after which he shall 
 return the permit to the person by whom it was produced, 
 and then, and not otherwise, it shall he lawful to land the 
 spirits, or wines, therein specified; and if spirits or wines 
 snail be landed without such indorsement upon the permit 
 granted for that purpose, the master of the vessel from 
 which the same shall have been so landed shall for every 
 such offense be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, 
 and the spirits or wines so landed shall be forfeited. 
 
 A 1 1 distilled spirits, and wines, shall be landed under R- s., 2884. 
 the inspection of the surveyor, or other officer acting as 
 inspector of the revenue for the port, and such of the in- 
 spectors of the customs as shall be deputed by him for 
 that purpose, and not otherwise, on pain of forfeiture 
 thereof, for which purpose the officer shall at all reason- 
 able times attend. This shall not, however, be construed 
 to exclude the inspection of any officer of the customs, as 
 now or heretofore practiced. 
 
 228. Post entry. 
 
 If any package whatever which has been so reported is R s. f 2887. 
 wanting, and not found on board such vessel, or if the 
 merchandise on board such vessel does not otherwise 
 agree with the report or manifest delivered by the master 
 of any such vessel, in every such case the master shall be 
 liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars; except that 
 if it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the collector, 
 naval officer, and surveyor, or to the major part of them 
 where those officers are established at any port, or to the 
 satisfaction of the collector alone where neither of the 
 others is established, or in case of trial for the penalty, to 
 the satisfaction of the court, that no part whatever of 
 merchandise of such vessel has been unshipped, landed, 
 or unladen since it was taken on board, except as speci- 
 fied in the report or manifest, and pursuant to permits, 
 or that the disagreement is by accident or mistake, in 
 such case the penalty shall not be inflicted. But in all 
 such cases the master of any vessel shall be required and 
 shall make a post entry or addition to the report or mani- 
 fest by him delivered of any and all merchandise omitted 
 to be included and reported in such manifest ; and it shall 
 not be lawful to grant a permit to unlade any such mer- 
 chandise so omitted before such post entry or addition to 
 such report or manifest has been made. 
 
 92075 15 15 
 
224 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 2888. 
 
 R. S., 2889. 
 
 R. S., 2891. 
 
 229. Returns of unlading- of cargo. 
 
 When the delivery of merchandise from on board of 
 any vessel is completed, copies of the accounts or entries 
 which have been kept or made thereof, by the officer 
 charged with the deliveries, shall be returned to the col- 
 lector of the district, and the naval officer, if any, "within 
 three days after such delivery has been completed, if at 
 the port where such officer resides, and if at any other 
 port as soon as the nature of the case will admit, not ex- 
 ceeding fifteen days. The accounts or entries to be so 
 returned shall comprise all deliveries made pursuant to 
 permits, and all packages or merchandise sent to the 
 public stores ; also each and every package remaining on 
 board of such vessel for the purpose of being exported 
 therein to a foreign port, or to some other district of the 
 United States. 
 
 Such returns shall be signed by the inspectors respec- 
 tively under whose superintendence the deliveries have 
 been made; and, after examination, and on being found 
 correct, shall be countersigned or certified by the sur- 
 veyor of the port, if any, at the port where the deliveries 
 have been made. The returns shall be transmitted by 
 him to the naval officer, if any; who shall compare the 
 same with the manifests and entries in his possession; 
 and if any difference appears, the particulars thereof 
 shall be noted by indorsement on the returns; and if no 
 difference appears, it shall be so noted by like indorse- 
 ments. The naval officer shall transmit the returns to 
 the collector of the district ; and on being returned to the 
 collector, shall be by him compared with the manifests 
 and entries of the merchandise, which have been made by 
 the owner, consignee, or his factor or agent ; and if any 
 difference appears, the same shall be noted by indorse- 
 ment on such manifests, specifying the particulars 
 thereof; and if no difference appears, it shall be noted by 
 like indorsement, that the delivery corresponds Avith the 
 entry or entries thereof. The indorsement or memoran- 
 dum shall, in each case, be subscribed by the officer by 
 whom the comparison was made. 
 
 230. Vessels in distress. 
 
 If any vessel from any foreign port, compelled by dis- 
 tress of weather, or other necessity, shall put into any 
 port of the United States, not heinir destined for tin- 
 same, the master, together with the mate or person next 
 in command, may. within twenty-four hours after her 
 arrival, make protest in the usual form upon oath, be- 
 fore a notary public or other person duly authorized, 
 or before the collector of the district where the vessel 
 arrives, setting forth the cause or circumstances of such 
 distress or necessity. Such protest, if not made before 
 the collector, shall be produced to him. and to the naval 
 officer, if any, and a copy thereof lodged with him or 
 them. The master shall also, within forty-eight hours 
 after such arrival, make report in writing to the collector, 
 of the vessel and her cargo, as is directed hereby to be 
 
PART XV. ENTKY OF M KH( ' 1 1 A X IH, 225 
 
 done in other cases. And if it appear to the collector, 
 by the certificate of the wardens of the port, or other 
 officers usually charged with, and accustomed to ascertain 
 the condition of vessels arriving in distiTss.il' any, or by 
 the certificate of two reputable merchants, to be named 
 for that purpose by the collector, if there are no such 
 wardens, or other officers duly qualified, that the IT is a 
 necessity for unlading the vessel, the collector and naval 
 officer, if any, shall grant a permit for that purpose, 
 and shall appoint an inspector to oversee such unlading, 
 who shall keep an account of the same, to be compared 
 with the report made by the master of the vessel. 
 
 All merchandise so unladen from any vessel arriving in u. s., 2302. 
 distress shall be stored under the direction of the collec- 
 tor, who, upon request of the master of such vessel, or of 
 the owner thereof, shall, together with the naval officer, 
 where there is one, and alone where there is none, grant 
 permission to dispose of such part of the cargo as may be 
 of a perishable nature, if any there be, or as may be neces- 
 sary to defray the expenses attending such vessel and her 
 cargo. But entry shall be made therefor, and the duties 
 paid. 
 
 In case the delivery of the cargo does not agree with the R. s., 2893. 
 report thereof, made by the master of such vessel so arriv- 
 ing in distress, and if the difference or disagreement is not 
 satisfactorily accounted for in manner prescribed by this 
 Title [R. S., 2517-3129], the master of such vessel shall be 
 liable to such penalties as in other like cases are pre- 
 scribed. 
 
 The merchandise, or the remainder thereof, which shall R s., 2894. 
 not be disposed of, may be reladen on board the vessel so 
 arriving in distress, under the inspection of the officei^who 
 superintended the landing thereof, or other proper -per- 
 son; and the vessel may proceed with the same to the 
 place of her destination, free from any other charge than 
 for the storing and safe-keeping of the merchandise, and 
 fees to the officers of the customs as in other cases. 
 
 Whenever any Spanish vessel shall arrive in distress, in R. s., 2895. 
 any port of the United States, having been damaged on 
 the coasts or within the limits of the United States, and 
 her cargo shall have been unladen, in conformity with the 
 provisions of the four preceding sections, the cargo, or 
 any part thereof, may, if the vessel should be condemned 
 as not seaworthy, or be deemed incapable of performing 
 her original voyage, afterward be reladen on board any 
 other vessel under the inspection of the officer who super- 
 intended the landing thereof, or other proper person. No 
 duties, charges, or fees whatever, shall be paid on such 
 part of the cargo as may be reladen and carried away, 
 either in the vessel in which it was originally imported, 
 or in any other. 
 231. Obstruction by ice. 
 
 When a vessel is prevented by ice from getting to the u. s.,i>s90. 
 port or place at which her cargo is intended to be deliv- 
 
226 NAVIGATION LAWS OF Till; 1 M TED STATES. 
 
 ered, the collector of the district in which such vessel may 
 be obstructed may receive the report and entry of such 
 vessel, and, with the consent of the naval officer, w T here 
 there is one, grant permits for unlading or landing the 
 merchandise imported in such vessel, at any place within 
 his district, most convenient and proper. The report and 
 entry of such vessel, and her cargo, or any part thereof, 
 and all persons concerned therein, shall be subject to the 
 same regulations and penalties as if the vessel had ar- 
 rived at the port of her destination, and had there pro- 
 ceeded to the delivery of her cargo. 
 
 232. Unlawful removal of bonded merchandise. 
 
 R. s., 2998. Any person maliciously opening, breaking, or entering 
 by any means whatever, any car, vessel, vehicle, ware- 
 house, or package containing any such merchandise so 
 delivered for transportation, or removing, injuring, break- 
 ing, or defacing any lock or seal placed upon sudi car, 
 vessel, vehicle, warehouse, or package, or akling, abetting, 
 or encouraging any other person or persons so to remove, 
 break, injure, or deface such locks or seals, or to open, 
 break, or enter such car, vessel, or vehicle, with intent to 
 remove or cause to be removed unlawfully any merchan- 
 dise therein, or in any manner to injure or defraud the 
 United States ; and any person receiving any merchandise 
 unlawfully removed from any such car, vessel, or vehicle, 
 knowing it to have been so unlawfully removed, shall be 
 guilty of felony, and in addition to any penalties hereto- 
 fore prescribed shall be punishable by imprisonment for 
 not less than six months nor more than two years. 
 
 233. Transportation in bond. 
 
 it. s., 3000. Any merchandise, duly entered for warehousing, may 
 
 be withdrawn under bond, without payment of the duties, 
 from a bonded warehouse in any collection-district, and 
 be transported to a bonded warehouse in any other col- 
 lection-district, and rew r arehoused thereat; and any such 
 merchandise may be so transported to its destination 
 wholly by land, or wholly by water, or partially by land 
 and partially by water, over such routes as the Secretary 
 of the Treasury may prescribe, and may likewise be con- 
 veyed over any foreign territory, the government of 
 which may have, or shall by treaty stipulations grant, a 
 free right of way over such territory. 
 
 u. s., .-{ooi. The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe the form 
 
 of the bond to" be given for tlie transportation H' mer- 
 chandise from a port in one collection-district to a port 
 in another collection-district as provided in the pre- 
 ceding section; also the time for such delivery; and for a 
 failure to transport and deliver within the time limited 
 any such bonded merchandise to the collector at the des- 
 ignated port, a duty of double the amount to which such 
 merchandise would be liable shall be collected, which 
 duty shall he secured by such bond, or the merchandise 
 may be seized and forfeited for such failure, and any 
 
PART XV. EN THY <>F MBBCHANDI8K, 
 
 steam or other vessel, or vehicle, transporting such bonded 
 merchandise, the master, owner, or conductor of which 
 shall fail to deliver the same to the collector nt tlie desig- 
 nated port, shall be liable to sei/iire and forfeiture. And 
 the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby aulhori/ed to 
 remit, in whole or in part, on such conditions and under 
 such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he may 
 prescribe, the additional duty secured by the bond given 
 for the transportation of merchandise from a port in one 
 collection-district to a port in another collection-district 
 prescribed by the preceding section: Provided, That it 
 shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury that the failure to transport and deliver the 
 merchandise aforesaid according to the conditions of the 
 bonds occurred without willful negligence or fraudulent 
 intent on the part of the obligors. 
 
 234. Transportation to special ports. 
 
 Any imported merchandise in the original packages R. s., 3002. 
 which shall have been duly entered and bonded, in pursu- 
 ance of the provisions relating to warehouses, may be 
 withdrawn from warehouse for immediate exportation, 
 without payment of duties, to Chihuahua, in Mexico, by 
 the route of the Arkansas River, through Van Buren, or 
 by the route of the Red River, through Fulton, or by the 
 route of the Missouri River, through Independence, or by 
 such other routes as may be designated by the Secretary 
 of the Treasury. Any imported merchandise duly entered 
 and bonded at Brownsville, in the district of Brazos de 
 Santiago, or imported and bonded at any other port of 
 the United States, and transported thence in bond, and 
 duly rewarehoused at Brownsville, may be withdrawn 
 from warehouse for immediate exportation, without pay- 
 ment of duties, to ports and places in Mexico, by land or 
 water, or partly by land and partly by water, or by such 
 routes as may be designated by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury. 
 
 Any imported merchandise duly entered and bonded in H. s., soos. 
 any port of the United States may be withdrawn from 
 warehouse without payment of duties, for immediate 
 exportation for San Fernando, Paso del Norte, and Chi- 
 huahua, in Mexico, through the port of Lavaca, in the 
 collection-district of Saluria, in the State of Texas, and 
 be transshipped inland, thence to San Antonio, in that 
 State, and from the latter place to the destinations in 
 Mexico, either by way of Eagle Pass, the Presidio del 
 Norte, or San Elizario, all on the Rio Grande; and the 
 Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pre- 
 scribe such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as he 
 may deem proper and necessary, respecting the packing, 
 marking, inspection, proof of due delivery at their foreign 
 destinations of the imports authorized by this and the 
 foregoing section to be exported from warehouse to ports 
 and places in Mexico, and for the due protection in other 
 respects of the public revenue. 
 
228 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 3005. 
 May 21, 1900. 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 se S t'^5i890 Imported merchandise duly entered and bonded at a 
 ' port of the United States, and withdrawn from ware- 
 house in accordance with existing law, for exportation 
 for San Fernando, Paso del Norte, and Chihuahua, in 
 Mexico, may pass through Eagle Pass, the port of entry 
 for the district of Saluria, in Texas, under such regula- 
 tions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, as 
 well as through the port of Lavaca. 
 
 R. s., 3005. All merchandise arriving at the ports of New York, 
 Boston, Portland in Maine, or any other port specially 
 designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and destined 
 for places in the adjacent British provinces, or arriving 
 at the port of Brownsville in Texas, or any other port 
 specially designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 and destined ^or places in the republic of Mexico, may 
 be entered at the custom-house, and conveyed, in transit, 
 through the territory of the United States, without the 
 payment of duties, under such regulations as the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury may prescribe. 
 
 All merchandise arriving at any port of the United 
 States destined for any foreign country may be entered 
 at the custom-house, and conveyed, in transit, through 
 the territory of the United States, without the payment 
 of duties, under such regulations as to examination and 
 transportation as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre- 
 scribe. 
 
 R. s., 3006. Imported merchandise in bond, or duty paid, and 
 products or manufactures of the United States, may, with 
 the consent of the proper authorities of the British prov- 
 inces or republic of Mexico, be transported from one port 
 in the United States to another port therein, over the 
 territory of such provinces or republic, by such routes, 
 and under such rules, regulations, and conditions as the 
 Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and the mer- 
 chandise so transported shall, upon arrival in the United 
 States from such provinces or republic, be treated in re- 
 gard to the liability to or exemption from duty, or tax, 
 as if the transportation had taken place entirely within 
 the limits of the United States. 
 
 R. s.,3C07. Railroad-cars or other vehicles laden with merchandise 1 . 
 sealed by a customs officer, passing, under the provisions 
 of the preceding section and the regulations of the Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury, from one port in the United 
 States to another therein, through foreign contiguous 
 territory, shall be exempt from the payment of any fees 
 for receiving or certifying manifests thereof. 
 -.008. No merchandise exported to Mexico or the British 
 North American Provinces shall be voluntarily landed or 
 brought into the United States: and any so landed or 
 brought into the United States shall be forfeited: and 
 the same proceeding shall be had for its condemnation, 
 and ihe distribution of the proceeds of the sales, as in 
 other cases of forfeiture of merchandise illegally im- 
 ported. Every person concerned in the voluntary land- 
 
P.MIT XV. KNTIM <>K M I-.IIC 1 1 A \ DIST. 
 
 229 
 
 ing Or bringing SUCh merchandise into (he United States 
 shall be liable to a penalty of four hundred dollars. 
 
 235. Immediate delivery. 
 
 When merchandise shall he imported into any port of R. a.. 2000. 
 the United States from any foreign count rv in vessels, s!'." 
 and it shall appear by the bills of lading that the mer- 
 chandise so imported is to be delivered immediately after 
 the entry of the' vessel, the collector of such port may take 
 possession of such merchandise and deposit the same in 
 bonded warehouse; and when it does not appear by the 
 bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be 
 immediately delivered, the collector of the customs may 
 lake possession of the same, and deposit it in bonded 
 warehouse, at the request of the owner, master, or con- 
 signee of the vessel, on three days' notice to such collector 
 after the entry of the vessel. 
 
 236. Immediate transportation. 
 
 When any merchandise, other than explosive articles, June 10, isso. 
 and articles in bulk not provided for in section five of this J 
 act, imported at the ports of 
 
 Alburg, Vt. 
 Ashtabula, Ohio. 
 Astoria, Oreg. 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 Bangor, Me. 
 Bath, Me. 
 Bay City, Mich. 
 Beecher Falls, Vt. 
 Blaine, Wash. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Brownsville, Tex. 
 Brunswick, Ga. 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 Calais, Mo. 
 Charleston. S. C. 
 Chicago, 111. 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Detroit, Mich. 
 Duluth, Minn. 
 Eagle Pass, Tex. 
 Eastport, Idaho. 
 Eastport, Me. 
 El Paso, Tex. 
 Everett, Wash. 
 Fernandina, Fla. 
 Fort Covington, N. Y. 
 Galveston, Tex. 
 Gladstone, Mich. 
 
 Honolulu, Hawaii. 
 Island Pond, Vt. 
 Key West, Fla. 
 Knights Key, Fla. 
 Laredo, Tex. 
 Los Angeles, Cal. 
 Lowell town (or 
 
 Holeb),Me. 
 Malone, N. Y. 
 Marquette, Mich. 
 Miami, Fla. 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Mobile, Ala. 
 Neche, N. Dak. 
 New London, Conn. 
 New Orleans, La. 
 Newport. Vt. 
 Newport News, Va. 
 New York, N. Y. 
 Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
 Nogales, Ariz. 
 Norfolk, Va. 
 Nyando, N. Y. 
 Ogdensburg, N. Y. 
 Pembina, N. Dak. 
 Pensacola, Fla. 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Port Huron, Mich. 
 Portal, N. Dak. 
 
 Port Arthur, Tex. 
 Portland, Me. 
 Portland, Oreg. 
 Port Townsend, Wash. 
 Providence, R. I. 
 Ranier, Minn. 
 Richford, Vt. 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 Rouses Point, N. Y. 
 St. Albans, Vt. 
 St. John, N. Dak. 
 St. Vincent (No yes), 
 
 Minn. 
 
 San Diego, Cal. 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 Sault Sic. Marie, Mich. 
 Savannah, Ga. 
 Seattle, Wash. 
 Sioux City, Iowa. 
 Strains. Wash. 
 Tacoma, Wash. 
 Tampa, Fla. 
 Texas City, Tex. 
 Toledo, Ohio. 
 Van Buren, Me. 
 Vanceboro, Mo. 
 Walhalla, N. Dak. 
 Wilmington, N.C. 
 
 shall appear by the invoice or bill of lading and manifest 
 of the importing vessel to be consigned to and destined 
 for either of the ports specified in the seventh section of 
 this act, the collector at the port of arrival shall allow the 
 said merchandise to be shipped immediately after the 
 entry prescribed in section two of this act has been 
 made. 
 
 The collector of the port of first arrival shall retain in June^io, isso. 
 his office a permanent record of such merchandise so to be Sec * 2> 
 forwarded to the port of destination, and such record 
 
230 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 shall consist of a copy of the invoice and an entry whereon 
 the duties shall be estimated as closely as possible on the 
 merchandise so shipped, but no oaths shall be required on 
 the said entry. Such merchandise shall not be subject to 
 appraisement and liquidation of duties at the port of first 
 arrival, but shall undergo such examination as the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury shall deem necessary to verify the 
 invoice; and the same examination and appraisement 
 thereof shall be required and had at the port of desti- 
 nation as would have been required at the port of first 
 arrival if such merchandise had been entered for con- 
 sumption or warehouse at such port. 
 
 sec. 3. Such merchandise shall be delivered to and transported 
 
 by common carriers, to be designated for this purpose by 
 the Secretary of the Treasury, and to and by none others ; 
 and such carriers shall be responsible to the United States 
 as common carriers for the safe delivery of such mer- 
 chandise to the collector at the port of its destination; 
 and before any such carriers shall be permitted to receive 
 and transport an s y such merchandise, they shall become 
 bound to the United States in bonds of such form and 
 amount, and with such conditions, not inconsistent with 
 laAv, and such security as the Secretary of the Treasury 
 shall require. 
 
 Sec. 5. Merchandise transported under the provisions of this 
 
 eb. J3, i, ST. ac gj^u j^ con veyed in cars, vessels, or vehicles securely 
 fastened with locks or seals, under the exclusive control 
 of the officers of the customs; and merchandise may also 
 be transported under the provisions of this act by express 
 companies on passenger-trains, in safes, "pouches", and 
 trunks, which shall be of such size, character, and de- 
 scription and secured in such manner as shall be from 
 time to time prescribed by the Secretary: 
 
 And in cases where merchandise shall be imported in 
 boxes or packages too large to be included within the 
 safes, trunks, or " pouches " as prescribed, such merchan- 
 dise may be transported under the provisions of this act 
 by such express companies, "corded and sealed", in such 
 manner as shall from time to time be proscribed by the 
 Secretary of the Treasury; 
 
 And "passengers" baggage and effects arriving at any 
 of the ports specified in section one of this act. which 
 shall appoar by the manifest of the importing vessel, or 
 other satisfactory evidence, to be destined to any of the 
 ports specified in tlie seventh section, may also bo trans- 
 ported by express companies nnder the provisions of this 
 act to any of the ports specified in Iho seventh section 
 thereof, in such manner and under such rules and regiila 
 tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may proscribed : 
 
 And merchandise such as pig-iron, spieglo-iron, scrap- 
 iron, iron-ore, railroad-iron, and similar articles com- 
 monly transported upon platform or flat cars may be 
 transported under the pro visions of this act upon such plat- 
 form or flat cars; and the weight of such merchandise so 
 transported shall bo ascertained in all cases before ship- 
 ment, and ordinarily railroad seals may bo used for such 
 
I'AIIT XV.- KNT1IV ol' MERCHANDISE. 
 
 231 
 
 purposes: and inspertorsshall lcstat ioned ul proper points 
 alonir the designated routes, or upon any car, vessel, vehi 
 cle,or train, at (he discretion of the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, and at the expense of the companies, respectively. 
 
 Such merchandise shall not he unladen or transshipped 
 between the ports of first arrival and final destination, 
 unless authorized ly the regulations of the Secretary of 
 the Treasury in cases which may arise from a difference 
 in the irauire of railroads, or 'Mvhere the route is bonded 
 for both land and water carriage," or from accidents, or 
 from leiral intervention, or when, by reason of the length 
 of the route, the cars, after due inspection by customs 
 ollieers. shall be considered unsafe or unsuitable to pro- 
 ceed further, or from low water, ice, or other unavoidable 
 obstruction to naviirntion: and in no case shall there be 
 permitted any breaking of the original packages of such 
 merchandise. 
 
 Section live of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen Feb - 2 . 1899 - 
 hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transpor- 
 tation of dutiable goods without appraisement, be, and 
 the same is hereby, so amended as to allow common car- 
 riers bonded under the provisions of said Act, in instances 
 w he re a sufficient quantity of such merchandise is not 
 offered at the port of first arrival to fill an entire car, or 
 compartment thereof, to forward such merchandise in 
 cars not secured by the prescribed customs fastenings if 
 the packages are corded and sealed, under regulations to 
 be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; in all 
 other respects the provisions of the Act referred to to 
 remain in full force. 
 
 The privilege of immediate transportation shall extend i^ e 7 10 ' 188 - 
 to the ports of : 
 
 port 
 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 Astoria, Oreg. 
 Atlanta. (la. 
 Baltimore. M<1. 
 Bangor, Me. 
 Bath, Me. 
 
 Bel linghani, Wash. 
 Birmingham, Ala. 
 Host on. M-ass. 
 P. Heliport. Conn. 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 Calais. Me. 
 Charleston, S. C. 
 Chattanooga. Tenn. 
 Chicago, 111. 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Columbus, Ohio. 
 Cony, Pa. 
 Council Bluffs, 
 
 Iowa. 
 
 Dallas, Tex. 
 Dayton, Ohio. 
 Denver. Colo. 
 Des, Moines, Iowa. 
 Detroit, Mich. 
 Dubuque, Iowa. 
 Duluth, Minn. 
 
 Dunkirk, X. Y. 
 Durham, X. C. 
 Eagle Pass, Tex. 
 Eastport, Me. 
 El Paso, Tex. 
 Erie, Pa. 
 i:\aiisvillejnd. 
 Everett. Wash. 
 Fall River, Mass. 
 Calvoston, Tex. 
 Cladstone. Mich. 
 Clourester, Mass. 
 Grand Haven, Mich. 
 (Jrand Rapids. Mi-h. 
 Green Bay, Wis. 
 (Jreenwich, Conn. 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 Honolulu. H. I. 
 Houston, Tex. 
 Indianapolis, Ind. 
 Jacksonville. Fla. 
 Kansas City. Mo. 
 Key West Fla. 
 Knoxville, Tenn. 
 Laredo. Tex. 
 Lincoln, Nebr. 
 Los Angeles, Cal. 
 LouNyille. Ky. 
 Marquette, Mich. 
 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 *Middletown, Conn. 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Minneapolis. Minn. 
 Mobile, Ala. 
 N.-ishville. Tenn. 
 Xewark, X. J. 
 New Bedford, Mass. 
 Xew Haven, Conn. 
 New Orleans, La. 
 Xewport, R. I. 
 Newport Xews, Va. 
 New York, X. Y. 
 Niagara Falls.N. Y. 
 Noirales. Arix. 
 Norfolk. Va. 
 Norwalk, Conn. 
 Oakland, Cal. 
 Ogdensburg. X. Y. 
 Omaha. Nebr. 
 Oswego. X. Y. 
 Peoria. 111. 
 Perth Amboy. X. J. 
 Petersburg, Va. 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Pittsburg. Pa. 
 Port Arthur, Tex. 
 
232 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Port Huron, Mich. 
 Portland, Me. 
 Portland, Oreg. 
 Portsmouth, X. II. 
 Port Townsend, 
 
 Wash. 
 
 Providence, R. I. 
 Pueblo, Colo. 
 Richmond, Ya. 
 Rochester, X. Y. 
 Sabine Pass, Tex. 
 St. Augustine, Fla. 
 St. Joseph, Mo. 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 Saginaw, Mich. 
 Salt Lake City, 
 
 Utah. 
 
 San Antonio, Tex. 
 San Diego, Cal. 
 Sandusky, Ohio. 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 Sault Ste. Marie, 
 
 Mich. 
 
 Savannah, Ga. 
 Seattle, Wash. 
 Sioux City, Iowa. 
 "South Manchester, 
 
 Conn. 
 Spokane, Wash. 
 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 Superior, Wis. 
 Stamford, Conn. 
 Syracuse. X. Y. 
 Tacoma, Wash. 
 Tampa, Fla. 
 Toledo, Ohio. 
 Utica, X. Y. 
 Vanceboro, Me. 
 Washington, D. C. 
 Wilmington, Del. 
 Wilmington, N. C. 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Sec. 9. 
 
 Sec. 6. 
 
 July 2, 1884. 
 
 Xo customs officers are stationed at places marked thus (*), 
 and consular invoices and transportation entries should not be for- 
 warded to such places. 
 
 Provided, That the privilege of transportation herein 
 conferred shall not extend to any place at which there are 
 not the necessary officers for the appraisement of mer- 
 chandise and the collection of duties. 
 
 No merchandise shall be shipped under the provisions 
 of this act after such merchandise shall have been landed 
 ten days from the importing vessel, and merchandise not 
 entered within such time shall be sent to a bonded ware- 
 house by the collector as unclaimed, and held until regu- 
 larly entered and appraised. 
 
 Merchandise so destined for immediate transportation 
 shall be transferred, tinder proper supervision, directly 
 from the importing vessel to the car, vessel, or vehicle 
 specified in the entry. 
 
 Feb. 23, 1887. The provisions of the act entitled, "An act to amend the 
 statutes in relation to the immediate transportation of du- 
 tiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June 
 tenth eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same are 
 hereby, so amended as to allow merchandise liable to 
 specific rates of duty only to be entered for immediate 
 transportation without appraisement to any of the ports 
 mentioned in the seventh section of said act, although the 
 same may not appear by the invoice, bill of lading, or 
 manifest of the importing vessel to be consigned to or 
 destined for either of said ports, when the consignee at 
 the port of first arrival shall make written application 
 therefor to the collector, giving the name of the person at 
 the port or destination to whom he desires the merchan- 
 dise to be consigned : and whenever such application and 
 entry shall be made, the original invoice, presented by the 
 consignee at the port of first arrival shall be forwarded, 
 with a copy of the transportation entry, to the collector 
 ut the port of destination: and a copy of such invoice 
 shall be retained on file at the port of first arrival. 
 
 The original invoice so forwarded shall be treated as 
 the only invoice of the merchandise upon which entry 
 shall be made at the port of destination, and the person 
 making such entry shall be held responsible for the state- 
 
PART XV. ENTRY OF MERCHANDls 233 
 
 ments contained therein in (he same manner as if the 
 merchandise had heen originally consigned to him: /Vo- 
 /vV/W, lio\r< r. That the privileges herein eon ferred shall 
 not extend to any merchandise the duties upon which, or 
 any portion thereof, depend upon the value of such mer- 
 chandise: A iid provided further, That such privilege 
 shall he granted only in cases where no part of the mer- 
 chandise shall have been landed prior to entry for imme- 
 diate transportation as aforesaid. 
 
 237. Salvage of merchandise. 
 
 All merchandise imported into the United Statesshall, Fe^'^ 
 for the purpose of this title [R, S.,2517-3129] be deemed 
 and held to be the property of the person to whom the 
 merchandise may be consigned ; but the holder of any bill 
 of lading consigned to order and endorsed by the con- 
 signor shall be deemed the consignee thereof. 
 
 And in case of the abandonment of any merchandise to 
 the underwriters, the latter may be recognized as the con- 
 signee, and under such regulations as the Secretary of the 
 Treasury may prescribe, merchandise saved from a vessel 
 wrecked or abandoned at sea, or on or along the coasts of 
 the United States and promptly brought into a port of 
 the United States by or in possession of the salvors of the 
 same, can, for the purpose of its title, be regarded as the 
 property of such salvors, and the valuation thereof and 
 payment of duties thereon can be made accordingly and 
 with due reference to the condition of said merchandise 
 as thus saved and the necessities of the case : 
 
 Provided, however, That such bringing in by salvors 
 shall be in good faith and without intent to evade the 
 just payment of duty: 
 
 And provided further, That nothing herein contained 
 shall be so construed as to prejudice in any other respect 
 the rights of property, or of or through abandonment or 
 allowance of the owner or any other person interested in 
 said merchandise. 
 
 238. Fraudulent importation of merchandise. 
 
 If any person shall fraudulently or knowingly import R - s - 3082 - 
 or bring into the United States, or assist in so doing, any 
 merchandise, contrary to law, or shall receive, conceal, 
 buy, sell, or in any manner facilitate the transportation, 
 concealment, or sale of such merchandise after importa- 
 tion, knowing the same to have been imported contrary 
 to law, such merchandise shall be forfeited and the 
 offender shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five 
 thousand dollars nor less than fiffy dollars, or be im- 
 prisoned for any time not exceeding two years, or both. 
 Whenever, on trial for a violation of this section, the de- 
 fendant is shown to have or to have had possession of 
 such goods, such possession shall be deemed evidence 
 sufficient to authorize conviction, unless the defendant 
 shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of the jury. 
 
234 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES 
 
 239. Bribery and solicitation of bribes. 
 
 sec e ^6 ' 189 ' ^ n y P erson wno shall give, or offer to give or promise 
 oct! a, 'i9i3. to give any money or thing of value, directly or indirectly, 
 ec. in, AA. j. Q any O fft cer or em pl y ee O f the United States in consid- 
 
 eration of or for any act or omission contrary to law 
 in connection with or pertaining to the importation, ap- 
 praisement, entry, examination, or inspection of goods, 
 wares, or merchandise, including herein any baggage, or 
 of the liquidation of the entry thereof, or shall by threats 
 or demands, or promises of any character attempt to im- 
 properly influence or control any such officer or employee 
 of the United States as to the performance of his official 
 duties shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding 
 two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor not 
 more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court ; 
 and evidence of such giving, or offering, or promising to 
 give, satisfactory to the court in which such trial is had, 
 shall be regarded as prima facie evidence that such giving 
 or offering or promising was contrary to law, and shall 
 put upon the accused the burden of proving that such act 
 was innocent, and not done with an unlawful intention. 
 se? e 27' 189 ' An y officer or employee of the United States who shall, 
 bet'. 3,' 1913. excepting for lawful duties or fees, solicit, demand, exact 
 >ec. in, BB. or rece j ve f rom an y person, directly or indirectly, any 
 money or thing of value, in connection with or pertaining 
 to the importation, appraisement, entry, examination, or 
 inspection of goods, wares, or merchandise, including 
 herein any baggage, or liquidation of the entry thereof, 
 on conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding five 
 thousand dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor not more 
 than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. 
 And evidence of such soliciting, demanding, exacting, or 
 receiving, satisfactory to the court in which such trial is 
 had, shall be regarded as prima facie evidence that, such 
 soliciting, demanding, exacting. or receiving was contrary 
 to law, and shall put upon the accused the burden of 
 proving that such act was innocent and not with an un- 
 lawful intention. 
 
 240. Express packages. 
 
 June s, 1890. Articles, not merchandise intended for sale, not exceed- 
 ing five hundred dollars in value, imported in packages 
 not exceeding one hundred pounds in weight, in vessels of 
 the United States, may be specially delivered to and ap- 
 praised at the public stores, and the entry thereof liqui- 
 dated by the collector under such regulations as the Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury may prescribe, and sifter such ap- 
 praisement and liquidation may be delivered, upon pay- 
 ment of the liquidated duties under the bond provided 
 for in this Act, to express companies or other duly incor- 
 porated inland carriers bonded for the transportation of 
 appraised or unappraised merchandise bet wren the sev- 
 eral ports in the United State*: l'r<"*nlnL That not more 
 
PART XV. KNTI^ o F M K lit ' 1 1 A N I USE. 235 
 
 than one such consignment to one ultimate consignee I'roin 
 the same consignor shall he imported in any one vessel: 
 And i>>'<>r't<lI. That the original appraisement of and 
 liquidation of duties on such importations shall he linal 
 against, the owner, importer, agent, or consignee, except 
 in the case of manifest clerical errors, as provided for in 
 section twenty- four of the Act of June tenth, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety: /Vr>/vV/W, That nothing contained 
 in this Act -hall apply to explosives, or any article the im- 
 portation of which is prohibited by law. 
 
 Such express companies or other inland carriers shall Sec. 2. 
 be responsible to the United States under bond for the 
 safe delivery of such articles to the ultimate consignee: 
 7V<9/vV/W, That if any package shall not be delivered to 
 the ultimate consignee by the express company or other 
 in hind carrier, and shall be returned to the collector of the 
 port where such articles are entered under the provisions 
 of this Act within ninety days from the date of importa- 
 tion intact, the collector shall take charge of such package 
 and dispose of it as unclaimed merchandise, and the 
 duties, including additional duties, if any, under section 
 seven of the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety, paid shall be refunded by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury out of any moneys in the Treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated ; and the express company or other in- 
 land carriers shall be relieved of any liability therefor 
 under its bond ; and before any express company or other 
 inland carrier shall be permitted to receive and transport 
 any such articles they shall become bound to the United 
 States in such bonds, in such form and amount, and with 
 such conditions not inconsistent with law as the Secretary 
 of the Treasury may require. 
 
 Articles transported under the provisions of this Act Sec - 3 - 
 shall be corded and sealed in such manner as shall from 
 time to time be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury ; and the collector of the port of first arrival shall re- 
 tain in his office a permanent record of such merchandise 
 so forwarded. 
 
 Such packages may be consigned to and entered by the Sec. 4. 
 agents of the express company or other inland carrier or 
 steamship company, who shall at the time of entry state 
 the ultimate consignee, and in all cases where a certified 
 or other invoice is now^ required by law such invoice may 
 be attached to or inclosed in the package, under such regu- 
 lations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; 
 and the delivery of such articles to the express company 
 or other inland carrier shall not be delayed because of the 
 nonarrival of the triplicate invoice, but the ultimate con- 
 signee shall be liable for any increased duty found due on 
 reliquidation, if any, after receipt of said merchandise 
 from the express company or other inland carrier or 
 steamship company making entry under this Act; and the 
 provisions of section twenty-eight hundred and fifty- 
 
236 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 seven, Revised Statutes, shall not apply to importations 
 
 under this Act. 
 
 241. Liens for freight or general average. 
 
 Ma S "li 98 i896 Whenever the collector of the port of entry of the ves- 
 sel, or other proper officer of the customs, shall be duly 
 notified in writing of the existence of a lien for freight, 
 charges, or contribution in general average upon im- 
 ported goods, wares, or merchandise in his custody, he 
 shall, before delivering such goods, wares, or merchan- 
 dise to the importer, owner, or consignee thereof for con- 
 sumption, or to any vessel or vehicle for transportation or 
 exportation, give seasonable notice to the party or parties 
 claiming the lien; and the possession by the officers of 
 customs shall not affect the discharge of such lien, under 
 such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
 prescribe; and such officer shall refuse the delivery of 
 such merchandise from any public or bonded warehouse 
 or other place in which the same shall be deposited until 
 proof to his satisfaction shall be produced that the freight, 
 charges, or contribution in general average thereon has 
 been paid or. secured ; but the rights of the United States 
 shall not be prejudiced thereby, nor shall the United 
 States or its officers be in any manner liable for losses 
 consequent upon such refusal to deliver. If merchandise 
 so subject to a Jien, regarding which notice has been filed, 
 shall be forfeited to the United States and sold, the 
 freight, charges, or contribution in general average due 
 thereon shall be paid from the proceeds of such sale in 
 the same manner as other charges and expenses author- 
 ized by law to be paid therefrom are paid. 
 
PART XVI. TARIFF PROVISION'S DTRKCTLY KKL.VTING 
 
 TO YKSSKLS. 
 
 246. Supplies. 
 
 247. Son stores and equipments. 
 
 248. Motor boats, raring shells, and 
 
 similar craft. 
 
 If 
 
 $ 1909 - 
 H, i;)1 - 
 1013. 
 5* 
 
 242. Coal. 
 
 243. Shipbuilding materials. 
 
 244. Materials for repairs. 
 
 245. Sunken merchandise. 
 
 242. Coal. 
 
 Coal, anthracite, bituminous, culm, slack, and shale; ]* 
 coke; compositions used for fuel in which coal or coal 
 dust is the component material of chief value, whether in 
 briquets or other form. (Free list.) 
 
 243. Shipbuilding materials. 
 
 All materials of foreign production which may be nee- ^ s 
 
 At */> 1 1 jl -**UK ! 
 
 essary for the construction of naval vessels or other sec. 7. 
 vessels of the United States, vessels built in the United i 1 
 States for foreign account and ownership, or for the pur- 
 pose of being employed in the foreign or domestic trade, 
 and all such materials necessary for the building of their 
 machinery, and all articles necessary for their outfit and 
 equipment, may be imported in bond under such regula- 
 tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe ; and 
 upon proof that such materials have been used for such 
 purposes no duties shall be paid thereon. 
 
 244. Materials for repairs. 
 
 All articles of foreign production needed for the repair J 
 of naval vessels of, or other vessels owned or used by, sec.'s. 
 the United States and vessels now or hereafter registered gj^iff 1! 
 under the laws of the United States may be withdrawn ?- 2 g' 1909 - 
 from bonded warehouses free of duty, under such ivgulu- oct'. 3,'ini: 1 .. 
 tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. S suiiseltTdn e! 
 
 Machinery for repair may be imported into the United R. s..2r.n 
 States without payment of duty, under bond, to be given swS-i.'' 1? 
 in double the appraised value thereof, to be withdrawn l ' ( 1 / 1 7, 4 ' 1897 ' 
 and exported after said machinery shall have been re- AUK. h', 1009. 
 paired; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorised s 
 and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as 
 may be necessary to protect the revenue against fraud 
 and secure the identity arid character of all such impor- 
 tations when again withdrawn and exported, restricting 
 and limiting the export and withdrawal to the same port 
 of entry wiiere imported, and also limiting all bonds to a 
 period of time of not more than six months from the date 
 
 of the importation. 
 
 237 
 
238 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 245. Sunken merchandise. 
 
 R. s., 2507. Whenever any vessel laden with merchandise in whole 
 or in part subject to duty has been sunk in any river, 
 harbor, bay, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the 
 United States, and within its limits, for the period of two 
 years, and is abandoned by the owner thereof, any person 
 Aug. 27, 1894. who may raise such vessel shall be permitted to bring any 
 Ju?y 2 24, 1897. merchandise recovered therefrom into the port nearest to 
 AU' 2 |' ' 1909 ^ ne pl ace w here such vessel was so raised free from the 
 sec. g 22/ ' payment of any duty thereupon, but under such regula- 
 tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. 
 
 246. Supplies. 
 
 Oct. 3^1913. That all articles of foreign or domestic production 
 June 26, 1884. needed and actually withdrawn from bonded warehouses 
 juiy^i, 1897. an d bonded manufacturing warehouses for supplies (not 
 sec. 14.' 'including equipment) of vessels of the United States en- 
 gaged in foreign trade, or in trade between the Atlantic 
 and Pacific ports of the United States, may be so with- 
 drawn from said bonded warehouses, free of duty or of 
 internal-revenue tax, as the case may be, under such regu- 
 lations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; 
 but no such articles shall be landed at any port of the 
 United States. 
 
 Aug. o |, 1909. Upon the exportation of articles manufactured or pro- 
 bet! 3,'i9i3. cluced in the United States by the use of imported mer- 
 sec. iv, o. chandise or materials upon which customs duties have 
 been paid, the full amount of such duties paid upon the 
 quantity of materials used in the manufacture or produc- 
 tion of the exported product shall be refunded as draw- 
 back, less 1 per centum of such duties: Provided* That 
 where a principal product and a by-product result from 
 the manipulation of imported material and only the 
 by-product is exported, the proportion of the drawbat -k 
 distributed to such by-product shall not exceed the duty 
 assessable under this Act on a similar by- product of for- 
 eign origin if imported into the United Slates. Where 
 no duty is assessable upon the importation of a corre- 
 sponding by-product, no drawback shall be payable on 
 such by-product produced from the imported material; 
 if, however, the principal product is exported, thru on 
 the exportation thereof there shall be refunded as draw- 
 back the whole of the duty paid on the imported material 
 used in the production of both the principal and the by- 
 product, less 1 per cent, as hereinbefore provided: I'ru- 
 vided further. That when the articles exported are manu- 
 factured in part from domestic materials, the imported 
 materials or the parts of the articles manufactured from 
 such materials, shall so appear in the completed articles 
 that the quantity or measure thereof may be ascertai&ed : 
 And provided fin-tin r That the drawback on any article 
 allowed under existing law shall be continued at the rate 
 herein provided. That the imported materials used in 
 
PART XVI. IAIMI I n;<>\ IS10NS DIRECTLY RELATING TO VB88E1 B. 239 
 
 the manufacture 01 production of articles entitled l<> 
 drawback of customs duties when exported shall, in all 
 cases where drawback of duties paid on such materials is 
 claimed, be identified, the quantity of such materials used 
 and the amount of duties paid thereon shall be ascer- 
 tained, the facts of the manufacture or production of such 
 articles in the United States and their exportation there- 
 from shall be determined, and the drawback due thereon 
 shall be paid to the manufacturer, producer, or exporter, 
 to the agent of either or to the person to whom such man- 
 ufacturer, producer, exporter, or agent shall in writing 
 order such drawback paid, under such regulations as the 
 Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. * * * 
 
 The provisions of this section shall apply to materials 
 used in the construction and equipment of vessels built 
 for foreign account and ownership, or for the government 
 of any foreign country, notwithstanding that such vessels 
 may not within the strict meaning of the term be articles 
 exported. 
 
 247. Sea stores and equipments. 
 
 [See p. 204] 
 
 248. Motor boats, racing shells, and similar craft. 
 
 Machinery or other articles to be altered or repaired, s^cAv? 1 ?!*, 
 molders' patterns for use in the manufacture of castings su bsection 4. 
 intended to be and actually exported within six months 
 from the date of importation thereof, models of women's 
 wearing apparel imported by manufacturers for use as 
 models in their own establishments, and not for sale, 
 samples solely for use in taking orders for merchandise, 
 articles intended solely for experimental purposes, and 
 automobiles, motor cycles, bicycles, aeroplanes, airships, 
 balloons, motor boats, racing shells, teams, and saddle 
 horses, and similar vehicles and craft brought temporarily 
 into the United States by nonresidents for touring pur- 
 poses or for the purpose of taking part in races or other 
 specific contests, may be admitted witjiout the payment 
 of duty under bond for their exportation within six 
 months from the date of importation and under such 
 regulations and subject to such conditions as the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided., That no 
 article shall be entitled to entry under this section that is 
 intended for sale or which is imported for sale on approval. 
 
 92075 15 16 
 
PART XVII. CONSULS' SERVICES TO VESSELS. 
 
 249. Consuls' services to vessels. | 25O. Naval officer acting as consul. 
 
 249. Consuls' services to vessels. 
 
 R. s., 1707. Consuls and vice-consuls shall have the right, in the 
 ports or places to which they are severally appointed, of 
 receiving the protests or declarations Avhich captains, 
 masters, crews, passengers, or merchants, who are citizens 
 of the United States, may respectively choose to make 
 there ; and also such as any foreigner may choose to make 
 before them relative to the personal interest of any citi- 
 zen of the United States. Copies of such acts duly au- 
 thenticated by consuls or vice-consuls, under the seal of 
 their consulates, respectively, shall be received in evi- 
 dence equally with their originals in all courts in the 
 United States. 
 
 R. s., 1708. Every consular officer shall keep a detailed list of all 
 seamen and mariners shipped and discharged by him, 
 specifying their names and the names of the vessels on 
 which they are shipped and from which they are dis- 
 charged, and the payments, if any, made on account of 
 each so discharged; also of the number of the vessels ar- 
 rived and departed, the amounts of their registered ton- 
 nage, and the number of their seamen and mariners, and 
 of those who are protected, and whether citizens of the 
 United States or not, and as nearly as possible the nature 
 and value of their cargoes, and where produced, and shall 
 
 se. 4t'io 9 'make returns of the same, with their accounts and other 
 returns, to the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 R. s., 1718. Whenever any master or commander of a vessel of the 
 United States has occasion for any consular or other offi- 
 cial service, which any consular officer of the United 
 States is authorized by law or usage officially to perform, 
 and for which any fees are allowed by the rates or tariffs 
 of fees, he shall apply to the consular officer at the con- 
 sulate or commercial agency where such service is re- 
 quired to perform such service, and shall pay to such offi- 
 cer the fees allowed for such service by the rates or tariffs 
 of fees. And every such master or commander who omits 
 so to do shall be liable to the United States for the 
 amount of the fees lawfully chargeable ,f or such services 
 when actually performed. All consular officers are au- 
 thorized and required to retain in their possession all the 
 240 
 
PART xvii. CONSULS' SERVICES TO VESSELS. 241 
 
 papers of such vessels, which shall be deposited with (hem 
 as directed by the law, till payment shall be made of all 
 demands and waives on account of such vessels. 
 
 No fees named in (lie tariff of consular fees prescribed J 6 ,? 6 ' 1884 - 
 by order of the President shall be charged or collected by 
 consular officers for the official services to American ves- 
 sels and seamen. Consular officers shall furnish tho 
 master of every such vessel with an itemized statement of 
 such services performed on account of said vessel, with 
 the fees so prescribed for each service and make a detailed 
 report to the Secretary of the Treasury of such services 
 and fees, under such regulations as the Secretary of State 
 may prescribe; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
 allow consular officers who are paid in whole or in part by 
 fees such compensation for said services as they would 
 have received prior to the passage of this act: Provided, 
 That such services in the opinion of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury have been necessarily rendered. 
 
 No consular officer, nor any person under any consular u. s., 1719. 
 officer shall make any charge or receive, directly or indi- 
 rectly, any compensation, by way of commission or other- 
 wise, for receiving or disbursing the wages or extra wages 
 to which any seaman or mariner is entitled who is dis- 
 charged in any foreign country, or for any money ad- 
 vanced to any such seaman or mariner who seeks relief 
 from any consulate or commercial agency; nor shall any 
 consular officer, or any person under any consular officer, 
 be interested, directly or indirectly, in any profit derived 
 from clothing, boarding, or otherwise supplying or send- 
 ing home any such seaman or mariner. Such prohibition 
 as to profit, however, shall not be construed to relieve or 
 prevent any such officer who is the owner of or otherwise 
 interested in any vessel of the United States, from trans- 
 porting in such vessel any such seaman or mariner, or 
 from receiving or being interested in such reasonable 
 allowance as may be made for such transportation by 
 law. 
 
 American vessels running regularly by weekly or R. s., 1720. 
 monthly trips, or otherwise, to or between foreign ports, 
 shall not be required to pay fees to consuls for more than 
 four trips in a year. 
 
 The fee for certifying invoices to be charged by the R - s - 1721 - 
 consul-general for the British North American Provinces, 
 and his subordinate consular officers and agents, for goods 
 not exceeding one hundred dollars in value, shall be one 
 dollar. 
 250. Naval officer acting as consul. 
 
 The commanding officer of any fleet, squadron, or ves- R. s., 1433. 
 sel acting singly, when upon the high seas or in any for- 
 eign port where there is no resident consul of the United 
 States, shall be authorized to exercise all the powers of a 
 consul in relation to mariners of the United States. 
 
PART XVIII. COMMERCE WITH CONTIGUOUS 
 COUNTRIES. 
 
 251. Size of foreign-trade vessels. 
 
 252. Evasion of coasting laws on the 
 
 lakes and frontiers. 
 
 253. Inward manifests. 
 
 254. Customs inspection. 
 
 255. Customs seals on frontier. 
 
 256. Transfer of cargo. 
 
 257. Sea stores. 
 
 258. Saloon stores. 
 
 259. Duties on repairs. 
 
 260. Entry from one district to an- 
 
 other. 
 
 261. Discharging cargo and passen- 
 
 gers. 
 
 262. Steam tugs. 
 
 263. Forms and penalties. 
 
 264. Touching at foreign ports. 
 
 265. Foreign merchandise coastwise. 
 
 266. Special provisions for British 
 
 North America. 
 
 R. S., 3096. 
 
 R. 8., 3110. 
 
 251. Size of foreign-trade vessels. 
 
 Except in the districts on the northern, northwestern, 
 and western boundaries of the United States, adjoining 
 to the Dominion of Canada, or into the districts adjacent 
 to Mexico, no merchandise of foreign growth or manu- 
 facture, subject to the payment of duties, shall be brought 
 into the United States from any foreign port in any other 
 manner than by sea, nor in any vessel of less than thirty 
 net -register tons ; or landed or unladen at any other port 
 than is directed by law, under the penalty of seizure and 
 forfeiture of all such vessels, and of the merchandise im- 
 ported therein, la^len or unladen in any other manner. 
 
 All persons may import any merchandise of which the 
 importation shall not be entirely prohibited, into the dis- 
 tricts which are or may be established on the northern 
 and northwestern boundaries of the United States, in ves- 
 sels or boats of any burden, and in rafts or carriages of 
 any kind or nature whatsoever. 
 
 252. Evasion of coasting 1 laws on the lakes and frontiers. 
 
 If any merchandise shall, at any port in the United 
 States on the northern, northeastern, or northwestern 
 frontiers thereof, be laden upon any vessel belonging 
 wholly or in part to a subject of a foreign country, and 
 shall be taken thence to a foreign port to be reladen and 
 reshipped to any other port in the United States on Mich 
 frontiers, either by the same or any other vessel, foreign 
 or American, with intent to evade the provisions relating 
 to the transportation of merchandise from one port of the 
 United States to another port of the United States, in a 
 vessel belonging wholly or in part to a subject of any 
 foreign power, the merchandise shall, on its arrival at 
 such last-named port, be seized and forfeited to the 
 
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PART XVIII. COMMERCE WITH CONTIGUOUS C(H \ IKll.S. 243 
 
 United States, and the vessel shall pay a tonnage-duty 
 of fifty cents per ton on her admeasurement. 
 253. Inward manifests. 
 
 All vessels, boats, rafts, and carriages, of what kind K. *. SOOT. 
 soever, arriving in such districts, on the northern and 
 northwestern frontiers, containing merchandise subject to 
 duties, on being imported into any port of the United 
 States, shall be reported to the collector, or other chief olli 
 cer of the customs at the port of entry in the district into 
 which it shall be so imported ; and such merchandise shall 
 be accompanied with like manifests, and like entries shall 
 be- made, by the persons having charge of any such ves- 
 sels, boats, rafts, and carriages, and by the owners or con- 
 signees of the merchandise laden on board the same ; and 
 the powers and duties of the officers of the customs shall 
 be exercised and discharged in the districts last men- 
 tioned, in like manner as is prescribed in respect to mer- 
 chandise imported in vessels from the sea; and generally, 
 all such importations shall be subject to like regulations, 
 penalties, and forfeitures as in other districts, except as is 
 hereinafter specially provided. 
 
 The master of any vessel, except registered vessels, and K &., soos. 
 every person having charge of any boat, canoe, or raft, 
 and the conductor or driver of any carriage or sleigh, and 
 every other person, coming from any foreign territory 
 adjacent to the United States into the United States, with 
 merchandise subject to duty, shall deliver, immediately on 
 his arrival within the United States, a manifest of the 
 cargo or loading of such vessel, boat, canoe, raft, carriage, 
 or sleigh, or of the merchandise so brought from such 
 foreign territory, at the office of any collector or deputy 
 collector which shall be nearest to the boundary-line, or 
 nearest to the road or waters by which such merchandise 
 is brought; and every such manifest shall be verified by 
 the oath of such person delivering the same ; which oath 
 shall be taken before such collector or deputy collector; 
 and such oath shall state that such manifest contains a 
 full, just, and true account of the kinds, quantities, and 
 values of all the merchandise so brought from such for- 
 eign territory. 
 
 If the master, or other person having charge of any ves- R s. 3099. 
 sel, boat, canoe, or raft, or the conductor or driver of any 
 carriage or sleigh, or other person bringing such merchan- 
 dise, shall neglect or refuse to deliver the manifest re- 
 quired by the preceding section, or pass by or avoid such 
 office, the merchandise subject to duty, and so imported, 
 shall be forfeited to the United States, together with the 
 vessel, boat, canoe, or raft, the tackle, apparel, and furni- 
 ture of the same, or the carriage or sleigh, and harness 
 and cattle drawing the same, or the horses with their 
 saddles and bridles, as the case may be ; and such master, 
 
244 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S. f 3100. 
 
 R. S., 3101. 
 
 conductor, or other importer shall be subject to a penalty 
 of four times the value of the merchandise so imported. 
 
 254. Customs inspection. 
 
 All merchandise, and all baggage and effects of pas- 
 sengers, and all other articles imported into the United 
 States from any contiguous foreign country, except as 
 hereafter provided, as well as the vessels, cars, and other 
 vehicles and envelopes in which the same shall be im- 
 ported, shall be unladen in the presence of, and be in- 
 spected by, an inspector or other officer of the customs, 
 at the first port of entry or custom-house in the United 
 States where the same shall arrive; and to enable the 
 proper officer thoroughly to discharge this duty, he may 
 require the owner or his agent, or other person, having 
 charge or possession of any trunk, traveling-bag, or sack, 
 valise, or other envelope, or of any closed vessel, car, or 
 other vehicle, to open the same, or to deliver to him the 
 proper key. 
 
 If any owner, agent, or other person shall refuse or 
 neglect to comply with his demands, allowed by the pre- 
 ceding section, the officer shall retain such trunk, travel- 
 ing bag, or sack, valise, or whatsoever it may be, and 
 open the same, and, as soon thereafter as may be prac- 
 ticable, examine the contents'; and if any article subject 
 to the payment of duty shall be found therein, the whole 
 contents, together with the envelope, shall be forfeited to 
 the United States, and disposed of as the law provides in 
 other similar cases. If any such dutiable merchandise or 
 article shall be found in any such vessel, car, or other 
 vehicle, the owner, agent, or other person in charge of 
 which shall have refused to open the same or deliver the 
 key as herein provided, the same, together with the vessel, 
 car, or other vehicle, shall be forfeited to the United 
 States, and shall be held by such officer, to be disposed of 
 as the law provides in other similar cases of forfeiture. 
 
 255. Customs seals on frontier. 
 
 R. s.,3102. rp o avo j ( j tne inspection at the first port of arrival, the 
 owner, agent. master, or conductor of any such vessel, car, 
 
 or other vehicle, or owner, agent, or other person having 
 charge of any such merchandise, baggage, effects, or other 
 articles, may apply to any officer of the United States 
 duly authorized to act in the premises, to seal or close the 
 same, under and according to the regulations hereinafter 
 authorized, previous to their importation into the United 
 States: which officer shall seal or close the same accord- 
 ingly: whereupon the same may proceed to their port of 
 destination without further inspection. Kvery s.ich ves- 
 sel, car, or other vehicle, shall proceed, without unneces- 
 sary delay, to the port of its destination, as named in the 
 manifest of its cargo, freight, or contents, and be there 
 inspected. Nothing contained in this section shall be 
 
PART XVIII. COMMERCE WITH CONTIGUOUS COUNTHIKS. 245 
 
 construed to exempt such vessel, car, or vehicle, or its 
 contents, from such examination as may U> necessary and 
 proper to prevent frauds upon the revenue ami violations 
 of this Title | H. S., 2617-3120]. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and u. s.. 3103. 
 required to make such regulations, and from time to tim*' 
 so to change the same as to him shall seem necessary and 
 proper, for sealing such vessels, cars, and other vehicles, 
 when practicable, and for sealing, marking, and identi- 
 fy ing such merchandise, baggage, effects, trunks, travel- 
 ing-Dags, or sacks, valises, and other envelopes and arti- 
 cles; and also in regard to invoices, manifests, and other 
 pertinent papers, and their authentication. 
 
 If the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel, R. s., 3104. 
 car, or other vehicle so sealed, shall not proceed to the 
 port or place of destination thereof named in the manifest 
 of its cargo, freight, or contents, and deliver such vessel, 
 car, or vehicle to the proper officer of the customs, or shall 
 dispose of the same by sale or otherwise, or shall unload 
 the same, or any part thereof, at any other than such 
 port, or place, or shall sell or dispose of the contents of 
 such vessel, car, or other vehicle, or any part thereof, be- 
 fore such delivery, he shall be deemed guilty of felony, 
 and on conviction thereof, before any court of competent 
 jurisdiction, pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dol- 
 lars, or shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five 
 years, or both, at the discretion of the court; and such 
 vessel, car, or other vehicle, with its contents, shall be for- 
 feited to the United States, and may be seized wherever 
 found within the United States, and disposed of and sold 
 as in other cases of forfeiture. Nothing in this section, 
 however, shall be construed to prevent sales of cargo, in 
 whole or in part, prior to arrival, to be delivered as per 
 manifest, and after due inspection. 
 
 If any unauthorized person or persons shall willfully R - s -> 3105 - 
 break, cut, pick, open, or remove any wire, seal, lead, lock, 
 or other fastening or mark attached to any vessel, car, or 
 other vehicle, crate, box, bag, bale, basket, barrel, bundle, 
 cask, trunk, package, or parcel, or anything whatsoever, 
 under and by virtue of this Title [R. S., 2517-3129] and 
 regulations authorized by it, or any other law, or shall 
 affix or attach, or any way willfully aid, assist, or encour- 
 age the affixing or attaching, by wire or otherwise, to any 
 vessel, car, or other vehicle, or to any crate, box, bales, 
 barrel, bag, basket, bundle, cask, package, parcel, article, 
 or thing of any kind, any seal, lead, metal, or anything 
 purporting to be a seal authorized by law, such person or 
 persons shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be 
 imprisoned for a term not exceeding five years, or shall 
 pay a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both, 
 at the discretion of the court. 
 
246 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R s., 3106. Each vessel, car, or other vehicle, crate, box, bag, basket, 
 barrel, bundle, cask, trunk, package, parcel, or other thing, 
 with the cargo, or contents thereof, from which the wire, 
 seal, lead, lock, or other fastening or mark shall have been 
 broken, cut, picked, opened, or removed by any such unau- 
 thorized person or persons, or to which such seal, or other 
 thing purporting to be a seal, has been wrongfully at- 
 tached, shall be forfeited. 
 
 256. Transfer of cargo. 
 
 R. s., 3109. The master of any foreign vessel, laden or in ballast, 
 ariving, whether by sea or otherwise, in the waters of 
 the United States from any foreign territory adjacent to 
 the northern, northeastern, or northwestern frontiers of 
 the United States, shall report at the office of any col- 
 lector or deputy collector of the customs, which shall be 
 nearest to the point at which such vessel may enter such 
 waters; and such vessel shall not transfer her cargo or 
 passengers to another vessel or proceed farther inland, 
 either to unlade or take in cargo, without a special permit 
 from such collector or deputy collector, issued under and 
 in accordance with such general or special regulations as 
 sic' io 4 ' 19 3 ' *^ e Secretary f the Treasury may, in his discretion, from 
 rib. IT, 1898. time to time prescribe. This section shall also apply to 
 trade with or through Alaska. For any violation of this 
 section such vessel shall be seized and forfeited. [Re- 
 pealed by Art. 1, treaty of Jan. 11, 1909, with Great 
 Britain.] 
 
 257. Sea stores. 
 
 If any vessel enrolled or licensed to engage in the for- 
 eign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, 
 and northwestern frontiers of the United States shall 
 touch at any port in the adjacent British provinces, and 
 the master of such vessel shall purchase any merchandise 
 for the use of the vessel, the master of the vessel shall 
 report the same, with cost and quantity thereof, to the 
 collector or other officer of the customs at the first port 
 in the United States at which he shall next arrive, desig- 
 nating them as "sea-stores; " and in the oath to be taken 
 by such master of such vessel, on making such report, he 
 shall declare that the articles so specified or designated 
 " sea-stores " are truly intended for the use exclusively < > f 
 the vessel, and are not intended for sale, transfer, or pri- 
 vate use. If any other or greater quantity of dutiable 
 articles shall be found on board such vessel than are spec- 
 ified in such report or entry of such articles, or any part 
 thereof shall be landed without a permit from a collector 
 or other officer of the customs, such articles together with 
 the vessel, her apparel, tackle, and furniture, shall be 
 forfeited. 
 
 If, upon examination and inspection by the collector or 
 other officer of the customs, such articles are not deemed 
 excessive in quantity for the use of the vessel, until an 
 
 R. s., 3111. 
 
 R. S., 3112. 
 
PART xvur.-- COMMEECE \\iin CON i MUCUS COUNTKIKS. 247 
 
 Ajnerican port may be reached l>y such vessel, where such 
 sea-stores can be obtained, such articles shall be declared 
 free of duty ; but i f it shall be found that the quantity or 
 quantities of such articles, or any part thereof so reported 
 are excessive, it shall be lawful for the collector or other 
 (.Ilicer of the customs to estimate the amount of duty on 
 such excess, which shall bo forthwith paid by the master 
 of the \essel. on penalty of paying a sum of not less than 
 one hundred dollars, nor more than four times the value 
 of such excess, or such master shall he punishable by im- 
 prisonment for not less than three months, and not more 
 than two years. 
 
 258. Saloon stores. 
 
 Articles purchased for the use of or for sale on board R. s.,3ii3. 
 any such vessel, as saloon stores or supplies, shall be 
 deemed merchandise, and shall be liable, when purchased 
 at a foreign port, to entry and the payment of the duties 
 found to be due thereon, at the first port of arrival of 
 such vessel in the United States; and for a failure on the 
 part of the saloon-keeper or person purchasing or owning 
 such articles to report, make entries, and pay duties, as 
 hereinbefore required, such articles, together with the 
 fixtures and other merchandise, found in such saloon or 
 on or about such vessel belonging to and owned by such 
 saloon-keeper or other person interested in such saloon, 
 shall be seized and forfeited, and such saloon-keeper or 
 other person so purchasing and owning shall be liable to 
 a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not 
 more than five hundred, and shall be punishable by im- 
 prisonment for not less than three months, and not more 
 than two years. 
 
 259. Duties on repairs. 
 
 The equipments, or any part thereof, including boats, R. s., 3114. 
 purchased for, or the expenses of repairs made in a for- 
 eign country upon a vessel enrolled and licensed under 
 the laws of the United States to engage in the foreign and 
 coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and north- 
 western frontiers of the United States, or a vessel in- 
 tended to be employed in such trade, shall, on the first 
 arrival of such vessel in any port of the United States, be 
 liable to entry and the payment of an ad-valorem duty of 
 fifty per centum on the cost thereof in such foreign coun- 
 t ry ; and if the owner or master of such vessel shall will- 
 ful ly and knowingly neglect or fail to report, make entry, 
 and pay duties as herein required, such vessel, with her 
 tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be seized and for- 
 feited. 
 
 No license, or enrollment and license, nor renewal of R. s., 4330. 
 either, shall hereafter be issued to any vessel until the 
 collector to whom application is made for the same is 
 satisfied, from the oath of the owner or master, that all 
 
248 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 3115. 
 
 R. S., 3116. 
 
 R. S M 3117. 
 
 equipments and repairs, made in a foreign port within 
 the year immediately preceding such application, have 
 been duly accounted for, and the duties accruing thereon 
 duly paid; and if such owner or master shall refuse to 
 take such oath, or take it falsely, the vessel shall be 
 seized and forfeited. 
 
 If the owner or master of such vessel shall, however, 
 furnish good and sufficient evidence that such vessel, 
 while in the regular course of her voyage, was compelled, 
 by stress of weather or other casualty, to put into such 
 foreign port and purchase such equipments, or make 
 such repairs, to secure the safety of the vessel to enable 
 her to reach her port of destination, then it shall be com- 
 petent for the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or 
 refund such duties, and such vessel shall not be liable to 
 forfeiture, and no license or enrollment and license, or 
 renewal of either, shall hereafter be issued to any such 
 vessel until the collector to whom application is made 
 for the same shall be satisfied, from the oath of the 
 owner or master, that all such equipments and repairs 
 made within the year immediately preceding such appli- 
 cation have been duly accounted for under the provisions 
 of this and the preceding sections, and the duties accru- 
 ing thereon duly paid; and if such owner or master shall 
 refuse to take such oath, or take it falsely, the vessel shall 
 be seized and forfeited. 
 
 260. Entry from one district to another. 
 
 The master of every vessel enrolled or licensed to en- 
 gage in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, 
 northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United 
 States, except canal-boats employed in navigating the 
 canals within the United States, shall, before the depar- 
 ture of his vessel from a port in one collection-district to 
 a port in another collection-district, present to the col- 
 lector at the port of departure duplicate manifests of his 
 cargo, or, if he have no cargo, duplicate manifests set- 
 ting forth that fact; such manifests shall be subscribed 
 and sworn to by the master before the collector, who shall 
 indorse thereon his certificate of clearance, retaining one 
 for the files of his office ; the other he shall deliver for the 
 use of the master. 
 
 If any vessel so enrolled or licensed shall touch at any 
 intermediate port of the United States, and there dis- 
 charge cargo taken on board at an American port, or at, 
 such intermediate ports shall take on hoard cargo des- 
 tined for an American port, the master of such vessel 
 shall not. he required to report such lading or unlading 
 at such intermediate ports, hut shall enter the same on 
 his manifest obtained at the original port of departure, 
 which he shall deliver to the collector of the port at which 
 the unlading of the cargo is completed, within twenty- 
 
PART XVIII, COMMERCE WITH CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES. 249 
 
 four hours after arrival, and shall subscribe and make 
 oath as to the truth and correctness of the same. 
 
 The master of any vessel so enrolled or licensed shall, H s ' :tlls - 
 before departing from a port in one collection-district to 
 a place in another collection-dist rict. where there is no 
 custom-house, file his manifest, and obtain a clearance in 
 the same manner, and make oath to the manifest, which 
 manifest and clearance shall be delivered to the proper 
 oHicer of customs at the port at which the vessel next 
 arrives after leaving the place of destination specified in 
 the clearance. 
 
 Nothing contained in the three preceding sections shall R. s., suo. 
 exempt masters of vessels from reporting, as now required 
 by law. any merchandise destined for any foreign port. 
 No permit shall be required for the unlading of cargo 
 brought from an American port. 
 
 No merchandise taken from any port in the United R. s., 3120. 
 States on the northern, northeastern, or northwestern 
 frontiers thereof, to a port in another collection-district 
 of the United States on such frontiers, in any vessel, shall 
 be unladen or delivered from such vessel within the 
 United States, but in open day, that is to say, between the 
 rising and setting of the sun, except by special license 
 from the collector or other principal officer of the port 
 for the purpose. The owner of every vessel whose mas- 
 ter or manager shall neglect to comply with the provi- 
 sions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not 
 less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hun- 
 dred. The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time 
 to time, make such regulations as to him shall seem 
 necessary and expedient for unloading at and clearance 
 from any port or place on such frontiers of ships or ves- 
 sels at night. And that the Secretary of the Treasury be, 
 and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to make 
 such regulations as shall enable vessels engaged in the 
 coasting-trade between ports and places upon Lake Mich- 
 igan exclusively, and laden with American productions 
 and free merchandise only, to unlade their cargoes with- 
 out previously obtaining a permit to unlade. 
 
 The master of any vessel so enrolled or licensed, des- R. s., 3122. 
 tined with a cargo from a place in the United States, at 
 which there may be no custom-house, to a port where 
 there may be a custom-house, shall, within twenty-four 
 hours after arrival at the port of destination, deliver to 
 the proper officer of the customs a manifest, subscribed 
 by him, setting forth the cargo laden at the place of 
 departure, or laden or unladen at any intermediate port, 
 or place, to the truth of which manifest he shall make 
 oath before such officer. If the vessel, however, have no 
 cargo, the master shall not be required to deliver such 
 manifest. 
 
250 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 3121. 
 
 R. S., 3123. 
 
 261. Discharging- cargo and passengers. 
 
 The" master of any vessel with cargo, passengers, or 
 baggage from any foreign port, shall obtain a permit and 
 comply with existing laws, before discharging or landing 
 the same. 
 
 262. Steam tugs. 
 
 Steam-tugs duly enrolled and licensed to engage in the 
 foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, 
 and northwestern frontiers of the United States, when 
 exclusively employed in towing vessels, shall not be re- 
 quired to report and clear at the custom-house. When 
 such steam-tugs, however, are employed in towing rafts 
 or other vessels without sail or steam motive-power, not 
 required to be enrolled or licensed under existing laws, 
 they shall be required to report and clear in the same 
 manner as is hereinbefore provided in similar cases for 
 other vessels. 
 
 263. Forms and penalties. 
 
 R. s., 3124. The manifests, certificates of clearance, and oaths, pro- 
 vided for by the eight preceding sections [R. S., 3116- 
 
 Feb.^4, 1903. 3123], shall be in such form, and prepared, filled up, and 
 executed in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury 
 may from time to time prescribe. 
 
 R. s., 3125. If the master of any enrolled or licensed vessel shall 
 neglect or fail to comply with any of the provisions or re- 
 quirements of the nine preceding sections [R. S., 3116- 
 3124], such master shall forfeit and pay to the United 
 States the sum of twenty dollars for each and every fail- 
 ure or neglect, and for which sum the vessel shall be 
 liable, and may be summarily proceeded against, by way 
 of libel, in any district court of the United States. 
 
 264. Touching at foreign ports. 
 
 R. s., 3126. Any vessel, on being duly registered in pursuance of 
 the laws of the United States, may engage in trade be- 
 tween one port in the United States and one or more 
 ports within the same, with the privilege of touching at 
 one or more foreign ports during the voyage, and land 
 and take in thereat merchandise, passengers and their 
 baggage, and letters, and mails. All such vessels shall 
 be furnished by the collectors of the ports at which they 
 shall take in their cargoes in the United States, with cer- 
 tified manifests, setting forth the particulars of the car- 
 goes, the marks, number of packages, by whom shipped, 
 to whom consigned, at what port to be delivered; desig- 
 nating such merchandise as is entitled to drawback, or to 
 the privilege of being placed in warehouse: and the mas- 
 ters of all such vessels shall, on their arrival at any port 
 of the United States from any foreign port at which such 
 vessel may have touched, as herein provided, conform to 
 the laws providing for the delivery of manifests of cargo 
 
PART XVIII. COMMERCE WITH CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES. 251 
 
 ami passengers taken on hoard at such foreign port, and 
 
 all other laws regulating the report and entry of 
 
 from foreign ports, and be subject to all the penalties 
 
 therein prescribed. 
 
 265. Foreign merchandise coastwise. 
 
 Any foreign merchandise taken in at one port of the &.&.8CT, 
 
 I'nited States to he conveyed in registered vessels to anv 
 other port within the same, either under the provisions 
 relating to warehouses, or under the laws regulating the 
 transportation coastwise of merchandise entitled to draw- 
 hack, as well as any merchandise not entitled todrawhack, 
 but on which the import duties chargeable by law shall 
 have been duly paid, shall not become subject to any im- 
 port duty by reason of the vessel in which they may arrive 
 having touched at a foreign port during the voyage. 
 
 266. Special provisions for British North America. 
 
 When any merchandise shall be imported from Canada " s., 3123. 
 into the United States, in any steamboat on Lake Cham- 
 plain, and the merchandise shall have been duly entered, 
 the duties thereon paid at the office of the collector of any 
 district adjoining Lake Champlain, it shall be lawful to 
 land such merchandise in the same or any other district 
 adjoining Lake Champlain. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation I{ -. 
 of the President, provided the latter shall be satisfied 
 that similar privileges are extended to vessels of the 
 United States in the colonies hereinafter mentioned, is 
 hereby authorized, under such regulations as he may pre- 
 scribe to protect the revenue from fraud, to permit vessels 
 laden with the products of Canada, New Brunswick, 
 Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island, 
 or either of them, to lade or unlade at any port within 
 any collection-district of the United States which he may 
 designate; and if any such vessel entering a port so 
 designated, to lade or unlade, shall neglect or refuse to 
 comply with the regulations so prescribed by the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, such vessel, and the owner and 
 master thereof, shall be subject to the same penalties as 
 if no authority under this section had been granted to 
 lade or unlade in such port. 
 
PART XIX. DOMESTIC COMMERCE. 
 
 267. Great districts. 
 
 268. Clearance within a great district. 
 
 269. Entry within a great district 
 
 270. Coasting trade via Isthmus of 
 
 Panama. 
 
 271. Clearance for another great dis- 
 
 trict. 
 
 272. Entry to another great district. 
 
 273. Exemption on the Mississippi and 
 
 tributaries. 
 
 274. Vessels with domestic cargo. 
 
 275. Registered vessels in the coasting 
 
 trade. 
 
 276. Report by master. 
 
 277. Foreign vessels barred from 
 
 coasting trade. 
 
 278. Immediate exportation to foreign 
 
 port. 
 
 279. Foreign vessels on coasting voy- 
 
 ages. 
 
 280. Foreign tugboats. 
 
 281. Penalties for violation of coast- 
 
 ing laws. 
 
 282. Forfeiture of vessel and merchan- 
 
 dise. 
 
 267. Great districts. 
 
 May"i 4 2, 4 i906. 
 ' 
 
 II. S.. 4349. 
 
 se acoasts and navigable rivers of the United States 
 and Porto Rico shall be divided into five great districts : 
 The first to include all the collection districts on the sea- 
 coasts and navigable rivers between the northern bound- 
 ary of the State of Maine and the southern boundary of 
 the State of Texas ; the second to consist of the island of 
 Porto Rico; the third to include the collection districts 
 on the seacoasts and navigable rivers between the south- 
 ern boundary of the State of California and the northern 
 boundary of the State of Washington; the fourth to 
 consist of the Territory of Alaska ; the fifth to consist of 
 the Territory of Hawaii. 
 
 268. Clearance within a great district. 
 
 The master of every vessel under twenty tons burden 
 licensed for carrying on the coasting-trade, destined from 
 a district in one State to a district in the same or an ad- 
 joining State, on the sea-coast or on a navigable river, 
 and of every vessel of the burden of twenty tons and up- 
 ward, destined from a district within one of the great- 
 districts to another district within the same great district , 
 or from a State in one great district to an adjoining State 
 in another great district, having on board either distilled 
 spirits in casks exceeding five hundred gallons, wines in 
 casks exceeding two hundred and fifty gallons, or in bot- 
 tles exceeding one hundred dozens, sugar in casks or boxes 
 exceeding three thousand pounds, or Foreign merchandise 
 in packages, as imported, exceed ing in value four hundred 
 dollars, or merchandise, consisting of such enumerated or 
 other articles of foreign growth or manufacture, or of 
 both, whose aggregate value exceeds eight hundred dol- 
 
 252 
 
PART XIX. DOMESTIC Cn.MMi -:i;< I . 253 
 
 lars, shall, previous to the departure of such vessrl from 
 the port where she may then be, make out ami subscribe 
 duplicate manifests of the whole of such cargo on hoard 
 such vessel, specifying in such manifests the marks and 
 numbers of every cask, bag. box, chest, or package con- 
 taining the same, with the name and place of residence 
 of every shipper and consignee, and the quantity shipped 
 by and to each. If there be a collector or surveyor 
 residing at such port, or within live miles thereof, he 
 shall deliver such manifest to the collector, if there he 
 one; otherwise to the surveyor, before whom he shall 
 swear, to the best of his knowledge and belief, that the 
 goods therein contained were legally imported, and the 
 duties thereupon paid or secured, or if spirits distilled 
 within the United States that the duties thereupon have 
 been paid or secured. Thereupon the collector or sur- 
 veyor shall certify the same on the manifests, one of 
 which he shall return to the master, with a permit, speci- 
 fying thereon, generally, the lading on board such vessel, 
 and authorizing him to proceed to the port of his destina- 
 tion. 
 
 If any vessel, being laden and destined, as mentioned in R. s., 4350. 
 the preceding section, shall depart from the port where 3 
 she may then be without the master having first made out 
 and subscribed duplicate manifests of the lading on board 
 such vessel, and in case there be a collector or surveyor 
 residing at such port, or within five miles thereof, with- 
 out having previously delivered the same to the collector 
 or surveyor, and obtaining a permit, such master shall be 
 liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 269. Entry within a great district. 
 
 The master of every vessel licensed for carrying on the R. s., 4.351. 
 coasting-trade, having on board either distilled spirits in Jul 
 casks exceeding five hundred gallons, wine in casks ex- 
 ceeding two hundred and fifty gallons, or in bottles ex- 
 ceeding one hundred dozens, sugar in casks or boxes 
 exceeding three thousand pounds, or foreign merchandise 
 in packages, as imported, exceeding in value four hun- 
 dred dollars, or goods, wares, or merchandise, consisting 
 of such enumerated or other articles of foreign growth 
 or manufacture, or of both, whose aggregate value ex- 
 ceeds eight hundred dollars, and arriving from a district 
 in one State, at a district in the same or an adjoining 
 State on the sea-coast, or on a navigable river, or, if of 
 the burden of twenty tons or upward, arriving at a dis- 
 trict within one of the great districts from another dis- 
 trict within the same great district, or from a State ad- 
 joining such great district, shall, previous to the unlad- 
 ing of any part of the cargo of such vessel, deliver to the 
 collector, if there be one, or if not, to the surveyor resid- 
 ing at the port of her arrival, or if there be no collector 
 or surveyor residing at such port, then to a collector or 
 surveyor, if there be any such officer residing within five 
 
254 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 miles thereof, the manifest of the cargo, certified by the 
 collector or surveyor of the district from whence she 
 sailed if there be such manifest, otherwise the duplicate 
 manifest thereof, as is hereinbefore directed, to the truth 
 of which, before such officer, he shall swear. If there 
 have been taken on board such vessel any other or more 
 goods than are contained in such manifest or manifests, 
 since her departure from the port from whence she first 
 sailed, or if any goods have been since landed, the master 
 shall make known and particularize the same to the col- 
 lector or surveyor, or if no such goods have been so taken 
 on board or landed, he shall so declare, to the truth of 
 which he shall swear. Thereupon the collector or sur- 
 veyor shall grant a permit for unlading a part or the 
 whole of such cargo, as the master or commander may 
 request. If there is no collector or surveyor residing: at 
 or within five miles of the port of her arrival, the master 
 of such vessel may proceed to discharge the lading from 
 on board such vessel, but shall deliver to the collector or 
 surveyor residing at the first port where he may next 
 afterward arrive, and within twenty-four hours of his 
 arrival, the manifest or manifests, noting thereon the 
 times when and places where the goods therein mentioned 
 have been unladen, to the truth of which, before the last- 
 mentioned collector or surveyor, he shall swear. 
 
 Juiy'*i 4 2^ 5 i876. ^ ^ ne mas ter of any such vessel, being laden and des- 
 tined as mentioned in the preceding section, shall neglect 
 or refuse to deliver manifests, at the times and in the 
 manner directed, he shall be liable to a penalty of one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 270. Coasting trade via Isthmus of Panama. 
 
 [Seep. 518 (E. S. 2999).] 
 
 271. Clearance for another great district. 
 
 ^ ne master f ever .Y vessel under twenty tons of burden 
 licensed for carrying on the coasting-trade, and destined 
 from any district of the United States to a district other 
 than a district in the same or an adjoining State, on the 
 seacoast, or on a navigable river, and of every vessel of 
 the burden of twenty tons and upward, destined to a 
 district other than a district within the same great dis- 
 trict, or within a State adjoining such great district, 
 shall, previous to her departure, deliver to the collector 
 residing at the port where such vessel may be. if there is 
 one, otherwise to the collector of the district comprehend- 
 ing such port, or to a surveyor within the district, as the 
 one or the other may reside nearest to the port at which 
 such vessel may he, duplicate manifests of the whole 
 cargo on hoard such vessel: or if there is no cargo on 
 board, he shall so certify; and if there are any distilled 
 spirits, or merchandise of foreign growth or manufac- 
 ture on board, other than what may by the collector be 
 
PART XIX. DOMESTIC COM 255 
 
 deemed sn flu-ion t for sea-stores, lie shall specify in such 
 manifest the marks and numbers of every cask, bag, box. 
 chest, or package containing the same, with the name. ;m<l 
 place of residence of every shipper and consignee of such 
 distilled spirits, or merchandise of foreign growth or 
 manufacture, and the quantity shipped by and to e;ich. 
 The manifests or certificate's shall he subscribed and 
 sworn to by him: and he shall also swear, before the col- 
 lector or surveyor, that such merchandise of foreign 
 growth or manufacture was. to the best of his knowledge 
 and belief, legally imported, and the duties thereupon 
 paid or secured; or. if spirits distilled within the United 
 States, that the duties thereupon have been duly paid or 
 secured. Upon the performance of these provisions, and 
 not before, the collector or surveyor shall certify the 
 same on the manifests or certificates; one of which he 
 shall return to the master, with a permit thereto annexed, 
 authorizing him to proceed to the port of his destination. 
 
 If any such vessel, destined as mentioned in the pre- R. s., 4ar>4._ 
 ceding section, shall depart from the port where she may J 
 then be, having distilled spirits, or goods, wares, or mer- 
 chandise of foreign growth or manufacture on board, 
 without complying with the requirements of the preced- 
 ing section, the master thereof shall be liable to a pen- 
 alty of one hundred dollars; or, if the lading be of goods 
 the growth or manufacture of the United States only, 
 or if such vessel have no cargo, and she depart without 
 the several things required in the preceding section being 
 complied with, the master shall be liable to a penalty of 
 fifty dollars. 
 
 272. Entry to another great district. 
 
 The master of every vessel under twenty tons burden ?-. s - t 4 ^ 5 ?b- ( 
 
 i* -.. . -i* 7 .. July 1--, loT*j 
 
 licensed to carry on the coasting trade, arriving at any 
 district of the United States from any district other than 
 a district in the same or an adjoining State on the sea- 
 coast, or on a navigable river, and of every vessel of the 
 burden of twenty tons and upward arriving from a clis- 
 trict other than a district within the same great district, 
 or from a State adjoining such great district, shall deliver 
 to the collector residing at the port where she may arrive 
 if there be one, otherwise to the collector or surveyor- in 
 the district comprehending such port, as the one or the 
 other may reside nearest thereto, if the collector or sur- 
 veyor reside at a distance not exceeding five miles, within 
 twenty-four hours, or, if at a greater distance, within 
 forty-eight hours next after his arrival, and previous to 
 the unlading any of the goods brought in such vessel, the 
 manifest of the cargo, if there be any, certified by the col- 
 lector or surveyor of the district from whence she last 
 sailed; and shall make oath, before the collector or sur- 
 veyor, that there was not when he sailed from the district 
 where his manifest was certified, and has not been since, 
 
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256 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 and is not then any more or other merchandise of foreign 
 growth or manufacture, or distilled spirits, if there be 
 any, other than sea-stores, on board such vessel, than is 
 therein mentioned ; and if there be none such, he shall so 
 swear; and if there be no cargo on board, he shall pro- 
 duce the certificate of the collector or surveyor of the dis- 
 trict from whence she last sailed that such is the case. 
 Thereupon such collector or surveyor shall grant a permit 
 for unlading the whole or part of such cargo, if there 
 be any, within his district, as the master may request; 
 and where a part only of the merchandise of foreign 
 growth or manufacture, or of distilled spirits, brought 
 in such vessel, is intended to be landed, the collector or 
 surveyor shall make an indorsement of such part on the 
 back of the manifest, specifying the articles to be landed ; 
 and shall return such manifest to the master, indorsing 
 also thereon his permission for such vessel to proceed to 
 the place of her destination. 
 
 R. s., 4356. If the master of such vessel, laden and destined as men- 
 July 12, 1876. ti on ed i n the preceding section, shall neglect or refuse to 
 deliver the manifest, or, if she has no cargo, the certifi- 
 cate, within the time directed in the preceding section, 
 he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and 
 the merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture, or 
 distilled spirits, found on board, or landed from such ship 
 or vessel, not being certified as required, shall be for- 
 feited ; and if the same shall amount to the value of eight 
 hundred dollars, such ship or vessel, with her tackle, ap- 
 parel, and furniture, shall be also forfeited. 
 
 273. Exemption on the Mississippi and tributaries. 
 
 July 12, 1876. The provisions of sections forty- three hundred and 
 forty-nine, forty-three hundred and fifty, forty-three 
 hundred and fifty-one, forty-three hundred and fifty-two, 
 forty-three hundred and fifty-three, forty-three hundred 
 and fifty-four, forty-three hundred and fifty-five, and 
 forty-three hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes, 
 requiring the master of every vessel licensed to carry on 
 the coasting-trade, laden in part with foreign merchan- 
 dise or distilled spirits, to procure a permit from the cus- 
 toms officer of the port at which his vessel was laden, 
 authorizing him to proceed to his port of destination, and 
 also to procure a permit from the port of destination for 
 the unlading of his cargo, shall not be held to include 
 vessels engaged in the navigation of the Mississippi River 
 or tributaries above the port of New Orleans. 
 
 274. Vessels with domestic cargo. 
 
 R. s., 43.. Nothing in this Title [R. S., 4311-4390] shall be so con- 
 strued as to oblige the master of any vessel of less than 
 twenty tons burden, licensed for carrying on the coasting 
 trade, bound from a district in one State to a district in 
 the same or an adjoining State on the sea-coast, or on a 
 navigable river, or of any vessel of the burden of twenty 
 
l'.\i; I \l\. DOMESTIC OOM \i I :i:- 257 
 
 tons or upward, bound from a district within one of the 
 great districts to ;i district within the same great district, 
 or within a State adjoining such great district, having <n 
 hoard merchandise of the growth, product, or manul'ac 
 ture of the Tnited States only, except distilled spirits, or 
 distilled spirits not more than live hundred gallons, wine, 
 in casks not more than two hundred and lift y gallons, or 
 in hottles not more than one hundred do/en, sugar in 
 casks or hoxes not more than three thousand pounds, or 
 foreign merchandise in packages, as imported, of not 
 more value than four hundred dollars, or merchandise 
 consisting of SUch enumerated or other articles of foreign 
 growth or manufacture, or of both, whose aggregate 
 value shall be not more than eight hundred dollars, to de- 
 liver a manifest thereof, or obtain a permit, previous to 
 her departure, or, on her arrival within such district, to 
 make any report thereof; but such master shall be pro- 
 vided with a manifest, by him subscribed, of the lading, 
 of what kind soever, which was on board such vessel at 
 the time of his departure from the district from which 
 she last sailed, and if the same, or any part of such lad- 
 ing, consists of distilled spirits or merchandise of foreign 
 growth or manufacture, with the marks and numbers of 
 each cask, bag, box, chest, or package containing the 
 same, with the name of the shipper and consignee of each. 
 Such manifest shall be by him exhibited, for the inspec- 
 tion of any officer of the revenue, when required by such 
 officer; and he shall also inform such officer from whence 
 such vessel last sailed, and how long she has been in port, 
 when by him so interrogated. 
 
 Whenever the master of such vessel, laden and destined K. s r.ioo. 
 as described in the preceding section, is not provided, on 
 his arrival within any such district, with a manifest, and 
 does not exhibit the same, as required in the preceding 
 section, if the lading of such vessel consists wholly of 
 merchandise the produce or manufacture of the United 
 States, distilled spirits excepted. he shall be liable to a 
 penalty of twenty dollars, or if there be distilled spirits, 
 or merchandise of foreign growth or manufacture, on 
 board, excepting what may be sufficient for sea stores, he 
 shall be liable to a penalty of forty dollars; or if he shall 
 refuse to answer the interrogatories truly, as is herein re- 
 quired, he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dol- 
 lars. If any of the merchandise laden on board such 
 vessel be of foreign growth or manufacture, or of spirits 
 distilled within the United States, so much of the same as 
 may be found on board such vessels, and not included in 
 the manifest exhibited by such master, shall be forfeited. 
 
 Coasting-vessels, going from Long Island, in the State i: s.. j.-.r,:. 
 of Xew York, to the State of Rhode Island, or from the 
 State of Rhode Island to Long Island, shall have the 
 same privileges as are allowed to vessels under the like 
 circumstances going from a district in one State to a dis- 
 trict in the same or an adjoining State. 
 
258 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 K. S., 4361. 
 
 R. S., 4366. 
 
 275. Registered vessels in the coasting- trade. 
 
 Whenever any vessel of the United States, registered 
 according to law, is employed in going from any one dis- 
 trict in the United States to any other district, such ves- 
 sel, and the master thereof, with the goods she may have 
 on board previous to her departure from the district 
 where she may be, and also upon her arrival in any other 
 district, shall be subject, except as to the payment of fees, 
 to the same regulations, provisions, penalties, and for- 
 feitures, and the like duties are imposed on like officers, 
 as are provided for vessels licensed for carrying on the 
 coasting-trade. Nothing herein contained shall be con- 
 strued to extend to registered vessels of the United States 
 having on board merchandise of foreign growth or manu- 
 facture, brought into the United States, in such vessel, 
 from a foreign port, and on which the duties have not 
 been paid according to law. 
 
 276. Report by master. 
 
 The master of every vessel employed in the transporta- 
 tion of merchandise from district to district, that shall 
 put into a port other than the one to which she was 
 bound, shall, within twenty-four hours of his arrival, if 
 there be an officer residing at such port, and she continue 
 there so long, make report of his arrival to such officer, 
 with the name of the place he came from, and to which 
 he is bound, with an account of his lading: and every 
 master who neglects or refuses so to do shall be liable to 
 a penalty of twenty dollars. 
 
 277. Foreign vessels barred from coasting trade. 
 
 R.S., 4347^ Xo merchandise shall be transported by water under 
 Feb.* 17,' i89s! penalty of forfeiture thereof from one port of the United 
 States to another port of the United States, either di- 
 rectly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the voyage. 
 in any other vessel than a vessel of the United States. 
 But this section shall not be construed to prohibit the 
 sailing of any foreign vessel from one to another port of 
 the United States : Provided, That no merchandise other 
 than that imported in such vessel from some foreign port 
 which shall not have been unladen shall be carried from 
 one port or place in the United States to another. 
 Juno 19, 1880. No foreign vessel shall transport passenger- between 
 KH.'. S i7 t 1898. ports or places in the United States, either directly or by 
 sec. 2. ' NV ay of a foreign port, under a penalty of two hundred 
 
 dollars for each passenger so transported and landed. 
 
 M:IV 28, 1906. A foreign-built dredge shall not. under penalty of for- 
 feiture, engage in dredging in the United States unless 
 documented as a vessel of the United States. 
 
 278. Immediate exportation to foreign port. 
 
 Fob. 17, isos. Whenever merchandise is imported into the United 
 States by sea for immediate exportation to a foreign port 
 
PAKT XIX. |M.\| I .> I 1C COM M KI;. 
 
 by sea, or by a river, the right to ascend or descend which 
 for the purposes of commerce is secured by treaty to the 
 citixens of the I'nited States and the subjects of a foreign 
 power, the Secretary of Commerce is hereby aiithori/ed J-VK u. ino:i. 
 to prescribe regulations for the transshipment, and trans- 
 portation of such merchandise. 
 
 279. Foreign vessels on coasting voyages. 
 
 The master of every foreign vessel hound from a dis- K. s., I:;I;T. 
 trict in the United States to any other district within the 
 same, shall, in all eases, previous to her departure from 
 such district, deliver to the collector of such district dupli- 
 cate manifests of the lading on board such vessel, if there 
 be any, or, if there be none, he shall declare that such is 
 the case: and to the truth of such manifest or deelaration 
 he shall swear, and also obtain a permit from the col- 
 lector, authorizing him to proceed to the place of his 
 destination. 
 
 The master of every foreign vessel, on his arrival u s 
 within any district from any other district, shall, in all 
 cases, within forty eight hours after his arrival, and 
 previous to the unlading of any goods from on board such 
 vessel, deliver to the collector of the district where he 
 may have arrived, a manifest of the goods laden on board 
 such vessel, if any there be; or if in ballast only, he shall 
 so declare; he shall swear to the truth of such manifest 
 or declaration, and shall also swear that such manifest 
 contains an account of all the merchandise which was on 
 board such vessel at the time, or has been since her depar- 
 ture from the place from whence she shall be reported last 
 to have sailed; and he shall also deliver to such collector 
 the permit which was given him from the collector of the 
 district from whence he sailed. 
 
 Every master of any foreign vessel who neglects or u- * 
 refuses to comply with any of the requirements of the 
 two preceding sections, shall be liable to a penalty of one 
 hundred dollars. Nothing therein contained shall, how- 
 ever, be construed as affecting the payment of tonnage, 
 or any other requirements to which such vessels are sub- 
 ject by law. 
 
 280. Foreign tugboats. 
 
 All steam tug-boats not of the United States found em- u. * 4 -^ 
 ployed in towing documented vessels of the United States 
 plying from one port or place in the same to another, shall 
 be liable to a penalty of fifty cents per ton on the meas- 
 urement of every such vessel so towed by them respec- 
 tively, which sum may be recovered by way of libel or 
 suit. This section shall not apply to any case where the 
 towing, in whole or in part, is within or upon foreign 
 waters. Any foreign railroad company or corporation, 
 whose road enters the United States by means of a ferry 
 or tug*boat, may own such boat, and it shall be subject 
 
260 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS <F T11K I'MTKl) STATKS. 
 
 to no other or different restrictions or regulations in such 
 employment than if owned by a citi/en of the United 
 States. 
 
 281. Penalties for violation of coasting- laws. 
 
 R. s., 4371. Every vessel of twenty tons or upward, other than reg- 
 istered vessels found trading between district and dis- 
 trict, or between different places in the same district, 
 or carrying on the fishery without being enrolled and 
 licensed, or if less than twenty tons and not less than five 
 tons, without a license, in the manner provided by this 
 Title [R. S., 4311-4390], if laden with merchandise the 
 growth or manufacture of the United States only, dis- 
 tilled spirits excepted, or in ballast, shall pay the same 
 fees and tonnage in every port of the United States at 
 which she may arrive as vessels not belonging to a citizen 
 of the United States; and, if she have on board any 
 articles of foreign growth or manufacture, or distilled 
 spirits, other than sea-stores, she shall, together with her 
 tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the lading found on. 
 board, be forfeited. 
 
 se?V 9 ' 18SG ' Every vessel of twenty tons or upwards, entitled to be 
 documented as a vessel of the United States, other than 
 registered vessels, found trading between district and 
 district, or between different places in the same district, 
 or carrying on the fishery, without being enrolled and 
 licensed, and every vessel of less than twenty tons and 
 not less than five tons burden found trading or carrying 
 on the fishery as aforesaid without a license obtained as 
 provided by this title shall be liable to a fine of thirty 
 dollars at every port of arrival without such enrollment or 
 license. But if the license shall have expired while the 
 vessel was at sea, and there shall have been no oppor- 
 tunity to renew such license, then said fine of thirty dol- 
 lars shall not be incurred. 
 
 And so much of section four thousand three hundred 
 and seventy-one of the Revised Statutes as relates to ves- 
 sels entitled to be documented as vessels of the United 
 States is hereby repealed. 
 
 11. s., 4372. If any vessel be at sen at the expiration of the time for 
 
 which the license was given, and the master of such ves- 
 sel shall swear that such was the case, and shall also. 
 within forty-eight hours after his arrival, deliver to the 
 collector of the district in which he shall first arrive the 
 
 license which shall have expired, the Forfeiture prescribed 
 
 in the preceding section shall not he incurred, nor shall 
 the vessel be liable to pay the fees and tonnage therein 
 
 required. 
 
 K.S., 4:177. Whenever any licensed vessel is transferred, in whole or 
 
 in part, to any person who is not at the time of such 
 transfer a citi/en of and resident within the United 
 States. 01- is employed in any other trade than that for 
 which she i< licensed, or is found with a forged or" altered 
 
PART XIX. DOMESTIC COMMERCE. 261 
 
 license, or one granted for any other vessel, such vessel 
 with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the cargo, 
 found on board her, shall be forfeited. Hut vessels which 
 may be licensed for the mackerel-fishery shall not in- 
 cur such forfeiture by engaging in catching cod or fish 
 of any other description whatever. [See R. S., 4337, p. 
 183.] 
 282. Forfeiture of vessel and merchandise. 
 
 Any merchandise on board any vessel which belongs, in R - 8 - 4378 - 
 good faith, to any person other than the master, owner, 
 or mariners of such vessel, and upon which the duties 
 have been paid, or secured according to law, shall be 
 exempted from any forfeiture under this Title [R. S., 
 4311-4390]. 
 
 In every case where a forfeiture of any vessel or mer- R - s - 4379 - 
 ehandise shall accrue, it shall be the duty of the collector 
 or other proper officer, who shall give notice of the seizure 
 of such vessel or of such merchandise, to insert in the 
 same advertisement the name and the place of residence 
 of the person to whom any such vessel and merchandise 
 belonged or were consigned, at the time of such seizure, 
 if the same be known to him. 
 
 All penalties and forfeitures which shall be incurred R - s - 438 - 
 by virtue of this Title [R. S., 4311-4390] may be sued 
 for, prosecuted, and recovered as penalties and forfeitures 
 incurred by virtue of the laws relating to the collection 
 of duties, and shall be appropriated in like manner; ex- 
 cept when otherwise expressly prescribed. 
 
PART XX. TRADE WITH HAWAII. 
 
 283. General provisions. 286. Fisheries. 
 
 284. Registry of vessels and coasting 287. Wharves; harbors; pilots. 
 
 trade. 288. Seamen's laws. 
 
 285. Quarantine and public health. 
 
 283. General provisions. 
 
 sec.'s 30 ' 19 ' The Constitution, and, except as otherwise provided, 
 May 27, 1910. all the laws of the United States, including laws carry- 
 ing general appropriations, which are not locally inap- 
 plicable, shall have the same force and effect within the 
 said Territory as elsewhere in the United States: Pro- 
 vided, That sections eighteen hundred and forty-one to 
 eighteen hundred and ninety-one, inclusive, nineteen hun- 
 dred and ten and nineteen hundred and twelve, of the 
 Revised Statutes, and the amendments thereto, and an 
 Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the passage of local or 
 special laws in the Territories of the United States, to 
 limit territorial indebtedness, and for other purposes," 
 approved July thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, 
 and the amendments thereto, shall not apply to Hawaii. 
 Sec - 6 - The laws of Hawaii not inconsistent with the Constitu- 
 
 tion or laws of the United States or the provisions of this 
 Act shall continue in force, subject to repeal or amend- 
 ment by the legislature of Hawaii or the Congress of the 
 United States. 
 
 284. Kegistry of vessels and coasting trade. 
 
 sec'9 3 8' 1000 ' "^ vessels carrying Hawaiian registers on the twelfth 
 day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and 
 which \vere owned bona fide by the citizens of the United 
 States, or the citizens of Hawaii, together with the follow- 
 ing-named vessels claiming Hawaiian register, Star <>f 
 France, Euterpe, Star of Russia, Falls of Clyde, and H'/V- 
 scott, shall be entitled to be registered as American ves- 
 sels, with the benefits and privileges appertaining thereto. 
 and the coasting trade between the islands aforesaid and 
 any other portion of the United States shall be regulated 
 in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to 
 such trade between any two great coasting districts. [See 
 par. 182, p. 182.] 
 
 285. Quarantine and public health. 
 
 Apr. so, 1900. Quarantine stations shall be established at such places 
 jS?y 9 i!'i902. in the Territory of Hawaii as the Surgeon-General of the 
 262 
 
PART XX. TUAhr. WITH HAWAII. 2()3 
 
 Public Health Service of the Tinted States shall direct, 
 and the quarantine regulations for said islands relating 
 to the importation of diseases from other countries shall 
 be under the control of the (lovernmcnt of the t'nited 
 States. The quarantine station and grounds at the har- 
 bor of Honolulu, together with all the public property 
 belonirini; to that service, shall be transferred to the 
 Public Health Service of the Fnited States, and said 
 quarantine grounds shall continue to be so used and em- 
 ployed until the station is changed to other grounds 
 which may be selected by order of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury. 
 
 The health laws of the government of Hawaii relating 
 to the harbor of Honolulu and other harbors and inlets 
 from the sea and to the internal control of the health of 
 the islands shall remain in the jurisdiction of the govern- 
 ment of the Territory of Hawaii, subject to the quaran- 
 tine laws and regulations of the United States. 
 
 286. Fisheries. 
 
 All laws of the Kepublic of Hawaii which confer exclu- ^Tv-, ' 19 " 
 sive fishing rights upon any person or persons are hereby 
 repealed, and all fisheries in the sea waters of the Ter- 
 ritory of Hawaii not included in any fish pond or artifi- 
 cial inclosure shall be free to all citizens of the United 
 States, subject, however, to vested rights; but no such 
 vested right shall be valid after three years from the tak- 
 ing effect of this Act unless established as hereinafter 
 provided. 
 
 Any person who claims a private right to any such s 
 fishery shall, within tw r o years after the taking effect of 
 this Act, file his petition in a circuit court of the Terri- 
 tory of Hawaii, setting forth his claim to such fishing 
 right, service of which petition shall be made upon the 
 attorney-general, who shall conduct the case for the Ter- 
 ritory, and such case shall be conducted as an ordinary 
 action at law. 
 
 If such fishing right be established, the attorney-gen- 
 eral of the Territory of Hawaii may proceed, in such 
 manner as may be provided by law for the condemnation 
 of property for public use, to condemn such private right 
 of fishing to the use of citizens of the United States upon 
 making just compensation, which compensation, when 
 lawfully ascertained, shall be paid out of any money in 
 the treasury of the Territory of Hawaii not otherwise 
 appropriated. 
 
 287. Wharves, harbors, pilots. 
 
 That there shall be a superintendent of public works. s M ( >r - 7 -, 0f 190 - 
 who shall have the powers and duties of the superin- 
 tendent of public works and those of the powers and 
 duties of the minister of the Interior which relate to 
 * * * harbor improvements, wharves, landings, * 
 
264 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 explosives, eminent domain, public works, 
 buildings, * now under the control and manage- 
 
 ment of the minister of the interior, and those of the pow- 
 ers and duties of the minister of finance and collector- 
 general which relate to pilots and harbor masters under 
 the laws of Hawaii, except as changed by this Act and 
 subject to modification by the legislature. 
 
 sec. 89. Until further provision is made by Congress the 
 
 wharves and landings constructed or controlled by the 
 Republic of Hawaii on any seacoast, bay, roadstead, or 
 harbor shall remain under the control of the government 
 of the Territory of Hawaii, which shall receive and enjoy 
 all revenues derived therefrom, on condition that said 
 property shall be kept in good condition for the use and 
 convenience of commerce, but no tolls or charges shall 
 be made by the government of the Territory of Hawaii 
 for the use of any such property by the United States, 
 or by any vessel of war, tug, revenue cutter, or other boat 
 or transport in the service of the United States. 
 
 288. Seamen's laws. 
 
 s<?c r 'io' 1! " Provided, That no suit or proceedings shall be main- 
 tained for the specific performance of any contract here- 
 tofore or hereafter entered into for personal labor or 
 service, nor shall any remedy exist or be enforced for 
 breach of any such contract, except in a civil suit or pro- 
 ceeding instituted solely to recover damages for such 
 breach: Provided further, That the provisions of this 
 section shall not modify or change the laws of the United 
 States applicable to merchant seamen. 
 
PART X XL TRADE WTTIT PORTO RICO. 
 
 289. r.onoral provisions. 
 
 290. Ke.dstry >T vessels ami coasting 
 
 trade. 
 
 291. Qua ran line and public liciiltli. 
 
 292. Harbors and na viable- waters. 
 
 293. Wbarvcs and piers. 
 
 289. General provisions. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury shall designate the sev- i},!,'!'-., 1 -- 190 
 eral ports and supports of entry in Porto Rico and shall 
 make such rules and regulations and appoint such agents 
 as may be necessary to collect the duties and taxes author- 
 ized to be levied, collected, and paid, in Porto Rico by 
 (he provisions of this Act, and he shall fix the compen- 
 sation and provide for the payment thereof of all such 
 ollicers, agents, and assistants as he may find it necessary 
 to employ to carry out the provisions hereof: Provided, 
 Jtoircrci\ That as soon as a civil government for Porto 
 Rico shall have been organized in accordance with the 
 provisions of this Act and notice thereof shall have been 
 given to the President he shall make proclamation thereof, 
 and thereafter all collections of duties and taxes in Porto 
 Rico under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into 
 the treasury of Porto Rico, to be expended as required by 
 law for the government and benefit thereof instead of be- 
 ing paid into the Treasury of the United States. 
 
 The laws and ordinances of Porto Rico now in force sec. s t 
 shall continue in full force and effect, except as altered, 
 amended, or modified hereinafter, or as altered or modi- 
 fied by military orders and decrees in force when this Act 
 shall take effect, and so far as the same are not inconsist- 
 ent or in conflict with the statutory laws of the United 
 States not locally inapplicable, or the provisions hereof, 
 until altered, amended, or repealed by the legislative 
 authority hereinafter provided for Porto Rico or by Act 
 of Congress of the United States : 
 
 The statutory laws of the United States not locally in- See. 14. 
 applicable, except as hereinbefore or hereinafter other- 
 wise provided, shall have the same force and effect in 
 Porto Rico as in the United States, except the internal 
 revenue laws, which, in view of the provisions of section 
 three, shall not have force and effect in Porto Rico. 
 
 Articles, goods, wares, or merchandise going into Porto OH. :>,. 1913. 
 Rico from the United States shall he exempted from the Sec * IV> D * 
 payment of any tax imposed by the internal-revenue 
 laws of the United States. 
 
 290. Registry of vessels and coasting trade. 
 
 The Commissioner of Navigation shall make such regu- P c r 9 12 ' 190 - 
 lations, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Com- i;eb. i4, 
 merce, as he may deem expedient for the nationaliza- ' 
 tion of all vessels owned by the inhabitants of Porto Rico 
 
 265 
 
266 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-nine, and which continued to be so owned up to 
 the date of such nationalization, and for the admission 
 of the same to all the benefits of the coasting trade of the 
 United States; and the coasting trade between Porto 
 Rico and the United States shall be regulated in accord- 
 ance with the provisions of law applicable to such trade 
 between any two great coasting districts of the United 
 States. [See par. 182, p. 182.] 
 
 291. Quarantine and public health. 
 
 Apr. 12, looo. Quarantine stations shall be established at such places 
 July 1 !', 1902. in Porto Rico as the Surgeon General of the Public 
 Health Service of the United States shall direct, and 
 the quarantine regulations relating to the importation of 
 diseases from other countries shall be under the control 
 of the Government of the United States. 
 
 292. Harbors and navigable waters. 
 
 Apr. 12, 1900. All property which may have been acquired in Porto 
 sec. is. Rico by the United States under the cession of Spain in 
 
 said treaty of peace in any public bridges, road houses, 
 water powers, highways, unnavigable streams, and the 
 beds thereof, subterranean waters, mines, or minerals 
 under the surface of private lands, and all property 
 which at the time of the cession belonged, under the laws 
 of Spain then in force, to the various harbor-works 
 boards of Porto Rico, and all the harbor shores, docks, 
 slips, and reclaimed lands, but not including harbor areas 
 or navigable waters, is hereby placed under the control 
 of the Government established by this Act to be admin- 
 istered for the benefit of the people of Porto Rico; and 
 the legislative assembly hereby created shall have author- 
 ity, subject to the limitations imposed upon all its acts, 
 to legislate with respect to all such matters as it may 
 deem advisable. 
 
 July i, 1902. Th e President be. and he is hereby, authorized to make, 
 within one year after the approval of this Act, such res- 
 ervation of public lands and buildings belonging to the 
 United States in the island of Porto Rico, for military, 
 naval, light-house, marine-hospital, post-oilices, custom- 
 houses. 1'nitcd States courts, and other public purposes, 
 as he may deem necessary, ami all the public lands and 
 buildings, not including harbor areas and navigable 
 streams and bodies of water and the submerged lands un- 
 derlying the same, owned by the Tnited States in said 
 island and not so reserved be. and the same are hereby, 
 granted to the government of Porto Rico, to be held or 
 disposed of for the use and benefit of the people of said 
 island : Provided, That said grant is upon the express con- 
 dition that the govei-nni'-nt of Porto Rico, by proper au- 
 thority, release to the Tinted States any interest or claim 
 it may have in or upon the lands or buildings reserved by 
 the President under the provisions of this Act : .1 tid pro- 
 
1'AIJT XXI. TKADK WITH I'OIITO KICO. 267 
 
 further* 'Flint nothing herein contained shall be SO 
 construed us (o a Meet any legal <>r equitable rights 1C 
 quired l>y the government of Porto Kico or by any other 
 party, under any contract lease, or license made hy the 
 I'nited States authorities prior to the first day of 'May. 
 nineteen hundred. 
 293. Wharves and piers. 
 
 The Secretary of War he. and he is hereby, empowered. '"'"' ' ' r "" ; - 
 subject to the restrictions and under the conditions here- 
 inafter mentioned, to authori/e the construction, exten- 
 sion, and maintenance of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, 
 weir, breakwater, sea wall, bulkhead, jetty, or other struc- 
 ture on any of the lands belonging to the Tinted States 
 which underlie the harbor areas and navigable streams 
 and bodies of waters in or surrounding Porto Kico and 
 the islands adjacent thereto and the filling in and dredg- 
 ing of such lands. 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 All authorizations granted by the Secretary of War for Sec. 3. 
 any such construction, extension, or maintenance 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 (b) Shall be subject to alteration, amendment, or 
 repeal by Congress; 
 
 (c) Shall provide that the wharfage fees and charges 
 for vessels, for passengers, and for goods loaded or dis- 
 charged on, from, at, or over any such structure, and for 
 approach and entry to any such structure, shall be no 
 greater than are just, reasonable, and fairly remunerative, 
 and for that purpose shall at all times be subject to regu- 
 lation and revision by the said Secretary of War: that 
 such fees and charges shall be the same for all persons, 
 and all persons shall have equal right to approach, enter, 
 and use the said structure, subject to such reasonable 
 rules and regulations as the grantee thereof may estab- 
 lish, all of which rules and regulations shall be subject 
 to revision by the Secretary of War: 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 (g) That the said structure shall not be sublet, sold, 
 transferred, or assigned, nor shall the authorization there- 
 for be granted, sold, transferred, or assigned without the 
 consent of the Secretary of War. nor in any case to a per- 
 son engaged, directly or indirectly, in the same line of 
 business, in the same harbor area, navigable stream, or 
 body of water, and that any grant, subletting, sale, trans 
 fer, or assignment in violation hereof shall be null and 
 void ; 
 
 (h) That any and all vessels owned or chartered by the 
 United States Government shall in case of any emer- 
 gency, or in time of war. have prior right, free of charge, 
 to the use of any such structure; and 
 
 (i) Shall contain such further restrictions as the Sec- 
 retary of War may see fit to impose therein. 
 
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PART XXII. TRADE WITH THE PHILIPPINES. 
 
 294. Treaty of peace. 297. TsirilT and internal revenue. 
 
 95. General provisions. 298. Aids to navigation and commerce. 
 
 296. Vessels and coasting trade. 
 
 294. Treaty of peace. 
 
 Apr. 11, 1899. Sp a i n cedes to the United States the archipelago 
 known as the Philippine Islands. [Article III, Treaty 
 of Paris, Dec. 10, 1898, proclaimed Apr. 11, 1899.] 
 
 The United States will, for the term of ten years from 
 the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present 
 treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports 
 of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and 
 merchandise of the United States. [Article IV, Treaty 
 of Paris, Dec. 10, 1898, proclaimed Apr. 11, 1899.] 
 
 295. General provisions. 
 
 July i, 1902. xhe action of the President of the United States in 
 creating the Philippine Commission and authorizing said 
 Commission to exercise the powers of government to the 
 extent and in the manner and form and subject to the 
 regulation and control set forth in the instructions of 
 the President to the Philippine Commission, dated April 
 seventh, nineteen hundred, and in creating the offices of 
 civil governor and vice-governor of the Philippine Is- 
 lands, and authorizing said civil governor and vice-gov- 
 ernor to exercise the powers of government to the extent 
 and in the manner and form set forth in the Executive 
 order dated June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and one, 
 and in establishing four executive departments of govern- 
 ment in said Islands as set forth in the Act of the Philip- 
 pine Commission, entitled "An Act providing an or- 
 ganization for the departments of the interior, of com- 
 merce and police, of finance and justice, and of public 
 instruction." enacted September sixth, nineteen hundred 
 and one, is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed, and 
 until otherwise provided by law the said Islands shall 
 continue to be governed as thereby and herein provided, 
 and all laws passed hereafter by the Philippine Commis- 
 sion shall have an enacting clause as follows: " P>y 
 authority of the United States be it enacted by the 
 Philippine ( 'ommission." The provisionsof section eight- 
 een hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes of 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-eight shall not apply to the 
 Philippine Islands. 
 
 Future appointments of civil governor, vice-governor, 
 members of said Commission and heads of executive de- 
 partments shall be made by the President, by and with 
 the advice and consent of the Senate. 
 
 268 
 
PAKT XXII. TRADE WITH T 1 1 K I'l I 1 1 1 1 'I 'I M 1>(>1) 
 
 The President of the United States, during >\n-\\ time 
 as and wlienever the sovereignty and authority of the 
 United States encounter armed resistance in the Philip- 
 pine Islands, until otherwise provided by Congress, shall 
 continue to regulate and control commercial intercourse 
 with and within said Islands by such general rules and 
 regulations as h**. in his discretion, may deem most con- 
 ducive to the public interests and the general welfare. 
 
 The duties and taxes collected in the Philippine Archi- !;;.';,* ' '"'- 
 pel a go in pursuance of this Act, and all duties and taxes 
 collected in the United States upon articles coming from 
 the Philippine Archipelago and upon foreign ve.-scN 
 coining therefrom, shall not be covered into the general 
 fund of the Treasury of the United States, but shall be 
 held as a separate fund and paid into the treasury of the 
 Philippine Islands, to be used and expended for the gov- 
 ernment and benefit of said islands. 
 296. Vessels and coasting trade. 
 
 Until Congress shall have authorized the registry as A P r - 2 . 1908 
 vessels of the United States of vessels owned in the Phil- 
 ippine Islands, the government of the Philippine Islands 
 is hereby authorized to adopt, from time to time, and 
 enforce regulations governing the transportation of mer- 
 chandise and passengers between ports or places in the 
 Philippine Archipelago. 
 
 On and after the passage of this Act the same tonnage Sec. 2. 
 taxes shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all foreign 
 vessels coming into the United States from the Philip- 
 pine Islands which are required by law to be levied, 
 collected, and paid upon vessels coming into the United 
 States from foreign countries. 
 
 The provisions of law restricting to vessels of the sec. 3. 
 United States the transportation of passengers and mer- 
 chandise directly or indirectly from one port of the 
 United States to another port of the United States shall 
 not be applicable to foreign vessels engaging in trade 
 between the Philippine Islands and the United States. 
 
 The Philippine Commission shall be authorized and Sec - 4 - 
 empowered to issue licenses to engage in lighterage or 
 other exclusively harbor business to vessels or other craft 
 actually engaged in such business at the date of the pas- 
 sage of this Act and to vessels or other craft built in the 
 Philippine Islands or in the United States and owned 
 by citizens of the United States or by inhabitants of the 
 Philippine Islands. 
 
 Such of the navigation laws of the United States as are Sec. 5. 
 in force in the Philippine Islands in regard to vessels af- 
 riving in the Philippine Islands from the mainland terri- 
 tory and other insular possessions of the United States 
 shall continue to be administered by the proper officials 
 of the government of the Philippine Islands. 
 
 The laws relating to entry, clearance, and manifests of g^gl' 19 2 ' 
 steamships and other vessels arriving from or going to 
 
270 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 foreign ports shall apply to voyages each way between 
 the Philippine Islands and the United States and the 
 possessions thereof, and all laws relating to the collection 
 and protection of customs duties not inconsistent with the 
 Act of Congress of March eighth, nineteen hundred and 
 two, " temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine 
 Islands," shall apply in the case of vessels and goods ar- 
 riving from said Islands in the United States and its 
 aforesaid possessions. 
 
 The laws relating to seamen on foreign voyages shall 
 apply to seamen on vessels going from the United States 
 and its possessions aforesaid to said Islands, the customs 
 officers there being for this purpose substituted for consu- 
 lar officers in foreign ports. 
 
 The provisions of chapters six and seven, [R. S., 4252- 
 4292] title forty-eight, Revised Statutes, so far as now in 
 force, and any amendments thereof, shall apply to vessels 
 making voyages either way between ports of the United 
 States or its aforesaid possessions and ports in said 
 Islands ; and the provisions of law relating to the public 
 health and quarantine shall apply in the case of all vessels 
 entering a port of the United States or its aforesaid pos- 
 sessions from said Islands, where the customs officers at 
 the port of departure shall perform the duties required 
 by such law of consular officers in foreign ports. 
 
 Section three thousand and five, Revised Statutes, as 
 amended, and other existing laws concerning the transit 
 of merchandise through the United States, shall apply to 
 merchandise arriving at any port of the United States 
 destined for any of its insular and continental possessions, 
 or destined from any of them to foreign countries. 
 
 Nothing in this Act shall be held to repeal or alter any 
 part of the Act of March eighth, nineteen hundred and 
 two, aforesaid, or to apply to Guam, Tutuila. or Manua. 
 except that section eight of an Act entitled "An Act to 
 revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Archi- 
 pelago, enacted by the Philippine Commission on the 
 seventeenth of September, nineteen hundred and one. and 
 approved by an Act entitled "An Act temporarily to pro- 
 vide revenues for the Philippine Islands, and for other 
 purposes, 91 approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and 
 two, is hereby amended so as to authori/e the Civil (Jov- 
 ernor thereof in his discretion to establish the equivalent 
 lates of the money in circulation in said Islands with the 
 money of the United States as often as once in ten days. 
 297. Tariff and internal revenue. 
 
 Sec" rV 1 ? 13 ' There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all arti- 
 cles coining into the United Slates from the Philippine 
 Islands the rates of duty which are required to be levied, 
 collected, and paid upon like articles imported from for- 
 eign countries: Pror'/rl< fL That all articles, the growth or 
 product of or manufactured in the Philippine Islands 
 from materials the growth or product of the Philippine 
 
PART XXII. TRADE WITH T 1 1 !; I'l 1 1 I.I I'I'I M-:s. 271 
 
 Islands or of the United States, or of both, or which do 
 not contain foreign materials t<> the value of more than 
 !_'() per centum of their total value, upon which no draw- 
 back of customs duties has been allowed therein, routing 
 into the United States from the Philippine Islands shall 
 hereafter be admitted free of duty: Provided) however, 
 That in consideration of the exemptions aforesaid, all 
 articles, the growth, product, or manufacture of the 
 United States, upon which no drawback of customs 
 duties has been allowed therein, shall be admitted to the 
 Philippine Islands from the United States free of duty: 
 And, pror'nlal further. That the free admission, herein 
 provided, of such articles, the growth, product, or manu- 
 facture of the United States, into the Philippine Islands, 
 or of the growth, product, or manufacture, as hereinbe- 
 fore defined, of the Philippine Islands into the United 
 States, shall be conditioned upon the direct shipment 
 thereof, under a through bill of lading, from the country 
 of origin to the country of destination: Provided, That 
 direct shipment shall include shipments in bond through 
 foreign territory contiguous to the United States: Pro- 
 vided, however, That if such articles become unpacked 
 while en route by accident, wreck, or other casualty, or 
 so damaged as to necessitate their repacking, the same 
 shall be admitted free of duty upon satisfactory proof 
 that the unpacking occurred through accident or neces- 
 sity and that the merchandise involved is the identical 
 merchandise originally shipped from the United States 
 or the Philippine Islands, as the case may be, and that its 
 condition has not been changed except for such damage 
 as may have been sustained : And provided, That there 
 shall be levied, collected, and paid, in the United States, 
 upon articles, goods, wares, or merchandise coming into 
 the United States from the Philippine Islands, a tax 
 equal to the internal-revenue tax imposed in the United 
 States upon the like articles, goods, wares, or merchan- 
 dise of domestic manufacture; such tax to be paid by 
 internal-revenue stamp or stamps, to be provided by the 
 Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and to be affixed in 
 such manner and under such regulations as he, with the 
 approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall pre- 
 scribe; and such articles, goods, wares, or merchandise, 
 shipped from said islands to the United States, shall be 
 exempt from the payment of any tax imposed by the 
 internal-revenue laws of the Philippine Islands: And 
 provided further, That there shall be levied, collected, and 
 paid in the Philippine Islands, upon articles, goods, 
 wares, or merchandise going into the Philippine Islands 
 from the United States, a tax equal to the internal- 
 revenue tax imposed in the Philippine Islands upon the 
 like articles, goods, wares, or merchandise of Philippine 
 Islands manufacture; such tax to be paid by internal- 
 revenue stamps or otherwise, as provided by the laws in 
 the Philippine Islands; and such articles, goods, wares, 
 
 92075 15 18 
 
272 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 or merchandise going into the Philippine Islands from 
 the United States shall be exempt from the payment 
 of any tax imposed by the internal-revenue laws of 
 the United States : And provided further, That in addi- 
 tion to the customs taxes imposed in the Philippine 
 Islands, there shall be levied, collected, and paid therein 
 upon articles, goods, wares, or merchandise imported 
 into the Philippine Islands from countries other than the 
 United States, the internal-revenue tax imposed by the 
 Philippine Government on like articles manufactured 
 and consumed in the Philippine Islands or shipped there- 
 to for consumption therein, from the United States: And 
 provided further, That from and after the passage of this 
 Act all internal revenues collected in or for account of the 
 Philippine Islands shall accrue intact to the general gov- 
 ernment thereof and be paid into the insular treasury: 
 And provided further, That section thirteen of "An Act 
 to raise revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other 
 purposes," approved August fifth, nineteen hundred and 
 nine, is hereby repealed. 
 
 Mar. s, 1002. All .articles manufactured in bonded manufacturing 
 warehouses in whole or in part of imported materials, or 
 of materials subject to internal-revenue tax and intended 
 for shipment from the United States to the Philippine 
 Islands, shall, when so shipped, under such regulations as 
 the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, be exempt 
 from internal-revenue tax, and shall not be charged with 
 duty except the duty levied under this Act upon imports 
 into the Philippine Islands. 
 
 All articles subject under the laws of the United States 
 to internal-revenue tax, or on which the internal-revenue 
 tax has been paid, and which may under existing laws 
 and regulations be exported to a foreign country without 
 the payment of such tax, or with benefit of drawback, as 
 the case may be, may also be shipped to the Philippine 
 Islands with like privilege, under such regulations and 
 the filing of such bonds, bills of lading, and other secu- 
 rity as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may, with 
 the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, prescribe. 
 And all taxes paid upon such articles shipped* to the Phil- 
 ippine Islands since November fifteenth, nineteen hun- 
 dred and one, under the decision of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury of that date, shall he refunded to the parties 
 who have paid the same, under such rules and regulations 
 as the Secretary of the 'Treasury may prescribe, and a 
 sum sufficient to make such payment is hereby appro- 
 priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
 appropriated. 
 
 Where materials on which duties have been paid are 
 used in the manufacture of articles manufactured or pro- 
 duced in the United States, there shall be allowed on th< 
 shipment of said articles to the Philippine Archipelago 
 drawback equal in amount to the duties paid on the mate- 
 rials used, less one per centum of such duties, under such 
 
PART xxir. TI; ADI: WITH TIIK PHUJPPI] 'JT3 
 
 rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
 may prescribe. 
 
 Merchandise in bonded warehoii-e or otherwise in the Sec. 7. 
 custody and control of the ollicers of the customs, upon 
 which duties have been paid, shall he entitled, on ship 
 ment to the Philippine Islands within three years from 
 the date of the original arrival, to a return of the di ; 
 paid less one per centum, and merchandise upon which 
 duties have not been paid may be shipped without the 
 payment of duties to the Philippine Islands within said 
 period, under such rules and regulations as may be pre- 
 scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 The provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to simplify s 
 the laws in relation to the collection of revenues," ap- 
 proved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as 
 amended by an Act entitled "An Act to provide for 
 the Government and to encourage the industries of the 
 United States," approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-seven, shall apply to all articles com- 
 ing into the United States from the Philippine Archi- 
 pelago. 
 
 The action of the President of the United States here- July i, 
 tofore taken by virtue of the authority vested in him as Sec L 
 Commander in Chief of the Army and Xavy, as set forth 
 in his order of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety 
 eight, whereby a tariff of duties and taxes as set forth by 
 said order was to be levied and collected at all ports and 
 places in the Philippine Islands upon passing into the 
 occupation and possession of the forces of the United 
 States, together with the subsequent amendments of said 
 order, are hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed, and 
 the actions of the authorities of the government of the 
 Philippine Islands, taken in accordance with the provi- 
 sions of said order and subsequent amendments, are 
 hereby approved: /V^/vV/W, That nothing contained in 
 this section shall be held to amend or repeal an Act en- 
 titled "An Act temporarily to provide revenue for the 
 Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,'' approved 
 March eighth, nineteen hundred and two. 
 
 298. Aids to navigation and commerce. 
 
 The government of the Philippine Islands is hereby ^'y i. 
 authorized to provide for the needs of commerce by im- 
 proving the harbors and navigable waters of said islands 
 and to construct and maintain in said navigable waters 
 and upon the shore adjacent thereto bonded warehon 
 wharves, piers, light-houses, signal and life-saving Ma 
 tions, buoys, and like instruments of commerce, and to 
 adopt and enforce regulations in regard thereto, includ- 
 ing bonded warehouses wherein articles not intended to be 
 imported into said islands nor mingled with the property 
 therein, but brought into a port of said islands for re 
 shipment to another country, may be deposited in bond 
 and reshipped to another country without the payment 
 of customs duties or charges. 
 
PART XXIII. TRADE WITH ALASKA. 
 
 299. Coasting laws. 
 
 300. Firearms and liquor. 
 
 301. Special licenses, and wharf 
 
 charges. 
 
 302. Transfer of cargo. 
 
 303. Yukon and Stickine River trade. 
 
 304. Procedure. 
 
 305. Pribilof, St. Paul, St. George, 
 
 Walrus, and Otter Islands, and 
 Sea Lion Kock. 
 
 306. Transit in bond. 
 
 307. Crimes and penalties. 
 
 R. S., 1954. 
 
 R. S.,4358. 
 
 Mar. 3. 1800. 
 SIM-. 142. 
 
 s!-.'- r V;o ls;> ' 
 
 299. Coasting- laws. 
 
 The laws of the United States relating to customs, com- 
 merce and navigation are extended to and over all the 
 mainland, islands, and waters of the territory ceded to 
 the United States by the Emperor of Russia by treaty 
 concluded at Washington on the thirtieth day of March. 
 anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, so far 
 as the same may be applicable thereto. 
 
 The coasting-trade between the territory ceded to the 
 United States by the Emperor of Russia and any other 
 portion of the United States shall be regulated in accord- 
 ance with the provisions of law applicable to such trade 
 between any two great districts. [See par. 182, p. 182. J 
 
 300. Firearms and liquor. 
 
 If any person shall, without the authority of the United 
 States, or some authorized officer thereof, sell, barter, or 
 give to any Indian or half-breed who lives and associates 
 with Indians any firearms or ammunition therefor what- 
 ever, or any spirituous, malt, or vinous liquor, such per- 
 son, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by impris- 
 onment in the county jail not less than two months nor 
 more than six months, or by fine not less than one nor 
 more than five hundred dollars. That the term " Indian " 
 in this Act shall be so constmed as to include the aborig- 
 inal races inhabiting Alaska when annexed to the United 
 States, and their descendants of the whole or half blood. 
 
 301. Special licenses, and wharf charges. 
 
 ^ n y P erson or persons, corporation or company pros- 
 ecutinir or attempting to prosecute any of the following 
 lines of business within the District of Alaska shall first 
 apply for and obtain license so to do from a district, court 
 or a subdivision thereof in said District, and pay for 
 sajd license for the respective lines of business and trade 4 
 as follows, to wit: 
 
 Freight and passenger transportation lines, propelled 
 by mechanical power on inland waters, one dollar per ton 
 
 274 
 
PAD r \\iii. n;.\i)i: WITH ALASKA. 275 
 
 per annum Oil net tonnage. custom-house measurement. of 
 each vessel. 
 
 Public docks, wharves. and warehouses. one Inindred 
 dollars per annum. 
 
 Ships and shipping: Ocean and coastwise vessels doing 
 local business for hire plying in Alaskan waters, one dol- 
 lar per ton per annum on net tonnage, custom-house meas- 
 urement, of each vessel. 
 
 Hereafter the Secretary of (he Treasury be authorized -J,'^ n. j^"; 
 to charge and lix the rates of dockage and wharfage to be Bee. 10. 
 paid by any private vessel or person allowed to use said 
 wharf, the said receipts to be deposited with the Treas- 
 urer of the United States as a miscellaneous receipt de- 
 rived from Government property: and the Secretary of 
 (he Treasury shall direct, by regulation or otherwise. 
 by whom said wharfage and dockage receipts shall be 
 collected. 
 
 302. Transfer of cargo. 
 [See par. 25G, p. 246.] 
 
 303. Yukon and Stickine River trade. 
 
 Whenever merchandise is imported into the United J^- 3 17 ' 1898 - 
 States by sea for immediate exportation to a foreign port 
 by sea, or by a river, the right to ascend or descend which 
 for the purposes of commerce is secured by treaty to the 
 citixens of the United States and the subjects of a foreign 
 power, the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized g^-ffi 1903> 
 to prescribe regulations for the transshipment and trans- 
 portation of such merchandise. 
 
 304. Procedure. 
 
 In all cases of fine, penalty, or forfeiture, embraced in l^ 
 the act aproved March three, seventeen hundred and * IT.'.. 
 ninety-seven, chapter thirteen [R. S., 5292], or mentioned 
 in any act in addition to or amendatory of such act, 
 that have occurred or may occur in the collection district 
 of Alaska, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, ,'.',!'" 1 1, 1 ' 1903> 
 if in his opinion the fine, penalty or forfeiture was in- 
 curred without wilful negligence or intention of fraud. 
 to ascertain the facts in such manner and under such 
 regulations as he may deem proper without regard to 
 the provisions of the act above referred to, and upon 
 the facts so to be ascertained, he may exercise all the 
 power of remission conferred upon him by that act. as 
 fully as he might have done had such facts been ascer- 
 tained under and according to the provisions of that act. 
 [Sec. 10, act of Feb. 14, 1903, authorizes the Secretary 
 of Commerce to remit in certain cases above.] 
 
 305. Pribilof, St. Paul, St. George, Walrus, and Otter Islands, 
 
 and Sea Lion Bock. R R ]0 - 
 
 The Pribilof Islands, including the islands of Saint s 
 Paul and Saint George, Walrus and Otter Islands, and Jg?;^ 4 ' 1903 - 
 Sea Lion Rock, in Alaska, are declared a special reserva- ^Jf*^ 1 * 191 - 
 tion for government purposes: and until otherwise pro- " 
 
276 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNIT HI) STATES. 
 
 vided by law it shall be unlawful for any person to land 
 or remain on any of those islands, except through stre-s 
 of weather or like unavoidable cause or by the authority 
 of the Secretary of Commerce ; and any person found on 
 any of those islands contrary to the provisions hereof 
 shall be summarily removed and shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding five 
 hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six 
 months, or by both fine and imprisonment; and it shall 
 be the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to carry this 
 section into effect. 
 
 306. Transit in bond. 
 
 s!" y i4 4f 1898 ' Under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, the privilege of entering 
 goods, wares, and merchandise in bond or of placing them 
 in bonded warehouses at any of the ports in the District 
 of Alaska, and of withdrawing the same for exportation 
 to any place in British Columbia or the Xorthwest Terri- 
 tory without payment of duty, is hereby granted to the 
 Government of the Dominion of Canada and its citizens 
 or citizens of the United States and to persons who have 
 declared their intention to become such whenever and so 
 long as it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President 
 of the United States, who shall ascertain and declare the 
 fact by proclamation, that corresponding privileges have 
 been and are being granted by the Government of the 
 Dominion of Canada in respect of goods, wares and mer- 
 chandise passing through the territory of the Dominion 
 of Canada to any point in the District of Alaska from 
 nny point in said District. 
 
 307. Crimes and penalties. 
 
 s!-! r 'r, { ;'. lsl) ' If an J person shall willfully cast away, burn, sink, or 
 otherwise destroy any ship, steamboat, or other vessel, 
 with intent to injure or defraud any owner of such ship, 
 steamboat, or other vessel, or with intent to injure or 
 defraud the owner of any property laden on board the 
 same, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall he pun- 
 ished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than 
 three or more than ten years. 
 
 s<>< r>7 If any person shall lade, equip, or fit out, or assist in 
 
 lading, equipping, or fitting out. any ship, steamboat, or 
 other vessel, with the intent that the same shall be will- 
 fully cast away, burnt, sunk, or otherwise destroyed, to 
 injure or defraud any owner or insurer of said ship, 
 steamboat, or other vessel, or of any property laden on 
 board the same, such person, upon conviction thereof, 
 shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary 
 not less than one nor more than five years. 
 
 Sec.58. If tin. owner of any -hip. -teamhoat. or other vessel, or 
 
 of any property laden or pretended to be laden on hoard 
 the same, or if any other person concerned or assisting in 
 the fitting out or lading of any such ship, steamboat, or 
 
PART \\11I. IKAhl. WITH AI.ASK \. 277 
 
 other Vessel, shall make out or exhibit or cause to be made 
 out or exhibited any false or fraudulent invoice, bill of 
 lading, bill of parcels, or other false estimate of any 
 property laden or pretended to be laden on board of BUCO 
 ship, steamboat, or other vessel, with intent to injure or 
 derraud any insurer of such ship, steamboat, or other 
 vessel or property, or any part thereof, such person, upon 
 conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in 
 the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than 
 three years. 
 
 The collector and deputy collectors appointed for Se(> - 17t - 
 Alaska Territory, and any person authorized in writing 
 by either of them, or by the Secretary of the Treasury, J^V-j] 4 - l '"'" 
 shall have power to arrest persons and seize vessels and k 
 merchandise liable to fines, penalties, or forfeitures under 
 this and the other laws extended over the Territory, and 
 to keep and deliver the same to the marshal. [Sec. 10 of 
 the act of Feb. 14, 1903, bestows this power in certain 
 cases on the Secretary of Commerce*] 
 
PART XXIV. SEAL HUNTING AND ALASKA FISHERIES. 
 
 308. Convention with Great Britain, 
 
 Japan, and Russia effective 
 December 15, 1911. 
 
 309. Act of August 24, 1912. 
 
 310. Regulations for the protection of 
 
 fur-bearing animals in Alaska, 
 dated March 8, 1911, Depart- 
 ment of Commerce. 
 
 311. Provisions of Revised Statutes. 
 
 312. Report to Congress. 
 
 313. Alaska fisheries. 
 
 314. Alien fishermen in Alaska. 
 
 Art. I. 
 
 Art. II. 
 
 308. Convention with. Great Britain, Japan, and Russia effect- 
 ive December 15, 1911. 
 
 The High Contracting Parties mutually and recipro- 
 cally agree that their citizens and subjects respectively, 
 and all persons subject to their laws and treaties, and 
 their vessels, shall be prohibited, while this Convention 
 remains in force, from engaging in pelagic sealing in the 
 waters of the North Pacific Ocean, north of the thirtieth 
 parallel of north latitude and including the Seas of Ber- 
 ing, Kamchatka, Okhotsk and Japan, and that every such 
 person and vessel offending against such prohibition may 
 be seized, except within the territorial jurisdiction of one 
 of the other Powers, and detained by the naval or other 
 duly commissioned officers of any of the Parties to this 
 Convention, to be delivered as soon as practicable to an 
 authorized official of their own nation at the nearest point 
 to the place of seizure, or elsewhere as may be mutually 
 agreed upon; and that the authorities of the nation to 
 which such person or vessel belongs alone shall have juris- 
 diction to try the offense and impose the penalties for the 
 same; and that the witnesses and proofs necessary to 
 establish the offense, so far as they are under the control 
 of any of the Parties to this Convention, shall also be 
 furnished with all reasonable promptitude to the proper 
 authorities having jurisdiction to try the offense. 
 
 Each of the High Contracting Parties further agrees 
 that no person or vessel shall be permitted to use any of 
 its ports or harbors or any part of its territory for any 
 purposes wh at soever connected with the operations of 
 pelagic sealing in the waters within the protected area 
 mentioned in Article I. 
 
 278 
 
PART XXIV. SKA! HUNTING AM> ALASKA IISIII.l;! 
 
 Each of the High Contracting Parties further agrees Art 
 that no sealskins taken in the waters of the North Pacific 
 Ocean within the protected area mentioned in Article I, 
 and no sealskins identified as the species known as 
 Jiinus alascanus, Callorhhiux v/r.sv/^/x, and 
 I'iti'ili nxi** and belonging to the American. Russian or 
 Japanese herds, except such as are taken under the au- 
 thority of the respective Powers to which the breeding 
 grounds of such herds belong and have been officially 
 marked and certified as having heen so taken, shall he 
 permitted to be imported or brought into the territory 
 of any of the Parties to this Convention. 
 
 It is further arrived that the provisions of this Conven- Art - IV - 
 tion shall not apply to Indians, Ainos, Aleuts, or other 
 aborigines dwelling on the coast of the waters mentioned 
 in Article I, who carry on pelagic sealing in canoes not 
 transported by or used in connection with other vessels, 
 and propelled entirely by oars, paddles, or sails, and 
 manned by not more than five persons each, in the way 
 hitherto practiced and without the use of firearms; pro- 
 vided that such aborigines are not in the employment of 
 other persons, or under contract to deliver the skins to 
 any person. 
 
 Each of the High Contracting Parties agrees that it Art - v - 
 will not permit its citizens or subjects or their vessels to 
 kill, capture or pursue beyond the distance of three miles 
 from the shore line of its territories sea otters in any part 
 of the waters mentioned in Article I of this Convention. 
 
 Each of the High Contracting Parties agrees to enact Art ' VL 
 and enforce such legislation as may be necessary to make 
 effective the foregoing provisions with appropriate pen- 
 alties for violations thereof. 
 
 It is agreed on the part of the United States, Japan, Art - VIT - 
 and Russia that each respectively will maintain a guard 
 or patrol in the waters frequented by the seal herd in the 
 protection of which it is especially interested, so far as 
 may be necessary for the enforcement of the foregoing 
 provisions. 
 
 All of the High Contracting Parties agree to cooperate Art - vnr 
 with each other in taking such measures as may be appro- 
 priate and available for the purpose of preventing pelagic 
 sealing in the prohibited area mentioned in Article I. 
 
 The term of pelagic sealing is hereby defined for the Art.ix. 
 purposes of this Convention as meaning the killing, cap- 
 turing or pursuing in any manner whatsoever of fur seals 
 
 , Jj J; jj; 
 
 at sea. 
 
 This Convention shall go into effect upon the loth day Art. xvr. 
 of December, 1911, and shall continue in force for a 
 period of fifteen (15) years from that date, and thereafter 
 until terminated by twelve (12) months' written notice 
 given by one or more of the Parties to all of the others, 
 
280 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 which notice may be given at the expiration of fourteen 
 years or at any time afterwards, and it is agreed that at 
 any time prior to the termination of this Convention, 
 upon the request of any one of the High Contracting 
 Parties, a conference shall be held forthwith between 
 representatives of all the Parties hereto, to consider and 
 if possible agree upon a further extension of this Con- 
 vention w 7 ith such additions and modifications, if any, as 
 may be found desirable. 
 
 309. Act of August 24, 1912. 
 
 Aug. 24, 1912. No citizen of the United States, nor person owing duty 
 of obedience to the laws or the treaties -of the United 
 States, nor any of their vessels, nor any vessel of the 
 United States, nor any person belonging to or on board of 
 such vessel, shall kill, capture, or pursue, at any time or in 
 any manner whatever, any fur seal in the waters of the 
 north Pacific Ocean north of the thirtieth parallel of 
 north latitude and including the seas of Bering, Kam- 
 chatka, Okhotsk, and Japan ; nor shall any such person or 
 vessel kill, capture, or pursue sea otter in any of the 
 W 7 aters mentioned beyond the distance of three miles from 
 the shore line of the territory of the United States. 
 
 No citizen of the United States, nor person above de- 
 scribed in the first section, shall equip, use, or employ, or 
 furnish aid in equipping, using, or employing, or furnish 
 supplies to any vessel used or employed, or to be used or 
 employed, in carrying on or taking part in pelagic seal- 
 ing or in sea-otter hunting in said waters, nor shall any 
 of their vessels nor any vessel of the United States be so 
 used or employed; and no person or vessel shall use any 
 of the ports or harbors of the United States, or any pa it 
 of the territory of the United States, for any purposes 
 whatsoever connected with the operations of pelagic seal- 
 ing or sea-otter hunting in the waters named in the first 
 section of this Act; and no vessel which is engaged or 
 employed, or intended to be engaged or employed, for or 
 in connection with pelagic sealing or sea-otter hunting in 
 such waters shall use any of the ports or harbors or any 
 part of the territory of the United States for any pur- 
 pose whatsoever. 
 
 The provisions of the first and second sections of this 
 Act shall not apply to Indians, Aleuts, or other aborigines 
 dwelling on the American coast of the waters mentioned 
 in the first section of this Act who carry on pelagic seal- 
 ing in canoes or undecked boats propelled wholly by 
 paddles, oars, or sails, and not transported by or used in 
 connection with other vessel-, and manned by not more 
 than five persons each, in the way hitherto practiced by 
 the said Indians, Aleuts, or other aborigines, and without 
 the use of firearms: Provided* 7w//vwr, That the excep- 
 tion made in this section shall not apply to Indians, 
 Aleuts, or other aborigines in the employment of Other- 
 
PART XXIV.-- SKA I. Ill -NTINc; AND AIASKX HSMKIMKS. 281 
 
 persons or who shall kill. capture, or pur-ue I'm- seals or 
 sea otters under contract to deli VIM- the skins to any 
 person. 
 
 Thfe importation or bringing into territory of the ***.*. 
 I'nited States, by any ])erson whatsoever, of skins of fur 
 seals or sea otters taken in the waters mentioned in the 
 first section of this Act, or of skins identified as those of 
 the species known as Callorhinus alaseamis, ( 1 allorhinus 
 ursimis, and Callorhinus kurilensis, or belonging to the 
 American, Russian, or Japanese herds, whether raw, 
 dressed, dyed, or manufactured, except such as have been 
 taken under the authority of the respective parties to said 
 convention, to which the breeding grounds of such herds 
 belong, and have been oflicially marked and certified as 
 having been so taken, is hereby prohibited; and all such 
 articles imported or brought in after this Act shall take 
 effect shall not be permitted to be exported, but shall be 
 seized and forfeited to the United States. 
 
 The President shall have power to make regulations Sec. 5. 
 to carry this Act and the said convention into effect, and 
 from time to time to add to, modify, amend, or revoke 
 such regulations, as in his judgment may seem expedient. 
 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Commerce, under 
 the direction of the President, to see that the said con- 
 vention, the provisions of this Act, and the regulations 
 made thereunder are executed and enforced; and all 
 officers of the United States engaged in the execution and 
 enforcement of this Act are authorized and directed to 
 cooperate with the proper officers of any of the other 
 parties to the said convention in taking such measures 
 as may be appropriate and available under the said con- 
 vention, this Act, or the regulations made thereunder 
 for the purpose of preventing pelagic sealing as in this 
 Act prohibited. 
 
 Every person guilty of a violation of any of the pro- sec. 6. 
 visions of said convention, or of this Act, or of any regu- 
 lation made thereunder, shall, for each offense, be fined 
 not less than two hundred dollars or more than two 
 thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, 
 or both; and every vessel, its tackle, apparel, furniture, 
 and cargo, at any time used or employed in violation of 
 this Act, or of the regulations made thereunder, shall be 
 forfeited to the United States. 
 
 If any vessel shall be found within the waters to which Sec. 7. 
 this Act applies, having on board fur-seal skins or sea- 
 otter skins, or bodies or seals or sea otters, or apparatus 
 or implements for killing or taking seals or sea otter, it 
 shall be presumed that such vessel was used or employed 
 in the killing of said seals or sea otters, or that said ap- 
 paratus or implements were used in violation of this Act, 
 until the contrary is proved to the satisfaction of the 
 court, in so far as such vessel, apparatus, and implements 
 are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. 
 
282 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNFIT.! > STATES. 
 
 sec. 8. A n y violation of the said convention, or of this Act, or 
 
 of the regulations thereunder, may be prosecuted either 
 in the district court of Alaska, or in any district court of 
 the United States in California, Oregon, or Washington. 
 
 Sec - 9 - It shall be the duty of the President to cause a guard 
 
 or patrol to be maintained in the waters frequented by the 
 seal herd or herds and sea otter, in the protection of 
 which the United States is especially interested, composed 
 of naval or other public vessels of the United States des- 
 ignated by him for such service; and any officer of any 
 such vessel engaged in such service and any other officers 
 duly designated by the President may search any vessel 
 of the United States, in port, or in territorial waters of 
 the United States, or on the high seas, when suspected of 
 having violated, or being about to violate, the provisions 
 of said convention, or of this Act, or of any regulation 
 made thereunder, and may seize such vessel and the 
 officers and crew thereof and bring them into the most 
 accessible port of the Territory or of any of the States 
 mentioned in the eighth section of this Act for trial. 
 
 Any vessel or person described in the first section of 
 this Act offending or being about to offend against the 
 prohibitions of the said convention, or of this Act, or of 
 the regulations made thereunder, may be seized and de- 
 tained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers 
 of any of the parties to the said convention other than the 
 United States, except within the territorial jurisdiction 
 of one of the other of said parties, on condition, however, 
 that when such vessel or person is so seized and detained 
 by officers of any party other than the United States such 
 vessel or person shall be delivered as soon as practicable 
 at the nearest point to the place of seizure, with the wit- 
 nesses and proofs necessary to establish the offense so far 
 as they are under the control of such party, to the proper 
 official of the United States, whose courts alone shall have 
 jurisdiction to try the offense and inrpose the penalties 
 for the same : /Vf>r/V/W, however, That the said ollicers of 
 any party to said convention other than the United States 
 shall arrest and detain vessels and persons, as in this sec- 
 tion specified, only after such party, by appropriate legis- 
 lation or otherwise, shall have authorized the naval or 
 other officers of the United States duly commissioned and 
 instructed by the President to that end to arrest, detain, 
 and deliver to the proper ollicers of such party vessels and 
 subjects under the jurisdiction of that ( ioverninent otl'eud- 
 ing against said convention or any statute or regulation 
 made by that (lovernment to enforce said convention. 
 The President of the United States shall determine by 
 proclamation when such authority has been given by tin- 
 other parties to said convention, and his determination 
 shall be conclusive upon the question ; and such proclama- 
 tion may be modified, amended, or revoked by proclama- 
 tion of 'the President whenever, in his judgment, it is 
 deemed expedient. 
 
PAHT \.\i\". SEAL aUNTINQ \M> AI.ASKA i-'isn KIMKS. 283 
 
 From and after tin* approval of this Act all killing of Bec.ll, 
 fur seals on the IVibilof Islands, or anywhere within the 
 jurisdiction of the I'nited States in Alaska, shall he sus- 
 pended for a period of five years, and shall he. and is 
 hcrehv. declared to he unlawful ; and all punishments and 
 penalties heretofore enacted for the illegal killing of fin- 
 seals shall he applicable and inflicted upon oll'enders 
 under this section: /V^/vVW, That this prohibition shall 
 not apply to the annual killing on the IVibilof Islands of 
 such male seals as are needed to supply food, clothing, 
 and boat skins for the natives on the islands, as is pro- 
 vided for in article eleven of said convention : the skins of 
 all seals so used for food shall be preserved and annually 
 sold by the (Jovernment, and proceeds of such annual 
 sales shall be covered into the Treasury of the United 
 States. * * * 
 
 The term "pelagic sealing" where used in this Act Soc> - 12 - 
 shall be taken to mean the killing, capturing, or pursuing 
 in any manner whatsoever of fur seals while the same arc- 
 in the water. The word " person " where used in this Act 
 shall extend and be applied to partnerships and corpora- 
 tions. 
 
 This act shall take effect immediately, and shall con- sec. is. 
 tinue in force until the termination of the said convention. 
 
 310. Regulations for the protection of fur-bearing 1 animals in 
 Alaska, dated May 24, 1915, Department of Commerce. 
 
 Under the provisions of section 4 of the act approved 
 April ^1, 1910, the hunting or killing of sea otter within 
 the limits of Alaska Territory or in the waters thereof 
 has been forbidden until November 1, 1920. 
 
 311. Provisions of Be vised Statutes. 
 
 Xo person shall kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or Mar.' f :1 9 
 fur seal, or other fur-bearing animal, within the limits sec. 173. 
 of Alaska Territory or in the waters thereof; and every 
 person guilty thereof shall, for each offense, be fined 
 not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand sSL'^ 9 1{ 
 dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both ; 
 and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo 
 found engaged in violation of this section shall be for- 
 feited; but the Secretary of Commerce shall have power 
 to authorize the killing of any such mink, marten, sable, 
 fur seal, or other fur-bearing animal under such regula- 
 tions as he may prescribe; and it shall be the duty of the 
 Secretary of Commerce to prevent the killing of any fur 
 seal except as authorized by law and to provide for the 
 execution of the provisions of this section until it is 
 otherwise provided by law. 
 
 Section nineteen hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Mar. 2, 1889. 
 Statutes of the United States is hereby declared to in- s 
 elude and apply to all the dominion of the United States 
 in the waters of Behring Sea ; and it shall be the duty of 
 
284 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 the President, at a timely season in each year, to issue 
 his proclamation and cause the same to be published for 
 one month in at least one newspaper if any such there 
 be published at each United States port of entry on the 
 Pacific coast, warning all persons against entering said 
 waters for the purpose of violating the provisions of said 
 section ; and he shall also cause one or more vessels of the 
 United States to diligently cruise said waters and arrest 
 all persons, and seize all vessels found to be, or to have 
 been, engaged in any violation of the laws of the United 
 States therein. 
 
 312. Report to Congress. 
 
 sec. e 2. 6 ' 19 ' The governor [of Alaska] shall from time to time 
 inquire into the operations of any person, company, asso- 
 ciation, or corporation authorized by the United States, 
 by contract or otherwise, to kill seal or other fur-bearing 
 animals in the district, and any and all violations by such 
 person, company, association, or corporation of the agree- 
 ment with the United States under which the operations 
 are being conducted, and shall annually report to Con- 
 gress the result of such inquiries. 
 
 313. Alaska fisheries. 
 
 June 26, 1906. Every person, company, or corporation carrying on the 
 business of canning, curing, or preserving fish or manu- 
 facturing fish products within the territory known as 
 Alaska, ceded to the United States by Russia by the 
 treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 seven, or in any of the waters of Alaska over which the 
 United States has jurisdiction, shall, in lieu of all other 
 license fees and taxes therefor and thereon, pay license 
 taxes on their said business and output as follows : Can HIM! 
 salmon, four cents per case: pickled salmon, ten cents per 
 barrel; salt salmon in bulk, five cents per one hundred 
 pounds; fish oil, ten cents per barrel; fertilizer, twenty 
 cents per ton. The payment and collection of such 
 license taxes shall be under and in accordance with the 
 provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-nine, entitled '"An Act to define and punish 
 crimes in the district of Alaska, and to provide a code of 
 criminal procedure for the district," and amendments 
 thereto. 
 
 Sec. 2. The catch and pack of salmon made in Alaska by the 
 
 owners of private salmon hatcheries operated in Alaska 
 shall be exempt from all license lees and taxation of every 
 nature at the rate of ten cases of canned salmon to every 
 one thousand red or king salmon fry liberated, upon the 
 following conditions: 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may from time to time, 
 and on the application of the hatchery owner shall. 
 within a reasonable time thereafter, cause such pri- 
 vate hatcheries to be. inspected for the purpose of de- 
 termining the. character of their operations, efficiency, 
 
PAIM \.\l\. SKAI. STUNTING AM> A! ASKA K! S I ! 1 . K I ! 
 
 ;ind productiveneas, and if he approve the saui" shall 
 cause notice of such approval to l>e filed in the oilier of 
 the clerk or deputy clerk of the United States district 
 court of the division of the district of Alaska wherein 
 any such hatchery is located, and shall also notify the 
 owners of such hatchery of the action taken by him. 
 The- owner, agent, ollicer, or superintendent of any hatch- 
 ery the effect i \ eness and productiveness of which has 
 been approved as above provided shall, between the 
 thirtieth day of June and the thirty-first day of Decem- 
 ber of each year, make proof of the number of salmon fry 
 liberated during the twelve months immediately preced- 
 ing the thirtieth day of June, by a written statement 
 under oath. Such proof shall be iiled in the office of the 
 clerk or deputy clerk of the United States district court 
 of the division of the district of Alaska wherein such 
 hatchery is located, and when so filed shall entitle the 
 respective hatchery owners to the exemption as herein 
 provided; and a false oath as to the number of salmon 
 fry liberated shall be deemed perjury and subject the 
 offender to all the pains and penalties thereof. Dupli- 
 cates of such statements shall also be filed with the Sec- 
 retary of Commerce. It shall be the duty of such clerk 
 or deputy clerk in whose office the approval and proof 
 heretofore provided for are filed to forthwith issue 
 to the hatchery owner, causing such proofs to be filed, 
 certificates which shall not be transferable and of such 
 denominations as said owner may request (no certifi- 
 cate to cover fewer than one thousand fry), covering 
 iii the aggregate the number of fry so proved to have 
 been liberated ; and such certificates may be used at any 
 time by the person, company, corporation, or association 
 to whom issued for the payment pro tanto of any license 
 fees or taxes upon or against or on account of any catch 
 or pack of salmon made by them in Alaska; and it shall 
 be the duty of all public officials charged with the duty 
 of collecting or receiving such license fees or taxes to 
 accept such certificates in lieu of money in payment of 
 all license fees or taxes upon or against the pack of canned 
 salmon at the ratio of one thousand fry for each ten 
 cases of salmon. No hatchery owner shall obtain the re- 
 bates from the output of any hatchery to which he might 
 otherwise be entitled under this Act unless the efficiency 
 of said hatchery has first been approved by the Secretary 
 of Commerce in the manner herein provided for. 
 
 It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any dam, Soc - s - 
 barricade, fence, trap, fish wheel, or other fixed or stfl 
 tionary obstruction, except for purposes of fish culture, 
 in any of the waters of Alaska at any point where the 
 distance from shore to shore is less than five hundred 
 feet, or within five hundred yards of the mouth of any 
 red-salmon stream where the same is less than five hun- 
 
286 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 4. 
 
 Sec. 5. 
 
 Sec. 6. 
 
 dred feet in width, with the purpose or result of captur- 
 ing salmon or preventing or impeding their ascent to 
 their spawning grounds, and the Secretary of Commerce 
 is hereby authorized and directed to have any and all 
 such unlawful obstructions removed or destroyed. 
 
 It shall be unlawful to lay or set any drift net, seine, 
 set net, pound net, trap, or any other fishing appliance 
 for any purpose except for purposes of fish culture, across 
 or above the tide waters of any creek, stream, river, 
 estuary, or lagoon, for a distance greater than one-third 
 the width of such creek, stream, river, estuary, or lagoon, 
 or within one hundred yards outside of the mouth of any 
 red-salmon stream where the same is less than five hun- 
 dred feet in width. It shall be unlawful to lay or set 
 any seine or net of any kind within one hundred yards 
 of any other seine, net, or other fishing appliance which 
 is being or which has been laid or set in any of the waters 
 of Alaska, or to drive or construct any trap or any other 
 fixed fishing appliance within six hundred yards laterally 
 or within one hundred yards endwise of any other trap 
 or fixed fishing appliance. 
 
 It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, or kill any salmon 
 of any species in any manner or by any means except 
 by rod, spear, or gaff, in any of the waters of Alaska over 
 which the United States has jurisdiction, except Cook 
 Inlet, the Delta of Copper River, Bering Sea, and the 
 waters tributary thereto, from six o'clock postmeridian 
 of Saturday of each week until six o'clock antemeridian 
 of the Monday following, or to fish for, or catch, or kill 
 in any manner or by any appliances except by rod, spear, 
 or gaff, any salmon in any stream of less than one hun- 
 dred yards in width in Alaska between the hours of six 
 o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of 
 the following day of each and every day of the week. 
 Throughout the weekly close season herein prescribed the 
 gate, mouth, or tunnel of all stationary and floating traps 
 shall be closed, and twenty-five feet of the webbing or 
 net of the "heart" of such traps on each side next t<> 
 the " pot " shall be lifted or lowered in such manner as to 
 permit the free passage of salmon and other fishes. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may, in his discretion, 
 sel aside any streams or lakes as preserves for spawn- 
 ing grounds, in which fishing may l>e limited or en- 
 tirely prohibited: and when, in his judgment, the re- 
 sults of fishing operations in any stream, or oil' the mouth 
 thereof, indicate that the number of salmon taken is 
 larger than the natural production of salmon in such 
 stream, he is authori/ed to establish close seasons or to 
 limit or prohibit fishing entirely for one year or more 
 within such stream or within five hundred yards of the 
 mouth thereof, so as to permit salmon to increase: I'm- 
 ritli-il. /totrcrer, That such power shall be exercised only 
 after all persons interested shall be given a hearing, of 
 
I'.\I;T xxiv. -BBAL iirxTixc AND AIASKA i isn I:I;IES. 287 
 
 which due notice must be given ly publication ; and 
 where the interested parties ;ire known to the Depart- 
 ment they shall he personally notified liy a notice mailed 
 not less than thirty days previous to such hearing-. N.t 
 order made under this section shall be effective before, 
 the next calendar year after same is made: .I//// i>rori(led 
 fui-thci\ That such limitations and prohibitions shall not 
 apply to those engaged in catching salmon who keep such 
 streams fully stocked with salmon by artificial propa- 
 gation. 
 
 It shall be unlawful to can or salt for sale for food any Sec. 7. 
 salmon more than forty-eight hours after it has been 
 killed. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or cor- Sec. 8. 
 Deration wantonly to waste or destroy salmon or other 
 food fishes taken or caught in any of the waters of 
 Alaska. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or cor- sec.o. 
 poration canning, salting, or curing fish of any species in 
 Alaska to use any label, brand, or trade-mark which shall 
 tend to misrepresent the contents of any package of fish 
 offered for sale: Pror't<Jc<I* That the use of the terms 
 "red," "medium red," "pink," "chum," and so forth, 
 as applied to the various species of Pacific salmon under 
 present trade usages shall not be deemed in conflict with 
 the provisions of this Act when used to designate salmon 
 of those known species. 
 
 Every person, company, and corporation engaged in Sec. 10. 
 catching, curing, or in any manner utilizing fishery prod- 
 ucts, or in operating fish hatcheries in Alaska, shall make 
 detailed annual reports thereof to the Secretary of Com- 
 merce, on blanks furnished by him, covering all such 
 facts as may be required with respect thereto for the in- 
 formation of the Department. Such reports shall be 
 sworn to by the superintendent, manager, or other person 
 having knowledge of the facts, a separate blank form 
 being used for each establishment in cases where more 
 than one cannery, saltery, or other establishment is con- 
 ducted by a pei-son, company, or corporation, and the 
 same shall be forwarded to the Department at the close 
 of the fishing season and not later than December fif- 
 teenth of each year. 
 
 The catching or killing, except with rod, spear, or gaff, Sfic - n - 
 of any fish of any kind or species whatsoever in any of 
 the waters of Alaska over which the United States has 
 jurisdiction, shall be subject to the provisions of this Act, 
 and the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to 
 make and establish such rules and regulations not incon- 
 sistent with law as may be necessary to carry into effect 
 the provisions of this Act. 
 
 To enforce the provisions of this Act and such regula- sec. 12. 
 tions as he may establish in pursuance thereof, the Secre- 
 
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 288 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 tary of Commerce is authorized and directed to depute, 
 in addition to the agent and assistant agent of salmon 
 fisheries now provided by law, from the officers and 
 employees of the Department of Commerce, a force ade- 
 quate to the performance of all work required for the 
 proper investigation, inspection, and regulation of the 
 Alaskan fisheries and hatcheries, and he shall annually 
 submit to Congress estimates to cover the cost of the 
 establishment and maintenance of fish hatcheries in 
 Alaska, the salaries and actual traveling expenses of such 
 officials, and for such other expenditures as may be nec- 
 essary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
 
 sec. is. ^ nv p ersoilj company, corporation, or association vio- 
 
 lating any provision of this Act or any regulation estab- 
 lished in pursuance thereof shall, upon conviction thereof, 
 be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars 
 or imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not more 
 than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, 
 at the discretion of the court ; and in case of the violation 
 of any of the provisions of section four of this Act and 
 conviction thereof a further fine of not more than two 
 hundred and fifty dollars per diem may, at the discretion 
 of the court, be imposed for each day such obstruction is 
 maintained. And every vessel or other apparatus or 
 equipment used or employed in violation of any provi- 
 sion of this Act, or of any regulation made thereunder, 
 may be seized by order of the Secretary of Commerce, 
 and shall be held subject to the payment of such fine or 
 fines as may be imposed. 
 
 sec. 14. The violation of any provision of this Act may be 
 
 prosecuted in any district court of Alaska or any district 
 court of the United States in the States of California, 
 Oregon, or Washington. And it shall be the duty of the 
 Secretary of Commerce to enforce the provisions of this 
 Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder. And 
 it shall be the duty of the district attorney to whom any 
 violation is reported by any agent or representative of 
 the Department of Commerce to institute proceedings 
 necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
 
 314. Alien fishermen in Alaska. 
 
 June 14, 1906. jj. gna ji ^ im l aw f u l for any person not a citizen of the 
 United States, or who has declared his intention to be- 
 come a citizen of the United States, and is not a bona lide 
 resident therein, or for any company, corporation, or asso- 
 ciation not or<r;uii/ed or authorized to tran-ad 1'iisiiiess 
 under the laws of the United States or under the laws of 
 any State, Territory, or district thereof, or for any person 
 not a native of Alaska, to catch or kill, or attempt to 
 catch or kill, except with rod, spear, or gatf, any fish of 
 any kind or species whatsoever in any of the waters of 
 Alaska under the jurisdiction of the Tinted States: Pro- 
 
PAKT XXIV. SKAI. lll-NTIN., AM) ALASKA TOHSBE 289 
 
 . /<(,,/>< r< /-, That nothing contained in this Act shall 
 prevent those lawfully taking iish in the said waters from 
 selling the same, fresh or cured, in Alaska or in Alaskan 
 waters, to any alien person, company, or \rssel then being 
 lawfully in said Waters: - 1 ml />i : r/J ( ,l further, That 
 nothing contained in this Act shall prevent any person, 
 firm, corporation, or association lawfully entitled to Jish 
 in the waters of Alaska from employing as laborers any 
 aliens who can now he lawfully employed under the exist- 
 ing laws of the United States, either at stated wages or 
 by piecework, or both, in connection with Alaskan fish- 
 eries, or with the canning, salting or otherwise preserving 
 of fish. 
 
 Every person, company, corporation, or association Sec - 2 - 
 found guilty of a violation of any provision of this Act or 
 of any regulation made thereunder shall, for each offense, 
 be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than 
 five hundred dollars, which fine shall be a lien against 
 any vessel or other property of the offending party or 
 which was used in the commission of such unlawful act. 
 Every vessel used or employed in violation of any pro- 
 vision of this Act or of any regulation made thereunder 
 shall be liable to a fine of not less than one hundred dol- 
 lars nor more than five hundred dollars, and may be 
 seized and proceeded against by way of libel in any court 
 having jurisdiction of the offense. 
 
 The violation of any provision of this Act or of any sec.3. 
 regulation made thereunder may be prosecuted in any 
 United States district court of Alaska, California, Ore- 
 gon, or Washington. 
 
 The collector of customs of the district of Alaska is Sec. 4. 
 hereby authorized to search and seize every foreign ves- 
 sel and arrest every person violating any provision of 
 this Act or any regulation made thereunder, and the 
 Secretary of Commerce shall have power to authorize 
 officers of the Navy and of the Coast Guard and agents 
 of the Department of Commerce to likewise make such 
 searches, seizures, and arrests. If any foreign vessel 
 shall be found within the waters to which this Act 
 applies, having on board fresh or cured fish and appa- 
 ratus or implements suitable for killing or taking fish, it 
 shall be presumed that the vessel anol apparatus were 
 used in violation of this Act until it is otherwise suffi- 
 ciently proved. And every vessel, its tackle, apparatus, 
 or implements so seized shall be given into the custody of 
 the United States marshal of either of the districts men- 
 tioned in section three of this Act, and shall be held by 
 him subject to the proceedings provided for in section 
 two of this Act. The facts in connection with such seiz- 
 ure shall be at once reported to the United States district 
 attorney for the district to which the vessel so seized 
 shall be taken, whose duty it shall be to institute the 
 proper proceedings. 
 
290 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 :. 5. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall have power to make 
 rules and regulations not inconsistent with law to carry 
 into effect the provisions of this Act. And it shall be 
 the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to enforce the 
 provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations made 
 thereunder, and for that purpose he may employ, through 
 the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the 
 Navy, the vessels of the United States Coast Guard and 
 of the Navy : Provided, however, That nothing contained 
 in this Act shall be construed as affecting any existing 
 treaty or convention between the United States and any 
 foreign pow r er. 
 
PART XXV. QUARANTINE AND BILLS OF HEALTH. 
 
 315. Consular hill of health. 
 
 316. Quarantine regulations. 
 
 317. Quarantine inspection. 
 
 318. Quarantine anchorage. 
 
 319. Suspension of commerce. 
 
 320. Penalties. 
 
 321. State health laws. 
 
 322. Removal of cargo. 
 
 323. Removal of customhouse. 
 
 324. National quarantine. 
 
 315. Consular bill of health. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any merchant ship or other Feb - 15 1893 - 
 vessel from any foreign port or place to enter any port of 
 the United States except in accordance with the provi- 
 sions of this act and with such rules and regulations of 
 State and municipal health authorities as may be made in 
 pursuance of, or consistent with, this act; and any such 
 vessel which shall enter, or attempt to enter, a port of the 
 United States in violation thereof shall forfeit to the 
 United States a sum, to be awarded in the discretion of 
 the court, not exceeding five thousand dollars, which shall 
 be a lien upon said vessel, to be recovered by proceedings 
 in the proper district court of the United States. In all 
 such proceedings the United States district attorney for 
 such district shall appear on behalf of the United States; 
 and all such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance 
 with the rules and laws governing cases of seizure of 
 vessels for violation of the revenue laws of the United 
 States. 
 
 Any vessel at any foreign port clearing for any port or Sec 2 . 
 place in the United States shall be required to obtain 
 from the consul, vice-consul, or other consular officer of 
 the United States at the port of departure, or from the 
 medical officer where such officer has been detailed by the 
 President for that purpose, a bill of health, in duplicate, 
 in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 setting forth the sanitary history and condition of said 
 vessel, and that it has in all respects complied with the 
 rules and regulations in such cases prescribed for securing 
 the best sanitary condition of the said vessel, its cargo, 
 passengers, and crew ; and said consular or medical officer 
 is required, before granting such duplicate bill of health, 
 to be satisfied that the matters and things therein stated 
 are true; and for his services in that behalf he shall be 
 entitled to demand and receive such fees as shall by law- 
 ful regulation be allowed, to be accounted for as is re- 
 quired in other cases. 
 
 291 
 
292 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 The President, in his discretion, is authorized to detail 
 any medical officer of the Government to serve in the office 
 of the consul at any foreign port for the purpose of fur- 
 nishing information and making the inspection and giv- 
 ing the bills of health hereinbefore mentioned. Any 
 vessel clearing and sailing from any such port without 
 such bill of health, and entering any port of the United 
 States, shall forfeit to the United States not more than 
 five thousand dollars, the amount to be determined by 
 the court, which shall be a lien on the same, to be recov- 
 ered by proceedings in the proper district court of the 
 United States. In all such proceedings the United States 
 district attorney for such district shall appear on behalf 
 of the United States; and all such proceedings shall be 
 conducted in accordance with the rules and laws govern- 
 Aug. is, 1894. ing cases of seizure of vessels for violation of the revenue 
 laws of the United States. The provisions of this section 
 shall not apply to vessels plying between foreign ports on 
 or near the frontiers of the United States and ports of 
 the United States adjacent thereto; but the Secretary of 
 the Treasury is hereby authorized, when, in his discre- 
 tion, it is expedient for the preservation of the public 
 health, to establish regulations governing such vessels. 
 see'iY 5 ' 1893 ' ^ n y vesse l sailing from any foreign port without the 
 Maf. 3, 1901. bill of health required by section two of this Act, and 
 arriving within the limits of any collection district of the 
 United States, and not entering or attempting to enter 
 any port of the United States, shall be subject to such 
 quarantine measures as shall be prescribed by regulations 
 of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the cost of such 
 measures shall be a lien on said vessel, to be recovered by 
 proceedings in the proper district court of the United 
 States and in the manner set forth above as regards ves- 
 sels from foreign ports without bills of health and enter- 
 ing any port of the United States. 
 316. Quarantine regulations. 
 
 FH,. in, 1893. The Surgeon-General of the Public-Health Service 
 jSj 1, 1902. shall, immediately after this act takes effect, examine 
 Aug. 14, 1912. ti ie quarantine regulations of all State and municipal 
 boards of health, and shall, under the direction of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, cooperate with and aid State 
 and municipal boards of health in the execution and en- 
 forcement of the rules and regulations of such hoards 
 :ind in the execution and enforcement of the rules and 
 regulations made by the Secretary of the Treasury to pre- 
 vent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases 
 into the United States from foreign countries, and into 
 one State or Territory or the District of ('olumh'ui from 
 another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, 
 and all rules and regulations made ly the Secretary of the 
 Treasury shall operate uniformly and in no manner dis- 
 criminate against any port or place: and at such ports 
 and places within the United States as, have no quarantine 
 
PART x.xv. QUARANTINE AND BILLS OF, n KAI.TH. l j ( .i;> 
 
 regulations under State or municipal anthorit y. where 
 such regulations an-, in the opinion of the Secretary of 
 the Treasury, necc.-sary to pi-event the int roduetion of 
 contagions or infections diseases into the Knitcd States 
 fVoin foreign countries, or into one State or Territory or 
 the District of Columbia from anotlier State or Territory 
 or the District of Columbia, an.l at such ports and places 
 within the United States where <|iiarantine regulations 
 exist under the authority of the State or municipality 
 which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 are not snllicient to prevent the introduction of such dis- 
 eases into the United States, or into one State or Terri- 
 tory or the District of Columbia, from another State or 
 Territory or the District of Columbia, the Secretary of 
 the Treasury shall, if in his judgment it is necessary and 
 proper, make such additional rules and regulations as 
 are necessary to prevent the introduction of such, diseases 
 into the United States from foreign countries, or into 
 one State or Territory or the District of Columbia from 
 another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, 
 and when said rules and regulations have been made they 
 shall be promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury 
 and enforced by the sanitary authorities of the States and 
 municipalities, where the State or municipal health au- 
 thorities will undertake to execute and enforce them; but 
 if the State or municipal authorities shall fail or refuse 
 to enforce said rules and regulations the President shall 
 execute and enforce the same and adopt such measures as 
 in his judgment shall be necessary to prevent the intro- 
 duction or spread of such diseases, and may detail or ap- 
 point officers for that purpose. The Secretary of the 
 Treasury shall make such rules and regulations as are 
 necessary to be observed by vessels at the port of depart- 
 ture and on the voyage, where such vessels sail from any 
 foreign port or place to any port or place in the United 
 States, to secure the best sanitary condition of such vessel, 
 her cargo, passengers, and crew ; which shall be published 
 and communicated to and enforced by the consular officers 
 of the United States. Xone of the penalties herein im- 
 posed shall attach to any vessel or owner or officer thereof 
 until a copy of this act, with the rules and regulations 
 made in pursuance thereof, has been posted up in the 
 office of the consul or other consular officer of the United 
 States for ten days, in the port from which said vessel 
 sailed; and the certificate of such consul or consular 
 officer over his official signature shall be competent evi- 
 dence of such posting in any court of the United States. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time |JJ- 5 * 5 ' 1893> 
 issue to the consular officers of the United States and to 
 the medical officers serving at any foreign port, and other- 
 wise made publicly known, the rules and regulations 
 made by him, to be used and complied with by vessels in 
 foreign ports, for securing the best sanitary condition 
 
294 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 of such vessels, their cargoes, passengers, and crew, be- 
 fore their departure for any port in the United States, and 
 in the course of the voyage; and all such other rules and 
 regulations as shall be observed in the inspection of the 
 same on the arrival thereof at any quarantine station 
 at the port of destination, and for the disinfection and 
 isolation of the same, and the treatment of cargo and 
 persons on board, so as to prevent the introduction of 
 cholera, yellow fever, or other contagious or infectious 
 diseases ; and it shall not be lawful for any vessel to enter 
 said port to discharge its cargo, or land its passengers, 
 except upon a certificate of the health officer at such quar- 
 antine station certifying that said rules and regulations 
 have in all respects been observed and complied with, as 
 well on his part as on the part of the said vessel and its 
 master, in respect to the same and to its cargo, passen- 
 gers, and crew ; and the master of every such vessel shall 
 produce and deliver to the collector of customs at said 
 port of entry, together with the other papers of the ves- 
 sel, the said bills of health required to be obtained at the 
 port of departure and the certificate herein required to 
 be obtained from the health officer at the port of entry; 
 and that the bills of health herein prescribed shall be con- 
 sidered as part of the ship's papers, and when duly certi- 
 fied to by the proper consular officer or other officer of the 
 United States, over his official signature and seal, shall be 
 accepted as evidence of the statements therein contained 
 in any court of the United States. 
 
 317. Quarantine inspection. 
 
 Sec. 6. On the arrival of an infected vessel at any port not 
 
 provided with proper facilities for treatment of the same, 
 the Secretary of the Treasury may remand said vessel, at 
 its own expense, to the nearest national or other quaran- 
 tine station, where accommodations and appliances are 
 provided for the necessary disinfection and treatment of 
 the vessel, passengers, and cargo: and after treatment of 
 any infected vessel at a national quarantine station, and 
 after certificate shall have been given by the Tnitcd 
 States quarantine ollicer at said station that the vessel, 
 cargo, and passengers are each and all free from infec- 
 tious disease, or danger of conveying the same, said ves- 
 sel shall be admitted to entry to any port of the United 
 States named within the certificate, l^ut at any ports 
 where sufficient quarantine provision has been made by 
 State or local authorities the Secretary of the Treasury 
 may direct vessels bound for said ports to undergo quar- 
 antine at said State or local station. 
 
 318. Quarantine anchorage. 
 
 ]>K in, 1803. The Surgeon-General, with the approval of the Secre- 
 
 M/ir. 1 :}, 1901. tary of the. Treasury, is authori/ed to designate and mark 
 
 the boundaries of the quarantine grounds and quarantine 
 
PART \\V. QUABANTINE AND mi.i.s OF iM.Ai.Til. 295 
 
 anchorages f'oi 1 vessels which are reserved for UM- at each 
 1'nitcd States quarantine station ; and any \ MBel <r oilicer 
 of any vex-cl or other person, other than State or iniinici 
 pal health or quarantine ollicers. trespassing or otherwise 
 entering upon such grounds or anchorages in disregard 
 of the quarantine ndes and regulations, or without per 
 misMon of the oilicer in charge of such station, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to an 
 and upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not 
 more than three hundred dollars or imprisonment for not 
 more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the 
 court. Any master or owner of any vessel, or any person 
 violating any provision of this Act or any rule or regula- 
 tion made in accordance with this Act, relating to inspec- 
 tion of vessels or relating to the 1 prevention of the 
 introduction of contagious or infectious diseases, or any 
 master, owner, or agent of any vessel making a fal>e 
 statement relative to the sanitary condition of said vessel 
 or its contents or as to the health of any passenger or 
 person thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
 and subject to arrest, and upon conviction thereof be 
 punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars 
 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in 
 the discretion of the court. 
 319. Suspension of commerce. 
 
 Whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the JJ^ 1 "'' 1893 ' 
 President that by reason of the existence of cholera or 
 other infectious or contagious diseases in a foreign coun- 
 try there is serious danger of the introduction of the 
 same into the United States, and that notwithstanding 
 the quarantine defense this danger is so increased by the 
 introduction of persons or property from such country 
 that a suspension of the right to introduce the same is 
 demanded in the interest of the public health, the Presi- 
 dent shall have power to prohibit, in whole or in part, 
 the introduction of persons and property from such coun- 
 tries or places as he shall designate and for such period 
 of time as he may deem necessary. 
 
 Whenever it shall be made to appear to the sat isfart ion Mnr - 27 189 - 
 of the President that cholera, yellow fever, small-pox or 
 plague exists in any State or Territory, or in the District 
 of Columbia, and that there is danger of the spread of 
 such disease into other States, Territories, or the District 
 of Columbia, he is hereby authorized to cause the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury to promulgate such rules and regu- 
 lations as in his ju'dgment may be necessary to prevent 
 the spread of such disease from one State or Territory 
 into another, or from any State or Territory into the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, or from the District of Columbia into 
 any State or Territory, and to employ such inspectors 
 and other persons as may be necessary to execute such 
 regulations to prevent the spread of such disease. The 
 
296 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 said rules and regulations shall be prepared by the Sur- 
 juiy i, 1902. geon-General of the Public Health Service under the 
 ' direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and any per- 
 son who shall willfully violate any rule or regulation so 
 made and promulgated shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a 
 fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprison- 
 ment for not more than two years, or both, in the discre- 
 tion of the court. 
 
 320. Penalties. 
 
 Mar. 2 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 1890. 
 
 Sec. 3. 
 
 Any officer, or person acting as an officer, or agent of 
 the United States at any quarantine station, or other per- 
 son employed to aid in preventing the spread of such dis- 
 ease, who shall willfully violate any of the quarantine 
 laws of the United States, or any of the rules and regula- 
 tions made and promulgated by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury as provided for in section one of this act, or any 
 lawful order of his superior officer or officers, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hun- 
 dred dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, 
 or both, in the discretion of the court. 
 
 When any common carrier or officer, agent, or employee 
 of any common carrier shall willfully violate any of the 
 quarantine laws of the United States, or the rules and 
 regulations made and promulgated as provided for in 
 section one of this act, such common carrier, officer, agent, 
 or employee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not more 
 than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more 
 than two years or both, in the discretion of the court. 
 
 Whenever any person shall trespass upon the grounds 
 belonging to any quarantine reservation, * * such 
 
 person, trespassing, shall, upon conviction 
 
 thereof, pay a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, 
 or be sentenced to imprisonment for a period of not more 
 than thirty days, or shall be punished by both fine and 
 imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. And it 
 shall be the duly of the United States attorney in the 
 district where the misdemeanor shall have been com- 
 mitted to take immediate cogni/ance of the offense, upon 
 July i 1902 report made to him by any medical officer of the Public 
 'Health Service, or by any officer of the customs service, 
 or by any State officer acting under authority of section 
 five of said act. 
 321. State health laws. 
 
 R. s.,4792. The quarantines and other restraints established by the 
 
 health-laws of any State, respecting any vessels arriving 
 in, or bound to, any port or district thereof, shall be duly 
 deserved l>y the officers of the customs revenue of the 
 United States, by the musters and crews of the several 
 
 Aug. 1, 1888. 
 
1'Airr \\v. gr A I:\.\TI.\I. AND mi is OF III.AI.TII. 
 
 revenue-cutters, and by the military officers commanding 
 in any fort or station upon the sea-coast; and all such 
 officers of the United States shall faithfully aid in the 
 execution of such quarantines and health-laws, according 
 to their respective powers and within their respective 
 precincts, and as they shall be directed, from time to time, 
 by the Secretary of the Treasury. But nothing in this 
 Title | K. S.. 1 7 ( >_>-4800] shall enable any State to collect 
 a duty of tonnage or impost without the consent of 
 Congress. 
 322. Removal of cargo. 
 
 Whenever, by the health-laws of any State, or by the i< 
 regulations made pursuant thereto, any vessel arriving 
 within a collection-district of such State is prohibited 
 from coming to the port of entry or delivery by law estab- 
 lished for such district, and such health-laws require or 
 permit the cargo of the vessel to be unladen at some other 
 place within or near to such district, the collector, after 
 due report to him of the whole of such cargo, may grant 
 his warrant or permit for the unlading and discharge 
 thereof, under the care of the surveyor, or of one or more 
 inspectors, at some other place where such health laws 
 permit, and upon the conditions and restrictions which 
 shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, or 
 which such collector may, for the time, deem expedient 
 for the security of the public revenue. 
 
 There shall be purchased or erected, under the orders of R - s - 4794 - 
 the President, suitable warehouses, with wharves and 
 inclosures, w r here merchandise may be unladen and de- 
 posited, from any vessel which shall be subject to a quar- 
 antine, or other restraint, pursuant to the health-laws of 
 any State, at such convenient places therein as the safety 
 of the public revenue and the observance of such health- 
 laws may require. 
 
 Whenever the cargo of a vessel is unladen at some other :i - s - 4795 - 
 place than the port of entry or delivery under the fore- 
 going provisions, all the articles of such cargo shall be 
 deposited, at the risk of the parties concerned therein, in 
 such public or other warehouses or inclosures as the col- 
 lector shall designate, there to remain under the joint cus- 
 tody of such collector and of the owner, or master, or 
 other person having charge of such vessel, until the same 
 are entirely unladen or discharged, and until the articles 
 so deposited may be safely removed without contravening 
 such health-laws. And when such removal is allowed, 
 the collector having charge of such articles may grant 
 permits to the respective owners or consignees, their fac- 
 tors or agents, to receive all merchandise which has been 
 entered, and the duties accruing upon which have been 
 paid, upon the payment by them of a reasonable rate of 
 storage: which shall be fixed by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury for all public warehouses and inclosures. 
 
298 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. s., 4796. 
 
 R. s., 4797. 
 
 June 19, 1906. 
 
 Sec. 3. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, whenever 
 a conformity to such quarantines and health-laws re- 
 quires it, and in respect to vessels subject thereto, to pro- 
 long the terms limited for the entry of the same, and the 
 report or entry of their cargoes, and to vary or dispense 
 with any other regulations applicable to such reports or 
 entries. No part of the cargo of any vessel shall, how- 
 ever, in any case, be taken out or unladen therefrom, 
 otherwise than is allowed by law, or according to the 
 regulations hereinafter established. 
 
 323. Removal of customhouse. 
 
 Whenever, by the prevalence of any contagious or epi- 
 demic disease in or near the place by law established as 
 the port of entry for any collection-district, it becomes 
 dangerous or inconvenient for the officers of the revenue 
 employed therein to continue the discharge of their re- 
 spective offices at such port, the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, or, in his absence, the Comptroller, may direct the 
 removal of the officers of the revenue from such port to 
 any other more convenient place, within, or as near as 
 may be to, such collection-district. And at such place 
 such officers may exercise the same powers, and shall be 
 liable to the same duties, according to existing circum- 
 stances, as in the port or district established by law. 
 Public notice of any such removal shall be given as soon 
 as may be. 
 
 324. National quarantine. 
 
 j^i e Secretary of the Treasury shall have the control, 
 direction, and management of all quarantine stations, 
 grounds, and anchorages established by authority of the 
 I'nited States, and as soon as practicable after the ap- 
 proval of this Act shall select and designate such suitable 
 places for them and establish the same at such points on 
 or near the coast line of the United States or the border 
 of the United States and a foreign country, as in his judg- 
 ment are best suited for the same and necessary to pre- 
 vent the introduction of yellow fever into the United 
 States, and, in his discretion, he may also establish at the 
 group of islands known as the Dry Tortugas, at the 
 western end of the Florida, reef, and at such other point 
 or points on or near the coast line of the United States 
 (not to exceed four in the aggregate) as he deems neces- 
 sary. quarantine grounds, stations, and anchorages, 
 whereat or whereto infected vessels bound for any port 
 in the United States may he detained or sent for the 
 purpose of being disinfected, having their cargoes disin- 
 fected and discharged, if necessary, and their sick treated 
 in hospitals until all danger of infection or contagion 
 from such vessels, their cargoes, passengers, or crews has 
 been removed. 
 
 On acquiring possession of any land and water in 
 accordance with the provisions of this Act for the purpose 
 
PART XXV. QUAKANTINK AM) UII.I.S OK IIKAI.TH. 299 
 
 of establishing thereat a quarantine station and anchor 
 age, tlu 1 Secretary of thr Treasury sliall cause to bo pub- 
 lished in such newspapers as he may think proper, once a 
 week for four successive weeks, a notice of the selection 
 ami designation of such places for (|iiaraiit ine stations 
 and anchorages, with a description of the boundaries of 
 such quarantine stations and anchorages, and such rules 
 and regulations as he shall adopt and promulgate. requir- 
 ing vessels with yellow fever among their passengers or 
 crews to go to specified quarantine stations and anchor- 
 to ho dealt with there before visiting any port of the 
 Tinted States. He shall establish at such quarantine 
 stations and anchorages all necessary instrumentalities 
 for disinfecting vessels and their cargoes, and where the 
 same shall be required shall erect the necessary hospital 
 buildings and install the necessary furniture and fittings 
 for receiving and treating the sick among the passengers 
 and crews of vessels going to such quarantine stations 
 and anchorages, and provide for the separation of those 
 among their passengers and crews who are suffering from 
 yellow fever from those who are in good health, and shall 
 further provide for doing all things necessary to eradicate 
 such disease from such vessels, their cargoes, oassengers, 
 and crews. 
 
 Any vessel, or any officer of any vessel, or other person sec. 4. 
 other than State health or quarantine officers, entering 
 within the limits of any quarantine grounds and anchor- 
 ages, or any quarantine station and anchorage, or depart- 
 ing therefrom, in disregard of the quarantine rules and 
 regulations or without the permission of the officer in 
 charge of such quarantine ground and anchorage, or of 
 such quarantine station and anchorage, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 
 shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hun- 
 dred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one 
 year, or both, in the discretion of the court. That any 
 master or owner of any vessel violating any provision of 
 this Act, or any provision of an Act entitled "An Act 
 granting additional powers and imposing additional 
 duties on the Marine-Hospital Service," approved Feb- 
 ruary fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, or 
 violating any rule or regulation made in accordance with 
 this Act or said Act of February fifteenth, eighteen hun- 
 dred and ninety-three, relating to the inspection of ves- 
 sels, or to the prevention of the introduction of contagious 
 or infectious diseases into the United States, or any mas- 
 ter, owner, or agent of any vessel making a false state- 
 ment relative to the sanitary condition of such vessel or 
 its contents, or as to the health of any passenger or per- 
 son thereon shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not 
 more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not 
 more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. 
 
300 
 
 Sec. 5. 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 In any place where a quarantine station and plant is 
 already established by State or local authorities it shall 
 be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, before 
 selecting and designating a quarantine station and 
 grounds and anchorage for vessels, to examine such estab- 
 lished stations and plants, with a view of obtaining a 
 transfer of the site and plants to the United States, and 
 whenever the proper authorities shall be ready to transfer 
 the same or surrender the use thereof to the United States, 
 the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to obtain title 
 thereto or possession and use thereof, and to pay a reason- 
 able compensation therefor, if, in his opinion, such pur- 
 chase or use will be necessary to the United States for 
 quarantine purposes and the quarantine stations estab- 
 lished by authority of this Act shall, when so established, 
 be used to prevent the introduction of all quarantinable 
 diseases. 
 
PART XXVI. IMMIGRATION. 
 
 325. Head t:ix. 
 
 326. Insular territory. 
 
 327. Excluded classes. 
 
 328. Contract labor. 
 
 329. Assisted i mini. grants. 
 
 330. Illegal landing. 
 
 331. Diseased immigrants. 
 
 332. Manifest of aliens. 
 
 333. Inspection of aliens. 
 
 334. Detention on board. 
 
 335. Deportation. 
 
 337. Frontier inspection. 
 
 338. Scope. 
 
 339. Place of deportation. 
 
 340. Place of entry. 
 
 341. Special classes. 
 
 342. Anarchists. 
 
 343. Foreign officials. 
 
 344. Miscellaneous. 
 
 345. Immigration to Philippines. 
 
 346. Registry and naturalization of 
 
 Immigrants, 
 
 336. Public charges. 
 325. Head tax. 
 
 There shall be levied, collected, and paid a tax of four Fob - 20 1907 - 
 dollars for every alien entering the United States. The 
 said tax shall be paid to the collector of customs of the 
 port or customs district to which said alien shall come, 
 or, if there be no collector at such port or district, then to 
 the collector nearest thereto, by the master, agent, owner, 
 or consignee of the vessel, transportation line, or other 
 conveyance or vehicle bringing such alien to the United 
 States. 
 
 All head tax collected pursuant to the provisions of Mar 4 - 1909 - 
 section one of the said Act of February twentieth, nine- 
 teen hundred and seven, together with all fines, rentals 
 collected, and moneys received from other sources under 
 the laws regulating the immigration of aliens into the 
 United States, shall be covered into the Treasury to the 
 credit of miscellaneous receipts. 
 
 The tax imposed by this section shall be a lien upon the 
 vessel, or other vehicle of carriage or transportation 
 bringing such aliens to the United States, and shall be a 
 debt in favor of the United States against the owner or 
 owners of such vessel, or other vehicle, and the payment 
 of such tax may be enforced by any legal or equitable 
 remedy. That the said tax shall not be levied upon aliens 
 who shall enter the United States after an uninterrupted 
 residence of at least one year, immediately preceding such 
 entrance, in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the 
 Republic of Cuba, or the Republic of Mexico, nor upon 
 
 301 
 
302 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 otherwise admissible residents of any possession of the 
 United States, nor upon aliens in transit through the 
 United States, nor upon aliens who have been lawfully 
 admitted to the United States and who later shall go in 
 transit from one part of the United States to another 
 through foreign contiguous territory : Provided, That the 
 Commissioner-General of Immigration, under the direc- 
 tion or with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, by 
 agreement with transportation lines, as provided in sec- 
 tion thirty-two of this Act, may arrange in some other 
 manner for the payment of the tax imposed by this sec- 
 tion upon any or all aliens seeking admission from for- 
 eign contiguous territory. 
 
 326. Insular territory. 
 
 Provided further, That the provisions of this section 
 shall not apply to aliens arriving in Guam, Porto Rico, 
 or Hawaii; but if any such alien, not having become a 
 citizen of the United States, shall later arrive at any port 
 or place of the United States on the North American 
 Continent the provisions of this section shall apply: 
 Provided further, That whenever the President shall be 
 satisfied that passports issued by any foreign government 
 to its citizens to go to any country other than the United 
 States or to any insular possession of the United States 
 or to the Canal Zone are being used for the purpose of 
 enabling the holders to come to the continental territory 
 of the United States to the detriment of labor conditions 
 therein, the President may refuse to permit such citizens 
 of the country issuing such passports to enter the con- 
 tinental territory of the United States from such other 
 country or from such insular possessions or from the 
 Canal Zone. 
 
 327. Excluded classes. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1907. The following classes of aliens shall be excluded from 
 MAT. 26, loio. admission into the United States: All idiots, imbeciles, 
 feeble-minded persons, epileptics, insane persons, and per- 
 sons who have been insane within five years previous; 
 persons AV!IO have had two or more attacks of insanity at 
 any time previously: paupers; persons likely to become 
 a public charge; professional beggars; persons afflicted 
 with tuberculosis or with a loathsome or dangerous con- 
 tagious disease; persons not comprehended within any of 
 the foregoing excluded classes who are found to be and 
 are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally 
 or physically defective, such mental or physical defect 
 
i'AKT \\\i. IMMIGRATION, 303 
 
 being of a nature which may allect the' ability of such 
 ulk'ii to earn a living; persons \vlio have been Convicted 
 
 of or admit having committed a felony or other crime or 
 
 misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; polygamies, or 
 
 persons who admit their belief in the practice of poly-; 
 amy: anarehists. or persons who believe in or advocate 
 the overthrow by force or violence of the < !o\ ernineiit of 
 the United States, or of all government, or of all forms 
 of law, or the assassination ot public oilieials: prostitutes, 
 or women or girls coming into the United States for the 
 purpose of prostitution or for any other immoral pur- 
 pose; persons who are supported by or receive in whole 
 or in part the proceeds of prostitution: persons who pro- 
 cure or attempt to bring in prostitutes or women or girls 
 for the purpose of prostitution or for any other immoral 
 purpose; persons hereinafter called contract laborers who 
 have been induced or solicited to migrate to this country 
 by offers or promises of employment or in consequence 
 of agreements, oral, written or printed, expressed or im- 
 plied, to perform labor in this country of any kind, 
 skilled or unskilled; those who have been, within one year 
 from the date of application for admission to the United 
 States, deported as having been induced or solicited to 
 migrate as above described; any person whose ticket or 
 passage is paid for with the money of another, or who is 
 assisted by others to come, unless it is affirmatively and 
 satisfactorily shown that such person does not belong to 
 one of the foregoing excluded classes and that said ticket 
 or passage was not paid for by any corporation, associa- 
 tion, society, municipality, or foreign government, either 
 directly or indirectly; all children under sixteen years of 
 age unaccompanied by one or both of their parents, at the 
 discretion of the Secretary of Labor or under such regu- 
 lations as he may from time to time prescribe: Provided, 
 That nothing in this Act shall exclude, if otherwise 
 admissible, persons convicted of an offense purely politi- 
 cal, not involving moral turpitude: Provided further, 
 That the provisions of this section relating to the pay- 
 ments for tickets or passage by any corporation, associa- 
 tion, society, municipality, or foreign government shall 
 not apply to the tickets or passage of aliens in immediate 
 and continuous transit through the United States to for- 
 eign contiguous territory: A tiff />/-o >-;<// further. That 
 skilled labor may be imported if labor of like kind unem- 
 ployed can not be found in this country : And provided 
 further, That the provisions of this law applicable to con- 
 tract labor shall not be held to exclude professional actors, 
 
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304 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 artists, lecturers, singers, ministers of any religious de- 
 nomination, professors for colleges or seminaries, persons 
 belonging to any recognized learned profession, or per- 
 sons employed strictly as personal or domestic servants. 
 Feb. 20, 1907. The importation into the United States of any alien 
 ST. 26, 1910. for the purpose of prostitution or for any other immoral 
 purpose is hereby forbidden ; and whoever shall, directly 
 or indirectly, import, or attempt to import, into the 
 United States, any alien for the purpose of prostitution 
 or for any other immoral purpose, or whoever shall hold 
 or attempt to hold any alien for any such purpose in pur- 
 suance of such illegal importation, or Avhoever shall keep, 
 maintain, control, support, employ, or harbor in any 
 house or other place, for the purpose of prostitution or 
 for any other immoral purpose, in pursuance of such 
 illegal importation, any alien, shall, in every such case be 
 deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof be 
 imprisoned not more than ten years and pay a fine of not 
 more than five thousand dollars. Jurisdiction for the 
 trial and punishment of the felonies hereinbefore set 
 forth shall be in any district to or into which said alien 
 is brought in pursuance of said importation by the person 
 or persons accused, or in any district in which a viola- 
 tion of any of the foregoing provisions of this section 
 occur. Any alien who shall be found an inmate of or 
 connected with the management of a house of prostitu- 
 tion or practicing prostitution after such alien shall have 
 entered the United States, or who shall receive, share in, 
 or derive benefit from any part of the earnings of any 
 prostitute; or who is employed by, in, or in connection 
 with any house of prostitution or music or dance hall or 
 other place of amusement or resort habitually frequented 
 by prostitutes, or where prostitutes gather, or who in any 
 way assists, protects, or promises to protect from arrest 
 any prostitute, shall be deemed to be unlawfully within 
 the United States and shall be deported in the manner 
 provided by sections twenty and twenty-one of this Act. 
 That any alien who shall, after he has been debarred or 
 deported in pursuance of the provisions of this section, at- 
 tempt thereafter to return to or to enter the United States 
 shall be <U\ HUM! guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be im- 
 prisoned for not more than two years. Any alien who 
 shall be com irled under any of the provisions of thi> 
 tion shall, at the expiration of his sentence, be taken into 
 custody and returned to the country whence he came, or 
 of which he is a subject or a citizen in the manner pro- 
 vided in sections twenty and twenty-one of this Act. In 
 all prosecutions under this section the testimony of a 
 husband or wife shall be admissible and competent evi- 
 dence against a wife or husband. 
 
I-AKT xxvi. I.MMK;I;A n<>.\. 305 
 
 328. Contract labor. 
 
 It shall be a misdemeanor for any person, company, I/,', 1 '- f " 1007> 
 partnership, or corporation, in any manner \\hatsoe\er, 
 to prepay the transportation or in any way to assist or 
 encourage the importation or migration 'of any contract 
 laborer or contract laborers into the United States, unless 
 such contract laborer or contract laborers are exempted 
 under the terms of the last two provisos contained in sec- 
 tion two of this Act. 
 
 329. Assisted immigrants. 
 
 For every violation of any of the provisions of section sec.s. 
 four of this Act the persons, partnership, company, or 
 corporation violating the same, by knowingly assisting, 
 encouraging, or soliciting the migration or importation 
 of any contract laborer into the United States shall for- 
 feit and pay for every such offense the sum of one thou- 
 sand dollars, which may be sued for and recovered by the 
 United States, or by any person Avho shall first bring his 
 action therefor in his own name and for his own benefit, 
 including any such alien thus promised labor or service 
 of any kind as aforesaid, as debts of like amount are now 
 recovered in the courts of the United States; and sepa- 
 rate suits may be brought for each, alien thus promised 
 labor or service of any kind as aforesaid. And it shall 
 be the duty of the district attorney of the proper district 
 to prosecute every such suit when brought by the United 
 States. 
 
 It shall be unlawful and be deemed a violation of sec- Sec - 6 - 
 tion four of this Act to assist or encourage the importa- 
 tion or migration of any alien by promise of employment 
 through advertisements printed and published in any 
 foreign country; and any alien coming to this country 
 in consequence of such an advertisement shall be treated 
 as coming under promise or agreement as contemplated 
 in section two of this Act, and the penalties imposed by 
 section five of this Act shall be applicable to such a case: 
 Proridc.d* That this section shall not apply to States or 
 Territories, the District of Columbia, or places subject to 
 the jurisdiction of the United States advertising the in- 
 ducements they offer for immigration thereto, respec- 
 tively. 
 
 No transportation company or owner or owners of ves- sec. 7. 
 sels, or others engaged in transporting aliens into the 
 United States, shall, directly or indirectly, either by 
 writing, printing, or oral representation, solicit, invite, or 
 encourage the immigration of any aliens into the United 
 States, but this shall not be held to prevent transporta- 
 
306 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 tion companies from issuing letters, circulars, or adver- 
 tisements, stating the sailings of their vessels and terms 
 and facilities of transportation therein; and for a viola- 
 tion of this provision, any such transportation company, 
 and any such owner or owners of vessels, and all others 
 engaged in transporting aliens into the United States, 
 and the agents by them employed, shall be severally sub- 
 jected to the penalties imposed by section five of this Act. 
 
 330. Illegal landing. 
 
 sec. 8. Any person, including the master, agent, owner, or 
 
 consignee of any vessel, who shall bring into or land in 
 the United States, by vessel or otherwise, or who shall 
 attempt, by himself or through another, to bring into or 
 land in the United States, by vessel or otherwise, any 
 alien not duly admitted by an immigrant inspector or not 
 lawfully entitled to enter the United States shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on convic- 
 tion, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand 
 dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 
 two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment for 
 each and every alien so landed or brought in or attempted 
 to be landed or brought in. 
 
 331. Diseased immigrants. 
 
 sec. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person, including any 
 
 transportation company other than railway lines entering 
 the United States from foreign contiguous territory, or 
 the owner, master, agent, or consignee of any vessel to 
 bring to the United States any alien subject to any of the 
 following disabilities: Idiots^ imbeciles, epileptics, or 
 persons afflicted with tuberculosis or with a loathsome or 
 dangerous contagious disease, and if it shall appear to 
 the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that any alien 
 so brought to the United States was afflicted with any of 
 the said diseases or disabilities at the time of foreign em- 
 barkation and that the existence of such disease or dis- 
 ability might have been detected by means of a competent 
 medical examination at such time, such person or trans- 
 portation company, or the master, agent, ow y ner, or con- 
 signee of any such vessel shall pay to the collector of cus- 
 toms of the customs district in which the port of arrival 
 is located the sum of one hundred dollars for each and 
 every violation of the provisions of this section: and 
 no vessel shall be granted clearance papers pending the 
 determination of the question of the liability to the pay- 
 ment of such fine, and in the event such fine is imp>ed. 
 while it remains unpaid, nor shall such fine be remitted 
 or refunded: Provided, That clearance may be granted 
 
TART XXVI.- IMMIGRATION. 307 
 
 prior to the determination of such <iuesti<>ns upon the de- 
 posit of a sum sufficient to co\cr Mich line and costs, such 
 sum to be'named l>y the Secretary of Labor. 
 
 The decision of the hoard of special inquiry, herein- s,-,-. 10. 
 after provided for. hased upon the certificate of the 
 examining medical oilicer, shall he final as to the rejection 
 of aliens affected with tuhcrculosis or with a loathsome 
 or dangerous contagious disease, or with any mental or 
 physical disahility which would bring such aliens within 
 any of the classes excluded from admission to the United 
 States under section two of this Act. 
 
 Upon the- certificate of a medical officer of the United s<-. 11. 
 States Puhlic Health Service to the effect that a rejected 
 alien is helpless from sickness, mental or physical disa- 
 bility, or infancy, if such alien is accompanied by another 
 alien whose protection or guardianship is required by 
 such rejected alien, such accompanying alien may also be 
 excluded, and the master, agent, owner, or consignee of 
 the vessel in which such alien and accompanying alien are 
 brought shall be required to return said alien and accom- 
 panying alien in the same manner as vessels are required 
 to return other rejected aliens. 
 
 332. Manifest of aliens. 
 
 Upon the arrival of any alien by water at any port s**- 1 ^ 
 within the United States it shall be the duty of the 
 master or commanding officer of the steamer, sailing or 
 other vessel having said alien on board to deliver to the 
 immigration officers at the port of arrival lists or mani- 
 fests made at the time and place of embarkation of such 
 alien on board such steamer or vessel, which shall, in 
 answer to questions at the top of said list, state as to each 
 alien the full name, age, and sex; whether married or 
 single ; the calling or occupation ; whether able to read or 
 write; the nationality; the race; the last residence; the 
 name and address of the nearest relative in the country 
 from which the alien came; the seaport for landing in 
 the United States; the final destination, if any, beyond 
 the port of landing; whether having a ticket through to 
 such final destination ; whether the alien has paid his own 
 passage or whether it has been paid by any other person 
 or by any corporation, society, municipality, or govern- 
 ment, and if so, by whom; whether in possession of fifty 
 dollars, and if less, how much; whether going to join a 
 relative or friend, and if so, what relative or friend, and 
 his or her name and complete address; whether ever 
 before in the United States, and if so, when and where; 
 whether ever in prison or almshouse or an institution or 
 
308 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 hospital for the care and treatment of the insane or sup- 
 ported by charity; whether a polygamist; whether an 
 anarchist ; whether coming by reason of any otf'er, solic- 
 itation, promise, or agreement, express or implied, to per- 
 form labor in the United States, and what is the alien's 
 condition of health, mental and physical, and whether 
 deformed or crippled, and if so, for how long and from 
 what cause ; that it shall further be the duty of the mas- 
 ter or commanding officer of every vessel taking alien 
 passengers out of the United States, from any port 
 thereof, to file before departure therefrom with the col- 
 lector of customs of such port a complete list of all such 
 alien passengers taken on board. Such list shall contain 
 the name, age, sex, nationality, residence in the United 
 States, occupation, and the time of last arrival of every 
 such alien in the United States, and no master of any 
 such vessel shall be granted clearance papers for his vessel 
 until he has deposited such list or lists with the collector 
 of customs at the port of departure and made oath that they 
 are full and complete as to the name and other informa- 
 tion herein required concerning each alien taken on board 
 his vessel ; and any neglect or omission to comply with the 
 requirements of this section shall be punishable as pro- 
 vided in section fifteen of this Act. That the collector of 
 customs with whom any such list has been deposited in 
 accordance with the provisions of this section, shall 
 promptly notify the Commissioner-General of Immigra- 
 tion that such list has been deposited with him as pro- 
 vided, and shall make such further disposition thereof 
 as may be required by regulations to be issued by the 
 Commissioner-General of Immigration with the approval 
 of the Secretary of Labor: Provided, That in the case 
 of vessels making regular trips to ports of the United 
 States the Commissioner-General of Immigration, with 
 the approval of the Secretary of Labor, may, when expe- 
 dient, arrange for the delivery of such lists of outgoing 
 aliens at a later date: Provided further, That it shall be 
 the duty of the master or commanding officer of any ves- 
 sel sailing from ports in the Philippine Islands, Guam, 
 Porto Rico, or Hawaii to any port of the United States 
 on the North American Continent to deliver to the ini mi- 
 gration officers at the port of arrival lists or manifests 
 made at the time and place of embarkation, giving the 
 names of all aliens on board said vessel. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1909. Until the provisions of section twelve of the immigra- 
 tion Act of February twentieth, nineteen hundred and 
 seven, relating to outward alien manifests, shall he made 4 
 applicable to passengers going out of the United States 
 to Canada by land carriage, said provisions shall not 
 apply to passengers going by vessels employed exclu- 
 sively in the trade between the ports of the Tnited States 
 and the Dominion of Canada and the Kepublic of Mexico. 
 
PART \\vi. IMMI<;I;\TION. 309 
 
 All aliens arriving by water at me ports of the I'nited ^U. 
 States shall be listed in convenient groups, ami no one 
 list or manifest -hall contain more than thirty names. 
 To each alien or head of a family shall he given a ticket, 
 on which shall he written his name, a nimiher or letter 
 designating the list in which his name, and so forth, is 
 contained, and his numher on said list, for convenience 
 of identification on arrival. Kach list or manifest shall 
 be verified by the signature and the oath or affirmation 
 of the master or commanding <f]i<vr. or the first or second 
 In-low him in command, taken before an immigration 
 officer at the port of arrival, to the effect that he has 
 caused the surgeon, of said vessel sailing therewith to 
 make a physical and oral examination of each of said 
 aliens, and that from the report of said surgeon and from 
 his own investigation he believes that no one of said 
 aliens is an idiot, or imbecile, or a feeble-minded person, 
 or insane person, or a pauper, or is likely to become a 
 public char ore, or is afflicted with tuberculosis or with a 
 loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, or is a person 
 who has been convicted of, or who admits having com- 
 mitted a felony or other crime or misdemeanor involving 
 moral turpitude, or is a polygamist or one admitting 
 belief in the practice of polygamy, or an anarchist, or 
 under promise or agreement, express or implied, to per- 
 form labor in the United States, or a prostitute, or a 
 woman or girl coming to the United States for the pur- 
 pose of prostitution, or for any other immoral purpose, 
 and that also, according to the best of his knowledge and 
 belief, the information in said lists or manifests concern- 
 ing each of said aliens named therein is correct and true 
 in every respect. 
 
 The surgeon of said vessel sailing therewith shall also Sec - 14> 
 sign each of said lists or manifests and make oath or 
 affirmation in like manner before an immigration officer 
 at the port of arrival, stating his professional experience 
 and qualifications as a physician and surgeon, and that 
 he has made a personal examination of each of the said 
 aliens named therein, and that the said list or manifest, 
 according to the best of his knowledge and belief, is full, 
 correct, and true in all particulars relative to the mental 
 and physical condition of said aliens. If no surgeon 
 sails with any vessel bringing aliens the mental and 
 physical examinations and the verifications of the lists or 
 manifests shall be made by some competent surgeon em- 
 ployed by the owners of the said vessel. 
 
 In the case of the failure of the master or commanding Sec. 15. 
 officer of any vessel to deliver to the said immigration 
 officers lists or manifests of all aliens on board thereof, as 
 required in sections twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of this 
 Act. he shall pay to the collector of customs at the port of 
 arrival the sum of ten dollars for each alien concerning 
 whom the above information is not contained in any list 
 
310 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 as aforesaid : Provided, That in the case of failure with- 
 out good cause to deliver the list of passengers required 
 by section twelve of this Act from the master or com- 
 manding officer of every vessel taking alien passengers 
 out of the United States, the penalty shall be paid to the 
 collector of customs at the port of departure and shall be 
 a fine of ten dollars for each alien not included in said 
 list; but in no case shall the aggregate fine exceed one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 333. Inspection of aliens. 
 
 sec. 16. Upon the receipt by the immigration officers at any port 
 
 of arrival of the lists or manifests of incoming aliens 
 provided for in sections twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of 
 this Act, it shall be the duty of said officers to go or to 
 send competent assistants to the vessel to which said lists 
 or manifests refer, and there inspect all such aliens, or 
 said immigration officers may order a temporary re- 
 moval of such aliens for examination at a designated time 
 and place, but such temporary removal shall not be con- 
 sidered a landing, nor shall it relieve the transportation 
 lines, masters, agents, owners, or consignees of the vessel 
 upon which said aliens are brought to any port of the 
 United States from any of the obligations which, in case 
 such aliens remain on board, would, under the provisions 
 of this Act, bind the said transportation lines, masters, 
 agents, owners, or consignees: Provided, That where a 
 suitable building is used for the detention and examina- 
 tion of aliens the immigration officials shall there take 
 charge of such aliens, and the transportation companies, 
 masters, agents, owners, and consignees of the vessels 
 bringing such aliens shall be relieved of the responsibilit} 7 
 for their detention thereafter until the return of such 
 aliens to their care. 
 
 sec.17. The physical and mental examination of all arriving 
 
 aliens shall be made by medical officers of the United States 
 Public Health Service, who shall have had at least two 
 years' experience in the practice of their profession since 
 receiving the degree of doctor of medicine and who shall 
 certify for the information of the immigration officers 
 and the boards of special inquiry hereinafter provided 
 for, any and all physical and mental defects or diseases 
 observed by said medical officers in any such alien, or. 
 should medical officers of the United States Public Health 
 Service he not available, civil surgeons of not less than 
 four years' professional experience may he employed in 
 such emergency for such service, upon such terms as may 
 he prescribed by the Commissioner-General of Immigra- 
 tion under the direction or with the approval of tin 
 ret a IT of Labor. The United States Public Health Serv- 
 ice shall be reimbursed by the immigration service for all 
 expenditures incurred in carrying out the medical inspec- 
 tion of aliens under regulations of the Secretary of Labor. 
 
PART \\VI. IMMlClIATIoN. 311 
 
 334. Detention on board. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the owner.-, ollicers. or agents of s "'- 18 - 
 any vessel 01- transportation line, other than those rail 
 way lines which may enter into a contract as provided in 
 section thirty-two of this Act. bringing an alien to the 
 Tnitcd States to prevent the landing of such alien in the. 
 Tinted Stales at any time or place other than as d 
 nated hy the immigration oilicers. and the negligent fail- 
 ure of any such owner, ollicer. or agent to comply with 
 the foregoing requirements shall he deemed a misde- 
 meanor and he punished ly a line in each case of not less 
 than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or 
 hy imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by 
 both such line, and imprisonment; and every such alien 
 so landed shall be deemed to be unlawfully in the Tinted 
 States and shall be deported as provided in sections 
 twenty and twenty-one of this Act. 
 
 335. Deportation. 
 
 All aliens brought to this country in violation of law Sec - l9 - 
 shall, if practicable, be immediately sent back to the 
 country whence they respectively came on the vessels 
 bringing them. The cost of their maintenance while on 
 land, as well as the expense of the return of such aliens, 
 shall be borne by the owner or owners of the vessels on 
 which they respectively came; and if any master, person 
 in charge, agent, owner, or consignee of any such vessel 
 shall refuse to receive back on board thereof, or on board 
 of any other vessel owned or operated by the same in- 
 terests, such aliens, or shall fail to detain them thereon, 
 or shall refuse or fail to return them to the foreign port 
 from which they came, or to pay the cost of their main- 
 tenance while on land, or shall make any charge for 
 the return of any such alien, or shall take any security 
 from him for the payment of such charge, such master, 
 person in charge, agent, owner, or consignee shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on convic- 
 tion, be punished by a fine of not less than three hun- 
 dred dollars for each and every such offense; and no ves- 
 sel shall have clearance from any port of the United 
 States while any such fine is unpaid : Pro rid erf. That the 
 Commissioner-! General of Immigration, with the approval 
 of the Secretary of Labor, may suspend, upon condi- 
 tions to be prescribed by the Commissioner-General of 
 Immigration, the deportation of any alien found to have 
 come in violation of any provision of this Act, if, in his 
 judgment, the testimony of such alien is necessary on be- 
 half of the United States Government in the prosecution 
 
312 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 of offenders against any provision of this Act: Pro- 
 Mar. 4, 1909. yjfo^ That no alien certified, as provided in section 
 seventeen of this Act, to be suffering from tuberculosis or 
 from a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease other 
 than one of quarantinable nature shall be permitted to 
 land for medical treatment thereof in any hospital in the 
 United States, unless with the express permission of the 
 Secretary of Labor: Provided, That upon the certificate 
 of a medical officer of the United States Public Health 
 Service to the effect that the health or safety of an insane 
 alien would be unduly imperiled by immediate deporta- 
 Mar. 4, 1009. tion, such alien may be held for treatment until such time 
 as such alien may, in the opinion of such medical officer, 
 be safely deported. 
 
 Any alien who shall enter the United States in viola- 
 tion of law, and such as become public charges from 
 causes existing prior to landing, shall, upon the warrant 
 of the Secretary of Labor, be taken into custody and de- 
 ported to the country whence he came at any time 
 within three years after the date of his entry into the 
 United States. Such deportation, including one-half of 
 the entire cost of removal to the port of deportation, shall 
 be at the expense of the contractor, procurer, or other 
 pei-son by whom the alien was unlawfully induced to 
 enter the* United States, or, if that can not be done, then 
 ' the cost of removal to the port of deportation shall be [at 
 the expense of appropriations provided for the Immi- 
 gration Service], and the deportation from such port 
 shall be at the expense of the owner or owners of such 
 vessel or transportation line by which such aliens respec- 
 tively came : Provided, That pending the final disposal of 
 the case of any alien so taken into custody he may t be 
 released under a bond in the penalty of not less than five 
 hundred dollars with security approved by the Secretary 
 of Labor, conditioned that such alien shall be produced 
 when required for a hearing or hearings in regard to the 
 charge upon which he has been taken into custody, and 
 for deportation if he shall be found to be unlawfully 
 within the United States. 
 
 Jec. 21. j n cage ^ Secretary of Labor shall be satisfied that 
 
 an alien has been found in the United States in violation 
 of this Act, or that an alien is subject to deportation 
 under the provisions of this Act or of any law of the 
 United States, he shall cause such alien within tho period 
 of three years after landing or entry therein to be taken 
 into custody and returned to the country whence lie came. 
 as provided by section twenty of this Act, and a failure 4 
 or refusal on the part of the nia.-t ?-. agents, owners, or 
 consignees of vessels to comply with the order of tin 1 
 Secretary of Labor to take on board, guard safely, and 
 
PART X\V1. IMMKillATl 313 
 
 return to the country whence lie came any alien ordered 
 to be deported under (he provisions of this Ad .-hull he 
 punished by (he imposition of (he penalties prescribed in 
 section nineteen of this Ad : /'/v> //'///, 'That when in the 
 opinion of the Secretary of Labor the mental or physical 
 condition of such alien is such as to require personal care 
 and attendance, he may employ a suitable person for that 
 purpose, who shall accompany such alien to his or her 
 final destination, and the expense incident to such service 
 shall be defrayed in like manner. 
 
 336. Public charges. 
 
 Any alien liable to be excluded because likely to be- Sec. 26. 
 come a public charge or because of physical disability 
 other than tuberculosis or a loathsome or dangerous 
 contagious disease may, if otherwise admissible, never- 
 theless be admitted in the discretion of the Secretary of 
 Labor upon the giving of a suitable and proper bond or 
 undertaking, approved by said Secretary in such amount 
 and containing such conditions as he may prescribe, to 
 the people of the United States, holding the United 
 States or any State, Territory, county, municipality, or 
 district thereof harmless against such alien becoming a 
 public charge. The admission of such alien shall be a 
 consideration for the giving of such bond or undertaking. 
 Suit may be brought thereon in the name and by the 
 proper law officers either of the United States Govern- 
 ment or of any State, Territory, district, county, or mu- 
 nicipality in which such alien becomes a public charge. 
 
 337. Frontier inspection. 
 
 The Commissioner-General of Immigration, under the Sec.32. 
 direction or with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, 
 shall prescribe rules for the entry and inspection of aliens 
 along the borders of Canada and Mexico, so as not to 
 unnecessarily delay, impede, or annoy passengers in ordi- 
 nary travel between the United States and said countries, 
 and shall have power to enter into contracts with trans- 
 portation lines for the said purpose. 
 
 338. Scope. 
 
 For the purpose of this Act the term " United States " Sec. 33. 
 as used in the title as well as in the various sections of 
 this Act shall be construed to mean the United States and 
 any waters, territory, or other place subject to the juris- 
 diction thereof, except the Isthmian Canal Zone: Pro- 
 r'tdrd, That if any alien shall leave the canal zone and 
 attempt to enter any other place under the jurisdiction of 
 the United States, nothing contained in this Act shall be 
 construed as permitting him to enter under any other con- 
 ditions than those applicable to all aliens. 
 
314 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 35. 
 
 Sec-. 30. 
 
 Sec. 37. 
 
 S.M-. 
 
 339. Place of deportation. 
 
 The deportation of aliens arrested within the United 
 States after entry and found to l>e illegally therein, pro- 
 vided for in this Act, shall be to the trans-Atlantic or 
 trans-Pacific ports from which said aliens embarked for 
 the United States; or, if such embarkation was for 
 foreign contiguous territory, to the foreign port at which 
 said aliens embarked for such territory. 
 
 340. Place of entry- 
 
 All aliens who shall enter the United States except at 
 the seaports thereof, or at such place or places as the 
 Secretary of Labor may from time to time designate, shall 
 be adjudged to have entered the country unlawfully and 
 shall be deported as provided by sections twenty and 
 twenty-one of this Act: Provided, That nothing con- 
 tained in this section shall affect the power conferred by 
 section thirty-two of this Act upon the Commissioner- 
 General of Immigration to prescribe rules for the entry 
 and inspection of aliens along the borders of Canada and 
 Mexico. 
 
 341. Special classes. 
 
 Whenever an alien shall have taken up his permanent 
 residence in this country, and shall have filed his declara- 
 tion of intention to become a citizen, and thereafter shall 
 send for his wife, or minor children to join him, if said 
 wife or any of said children shall be found to be affected 
 with any contagious disorder, such wife or children shall 
 be held, under such regulations as the Secretary of Labor 
 shall prescribe, until it shall be determined whether the 
 disorder will be easily curable, or whether they can be 
 permitted to land without danger to other persons; and 
 they shall not be either admitted or deported until such 
 facts have been ascertained : and if it shall be determined 
 that the disorder is easily curable or that they can be 
 permitted to land without danger to other persons, they 
 shall, if otherwise admissible, thereupon be admitted. 
 
 342. Anarchists. 
 
 No person w r ho disbelieves in or who is opposed to all 
 organi/ed government, or who is a member of or afliliated 
 with any organization entertaining and teaching such 
 disbelief in or opposition to all organi/ed government. or 
 who advocates or teaches the duty, necessity, or propriety 
 of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any ollicer or 
 officers, either of specific individuals or of ollicers gener- 
 ally. ,0!' the (Jovernment of the United States or of any 
 other organi/ed government, because of his or their 
 ollicial character, shall be permitted to enter the United 
 States or anv territory or place subject to the jurisdiction 
 thereof. This section shall be enforced by the Secretary 
 
PAB1 \\\i. IMMICKATION. 315 
 
 of Labor under such rules and regulations as he sliall 
 prescribe. That any person who knowingly aids 01 
 gists any such person to outer the United State> or any 
 territory or place subject to tlie jurisdiction thereof, or 
 who connives or conspires with any person or persons to 
 allow, procure, or permit any such person toeuter therein, 
 except pursuant to such rules and regulations made by 
 the Secretary of Labor shall lie lined not more than five 
 thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than five 
 years, or both. 
 
 343. Foreign officials. 
 
 Xothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to SM-. -n. 
 accredited ollicials of foreign governments nor to their 
 suites, families, or guests. 
 
 344. Miscellaneous. 
 
 All steamship or transportation companies, and other ^;) r s : '- 
 owners of vessels, regularly engaged in transporting alien i'.'b.ji, 
 immigrants to the United States, shall twice a year file a ^'- 7 - 
 certificate with the Secretary of Labor that they have 
 furnished to be kept conspicuously exposed to view in 
 the office of each of their agents in foreign countries au- 
 thorized to sell emigrant tickets, a copy of the law of 
 March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and of 
 all subsequent laws of this country relative to immigra- 
 tion, printed in large letters, in the language of the coun- 
 try Avhere the copy of the law is to be exposed to view, 
 and that they have instructed their agents to call the at- 
 tention thereto of persons contemplating emigration be- 
 fore selling tickets to them; and in case of the failure for 
 sixty days of any such company or any such owners to 
 file such a certificate, or in case they file a false certificate, 
 they shall pay a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, 
 to be recovered in the proper United States court, and 
 said fine shall also be a lien upon any vessel of said com- 
 pany or owners found within the United States. 
 
 A'll contracts or agreements, expressed or implied, parol !.;.;'.'. ,-''' 1885 
 or special, which may hereafter be made by and between 
 any person, company, partnership, or corporation, and 
 any foreigner or foreigners, alien or aliens, to perform 
 labor or service or having reference to the performance 
 of labor or service by any person in the United States, its 
 Territories, or the District of Columbia, previous to the 
 migration or importation of the person or persons whose 
 labor or service is contracted for into the United States, 
 shall be utterly void and of no effect. 
 
 The Commissioner-General of Immigration, with the Feb - 3 - 1905 - 
 approval of the Secretary of Labor, shall have power to 
 refund head tax heretofore and hereafter collected under 
 section one of the immigration Act approved March 
 third, nineteen hundred and three, upon presentation of 
 evidence showing conclusively that such collection was 
 erroneously made. 
 
316 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Apr. 29, 1902. Nothing in the provisions of this Act or any other Act 
 shall be construed to prevent, hinder, or restrict any for- 
 eign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of any foreign 
 nation, or the holder, who is a citizen of any foreign 
 nation, of any concession or privilege from any fair or ex- 
 position authorized by Act of Congress from bringing 
 into the United States, under contract, such mechanics, 
 artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their re- 
 spective foreign countries, as they or any of them may 
 deem necessary for the purpose of making preparation 
 for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing 
 for installing or conducting any business authorized or 
 permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any con- 
 cession or privilege which may have been or may be 
 granted by any said fair or exposition in connection with 
 such exposition, under such rules and regulations as the 
 Secretary of Labor may prescribe, both as to the admis- 
 sion and return of such person or persons. 
 
 345. Immigration to Philippines. 
 
 sec'c 6 ' 19 5 " ^ e i mm i ra ti n laws of the United States in force in 
 the Philippine Islands shall be administered by the 
 officers of the general government thereof designated by 
 appropriate legislation of said government, and all 
 moneys collected under said laws as duty or head tax on 
 alien immigrants coming into said islands shall not be 
 covered into the general fund of the Treasury of the 
 United States, but shall be paid into the treasury of said 
 islands to be used and expended for the government and 
 benefit of said islands. 
 
 346. Registry and naturalization of immigrants. 
 
 June 29, 1906. The designation of the Bureau of Immigration in the 
 Department of Labor is hereby changed to the "Bureau 
 of Immigration and Naturalization," which said Bureau, 
 under the direction and control of the Secretary of 
 Labor, in addition to the duties now provided by law, 
 shall have charge of all matters concerning the naturali- 
 zation of aliens. That it shall be the duty of the said 
 Bureau to provide, for use at the various immigration 
 stations throughout the Tuiled States, books of record, 
 wherein the commissioners of immigration shall cause a 
 registry to be made in the case of eaeli alien arriving in 
 the I'nited States from and after the passage of this Act 
 of the name, age, occupation, personal description (in- 
 cluding height, complexion, color of hair and eyes), the 
 place of birth, the last residence, the intended place of 
 residence in the I'nited States, and the date of arrival of 
 said alien, and. if entered through a port, the name of the 
 vessel in which he comes. And it shall he the duty of 
 said commissioners of immigration to cause to be granted 
 to such alien a certificate of such registry, with the par- 
 ticulars thereof. 
 
PART XXVII. OCEAN MAIL SKRVICE. 
 
 347. Ocean mail act of 1891. | 348. Crm-nil ocean niiiil service. 
 
 347. Ocean mail act of 1891. 
 
 The Postmaster-Genera] is hereby authorized niul rin- Mar - 3 1891 - 
 powered to enter into contracts 1'or a term not less than 
 live nor more than ten years in duration, with American 
 citizens for the carrying of mails on American steam- 
 ships, between ports of the United States and such ports 
 in foreign countries, the Dominion of Canada exceptcd, 
 as in his judgment will best subserve and promote the 
 postal and commercial interests of the United States, the 
 mail service on such lines to be equitably distributed 
 among the Atlantic, Mexican Gulf and Pacific ports. 
 Said contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible 
 bidder for the performance of said service on each route, 
 and the Postmaster-General shall have the right to reject 
 all bids not in his opinion reasonable for the attaining 
 of the purposes named. 
 
 Before making any contracts for carrying ocean mails Sec - 2 - 
 in accordance with this act the Postmaster-General shall 
 give public notice by advertising once a week, for three 
 months, in such daily papers as he shall select in each of 
 the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
 Xew Orleans, Saint Louis, Charleston, Norfolk, Savan- 
 nah, Galveston and Mobile, and when the proposed serv- 
 ice is to be on the Pacific Ocean, then in San Francisco, 
 Tacoma and Portland. Such notice shall describe the 
 route, the time when such contract will be made, the 
 duration of the same, the size of the steamers to be used, 
 the number of trips a year, the times of sailing, and the 
 time when the service shall commence, which shall not be 
 more than three years after the contract shall be let. The 
 details of the mode of advertising and letting such con- 
 tracts shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in 
 chapter eight of title [R. S., 2941-2963] forty-six of the 
 Revised Statutes for the letting of inland mail contracts 
 so far as the same shall be applicable to the ocean mail 
 service. 
 
 The vessels employed in the mail service under the pro- "- 3 s ' 1891 ' 
 visions of this Act "shall be steamships, owned and offi- ? 8 **^% u 
 cered by American citizens, in conformity with the exist- secf'5. ' 
 ing laws, or so owned and officered and registered accord- Aug - 18 1914< 
 
 317 
 
318 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE VXITF.l) STATES. 
 
 ing to law, and upon each departure from the United 
 States the following proportion of the crew shall be citi- 
 zens of the United States, to wit : During the first two 
 years of such contract for carrying the mails, one-fourth 
 thereof ; during the next three succeeding years, one-third 
 thereof; and during the remaining time of the continu- 
 ance of such contract at least one-half thereof ; and shall 
 be constructed after the latest and most approved t} r pes, 
 with all the modern improvements and appliances for 
 ocean steamers. 
 
 They shall be divided into four classes. The first shall 
 be iron or steel screw steamships, capable of maintaining 
 a speed of twenty knots an hour at sea in ordinary 
 weather, and of a gross registered tonnage of not less than 
 eight thousand tons. No vessel except of said first class 
 shall be accepted for said mail service under the provi- 
 sions of this act between the United States and Great 
 Britain. The second class shall be iron or steel steam- 
 ships, capable of maintaining a speed of sixteen knots an 
 hour at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross registered 
 tonnage of not less than five thousand tons. The third 
 class shall be iron or steel steamships, capable of main- 
 taining a speed of fourteen knots an hour at sea in ordi- 
 nary weather, and of a gross registered tonnage of not 
 less than two thousand five hundred tons. The fourth 
 class shall be iron or steel or wooden steam-ships, capable 
 of maintaining a speed of twelve knots an hour at sea in 
 ordinary weather, and of a gross registered tonnage of 
 not less than fifteen hundred tons. It shall be stipulated 
 in the contract or contracts to be entered into for the said 
 mail service that said vessels may carry passengers with 
 their baggage in addition to said mails and may do all 
 ordinary business done by steam-ships. 
 sec. 4. All steamships of the first, second, and third 
 
 employed as above and hereafter built shallbeconstriu-U'd 
 witli particular reference to prompt and economical eon- 
 \ersion into auxiliary naval cruisers, and according to 
 plans and specifications to be agreed upon by and between 
 the owners and the Secretary of the Navy, and they shall 
 be of sullicient strength and stability to carry and sustain 
 the working and operation of at least four effective rilled 
 cannon of a caliber of not less than six inches, and shall 
 be of the highest rating known to maritime commerce. 
 And all vessels of said three classes heretofore built and 
 so employed shall, before they are accepted for the mail 
 service herein provided for, be thoroughly inspected by a 
 competent naval oilicer or constructor detailed for that 
 service by tin 1 Secretary of the Navy: and such oilicer 
 shall report, in Writing, to the Secretary of the Navy, who 
 shall transmit said report to the Postmaster-General; 
 and no such vessel not approved by the Secretary of the 
 Navy as suitable for the service required shall be em- 
 ployed by the Postmaster-General as provided for in this 
 act. 
 
PART XXVI!. OCEAN MAIL SKKVICE. 319 
 
 The rate of compensation! to be paid for such ocean Sec -5- 
 
 mail service of the said first-class ships shall not exceed 
 the sum of four dollars a mile, and tor the second-class 
 ship> two dollars a mile, by the shortest practicable route, 
 for each outward voyage: for the third-class ships not to 
 exceed one dollar a mile, and for the fourth-class ships 
 two-thirds of one dollar a mile, for the actual number of 
 miles required by the Post Oilice Department to be trav- 
 eled on each outward bound voyage: Provided, That in 
 the case of failure from any cause to perform the regular 
 voyages stipulated for in said contracts or any of them, a 
 pro rata deduction shall be made from the compensation 
 on account of such omitted voyage or voyages; and that 
 suitable lines and penalties may be imposed for delays or 
 irregularities in the due performance of service accord- 
 ing to the contract, to be determined by the Postmaster- 
 General: Pi'ornlcJ further, That no steamship so em- 
 ployed and so paid for carrying the United States mails 
 shall receive any other bounty or subsidy from the Treas- 
 ury of the United States. 
 
 Upon each of said vessels the United States shall be sec. e. 
 entitled to have transported, free of charge, a mail-mes- 
 senger, whose duty it shall be to receive, sort, take in 
 charge and deliver the mails to and from the United 
 States, and who shall be provided with suitable room 
 for the accommodation of himself and the mails. 
 
 The officers of the United States Navy may volunteer sec. 7. 
 for service on said mail vessels, and when accepted by the 
 contractor or contractors, may be assigned to such duty 
 by the Secretary of the Navy whenever in his opinion 
 such assignment can be made without detriment to the 
 service, and while in said employment they shall receive 
 furlough pay from the Government, and such other com- 
 pensation from the contractor or contractors as may be 
 agreed upon by the parties: Provided, That they shall 
 only be required to perform such duties as appertain to 
 the merchant service. 
 
 Said vessels shall take, as cadets or apprentices, one Sec - 
 American-born boy. under twenty-one years of age for 
 each one thousand tons gross register, and one for each 
 majority fraction thereof, who shall be educated in the 
 duties of seamanship, rank as petty officers, and receive , 
 such pay for their services as may be reasonable. 
 
 Such steamers may be taken and used by the United Sec - 9 - 
 States as transports or cruisers, upon payment to the 
 owners of the fair actual value of the same at the time of 
 the taking, and if there shall be a disagreement as to the 
 fair actual value of the same at the time of the taking, 
 and if there shall be a disagreement as to the fair actual 
 value between the United States and the owners, then the 
 same shall be determined by two impartial appraisers, 
 92075 15 21 
 
320 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 one to be appointed by each of said parties, they at the 
 same time selecting a third, who shall act in said ap- 
 praisement in case the two shall fail to agree. 
 
 348. General ocean mail service. 
 
 n a j. ReaVSo, For transportation of foreign mails, $4,000,000 : Pro- 
 Mar. '4, 1915. ' vided. That the Postmaster General shall be authorized to 
 expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding 
 $116,000, to cover the cost to the United States of main- 
 taining sea post service on steamships conveying the 
 mails, and not exceeding $87,900 for transferring the 
 foreign mail from incoming steamships in New York Bay 
 to the steamship and railway piers, for transferring the 
 foreign mail from incoming steamships in San Francisco 
 Bay to the piers, and for transporting the foreign mail 
 from incoming steamships at Honolulu from quarantine 
 to the piers; also for transferring the mail from steam- 
 ships performing service under contract for transporting 
 United States mail. 
 
 The Postmaster-General may cause the mail to be car- 
 ried in any steamboat or other vessel used as a packet on 
 any of the waters of the United States. 
 
 The Postmaster-General may, if he deem it for the pub- 
 lic interest, make contracts for any period not exceeding 
 one year, for carrying the mails in steamships between 
 any of the ports of the United States. 
 
 Upon the entry of every such vessel returning from 
 any foreign port, the master thereof shall make oath that 
 he has promptly delivered all the mail placed on board 
 said vessel before clearance from the United States ; and 
 if he shall fail to make such oath the vessel shall not be 
 entitled to the privileges of a vessel of the United States. 
 Mar. 4, 1909. The master or other person having charge or control of 
 ' R. s.. any steamboat or other vessel passing between ports or 
 places in the United States, arriving at any such port or 
 place where there is a post-office, shall deliver to the post- 
 master or at the post-office within three hours after his 
 arrival, if in the daytime, and if at night, within two 
 hours after the next sunrise, all letters and packages 
 brought by him or within his power or control and not 
 relating to the cargo, addressed to or destined for such 
 port or place, for which he shall receive from the post- 
 master two cents for each letter or package so delivered, 
 unless the same is carried under a contract for carrying 
 the mail; and for every failure so to deliver such letters 
 or packages, the master or other person having charge or 
 control of such steamboat or other vessel, shall be fined 
 not more than one hundred and fifty dollars. 
 
 The Postmaster-General may pay. to the master or 
 owner of any vessel not regularly employed in carrying 
 the mail, two cents for each letter carried \\\ Mich vessel 
 between ports or places in the United States, or from any- 
 foreign port to any port in the United States; but all 
 such letters shall be deposited in the post-office at the 
 port of arrival. 
 
 R. s., 
 
 R. s., 3970. 
 
 R. s., 3976. 
 sec e 23. ' ' 
 
 77 - 
 
 R. s., 3978. 
 
PART XXVII. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. 321 
 
 No vessel departing from the United States I'm any K. s. t SOST. 
 foreign port shall receive on hoard or convey any letter 
 or packet originating in the Tinted States which 'has not 
 heen regularly received fVoin the post-ollice at the port of 
 departure, and which does not relate to the cargo of such 
 vessel, except as provided in section three thousand nine 
 hundred and ninety-three; and every collector, or other 
 officer of the port empowered to grant clearances, shall 
 require from the master of such vessel, as a condition of 
 clearance, an oath that he has not received on hoard, has 
 not under his care or control, and will not receive or con- 
 vey any letter or packet contrary to the provisions of 
 this section. 
 
 No vessel arriving within a port or collection district j^V^ 1909 * 
 of the United States shall be allowed to make entry or jtepeais'it. s., 
 hreak hulk until all letters on board are delivered to the 3988 ' 
 nearest post-office, and the master or other person having 
 charge or control thereof has signed and sworn to the fol- 
 lowing declaration before the collector or other proper 
 customs officer: 
 
 I, A. B., master , of the - , arriving from 
 
 , and now lying in the port of - , do solemnly 
 
 swear (or affirm) that I have to the best of my knowledge 
 and belief delivered to the post-office at - - every 
 letter and every bag, packet, or parcel of letters which 
 was on board the said vessel during her last voyage, or 
 which were in my possession or under my power or con- 
 trol. 
 
 And any master or other person having charge or con- 
 trol of such vessel who shall break bulk before he has 
 delivered such letters shall be fined not more than one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 Any special agent of the Post-Office Department, when R. s., 3989. 
 instructed by the Postmaster-General to make examina- 
 tions and seizures, and the collector or other customs offi- 
 cers of any port, without special instructions, shall care- 
 fully search all vessels for letters which may be on board 
 or which have been conveyed contrary to law. 
 
 Any special agent of the Post-Office Department, col- R. s., 3990. 
 lector, or other customs officer, or United States marshal 
 or his deputy, may at all times seize all letters and bags, 
 packets or parcels, containing letters which are being car- 
 ried contrary to law on board any vessel or any post- 
 route, and convey the same to the nearest post-ollice, or 
 may, by the direction of the Postmaster-General or Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury, detain them until two months 
 after the final determination of all suits and proceedings 
 which may, at any time within six months after such 
 seizure, be brought against any person for sending or 
 carrying such letters. 
 
 Every package or parcel seized by any special agent of R. s., 3991. 
 the Post-Office Department, collector, or other customs 
 officer, or United States marshal or his deputies, in which 
 
322 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 3992. 
 
 R. S., 4006. 
 
 R. S., 4007. 
 
 R. S., 4008. 
 
 R. S., 4009. 
 
 K. S., 4010. 
 
 R. S., 4011. 
 
 any letter is unlawfully concealed, shall be forfeited to 
 the United States, and the same proceedings may be had 
 to enforce the forfeiture as are authorized in respect to 
 goods, wares, and merchandise forfeited for violation of 
 the revenue laws; and all laws for the benefit and pro- 
 tection of customs officers making seizures for violating 
 the revenue laws shall apply to officers making seizures 
 for violating the postal laws. 
 
 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit 
 the conveyance or transmission of letters or packets by 
 private hands without compensation, or by special mes- 
 senger employed for the particular occasion only. 
 
 The Postmaster-General, after advertising for propos- 
 als, may enter into contracts or make suitable arrange- 
 ments for transporting the mail through any foreign 
 country, between any two points in the United States, 
 and such transportation shall be by the speediest, safest, 
 and most economical route; and all contracts therefor 
 may be revoked whenever any new road or canal shall be 
 opened affording a speedier, more economical, and equally 
 safe transportation between the same points; but in case 
 of the revocation of any such contract, a fair indemnity 
 shall be awarded to the contractor. 
 
 The Postmaster-General may, after advertising for 
 proposals, enter into contracts for the transportation of 
 the mail between the United States and any foreign coun- 
 try whenever the public interests will thereby be pro- 
 moted. 
 
 The mail between the United States and any foreign 
 port, or between ports of the United States touching at 
 a foreign port, shall be transported in steamships; but 
 the Postmaster-General may have such transportation 
 performed by sailing-vessels when the service can be 
 facilitated thereby. 
 
 For transporting the mail between the United States 
 and any foreign port, or between ports of the United 
 States touching at a foreign port, the Postmaster-General 
 may allow as compensation, if by a Tinted States steam- 
 ship, any sum not exceeding the sea and United States 
 inland postage: and it' by a foreign steamship or by a 
 sailing vessel, any sum not exceeding the sea-portage, on 
 the mail so transported. | Amended. Mar. 3, 1891, p. 317.] 
 
 The Postmaster-Genera] may impose lines on contract- 
 ors for transporting (lie mail between the Tinted States 
 and any foreign country, for any unreasonable or unnec- 
 py delay in the departure of such mail, or the per- 
 formance of the trip: but the line for any one default 
 shall not exceed one-half the contract price for the trip. 
 
 Kvery contract for transporting the mail between the 
 United States and any foreign country shall contain. 
 besides the usual stipulation for the right of the Post- 
 master ( ieneral to discontinue the same, (lie further stip- 
 ulation that it may be terminated by Congress. 
 
PART xxvii. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. 323 
 
 The Postmaster-( Jeneral may. hy and with the advice K- *-. 4012. 
 and consent of the President, make any arrangements 
 which may l>c deemed just ami expedient for allowing the 
 mails of Canada, or any other country adjoining the 
 United States, to he transported over the territory of the 
 United States from one point in such country to any 
 other point in the same, at the expense of the country to 
 which the mail belongs, upon obtaining a like privilege 
 for the transportation of the Tinted States mail through 
 the country to which the privilege is granted: hut such 
 privilege may at any time he annulled hy the President or 
 Congress from and after one month succeeding the day on 
 which notice of the act of the President or Congres 
 given to the chief executive or head of the post-ollice 
 department of the country whose privilege is to he 
 annulled. 
 
 The Postmaster-General, under the direction of the H. s., 4015. 
 President of the United States, is hereby authorized and 
 empowered to charge upon, and collect from, all letters 
 and other mailable matter carried to or from any port of 
 the United States, in any foreign packet-ship or other 
 vessel, the same rate or rates of charge for American 
 postage which the government to which such foreign 
 packet or other vessel belongs imposes upon letters and 
 other mailable matter conveyed to or from such foreign 
 country in American packets or other vessels as the post- 
 age of such government, and at any time to revoke the 
 same; and all custom-house officers and other United 
 States agents designated or appointed for that purpose 
 shall enforce or carry into effect the foregoing provision, 
 and aid or assist in the collection of such postage, and to 
 that end it shall be lawful for such officers and agents, 
 on suspicion of fraud, to open and examine, in the pres- 
 ence of two or more respectable persons, being citizens 
 of the United States, any package or packages supposed 
 to contain mailable matter found on board such packets 
 or other vessels or elsewhere, and to prevent, if necessary, 
 such packets or other vessels from entering, breaking 
 bulk, or making clearance until such letters or other mail- 
 able matter are duly delivered into the United States 
 post-office. 
 
PART XXVIII. WEECKS. 
 
 349. Report of* wrecks. 
 
 350. Canadian wrecks. 
 
 351. Wrecks in foreign waters. 
 
 352. Wrecks in Florida waters. 
 
 349. Report of wrecks. 
 
 s2? e io' 1874 ' Whenever any vessel of the United States has sus- 
 tained or caused any accident involving the loss of life, 
 the material loss of property, or any serious injury to 
 any person, or has received any material damage affecting 
 her seaworthiness or her efficiency, the managing owner, 
 agent, or master of such vessel shall within five days after 
 the happening of such accident or damage, or as soon 
 thereafter as possible, send, by letter to the collector of 
 customs of the district wherein such vessel belongs or 
 of that within which such accident or damage occurred, 
 a report thereof, signed by such owner, agent, or master, 
 stating the name and official number (if any) of the ves- 
 sel, the port to which she belongs, the place where she 
 was, the nature and probable occasion of the casualty, the 
 number and names of those lost, and the estimated amount 
 of loss or damage to the vessel or cargo; and shall fur- 
 nish, upon the request of either of such collectors of 
 customs, such other information concerning the vessel. 
 her cargo, and the casualty as may be called for; and if 
 he neglect or refuse to comply with the foregoing require- 
 ments after a reasonable time, he shall incur a penalty of 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 sec. 11. Whenever the managing owner or agent of any vessel 
 
 of the United States has reason, owing to the non-appear- 
 ance of such vessel, or to any other circumstance, to 
 apprehend that such vessel has been lost, he shall, as soon 
 as conveniently may bo, send notice, in writing, to the 
 collector of customs of the port to which said vessel 
 belonged, of such loss, and the probable occasion thereof 
 stating the name and the official number (if any) of the 
 vessel, and the names of all persons on board, so far as 
 the same can be a.-certained. and shall furnish, upon re- 
 quest of the collector of such port, such additional infor- 
 mation as he may be able; and if he neglect to comply 
 with the above requirements within a reasonable time, he 
 shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the collectors of customs to 
 
 immediately transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury 
 324 
 
PART XXVIII. WRECKS. 325 
 
 such reports ;in<l in format ion as they may receive under 
 the provisions of the two preceding sections, and they 
 shall also report to the Secretary of the Treasury any 
 neglect or refusal on the part of the managing <>\vner, 
 agent, or master of any vessel of the United States to 
 comply with the requirements thereof. 
 
 The Secretary of ('oiumerce may. upon application i^"'- 1 :;- 
 therefor, remit or mitigate any penalty provided for in Se&ii! 
 this Act, or discontinue any prosecution to recover the ,'.','.' /,,!' |: "' :: - 
 same, upon such terms as he. in his discretion, shall 
 think propei 1 , and shall have authority to ascertain tin- 
 facts upon all such applications in such manner and under 
 such regulations as he may think proper. All penalties 
 herein provided may be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, 
 and disposed of in the manner prescribed by section 
 forty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes. 
 
 The owner, agent, or master of every barge which. 
 while in tow through the open sea, has sustained or caused 
 any accident, shall be subject in all respects to the provi- 
 sions of sections ten, eleven, twelve, and thirteen of chap- 
 ter three hundred and forty-four of the Statutes at Large, 
 approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
 four, and the reports therein prescribed shall be trans- 
 mitted by collectors of customs to the Secretary of Com- 
 merce, who shall transmit annually to Congress a sum- 
 mary of such reports during the previous fiscal year, to- 
 gether with a brief statement of the action of the depart- 
 ment in respect to such accidents. 
 
 350. Canadian wrecks. 
 
 Canadian vessels and wrecking appurtenance may ren- May 24 189 - 
 der aid and assistance to Canadian or other vessels and 
 property wrecked, disabled, or in distress in the waters of 
 the United States contiguous to the Dominion of Canada : 
 Provided, That this act shall not take effect until procla- 
 mation by the President of the United States that the 
 privilege of aiding American or other vessels and prop- 
 erty wrecked, disabled, or in distress in Canadian waters 
 contiguous to the United States has been extended by the 
 Government of the Dominion of Canada to American ves- 
 sels and wrecking appliances of all descriptions. This Mar. 3, 1893. 
 act shall be construed to apply to the canal and improve- 
 ment of the waters between Lake Erie and Lake Huron, 
 and to the waters of the Saint Mary's River and canal: 
 And provided further, That this act shall cease to be in 
 force from and after the date of the proclamation of the 
 President of the United States to the effect that said 
 reciprocal privilege has been withdrawn, revoked, or ren- 
 dered inoperative by the said Government of the Domin- 
 ion of Canada. 
 
 351. Wrecks in foreign waters. 
 
 Consuls and vice-consuls, in cases where vessels of the R - s - 4238 - 
 United States are stranded on the coasts of their consu- 
 
326 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 4239. 
 
 R. S., 4240. 
 
 R. S., 4241. 
 
 lates respectively, shall, as far as the laws of the country 
 will permit, take proper measures, as well for the purpose 
 of saving the vessels, their cargoes and appurtenances, as 
 for storing and securing the effects and merchandise 
 saved, and for taking inventories thereof; and the mer- 
 chandise and effects saved, with the inventories thereof 
 so taken, shall, after deducting therefrom the expenses, be 
 delivered to the owners. No consul or vice-consul shall 
 have authority to take possession of any such merchan- 
 dise, or other property, when the master, owner, or con- 
 signee thereof is present or capable of taking possession 
 of the same. 
 
 352. Wrecks in Florida waters. 
 
 All property, of any description whatsoever, which 
 shall be taken from any wreck, from the sea, or from any 
 of the keys and shoals, within the jurisdiction of the 
 United States, on the coast of Florida, shall be brought to 
 some port of entry within the jurisdiction of the United 
 States. 
 
 Every vessel which shall be engaged or employed in 
 carrying or transporting any property whatsoever, taken 
 from any wreck, from the sea, or from any of the keys or 
 shoals, within the jurisdiction of the United States, on the 
 coast of Florida, to any foreign port, shall, together with 
 her tackle, apparel, and furniture, be forfeited, and all 
 forfeitures incurred by virtue of this section shall accrue, 
 one moiety to the informer and the other to the United 
 States. 
 
 No vessel, or master thereof, shall be regularly em- 
 ployed in the business of wrecking on the coast of Florida 
 without the license of the judge of the district court for 
 the district of Florida; and, before licensing any vessel 
 or master, the judge shall be satisfied that the vessel is 
 sea-worthy, and properly and sufficiently fitted and 
 equipped for the business of saving property shipwrecked 
 and in distress; and that the master thereof is trust- 
 worthy, and innocent of any fraud or misconduct in rela- 
 tion to any property shipwrecked or saved on the coast. 
 
PART XXIX. COAST OF AIM) CUTTERS. 
 
 353. Coast Guard cutters. 
 
 The President may, for the better securing the roller- R s - 2747 - 
 tion of import or tonnage duties, cause to be maintained 
 so many of the Coast (iuard cutters as may be necessary 
 to be employed for the protection of the revenue, the ex- 
 pense AY hereof shall be paid out of such sum as shall be 
 annually appropriated for the Coast Guard, and not 
 otherwise. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury may direct the perform- R. s., 2758. 
 ance of any service by the Coast Guard vessels which, in 
 his judgment, is necessary for the protection of the 
 revenue. 
 
 The officers of the Coast Guard cutters shall respec- u. s., 2760. 
 tively be deemed officers of the customs, and shall be sub- 
 ject to the direction of such collectors of the revenue, or 
 other officers thereof, as from time to time shall be desig- 
 nated for that purpose. They shall go on board all ves- 
 sels which arrive within the United States or within four 
 leagues of the coast thereof, if bound for the United 
 States, and search and examine the same, and every part 
 thereof, and shall demand, receive, and certify the mani- 
 fests required to be on board certain vessels, shall affix 
 and put proper fastenings on the hatches and other com- 
 munications with the hold of any vessel, and shall remain 
 on board such vessels until they arrive at the port or place 
 of their destination. 
 
 The collector of each district may, with the approval of R. s., 2763. 
 the Secretary of the Treasury, provide and employ such 
 small open row and sail boats, and persons to serve in 
 them, as shall be necessary for the use of the surveyors 
 and inspectors in going on board of vessels and other- 
 wise, for the better detection of frauds. 
 
 The cutters and boats employed in the service of the R.s.,2764. 
 Coast Guard shall be distinguished from other vessels by 
 an ensign and pendant, with such marks thereon as shall 
 be prescribed by the President. If any vessel or boat, 
 not employed in the service of the Coast Guard, shall, 
 within the jurisdiction of the United States, carry or 
 hoist any pendant or ensign prescribed for vessels in 
 such service, the master of the vessel so offending shall be 
 liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 Whenever any vessel liable to seizure or examination R. s., 2765. 
 does not bring-to, on being required to do so, or on being 
 
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328 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 chased by any cutter or boat which has displayed the 
 pendant and ensign prescribed for- vessels in the Coast 
 Guard, the master of such cutter or boat may fire at or 
 into such vessel which does not bring-to, after such pend- 
 ant and ensign has been hoisted, and a gun has been fired 
 by such cutter or boat as a signal ; and such master, and 
 all persons acting by or under his direction, shall be 
 indemnified from any penalties or actions for damages 
 for so doing. If any person is killed or wounded by such 
 firing, and the master is prosecuted or arrested therefor, 
 he shall be forthwith admitted to bail. 
 
 July 7, 1884. Hereafter Coast Guard cutters shall be used exclu- 
 sively for the public service, and in no way for private 
 purposes. 
 
 June 24, 1914. * * * In the discretion of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, any of the Coast Guard cutters provided for 
 in this Act, or any other revenue cutter now or hereafter 
 in commission, may be used to extend medical and sur- 
 gical aid to the crews of American vessels engaged in 
 the deep-sea fisheries, under such regulations as the Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury may from time to time prescribe, 
 and the said Secretary is hereby authorized to detail for 
 duty on Coast Guard cutters such surgeons and other per- 
 sons of the Public Health Service as he m.ay deem neces- 
 sary. 
 
PART XXX. REMISSION OF FINES AND PENALTIES. 
 
 354. Remission of fines and penalties. 
 
 Whenever any person \vh<> shall have incurred any fine, '' 
 penalty, or forfeiture, or disability, or may be interested 
 in any vessel or merchandise which has become subject to 
 any seizure, forfeiture, or disability by authority of any 
 provisions of law for imposing or collecting any duties or 
 taxes, or relating to registering, recording, enrolling, or 
 licensing vessels and for regulating the same, or provid- 
 ing for the suppression of insurrections or unlawful com- 
 binations against the United States, shall prefer his 
 petition to the judge of the district in which such fine, 
 penalty, or forfeiture, or disability has accrued, truly 
 and particularly setting forth the circumstances of his 
 case, and shall pray that the same may be mitigated or 
 remitted, the judge shall inquire, in a summary manner, 
 into the circumstances of the case; first causing reason- 
 able notice to be given to the person claiming such fine, 
 penalty, or forfeiture, and to the attorney of the United 
 States for such district, that each may have an opportu- 
 nity of showing cause against the mitigation or remission 
 thereof; and shall cause the facts appearing upon such 
 inquiry to be stated and annexed to the petition, and 
 direct their transmission to the Secretary of the Treasury 
 [Secretary of Commerce in some cases]. The Secretary Feb. 14, 1903. 
 shall thereupon have power to mitigate or remit such Sec - 10 * 
 fine, forfeiture, or penalty, or remove such disability, or 
 any part thereof, if, in his opinion, the same was incurred 
 without willful negligence, or any intention of fraud in 
 the person incurring the same ; and to direct the prosecu- 
 tion, if .any has been instituted for the recovery thereof, 
 to cease and be discontinued, upon such terms or condi- 
 tions as he may deem reasonable and just. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury [Secretary of Commerce R 
 in some cases] is authorized to prescribe such rules and soc.'io.' 
 modes of proceeding to ascertain the facts upon which 
 an application for remission of a fine, penalty, or for- 
 feiture is founded, as he deems proper, and, upon ascer- 
 taining them, to remit the fine, penalty, or forfeiture, 
 if in his opinion it was incurred without willful negli- 
 gence or fraud, in either of the following cases: 
 
 First. If the fine, penalty, or forfeiture was imposed 
 under authority of any revenue law, and the amount does 
 not exceed one thousand dollars. 
 
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330 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Second. Where the case occurred within either of the 
 collection districts in the States of California or Oregon. 
 Third. If the fine, penalty, or forfeiture was imposed 
 under authority of any provisions of law relating to the 
 importation of merchandise from foreign contiguous ter- 
 ritory, or relating to manifests for vessels enrolled or 
 licensed to carry on the coasting-trade on the northern, 
 northeastern, and northwestern frontiers. 
 
 Fifth. If the fine, penalty, or forfeiture was imposed 
 by authority of any provisions of law for levying or col- 
 Mar, s, 1899. lecting any duties or taxes, or relating to registering, 
 recording, enrolling, or licensing vessels, and the case 
 arose within the collection-district of Alaska, or was im- 
 posed by virtue of any provisions of law relating to fur- 
 seals upon the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George. 
 R. s., 5294 The Secretary of Commerce may, upon application 
 
 Mai-. 2/ 1896.' theref or, remit or mitigate any fine, penalty, or f or- 
 sec'iot' 1903< f eiture provided for in laws relating to vessels or dis- 
 continue any prosecution to recover penalties or relating 
 to forfeitures denounced in such laws, excepting the pen- 
 alty of imprisonment or of removal from office, upon such 
 terms as he, in his discretion, shall think proper ; o.nd all 
 rights granted to informers by such laws shall be held 
 subject to the Secretary's powers of remission, except in 
 cases where the claims of any informer to the share of 
 any penalty shall have been determined by a court of 
 competent jurisdiction prior to the application for the re- 
 mission of the penalty or forfeiture; and the Secretary 
 shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon ail such 
 applications in such manner and under such regulations 
 as he may deem proper. 
 
 u. s.,n295. Any officer or other person entitled to or interested in 
 a part or share of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred 
 under any law of the United States, may be examined as 
 a witness in any of the proceedings for the recovery of 
 such fine, penalty, or forfeiture by either of the parties 
 thereto, and such examination shall not deprive such 
 witness of his share or interest in such fine, penalty, or 
 forfeiture. 
 
 June 26, 1884. Whenever any fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or 
 charge arising under the laws relating to vessels or sea- 
 men has been paid to any collector of customs or consular 
 officer, and application has been made within one year 
 from such payment for the refunding or remission of the 
 Feb. 14, 1903. s; , ] 11( >. the Secretary of Commerce if on investigation 
 he finds that such 'fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction, or 
 charge was illegally, improperly, or excessively imposed, 
 
 shall have the power, cither before or after the >ame has 
 been covered into the Treasury, to refund so much of 
 such fine, penalty, forfeiture, exaction or charge as he 
 may think proper, from any moneys in the Treasury not 
 otherwise appropriated. 
 
PART XXXL CATTLE, UYK STOCK. AND DAIRY TRADE. 
 
 355. Regulation of cat do ships. 
 
 356. Inspection of livo stork and meat 
 
 products, 
 
 357. Horses and horse meat. 
 
 358. Diseased cattle. 
 
 359. Quarantine of live stock. 
 
 360. Exportation of diseased live 
 
 stock. 
 
 361. Care of cattle in domestic U;H!. 
 
 362. Neat cattle. 
 
 363. Inspection of butter and dairy 
 
 products. 
 
 355. Regulation of cattle ships. 
 
 The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to Mar. 3, 
 examine all vessels which are to carry export cattle from 
 the ports of the United States to foreign countries, and to 
 prescribe by rules and regulations or orders the accommo- 
 dations which said vessels shall provide for export cattle, 
 as to space, ventilation, fittings, food and water supply 
 and such other requirements as he may decide to be neces- 
 sary for the safe and proper transportation and humane 
 treatment of such animals. 
 
 Whenever the owner, owners, or master of any vessel Sec. 2. 
 carrying export cattle shall willfully violate or cause or 
 permit to be violated any rule, regulation or order made 
 pursuant to the foregoing section the vessel in respect of 
 which such violation shall occur may be prohibited from 
 again carrying cattle from any port of the United States 
 for such length of time, not exceeding one year, as the 
 Secretary of Agriculture may direct, and such vessel shall 
 be refused clearance from any port of the United States 
 accordingly. 
 
 356. Inspection of live stock and meat products. 
 
 That on and after October first, nineteen hundred am! M;i 
 six, no person, firm, or corporation shall transport or 
 offer for transportation, and no carrier of interstate or 
 foreign commerce shall transport or receive for transpor- 
 tation from one State or Territory or the District of 
 Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District 
 of Columbia, or to any place under the jurisdiction of the 
 United States, or to any foreign country, any carcasses 
 or parts thereof, meat, or meat food products thereof 
 which have not been inspected, examined, and marked as 
 " Inspected and passed." in accordance with the terms of 
 this Act and with the rules and regulations prescribed by 
 the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That all meat 
 
 331 
 
332 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 and meat food products on hand on October first, nine- 
 teen hundred and six, at establishments where inspection 
 has not been maintained, or which have been inspected 
 under existing law, shall be examined and labeled under 
 such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agricul- 
 ture shall prescribe, and then shall be allowed to be sold 
 in interstate or foreign commerce. 
 
 That no person, firm, or corporation, or officer, agent, 
 or employee thereof, shall forge, counterfeit, simulate, or 
 falsely represent, or shall without proper authority use, 
 fail to use, or detach, or shall knowingly or wrongfully 
 alter, deface, or destroy, or fail to deface or destroy, any 
 of the marks, stamps, tags, labels, or other identification 
 devices provided for in this Act, or in and as directed by 
 the rules and regulations prescribed hereunder by the 
 Secretary of Agriculture, on any carcasses, parts of car- 
 casses, or the food products, or containers thereof, subject 
 to the provisions of this Act, or any certificate in relation 
 thereto, authorized or required by this Act or by the said 
 rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
 That the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be 
 made a careful inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, and 
 goats intended and offered for export to foreign countries 
 at such times and places, and in such manner as he may 
 deem proper, to ascertain whether such cattle, sheep, 
 swine, and goats are free from disease. 
 
 And for this purpose he may appoint inspectors who 
 shall be authorized to give an official certificate clearly 
 stating the condition in which such cattle, sheep, swine, 
 and goats are found. 
 
 And no clearance shall be given to any vessel having 
 on board cattle, sheep, swine, or goats for export to a 
 foreign country until the owner or shipper of such cattle, 
 sheep, swine, or goats has a certificate from the inspector 
 herein authorized to be appointed, stating that the said 
 cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are sound and healthy, or 
 unless the Secretary of Agriculture shall have waived 
 the requirement of such certificate for export to the par- 
 ticular country to which such cattle, sheep, swine, or goats 
 are to be exported. 
 
 That the Secretary of Agriculture shall also cause to lie 
 made a careful inspection of the carcasses and parts 
 thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, the meat of 
 which, fresh, salted, canned, corned, packed, cured, or 
 otherwise prepared, is intended nnd offered for export 
 to any foreign country, at such times and places and in 
 such manner as he may deem proper. 
 
 And for this purpose he may appoint inspectors who 
 shall be authorized to give an official certificate stating 
 the condition in which said cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, 
 and the meat thereof, are found. 
 
 And no clearance shall be given to any vessel having 
 on board any fresh, salted, canned, corned, or packed 
 
PART XXXI. CATT1.K, l.IVK STOCK, AND DAIRY TRADE. 333 
 
 beef, mutton, pork, or goat moat. being the moat of ani- 
 mals killed after the passage of this Art, or except 
 hereinlu'fore provided for export to and sale in a for- 
 eign country from any port in the United States, until the 
 owner or shipper thereof shall obtain from an inspector 
 appointed under the provisions of this Act a certificate 
 that the said cattle, sheep. swine, and goats were sound 
 and healthy at the time of inspection, and that their 
 meat is sound and wholesome, unless the Secretary of 
 Agriculture shall have waived the requirements of such 
 certificate for the country to which said cattle, sheep, 
 swine, and goats or meats are to he exported. 
 
 That the inspectors provided for herein shall be author- 
 ized to give official certificates of the sound and whole- 
 some condition of the cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, their 
 carcasses and products as herein described ; and one copy 
 of every certificate granted under the provisions of this 
 Act shall be filed in the Department of Agriculture, 
 another copy shall be delivered to the owner or shipper, 
 and when the cattle, sheep, swine, and goats or their car- 
 casses and products are sent abroad, a third copy shall 
 be delivered to the chief officer of the vessel on which the 
 shipment shall be made. 
 
 That no person, firm, or corporation engaged in the 
 interstate commerce of meat or meat food products shall 
 transport or offer for transportation, sell or offer to sell 
 any such meat or meat food products in any State or Ter- 
 ritory or in the District of Columbia or any place under 
 the jurisdiction of the United States, other than in the 
 State or Territory or in the District of Columbia or any 
 place under the jurisdiction of the United States in which 
 the slaughtering, packing, canning, rendering, or other 
 similar establishment owned, leased, or operated by said 
 firm, person, or corporation is located unless and until 
 said person, firm, or corporation shall have complied 
 with all of the provisions of this Act. 
 
 That any person, firm, or corporation, or any officer or 
 agent of any such person, firm, or corporation, who shall 
 violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished on con- 
 viction thereof by a fine of not exceeding ten thousand 
 dollars or imprisonment for a period of not more than 
 two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
 357. Horses and horse meat. 
 
 Live horses and the carcasses and products thereof be Mar - 22 - 1898 
 entitled to the same inspection as other animals, carcasses, 
 and products thereof, herein named: Provided further, 
 That the Secretary of Agriculture may in his discretion Ma y 25 - 190 - 
 waive the requirement of a certificate with beef and other 
 products, which are exported to countries that do not re- 
 quire such inspection. 
 
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 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 358. Diseased cattle. 
 
 Aug. 30, 1890. 
 Sec. 7. 
 
 sec g e 30 ' 189 ' ^e importation of neat cattle, sheep, and other rumi- 
 nants, and swine, which are diseased or infected with any 
 disease, or which shall have been exposed to such infec- 
 tion within sixty days next before their exportation, is 
 hereby prohibited; and any person who shall knowingly 
 violate the foregoing provision shall be deemed guilty of 
 a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished by a 
 fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprison- 
 ment not exceeding three years, and any vessel or vehicle 
 used in such unlawful importation with the knowledge of 
 the master or owner of said vessel or vehicle that such 
 importation is diseased or has been exposed to infection 
 as herein described, shall be forfeited to the United 
 States. 
 
 359. Quarantine of live stock. 
 
 The Secretary of Agriculture be, and is hereby, author- 
 ized, at the expense of the owner, to place and retain in 
 quarantine all neat cattle, sheep, and other ruminants, 
 and all swine, imported into the United States, at such 
 ports as he may designate for such purpose, and under 
 such conditions as he may by regulation prescribe, respec- 
 tively, for the several classes of animals above described ; 
 and for this purpose he may have and maintain possession 
 of all lands, buildings, animals, tools, fixtures, and appur- 
 tenances now in use for the quarantine of neat cattle, and 
 hereafter purchase, construct, or rent as may be necessary, 
 and he may appoint veterinary surgeons, inspectors, offi- 
 cers, and employees by him deemed necessary to maintain 
 such quarantine, and provide for the execution of the 
 other provisions of this act. 
 
 The importation of all animals described in this act into 
 any port in the United States, except such as may be 
 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, with the ap- 
 proval of the Secretary of the Treasury, as quarantine 
 stations, is hereby prohibited ; and the Secretary of Agri- 
 culture may cause to be slaughtered such of the animals 
 named in this act as may be, under regulations prescribed 
 by him, adjudged to be infected with any contagious dis- 
 ease, or to have been exposed to infection so as to be dan- 
 gerous to other animals; and that the value of animals 
 so slaughtered as being so exposed to infection hut not 
 infected may be ascertained by the agreement of the Sec- 
 retary of Agriculture and owners thereof, if practicable; 
 otherwise, by the appraisal by two persons familiar with 
 the character and value of such property. t<> le appointed 
 bv the Secretary of Agriculture, whose decision, if they 
 ajrree, shall be final: otherwise the Secretary of Agricul- 
 ture shall decide between them, and his decision shall be 
 final: and the amount of the value thus ascertained shall 
 be paid to the owner thereof out of money in the Treas- 
 ury appropriated for the use of the Bureau of Animal 
 
 Sec. 8. 
 
PART XXXI. CATTLE, LIVE STOCK, AND DAIRY TRADE. 335 
 
 Industry ; but no payment shall be made for any animal 
 imported in violation of the provisions of this act. 
 
 If any animals subject to quarantine according to the 
 provisions of this act are brought into any port of the 
 I'nited States where no quarantine station is established 
 the collector of such port shall require the same to be con- 
 veyed by the vessel on which they are imported or are 
 found to the nearest quarantine station, at the expense of 
 the owner. 
 
 Whenever, in the opinion of the President, it shall be Sec. 9. 
 necessary for the protection of animals in the United 
 States against infectious or contagious diseases, he may, 
 by proclamation, suspend the importation of all or any 
 class of animals for a limited time, and may change, 
 modify, revoke, or renew such proclamation, as the pub- 
 lic good may require: and during the time of such sus- 
 pension the importation of any such animals shall be 
 unlawful. 
 
 The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause careful in- Sec - 10 - 
 spection to be made by a suitable officer of all imported 
 animals described in this act, to ascertain whether such 
 animals are infected with contagious diseases or have been 
 exposed to infection so as to be dangerous to other 
 animals, Avhich shall then either be placed in quarantine 
 or dealt with according to the regulations of the Secre- 
 tary of Agriculture; and all food, litter, manure, cloth- 
 ing, utensils, and other appliances that have been so 
 related to such animals on board ship as to be judged 
 liable to convey infection shall be dealt with according to 
 the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture; 
 
 And the Secretary of Agriculture may cause inspection 
 to be made of all animals described in this act intended 
 for exportation, and provide for the disinfection of all 
 vessels engaged in the transportation thereof, and of all 
 barges or other vessels used in the conveyance of such ani- 
 mals intended for export to the ocean steamer or other 
 vessels, and of all attendants and their clothing, and of 
 all headropes and other appliances used in such exporta- 
 tion, by such orders and regulations as he may prescribe; 
 and if, upon such inspection, any such animals shall be 
 adjudged, under the regulations o*f the Secretary of Agri- 
 culture, to be infected or to have been exposed to infection 
 so as to be dangerous to other animals, they shall not be 
 allowed to be placed upon any vessel for exportation ; the 
 expense of all the inspection and disinfection provided 
 for in this section to be borne by the owners of the ves- 
 sels on which such animals are exported. 
 360. Exportation of diseased live stock. 
 
 In order to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to Feb - 2 - 1903 - 
 effectually suppress and extirpate contagious pleuropneu- 
 monia, foot and mouth disease, and other dangerous con- 
 tagious, infectious, and communicable diseases in cattle 
 and other live stock, and to prevent the spread of such 
 diseases, the powers conferred on the Secretary of the 
 
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336 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Treasury by sections four and five of an Act entitled 
 "An Act for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal 
 Industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, 
 and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation 
 of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among 
 domestic animals," approved May twenty-ninth, eighteen 
 hundred and eighty-four (twenty-third United States 
 Statutes, thirty-one), are hereby conferred on the Secre- 
 tary of Agriculture, to be exercised exclusively by him. 
 He is hereby authorized and directed, from time to time, 
 to establish such rules and regulations concerning the 
 exportation and transportation of live stock from any 
 place within the United States where he may have reason 
 to believe such diseases may exist into and through any 
 State or Territory, including the Indian Territory, and 
 into and through the District of Columbia and to for- 
 eign countries, as he may deem necessary, and all such 
 rules and regulations shall have the force of law. When- 
 ever any inspector or assistant inspector of the Bureau 
 of Animal Industry shall issue a certificate showing that 
 such officer had inspected any cattle or other live stock 
 which were about to be shipped, driven, or transported 
 from such locality to another, as above stated, and had 
 found them free from Texas or splenetic fever infection, 
 pleuropneumonia, foot and mouth disease, or any other 
 infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, such ani- 
 mals, so inspected and certified, may be shipped, driven, 
 or transported from such place into and through any 
 State or Territory, including the Indian Territory, and 
 into and through the District of Columbia, or they may 
 be exported from the United States without further in- 
 spection or the exaction of fees of any kind, except such 
 as may at any time be ordered or exacted by the Secretary 
 of Agriculture; and all such animals shall at all times 
 be under the control and supervision of the Bureau of 
 Animal Industry of the Agricultural Department for the 
 purposes of such inspection. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture shall have authority to 
 
 make such regulations and take such measures as he may 
 deem proper to prevent the introduction or dissemination 
 of the contagion of any contagious, infectious, or com- 
 municable disease of animals from a foreign country into 
 the United States or from one State or Territory of the 
 United States or the District of Columbia to another, and 
 to seize, quarantine, and dispose of any hay. straw, for- 
 age . or similar material, or any meats, hides, or other 
 animal products mining from an infected foreign country 
 to the I'll it el States, or from one State or Territory or 
 the District of Columbia in transit to another State or 
 Territory or the District of Columbia whenever in his 
 judgment such action is advisable in order to guard 
 against the introduction or spread such contagion. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person, comptuiy. or corporation knowingly vio- 
 
 lating the provisions of this Act or the orders or regula- 
 
PABT \\\i. I-ATTI K. uvi: STOCK, AND I>.\II;N TKADK. 337 
 
 tions miuk' in pursuance thereof shall be guilty of a DU8- 
 demeanor. and on con\ iction -hall be punished by :i line 
 of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one 
 thousand dollars, or liy imprisonment not more than one 
 year, or by both such line and imprisonment. 
 
 361. Care of cattle in domestic trade. 
 
 No railroad. express company, ear company, common -June 20, looe. 
 carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or 
 6 of any of them, whose road forms any part of a line 
 of road oxer which cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals 
 shall be conveyed from one State or Territory or the 
 District of Columbia into or through another State or 
 Territory or the District of Columbia, or the owners or 
 masters of steam, sailing, or other vessels carrying or 
 transporting cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals from 
 one State or Territory or the I )istrict of ( 'olumbia into or 
 through another State or Territory or the District of 
 Columbia, shall (-online the same in cars, boats, or vessels 
 of any description for a period longer than twenty-eight 
 consecutive hours without unloading the same in a hu- 
 mane manner, into properly equipped pens for rest, 
 water, and feeding, for a period of at least five consecu- 
 tive hours, unless prevented by storm or by other acci- 
 dental or unavoidable causes which can not be anticipated 
 or avoided by the exercise of due diligence and foresight: 
 Provided, That upon the written request of the owner or 
 person in custody of that particular shipment, which 
 written request shall be separate and apart from any 
 printed bill of lading, or other railroad form, the time of 
 confinement may be extended to thirty-six hours. In 
 estimating such confinement, the time consumed in load- 
 ing and unloading shall not be considered, but the time 
 during which the animals have been confined without 
 such rest or food or water on connecting roads shall be 
 included, it being the intent of this Act to prohibit their 
 continuous confinement beyond the period of twenty- 
 eight hours, except upon the contingencies hereinbefore 
 stated: Provided, That it shall not be required that 
 sheep be unloaded in the nighttime, but where the time 
 expires in the nighttime in case of sheep the same may 
 continue in transit to a suitable place for unloading, sub- 
 ject to the aforesaid limitation of thirty-six hours. 
 
 Animals so unloaded shall be properly fed and watered sec. 2. 
 during such rest either by the owner or person having the 
 custody thereof, or in case of his default in so doing, then 
 by the railroad, express company, car company, common 
 carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or 
 lessee of any of them, or by the owners or masters of 
 boats or vessels transporting the same, at the reasonable 
 expense of the owner or person in custody thereof, and 
 such railroad, express company, car company, common 
 carrier other than by water, receiver, trustee, or lessee of 
 
338 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 any of them, owners or masters, shall in such case have a 
 lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody fur- 
 nished, collectible at their destination in the same manner 
 as the transportation charges are collected, and shall not 
 be liable for any detention of such animals, when such 
 detention is of reasonable duration, to enable compliance 
 with section one of this Act; but nothing in this section 
 shall be construed to prevent the ow T ner or shipper of 
 animals from furnishing food therefor, if he so desires. 
 
 sec.3. Any railroad, express company, car company, common 
 
 carrier other than by water, or the receiver, trustee, or 
 lessee of any of them, or the master or owner of any 
 steam, sailing, or other vessel who knowingly and will- 
 fully fails to comply with the provisions of the two pre- 
 ceding sections shall for every such failure be liable for 
 and forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than one hun- 
 dred nor more than five hundred dollars: Provided, That 
 when animals are carried in cars, boats, or other vessels 
 in which they can and do have proper food, water, space, 
 and opportunity to rest the provisions in regard to their 
 being unloaded shall not apply. 
 
 Sec. 4. The penalty created by the preceding section shall be 
 
 recovered by civil action in the name of the United States 
 in the circuit or district court holden within the district 
 where the violation may have been committed or the per- 
 son or corporation resides or carries on business; and it 
 shall be the duty of United States attorneys to prosecute 
 all violations of this Act reported by the Secretary of 
 Agriculture, or which come to their notice or knowledge 
 by other means. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1905. No railroad company or the owners or masters of any 
 
 Sec. 2. steam or sailing or other vessel or boat shall receive for 
 
 transportation or transport from any quarantined State 
 or Territory or the District of Columbia, or from the 
 quarantined portion of any State or Territory or the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, into any other State or Territory or 
 the District of Columbia, any cattle or other live stock, 
 except as hereinafter provided; nor shall any person, 
 company, or corporation deliver for such transportation 
 to any railroad company, or to the master or owner of 
 any boat or vessel, any cattle or other live stoc!:. except 
 as hereinafter provided; nor shall any person, company. 
 or corporation drive on foot, or cause to be driven on 
 foot, or transport in private conveyance or cause to be 
 transported in private conveyance, from a quarantined 
 State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or from 
 the quarantined portion of any State or Territory or the 
 District of Columbia, into any other State or Territory 
 or the District of ( 'olumbia. any cattle or other live stock, 
 except as hereinafter provided. 
 
 8cc.4. Cattle or other live stock' may he moved from a quaran- 
 
 tined State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or 
 
PART XXXI. CATT1.I :. I.IVK STOCK, AND DAIKY TRADB. 339 
 
 IVoin the quarantined portion of any State or Territory 
 or tin* District of Columbia, into any other State or Ter- 
 ritory or the District of Columbia, under and in com 
 pliance witli the rides and regulat ions of the Secretary of 
 Agriculture, made and promulgated in pursuance of the 
 provisions of section three of this Act: but it shall be 
 unlawful to move, or to allow to be moved, any cattle or 
 other live stock from any quarantined State or Territory 
 or the District of Columbia, or from the quarant ined por- 
 tion of any State or Territory or the District of Colum- 
 bia, into any other State or Territory or the District of 
 Columbia, in manner or method or under conditions other 
 than those prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
 Any person, company, or corporation violating the Sec - c - 
 provisions of sections two or four of this Act shall be 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be pun- 
 ished* by a line of not less than one hundred dollars nor 
 more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not 
 more than one year, or by both such fine or imprisonment. 
 
 362. Neat cattle. 
 
 The importation of neat cattle and the hides of neat ^-ff' 1894 - 
 cattle from any foreign country into the United States is Vuiy i!i. is;. 7. 
 prohibited: Provided, That the operation of this section ^ U ' L ; ">; ]!)U , ( 
 shall be suspended as to any foreign country or countries, sees, iii, i.-.. 
 or any parts of such country or countries, whenever the 
 Secretary of the Treasury shall officially determine, and 
 give public notice thereof that such importation will not 
 tend to the introduction or spread of contagious or infec- 
 tious diseases among the cattle of the United States ; and 
 the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and 
 empowered, and it shall be his duty, to make all necessary 
 orders and regulations to carry this section into effect, or 
 to suspend the same as herein provided, and to send 
 copies thereof to the proper officers in the United States, 
 and to such officers or agents of the United States in for- 
 eign countries as he shall judge necessary. 
 
 Any person convicted of a willful violation of any of Aug. 27, 1894. 
 the provisions of the preceding section shall be fined not jJSy LM, 1897. 
 exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceed- Sec - 26 - 
 ing one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. 
 
 Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall certify to Apr. 25, 1896. 
 the President of the Tinted States what countries or parts 
 of countries are free from contagious or in feet ions diseases 
 of domestic animals, and that neat cattle, domestic ani- 
 mals, and hides can be imported from such countries with- 
 out danger to the domestic animals of the United States, 
 the President of the United States may suspend the pro- 
 hibition of the importation of neat cattle, domestic ani- 
 mals, and hides, in the manner provided by law. That Apr. 23, 1897. 
 the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause 
 correspondence and negotiation to be had, through the 
 Department of State or otherwise, with the authorities 
 
340 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 May 9, 1902. 
 Sec. 5. 
 
 of the Kingdom of Great Britain, for the purpose of 
 securing the abrogation or modification of the regulations 
 now enforced by said authorities which require cattle 
 imported into Great Britain from the United States of 
 America to be slaughtered at the port of entry, and pro- 
 hibiting the same from being carried alive to other places 
 in said Kingdom. 
 
 363. Inspection of butter and dairy products. 
 
 All parts of an Act providing for an inspection of 
 meats for exportation, approved August thirtieth, eight- 
 een hundred and ninety, and of an Act to provide for the 
 inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses and prod- 
 ucts thereof which are the subjects of interstate commerce, 
 approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 
 and of amendment thereto approved March second, eight- 
 een hundred and ninety-five, which are applicable to the 
 subjects and purposes described in this section shall apply 
 to process or renovated butter. And the Secretary of 
 Agriculture is hereby authorized and required to cause a 
 rigid sanitary inspection to be made, at such times as he 
 may deem proper or necessary, of all factories and store- 
 houses where process or renovated butter is manufactured, 
 packed, or prepared for market, and of the products 
 thereof and materials going into the manufacture of the 
 same. All process or renovated butter and the packages 
 containing the same shall be marked with the words " Ren- 
 ovated Butter " or " Process Butter " and by such other 
 marks, labels, or brands and in such manner as may be 
 prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and no proc- 
 ess or renovated butter shall be shipped or transported 
 from its place of manufacture into any other State or 
 Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any foreign 
 country, until it has been marked as provided in this sec- 
 tion. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make all needful 
 regulations for carrying this section into effect, and shall 
 cause to be ascertained and reported from time to time the 
 quantity and quality of process or renovated butter manu- 
 factured, and the character and the condition of the mate- 
 rial from which it is made. And he shall also have power 
 to ascertain whether or not materials used in the manufac- 
 ture of said process or renovated butter are deleterious to 
 health or unwholesome in the finished product, and in case 
 such deleterious or unwholesome materials are found to be 
 used in product intended for exportation or shipment in to 
 
 other States or in course of exportation or shipment he 
 shall have power to confiscate the same. Any person, 
 firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this 
 section shall be deemed polity of a misdemeanor and on 
 conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less 
 than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or 
 by imprisonment not less than one month nor more than 
 six months, or by both said punishments, in the discretion 
 of the court. 
 
PART XXXI. CATTLE, LIVE STOCK, AND DAIRY TRADE. 341 
 
 The Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety );;;;; r|- 
 one, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and mu. V.' 
 ninety-five, for the inspection of live cattle and pnxlucts 
 thereof, shall he deemed to include dairy products in- 
 tended for exportation to any foreign country, and the 
 Secretary of Agriculture may apply, under rules and 
 regulations to bo prescribed by him, the provisions of 
 said Act for inspection and certification appropriate for 
 ascertaining the purity and quality of such products, 
 and may cause the same to be so marked, stamped, or 
 labeled as to secure their identity and make known in the 
 markets of foreign countries to which they may be sent 
 from the United States their purity, quality, and grade; 
 and all the provisions of said Act relating to live cattle 
 and products thereof for export shall apply to dairy 
 products so inspected and certified. 
 
PART XXXII. ADULTERATED PRODUCTS. 
 
 364. General provision. | 365. Adulterated food products. 
 
 364. General provision. 
 
 June so, 1906. The Secretary of Agriculture, whenever he has reason 
 to believe that any articles are being imported from for- 
 eign countries which are dangerous to the health of the 
 people of the United States, or which shall be falsely 
 labeled or branded either as to their contents or as to the 
 place of their, manufacture or production, shall make a 
 request upon the Secretary of the Treasury for samples 
 from original packages of such articles for inspection and 
 analysis, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby 
 authorized to open such original packages and deliver 
 specimens to 'the Secretary of Agriculture for the pur- 
 pose mentioned, giving notice to the owner or consignee 
 of the sampling of such articles, who may be present and 
 have the right to introduce testimony before the Secretary 
 of Agriculture, or his representative, either in person or 
 by agent, concerning the suitability of such articles for 
 entry ; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse de- 
 livery to the consignee of any such goods which the Sec- 
 retary of Agriculture reports to him have been inspected 
 and analyzed and found to be dangerous to health or 
 falsely labeled or branded, either as to their contents or 
 as to the place of their manufacture or production, or 
 which are forbidden entry or to be sold, or are restricted 
 in sale in the countries in which they are made or from 
 which they are exported. 
 
 365. Adulterated food products. 
 
 Aug. so, 1890. It shall be unlawful to import into the United States 
 Sec. 2. anv adulterated or unwholesome food or drug or any 
 
 vinous, spirituous or malt liquors, adulterated or mixed 
 with any poisonous or noxious chemical drug or other 
 ingredient injurious to health. Any person who shall 
 knowingly import into the United States any such adul- 
 terated food or drug, or drink, knowing <>r having rea- 
 sons to believe the same to be adulterated, being the owner 
 or the agent of the owner, or the consignor or consignee 
 of the owner, or in privity with them, assisting in such 
 unlawful act. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and liable to prosecution therefor in the district court of 
 the United States for the district into which such prop- 
 erty is imported; and, on conviction, such person shall l>e 
 
 342 
 
PART XXXII. ADULTERATED PRODTK 343 
 
 fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for 
 each separate shi])iniMit. and may he imprisoned by the 
 court for a term not exceeding <>ne year, or both, at the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
 Any article designed for consumption as human food sec. 3. 
 or drink, and any other article of the classes or descrip 
 tion mentioned iii this act. which shall be imported into 
 the United States contrary to its provisions, shall be for- 
 feited to the United States, and shall be proceeded ailaiiiM 
 under the provisions of chapter eighteen of title thirteen 
 of the Revised Statutes of the United States | R. S.. !)11- 
 1042] ; 
 
 And such imported property so declared forfeited may 
 be destroyed or returned to the importer for exportation 
 from the United States after the payment of all costs and 
 expenses, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 
 Treasury may prescribe; 
 
 And the Secretary of the Treasury may cause such 
 imported articles to be inspected or examined in order to 
 ascertain whether the same have been so unlawfully 
 imported. 
 
 Whenever the President is satisfied that there is good Sec - 4 - 
 reason to believe that any importation is being made, or 
 is about to be made, into the United States, from any for- 
 eign country, of any article used for human food or drink 
 that is adulterated to an extent dangerous to the health 
 or welfare of the people of the United States, or any of 
 them, he may issue his proclamation suspending the im- 
 portation of such articles from such country for such 
 period of time as he may think necessary to prevent such 
 importation; and during such period it shall be unlawful 
 to import into the United States from the countries desig- 
 nated in the proclamation of the President any of the 
 articles the importation of which is so suspended. 
 
 The introduction into any State or Territory or the j une 30, 1906. 
 District of Columbia from any other State or Territory *<-. 2. 
 or the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, 
 or shipment to any foreign country of any article of food 
 or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded, within the 
 meaning of this Act, is hereby prohibited ; and any per- 
 son who shall ship or deliver for shipment from anj 7 State 
 or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other 
 State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to a 
 foreign country, or who shall receive in any State or Ter- 
 ritory or the District of Columbia from any other State 
 or Territory or the District of Columbia, or foreign coun- 
 try, and having so received, shall deliver, in original un- 
 broken packages, for pay or otherwise, or offer to deliver 
 to any other person, any such article so adulterated or 
 misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or any person 
 who shall sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia 
 or the Territories of the United States any such adulter- 
 ated or misbranded foods or drugs, or export or offer to 
 
344 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 export the same to any foreign country, shall be guilty of 
 a misdemeanor, and for such offense be fined not exceed- 
 ing two hundred dollars for the first offense, and upon 
 conviction for each subsequent offense not exceeding three 
 hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, 
 or both, in the discretion of the court : Provided, That no 
 article shall be deemed misbranded or adulterated within 
 the provisions of this Act when intended for export to 
 any foreign country and prepared or packed according to 
 the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser 
 when no substance is used in the preparation or packing 
 thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to 
 which said article is intended to be shipped; but if said 
 article shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for domes- 
 tic use or consumption, then this proviso shall not exempt 
 said article from the operation of any of the other pro- 
 visions of this Act. 
 
 sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agri- 
 
 culture, and the Secretary of Commerce shall make uni- 
 form rules and regulations for carrying out the provi- 
 sions of this Act, including the collection and examina- 
 tion of specimens of foods and drugs manufactured or 
 offered for sale in the District of Columbia, or in any 
 Territory of the United States, or which shall be offered 
 for sale in unbroken packages in any State other than 
 that in which they shall have been respectively manu- 
 factured or produced, or which shall be received from any 
 foreign country, or intended for shipment to any foreign 
 country, or which may be submitted for examination by 
 the chief health, food, or drug officer of any State, Terri- 
 tory, or the District of Columbia, or at any domestic or 
 foreign port through which such product is offered for 
 interstate commerce, or for .export or import between the 
 United States and any foreign port or country. 
 
 Mar. 2, 1897. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corpo- 
 ration to import or bring into the United States any mer- 
 chandise as tea which ^s inferior in purity, quality, and 
 fitness for consumption to the standards provided in sec- 
 tion three of this Act. and the importation of all such 
 merchandise is herewith prohibited. 
 
 May 16, 1908. Provided, That nothing herein shall affect or prevent 
 the importation into the Unite'* 1 States, under such regu- 
 lations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, 
 of any merchandise as tea which may be inferior in pur- 
 ity, quality, and fitness for consumption to the standards 
 established by the Secretary of the Treasury, or of any 
 tea waste, tea si f tings, or tea sweepings, for the sole pur- 
 pose of manufacturing theine, caffeine, or other chemical 
 products whereby the identity and character of the origi- 
 nal material is entirely destroyed or changed; and that 
 importers and manufacturers who import or bring into 
 the United States such tea, tea waste, tea siftings, or tea 
 
PART XXXII. ADULTERATED PRODUCTS. 345 
 
 sweepings shall <rive suitable bond, to be approved as 
 to amount and securities by the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, conditioned that said imported material shall be 
 only used for the purposes herein provided, under such 
 regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the 
 Treasury. 
 
PART XXXIII. OPIUM TRADE. 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Sec. 3. 
 
 366. Opium trade. 
 
 Feb. 23, 1887. The importation of opium into any of the ports of the 
 United States by any subject of the Emperor of China is 
 hereby prohibited. Every person guilty of a violation of 
 the preceding provision shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished 
 by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars nor less 
 than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for a period of not 
 more than six months nor less than thirty days, or by both 
 such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 
 
 Every package containing opium, either in whole or in 
 part, imported into the United States by any subject of 
 the Emperor of China, shall be deemed forfeited to the 
 United States; and proceedings for the declaration and 
 consequences of such forfeiture may be instituted in the 
 courts of the United States as in other cases of the viola- 
 tion of the laws relating to other illegal importations. 
 
 No citizen of the United States shall import opium into 
 any of the open ports of China, nor transport the same 
 from one open port to any other open port, or buy or sell 
 opium in any of such open ports of China, nor shall any 
 vessel owned by citizens of the United States, or any ves- 
 sel, whether foreign or otherwise, employed by ;my citi- 
 zen of the United States, or owned by any citizen of the 
 Tinted States, either in whole or in part, and employed 
 by persons not citizens of the United States, take or carry 
 opium into any of such open ports of China, or transport 
 the same from one open port to any other open port, or be 
 engaged in any traffic therein between or in such open 
 ports or any of them. Citi/ens of the United States of- 
 fending against the provisions of this section shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five 
 hundred dollars nor less than fifty dollars, or by both 
 such punishments, in the discretion of the court. 
 
 The con-ula i- courts of the Tinted States in China, con- 
 currently with any district court of the United States in 
 the district in which any offender may lie found, shall 
 have jurisdiction to hear, try, and determine all cases 
 arising under the foregoing provisions of this section, 
 subject to the general regulations provided by law. 
 346 
 
PATH \X\riT. OPIUM TRADE. 347 
 
 K\ cry package of opium or package containing opium, 
 either in whole or in part, brought, taken, or transported, 
 trallickcd. or dealt in contrary to the provisions of this 
 section, shall be forfeited to the Tinted Slates, for the 
 benefit of the Kmperor of China : and such forfeiture, and 
 the declaration and consequences thereof, shall be made, 
 had. determined, and executed by the proper authorities 
 of the Tinted States exercising judicial powers within the 
 Empire of China. 
 
 It shall be unlawful to import into the United States ',<'' ^ ""> 
 
 -. . . . Jan. 17, 1914. 
 
 opium in any form or any preparation or derivative 
 
 thereof: /V^/vVAv/. That opium and preparations and de- 
 rivatives thereof, other than smoking opium or opium 
 prepared for smoking, may be imported for medicinal 
 purposes only, under regulations which the Secretary of 
 the Treasury is hereby authorized to prescribe, and when 
 so imported shall be subject to the duties which are now 
 or may hereafter be imposed by law. 
 
 If any person shall fraudulently or knowingly im- Se c-2. 
 port or bring into the United States, or assist in so doing, 
 any opium or any preparation or derivative thereof 
 contrary to law, or shall receive, conceal, buy, sell, or in 
 any manner facilitate the transportation, concealment, or 
 sale of such opium or preparation or derivative thereof 
 after importation, knowing the same to have been im- 
 ported contrary to law, such opium or preparation or de- 
 rivative thereof shall be forfeited and shall be destroyed, 
 and the offender shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 
 $5,000 nor less than $50 or by imprisonment for any time 
 not exceeding two years, or both. Whenever, on trial for 
 a violation of this section, the defendant is shown to have, 
 or to have had, possession of such opium or preparation 
 or derivative thereof, such possession shall be deemed 
 sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the de- 
 fendant shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of 
 the jury. 
 
 All smoking opium or opium prepared for smoking Sec - 3 - 
 found within the United States shall be presumed to have 
 been imported after the first day of April, nineteen 
 hundred and nine, and the burden of proof shall be on the 
 claimant or the accused to rebut such presumption. 
 
 Any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United Sec - 4 - 
 States who shall, either as principal or as accessory, re- 
 ceive or have in his possession, or conceal on board of or 
 transport on any foreign or domestic vessel or other water 
 craft or railroad car or other vehicle destined to or 
 bound from the United States or any possession thereof, 
 any smoking opium or opium prepared for smoking, or 
 who, having knowledge of the presence in or on any such 
 vessel, water craft, or vehicle of such article, shall not 
 report the same to the principal officer thereof, shall be 
 subject to the penalty provided in section two of this Act. 
 Whenever on trial for violation of this section the de- 
 
348 NAVIGATION' LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 fendant is shown to have or to have had possession of 
 such opium, such possession shall be deemed sufficient 
 evidence to authorize conviction, unless the defendant 
 shall explain the possession to the satisfaction of the jury : 
 Provided, however, That any master of a vessel or other 
 water craft, or person in charge of a railroad car or other 
 vehicle, shall not be liable under this section if he shall 
 satisfy the jury that he had no knowledge and used due 
 diligence to prevent the presence of such article in or on 
 such vessel, water craft, car, or other vessel, and any 
 such article shall be forfeited and shall be destroyed. 
 
 sec. 5. Xo smoking opium or opium prepared for smoking 
 
 shall be admitted into the United States, or into any 
 territory under the control or jurisdiction thereof, for 
 transportation to another country, nor shall such opium 
 be transferred or transshipped from one vessel to another 
 vessel within any waters of the United States for imme- 
 diate exportation or any other purpose. 
 
 Sec. 6. Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person subject 
 
 to the jurisdiction of the United States to export or 
 cause to be exported from the United States, or from 
 territory under its control or jurisdiction, or from coun- 
 tries in which the United States exercises extraterritorial 
 jurisdiction, any opium or cocaine, or any salt, derivative, 
 or preparation of opium or cocaine, to any other country : 
 Provided, That opium or cocaine, and salts, derivatives, 
 or preparations thereof, except smoking opium or opium 
 prepared for smoking, the exportation of which is hereby 
 absolutely prohibited, may be exported to countries regu- 
 lating their entry under such regulations as are prescribed 
 by such country for the importation thereof into such 
 country, such regulations to be promulgated from time to 
 time by the Secretary of State of the United States. 
 
 The^Secretary of State shall request all foreign Gov- 
 ernments to communicate through the diplomatic chan- 
 nels copies of laws and regulations promulgated in their 
 respective countries which prohibit or regulate the im- 
 portation of the aforesaid drugs, and when received ad- 
 vise the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of 
 Commerce thereof; whereupon the Secretary of State, the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, ;m<l the Secretary of Com- 
 merce shall make and publish all proper regulations for 
 carrying the provisions of this section into effect. 
 
 Sec. 7. Any person who exports or causes to be exported any 
 
 of the aforesaid drugs in violation of the precedm- 
 tion shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $5,000 nor 
 less than $50 or by imprisonment for any time not exceed- 
 ing two years, or both. And one-half of any fine rn-ov- 
 ered from any person or persons convicted of an offense 
 under any sect ion of this Act may be paid to the person or 
 persons giving information leading to such recovery, and 
 one-half of any bail forfeited and collected in any pro- 
 ceedings brought under this Act mav l>e paid to the per- 
 son or persons giving the information which led to the 
 
PART XXXIII. OPIUM TRADE. 349 
 
 institution of such proceedings, if so directed by the court 
 exercising jurisdiction in the case: Provided, That no 
 payment for giving information shall be made to any 
 oilicer 01- employee of the United States. 
 
 Whenever opium or cocaine or any preparations or sec. a. 
 derivatives thereof shall be found upon any vessel arriv- 
 ing at any port of the Fnited States which is not shown 
 upon the vessel's manifest, as is provided by sections 
 twenty-eight hundred and six and twenty-eight hundred 
 and seven of the Revised Statutes, such vessel shall be 
 liable for the penalty and forfeiture prescribed in section 
 twenty-eight hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes. 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 
 
 367. Duty to stay by. 
 
 368. Motor boat law. 
 
 369. International rules of 1897. 
 
 370. Consideration of future rules. 
 
 371. Inland rules of 1897. 
 
 372. Limits of application of interna- 
 
 tional and inland or local rules. 
 
 373. Rules for the Great Lakes and 
 
 the St. Lawrence River as far 
 east as Montreal. 
 
 374. Rules for the Red River of the 
 
 North, and rivers emptying 
 into Gulf of Mexico, and their 
 tributaries. 
 
 375. Rirer navigation. 
 
 376. Rules for the St. Marys River. 
 
 377. Regattas and marine parades. 
 
 367. Duty to stay by. 
 
 sept. 4, 1890. j n every case of collision between two vessels it shall be 
 the duty of the master or person in charge of each vessel, 
 if and so far as he can do so without serious danger to his 
 own vessel, crew, and passengers (if any), to stay by the 
 other vessel until he has ascertained that she has no need 
 of further assistance, and to render to the other vessel, 
 her master, crew, and passengers (if any), such assist- 
 ance as may be practicable and as may be necessary in 
 order to save them from any danger caused by the colli- 
 sion, and also to give to the master or person in charge 
 of the other vessel the name of his own vessel and her 
 port of registry, or the port or place to which she belongs, 
 and also the name of the ports and places from which 
 and to which she is bound. 
 
 If he fails so to do, and no reasonable cause 1 for such 
 failure is shown, the collision shall, in the absence of 
 proof to the contrary, be deemed to have been caused by 
 his wrongful act, neglect, or default. 
 
 Every master or person in charge of a Tnited States 
 vessel who fails, without reasonable cause, to render such 
 -tanee or give such information as aforesaid shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a 
 penalty of one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for a 
 term not exceeding two years: and for the above sum the 
 c| shall be liable and may be seized and proceeded 
 against by process in any district court of the Tinted 
 States by any per. on: one-half such sum to be payable to 
 the informer and the other half to the United States. 
 
 350 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 351 
 
 368. Motor boat law. 
 
 The words'" motor boat" where used in this Act shall Jline - 191 - 
 include every vessel propelled by machinery and not more 
 than sixty-live I'eet in length except tuir boats and tow 
 boats propelled by steam. The length shall be measured 
 from end to end over the deck, excluding sheer: Pro- 
 r /<//, That the engine, boiler, or other operating ma- 
 chinery shall be subject to inspection by the local in- 
 spectors of steam vessels, and to their approval of the de- 
 sign thereof, on all said motor boats, which are more than 
 forty feet in length, and which are propelled by ma- 
 chinery driven by steam. 
 
 Motor boats subject to the provisions of this Act shall Sec. 2. 
 be divided into closses as follows: 
 
 (Mass one. Less than twenty-six feet in length. 
 
 Class two. Twenty-six feet or over and less than forty 
 feet in length. 
 
 Class three. Forty feet or over and not more than 
 sixty-five feet in length. 
 
 Every motor boat in all weathers from sunset to sun- Sec. a. 
 rise shall carry the following lights, and during such 
 time no other lights which may be mistaken for those 
 prescribed shall be exhibited. 
 
 (a) Every motor boat of class one shall carry the fol- 
 lowing lights: 
 
 First. A white light aft to show all around the horizon. 
 
 Second. A combined lantern in the fore part of the ves- 
 sel and lower than the white light aft showing green to 
 starboard and red to port, so fixed as to throw the light 
 from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on their 
 respective sides. 
 
 (b) Every motor boat of classes two and three shall 
 carry the following lights : 
 
 First. A bright white light in the fore part of the ves- 
 sel as near the stem as practicable, so constructed as to 
 show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 
 twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the 
 light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from 
 right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side. 
 The glass or lens shall be of not less than the following 
 dimensions : 
 
 Class two. Nineteen square inches. 
 
 Class three. Thirty-one square inches. 
 
 Second. A white light aft to show all around the 
 horizon. 
 
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352 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 8ec. 4. 
 
 Sec. 5. 
 
 Third. On the starboard side a green light so con- 
 structed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the 
 horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw 
 the light from right ahead to two points abaft the boa in 
 on the starboard side. On the port side a red light so 
 constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of 
 the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to 
 throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the 
 beam on the port side. The glasses or lenses in the said 
 side lights shall be of not less than the following dimen- 
 sions on motor boats of 
 
 Class two. Sixteen square inches. 
 
 Class three. Twenty-five square inches. 
 
 On and after July first, nineteen hundred and eleven, 
 all glasses or lenses prescribed by paragraph (b) of sec- 
 tion three shall be fresnal or fluted. The said lights shall 
 be fitted with inboard screens of sufficient height and so 
 set as to prevent these lights from being seen across the 
 bow and shall be of not less than the following dimen- 
 sions on motor boats of 
 
 Class two. Eighteen inches long. 
 
 Class three. Twenty-four inches long: Provided, That 
 motor boats as defined in this Act, when propelled by 
 sail and machinery or under sail alone, shall carry the 
 colored lights suitably screened but not the white lights 
 prescribed by this section. 
 
 (a) Every motor boat under the provisions of this Act- 
 shall be provided with a whistle or other sound-produc- 
 ing mechanical appliance capable of producing a blast 
 of two seconds or more in duration, and in the case of 
 such boats so provided a blast of at least two seconds 
 shall be deemed a prolonged blast within the meaning of 
 the law. 
 
 (b) Every motor boat of class two or three shall carry 
 an efficient fog horn. 
 
 (c) Every motor boat of class two or three shall be 
 provided with an efficient bell, which shall be not less 
 than eight inches across the mouth on board of vessels 
 of class three. 
 
 Every motor boat subject to any of the provisions of 
 this Act, and also all vessels propelled by machinery other 
 than by steam more than sixty-five feet in length, shall 
 carry either life-preservers or life belts, or buoyant 
 cushions, or ring buoys or other device, to be pre- 
 scribed by the Secretary of Commerce, sufficient to sustain 
 afloat every person on board and so placed as to be 
 readily accessible. All motor boats carrying passengers 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO I'UKVKNT COLLISIONS. 353 
 
 for hire shall carry one life-preserver of the sort pre- 
 scribed by tlu 1 regulations of the board of siiperv -ising 
 inspectors for every passenger carried, and no sii h boat 
 \\hile so carrying passengers for liiiv shall lie operated 
 or navigated except in charge of a pcr-on duly licensed 
 for such service by the local hoard of inspectors. No 
 examination shall he required as the condition of obtain 
 ing such a license, and any such licensee shall be revoked 
 or suspended by the local board of in-pectors for mi.- 
 conduct. gross negligence, recklessness in navigation, in- 
 temperance, or violation of law on the part of the holder. 
 and if revoked the person holding such license shall be 
 incapable of obtaining another such license for one year 
 from the date of revocation: /V^r/VAy/, That motor boats 
 shall not be required to carry licensed officers, except as 
 required in this Act. 
 
 Every motor boat and also every vessel propelled by sec. 6. 
 machinery other than by steam, more than sixty-live feet 
 in length, shall carry ready for immediate use the means 
 of promptly and effectually extinguishing burning gaso- 
 line. 
 
 A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars may be im- Sec - 7 - 
 posed for any violation of this Act. The motor boat shall 
 be liable for the said penalty and may be seized and pro- 
 ceeded against, by way of libel, in the district court of the 
 United States for any district within which such vessel 
 may be found. 
 
 llie Secretary of Commerce shall make such regula- sec. 8. 
 tions as may be necessary to secure the proper execution 
 of this Act by collectors of customs and other officers of 
 the Government. And the Secretary of the Department 
 of Commerce may, upon application therefor, remit or 
 mitigate any fine, penalty, or forfeiture relating to motor 
 boats except for failure to observe the provisions of sec- 
 tion six of this Act. 
 
 All laws and parts of laws only in so far as they are sec.9. 
 in conflict herewith are hereby repealed: Prori<lt. That 
 nothing in this Act shall be deemed to alter or amend 
 Acts of Congress embodying or revising international 
 rules for preventing collisions at sea. 
 369. International rules of 1897. 
 
 The following regulations for preventing collisions at Aug. 10, isoo. 
 sea shall be followed by all public and private vessels of 
 the United States upon the high seas and in all waters 
 connected therewith, navigable by sea-going vessels. 
 
354 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ^International PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS. 
 
 In the following rules every steam vessel which is under 
 sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing- 
 vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail 
 or not, is to be considered a steam-vessel. 
 
 The word " steam-vessel " shall include any vessel pro- 
 pelled by machinery. 
 
 A vessel is " under way " within the meaning of these 
 rules when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, 
 or aground. 
 
 II. LIGHTS AND so FORTH. 
 
 The word " visible " in these rules when applied to 
 lights shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear 
 atmosphere. 
 
 ARTICLE 1. The rules concerning lights shall be com- 
 plied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and dur- 
 ing such time no other lights which may be mistaken for 
 the prescribed lights shall be exhibited. 
 
 STEAM VESSELS MASTHEAD LIGHT. 
 
 ART. 2. A steam-vessel when under way shall carry 
 (a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without 
 a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height 
 above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the 
 breadth of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a height 
 above the hull not less than such breadth, so, however, 
 that the light need not be carried at a greater height 
 above the hull than forty feet, a bright white light, so 
 constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of 
 the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to 
 throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, 
 namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on 
 either side and of such a character as to be visible at a 
 distance of at least five miles. 
 
 STEAM VESSELS SIDE LIGHTS. 
 
 (b) On the starboard side a green light so constructed 
 as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the hori/on 
 of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 
 from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the 
 starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at 
 a distance of at least two miles. 
 
 (c) On the port side a red light so constructed as to 
 show an unbroken light over an arc of the hori/on of ten 
 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from 
 right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, 
 and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at 
 least two miles. 
 
PAKT \\xiv. i;ri i s TO n;r.\ I.NT COM .ismxs. 355 
 
 (,h Tlu> said -riven and red side-lights sliall he (itt.'d 
 with inboard screens project ing at least three feet for 
 \\ ard from the light, so as to prevent the-.' lights from 
 being seen aeross the how. 
 
 MI AM \ tBBKLA I;\N(,I: i.n.HTS. 
 
 (e) A steam-\es>el when under \vay may carry an ad- 
 ditional white light similar in construction to the light 
 mentioned in suhdivision (a). These two lights shall be 
 so placed in line with the keel that one shall he at Iea-t 
 fifteen feet higher than the other, and in such a position 
 with reference t<> each other that the lower light shall be 
 forward of the upper one. The vertical distance hetween 
 these lights shall he Less than the horizontal distance. 
 
 STEAM-VESSELS WIIKX TOWING. 
 
 ART. 3. A steam-vessel when towing another vessel 
 shall, in addition to her side-lights, carry two bright 
 white lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less 
 than six feet apart, and when towing more than one ves- 
 sel shall carry an additional bright white light six feet 
 above or below such light, if the length of the tow meas- 
 uring from the stern of the towing vessel to the stern of 
 the last vessel towed exceeds six hundred feet. Each of 
 these lights shall be of the same construction and charac- 
 ter, and shall be carried in the same position as the white 
 light mentioned in article two (a), excepting the addi- 
 tional light, which may be carried at a height of not less 
 than fourteen feet above the hull. 
 
 Such steam- vessel may carry a small white light abaft 
 the funnel or aftermast for the vessel towed to steer by, 
 but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam. 
 
 SPECIAL LIGHTS. 
 
 ART. 4. (a) A vessel which from any accident is not 
 
 under command shall carry at the same height as a white 
 light mentioned in article two ( a ) , where they can best be 
 seen, and if a steam -vessel in lieu of that light, two red 
 lights, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 
 six feet apart, and of such a character as to be visible all 
 around the horizon at a distance of at least two miles; and 
 shall by day carry in a vertical line one over the other, 
 not less than six feet apart, where they can best be seen, 
 two black balls or shapes, each two feet in diameter. 
 
 (b) A vessel employed in laying or in picking up a tele- 
 graph cable shall carry in the same position as the white 
 light mentioned in article two (a) , and if a steam-vessel in 
 lieu of that light, three lights in a vertical line one over 
 the other not less than six feet apart. The highest and 
 
356 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light 
 shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to 
 be visible all around the horizon, at a distance of at least 
 two miles. By day she shall carry in a vertical line, one 
 over the other, not less than six feet apart, where they can 
 best be seen, three shapes not less than two feet in diam- 
 eter, of which the highest and lowest shall be globular in 
 shape and red in color, and the middle one diamond in 
 shape and white. 
 
 (c) The vessels referred to in this article, when not 
 making way through the water, shall not carry the side- 
 lights, but when making way shall carry them. 
 
 (d) The lights and shapes required to be shown by this 
 article are to be taken by other vessels as signals that the 
 vessel showing them is not under command and can not 
 therefore get out of the way. 
 
 These signals are not signals of vessels in distress and 
 requiring assistance. Such signals are contained in ar- 
 ticle thirty-one. 
 
 LIGHTS FOR SAILING VESSELS AND VESSELS IN TOW. 
 
 ART. 5. A sailing vessel under way and any vessel being 
 towed shall carry the same lights as are prescribed by 
 article two for a steam-vessel under way, with the excep- 
 tion of the white lights mentioned therein, which they 
 shall never carry. 
 
 LIGHTS FOR SMALL VESSELS. 
 
 ART. 6. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels under 
 way during bad weather, the green and red side-lights 
 can not be fixed, these lights shall be kept at hand, lighted 
 and ready for use; and shall, on the approach of or to 
 other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in suf- 
 ficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to 
 make them most visible, and so that the green light shall 
 not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the- star- 
 board side, nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft 
 the beam on their respective sides. To make the use of 
 these portable lights more certain and easy the lanterns 
 containing them shall each l>e {tainted outside with the 
 color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be 
 provided witli proper screens. 
 
 LIGHTS FOR SMALL STEAM AND SAIL VESSELS AND oi'i.N 
 
 I '.OATS. 
 
 May 28, 1894. ART. 7. Stoam-vossels of less than forty, and vessels 
 under oars or sails of less than twenty tons gross tonnage, 
 respectively, and rowing boats, when under way. shall 
 not be required to carry the lights mentioned in article 
 
PART \x\i\v i;ri is TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 
 
 two (a). (1)}. and (c), lut if (hey do not carry them they ril l 1 l i !| rril!in 11111 
 shall In 1 provided with (lit- follou ing lights: 
 
 First. Steam-vexM'ls of le>s than folly tons shall 
 
 carry 
 
 (a) In the fore part of the \e>sel cr on or in front of 
 the runnel, where it can best 1'c seen, and at a height 
 above the gunwale of not less than nine feet, a brio-lit 
 white light Constructed and lixed as prescribed in article 
 (wo (a), and of Mich a character as to he visible at a 
 distance of at least two milt 
 
 (b) (ireen and red side-lights constructed and lixed 
 prescribed in article two (h) and (c), and of such a 
 character as to he visible at a distance of at least one 
 mile, or a combined lantern showing a green light and a 
 red light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam 
 on their respective side-. Such lanterns shall bo carried 
 not less than three feet below the white light. 
 
 Second. Small steamboats, such as arc carried by sea- 
 going vessels, may carry the white light at a less height 
 than nine feet above the gunwale, but it shall be carried 
 above the combined lantern mentioned in subdivision 
 one (b). 
 
 Third. Vessels under oars or sails of less than twenty 
 tons shall have ready at hand a lantern with a irreen glass 
 on one side and a red glass on the other, which, on the 
 approach of or to other vessels, shall be exhibited in suffi- 
 cient time to prevent collision, so that the irreen light 
 shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the 
 starboard side. 
 
 Fourth. Rowing boats, whether under oars or sail, shall 
 have ready at hand a lantern showing a white light which 
 shall be temporarily exhibited in sufficient time to pre- 
 vent collision. 
 
 The vessels referred to in this article shall not be 
 obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article four (a) 
 and article eleven, last paragraph. 
 
 LIGHTS FOR PILOT VESSELS. 
 
 ART. 8. Pilot-vessels when engaged on their station on Aug. 19, isoo. 
 pilotage duty shall not show the lights required for other 
 vessels, but 'shall carry a white light at the masthead. 
 visible all around the hori/on. and shall also exhibit a 
 flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, which 
 shall never exceed fifteen minutes. 
 
 On the near approach of or to other vessels thev shall 
 have their side-lights lighted, ready for use, and shall 
 flash or show them at short intervals, to indicate the 
 direction in which they are heading, but the green light 
 shall not be shown on the port side, nor the red liirht on 
 the starboard side. 
 
 *A pilot-vessel of such a cla-s as to be obliged to go 
 alongside of a vessel to put a pilot on board may show the 
 white light instead of carrying it at the masthead, and 
 
358 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Feb. 19, 1900. 
 Sees. 1, 2. 
 
 ma y> instead of the colored lights above mentioned, have 
 at hand, ready for use, a lantern with green glass on the 
 one side and red glass on the other, to be used as pre- 
 scribed above. 
 
 Pilot-vessels when not engaged on their station on 
 pilotage duty shall carry lights similar to those of other 
 vessels of their tonnage. 
 
 A steam-pilot vessel, when engaged on her station on 
 pilotage duty and in waters of the United States, and 
 not at anchor, shall, in addition to the lights required 
 for all pilot boats, carry at a distance of eight feet below 
 her white masthead light a red light, visible all around 
 the horizon and of such a character as to be visible on a 
 dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at 
 least two miles, and also the colored side lights required 
 to be carried by vessels when under way. 
 
 When engaged on her station on pilotage duty and in 
 waters of the United States, and at anchor, she shall 
 carry in addition to the lights required for all pilot boats 
 the red light above mentioned, but not the colored side 
 lights. 
 
 When not engaged on her station on pilotage duty, she 
 shall carry the same lights as other steam vessels. 
 
 LIGHTS, ETC., OF FISHING VESSELS. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1907. ARTICLE 9. Fishing vessels and fishing boats, when un- 
 der way and when not required by this article to carry 
 or show the lights hereinafter specified, shall carry or 
 show the lights prescribed for vessels of their tonnage 
 under way. 
 
 (a) Open boats, by which is to be understood boats 
 not protected from the entry of sea water by means of a 
 continuous deck, when engaged in any fishing at night, 
 with outlying tackle extending not more than one hun- 
 dred and fifty feet horizontally from the boat into the 
 seaway, shall carry one all-round white light. 
 
 Open boats, when fishing at night, with outlying tackle 
 extending more than one hundred and fifty feet horizon- 
 tally from the boat into the seaway, shall carry one all- 
 round white light, and in addition, on approaching or 
 being approached by other vessels, shall show a second 
 white light at least three feet below the first light and at 
 a horizontal distance of at least five feet away from it in 
 the direction in which the outlying tackle is attached. 
 
 (b) Vessels and boats, except open boats as defined in 
 subdivision (a), when fishing with drift nets, shall, so 
 long as the nets are wholly or partly in the water, carry 
 two white lights where they can best be seen. Such lights 
 shall be placed so that the vertical distance between them 
 shall be not less than six feet and not more than fifteen 
 feet, and so that the horizontal distance between thorn 
 measured in a line with the keel, shall be not less than 
 
PART XXXIV.- liri.l.s To l'i; l.VK NT COLLISlo 
 
 live feet and not more than ten feet. The lo\\er of these 
 two lights shall he in the direction of the nets, and both 
 of them shall he of such a character as to show all around 
 the horizon, and to he visible at a distance of not [eSB than 
 three miles. 
 
 Within the Mediterranean Sea and in the seas border 
 ing the coasts of Japan and Korea sailing fishing \e 
 
 ofless than twenty tons gross tonnage shall not he obliged 
 
 to carry the lower of these two lights. Should they, how- 
 ever, not carry it. they shall show in the same position 
 (in the direction of the net or gear) a white light, visihle 
 at a distance of not less than one sea mile, on the ap- 
 proach of or to other vessels. 
 
 (c) Vessels and boats, except open boats as defined in 
 subdivision (a), when line fishing with their lines out 
 and attached to or hauling their lines, and when not at 
 anehor or stationary within the meaning of subdivision 
 (h). shall carry the same lights as ve.-sels fishing with 
 drift nets. When shooting lines, or fishing with towing 
 lines, they shall carry the light- prescribed for a steam 
 or sailing vessel under way. respectively. 
 
 Within the Mediterranean Sea and in the seas border- 
 ing the coasts of .Japan and Korea sailing fishing vessels 
 of less than twenty tons gross tonnage shall not be obliged 
 .to carry the lower of these two lights. Should they. how- 
 ever, not carry it, they shall show in the same position 
 (in the direction of the lines) a white light, visible at a 
 distance of not less than one sea mile on the approach of 
 or to other vessels. 
 
 (d) Vessels when engaged in trawling, by which is 
 meant the dragging of an apparatus along the bottom of 
 the sea 
 
 First. If steam vessels, shall carry in the same position 
 as the white light mentioned in article, two (a) a tri- 
 colored lantern so constructed and fixed as to show a 
 white light from right ahead to two points on each how. 
 and a green light and a red light over an arc of the 
 horizon from two points on each bow to two point.- abaft 
 the beam on the starboard and port sides, respectively: 
 and not less than six nor more than twelve feet below the 
 tri-colored lantern a white light in a lantern, so con- 
 structed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light 
 all around the horizon. 
 
 Second. If sailing vessels, shall carry a white light in 
 a lantern, so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and 
 unbroken light all around the hori/on. and shall also, on 
 the approach of or to other vessels, show where it can 
 best be seen a white flare-up light or torch in suflicient 
 time to prevent collision. 
 
 All lights mentioned in subdivision (d) first and second 
 shall be visible at a distance of at least two mil. 
 
 (e) Oyster dredgers and other vessels fishing with 
 dredge nets shall carry and show the same lights as 
 trawlers. 
 
360 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ruiel ernatlollal 
 
 (^) Dishing vessels and fishing boats may at any time 
 use a flare-up light in addition to the lights which they 
 are by this article required to carry and show, and they 
 may also use working lights. 
 
 (g) Every fishing vessel and every fishing boat under 
 one hundred ami fifty feet in length, when at anchor, 
 shall exhibit a white light visible all around the horizon 
 at a distance of at least one mile. 
 
 Every fishing vessel of one hundred and fifty feet in 
 length or upward, when at anchor, shall exhibit a white 
 light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at 
 least one mile, and shall exhibit a second light as pro- 
 vided for vessels of such length by article eleven. 
 
 Should any such vessel, whether under one hundred and 
 fifty feet in length or of one hundred and fifty feet in 
 length or upward, be attached to a net or other fishing 
 gear, she shall on the approach of other vessels show an 
 additional white light at least three feet below the anchor 
 light, and at a horizontal distance of at least five feet 
 away from it in the direction of the net or gear. 
 
 (h) If a vessel or boat when fishing becomes stationary 
 in consequence of her gear getting fast to a rock or other 
 obstruction, she shall in daytime haul down the day 
 signal required by subdivision (k) ; at night show the 
 light or lights prescribed for a vessel at anchor; and. 
 during fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storms 
 make the signal prescribed for a vessel at anchor. (See 
 subdivision (d) and the last paragraph of article fifteen.) 
 
 (i) In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storms 
 drift-net vessels attached to their nets, and vessels when 
 trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of drag net. 
 and vessels line fishing with their lines out, shall, if of 
 twenty tons gross tonnage or upward, respectively, at 
 intervals of not more than one minute make a blast : it' 
 steam vessels, with the whistle or siren, and if sailing 
 vessels, with the foghorn, each blast to be followed by 
 ringing the bell. Fishing vessels and boats of less than 
 twenty tons gross tonnage shall not be obliged to give 
 the above-mentioned signals; but if they do not, they 
 shall make some other efficient sound signal at intervals 
 of not more than one minute. 
 
 (k) All vessels or boats fishing with nets or lines or 
 trawls, when under way, shall in daytime indicate their 
 occupation to an approaching vessel by displaying a 
 basket or other efficient signal where it can best lie seen. 
 If vessels or boats at anchor have then- gear out, they 
 shall, on the approach of other vessels, show the same 
 sign a I on the side on which those ves-els can pas-. 
 
 The vessels required by this article to carry or show 
 the lights hereinbefore specified shall not be obliged to 
 r-arry the lights prescribed by article four (a) and the 
 la-t paragraph of article eleven. 
 
PART \\X1V. Kl'l.RS TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 301 
 
 LMMITx K.KAN o\ I'.IIT \ K I! N \l--ll. Inl.Tiiatloiwl 
 
 rillrv. 
 
 Airr. 10. A vessel which is being overtaken l>y another Aug. r.. 
 
 shall sliow IVoin her stern to such last-mentioned vessel a 
 white light or a llare-nj) light. 
 
 The white light required to he shown liy this article 
 may lie fixed and carried in a lantern, hut in such case the 
 lantern shall he so constructed, lilted, and screened that 
 it shall throw an unhroken light over an arc of the hori- 
 zon of twelve points of the compass, namely, for six 
 points from right aft on each side of the vessel, so as to 
 he visihle at a distance of at least one mile. Such light 
 shall he earned as nearly as practicahle on the same level 
 
 as the side lights. 
 
 \\< iinu I.IOIITS. 
 
 AKT. 11. A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in 
 length when at anchor shall carry forward, where it can 
 hest he seen, hut at a height not exceeding twenty feet 
 ahove the hull, a white light, in a lantern so const meted 
 as to show a clear, uniform, and unhroken light visible 
 all around the hori/on at a distance of at least one mile. 
 
 A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upwards in 
 length, when at anchor, shall carry in the forward part of 
 the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not 
 exceeding forty feet ahove the hull, one such light, and at 
 or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that 
 it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the for- 
 ward light, another such light. 
 
 The length of a vessel shall be deemed to be the length 
 appearing in her certificate of registry. 
 
 A vessel aground in or near a fair- way shall carry the 
 above light or lights and the two red lights prescribed by 
 article four (a). 
 
 SPECIAL SIGNAL. 
 
 ART. 12. Every vessel may, if necessary in order to at- 
 tract attention, in addition to the lights which she is by 
 these rules required to carry, show a flare-up light or use 
 any detonating signal that can not be mistaken for a dis- 
 tress signal. 
 
 NAVAL LICIITS AND RECOGNITION SIGNALS. 
 
 ART. 13. Xothing in these rules shall interfere with the 
 operation of any special rules made by the Government 
 of any nation with respect to additional station and 
 signal-lights for two or more ships of war or for vessels 
 sailing under convoy, or with the exhibition of recogni- 
 tion signals adopted by ship-owners, which have been 
 authorized by their respective Governments and duly 
 registered and published. 
 
362 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 International 
 rules. 
 
 STF.A.M VKSSKL I'NDKll SAIL BY DAY. 
 
 ART. 14. A steam- vessel proceeding under sail only but 
 having her funnel up, shall carry in day-time, forward, 
 where it can best be seen, one black ball or shape two feet 
 in diameter. 
 
 III. SOUND SIGNALS IN FOG, ETC. 
 
 PRELIMINARY. 
 
 June 10, 1896. ART. 15. All signals prescribed by this article for ves- 
 sels under way shall be given : 
 
 First. By " steam vessels " on the whistle or siren. 
 
 Second. By " sailing vessels " and " vessels towed " on 
 the fog horn. 
 
 The words " prolonged blast " used in this article shall 
 mean a blast of from four to six seconds duration. 
 
 A steam-vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle 
 or siren, sounded by steam or by some substitute for 
 steam, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted 
 by any obstruction, and with an efficient fog horn, to be 
 sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient 
 bell. (In all cases where the rules require a bell to be 
 used a drum may be substituted on board Turkish vessels, 
 or a gong where such articles are used on board small sea- 
 going vessels.) A sailing vessel of twenty tons gross ton- 
 nage or upwards shall be provided with a similar fog 
 horn and bell. 
 
 In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rainstorms, whether 
 by day or night, the signals described in this article shall 
 be used as follows, namely : 
 
 STE A M VESSEL* IM > K 1 J W A Y. 
 
 (a) A steam vessel having way upon her shall sound, at 
 intervals of not more than two minutes, a prolonged blast. 
 
 (b) A steam vessel under way. but stopped, and havin.ir 
 no way upon her, shall sound, at intervals of not more 
 than two minutes, (wo prolonged blasts, with an interval 
 of about one second between. 
 
 SAIL VESSEL UNDER WAY. 
 
 (c) A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals 
 
 of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack, 
 one blast : when on the port tack, two hla.-ts in succession, 
 and when with the wind abaft the beam, three blasts in 
 succession. 
 
 \ i 98EE4 \ T \\< IIOR OK NOT INDI.I; WAV. 
 
 (d) A ve.-sel when at anchor shall, at intervals of not 
 more than one minute, ring the bell rapidly for about five 
 seconds. 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 363 
 
 TBSSELfi TOWING <>i; TOWED, international 
 
 riilrs. 
 
 (e) A vcs-el when towing. ;i vessel employed in laying 
 or in picking up ;i telegraph cable. :inl ;i vessel under wav, 
 \\hieh is unable to get nut of the way of an approaching 
 vessel through being not under eoininand. or unable to 
 maneuver as re<|iiired l>y the rules, shall, instead of the 
 signals prescribed in sululivisions (a) and (c) of this 
 article, at intervals of not more than two minutes, sound 
 three Masts in succession, namely: One prolonged Mast 
 followed hy two short Musts. A vessel towed mav gi\e 
 this signal and she shall not give any other. 
 
 SM.M.I. SMI. INC VESSELS AM) HOATS. 
 
 Sailing vessels and boats of less than twenty tons gross 
 tonnage shall not he obliged to give the above-mentioned 
 signals, but. if they do not. they shall make some other 
 efficient sound signal at intervals of not more than one 
 minute. 
 
 SPEED IX FOG. 
 
 ART. 16. Every vessel shall, in a fog, mist, falling snow, Aug. 10, isoc 
 or heavy rain-storms, go at a moderate speed, having care- 
 ful regard for the existing circumstances and conditions. 
 
 A steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her 
 beam, the fog-signal of a vessel the position of which is 
 not ascertained shall, so far as the circumstances of the 
 case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate with 
 caution until danger of collision is over. 
 
 IV. STEERING AND SAILING RULES. 
 
 PRELIMINARY. 
 
 Risk of collision can, when circumstances permit, be 
 ascertained by carefully watching the compass bearing 
 of an approaching vessel. If the bearing does not appre- 
 ciably change, such risk should be deemed to exist. 
 
 SAILING VESSELS. 
 
 AIJT. IT. When two sailing vessels are approaching one 
 another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them 
 shall keep out of the way of the other, as follows, namely : 
 
 (a) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of the 
 way of a vessel which is close-hauled. 
 
 (b) A vessel which is close-hauled on the port tack 
 shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled 
 on the starboard tack. 
 
 (c) When both are running free, with the wind on dif- 
 ferent sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port 
 side shall keep out of the way of the other. 
 
364 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Inte 
 rules. 
 
 international When both are running free, with the wind on the 
 
 same side, the vessel which is to the windward shall keep 
 out of the way of the vessel which is to the leeward. 
 
 (e) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of 
 the way of the other vessel. 
 
 STEAM VESSELS. 
 
 ART. 18. When two steam- vessels are meeting end on, 
 or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each 
 shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass 
 on the port side of the other. 
 
 This article only applies to cases where vessels are 
 meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such a manner as to 
 involve risk of collision, and does not apply to two ves- 
 sels which must, if both keep on their respective courses, 
 pass clear of each other. 
 
 The only cases to w r hich it does apply are when each of 
 the two vessels is end on, or nearly end on, to the other ; 
 in other words, to cases in which, by day, each vessel sees 
 the masts of the other in a line, or nearly in a line, with 
 her own ; and by night, to cases in which each vessel is in 
 such a position as to see both the side-lights of the other. 
 
 It does not apply by day to cases in which a vessel sees 
 another ahead crossing her own course; or by night, to 
 cases where the red light of one vessel is opposed to the 
 red light of the other, or w T here the green light of one 
 vessel is opposed to the green light of the other, or where 
 a red light without a green light, or a green light without 
 a red light, is seen ahead, or where both green and red 
 lights are seen anywhere but ahead. 
 
 TWO STEAM-VESSELS CROSSING. 
 
 ART. 19. When two steam-vessels are crossing, so as to 
 involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on 
 her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the 
 other. 
 
 STEAM-VESSEL SHALL KEEP OUT OF TIIF WAV OF SAILING- 
 VESSEL. 
 
 ART. 20. When a steam-vessel and a sailing- vessel are 
 proceeding in such direct ions as to involve risk of colli- 
 sion, the steam-vessel shall keep out of the way of the 
 Bailing- vessel 
 
 COURSE AND SPKF.D. 
 
 May 28, 1894. ART. 21. Where, by any of these rules, one of two ves- 
 sels is to keep out of the way the other shall keep her 
 course and speed. 
 
 NOTE. When, in consequence of thick weather or other 
 causes, such vessel finds herself so close that collision can 
 not be avoided by the action of the giving-way vessel 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 365 
 
 alone, she also shall take Mich action as will best aid to ru 1 1 jj < ' riutloiwl 
 avert collision. (See articles twenty-seven ami twenty- 
 nine.) 
 
 CROSSING AHEAD. 
 
 ART. 22. Every vessel which is directed by these rules AU B . 10, 1890. 
 to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, if the cir- 
 cumstances of the case admit, avoid crowing ahead of the 
 other. 
 
 8TBAM-VE88EU9 SII.M.I. si.\< KFX sPF.r.n OR STOP. 
 
 ART. 2o. Kvery steam-vessel which is directed by these 
 rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, on 
 approaching her, if necessary, slacken her speed or stop 
 
 or reverse. 
 
 <>\ i KTAKIN<; VKSSKI.S. 
 
 ART. 24. Notwithstanding anything contained in these 
 rules every vessel, overtaking any other, shall keep out of 
 the way of the overtaken vessel. 
 
 Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any 
 direction more than two points abaft her beam, that is, in 
 such a position, with reference to the vessel which she is 
 overtaking that ist night she would be unable to see either 
 of that vessel's side-lights, shall be deemed to be an over- 
 taking vessel; and no subsequent alteration of the bearing 
 between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel 
 a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or 
 relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken 
 vessel until she is finally past and clear. 
 
 As by day the overtaking vessel can not always know 
 with certainty whether she is forward or abaft this direc- 
 tion from the other vessel she should, if in doubt, assume 
 that she is an overtaking vessel and keep out of the way. 
 
 NARROW CHANNEL^. 
 
 ART. 25. In narrow channels every steam-vessel shall, 
 when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the 
 fair-way or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side 
 of such vessel. 
 
 RIGHT OF WAY OF FISHING VESSELS. 
 
 ART. 26. Sailing vessels under way shall keep out of 
 the way of sailing vessels or boats fishing with nets, or 
 lines, or trawls. This rule shall not give to any vessel or 
 boat engaged in fishing the right of obstructing a fair- 
 way used by vessels other than fishing vessels or boats. 
 
 GENERAL PRUDENTIAL RULE. 
 
 ART. 27. In obeying and construing these rules due 
 regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and col- 
 
366 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 li s i n ? an( i to any special circumstances which may 
 render a departure from the above rules necessary in 
 order to avoid immediate danger. 
 
 SOUND SIGNALS FOR PASSING STEAMERS. 
 
 ART. 28. The words " short blast " used in this article 
 shall mean a blast of about one second's duration. 
 
 When vessels are in sight of one another, a steam- 
 vessel under way, in taking any course authorized or 
 required by these rules, shall indicate that course by the 
 following signals or whistle or siren, namely : 
 
 One short blast to mean, " I am directing my course to 
 starboard." 
 
 Two short blasts to mean, " I am directing my course 
 to port." 
 
 Three short blasts to mean, " My engines are going at 
 full speed astern." 
 
 PRECAUTION. 
 
 ART. 29. Xothing in these rules shall exonerate any 
 vessel or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the 
 consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or 
 of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neg- 
 lect of any precaution which may be required by the 
 ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circum- 
 stances of the case. 
 
 ART. 30. Xothing in these rules shall interfere with the 
 operation of a special rule, duly made by local authority, 
 relative to the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland 
 waters. 
 
 DISTRESS SIGNALS. 
 
 May 28, 1894. ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires 
 assistance from other vessels or from the shore the fol- 
 lowing shall be the signals to be used or displayed by 
 her, either together or separately, namely: 
 
 In the daytime 
 
 First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at inter- 
 vals of about a minute. 
 
 Second. The international code signal of distress indi- 
 cated by X C. 
 
 Third. The distance signal, consisting of a square flag, 
 having either- above or below it a ball or anything resem- 
 bling a ball. 
 
 Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal 
 apparatus. 
 
 At night 
 
 First. A iii in or other explosive signal fired at inter- 
 vals of nbout a minute. 
 
 Second. Manic- on the vessel (as from a burning tar 
 barrel, oil barrel, and so forth). 
 
PART \\XTV. -Kt'I.KS TO PMKVKNT COLLISIONS. 367 
 
 Third. Rockets or shells throwing .stars of any color or ru 1 1 jj eril ' tloni11 
 description, lired one at a time, at short intervals. 
 
 Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-si pi a I 
 apparatus. 
 
 370. Consideration of future rules. 
 
 The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to recon- Feb. 5, 1 896. 
 vene the delegates of the United States to the Washing- 
 ton International Marine Conference of eighteen hundred 
 and eighty-nine, whenever in his judgment it is expedient, 
 for the further consideration of rules to prevent collisions 
 at sea and in the waters of the United States. 
 
 371. Inland rules of 1897. 
 
 The following regulations for preventing collision shall June 7, 1897. 
 be followed by all vessels navigating all harbors, rivers, 
 and inland waters of the United States, except the Great 
 Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far 
 east as Montreal and the Red River of the North and 
 rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tribu- 
 taries, and are hereby declared special rules duly made by 
 local authority. 
 
 Every pilot, engineer, mate, or master of any steam- sec. 3. 
 vessel, and every master or mate of any barge or canal- 
 boat, who neglects or refuses to observe the provisions of 
 this Act, or the regulations established in pursuance of 
 the preceding section [see section 2, page 347], shall be 
 liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, and for all damages 
 sustained by any passenger in his person or baggage by 
 such neglect or refusal : Provided, That nothing, herein 
 shall relieve any vessel, owner or corporation from any 
 liability incurred by reason of such neglect or refusal. 
 
 Every vessel that shall be navigated without complying Sec.4. 
 with the provisions of this Act shall be liable to a penalty 
 of two hundred dollars, one-half to go to the informer, 
 for which sum the vessel so navigated shall be liable and 
 may be seized and proceeded against by action in any 
 district court of the United States having jurisdiction of 
 the offense. 
 
 PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS. 
 
 Ill the following rules every steam vessel which is under June 7, 1897. 
 sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing- 
 vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail 
 or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. 
 
 The word " steam- vessel ' shall include any vessel pro- 
 pelled by machinery. 
 
 A vessel is "under way." within the meaning of these 
 rules, when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the 
 shore or aground. 
 
 II. LIGHTS AND so FORTH. 
 
 The word " visible " in these rules, when applied to 
 lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear 
 atmosphere. 
 
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368 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 inland rules. ARTICLE 1. The rules concerning lights shall be com- 
 plied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and 
 during such time no other lights which may be mistaken 
 for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited. 
 
 STEAM VESSELS MASTHEAD LIGHT. 
 
 ART. 2. A steam-vessel when under way shall carry 
 (a) On or in front of the foremast, or, if a vessel without 
 a foremast, then in the forepart of the vessel, a bright 
 white light so constructed as to show an unbroken light 
 over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the com- 
 pass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side 
 of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points 
 abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as 
 to be visible at a distance of at least five miles. 
 
 STEAM VESSELS SIDE LIGHTS. 
 
 (b) On the starboard side a green light so constructed 
 as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon 
 of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 
 from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the 
 starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at 
 a distance of at least two miles. 
 
 (c) On the port side a red light so constructed as to 
 show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten 
 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from 
 right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, 
 and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at 
 least two miles. 
 
 (d) The said green and red side-lights shall be fitted 
 with inboard screens projecting at least throe feet for- 
 ward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from 
 being seen across the bow. 
 
 STEAM VESSELS I?AN(JK LI (JUTS. . 
 
 (e) A sea-going steam-vessel when under way may 
 carry an additional white light similar in construction to 
 the light mentioned in subdivision (a). These two lights 
 shall he so ]>la<ed in line with the keel that one shall be 
 at least, fifteen feet higher than the other, and in such a 
 position with reference to each other that the lower light 
 shall he forward of the upper one. The vertical distance 
 between these lights shall be less than the horizontal 
 distance. 
 
 (f) All steam- vessels (except sea going vessels and 
 ferryboats), shall carry in addition to green and red 
 lights required by article two (b), (c), and screens as 
 required by article two (d). a central ran ire of two white 
 lights; the after-light being carried at an elevation at 
 least fifteen feet above the light at the head of the vessel. 
 The head-light shall be so constructed as to show an un- 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 369 
 
 broken light through twenty points of the compass, inland 
 namely, from right anead to two points abaft the beam on 
 either side of the vessel, and the after-light so as to show 
 all around the horizon. 
 
 STI'AM -VESSELS WIIKN TOWING. 
 
 AKT. ;?. A steam- vessel when towing another vessel 
 shall, in addition to her side-lights, carry two bright white 
 lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 
 three feet apart, and when towing more than one vessel 
 shall cany an additional bright white light three feet 
 above or below such lights, if the length of the tow meas- 
 uring from the stern of the towing vessel to the stern of 
 the last vessel towed exceeds six hundred feet. Each of 
 these lights shall be of the same construction and char- 
 acter, and shall be carried in the same position as the 
 white light mentioned in article two (a) or the after 
 range light mentioned in article two (f). 
 
 Such steam vessels may carry a small white light abaft 
 the funnel or aftermast for the vessel towed to steer by, 
 but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam. 
 
 LIGHTS FOR SAILING VESSELS AND VESSELS IN TOW. 
 
 ART. 5. A sailing-vessel under way or being towed shall 
 carry the same lights as are prescribed by article two for 
 a steam- vessel under way, with the exception of the white 
 lights mentioned therein, which they shall never carry. 
 
 LIGHTS FOR FERRY-BOATS, BARGES, AND CANAL-BOATS IN TOW, 
 
 The supervising inspectors of steam vessels and the ffaj 2 25 1014. 
 Supervising Inspector General shall establish such rules 
 to be observed by steam vessels in passing each other and 
 as to the lights to be carried by ferryboats and by barges 
 and canal boats when in tow of steam vessels, and as 
 to the lights and day signals to be carried by vessels, 
 dredges of all types, and vessels 1 working on wrecks by [or] 
 other obstruction to navigation or moored for submarine 
 operations, or made fast to a sunken object which may 
 drift with the tide or be towed, not inconsistent with the 
 provisions of this Act, as they from time to time may 
 deem necessary for safety, which rules when approved by . it, 1903. 
 the Secretary of Commerce are hereby declared special 
 rules duly made by local authority, as provided for in 
 article thirty of chapter eight hundred and two of the 
 laws of eighteen hundred and ninety. Two printed copies 
 of such rules shall be furnished to such ferryboats, barges, 
 dredges, canal boats, vessels working on wrecks, and 
 steam vessels, which rules shall be kept posted up in con- 
 spicuous places in such vessels, barges, dredges, and boats. 
 
370 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Inland rules. LIGHTS FOR SMALL VESSELS. 
 
 June 7, 1897. ^ RT< (^ \Vh enever? as i n the case of vessels of less than 
 ten gross tons under way during bad weather, the green 
 and red side-lights can not be fixed, these lights shall be 
 kept at hand, lighted and ready for use ; and shall, on the 
 approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their 
 respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in 
 such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the 
 green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red 
 light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than 
 two points abaft the beam on their respective sides. To 
 make the use of these portable lights more certain and 
 easy the lanterns containing them shall each be painted 
 outside with the color of the light they respectively con- 
 tain, and shall be provided with proper screens. 
 
 ART. 7. Eowing boats, whether under oars or sail, shall 
 have ready at hand a lantern showing a white light which 
 shall be temporarily exhibited in sufficient time to prevent 
 collision. 
 
 LIGHTS. FOR PILOT VESSELS. 
 
 ART. 8. Pilot- vessels when engaged on their stations on 
 pilotage duty shall not show the lights required for other 
 vessels, but shall carry a white light at the masthead, 
 visible all around the horizon, and shall also exhibit a 
 flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, which 
 shall never exceed fifteen minutes. 
 
 On the near approach of or to other vessels they shall 
 have their side-lights lighted, ready for use, and shall 
 flash or show them at short intervals, to indicate the direc- 
 tion in which they are heading, but the- green light shall 
 not be shown on the port side nor the red light on the 
 starboard side. 
 
 A pilot-vessel of such a class as to be obliged to go 
 alongside of a vessel to put a pilot on board may show the 
 white light instead of carrying it at the masthead, and 
 may, instead of the colored lights above mentioned, have 
 at hand, ready for use, a lantern with a green glass on 
 the one side and a red glass on the other, to be used as 
 prescribed above. 
 
 Pi lot- vessels, when not engaged on their station on 
 pilotage duty, shall carry lights similar to those of other 
 vessels of their tonnage. 
 
 Sees ? 2 1900 ' -^ strain pilot vessel, when engaged on her station on 
 pilotage duty and in waters of the United States, and not 
 at anchor, shall, in addition to the lights required for all 
 pilot boats, carry at a distance of eight feet below her 
 white masthead 'light a red light, visibly all around the 
 Lori/on and of such a character as to he visible on a dark- 
 night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at lea-t 
 two miles, and also the colored side lights required to be 
 carried by vessels when under way. 
 
 When engaged on her station on pilotage duty and in 
 waters of the United States, and at anchor, she shall carry 
 in addition to the lights required for all pilot boats the 
 
1'AUT XXXTV. BULBS TO PKF.VKNT COLLISIONS. 371 
 
 When not engaged on her station on pilotage duty, she Inl nd rul - 
 shall carry the >ame lights as other steam vessels. 
 
 AKT. 0. (a) Fish ing- vessels of less than ten gross tons, Jne 7, 1897. 
 when under way ami when not having their nets, trawls, 
 dredges, or lines in the water, shall not be obliged to carry 
 the colored side-lights; but every such vessel shall, in lieu 
 thereof, have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass 
 on one side and a red glass on the other side, and on ap- 
 proaching to or being approached by another vessel such 
 Lantern shall be exhibited in snllieient time to prevent col- 
 lision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port 
 side nor the red light on the starboard side. 
 
 (b) All fish ing- vessels and fishing-boats of ten gross 
 tons and upward, when under way and when not having 
 their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines in the water, shall 
 carry and show the same lights as other vessels under 
 way. 
 
 (c) All vessels, when trawling, dredging, or fishing 
 with any kind of drag-nets or lines, shall exhibit, from 
 some part of the vessel where they can be best seen, two 
 lights. One of these lights shall be red and the other 
 shall be white. The red lights shall be above the white 
 light, and shall be at a vertical distance from it of not less 
 than six feet and not more than twelve feet ; and the hori- 
 zontal distance between them, if any, shall not be more 
 than ten feet. These two lights shall be of such a charac- 
 ter and contained in lanterns of such construction as to be 
 visible round the horizon, the white light a distance of 
 not less than three miles and the red light of not less than 
 two miles. 
 
 LIGHTS FOR RAFTS, OR OTHER CRAFT, NOT PROVIDED FOR. 
 
 (d) Rafts, or other water craft not herein provided for, 
 navigating by hand power, horse pow T er, or by the cur- 
 rent of the river, shall carry one or more good white 
 lights, which shall be placed in such manner as shall be 
 prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of 
 Steam Vessels. 
 
 LIGHTS FOR AN OVERTAKEN VESSEL. 
 
 ART. 10. A vessel which is being overtaken by another, 
 except a steam-vessel with an after range-light showing 
 all around the horizon, shall throw from her stern to such 
 last-mentioned vessel a white light or a flare-up light. 
 
 ANCHOR LIGHTS. 
 
 ART. 11. A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in 
 length, when at anchor, shall carry forward, where it can 
 best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet 
 above the hull, a white light in a lantern so constructed as 
 to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all 
 around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile. 
 
372 
 
 Inland rules. 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 A vessel if one hundred and fifty feet or upwards in 
 length when at anchor shall carry in the forward part of 
 the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not 
 exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such light, and 
 at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that 
 it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the for- 
 ward light, another such light. 
 
 The length of a vessel shall be deemed to be the length 
 appearing in her certificate of registry. 
 
 SPECIAL SIGNALS. 
 
 ART. 12. Every vessel may, if necessary, in order to 
 attract attention, in addition to the lights which she is by 
 these rules required to carry, show a flare-up light or 
 use any detonating signal that cannot be mistaken for a 
 distress signal. 
 
 NAVAL LIGHTS AND RECOGNITION SIGNALS. 
 
 ART. 13. Xothing in these rules shall interfere with the 
 operation of any special rules made by the Government of 
 any nation with respect to additional station and signal 
 lights for two or more ships of war or for vessels sailing 
 under convoy, or with the exhibition of recognition sig- 
 nals adopted by shipowners, which have been authorized 
 by their respective Governments, and duly registered and 
 published. 
 
 STEAM VESSEL UNDER SAIL BY DAY. 
 
 AJIT. 14. A steam- vessel proceeding under sail only, but 
 having her funnel up, may carry in daytime, forward, 
 where it can best be seen, one black ball or shape two feet 
 in diameter. 
 
 III. SOUND SIGNALS IN FOG, ETC. 
 
 PRELIMINARY. 
 
 ART. 15. All signals prescribed by this article for ves- 
 sels under way shall be given: 
 
 1. By " steam- vessels " on the whistle or siren. 
 
 2. By "sailing-vessels " and "vessels towed" on the 
 fog horn. 
 
 The words "prolonged blast" used in this article shall 
 mean a blast of fnmi four t<> six seconds duration. 
 
 A steam-vessel shall be provided with an ellicient whis- 
 tle or siren, sounded by steam or by some substitute for 
 steam, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted 
 by any obstruction, and with an ellicient fog horn: also 
 with an efficient bell. A sailing-vessel of twenty tons 
 gross tonnage or upward shall be provided with a similar 
 fog horn and bell. 
 
I'.MIT \\XIV. IJri.KS TO PRKVKNT COLLISIONS. 373 
 
 In fog, mist, fulling snow, or heavy rainstorms. whether lnl nd rulM - 
 by day or night. the signals described in this article shall 
 lo used as follow-, namely : 
 
 S1T.AM Vl.ssi.L t M>i:U WAY. 
 
 (a) A steam- vessel under way should sound, at inter- 
 vals of not more than one minute, a prolonged blast. 
 
 SAIL VESSEL I NDF.K WAV. 
 
 (c) A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at inter- 
 vals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard 
 tack', one 1 blast : when on the port tack, two blasts in suc- 
 cession, and when with the wind abaft the beam, three 
 blasts in succession. 
 
 \ i.SSKLS AT AXrilOK OK NOT UNDER WAV. 
 
 (d) A vessel when at anchor shall, at intervals, of not 
 more than one minute, ring the bell rapidly for about 
 live seconds. 
 
 VESSELS TOWING OR TOWED. 
 
 (e) A steam- vessel when towing, shall, instead of the 
 signals prescribed in subdivision (a) of this article, at 
 intervals of not more than one minute, sound three blasts 
 in succession, namely, one prolonged blast followed by 
 two short blasts. A vessel towed may give this signal 
 and she shall not give any other. 
 
 RAFTS, OR OTHER CRAFT NOT PROVIDED FOR. 
 
 (f ) All rafts or other water craft, not herein provided 
 for, navigating by hand power, horse power, or by the 
 current of the river, shall sound a blast of the fog-horn, 
 or equivalent signal, at intervals of not more than one 
 minute. 
 
 SPEED IN FOG. 
 
 ART. 16. Every vessel shall, in a fog, mist, falling 
 snow, or heavy rainstorms, go at a moderate speed, hav- 
 ing careful regard to the existing circumstances and 
 conditions. 
 
 A steam-vessel hearing, apparently forward of her 
 beam, the fog-signal of a vessel the position of which is 
 not ascertained shall, so far as the circumstances of the 
 case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate with cau- 
 tion until danger of collision is over. 
 
374 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Inland rules. JY^ STEERING AND SAILING RULES. 
 
 PRELIMINARY. 
 
 Risk of collision can, when circumstances permit, be 
 ascertained by carefully watching the compass bearing of 
 an approaching vessel. If the bearing does not appre- 
 ciably change, such risk should be deemed to exist. 
 
 SAILING VESSELS. 
 
 ART. 17. When two sailing-vessels are approaching one 
 
 another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them 
 
 shall keep out of the way of the other as follows, namely : 
 
 * (a) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of 
 
 the way of a vessel which is close-hauled. 
 
 (b) A vessel which is close-hauled on the port tack 
 shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled 
 on the starboard tack. 
 
 (c) When both are running free, with the wind on dif- 
 ferent sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port 
 side shall keep out of the way of the other. 
 
 (d) When both are running free, with the wind on the 
 same side, the vessel which is to the windward shall keep 
 out of the way of the vessel which is to the leeward. 
 
 (e) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of 
 the way of the other vessel. 
 
 STEAM VESSELS. 
 
 ART. 18. RULE I. WTien steam-vessels are approaching 
 each other head and head, that is, end on, or nearly so, it 
 shall be the duty of each to pass on the port side of the 
 other; and either vessel shall give, as a signal of her in- 
 tention, one short and distinct blast of her whistle, which 
 the other vessel shall answer promptly by a similar blast 
 of her whistle, and thereupon such vessel shall pass on the 
 port side of each other. But if the courses of such ves- 
 sels are so far on the starboard of each other as not to be 
 considered as meeting head and head, either vessel shall 
 in i nicd lately give two short and distinct blasts of her 
 whistle, which the other vessel shall answer promptly by 
 two similar blasts of her whistle, and they shall pass on 
 the starboard side of each other. 
 
 The foregoing only applies to cases where vessels are 
 meeting end on or nearly end on, in such a manner as to 
 involve risk of collision: in other words, to cases in 
 Avhich, by day. each es the masts of the other in a 
 
 line, or nearly in a line, with her own. and by night to 
 cases in which each vessel is in such a position as to see 
 both the sidelights of the other. 
 
 It does not apply by day to cases in which a vessel sees 
 another ahead crossing her own course, or by night to 
 cases where the red light of one vessel is opposed to the 
 
tART xxxuv KU.i.s TO iMM-.vr.NT COI.MSIOXS. 875 
 
 red light of the other, or where the green light of one inland 
 vessel is opposed to the green light, of the other, or where 
 11 ml light without a green light or :i given light without 
 a red light, is seen ahead, or when 1 both green and red 
 lights are seen anywhere hut ahead. 
 
 RULE III. 11'. when steam-vessels are approaching eaeh 
 other, either vessel fails to understand the course or inten- 
 tion of the other, from any cause, the vessel so in doubt 
 shall immediately signify tin 4 same by giving several short 
 and rapid blasts, not less than four, of the steam-whistle. 
 
 KfLK V. \Yhenever a steam-vessel is nearing a short 
 bend or curve in the channel, where, from the height of 
 the banks or other cause, a steam- vessel approaching from 
 the opposite direction can not be seen for a distance of 
 half a mile, such steam-vessel, when she shall have arrived 
 within half a mile of such curve or bend, shall give a sig- 
 nal by one long blast of the steam-whistle, which signal 
 shall be answered by a similar blast, given by any ap- 
 proaching steam-vessel that may be within hearing. 
 Should such signal be so answered by a steam-vessel upon 
 the farther side of such bend, then the usual signals for 
 meeting and passing shall immediately be given and 
 answered; but, if the first alarm signal of such vessel be 
 not answered, she is to consider the channel clear and 
 govern herself accordingly. 
 
 When steam- vessels are moved from their docks or 
 berths, and other boats are liable to pass from any direc- 
 tion toward them, they shall give the same signal as in 
 the case of vessels meeting at a bend, but immediately 
 after clearing the berths so as to be fully in sight they 
 shall be governed by the steering and sailing rules. 
 
 RULE VIII. AVhen steam-vessels are running in the 
 same direction, and the vessel which is astern shall desire 
 to pass on the right or starboard hand of the vessel ahead, 
 she shall give one short blast of the steam-whistle, as a 
 signal of such desire, and if the vessel ahead answers with 
 one blast, she shall put her helm to port; or if she shall 
 desire to pass on the left or port side of the vessel ahead, 
 she shall give two short blasts of the steam- whistle as a 
 signal of such desire, and if the vessel ahead answers 
 with two blasts, shall put her helm to starboard; or if the 
 vessel ahead does not think it safe for the vessel astern to 
 attempt to pass at that point, she shall immediately sig- 
 nify the same by giving several short and rapid blasts of 
 the steam-whistle, not less than four, and under no cir- 
 cumstances shall the vessel astern attempt to pass the 
 vessel ahead until such time as they have i cached a point 
 where it can be safely done, when said vessel ahead shall 
 signify her willingness by blowing the proper signals. 
 The vessel ahead shall in no case attempt to cross the bow 
 or crowd upon the course of the passing vessel. 
 
 RULE IX. The whistle signals provided in the rules 
 under this article, for steam-vessels meeting, passing, or 
 
376 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Feb. 14. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 inland rules, overtaking, are never to be used except when steamers are 
 in sight of each other, and the course and position of each 
 can be determined in the daytime by a sight of the vessel 
 itself, or by night by seeing its signal lights. In fog, 
 mist, falling snow or heavy rainstorms, when vessels can 
 not see each other, fog-signals only must be given. 
 
 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS. 
 
 ice. 2. The supervising inspectors of steam vessels and the 
 
 Supervising Inspector General shall establish such rules 
 to be observed by steam vessels in passing each other and 
 as to the lights to be carried by ferryboats and by barges 
 and canal boats when in tow of steam vessels, and as to 
 the lights and day signals to be carried by vessels, 
 dredges of all types, and vessels working on wrecks by [or] 
 other obstruction to navigation or moored for submarine 
 operations, or made fast to a sunken object which may 
 drift with the tide or be towed, not inconsistent with the 
 provisions of this Act, as they from time to time may 
 loos, deem necessary for safety, which rules when approved by 
 the Secretary of Commerce are hereby declared special 
 rules duly made by local authority, as provided for in 
 article thirty of chapter eight hundred and two of the 
 laws of eighteen hundred and ninety. Two printed copies 
 of such rules shall be furnished to such ferryboats, barges, 
 dredges, canal boats, vessels working on wrecks, and 
 steam vessels, which rules shall be kept posted up in con- 
 spicuous places in such vessels, barges, dredges, and boats. 
 
 TWO STEAM- VESSELS CROSSING. 
 
 June 7, 1897. ART. 10. When two steam vessels are crossing, so as to 
 involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on 
 her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the 
 other. 
 
 STEAM-VESSEL SHALL KEEP OUT OF TIIK WAY OF SAILING- 
 VESSEL. 
 
 ART. 20. When a steam-vessel and sailing-vessel are 
 proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of col- 
 lision, the steam-vessel shall keep out of the way of the 
 
 sailing-vessel. 
 
 OOUBS1 AND SPEED. 
 
 Airr. -21. Where, by any of the.-e rules, one of the two 
 Vessels is to keep out of the way. the other shall keep her 
 course and speed. 
 
 [See articles 27 and 29.] 
 
 CROSSING AHEAD. 
 
 ART. 22. Every reesel which is directed by these rules 
 to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, if the cir- 
 cumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the 
 other. 
 
PART \\XI\V Rri.F.s To PREVENT OOU ISIONS. 377 
 
 STEAM-VESSELS SHALL SLACKEN MM:I:I> ou STOP, inland ruh-s. 
 
 ART. 23. Every steam-vessel which is directed by these 
 
 rules to keep out of (lie way of another vessel shall, on 
 approaching her. if necessary, slacken her speed or stop 
 or reverse. 
 
 o\ MKTAKIM; VESSELS. 
 
 AKT. iM. Notwithstanding anything contained in these 
 rules every vessel, o\ ertakini: any other, shall keep out of 
 the way of the overtaken vessel. 
 
 Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any 
 direction more than two points abaft her beam, that is, 
 in sueh a position, with reference to the vessel which she 
 is overtaking that at night she would be unable to see 
 either of that vessel's side-lights-, shall be deemed to be 
 an overtaking vessel : and no subsequent alteration of the 
 bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtak- 
 ing vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these 
 rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the 
 overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear. 
 
 As by day the overtaking vessel can not always know 
 with certainty whether she is forward of or abaft this 
 direction from the other vessel she should, if in doubt, 
 assume that she is an overtaking vessel and keep out of 
 the way. 
 
 NARROW CHANNELS. 
 
 ART. 25. In narrow channels every steam- vessel shall, 
 when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the 
 fair-way or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side 
 of such vessel. 
 
 RIGHTS OF WAY OF FISHING VESSELS. 
 
 ART. 26. Sailing-vessels under way shall keep out of 
 the way of sailing-vessels or boats fishing with nets, or 
 lines or trawls. This rule shall not give to any vessel or 
 boat engaged in fishing the right of obstructing a fair- 
 way used by vessels other than fishing- vessels or boats. 
 
 GENERAL PRUDENTIAL RULE. 
 
 ART. 27. In obeying and construing these rules due re- 
 gard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and colli- 
 sion, and to any special circumstances which may render 
 a departure from the above rules necessary in order to 
 avoid immediate danger. 
 
 SOUND SIGNALS FOR PASSING STKAMKRS. 
 
 (See Art. 18.) 
 
 ART. 28. When vessels are in sight of one another a 
 steam-vessel under way whose engines are going at full 
 speed astern shall indicate that fact by three short blasts 
 on the whistle. 
 
378 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Inland rule.. PRECAUTION. 
 
 ART. 29. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ves- 
 sel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the con- 
 sequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of 
 any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of 
 any precaution which may be required by the ordinary 
 practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the 
 case. 
 
 LIGHTS OX UNITED STATES NAVAL VESSELS AND REVEMT. 
 
 C UTTERS. 
 
 ART. 30. The exhibition of any light on board of a ves- 
 sel of war of the United States or a revenue cutter may be 
 suspended whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of 
 the Navy, the commander in chief of a squadron, or the 
 commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character 
 of the service may require it. 
 
 DISTRESS SIGNALS. 
 
 ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires as- 
 sistance from other vessels or from the shore the follow- 
 ing shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, 
 either together or separately, namely : 
 
 IN THE DAYTIME. 
 
 A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus, 
 or firing a gun. 
 
 AT NIGHT. 
 
 First. Flames on the vessel as from a burning tar bar- 
 rel, oil barrel, and so forth. 
 
 Second. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal 
 apparatus, or firing a gun. 
 
 372. Limits of application of international and inland or local 
 rules. 
 
 i-vi.. 19, 1895. The Secretary of Commerce is herebj^ authori/ed. ein- 
 KH,'.i'4, 1903. powered and directed from time to time to designate and 
 define by suitable bearings or ranges with light houses, 
 light vessels, buoys or coast objects, the lines dividing the 
 high seas from rivers, harbors and inland waters. The 
 words " inland waters" used in this Act shall not be hold 
 to include the Great Lakes and their connectinir and 
 tributary waters as far east as Montreal: 
 
 I IMS I SIAI'.I.ISIIIM. HAKKOKS, KI\!KS. \ M> !.\I..\M> WATIK^ Ol TIM' 
 
 r.\m:i> STATIS. WITHIN WHICH TIII: INLAND RULES AKI 
 
 APPLY. 
 
 (All lu'iirin-s ;u-r iii ,]ru'i < trii.- and joints magnetic. :unl aiv irivrn 
 
 approximately; distances in nautical mili's.i 
 
 Cutlor (Litflo Itivor) II;irl>or. Mr.: A lino dniwn from I ..mi: 
 Point i!i.V, (S\V. by \V. * \V. > to T.ittlo IJivor IIo.-i.l. 
 
 Littlo M:iclii:is liny. M;ichi;is r.M.v. Knirlishnian \\i\y, ( MiMiidlor 
 Bay, Moosabec Reach, Plo;is;mt r..iy. Narraguagus Bay, and 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 379 
 
 Pigeon Hill Kay, Me.: A lino drawn from Little Kiver II. -ad -:;L' i"i"<i r..i,-s 
 
 (\VS\V. .[ W.) to the outer side of <H<| Man; ihenre L'.'M i \VSW. 
 
 4 W.) to the outer side of Double Shot Islands; then,-.- 2-I.V i \V. 
 
 i S.) to Lihl.y Islands Lighthouse; theiuv L'i'.U (WSW. A \V. I 
 
 I.. Moose 1'eak Lighthouse; Uience 2:'..r ( . NVSW. \ W.) to Little 
 
 Pond Head: from I'ond point. Great Wass Island, 2:!!> I \VS\V. 
 
 :,' W.) to outer side of Crumple Island; thence 24S ( \V. g S.) to 
 
 Petit Manan Light house. 
 
 All liarbors on the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massa- 
 chusetts between 1'etil Manan Lighthouse, .Me., and Cape Ann 
 Lighthouses. Mass.: A line drawn from Petit Manan Lighthouse 
 205* (SW. S.), liC.i miles, to Mount Desert Lighthouse : thence 
 LT.o.'. (\V. J S.). about :;:; miles, to Matinicns Kock Lighthouses; 
 thence I'tnT (\VN\V. \V.i. u:;A miles, to Monlu-gan Island Light- 
 house; thence 260 (W. 4 X..), 19J miles to Seiruin Lighthouse: 
 thence 2.TJ i\VS\V.), ISi miles, to Cape Elizabeth Lightvessel, 
 No. 74; thence 214| (SW. | W.), 29* miles, to Boon Island 
 Lighthouse: thence 210i (S\V.), 11 miles, to Anderson Led-,- 
 Spindle, off Isles of Shoals Lighthouse; thence 176^ (S. J W.), 
 19i miles, to Cape Ann Li.irht houses. Mass. 
 
 P.oston JIarbor: From Kasiorn Point Lighthouse 215 (SW. 
 i W.), 15 J miles, to The Graves Lighthouse; thence 139i (SSE. 
 i E.), 74 miles, to Minots Ledge Lighthouse. 
 
 All harbors in Cape Cod Bay. Mass.: A line drawn from Ply- 
 mouth (Gurnet) Lighthouses 77^ (E. i S.), 16i miles, to Race 
 Point Lighthouse. 
 
 Xant ticket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Narragan- 
 sett Bay, Block Island Sound, and easterly entrance to Long 
 Island Sound: A line drawn from Chatham Lighthouses, Mass., 
 146 (S. by E. 1 E.), 4 miles, to Pollock Rip Shoals Lightvessel, 
 Xo. 73; thence 142 (SSE. E.), 12| miles, to Great Round Shoal 
 Entrance Gas, Whistling, and Submarine Bell Buoy (PS) ; thence 
 229 (SW. by W. * W.), 14 miles, to Sankaiy Head Lighthouse; 
 from Smith Point, Xantucket Island, 265 (W. f X T .), 25* miles, to 
 southeasterly point Xo Mans Land; from westerly point" Xo Mans 
 Land 359 (X\ by E.), 5 miles to Gay Head Lighthouse; thence 
 250i (W. f S.), 34 miles, to Block Island Southeast Lighthouse; 
 thence 250^ (W. f S.), 14f miles, to Montauk Point Lighthouse, 
 on the easterly end of Long Island, X. Y. 
 
 Xew York Harbor: A line drawn from Rockaway Point Life- 
 Saving Station 1071 (S. i E.), 6} miles, to Ambrose Channel 
 Lightvessel, Xo. 87; thence 23S (WSW.), 8} miles, to Xavesink 
 (southerly) Lighthouse. 
 
 Philadelphia Harbor and Delaware Bay: A line drawn from 
 Cape May Lighthouse 2<>0 (SSW. -g- W.), 8?. miles, to Overfalls 
 Lightvessel, Xo. 69; thence 246i (WSW. \ W.), 3 mile, to Cape 
 Henlopeii Lighthouse. 
 
 Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay: A line drawn from 
 Cape Charles Lighthouse 188i (S. by W. i W.), 10 miles, to 
 Outer Entrance Whistling Buoy, 2; thence 241f (SW. by W. I 
 W.), 4 miles, to Cape Henry Lighthouse. 
 
 Charleston Harbor: A line drawn from Ferris Wheel, on Isle 
 of I 'alms, 154 (SSE. \ E.), 7 miles, to Charleston Lightvessel, 
 Xo. ::*; thence 2.7.) (W. f S.) through Charleston Whistling P.uoy, 
 GC, 7| miles, until Charleston Lighthouse bears 350 (X. 1 W.) ; 
 thence 270 (W.), 2 miles, to the beach of Folly Island. 
 
 Savannah Harbor and Calibogue Sound: A line drawn from 
 Braddock Point, Hilton Head Island. 149 (SSE. f E.), 9J miles, 
 to Tybee Gas and Whistling Buoy, T (PS) ; thence 270 (W.) 
 to the beach of Tybee Island. 
 
 St. Simon Sound (Brunswick Harbor) and St. Andrew Sound: 
 From hotel on beach of St. Simon Island il mile 60 (XE. by E. 
 f E.) from St. Simon Lighthouse, 130f (SE. E.), 6 miles, to 
 
380 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Inland rules, st. Simon Whistling Buoy; thence 192 (S. by "W.), SJ miles, to 
 St. Andrew Sound Bar Buoy (PS); thence 270 (W. ft S.), 4| 
 miles, to the shore of Little Cumberland Island. 
 
 St. Johns River, Fla. : A straight line from the outer end of 
 the northerly jetty to the outer end of the southerly jetty. 
 
 Florida Reefs and Keys : A line drawn from the easterly end of 
 the northerly jetty, at the entrance to the dredged channel ft 
 mile northerly of Xorris Cut, 114* (ESE.), If miles, to Florida 
 Reefs North End Beacon, W. ; thence 178| (S. 1 E.), l-\ miles, to 
 Biscayne Bay Sea Bell Buoy, 1; thence 1S1| (S.), 2| miles, to 
 Fowey Rocks Lighthouse; thence 188 (S. ft W.), 6| miles, to 
 Triumph Reef Beacon, O; thence 193 (S. by W.), 4ft miles, to 
 Ajax Reef Beacon, M; thence 194* (S. by W. ft W.), 2 miles, to 
 Pacific Reef Beacon, L; thence 196ft (S. by W. f W.), 5 miles, to 
 Turtle Harbor Sea Buoy, 2; thence 210 (SSW. ft W.). 4| miles, 
 to Carysfort Reef Lighthouse; thence 209* (SSW. ft W.), 5J 
 miles, to Elbow Reef Beacon, J; thence 218 (SW. f S.), 7] 
 miles, to French Reef Beacon, G; thence 220ft (SW. ft S.), 2 
 miles, to Molasses Reef Beacon, T; thence 234i (SW. W.), (> 
 miles, to Conch Reef Beacon, E; thence 235 (SW. f W.) through 
 Crocker Reef Beacon, D, 10 J miles, to Alligator Reef Lighthouse ; 
 thence 238 (SW. by W.), 9 miles, to Tennessee Reef Beacon, 7; 
 thence 222^ (SW. ft S.), 2 miles, to Tennessee Reef Buoy. 4; 
 thence 251 (WSW. ft W.), 10* miles, to Coffins Patchless Beacon, 
 C; thence 247 (SW. by W. f W.), 8J miles, to Sombrero Key 
 Lighthouse; thence 250 (WSW.), 2ft miles, to Sombrero Key 
 Turn Buoy (PS) ; thence 253 (W T SW. 1 W.), 6ft miles, to Bahia 
 Honda Sea Buoy (PS) ; thence 255* (WSW. ft W.), 7ft miles, to 
 Looe Key Beacon, 6; thence 257* (WSW. f W.), 6| miles, to 
 American Shoal Lighthouse; thence 253ft (WSW. f W.), 2| 
 miles, to Maryland Shoal Beacon, S; thence 259 (WSW. f W.), 
 5ft miles, to Eastern Sambo Beacon, A; thence 256ft (WSW. ft 
 W.). 21 miles, to Western Sambo Beacon, R; thence 252ft" 
 (WSW. ft W.), If miles, to Western Sambo Buoy, 2; thence 261J 
 (W. by S.), through Ship Channel Shoal Beacon, 5, 3J miles, to 
 Main Ship Channel Entrance Bar Buoy (PS) ; thence 259ft 
 (WSW. W.), 2ft miles, to Eastern Dry Rocks Beacon, 4; thence 
 256ft (WSW. ft W.), 1J miles, to Sand Key Lighthouse; thence 
 261 (W. by S.), 2 miles, to Western Dry Rocks Beacon, 2; 
 thence 268} (W. f S.), 3ft miles, through Satan Shoal Buoy 
 (IIS) to Vestal Shoal Buoy, 1; thence 273 J (W. ft X.). .",! 
 miles, to Coal Bin Rock Buoy (IIS); thence 324 J (XW. -g N.). 
 7 1 , miles, to Conch Key; from northwesterly point Marquesas 
 Keys (51 J (XE. by E. ft E.), 4ft miles, to North Entrance Buoy 
 (PS), Boca Grande Channel; thence 84 (E. f X.), 9J miles, to 
 Northwest Channel Entrance Bell Buoy (PS), Northwest Chan- 
 nel into Key West: thence c.sj (XI-:. by E. ft E.), 23ft miles, to 
 northerly side of Content Keys; thence 48ft (XE. ft E.), 2 ( .H 
 miles. 1(1 East Cape, Cape Sable. 
 
 rimrlotfe Il.-irhor and Punta Gorda. Fin.: Eastward of En- 
 trance I'.ell P.uoy (I'Si. off Bora Grande, and in Charlotte Har- 
 bor, in Pine Island Sound and Matlacha Pass. Pilot: Rules for 
 \Yesiern Rivers apuly in Peace and Myacca Hirers north of a 
 260 P and 70 (WS\V. and ENK.) line through Mangrove IV.int: 
 Light ; and in Caloosaha tehee Hirer northward of 1he steamboat 
 wharf ;il I 'iint ;i rasa. 
 
 Tampa P.ar and tributaries, Fla.: From the southerly end of 
 Long Key 245* I ' SW. by W. W.). .'{ miles, to Entrance Gas and 
 Whistling Buoy (PSi : thence 128ft 6 (S.B. : , 1 B.). (i ' i"ih>s. ; 
 Bell Buoy (PS) at the entrance to Southwest riiamtcl: thence 
 102ft (E. ft S.). 12 r i miles. ID the house on the north end of Anna 
 Maria Key. Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in Manateo 
 River inside BhtTEDCe P.iioy ('PS1; in HillslM.r.. River inside 
 P.arrel Stake P.eacon. 
 
 St. (Jeoi'-e Sound. Apalachicola P.ar. Carrabollo and A]>alachi- 
 cola Rivers, an<l St. \'incent Sound, Fla.: Xorth of a line from 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PKLYLNT COLLISIONS. 381 
 
 I\.int 1'Ki I.SNY. by \V. | \V.), I'M miles, to sonlh- Inland rales. 
 easterly iMid of Dog Island; to northward of Mast, p.-iss P.HI P.noy 
 l PS I :i| tin- entrance to Kasl P;iss, ;ili(l inside \\Vst Pass P.ell 
 
 p.noy i PS i at the seaward entrance to West Pass, pilot Rules for 
 
 Western Rivers apply in rarrabello River and when on Iho range 
 .-Mid missing the bar ;i( the entrance; in Apaladiicola River and 
 northward of Fi\ e-Foot Lump P.noy. ;">. when crossing the har. 
 
 Peiisacola Harbor: I-'r,.in Caucus Cut Knt rancr Whistling P.noy 
 (PS) 8 (X. | F.) tangent, to easterly side of Port Pickens, to the 
 shore of Santa Rosa Island, and froin the Whistling P.noy north- 
 ward in the bnoyrd channel through Caucus Shoal. 
 
 Mobile Ilarhor and Bay: From Outer Whistling Buoy (PS) 40 
 I XL 1 , by N."l to shore of Mobile Point, and from the Whistling 
 Hnoy :',L'0 (XW.) 10 Hu shore of Dauphin Island. Pilot Rules 
 for Western River* apply in Mobile River above P.atterv Chidden 
 Llgbt 
 
 Sounds, Lakes, and Harbors on the Coasts of Alabama, Missis- 
 sippi, and Louisiana, between Mobile Bay Entrance and the Delta 
 of the Mississippi River: From Sand Island Lighthouse 259 
 ( \\'S\V. W.), -4;U miles, to Chandeleur Lighthouse; westward of 
 Cliamleleur and Krrol Islands, and west of a line drawn from the 
 southwesterly point of Errol Island 182 (S. i E.), 23 miles, to 
 Tass a Loutre Lighthouse. Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply 
 in Pascngoula River, and in the dredged cut at the entrance to 
 the river, above Pascagoula River Entrance Light, A, marking 
 the entrance to the dredged cut. 
 
 New Orleans Harbor and the Delta of the Mississippi River. 
 Inshore of a line drawn from the outermost mud lump showing 
 above low water at the entrance to Pass a Loutre to a similar 
 lump off the entrance to Northeast Pass ; thence to a similar lump 
 off the entrance to Southeast Pass; thence to the outermost aid to 
 navigation off the entrance to South Pass; thence to the outer- 
 most aid to navigation off the entrance to Southwest Pass; thence 
 northerly, about 18^ miles, to the westerly point of the entrance to 
 Jaque Bay. 
 
 Sabiue Pass, Tex.: Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply to 
 Sabine Pass northward of Sabine Pass Whistling Buoy (PS), and 
 in Sabine Lake and its tributaries. Outside of this buoy the 
 International Rules apply. 
 
 Galveston Harbor: A line drawn from Galveston North Jetty 
 Light 164 (SSE. i E.), 2| miles, to Galveston Bar Gas Buoy 
 (PS) ; thence 3121 (NW. | W.), 1| miles, to Galveston (S.) 
 Jetty Light. 
 
 P.razos River, Tex. : Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in the 
 Brazos River above the outer ends of the jetties. International 
 Rules apply outside the ends of the jetties. 
 
 San Diego Harbor: A line drawn from southerly tower Coro- 
 nado Hotel 221^ (SSW. W.), 4J miles, to Outside Bar Whistling 
 Buoy, SD. (PS) ; thence 356| (N. by W. W.), 2| miles, to Point 
 Loma Lighthouse. 
 
 San Francisco Harbor : A line drawn through Mile Rocks Light- 
 house 32G (NW. f W.) to Bonita Point Lighthouse. 
 
 Columbia River Entrance: A line drawn from knuckle of Colum- 
 bia River south jetty 351 (NNW. f W.) to Cape Disappointment 
 Lighthouse. 
 
 Juan de Fuca Strait, Washington and Puget Sounds: A line 
 drawn from New Dungeness Lighthouse 19^ (N. \ W.), 17| 
 miles, to Cattle Point Light, on southeasterly point of San Juan 
 Island (Mount Constitution, on Orcas Island, is in range with 
 Cattle Point Light on this line) ; from Bellevne Point, San Juan 
 Island, 335 (NW. W.), to Kellett Bluff, Henry Island; thence 
 346 (NW. f N.) to Turn Point Light; thence 7<H (NE. E.), 8| 
 miles, to westerly point of Skipjack Island; thence 37f (N. by 
 E. i E.), 4i miles, to Patos Islands Light; thence 337$ (NW. i 
 W.), 12 miles, to Point Roberts Light. 
 
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 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Inland rale*. General rule. At all buoyed entrances from seaward to bays, 
 sounds, rivers, or other estuaries, for which specific lines have 
 not been described, inland rules shall apply inshore of a line, 
 approximately parallel with the general trend of the shore, drawn 
 through the outermost buoy or other aid to navigation of any 
 system of aids. 
 
 373. Rules for the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as 
 far east as Montreal. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1895. The following rules for preventing collisions shall be 
 followed in the navigation of all public and private ves- 
 sels of the United States upon the Great Lakes and their 
 connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal. 
 
 STEAM AND SAIL VESSELS. 
 
 RULE 1. Every steam vessel which is under sail and 
 not under steam, shall be considered a sail vessel; and 
 every steam vessel which is under steam, whether under 
 sail or not, shall be considered a steam vessel. The word 
 steam vessel shall include any vessel propelled by ma- 
 chinery. A vessel is under way within the meaning of 
 these rules when she is not at anchor or made fast to the 
 shore or aground. 
 
 LIGHTS. 
 
 RULE 2. The lights mentioned in the following rules 
 and no others shall be carried in all weathers from sunset 
 to sunrise. The word visible in these rules when applied 
 to lights shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear 
 atmosphere. 
 
 RULE 3. Except in the cases hereinafter expressly pro- 
 vided for, a steam vessel when under way shall carry: 
 
 (a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel with- 
 out a foremast, then in the forepart of the vessel, at a 
 height above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if 
 the beam of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a 
 height above the hull not less than such beam, so, how- 
 ever, that such height need not exceed forty feet, a bright 
 white light so constructed us to show an unbroken light 
 over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the com- 
 pass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side 
 of the ves.M-1. namely, from right ahead to two points 
 abaft the beam on either side, and of such character as to 
 1)0 visible at a distance of at Iea>t live miles. 
 
 (b) On the starboard side, a given light, so constructed 
 us to throw an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon 
 of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 
 from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the 
 starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at 
 a distance of at least two miles. 
 
 (c) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to 
 show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten 
 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from 
 right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 383 
 
 and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at {*** L * k * 
 least two miles. 
 
 (d) The said given and red lights shall be fitted with 
 inboard screens projecting at least three feet forward 
 from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being 
 seen across the bow. 
 
 (e) A steamer of over one hundred and fifty feet reg- 
 i>ter length shall also carry when under way an addi- 
 tional bright light similar in construction to that men- 
 tioned in subdivision (a), so fixed as to throw the light 
 all around the horizon and of such character as to be, 
 visible at a distance of at least three miles. Such addi- 
 tional light shall be placed in line with the. keel at least 
 fifteen feet higher than the deck and more than seventy- 
 five feet abaft the light mentioned in subdivision (a). 
 
 VESSELS TOWING. 
 
 RULE 4. A steam vessel having a tow other than a raft 
 shall in addition to the forward bright light mentioned 
 in subdivision (a) of rule three carry in a vertical line 
 not less than six feet above or below 7 that light a second 
 bright light of the same construction and character and 
 fixed and carried in the same manner as the forward 
 bright light mentioned in said subdivision (a) of rule 
 three. Such steamer shall also carry a small bright light 
 abaft the funnel or aftermast for the tow to steer by, but 
 such light shall not be visible forward of the beam. 
 
 RULE 5. A steam vessel having a raft in tow shall, in- 
 stead of the forward lights mentioned in rule four, carry 
 on or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a 
 foremast then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height 
 above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the 
 beam of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a height 
 above the hull not less than such beam, so however that 
 such height need not exceed forty feet, two bright lights 
 in a horizontal line athwartships and not less than eight 
 feet apart, each so fixed as to throw the light all around 
 the horizon and of such character as to Be visible at a 
 distance of at least five miles. Such steamer shall also 
 carry the small bright steering light aft, of the character 
 and fixed as required in rule four. 
 
 RULE 6. A sailing vessel under way and any vessel 
 being towed shall carry the side lights mentioned in rule 
 three. 
 
 A vessel in tow shall also cany a small bright light 
 aft, but such light shall not be visible forward of the 
 beam. 
 
 RULE 7. The lights for tugs under thirty tons register 
 whose principal business is harbor towing, and for boats 
 navigating only on the River Saint Lawrence, also ferry- 
 boats, rafts, and canal boats, shall be regulated by rules 
 which have been or may hereafter be prescribed by the 
 Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. 
 
 92075 15 25 
 
384 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 L akes RULE 8. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels under 
 v. ay during bad weather, the green and red side lights can 
 not be fixed, these lights shall be kept at hand lighted and 
 ready for use, and shall, on the approach of or to other 
 vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient 
 time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them 
 most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen 
 on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side, 
 nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam 
 on their respective sides. To make the use of these port- 
 able lights more certain and easy, they shall each be 
 painted outside with the color of the light they respec- 
 tively contain, and shall be provided with suitable screens. 
 
 RULE 9. A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet reg- 
 ister length, when at anchor, shall carry forward, where 
 it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty 
 feet above the hull, a white light in a lantern constructed 
 so as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light, visible 
 all around the horizon, at a distance of at least one mile. 
 
 A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upward in 
 register length, when at anchor, shall carry in the forward 
 part of the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and 
 not exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such light, 
 and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height 
 that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the 
 forward light, another such light. 
 
 RULE 10. Produce boats, canal boats, fishing boats, 
 rafts, or other water craft navigating any bay, harbor, or 
 river by hand power, horse power, sail, or by the current 
 of the river, or which shall be anchored or moored in or 
 near the channel or fairway of any bay, harbor, or river, 
 and not otherwise provided for in these rules, shall carry 
 one or more good white lights, which shall be placed in 
 such manner as shall be prescribed by the Board of 
 Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. 
 
 RULE 11. Open boats shall not be obliged to carry the 
 side lights required for other vessels, but shall, if they do 
 not carry such lights, carry a lantern having a green slide 
 on one side and a red slide on the other side: and on the 
 approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be 
 exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, and in 
 such a manner that the green light shall not be seen on 
 the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side. 
 Open boats, when at anchor or stationary, shall exhibit M 
 bright white light. They shall not. however, be prevented 
 from using a (tare-up in addition if considered expedient. 
 
 Ivii.K 1-J. Sailing vessels shall at all times, on the ap- 
 proach of any steamer during the night-time, -how a 
 lighted torch upon that point or quarter to which such 
 steamer shall be approaching. 
 
 Rri.i: 1:1. The exhibition of any light on board of a ves- 
 sel of war or revenue cutter of the United States may be 
 suspended whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 385 
 
 the Navy, the commander in chief of a squadron, or the *' 1 L k " 
 commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character 
 of the service may require it. 
 
 FOG SIGNAL. 
 
 RULE 14. A steam vessel shall he provided with ;m efli- 
 cient whistle, sounded by steam or by some substitute for 
 strain, placed before the funnel not less than eight feet 
 from the deck, or in such other place as the local inspec- 
 tors of steam vessels shall determine, and of such char- 
 acter as to l.e heard in ordinary weather at a distance of 
 at least two miles, and with an ellicient bell, and it is 
 hereby made the duty of the United States local inspec- 
 tors of steam vessels when inspecting the same to require 
 each steamer to be furnished with such whistle and bell. 
 A sailing vessel shall be provided with an efficient fog 
 horn and with an efficient bell. 
 
 Whenever there is thick weather by reason of fog, mist, 
 falling snow, heavy rainstorms, or other causes, whether 
 by day or by night, fog signals shall be used as follows : 
 
 (a) A steam vessel under way, excepting only a steam 
 vessel with raft in tow, shall sound at intervals of not 
 more than one minute three distinct blasts of her whistle. 
 
 (b) Every vessel in tow of another vessel shall, at in- 
 tervals of one minute, sound four bells on a good and 
 efficient and properly placed bell as follows : By striking 
 the bell twice in quick succession, followed by a little 
 longer interval, and then again striking tw T ice in quick 
 succession (in the manner in which four bells is struck in 
 indicating time). 
 
 (c) A steamer with a raft in tow shall sound at inter- 
 vals of not more than one minute a screeching or Modoc 
 whistle for from three to five seconds. 
 
 (d) A sailing vessel under way and not in tow shall 
 sound at intervals of not more than one minute 
 
 If on the starboard tack with wind forward of abeam, 
 one blast of her fog horn ; 
 
 If on the port tack with wind forward of the beam, two 
 blasts of her fog horn ; 
 
 If she has the wind abaft the beam on either side, 
 three blasts of her fog horn. 
 
 (e) Any vessel at anchor and any vessel aground in 
 or near a channel or fairway shall at intervals of not 
 more than two minutes ring the bell rapidly for three to 
 five seconds. 
 
 (f) Vessels of less than ten tons registered tonnage, 
 not being steam vessels, shall not be obliged to give the 
 above-mentioned signals, but if they do not they shall 
 make some other efficient sound signal at intervals of 
 not more than one minute. 
 
 (g) Produce boats, fishing boats, rafts, or other water 
 craft navigating by hand power or by the current of the 
 river, or anchored or moored in or near the channel or 
 
386 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Lakes fairway and not in any port, and not otherwise provided 
 for in these rules, shall sound a fog horn, or equivalent 
 signal, at intervals of not more than one minute. 
 
 RULE 15. Every vessel shall, in thick weather, by rea- 
 son of fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rain storms, or other 
 causes, go at moderate speed. A steam vessel hearing, 
 apparently not more than four points from right ahead, 
 the fog signal of another vessel shall at once reduce her 
 speed to bare steerageway, and navigate with caution 
 until the vessels shall have passed each other. 
 
 STEERING AND SAILING RULES. 
 SAILING VESSELS. 
 
 RULE 16. When two sailing vessels are approaching 
 one another so as to involve risk of collision one of them 
 shall keep out of the way of the other, as follows, namely : 
 
 (a) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of the 
 way of a vessel which is closehauled. 
 
 (b) A vessel which is closehauled on the port tack shall 
 keep out of the way of a vessel which is closehauled on 
 the starboard tack. 
 
 (c) When both are running free, with the wind on 
 different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port 
 side shall keep out of the way of the other. 
 
 (d) When they are running free, with the wind on the 
 same side, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out 
 of the way of the vessel which is to leeward. 
 
 STEAM VESSELS. 
 
 RULE 17. When two steam vessels are meeting end on, 
 or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision each 
 shall alter her course to starboard, so that each shall pass 
 on the port side of the other. 
 
 RULE IS. When two steam vessels are crossing so as to 
 involve risk of collision the vessel which has the other on 
 her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the 
 other. 
 
 RULE 19. When a steam vessel and a sailing vessel are 
 proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of colli- 
 sion the steam vessel shall keep out of the way of the 
 sailing vessel. 
 
 RULE 20. Where, by any of the rules herein prescribed, 
 one of two vessels shall keep out of the way. the other 
 shall keep her course and speed. 
 
 RULE 21. Every steam vessel which is directed l>y these 
 rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, on 
 approaching her, if necessary, slacken her speed or stop 
 or reverse. 
 
 RULE 22. Notwithstanding anything contained in these 
 rules every vessel overtaking any other shall keep out of 
 the way of the overtaken vessel. 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 387 
 
 RULE. 23. In nil weathers every steam vessel under way ru l } ' Hi L * kei 
 in taking MIIV course authorized or minimi by these* rules 
 shall indicate that course by the following signals on her 
 whistle, to he accompanied whenever mjiiired by corre- 
 sponding alteration of her helm; and every steam vessel 
 receiving a signal from another shall promptly respond 
 with the same signal or, as provided in Rule Twenty-six: 
 
 One blast to mean, "I am directing my course to 
 starboard." 
 
 Two blasts to mean. "I am directing my course to 
 port." But the giving or answering signals by a vessel 
 required to keep her course shall not vary the duties and 
 obligations of the respective vessels. 
 
 RULE 24. That in all narrow channels where there is a 
 current, and in the rivers Saint Mary, Saint Clair, De- 
 troit, Niagara, and Saint Lawrence, when two steamers 
 are meeting, the descending learner shall have the right 
 of way. and shall, before the vessels shall have arrived 
 within the distance of one-half mile of each other, give 
 the signal necessary to indicate which side she elects to 
 take. 
 
 KILE 25. In all channels less than five hundred feet in 
 width, no steam vessel shall pass another going in the 
 same direction unless the steam vessel ahead be disabled 
 or signify her willingness that the steam vessel astern 
 shall pass, when the steam vessel astern may pass, subject, 
 however, to the other rules applicable to such a situation. 
 And when steam vessels proceeding in opposite directions 
 are about to meet in such channels, both such vessels shall 
 be slowed down to a moderate speed, according to the 
 circumstances. 
 
 RULE 26. If the pilot of a steam vessel to which a pass- 
 ing signal is sounded deems it unsafe to accept and assent 
 to said signal, he shall not sound a cross signal; but in 
 that case, and in every case where the pilot of one steamer 
 fails to understand the course or intention of an approach- 
 ing steamer, whether from signals being given or an- 
 swered erroneously, or from other causes, the pilot of such 
 steamer so receiving the first passing signal, or the pilot 
 so in doubt, shall sound several short and rapid blasts of 
 the whistle; and if the vessels shall have approached 
 within half a mile of each other both shall reduce their 
 speed to bare steerage way, and, if necessary, stop and 
 reverse. 
 
 RULE 27. In obeying and construing these rules due 
 regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and colli- 
 sion and to any special circumstances w r hich may render a 
 departure from the above rules necessary in order to 
 avoid immediate danger. 
 
 RULE 28. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any 
 vessel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the 
 consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or 
 of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of a neglect of 
 
388 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Great Lakes 
 rules. 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Sec. 3. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1895. 
 Sec. 4. 
 
 1897 ' 
 
 any precaution which may be required by the ordinary 
 practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the 
 case. 
 
 A fine, not exceeding two hundred dollars, may be im- 
 posed for the violation of any of the provisions of this 
 Act. The vessel shall be liable for the said penalty, and 
 may be seized and proceeded against, by way of libel, in 
 the" district court of the United States for* any district 
 within which such vessel may be found. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce of the United States shall 
 have authority to establish all necessary regulations, not 
 inconsistent with the provision of this Act, required to 
 carry the same into effect. 
 
 The Board of Supervising Inspectors of the United 
 States shall have authority to establish such regulations 
 to be observed by all steam vessels in passing each other, 
 not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as they 
 shall from time to time deem necessary; and all regula- 
 tions adopted by the said Board of Supervising Inspec- 
 tors under the authority of this Act, when approved by 
 the Secretary of Commerce, shall have the force of law. 
 Two printed copies of any such regulations for passing, 
 signed by them, shall be furnished to each steam vessel, 
 and shall at all times be kept posted up in conspicuous 
 places on board. 
 
 All laws or parts of laws, so far as applicable to the 
 navigation of the Great Lakes and their connecting and 
 tributary waters as far east as Montreal, inconsistent with 
 the foregoing rules are hereby repealed. 
 
 374. Rules for the Bed River of the North, and rivers empty- 
 ing into the Gulf of Mexico, and their tributaries. 
 
 Sections forty-two hundred thirty-three, forty-four 
 hundred and twelve (with the regulations made in pur- 
 suance thereof, except the rules and regulations for the 
 government of pilots of steamers navigating the Ked 
 River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of 
 Mexico and their tributaries, and except the rules for the 
 Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as 
 far east as Montreal), and forty-four hundred and thir- 
 teen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and 
 chapter two hundred and two of the laws of eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-three, and sections one and three of 
 chapter one hundred and two of the laws of eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-five, and sections live, twelve and 
 thirteen of the Act approved March third, eighteen hun- 
 dred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to amend the 
 laws relating to navigation," and all amendments thereto. 
 are hereby repealed so far as the harbors, rivers, and in- 
 land waters aforesaid (except the Great Lakes and their 
 connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal 
 and the Red River of the North, and rivers emptying 
 into the Gulf of Mexico, and their tributaries) are con- 
 cerned. 
 
\\xiv. nn.i.s TO IMIKVKNT COLLISIONS, 389 
 
 The following rule- for preventing collisions on the rill ^' sN ' rn KlTer 
 
 water shall he followed in the navigation of vessels of "! '^' , 
 
 the Xavv and of the inereaiitile marine of the United 
 
 State-: 
 
 >! i:\M AND SAIL \ USD 8, 
 
 Rule one. Kvery steam vessel which is under sail and ^i"'-,;;- 1:m: '- 
 not under steam shall he considered a sail vessel: and 
 every steam \e>sel which is under steam, whether under 
 sail or not, shall be considered a steam vessel. The words 
 steam vessel shall include any vessel propelled by 
 machinery. 
 
 LIGHTS. 
 
 Rule two. The lights mentioned in the following rules, R. s., 4233. 
 and no others, shall be carried in all weathers, between 
 sunset and sunrise. 
 
 Rule three. All ocean-going steamers, and steamers 
 carrying sail, shall, when under way, carry 
 
 (A) At the foremast head, a bright white light, of such 
 a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear 
 atmosphere, at a distance of at least five miles, and so 
 constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light 
 over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the com- 
 pass, and so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each 
 side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points 
 abaft the beam on either side. 
 
 (B) On the starboard side, a green light, of such a 
 character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear 
 atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles, and so 
 constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light 
 over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, 
 and so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two 
 points abaft the beam on the starboard side. 
 
 (C) On the port side, a red light, of such a character 
 as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, 
 at a distance of at least two miles, and so constructed as 
 to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the 
 horizon of ten points of the compass, and so fixed as to 
 throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the 
 beam on the port side. 
 
 The green and red lights shall be fitted with inboard 
 screens, projecting at least three feet forward from the 
 lights, so as to prevent them from being seen across the 
 bow. 
 
 Rule four. Steam-vessels, when towing other vessels, 
 shall carry two bright white mast-head lights vertically, 
 in addition to their side lights, so as to distinguish them 
 from other steam-vessels. Each of these mast-head lights 
 shall be of the same character and construction as the 
 mast-head lights prescribed by Rule three. 
 
 Rule five. All strain-vessels, other than ocean-going 
 steamers and steamers carrying sail, shall, when under 
 way, carry on the starboard and port side lights of the 
 
390 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1893. 
 
 R. s., 4233. 
 
 B1?er same character and construction and in the same position 
 as are prescribed for side-lights by Rule three, except in 
 the case provided in Rule six. 
 
 Rule six. River-steamers navigating waters flowing 
 into the Gulf of Mexico, and their tributaries, shall carry 
 the following lights, namely: One red light on the out- 
 board side of the port smoke-pipe, and one green light on 
 the outboard side of the starboard smoke-pipe. Such 
 lights shall show both forward and abeam on their 
 respective sides. 
 
 Rule seven. All coasting steam- vessels, and steam- ves- 
 sels other than .ferry -boats and vessels otherwise expressly 
 provided for, navigating the bays, lakes, rivers, or other 
 inland waters of the United States, except those men- 
 tioned in Rule six, shall carry the red and green lights, 
 as prescribed for ocean-going steamers; and, in addition 
 thereto, a central range of two white lights; the after- 
 light being carried at an elevation of at least fifteen feet 
 above the light at the head of the vessel. The head light 
 shall be so constructed as to show a good light through 
 twenty points of the compass, namely : from right ahead 
 to two points abaft the beam on either side of the vessel ; 
 and the after-light so as to show all around the horizon. 
 ^he lights for ferryboats, barges and canal boats when in 
 tow of steam vessels shall be regulated by such rules as 
 the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels 
 shall prescribe. 
 
 Rule eight. Sail-vessels, under way or being towed, 
 shall carry the same lights as steam-vessels under way, 
 with the exception of the white mast-head lights, which 
 they shall never carry. 
 
 Rule nine. Whenever, as in case of small vessels dur- 
 ing bad weather, the green and red lights cannot be fixed, 
 these lights shall be kept on deck, on their respective sides 
 of the vessel, ready for instant exhibition, and shall, on 
 the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their 
 respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in 
 such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the 
 green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red 
 light on the starboard side. To make the use of these 
 portable, lights more certain and easy, they shall each be 
 painted outside with the color of the light they respec- 
 tively contain. and shall be provided with suitable screens. 
 
 Rule ten. All vessels, whether steam-vessels or sail-ves- 
 sels, when at anchor in roadsteads or fairways, shall, be- 
 tween sunset and sunrise, exhibit where it can best be 
 seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the 
 hull, a white light in a globular lantern of eight inches 
 in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uni- 
 form, and unbroken light, visible all around the horizon, 
 and at a distance of at least one mile. 
 
 Rule eleven. Sailing pilot-vessels shall not carry the 
 lights required for other sailing-vessels, but shall carry a 
 
PART \\XIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 391 
 
 white light at the mast-head, visible all around (lie ril ^' sl< ' rn Klv( ' r 
 hori/on. and shall also exhibit a llare-up light every fif- 
 teen minutes. 
 
 Steam pilot boats ^hall, in addition to the mast-head ] '\ s --.)-y;; ( ,- 
 
 ... ,* , i I I I \ A M:ir. ... 1 Ml i . 
 
 light and green and red side Lights required for ocean Bec.5. 
 steam vessels, carry a red Ii.rht hung vertically from three 
 to live I'eet above the foremast headlight, for the purpose 
 of distinguishing SUCh Steam pilot boats from other steam 
 
 vessels. 
 
 Rule twelve. Coal-boats, trading-boats, produce-boats, 
 canal -boats, oyster-boats, fishing-boats, rafts, or other 
 
 v. ater-craft, navigating any bay, harbor, or river, by 
 
 hand-power, horse power, sail, or by the current of the 
 
 river, or which shall be anchored or moored in or near 
 
 the channel or fairway of any bay. harbor, or river, shall 
 
 carry one or more good white lights, which shall be 
 
 placed in such manner as shall be prescribed by the 
 
 board of supervising inspectors of steam-vessels | but ^"K-^O. issc. 
 
 this rule shall be so construed as not to require row boats i''i,'. g, isos. 
 
 and skiffs on the river St. Lawrence to carry lights]. 
 
 Rule thirteen. Open boats shall not be required to carry K s - *-'''' 
 the side-lights required for other vessels, but shall, if they 
 do not carry such lights, carry a lantern having a green 
 slide on one side and a red slide on the other side ; and, on 
 the approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be 
 exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, and in 
 such a manner that the green light shall not be seen on the 
 port side, nor the red light on the starboard side. Open 
 boats, when at anchor or stationary, shall exhibit a bright 
 white light. They shall not, however, be prevented from 
 using a flare-up, in addition, if considered expedient. 
 
 Rule fourteen. The exhibition of any light on board of 
 a vessel of war of the United States may be suspended sec. '12*. 
 whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, 
 the commander in chief of a squadron, or the commander 
 of a vessel acting singly, the special character of the serv- 
 ice may require it. The exhibition of any light on board 
 of a revenue cutter of the United States may be suspended 
 whenever, in the opinion of the commander of the vessel, 
 the special character of the service may require it. 
 
 Rule fifteen. Whenever there is a fog, or thick weather. M 
 whether by day or night, fog signals shall be used as fol- sec. 12*. 
 lows: (a) Steam vessels under way shall sound a steam 
 whistle placed before the funnel, not less than eight feet 
 from the deck, at intervals of not more than one minute. 
 Steam vessels, when towing, shall sound three blasts of 
 quick succession repeated at intervals of not more than 
 one minute, (b) Sail vessels under way shall sound a 
 fog horn at intervals of not more than one minute, 
 (c) Steam vessels and sail vessels, when not under way, 
 shall sound a bell at intervals of not more than two 
 minutes. 
 
392 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ruiL e . 8tern BiTer (D) Coal-boats, trading-boats, produce-boats, canal- 
 boats, oyster-boats, fishing-boats, rafts, or other water- 
 craft, navigating any bay, harbor, or river, by hand- 
 power, horse-power, sail, or by the current of the river, 
 or anchored or moored in or near the channel or fair- 
 way of any bay, harbor, or river, and not in any port, 
 shall sound a fog-horn, or equivalent signal, which shall 
 make a sound equal to a steam-whistle, at intervals of 
 not more than two minutes. 
 
 STEERING AND SAILING RULES. 
 
 M u 's 2 ilb7 Ru} 6 sixteen. Risk of collision can, when circumstances 
 
 S.M' 12'. c ' permit, be ascertained by carefully watching the com- 
 
 pass bearing of an approaching vessel. If the bearing 
 
 does not appreciably change such risk should be deemed 
 
 to exist. 
 
 R. s.. 4233. Rule seventeen. When two sailing vessels are approach- 
 
 Mar. 3, 1897. ,1 i i / -IT J /. 
 
 Bee. 12. mg one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of 
 
 them shall keep out of the way of the other, as follows, 
 namely : 
 
 (a) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of 
 the way of a vessel which is close-hauled. 
 
 (b) A vessel which is close-hauled on the port tack 
 shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled 
 on the starboard tack. 
 
 (c) When both are running free, with the wind on 
 different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port 
 side shall keep out of the way of the other. 
 
 (d) When both vessels are running free, with the 
 wind on the same side, the vessel which is to the wind- 
 ward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to 
 the leeward. 
 
 (e) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of 
 the way of the other vessel. 
 
 Rule eighteen. If two vessels under steam are meeting 
 end on. or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, 
 the helms of both shall be put to port, so that each may 
 pass on the port side of the other. 
 
 Rule nineteen. If two vessels under steam are crossing 
 so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which lias the 
 other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the 
 way of the oilier. 
 
 Rule twenty. If two vessels, one of which is a sail- 
 vessel and tin- other a steam- vessel, are proceeding in 
 such directions as to involve risk of collision, the steam- 
 ~ol shall keep out of the way of the sail- vessel. 
 
 Rule twenty-one. Kvery steam-vessel, when approach- 
 ing another vessel, so as to involve risk of collision, shall 
 slack-en her speed, or. if necessary, stop and reverse: and 
 every steam-vessel shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate 
 speed. 
 
 Rule twenty-two. Every vessel overtaking any other 
 vessel shall keep out of the way of the last-mentioned 
 vessel. 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 393 
 
 Rule twenty-three. \Yherc, by Hides seventeen, nine- r|1 ^' sl '' r " Klver 
 teen, twenty, and twenty-two, one of two vessels shall 
 keep out of the way. the other shall keep her course, sub- 
 ject to the qualifications of Rule twenty-four. 
 
 Rule twenty- four. In construing and obeying these 
 rules, due regard must be had to all dangers of naviga- 
 tion, and to any special circumstances which may exist in 
 any particular case rendering a departure from them nec- 
 e.-sary in order to avoid immediate danger. 
 
 Rule twenty-live. A sail vessel which is being over- R. s., 4-::::. 
 taken by another vessel during the night shall show from Mar. 3, 1897. 
 her stern to such last-mentioned vessel a torch or a flare- Sec - 13> 
 up light. 
 
 Rule twenty-six. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate 
 any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from 
 the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, 
 or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the 
 neglect of any precaution which may be required by the 
 ordinary practice of seamen or by the special circum- 
 stances of the case. 
 
 [The board of supervising inspectors shall establish R - s.. *4?2. 
 such regulations to be observed by all steam- vessels in Aug. 19^ ispo. 
 passing each other, as they shall from time to time deem 3 ^ e ^ IS Q~ 
 necessary for sa fety ; two printed copies of such regula- sec. 5. ' 
 tions, signed by them, shall be furnished to each of such 
 vessels, and shall at all times be kept posted U in con- 
 spicuous places in such vessels.] 
 
 [Every pilot, engineer, mate, or master of any steam- R. s., 4413. 
 vessel who neglects or willfully refuses to observe the June ? 1897 - 
 regulations established in pursuance of the preceding sec- Sec> 5 - 
 tion, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, and for 
 all damages sustained by any passenger, in his person or 
 baggage, by such neglect or refusal.] 
 375. River navigation. 
 
 On any steamers navigating rivers only, when, from 1{ - s - 4487 - 
 darkness, fog, or other cause, the pilot or watch shall be 
 of opinion that the navigation is unsafe, or, from accident 
 to or derangement of the machinery of the boat, the chief 
 engineer shall be of the opinion that the further naviga- 
 tion of the vessel is unsafe, the vessel shall be brought to 
 anchor, or moored as soon as it can prudently be done: 
 Provided^ That if the person in command shall, after be- 
 ing so admonished by either of such officers, elect to pur- 
 sue such voyage, he may do the same; but in such case 
 both he and the owners of such steamer shall be answer- 
 able for all damages which shall arise to the person of any 
 passenger, or his baggage, from such causes in so pursu- 
 ing the voyage, and no degree of care or diligence shall in 
 such case be held to justify or excuse the person in com- 
 mand, or the owners. 
 
394 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 376 ' Rules f or the St ' Mai T s Ri 
 
 Mar. G, 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 1896. 
 
 Mar. 6, 1896. 
 Sec. 3. 
 Apr. 26 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Mar. i 
 Apr. J 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed 
 to adopt and prescribe suitable rules and regulations gov- 
 erning the movements and anchorage of vessels and rafts 
 in Saint Marys River from Point Iroquois, on Lake, 
 Superior, to Point Detour, on Lake Huron, and for the 
 purpose of enforcing the observance of such regulations 
 the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to 
 detail one or more Coast Guard cutters for duty upon 
 the request of the Secretary of Commerce on said river. 
 
 All officers of the Coast Guard who are directed to en- 
 force the regulations prescribed by the above rules are 
 hereby empowered and directed, in case of necessity, or 
 when a proper notice has been disregarded, to use the 
 force at their command to remove from channels or stop 
 any vessel found violating the prescribed rules. 
 
 In the event of the violation of any such regulations 
 1906. or rules of the Secretary of Commerce by the owners, 
 master, or person in charge of such vessel, such owners, 
 masters, or person in charge shall be liable to a penalty 
 not exceeding two hundred dollars: Provided, That the 
 Secretary of Commerce may remit said fine on such terms 
 as he may prescribe : Provided also, That nothing in this 
 Act shall be construed to amend or repeal the Act enti- 
 tled "An Act to regulate navigation on the Great Lakes 
 and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as 
 Montreal," approved February eighth, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-five. 
 
 377. Regattas and marine parades. 
 
 Apr. 28, 1908. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and 
 empowered in his discretion to issue from time to time 
 regulations, not contrary to law, to promote the safety of 
 life on navigable waters during regattas or marine pa- 
 rades. 
 
 To enforce such regulations the Secretary of Commerce 
 may detail any public vessel in the service of that Depart- 
 ment and make use of any private vessel tendered gratui- 
 tously for the purpose, or upon the request of the Secre- 
 tary of Commerce the head of any other Department may 
 enforce the regulations issued under this Act by means 
 of any public vessel of such Department and of any pri- 
 vate vessel tendered gratuitously for the pin-pose. 
 
 The authority and power Iwstowed upon the Secretary 
 of Commerce by sections one and two may be transferred 
 for any special occasion to the head of another Depart- 
 ment by the President whenever in his judgment such 
 transfer is desirable. 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Sec. 3. 
 
PART XXXIV. RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. 395 
 
 For any violation of regulations issued pursuant to this 
 Act the following penalties shall he incurred: 
 
 (a) A licensed oilieer shall he liahle to suspension or 
 revocation of license in the manner now prescribed by 
 law for Incompetency or misconduct. 
 
 (b) Any person in charge of the na\ 'igation of a vessel 
 other than a licensed oflicer shall he liahle to a penalty 
 of five hundred dollars. 
 
 (c) Tin 1 owner of a vessel (including any corporate 
 ollieer of a corporation owning the vessel) actually on 
 board shall he liable to a penalty of live hundred dollars, 
 unless the violation of regulations shall have occurred 
 without his knowledge. 
 
 (d) Any other person shall be liable to a penalty of 
 two hundred and fifty dollars. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and 
 empowered to mitigate or remit any penalty herein pro- 
 vided for in the manner prescribed by law for the miti- 
 gation or remission of penalties for violation of the 
 navigation laws. 
 
PART XXXV. AIDS TO NAVIGATION. 
 
 378. Assistance by United States ves- 
 
 sels. 
 
 379. Removal of derelicts. 
 
 380. Lights and buoys. 
 
 381. Nautical Almanac. 
 
 382. Charts and manuals. 
 
 383. Storm and weather signals. 
 
 384. Private signals. 
 
 385. Interference with range lights. 
 
 386. Exemption from tolls. 
 
 387. Anchorage grounds. 
 
 R. S. t 2759. 
 
 R. S., 1536. 
 
 Oct. 31, 1893. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1905. 
 
 May 12, 1906. 
 
 378. Assistance by United States vessels. 
 
 The Coast Guard cutters on the northern and north- 
 western lakes, when put in commission, shall be specially 
 charged with aiding vessels in distress on the lakes. 
 
 The President may, when the necessities of the service 
 permit it, cause any suitable number of public vessels 
 adapted to the purpose to cruise upon the coast in the sea- 
 son of severe weather and to afford such aid to distressed 
 navigators as their circumstances may require ; and such 
 public vessels shall go to sea fully prepared to render 
 such assistance. 
 
 379. Removal of derelicts. 
 
 The President of the United States is hereby author- 
 ized to make with the several governments interested in 
 the navigation of the North Atlantic Ocean an interna- 
 tional agreement providing for the reporting, marking, 
 and removal of dangerous wrecks, derelicts, and other 
 menaces to navigation in the Xorth Atlantic Ocean out- 
 side the coast waters of the respective countries bordering 
 thereon. 
 
 The President in his discretion may temporarily detail 
 any vessel or vessels of the Navy to remove or destroy 
 derelicts in the course of vessels at sea. The regulations 
 to govern the detail and service of said vessels shall be 
 prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy and approved by 
 the President. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authori/ed to 
 have constructed, at a cost QOt to exceed two hundred 
 and fifty thousand dollars, a steam veel specially fitted 
 for and adapted to service at sea in bad weather, for the 
 purpose of blowing up or otherwise destroying or towing 
 into port wrecks, derelicts, and other lloating dangers to 
 navigation, said vessel to be operated and maintained by 
 the Coast Guard under such regulations as the Secretary 
 of the Treasury may prescribe. 
 
 39G 
 
PART XXXV. AIDS TO NAVIGATION. 397 
 
 380. Lights and buoys. 
 
 The Commissioner of Light-I louses may, when he I | : n *; 1 l l ;T< ,'; no 
 deems it necessary, place a light-vessel, or other suitable sec.o. 
 warning of danger, on or over any wreck or temporary 
 obstruction to the entrance of any harbor, or in the chan 
 nel or fairway of any bay or sound. 
 
 The. Commissioner of Light-Houses shall properly V- s - i 4 5 7 Tn* 
 
 i 11 1 1 1 1 i WT . It' 'A 'llIH l l|,li)l(), 
 
 mark all pier-heads belonging to the I nited Mates sit- sec. 6. 
 uated on the nortbern and northwestern lakes, whenever 
 he is duly notified by the department charged with the 
 construction or repair of pier-heads that the construction 
 or repair of any such pier-heads has been completed. 
 
 All buoys along the coast, or in bays, harbors, sounds, ^ s.,4678. 
 or channels, shall be colored and numbered, so that pass- 
 ing up the coast or sound, or entering the bay, harbor, or 
 channel, ret I buoys with even numbers shall be passed on 
 the starboard hand, black buoys with uneven numbers on 
 the port hand, and buoys with red and black stripes on 
 either hand. Buoys in channel-ways shall be colored 
 with alternate white and black perpendicular stripes. 
 
 381. Nautical Almanac. 
 
 Hereafter the " usual number " of copies of the Amer- May 13, 1902. 
 iean Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac shall not be 
 printed. In lieu thereof there shall be printed and bound 
 one thousand one hundred copies of the same, uniform 
 with the editions printed for the Navy Department, as 
 provided in section seventy-three, paragraph five, of an 
 Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-five, providing for the public printing, binding, 
 and distribution of public documents ; one hundred copies 
 for the Senate, four hundred for the House, and six hun- 
 dred for the Superintendent of Documents for distribu- 
 tion to State and Territorial libraries and designated 
 depositories. 
 
 382. Charts and manuals. 
 
 There shall be a Hydrographic office attached to the R - s - 431 - 
 Bureau of Navigation in the Navy Department, for the 
 improvement of the means for navigating safely the ves- 
 sels of the Navy and of the mercantile marine, by provid- 
 ing, under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, 
 accurate and cheap nautical charts, sailing directions, 
 navigators, and manuals of instructions for the use of all 
 vessels of the United States, and for the benefit and use of 
 navigators generally. 
 
 The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to cause to be R> s " 432< 
 prepared, at the Hydrographic Office attached to the Bu- 
 reau of Navigation in the Navy Department, maps, charts, 
 and nautical books relating to and required in navigation, 
 and to publish and furnish them to navigators at the cost 
 of printing and paper, and to purchase the plates and 
 copyrights of such existing maps, charts, navigators, sail- 
 
398 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ing directions and instructions, as he may consider neces- 
 sary, and when he may consider it expedient to do so, and 
 under such regulations and instructions as he may 
 prescribe. 
 
 R^s.,469i The charts published by the Coast Survey shall be sold 
 
 ' at the office at Washington at the price of the printing 
 and paper thereof, and elsewhere at the same price with 
 the average cost of delivery added thereto; and hereafter 
 there shall be no free distribution of such charts except to 
 the departments of the United States and to the several 
 States and officers of the United States requiring them for 
 public use. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1879. Senators, Representatives and Delegates to the House 
 of Representatives shall each be entitled to not more than 
 ten charts published by the Coast Survey for each regular 
 session of Congress. 
 
 383. Storm and weather signals. 
 
 sec' 3 ' 189 * Tne C nief of tne Weather Bureau, under the direction 
 of the Secretary of Agriculture, on and after July first, 
 eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall have charge of the 
 forecasting of weather, the issue of storm warnings, the 
 display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of 
 agriculture, commerce, and navigation, the gauging and 
 reporting of rivers, the maintenance and operation of sea- 
 coast telegraph lines and the collection and transmission 
 of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and 
 navigation, the reporting of temperature and rain-fall 
 conditions for the cotton interests, the display of frost 
 and cold-wave signals, the distribution of meteorological 
 information in the interests of agriculture and commerce, 
 and the taking of such meteorological observations as may 
 be necessary to establish and record the climatic condi- 
 tions of the United States, or as are essential for the 
 pro] KM- execution of the foregoing duties. 
 
 384. Private signals. 
 
 secff! 8 ' 19 8 ' -^ a s hipowm>r desires to use for the purpose of a pri- 
 vate code any rockets, lights, or other similar signals, he 
 may register those signals and house Hags and funnel 
 marks with the Commissioner of Navigation, who shall 
 .irivc public notice from time to time of the signals, house 
 flairs, and funnel marks so registered in ,-uch manner as 
 he may think requisite for preventing those signals from 
 being mistaken for signals of distress or signals for pilots. 
 The Commissioner of Navigation may refuse to register 
 
 any signals which in his opinion can not easily lie distin- 
 guished from signals of distress, signals for pilots, or siir- 
 nal> preM-rihed by laws for preventing collisions. 
 
I'AIIT XXXV. AIDS To NAVIGATION. 399 
 
 385. Interference with range lights. 
 
 It shall be mi law i'nl for any person to obstruct or inter- ^". y ( ? 4t 1908< 
 fere with any aid to navigation established or maintained June 'n. 1010. 
 in the Light-House Service under the Bureau of Light- 
 I louses, or to anchor any vessel in any of the navigable 
 waters of the United States so as to obstruct or interfere 
 >\ ith range lights maintained therein, and any person 
 violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine not ex- 
 ceeding the sum of live hundred dollars for each offense, 
 and each day during which such violation shall continue 
 shall be considered as a new oll'ensc. 
 
 Hereafter the penalties provided in section six of the l^-g 3 ' 1915 - 
 Act of May fourteenth, nineteen hundred and eight 
 (Thirty-fifth Statutes, page one hundred and sixty-two), 
 for obstruction to or interference with any aid to naviga- 
 tion maintained by the Lighthouse Service shall apply 
 with equal force and effect to any private aid to naviga- 
 tion lawfully maintained under the authority granted the 
 Secretary of Commerce and the Commissioner of Light- 
 houses by section six of the Act of June twentieth, nine- 
 teen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes, "page three 
 hundred and twenty-four). 
 
 386. Exemption from tolls. 
 
 Xo tolls or operating charges whatever shall be levied g"J y 4 5f 1884> 
 upon or collected from any vessel, dredge, or other water Mar. 3, 1000. 
 craft for passing through any lock, canal, canalized river, ftec -- 
 or other work for the use and benefit of navigation, now 
 belonging to the United States or that may be hereafter 
 acquired or constructed; and for the purpose of preserv- 
 ing and continuing the use and navigation of said canals 
 and other public works without interruption, the Secre- 
 tary of War. upon the recommendation of the Chief of 
 Engineers, United States Army, is hereby authorized to 
 draw his warrant or requisition, from time to time, upon 
 the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the actual expenses 
 of operating, maintaining, and keeping said works in 
 repair, which warrants or requisitions shall be paid by 
 the Secretary of the Treasury out of any money in the 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated: rrovided. That 
 whenever, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, 
 the condition of any of the aforesaid works is such that 
 its entire reconstruction is absolutely essential to its effi- 
 cient and economical maintenance and operation as herein 
 provided for, the reconstruction thereof may include such 
 modifications in plan and location as may be necessary to 
 provide adequate facilities for existing navigation : Pro- 
 vided further, That the modifications are necessary to 
 make the reconstructed work conform to similar works 
 previously authorized by Congress and forming a part 
 of the same improvement, and that such modifications 
 
 92075 15 26 
 
400 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 shall be considered and approved by the Board of Engi- 
 neers for Rivers and Harbors and be recommended by the 
 Chief of Engineers before the work of reconstruction is 
 commenced: Provided further, also, That an itemized 
 statement of said expenses shall accompany the annual 
 report of the Chief of Engineers: And provided further, 
 That nothing herein contained shall be held to apply to 
 the Panama Canal. 
 
 387. Anchorage grounds. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, empowered, 
 and directed to define and establish anchorage grounds 
 for vessels in all harbors, rivers, bays, and other navi- 
 gable waters of the United States whenever it is manifest 
 to the said Secretary that the maritime or commercial 
 interests of the United States require such anchorage 
 grounds for safe navigation and the establishment of such 
 anchorage grounds shall have been recommended by the 
 Chief of Engineers, and to adopt suitable rules and regu- 
 lations in relation thereto ; and such rules and regulations 
 shall be enforced by the Coast Guard under the direction 
 of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That at 
 ports or places where there is no Coast Guard cutter avail- 
 able such rules and regulations may be enforced by the 
 Chief of Engineers under the direction of the Secretary 
 of War. In the event of the violation of any such rules 
 and regulations by the owner, master, or person in charge 
 of any vessel, such owner, master, or person in charge of 
 such vessel shall be liable to a penalty of $100; and the 
 said vessel may be holden for the payment of such pen- 
 alty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily 
 by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States 
 district court for the district within which such vessel 
 may be and in the name of the officer designated by the 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 June so, 1914. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and 
 empowered to define and establish suitable anchorage 
 grounds in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the adjacent 
 waters for the combined fleets of the United States and 
 foreign Governments which may rendezvous there prior 
 to proceeding to the Panama-Pacific International Expo- 
 sition, to be held al the city and county of San Francisco, 
 California, in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, as 
 well as to define and establish suitable anchorage grounds 
 in the May of San Francisco ;md the approaches and 
 waters adjacent thereto during the continuance of the 
 said Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and the 
 Secretary of the Navy is hereby further authorized to 
 make such rules and regulations regarding the movements 
 of all vessels in all of the waters named as may be neces- 
 sary in order to insure the proper and orderly conduct of 
 such features as may be planned for the combined fleets 
 and to provide for the safety of the vessels participating 
 therein; and such rules and regulations when so issued 
 and published shall have the force and effect of law. 
 
PART XXXVI. OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION. 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 liridge spans. 
 
 I '.ridge piers :ind :i hutments. 
 
 Drawbridges. 
 
 Sunken wrecks. 
 
 Speed of vessels; navigation 
 
 canals. 
 Potomac River. 
 
 of 
 
 404. Mississippi River passes. 
 
 388. Improvements by private <>r mu- 397. 
 
 nicipul rr.rporations. 398. 
 
 389. I '.ridges, dams, and dikes. 399. 
 
 390. (Jeneral obstructions. 400. 
 
 391. Harbor lines. 401. 
 
 392. Penalties. 402. 
 
 393. Dumping into navigable waters. 
 
 394. Impairing public works. 403. 
 
 395. Obstructing channels. 
 
 396. Log regulations. 
 
 388. Improvements by private or municipal corporations. 
 
 Any person or persons, corporations, municipal or pri- June 13, 1002. 
 vaU', who desire to improve any navigable river, or any 
 part thereof, at their or its own expense and risk may 
 do so upon the approval of the plans and specifications of 
 said proposed improvement by the Secretary of War and 
 Chief of Engineers of the Army. The plan of said im- 
 provement must conform with the general plan of the 
 Government improvements, must not impede navigation, 
 and no toll shall be imposed on account thereof, and said 
 improvement shall at all times be under the control and 
 supervision of the Secretary of War and Chief of Engi- 
 neers. 
 
 389. Bridges, dams, and dikes. 
 
 When, hereafter, authority is granted by Congress to Mar. 23, 1006. 
 any persons to construct and maintain a bridge across or 
 over any of the navigable waters of the United States, 
 such bridge shall not be built or commenced until the 
 plans and specifications for its construction, together 
 with such drawings of the proposed construction and such 
 map of the proposed location as may be required for a 
 full understanding of the subject, have been submitted 
 to the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers for their 
 approval, nor until they shall have approved such plans 
 and specifications and the location of such bridge and 
 accessory works; and when the plans for any bridge to 
 be constructed under the provisions of this Act have been 
 approved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary 
 of War it shall not be lawful to deviate from such plans, 
 either before or after completion of the structure, unless 
 the modification of such plans has previously been sub- 
 mitted to and received the approval of the Chief of Engi- 
 neers and of the Secretary of War. 
 
 401 
 
402 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 sec. 4. ]$ o bridge erected or maintained under the provisions 
 
 of this Act shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the 
 free navigation of the waters over which it is constructed, 
 and if any bridge erected in accordance with the provi- 
 sions of this Act shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of 
 War, at any time unreasonably obstruct such navigation, 
 either on account of insufficient height, width of span, 
 or otherwise, or if there be difficulty in passing the draw 
 opening or the draw span of such bridge by rafts, steam- 
 boats, or other water craft, it shall be the duty of the 
 Secretary of War, after giving the parties interested rea- 
 sonable opportunity to be heard, to notify the persons 
 owning or controlling such bridge to so alter the same as 
 to render navigation through or under it reasonably free, 
 easy, and unobstructed, stating in such notice the changes 
 required to be made, and prescribing in each case a rea- 
 sonable time in which to make such changes, and if at 
 the end of the time so specified the changes so required 
 have not been made, the persons owning or controlling 
 such bridge shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this 
 Act ; and all such alterations shall be made and all such 
 obstructions shall be removed at the expense of the per- 
 sons owning or operating said bridge. The persons own- 
 ing or operating any such bridge shall maintain, at their 
 own expense, such lights and other signals thereon as 
 the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe. If the bridge 
 shall be constructed with a draw, then the draw shall be 
 opened promptly by the persons owning or operating 
 such bridge upon reasonable signal for the passage of 
 boats and other water craft. If tolls shall be charged for 
 the transit over any bridge constructed under the provi- 
 sions of this Act, of engines, cars, street cars, wagons, 
 carriages, vehicles, animals, foot passengers, or other pas- 
 sengers, such tolls shall be reasonable and just, and the 
 Secretary of War may, at any time, and from time to 
 time, prescribe the reasonable rates of toll for such transit 
 over such bridge, and the rates so prescribed shall be the 
 legal rates and shall be the rates demanded and received 
 for such transit. 
 
 Sec. 9. Any persons who shall fail or refuse to comply with 
 
 the lawful order of (he Secretary of War or the Chief of 
 Fngineers. made in accordance with the provisions of 
 this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this 
 Act. and any persons who shall he guilty of a violation of 
 this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on 
 conviction thereof shall he punished in any court of eom- 
 
 Setent jurisdiction by a fine not exceeding five thousand 
 ollars, and every month such persons shall remain in 
 default shall he deemed a new oll'en-e and subject such 
 persons to additional penalties therefor: and in addition 
 to the penalties above described the Secretary of War 
 and the ( 'liief of Engineers may, upon refusal of the per- 
 sons owning or controlling any such bridge and accessory 
 
PART XXXVI. OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION. 403 
 
 works to comply with any lawful order issued by the 
 Secretary of War or Chief of Engineers in regard thereto, 
 cause till' removal of such bridge and accessory works at 
 the expense of the persons owning or controlling such 
 bridge, and suit for such expense may be brought in the 
 name of the United States against such persons, and 
 recovery had for such expense in any court of competent 
 jurisdiction; and the removal of any structures erected 
 or maintained in violation of the provisions of this Act 
 or the order or direction of the Secretary of War or Chief 
 of Engineers made in pursuance thereof may be enforced 
 by injunction, mandamus, or other summary process, 
 upon application to the district court in the district in 
 which such structure may. in whole or in part, exist, and 
 proper proceedings to this end may be instituted under 
 the direction of the Attorney-General of the United 
 States at the request of the Secretary of War; and in 
 case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or 
 alleged obstruction to navigation created by the con- 
 struction of any bridge under this Act, the cause or ques- 
 tion arising may be tried before the district court of the 
 United States in any district which any portion of such 
 obstruction or bridge touches. 
 
 When authority has been or may hereafter be granted }" |i, 1006. 
 by Congress, either directly or indirectly or by any official 
 or officials of the United States, to any persons, to con- 
 struct and maintain a dam for water power or other pur- 
 pose across or in any of the navigable waters of the 
 United States, such dam shall not be built or commenced 
 until the plans and specifications for such dam and all 
 accessory works, together with such drawings of the pro- 
 posed construction and such map of the proposed location 
 as may be required for a full understanding of the sub- 
 ject, have been submitted to the Secretary of War and 
 the Chief of Engineers for their approval, nor until they 
 shall have approved such plans and specifications and the 
 location of such dam and accessory works ; and when the 
 plans and specifications for any dam to be constructed 
 under the provisions of this Act have been approved by 
 the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War it 
 shall not be lawful to deviate from such plans or specifi- 
 cations either before or after completion of the structure 
 unless the modification of such plans or specifications has 
 previously been submitted to and received the approval 
 of the Chief of Engineers and of the Secretary of War : 
 Provided, That in approving the plans, specifications, 
 and location for any dam, such conditions and stipula- 
 tions may be imposed as the Chief of Engineers and the 
 Secretary of War may deem necessary to protect the pres- 
 ent and future interests of the United States, which may 
 include the condition that the persons constructing or 
 
404 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 maintaining such dam shall construct, maintain, and 
 operate, without expense to the United States, in connec- 
 tion with any dam and accessory or appurtenant works, a 
 lock or locks, booms, sluices, or any other structure or 
 structures which the Secretary of War and the Chief of 
 Engineers or Congress at any time may deem necessary 
 in the interests of navigation, in accordance with such 
 plans as they may approve, and also that whenever Con- 
 gress shall authorize the construction of a lock or other 
 structures for navigation purposes in connection with such 
 dam, the persons owning such dam shall convey to the 
 United States, free of cost, title to such land as may be 
 required for such constructions and approaches, and shall 
 grant to the United States free water power or power 
 generated from water power for building and operating 
 such constructions: Provided further, That in acting 
 upon said plans as aforesaid the Chief of Engineers and 
 the Secretary of War shall consider the bearing of said 
 structure upon a comprehensive plan for the improve- 
 ment of the waterway over which it is to be constructed 
 with a view to the promotion of its navigable quality and 
 for the full development of water power ; and, as a part 
 of the conditions and stipulations imposed by them, shall 
 provide for improving and developing navigation, and 
 fix such charge or charges for the privilege granted as 
 may be sufficient to restore conditions with respect to 
 navigability as existing at the time such privilege be 
 granted or reimburse the United States for doing the 
 same, and for such additional or further expense as may 
 be incurred by the United States with reference to such 
 project, including the cost of any investigations neces- 
 sary for approval of plans and of such supervision of 
 construction as may be necessary in the interests of the 
 United States: Provided further, That the Chief of En- 
 gineers and the Secretary of War are hereby authorized 
 and directed to fix and collect just and proper charge or 
 charges for the privilege granted to all dams authorized 
 and constructed under the provisions of this Act which 
 shall receive any direct benefit from the construction, op- 
 eration, and maintenance by the United States of storage 
 reservoirs at the headwaters of any navigable streams, or 
 from the acquisition, holding, and maintenance of any 
 forested watershed, or lands located l>y the United States 
 at the headwaters of any navigable stream, wherever such 
 shall be, for the development, improvement, or preserva- 
 tion of navigation in such streams in which such dams 
 may be constructed. 
 
 sec. 2. 'The right is hereby reserved to the United States to 
 
 construct, maintain, and operate, in connection with any 
 dam built in accordance with the provisions of this Act, 
 a suitable lock or locks, booms, -luices. or any other 
 
PAirr \\x\i. OBSTBUOTIONS TO NAVIGATION. 405 
 
 structures for navigation purposes, and at all times t<> 
 control the said dam and the level of the pool caused by 
 said dam to such an extent as may be necessary to provide, 
 proper facilities for navigation. 
 
 The persons constructing, maintaining, or operating ^ 
 any dam or appurtenant or accessory works, in accord- 
 ance with the provisions of this Act, shall be liable for 
 any damage that may be inflicted thereby upon private 
 property, either by overflow or otherwise. The persons 
 owning or operating any such dam, or accessory works, 
 subject to the provisions of this Act, shall maintain, at 
 their own expense, such lights and other signals thereon 
 and such tishways as the Secretary of Commerce shall 
 prescribe, and for failure so to do in any respect shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a line 
 of not less than five hundred dollars, and each month of 
 such failure shall constitute a separate offense and sub- 
 ject such persons to additional penalties therefor. 
 
 All rights acquired under this Act shall cease and be sec. 4. 
 determined if the person, company, or corporation ac- 
 quiring such rights shall, at any time, fail, after receiving 
 reasonable notice thereof, to comply with any of the pro- 
 visions and requirements of the Act, or with any of the 
 stipulations and conditions that may be prescribed as 
 aforesaid by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary 
 of War, including the payment into the Treasury of the 
 Tnited States of the charges provided for bv section one 
 of this Act: Provided, That Congress may revoke any 
 rights conferred in pursuance of this Act whenever it is 
 necessary for public use, and, in the event of any such 
 revocation by Congress, the United States shall pay the 
 owners of any dam and appurtenant works built under 
 authority of this Act, as full compensation, the reasonable 
 value thereof, exclusive of the value of the authority or 
 franchise granted, such reasonable value to be determined 
 by mutual agreement between the Secretary of War and 
 the said owners, and in case they can not agree, then by 
 proceedings instituted in the United States circuit court 
 for the condemnation of such properties: And provided 
 also, That the authority granted under or in pursuance 
 of the provisions of this Act shall terminate at the end 
 of a period not to exceed fifty years from the date of 
 the original approval of the propect under this Act, unless 
 sooner revoked as herein provided or Congress shall 
 otherwise direct: Provided, however, That this limitation 
 shall not apply to any corporation or individual hereto- 
 fore authorized by the United States, or by any State, 
 to construct a dam in or across a navigable waterway, 
 upon which dam expenditures of money have heretofore 
 been made in reliance upon such grant or grants. 
 
406 
 
 Sec. 5. 
 
 M:ir. : 
 
 S.M-. il. 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Any persons who shall fail or refuse to comply with 
 the lawful order of the Secretary of War and the Chief 
 of Engineers, made in accordance with the provisions of 
 this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this 
 Act, and any persons who shall be guilty of a violation of 
 this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
 on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not ex- 
 ceeding five thousand dollars, and every month such per- 
 sons shall remain in default shall be deemed a new offense 
 and subject such persons to additional penalties therefor; 
 and in addition to the penalties above described the Sec- 
 retary of War and the Chief of Engineers may, upon 
 refusal of the persons owning or controlling any such 
 dam and accessory works to comply with any lawful 
 order issued by the Secretary of War or Chief of Engi- 
 neers in regard thereto, cause the removal of such dam 
 and accessory works as an obstruction to navigation at 
 the expense of the persons owning or controlling such 
 dam, and suit for such expense may be brought in the 
 name of the United States against such persons and re- 
 covery had for such expense in any court of competent 
 jurisdiction. Said provision as to recovery of expense 
 shall not apply wherever the United States has been pre- 
 viously reimbursed for such removal ; and the removal of 
 any structures erected or maintained in violation of the 
 I >ro visions of this Act or the order or direction of the 
 Secretary of War or the Chief of Engineers made in pur- 
 suance thereof may be enforced by injunction, manda- 
 mus, or other summary process, upon application to the 
 circuit court in the district in which such structure may, 
 in whole or in part, exist, and proper proceedings to this 
 end may be instituted under the direction of the Attorney- 
 General of the United States at the request of the Chief 
 of Kngineers or the Secretary of War; and in case of 
 any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged 
 obstruction to navigation created by the construction of 
 any dam under this Act the cause or question arising 
 may be tried before the circuit court of the United States 
 in any district in which any portion of said obstruction 
 or dam touches. 
 
 It shall not be lawful to construct or commence the con- 
 struction of any bridge, dam, dike, or causeway over or 
 in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable 
 river, or other navigable water of the United States until 
 the consent of Congress to the building of such structures 
 shall have been obtained and until the plans for the same 
 shall have been submitted to and approved by the Chief 
 of Knginccrs and by the Secretary of Wai': rrorided, 
 That such structures may be built under authority of the 
 legislature of a State across rivers and other waterways 
 the navigable portions of which lie wholly within the 
 
PART XXXVI. OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION. 407 
 
 limits of a single State, provided the location and plans 
 thereof are submitted to and approved by the Chief of 
 Kngineers and by the Secretary of War before const ruc- 
 tion is commenced : And provided further, That when 
 plans for any bridge or other structure have been ap- 
 proved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary 
 of War. it shall not be lawful to deviate from such plans 
 either before or after completion of the structure unless 
 the modification of said plans has previously been sub- 
 mitted to and received the approval of the Chief of Engi- 
 neers and of the Secretary of War. 
 
 390. General obstructions. 
 
 The creation of any obstruction not affirmatively au- Mar. 3, isoo. 
 thorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of Sec - 10 - 
 the waters of the United States is hereby prohibited; 
 and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the build- 
 ing of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, 
 bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, 
 haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of 
 the United States, outside established harbor lines, or 
 where no harbor lines have been established, except on 
 plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and au- 
 thorized by the Secretary of War; and it shall not be 
 lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or 
 modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any 
 port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of 
 refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, 
 or of the channel of any navigable water of the United 
 States, unless the work has been recommended by the 
 Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of 
 War prior to beginning the same. 
 
 391. Harbor lines. 
 
 Where it is made manifest to the Secretary of War that Mar. 3, isoo 
 the establishment of harbor lines is essential to the pres- Sec - n - 
 ervation and protection of harbors he may, and is hereby, 
 authorized to cause such lines to be established, beyond 
 which no piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works shall 
 be extended or deposits made, except under such regula- 
 tions as may be prescribed from time to time by him : 
 Provided, That whenever the Secretary of War grants to 
 any person or persons permission to extend piers, wharves, 
 bulkheads, or other works, or to make deposits in any 
 tidal harbbr or river of the United States beyond any 
 harbor lines established under authority of the United 
 States, he shall cause to be ascertained the amount of tide 
 water displaced by any such structure or by any such de- 
 posits, and he shall, if he deem it necessary, require the 
 parties to whom the permission is given to make com- 
 pensation for such displacement either by excavating in 
 some part of the harbor, including tide-water channels 
 between high smd low water mark, to such an extent as to 
 
408 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Mar. 3. 1800. 
 S.M-. lli. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1800. 
 Bee. i::. 
 
 create a basin for as much tide water as may be displaced 
 by such structure or by such deposits, or in any other 
 mode that may be satisfactory to him: Provided, That 
 all such dredging or other improvement shall be carried 
 on under the direction of the Secretary of War, and shall 
 in no wise injure any existing channels. 
 
 392. Penalties. 
 
 Every person and every corporation that shall violate 
 any of the provisions of sections nine, ten, and eleven of 
 this Act, or any rule or regulation made by the Secretary 
 of War in pursuance of the provisions of the said section 
 fourteen, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not 
 exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five 
 hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a 
 natural person) not exceeding one year, or by both such 
 punishments, in the discretion of the court. And further, 
 the removal of any structures or parts of structures 
 erected in violation of the provisions of the said sections 
 may be enforced by the injunction of any district court 
 exercising jurisdiction in any district in which such 
 structures may exist, and proper proceedings to this end 
 may be instituted under the direction of the Attorney- 
 General of the United States. The continuance of any 
 such obstruction, except bridges, piers, docks and wharves, 
 and similar structures erected for business purposes, 
 whether heretofore or hereafter created, shall constitute 
 offense and each week's continuance of anv such 
 
 an 
 
 obstruction shall be deemed a separate offense. 
 393. Dumping into navigable waters. 
 
 It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, or deposit, 
 or cause, suffer, or procure to be thrown,, discharged, or 
 deposited either from or out of any ship, barge, or other 
 floating craft of any kind, or from the shore, wharf, man- 
 ufacturing establishment, or mill of any kind, any refuse 
 matter of any kind or description whatever other than that 
 flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in 
 a liquid state, into any navigable water of the United 
 States, or into any tributary of any navigable water from 
 which the same shall float or be washed into such navig- 
 able water: and it shall not be lawful to deposit, or cause, 
 sull'er, or procure to be deposited material of any kind in 
 any place on the bank of any navigable water, or on the 
 hank of any tributary of any navigable water, where the 
 same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, 
 either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or Hoods, 
 or otherwise, whereby naviirat ion shall or may be impede-d 
 or obstructed: Pruf'nIc<L That nothing herein contained 
 shall extend to, apply to, or prohibit the operations in 
 connection with the improvement of navigable waters or 
 construction of public works, considered necessary and 
 
|'\I;T xxxvi. or.sTiirrTiONS TO NAVIGATION. 409 
 
 proper by the United Slates officers supervising such im- 
 proveiuent or public work: Ami j>r<>vided further, That 
 the Secretary of War, whenever in the judgment of the 
 Chief of Engineers anchorage and navigation will not be 
 injured thereby, may permit the deposit of any material 
 above mentioned in navigable waters, within limits to he 
 defined and under conditions to be prescribed by him, 
 provided application is made to him prior to depositing 
 such material ; and whenever any permit is so granted the 
 conditions thereof shall be strictly complied with, and 
 any violation thereof shall be unlawful. 
 
 The Secretary of War is hereby aiithori/ed and empow- Jjj 1 . 1 *^ 3 - 1905 - 
 ered to prescribe regulations to govern the transportation 
 and dumping into any navigable water, or waters ad- 
 jacent thereto, of dredgings, earth, garbage, and other 
 refuse materials of every kind or description, whenever in 
 his judgment such regulations are required in the interest 
 of navigation. Such regulations shall be posted in con- 
 spicuous and appropriate places for the information of 
 the public; and every person or corporation which shall 
 violate the said regulations, or any of them, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to 
 the penalties prescribed in section sixteen of the river and 
 harbor Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 nine, for violation of the provisions of section thirteen of 
 the said Act: Provided, That any regulations made in 
 pursuance hereof may be enforced as provided in section 
 seventeen of the aforesaid Act of March third, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-nine, the provisions whereof are 
 hereby made applicable to the said regulations: Pro- 
 vided further, That this section shall not apply to any 
 waters within the jurisdictional boundaries of any State 
 which are now or may hereafter be used for the cultiva- 
 tion of oysters under the laws of such State, except navi- 
 gable channels which have been or may hereafter be 
 improveded by the United States, or to be designated as 
 navigable channels by competent authority, and in mak- 
 ing such improvements of channels, the material dredged 
 shall not be deposited upon any ground in use in accord- 
 ance with the laws of such State for the cultivation of 
 oysters, except in compliance with said laws: And pro- 
 vided further, That any expense necessary in executing 
 this section may be paid from funds available for the 
 improvement of the harbor or waterway, for which regu- 
 lations may be prescribed, and in case no such funds are 
 available the said expense may be paid from appropria- 
 tions made by Congress for examinations, surveys, and 
 contingencies of rivers and harbors. 
 
 It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, dump, or June 23, 1910. 
 deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure, to be thrown, dis- 
 charged, dumped, or deposited, any refuse matter of any 
 
410 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 kind or description whatever other than that flowing 
 from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid 
 state into Lake Michigan, at any point opposite or in 
 front of the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, or 
 the county of Lake in the State of Indiana, within eight 
 miles from the shore of said lake, unless said material 
 shall be placed inside of a breakwater so arranged as not 
 to permit the escape of such refuse material into the body 
 of the lake and cause contamination thereof; and no 
 officer of the Government shall dump or cause or author- 
 ize to be dumped any material contrary to the provisions 
 of this Act: Provided, however, That the provisions of 
 this Act shall not apply to work in connection with the 
 construction, repair, and protection of breakwaters and 
 other structures built in aid of navigation, or for the 
 purpose of obtaining water supply. Any person violat- 
 ing any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined for 
 each offense not exceeding one thousand dollars. 
 
 394. Impairing public works. 
 
 seo r 'i4' 18 "" ^ shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take 
 possession of or make use of for any purpose, or build 
 upon, alter, deface, destroy, move, injure, obstruct by 
 fastening vessels thereto or otherwise, or in any manner 
 whatever impair the usefulness of any sea wall, bulkhead, 
 jetty, dike, levee, wharf, pier, or other work built by the 
 United States, or any piece of plant, floating or otherwise, 
 used in the construction of such work under the control of 
 the United States, in whole or in part, for the preserva- 
 tion and improvement of any of its navigable waters or 
 to prevent floods, or as boundary marks, tide gauges, sur- 
 veying stations, buoys, or other established marks, nor 
 remove for ballast or other purposes any stone or other 
 material composing such- works: /Vo/vV/W, That the Sec- 
 retary of War may, on the recommendation of the Child' 
 of Engineers, grant permission for the temporary occu- 
 pation or use of any of the aforementioned public works 
 when in his judgment such occupation or use will not be 
 injurious to the public interest. 
 
 395. Obstructing channels. 
 
 s,!, : . ir 'n' 1S!) ' It shall not be lawful to tie up or anchor vessels or 
 other craft in navigable channels in such a manner as to 
 prevent or obstruct the passage of other vessels or craft : 
 or to voluntarily or carelessly sink, or permit or cause to 
 be sunk, vessels or other craft in naviirahle channels: or 
 to float loose timber and loirs, or to float what is known as 
 sack' rafts of timber and logs in streams or channels actu- 
 ally navigated by steamboats in such manner as to ob- 
 struct, impede, or endanger navigation. And whenever a 
 vessel, raft, or other craft is wrecked and sunk in a na\ i- 
 
1'AIIT XXXVI. OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION. 411 
 
 gable channel, accidentally or otherwise, it shall be the 
 duly of the owner of such sunken craft to immediately 
 
 mark it with a buoy or beacon during the day and a 
 lighted lantern at night, and to maintain such marks until 
 
 the sunken craft is removed or abandoned, and the neglect 
 
 or failure of the said owner so to do shall he unlawful; 
 and it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft 
 to commence the immediate removal of the same, and 
 prosecute such removal diligently, and failure to do so 
 shall be considered as an abandonment of such craft, and 
 subject the same to removal by the United States as 
 hereinafter provided for. 
 396. Log regulations. 
 
 The prohibition contained in section fifteen of the river May 9, 1900. 
 and harbor Act, approved March third, eighteen hundred 
 pud ninety-nine, against floating loose timber and logs, or 
 sack rafts, so-called, of timber and logs in streams or 
 channels actually navigated by steamboats, shall not ap- 
 ply to any navigable river or waterway of the United 
 States or any part thereof whereon the floating of loose 
 timber and logs and sack rafts of timber and logs is the 
 principal method of navigation. But such method of 
 navigation on such river or waterway or part thereof 
 shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed by 
 the Secretary of War as hereinafter provided. 
 
 The Secretary of War shall have power, and he is Sec. 2. 
 hereby authorized and directed, within the shortest prac- 
 ticable time after the passage hereof, to prescribe rules 
 and regulations, which he may at any time modify, to 
 govern and regulate the floating of loose timber and logs, 
 and sack rafts, (so called) of timber and logs and other 
 methods of navigation on the streams and waterways, or 
 any thereof, of the character, as to navigation, in section 
 one hereof described. The said rules and regulations shall 
 be so framed as to equitably adjust conflicting interests be- 
 tween the different methods or forms of navigation; and 
 the said rules and regulations shall be published at least 
 once in such newspaper or newspapers of general circu- 
 lation as in the opinion of the Secretary of War shall be 
 best adapted to give notice of said rules and regulations 
 to persons ail'ected thereby and locally interested therein. 
 And all modifications of said rules and regulations shall 
 be similarly published. And such rules and regulations 
 when >o prescribed and published as to any such stream 
 or waterway shall have the force of law, and any viola- 
 tion thereof shall be a misdemeanor, and every person 
 convicted of such violation shall be punished by a fine of 
 not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars nor less 
 than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in case of 
 a natural person) for not less than thirty days nor more 
 than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in 
 the discretion of the court: Provided, That the proper 
 action to enforce the provisions of this section may be 
 
412 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 commenced before any commissioner, judge, or court of 
 the United States, and such commissioner, judge or court 
 shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in 
 the case of crimes or misdemeanors committed against the 
 United States. 
 
 Sec - 3 - The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act at any 
 
 time is hereby reserved. 
 
 Sec - 4 - This Act shall not, nor shall any rules or regulations 
 
 prescribed thereunder, in any manner affect any civil 
 action or actions heretofore commenced and now pending 
 to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by 
 reason of the violation of any of the terms of said section 
 fifteen, as originally enacted, or in violation of any other 
 law. 
 
 397. Penalties. 
 
 Mar. 3, isoo. Every person and every corporation that shall violate, 
 or that shall knowingly aid. abet, authorize, or instigate a 
 violation of the provisions of sections thirteen, fourteen, 
 and fifteen of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not 
 exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five 
 hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a 
 natural person) for not less than thirty days. nor more 
 than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in 
 the discretion of the court, one-half of said fine to be 
 paid to the person or persons giving information which 
 shall lead to conviction. And any and every master, 
 pilot, and engineer, or person or persons acting in such 
 capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel who 
 shall knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or ves- 
 sel loaded with any material specified in section thirteen 
 of this Act to any point or place of deposit or discharge 
 in any harbor or navigable water, elsewhere than within 
 the limits defined and permitted by the Secretary of War, 
 or who shall willfully injure or destroy any work of the 
 United States contemplated in section fourteen of this 
 Act, or who shall willfully obstruct the channel of any 
 waterway in the manner contemplated in section fifteen 
 of this Act. shall he deemed guilty of a violation of this 
 Act. and shall upon conviction he punished as hereinbe- 
 fore provided in this section, and shall also have his 
 license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the 
 judge before whom tried and convicted. And any boat, 
 I. scow, raft, or other craft used or employed in vio- 
 lating any of the provisions of sections thirteen, fourteen, 
 and fifteen of this Act shall be liable for the pecuniary 
 penalties specified in this section, and in addition thereto 
 for the amount of the damages done by said boat, vessel, 
 scow, raft, or other era ft, which latter sum shall be placed 
 to the credit of the appropriation for the improvement of 
 the harbor or waterway in which the damaire occurred, 
 and said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft may be 
 
PART XXXVI. OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION. 413 
 
 proceeded against sunini:irily l>y way of libel in any dis- 
 trict court of the United States having jurisdiction 
 thereof. 
 
 The Department of Justice shall conduct the legal pro- Mar. 3, 1899. 
 ceedings necessary to enforce the foregoing provisions of sec-. IT. 
 sections nine to sixteen, inclusive, of this Act ; and it shall 
 be the duty of district attorneys of the United States to 
 vigorously prosecute all offenders against the same when- 
 ever requested to do so by the Secretary of War or by any 
 of the officials hereinafter designated, :md it shall further- 
 more be the duty of said district attorneys to report to 
 the Attorney-! ieneral of the United States the action 
 taken by him against oll'enders so reported, and a tran- 
 script of such reports shall be transmitted to the Secre- 
 tary of War by the Attorney-( Jeneral ; and for the better 
 enforcement of the said provisions and to facilitate the 
 detection and bringing to punishment of such offenders, 
 the officers and agents of the United States in charge of 
 river and harbor improvements, and the assistant engi- 
 neers and inspectors employed under them by authority 
 of the Secretary of War, and the United States collectors 
 of customs and other revenue officers, shall have power 
 and authority to swear put process and to arrest and take 
 into custody, with or without process, any person or per- 
 sons who may commit any of the acts or offenses pro- 
 hibited by the aforesaid sections of this Act, or who may 
 violate any of the provisions of the same : Provided, That 
 no person shall be arrested without process for any offense 
 not committed in the presence of some one of the afore- 
 said officials: And provided further, That whenever any 
 arrest is made under the provisions of this Act, the person 
 so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commis- 
 sioner, judge, or court of the United States for examina- 
 tion of the offenses alleged against him; and such com- 
 missioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto 
 as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United 
 States. 
 398. Bridge spans. 
 
 Whenever the Secretary of War shall have good reason '^ 1899> 
 to believe that any railroad or other bridge now con- 
 structed, or which may hereafter be constructed, over any 
 of the navigable waterways of the United States is an 
 unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of such 
 waters on account of insufficient height, width of span, or 
 otherwise, or where there is difficulty in passing the draw 
 opening or the draw span of such bridge by rafts. steam- 
 boats, or other water craft, it shall be the duty of the said 
 Secretary, first giving the parties reasonable opportunity 
 to be heard, to give notice to the persons or corporations 
 owning or controlling such bridge so to alter the same as 
 to render navigation through or under it reasonably free, 
 easy, and unobstructed : and in giving such notice he shall 
 specify the changes recommended by the Chief of Engi- 
 neers that are required to be made, and shall prescribe in 
 
414 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 each case a reasonable time in which to make them. If 
 at the end of such time the alteration has not been made, 
 the Secretary of War shall forthwith notify the United 
 States district attorney for the district in which such 
 bridge is situated, to the end that the criminal proceed- 
 ings hereinafter mentioned may be taken. If the persons, 
 corporation, or association owning or controlling any 
 railroad or other bridge shall, after receiving notice to 
 that effect, as hereinbefore required, from the Secretary 
 of War, and within the time prescribed by him willfully 
 fail or refuse to remove the same or to comply with the 
 lawful order of the Secretary of War in the premises, 
 such persons, corporation, or association shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall 
 be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, 
 and every month such persons, corporation, or association 
 shall remain in default in respect to the removal or alter- 
 ation of such bridge shall be deemed a new offense, and 
 subject the persons, corporation, or association so offend- 
 ing to the penalties above prescribed: Prorided, That in 
 any case arising under the provisions of this section an 
 appeal or writ of error may be taken from the district 
 courts or from the existing district courts direct to the 
 Supreme Court either by the United States or by the 
 defendants. 
 
 399. Bridge piers and abutments. 
 
 s ( '.! u - 11 ' 1888 ' Whenever complaint shall be made by the Secretary of 
 War that by reason of the placing in any navigable 
 waters of the United States of any bridge pier or abut- 
 ment, the current of such waters has been so deflected 
 from its natural course as to cause by producing caving 
 of banks or otherwise serious damage or danger to prop- 
 erty, it shall be his duty to make inquiry, and if it shall 
 be ascertained that the complaint is well founded, he shall 
 cause the owners or persons operating such bridge to re- 
 pair such damage or prevent such danger to property by 
 such means as he shall indicate and Avithin such time as 
 he may name, and in default thereof the owners or per- 
 sons operating such bridge shall he liable in any court of 
 competent jurisdiction to the pel-sons injured in a sum 
 double the amount of said injury. 
 
 400. Drawbridges. 
 
 s,'! L \ ls> Is;i1 ' It ^luill 1 |(> the duty of all persons owning, operating, 
 and tending the drawbridge now built, or which may 
 hereafter he built across the navigable rivers and other 
 waters of the United States, to open, or cause to be opened, 
 the draws of such bridges under such rule- and regula- 
 tions as in the opinion of the Secretary of Wai 1 the public 
 interests require to govern the opening of drawbridges 
 for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such 
 rules and regulation-, when so made and published, shall 
 
PART XXXVI. OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION. 415 
 
 have tlio force of law. Every such person who shall will- 
 fully fail or refuse to open, or cause to he opened, the 
 draw of any such bridge for (he passage of a boat or 
 lioats, or wlio shall unreasonahly delay the opening of 
 said draw after reasonahle signal shall have heen given, 
 as provided in such regulations, shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall he pun- 
 ished l>y a line of not more than two thousand dollars nor 
 less than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment (in 
 the case of a natural person) for not exceeding one year, 
 or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion 
 of the court : Proriilcd* That the proper action to enforce 
 the provisions of this section may be commenced before 
 any commissioner, judge, or court of the United States, 
 and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in 
 respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes 
 against the United States : Provided further, That when- 
 ever, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the public 
 interests require it, he may make rules and regulations to 
 govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of ves- 
 sels and other water crafts, and such rules and regula- 
 tions, when so made and published, shall have the force 
 of law, and any violation thereof shall be punished as 
 hereinbefore provided. [See Act of June 13 ,1902, sec. 6, J^V 3 ' 19 2 ' 
 on p. 417.] 
 401. Sunken wrecks. 
 
 Whenever the navigation of any river, lake, harbor, * c r .'w. 18 "' 
 sound, bay, canal, or other navigable waters of the United 
 States shall be obstructed or endangered by any sunken 
 vessel, boat, water craft, raft, or other similar obstruction, 
 and such obstruction has existed for a longer period than 
 thirty days, or whenever the abandonment of such ob- 
 struction can be legally established in a less space of time, 
 the sunken vessel, boat, water craft, raft, or other obstruc- 
 tion shall be subject to be broken up, removed, sold, or 
 otherwise disposed of by the Secretary of War at his dis- 
 cretion, without liability for any damage to the owners of 
 the same : Provided, That in his discretion, the Secretary 
 of War may cause reasonable notice of such obstruction of 
 not less than thirty days, unless the legal abandonment of 
 the obstruction can be established in a less time, to be 
 given by publication, addressed " To whom it may con- 
 cern," in a newspaper published nearest to the locality of 
 the obstruction, requiring the removal thereof: And pro- 
 rided also, That the Secretary of War may, in his dis- 
 cretion, at or after the time of giving such notice, cause 
 sealed proposals to be solicited by public advertisement, 
 giving reasonable notice of not less than ten days, for the 
 removal of such obstruction as soon as possible after the 
 expiration of the above specified thirty days' notice, in 
 case it has not in the meantime been so removed, these 
 
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416 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 proposals and contracts, at his discretion, to be condi- 
 tioned that such vessel, boat, water craft, raft, or other 
 obstruction, and all cargo and property contained therein, 
 shall become the property of the contractor, and the con- 
 tract shall be awarded to the bidder making the proposi- 
 tion most advantageous to the United States: Provided, 
 That such bidder shall give satisfactory security to exe- 
 cute the work: Provided further, That any money re- 
 ceived from the sale of any such wreck, or from any con- 
 tractor for the removal of wrecks, under this paragraph 
 shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. 
 Mar. 3, 1899. Under emergency, in the case of any vessel, boat, water 
 sec. 20. craft, or raft, or other similar obstruction, sinking or 
 
 grounding, or being unnecessarily delayed in any Govern- 
 ment canal or lock, or in any navigable waters mentioned 
 in section nineteen, in such manner as to stop, seriously 
 interfere with or specially endanger navigation, in the 
 opinion of the Secretary of War, or any agent of the 
 United States to whom the Secretary may delegate proper 
 authority, the Secretary of War or any such agent shall 
 have the right to take immediate possession of such boat, 
 vessel, or other water craft, or raft, so far as to remove or 
 to destroy it and to clear immediately the canal, lock, or 
 navigable waters aforesaid of the obstruction thereby 
 caused, using his best judgment to prevent any unneces- 
 sary injury; and no one shall interfere with or prevent 
 such removal or destruction: Provided, That the officer 
 or agent charged with the removal or destruction of an 
 obstruction under this section may in his discretion give 
 notice in writing to the owners of any such obstruction 
 requiring them to remove it : And provided further* That 
 the expense of removing any such obstruction as afore- 
 said shall be a charge against such craft and cargo: and 
 if the owners thereof fail or refuse to reimburse the 
 United States for such expense within thirty days after 
 notification, then the officer or agent aforesaid may sell 
 the craft or cargo, or any part thereof that may not have 
 been destroyed in removal, and the proceeds of such sale 
 shall lie covered into the Treasury of the United States. 
 Such sum of money as may be necessary to execute this 
 section and the preceding section of this Act is hereby 
 appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not other- 
 wise appropriated, to he paid out on the requisition of the 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 Mar. 3,1899. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the fore- 
 sec. 20. going sections ten to twenty, inclusive, of this Act are 
 hereby repealed: Provided, r \\\\\t no action begun, or right 
 of action accrued, prior to the passage of this Act shall be 
 June 13, 1902. affected by this repeal. Prvwded farther, That nothing 
 contained in the said foregoing sect ions shall be construed 
 as repealing, modifying, or in any manner affecting the 
 provisions of an Act of Congress approved June twenty- 
 
PANT xxxvi.- or.sTuivnoNS TO NAVIGATION. 417 
 
 ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "An 
 Act to prevent obstructive and injurious deposits within 
 the harbor and adjac-ent waters of \e\v York City, hy 
 dumping or otherwise, ;ind to punish and prevent such 
 offense-." as amended by section three of the river and 
 harbor Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-four. 
 
 402. Speed of vessels; navigation of canals. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to pre- Anpr. is, !*.. 
 scribe such rules and regulations for the use, administra- fSSeSs, 1902. 
 tion, and navigation of any or all canals and similar Bec.ll. 
 works of navigation that now are, or that hereafter may 
 be, owned, operated, or maintained by the United States 
 as in his judgment the public necessity may require; and 
 he is also authorized to prescribe regulations to govern 
 the speed and movement of vessels and other water craft 
 in any public navigable channel which has been improved 
 under authority of Congress, whenever, in his judgment, 
 such regulations are necessary to protect such improved 
 channels from injury, or to prevent interference with 
 the operations of the United States in improving navig- 
 able waters or injury to any plant that may be employed 
 in such operations. Such rules and regulations shall be 
 posted, in conspicuous and appropriate places, for the 
 information of the public; and every person and every 
 corporation which shall violate such rules and regulations 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on convic- 
 tion thereof in any district court of the United States 
 within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may 
 have been committed, shall be punished by a fine not 
 exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in 
 the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, 
 in the discretion of the court. 
 
 Any regulations heretofore or hereafter prescribed by June is, 1902. 
 the Secretary of War in pursuance of the fourth and Scc- 6 ' 
 fifth sections of the river and harbor Act of August 
 eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninet}^-four, and any 
 regulations hereafter prescribed in pursuance of the 
 aforesaid section four as amended by section eleven of 
 this Act, may be enforced as provided in section seven- 
 teen of the river and harbor Act of March third, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-nine, the provisions whereof are 
 hereby made applicable to the said regulations. 
 
 403. Potomac River. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any May 19, 1896. 
 wharf or dock, any master or capfltain of any vessel, or any 
 person or persons to cast, throw, drop, or deposit any bal- 
 last, dirt, oyster shells, or ashes in the water in any part 
 of the Potomac River or its tributaries in the District of 
 Columbia, or on the shores of said river below high-water 
 mark, unless for the purpose of making a wharf, after 
 
418 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Sec. 3. 
 
 Sec. 4. 
 
 permission has been obtained from the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia for that purpose, which wharf 
 shall be sufficiently enclosed and secured so as to prevent 
 injury to navigation. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any 
 wharf or dock, any captain or master of any vessel, or any 
 other person or persons to cast, throw, deposit, or drop in 
 any dock or in the waters of the Potomac River or its 
 tributaries in the District of Columbia any dead fish, fish 
 oflal, dead animals of any kind, condemned oysters in the 
 shell, watermelons, cantaloupes, vegetables, 'fruits, shav- 
 ings, hay, straw, ice, snow, filth, or trash of any kind 
 whatsoever. 
 
 Any person or persons violating any of the provisions 
 of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 on conviction thereof in the police court of the District of 
 Columbia shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one 
 hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six 
 months, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of 
 the court. 
 
 Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to 
 interfere with the work of improvement in or along the 
 said river and harbor, under the supervision of the United 
 States Government. 
 404. Mississippi River passes. 
 
 lee's 3 ' 19 9 " ^e S ecretar 7 of War be, and is hereby, authorized 
 to make such rules and regulations for the navigation of 
 the South and Southwest passes of the Mississippi River 
 as to him shall seem necessary or expedient for the pur- 
 pose of preventing any obstruction to the channels through 
 said South and Southwest passes and any injury to the 
 works therein constructed. The term " South and South- 
 west passes," as herein employed, shall be construed as 
 embracing the entire extent of channel, in each case, be- 
 tween the upper ends of the works at the head of the pass 
 and the outer or sea ends of the jetties at the entrance 
 from the Gulf of Mexico; and any willful violation of 
 any rule or regulation made by the Secretary of War in 
 pursuance of this Act shall be deemed a misdemeanor, 
 for which the owner or owners, agent or agents, master 
 or pilot of the vessel so offending shall be separately or 
 collectively responsible, and on conviction thereof shall 
 he punished by a line of not less than one hundred dollars, 
 nor exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
 for not exceed ing three months, or by both fine and im- 
 prisonment, at the discretion of the court. 
 
PART XXXVII. NKW YORK HARBOR. 
 
 405. New York Harbor. 
 
 It shall be imlaw ful for any person or persons to engage ^lf*2? 8 ' 18 4 ' 
 in fishing or dredging for shell fish in any of the channels 
 leading to and from the harbor of New York, or to inter- 
 fere in any way with the safe navigation of those chan- 
 nels by ocean steamships and ships of deep draft. Any 
 person or persons violating the foregoing provisions of 
 this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or impris- 
 onment, or both, such fine to be not more than two hun- 
 dred and fifty dollars nor less than fifty dollars, and the 
 imprisonment to be not more than six months nor less 
 than thirty days, either or both united, as the judge be- 
 fore whom conviction is obtained shall decide. It shall 
 be the duty of the United States Supervisor of the harbor 
 to enforce this act, and the deputy inspectors of the said 
 supervisor shall have authority to arrest and take into 
 custody, with or without process, any person or persons 
 who may commit any of the acts or offenses prohibited 
 by this Act : Provided, That no person shall be arrested 
 without process for any offense not committed in the pres- 
 ence of the supervisor or his inspector or deputy inspec- 
 tors, or either of them : And further provided, That when- 
 ever any such arrest is made the person or persons so 
 arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commis- 
 sioner, judge, or court of the United States for examina- 
 tion of the offenses alleged against him ; and such com- 
 missioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto 
 as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United 
 States. 
 
 The placing, discharging, or depositing, by any process June 29, isss. 
 or in any manner, of refuse, dirt, ashes, cinders, mud, 
 sand, dredgings, sludge, acid, or any other matter of any 
 kind, other than that flowing from streets, sewers, and 
 passing therefrom in a liquid state, in the tidal waters of 
 the harbor of New York, or its adjacent or tributary 
 waters, or in those of Long Island Sound, within the 
 limits which shall be prescribed by the supervisor of the 
 harbor, is hereby strictily forbidden. And every such act 
 is made a misdemeanor, and every person engaged in or 
 who shall aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of 
 this section, shall, upon conviction, be punishable by fine 
 
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420 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 or imprisonment, or both, such fine to be not less than two 
 hundred and fifty dollars nor more than two thousand 
 five hundred dollars, and the imprisonment to be not less 
 than thirty days nor more than one year, either or both 
 united, as the judge before whom conviction is obtained 
 shall decide, one half of said fine to be paid to the person 
 or persons giving information which shall lead to convic- 
 tion of this misdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any and every master and engineer or person or per- 
 
 sons acting in such capacity, respectively, on board of any 
 boat or vessel, who shall knowingly engage in towing any 
 scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any such prohibited 
 matter to any point or place of deposit, or discharge in 
 the waters of the harbor of New York, or in its adjacent, 
 or tributary waters, or in those of Long Island Sound, or 
 to any point or place elsewhere than within the limits 
 defined and permitted by the supervisor of the harbor 
 hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed guilty of a- viola- 
 tion of this act, and shall, upon conviction, be punishable 
 as hereinbefore provided for offenses in violation of sec- 
 tion one of this act, and shall also have his license re- 
 voked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge 
 before whom tried and convicted. 
 
 sec. 3. In all cases of receiving on board of any scows or boats 
 
 Secf 3. 8 ' ' such forbidden matter or substance as herein described, 
 the ow^ner or master, or person acting in such capacity on 
 btfard of such scows or boats, before proceeding to take 
 or tow the same to the place of deposit, shall apply for 
 and obtain from the supervisor of the harbor appointed 
 hereunder a permit defining the precise limits within 
 which the discharge of such scows or boats may be made ; 
 and it shall not be lawful for the owner or master, or per- 
 son acting in such capacity, of any tug or towboat to tow 
 or move any scow or boat so loaded with such forbidden 
 matter until such permit shall have been obtained; and 
 every person violating the foregoing provisions of this 
 section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 
 conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more 
 than one thousand nor less than five hundred dollars, and 
 in addition thereto the master of any tug or towboat so 
 offending shall have his license revoked, or suspended for 
 a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and 
 convicted. And any deviation from such dumping or 
 discharging place specified in such permit shall be a mis- 
 demeanor, and the owner and master, or person acting in 
 the capacity of master, of any scows or boats dumping 
 or discharirinr such forbidden matter in any place other 
 than that specified in such peimit shall be liable to pun- 
 ishment therefor as provided in section one of the said 
 Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
 eiirht : and the owner and master, or person acting in the 
 capacity of master, of any tug or towboat towinir such 
 scows or boats shall be liable to equal punishment with 
 
PART XXXVII. NEW YORK HARBOR. 421 
 
 the owner and master, or person acting in the capacity of 
 master, of the scows or boats; and, further, every scow- 
 man or other employee on board of both scows and tow- 
 boats shall be deemed to have knowledge of the place of 
 dumping specified in such permit, and the owners and 
 masters, or persons acting in the capacity of masi 
 shall be liable to punishment, as aforesaid, for any unlaw- 
 ful dumping, within the meaning of this Act or of the 
 said Act or June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and 
 eighty-eight, which may be caused by the negligence or 
 ignorance of such scowman or other employee; and, fur- 
 ther, neither defect in machinery nor avoidable accidents 
 to scows or towboats, nor unfavorable weather, nor im- 
 proper handling or moving of scows or boats of any kind 
 whatsoever, shall operate to release the owners and mas- 
 ters and employees of scows and towboats from the pen- 
 alties hereinbefore mentioned. Every scow or boat en- 
 gaged in the transportation of dredgings, earth, sand, 
 mud, cellar dirt, garbage, or other offensive material of 
 any description shall have its name or number and 
 owner's name painted in letters and numbers at least 
 fourteen inches long on both sides of the scow or boat; 
 these names and numbers shall be kept distinctly legible 
 at all times, and no scow or boat not so marked shall be 
 used to transport or dump any such material. 
 
 Kach such scow or boat shall be equipped at all times May 28, 1908. 
 with a life line or rope extending at least the length of Sec> 8 - 
 and three feet above the deck thereof, such rope to be 
 attached to the coaming thereof, also with a life-preserver 
 and a life buoy for each person on board thereof, also 
 with anchor to weigh not less than two hundred and 
 seventy-five pounds, and at least one hundred feet of cable 
 attached thereto ; a list of the names of all men employed 
 on any such scow or boat shall be kept by the owner or 
 master thereof and the said list shall be open to the in- 
 spection of all parties. Failure to comply with any of 
 the foregoing provisions shall render the owner of such 
 scow or boat liable upon conviction thereof to a penalty 
 of not more than five hundred dollars. 
 
 The requirements in regard to life line or rope shall Feb. 16, 1009. 
 not apply to any scow or boat the deck outside the coam- 
 ing or rail of which shall not exceed one foot in width. 
 On any such scow or boat its name or number and owner's 
 name painted in letters and numbers, at least fourteen 
 inches long on both ends of such scow or boat, shall be a 
 compliance with the provisions of the said section in re- 
 gard to name, number, and owner's name. 
 
 The supervisor of the harbor of New York, designated 
 as provided in section five of the said Act of June twenty- 
 ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is authorized 
 and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, 
 and, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act 
 and of the Act aforesaid, and of detecting and bringing 
 
422 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 s 28 ' 19 8 ' 
 
 to punishment offenders against the same, the said super- 
 visor of the harbor, and the inspectors and deputy in- 
 spectors so appointed by him, shall have power and 
 authority : 
 
 First. To arrest and take into custody, with or without 
 process, any person or persons who may commit any of 
 the acts or offenses prohibited by this section and by the 
 Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
 eight, aforesaid, or who may violate any of the provisions 
 of the same : Provided, That no person shall be arrested 
 without process for any offense not committed in the 
 presence of the supervisor or his inspectors or deputy 
 inspectors, or either of them : And provided further, That 
 whenever any such arrest is made the person or persons 
 so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commis- 
 sioner, judge, or court of the United States for examina- 
 tion of the offenses alleged against him; aid such com- 
 missioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto 
 as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United 
 States. 
 
 Second. To go on board of any scow or towboat en- 
 gaged in unlawful dumping of prohibited material, or in 
 moving the same without a permit as required in this 
 section of this Act, or otherwise violating ai y of the 
 provisions of this section of this Act, and to seize and 
 n ld SR id boats until they are discharged by action of 
 the commissioner, judge, or court of the United States 
 before w T hom the offending persons are brought. 
 
 Third. To arrest and take into custody any witness or 
 witnesses to such unlawful dumping of prohibitive mate- 
 rial, the said witnesses to be released under proper bonds. 
 
 Fourth. To go on board of any towboat having in tow 
 scows or boats loaded with such prohibited material, and 
 accompany the same to the place of dumping, whenever 
 such action appears to be necessary to secure compliance 
 with the requirements of this Act and of the Act afore- 
 said. 
 
 Fifth. To enter gas and oil works and all other manu- 
 facturing works for the purpose of discovering the dispo- 
 sition made of sludge, acid, or other injurious material, 
 whenever there is good reason to believe that such slud<re, 
 acid, or other injurious material is allowed to run into the 
 tidal waters of the harbor in violation of section one of 
 the aforesaid Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred 
 and eighty-eight. 
 
 Kvery person who. directly or indirectly, gives any sum 
 of money or other bribe, present, or reward or makes any 
 offer of the same to any inspector, deputy inspector, or 
 other employee of the office of the supervisor of the 
 harbor with intent to influence such inspector, deputy 
 inspector, or other employee to permit or overlook any 
 violations of the provisions of this section or of the said 
 Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
 eight, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than 
 
PART \\XV11. NEW YOHK 1 1 AlJI'.nu. 423 
 
 live hundred dollars nor more than one tlioiisand dollars, 
 and be imprisoned not less than six months nor more 
 than one year. 
 
 Kvery permit issued in accordance with the provisions May 28> 1908 * 
 of this section of this Act which may not be taken up by 
 an inspector or deputy inspector shall he returned within 
 four days after issuance to the oiliee of the super- 
 visor of the harbor ; such permit shall hear an endorsement 
 by the master of the towhoat, or the person acting in such 
 capacity, stilting whether the permit has been used, and if 
 so the time and place of dumping. Any person violating 
 the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of 
 not more than live hundred dollars nor less than one hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 All mud, dirt, sand, dredgings, and material of every J" e 4 29 
 kind and description whatever taken, dredged, or exca*- 
 \ ated from any slip, basin, or shoal in the harbor of New 
 York, or the waters adjacent or tributary thereto, and 
 placed on any boat, scow, or vessel for the purpose of 
 being taken or towed upon the waters of the harbor of 
 New Y^ork to a place of deposit, shall be deposited and 
 discharged at such place or within such limits as shall be 
 defined and specified by the supervisor of the harbor, as 
 in the third section of this act prescribed, and not other- 
 wise. Every person, firm, or corporation being the owner 
 of any slip, basin, or shoal, from which such mud, dirt, 
 sand, dredgings, and material shall be taken, dredged, or 
 excavated, and every person, firm, or corporation in any 
 manner engaged in the work of dredging or excavating 
 any such slip, basin, or shoal, or of removing such mud, 
 dirt, sand, or dredgings therefrom, shall severally be re- 
 sponsible for the deposit and discharge of all such mud, 
 dirt, sand, or dredgings at such place or within such limits 
 so defined and prescribed by said supervisor of the har- 
 bor ; and for every violation of the provisions of this sec- 
 tion the person offending shall be guilty of an offense 
 against this act, and shall be punished by a fine equal to 
 the sum of five dollars for every cubic yard of mud, dirt, 
 sand, dredgings, or material not deposited or discharged 
 as required by this section. Any boat or vessel used or 
 employed in violating any provision of this act, shall be 
 liable to the pecuniary penalties imposed thereby, and 
 may be proceeded against, summarily by way of libel in 
 any district court of the United States, having jurisdic- 
 tion thereof. 
 
 A line officer of the Navy shall be designated by the Sec -5. 
 President of the United States as supervisor of the har- 
 bor, to act under the direction of the Secretary of War in 
 enforcing the provisions of this act, and in detecting 
 offenders against the same. This officer shall receive the 
 sea-pay of his grade, and shall have personal charge and 
 supervision under the Secretary of War, and shall direct 
 the patrol boats and other means to detect and bring to 
 punishment offenders against the provisions of this act. 
 
PART XXXVIII. RADIO COMMUNICATION. 
 
 4O6. Wireless ship act. 
 
 Enforcement of wireless-commu- 
 nication laws, treaties, and 
 conventions. 
 
 408. Regulation of radio communica- 
 tion. 
 
 406. Wireless ship act. 
 
 juTy e 23,' 1912! From and after October first, nineteen hundred and 
 'twelve, it shall be unlawful for any steamer of the 
 United States or of any foreign country navigating the 
 ocean or the Great Lakes and licensed to carry, or carry- 
 ing, fifty or more persons, including passengers or crew 
 or both, to leave or attempt to leave any port of the 
 United States unless such steamer shall be equipped with 
 an efficient apparatus for radio communication, in good 
 working order, capable of transmitting and receiving 
 messages over a distance of at least one hundred miles, 
 day or night. An auxiliary power supply, independent 
 of the vessel's main electric power plant, must be pro- 
 vided which will enable the sending set for at least four 
 hours to send messages over a distance of at least one 
 hundred miles, day or night, and efficient communication 
 between the operator in the radio room and the bridge 
 shall be maintained at all times. 
 
 The radio equipment must be in charge of two or more 
 persons skilled in the use of such apparatus, one or the 
 other of whom shall be on duty at all times while the 
 vessel is being navigated. Such equipment, operators, 
 the regulation of their watches, and the transmission and 
 receipt of messages, except as may be regulated by law 
 or international agreement, shall be under the control of 
 the master, in the case of a vessel of the United States; 
 and every willful failure on the part of the master to en- 
 force at sea the provisions of this paragraph as to equip- 
 ment, operators, and watches shall subject him to a 
 penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 July 2:5, ini2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to steam- 
 ers plying between ports, or places, less than two hundred 
 miles apart. 
 
 This Act, so far as it relates to the Great Lakes, shall 
 take effect on and after April first, nineteen hundred and 
 thirteen, and so far as it relates to ocean cargo steamers 
 shall take effect on and after July first, nineteen hundred 
 and thirteen: /'/"/"/W, That on cargo steamers, in lieu 
 of the second operator provided for in this Act. there may 
 be substituted a member of the crew or other person who 
 
 424 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
PART XXXVIII. RADIO COMMUNIi A I K )N . 425 
 
 shall bo duly certified and entered in the ship's loir as 
 competent to receive and understand distress calls or 
 other usual calls indicating danger, and to aid in main- 
 taining a constant wireless watch so far as required for 
 the safety of life. 
 
 For the purpose of this Act apparatus for radio-corn- June 24. 1910. 
 inimical ion shall not he deemed to he efficient unless the 
 company installing it shall contract in writing to ex- 
 change, and shall, in fact, exchange, as far as may be 
 physically practicable, to be determined by the master 
 of the vessel, messages with shore or ship stations using 
 other systems of radio-communication. 
 
 The master or other person being in charge of any sec. 3. 
 such vessel which leaves or attempts to leave any port 
 of the United States in violation of any of the provisions 
 of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not 
 more than five thousand dollars, and any such fine shall 
 be a lien upon such vessel, and such vessel may be libeled 
 therefor in any district court of the United States within 
 the jurisdiction of which such vessel shall arrive or 
 depart, and the leaving or attempting to leave each and 
 every port of the United States shall constitute a separate 
 offense. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall make such regula- * ec - 4 - 
 tions as may be necessary to secure the proper" execution 
 of this Act by collectors of customs and other officers of 
 the Government. 
 
 407. Enforcement of wireless-communication laws, treaties, 
 
 and conventions. 
 
 To enable the Secretary of Commerce to enforce the Mlir - 4 - 1915 - 
 Acts of Congress " to require apparatus and operators for 
 radio communication on certain ocean steamers " and " to 
 regulate radio communication " and carry out the inter- 
 national radio telegraphic convention, and to employ such 
 persons and means as may be necessary, this employment 
 to include salaries of employees in Washington not exceed- 
 ing $7,150, traveling and subsistence expenses, purchase 
 and exchange of instruments, technical books, rent, and 
 all other miscellaneous items and necessary expenses not 
 included in the foregoing, $45,000. 
 
 408. Regulation of radio communication. 
 
 A person, company, or corporation within the jurisdie- Aug - 13 1912< 
 tion of the United States shall not use or operate any 
 apparatus for radio communication as a means of com- 
 mercial intercourse among the several States, or with 
 foreign nations, or upon any vessel of the United States 
 engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, or for the 
 transmission of radiograms or signals the effect of which 
 extends beyond the jurisdiction of the State or Territory 
 in which the same are made, or where interference would 
 be caused thereby with the receipt of messages or signals 
 
426 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 from beyond the jurisdiction of the said State or Terri- 
 tory, except under and in accordance with a license, rev- 
 ocable for cause, in that behalf granted by the Secretary 
 of Commerce upon application therefor ; but nothing in 
 this Act shall be construed to apply to the transmission 
 and exchange of radiograms or signals between points 
 situated in the same State: Provided, That the effect 
 thereof shall not extend beyond the jurisdiction of the 
 said State or interfere with the reception of radiograms 
 or signals from beyond said jurisdiction; and a license 
 shall not be required for the transmission or exchange 
 of radiograms or signals by or on behalf of the Govern- 
 ment of the United States, but every Government station 
 on land or sea shall have special call letters designated 
 and published in the list of radio stations of the United 
 States by the Department of Commerce. Any person, 
 company, or corporation that shall use or operate any 
 apparatus for radio communication in violation of this 
 section, or knowingly aid or abet another person, com- 
 pany, or corporation in so doing, shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be pun- 
 ished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and 
 the apparatus or device so unlawfully used and operated 
 may be adjudged forfeited to the United States, 
 sec. 2. Every such license shall be in such form as the Secre- 
 
 tary of Commerce shall determine and shall contain the 
 restrictions, pursuant to this Act, on and subject to which 
 the license is granted; that every such license shall be is- 
 sued only to citizens of the United States or Porto Rico 
 or to a company incorporated under the laws of some 
 State or Territory or of the United States or Porto Rico, 
 and shall specify the ownership and location of the sta- 
 tion in which said apparatus shall be used and other par- 
 ticulars for its identification and to enable its range to 
 be estimated; shall state the purpose of the station, and. 
 in case of a station in actual operation at the date of 
 passage of this Act, shall contain the statement that satis- 
 factory proof has been furnished that it was actually 
 operating on the above-mentioned date; shall state the 
 wave length or the wave lengths authorized for use by 
 the station for the prevention of interference and the 
 hours for which the station is licensed for work; and 
 shall not be construed (o authorize the use of any appa- 
 ratus for radio communication in any other station than 
 that specified. Kvery such license shall be subject to the 
 regulations contained herein, and such regulations as 
 may be established from time to time by authority of this 
 Act or subsequent Acts and treaties of the I'liiled States. 
 Every such license shall provide that the President of the 
 United States in time of war or public peril or disaster 
 may cause the closing of any station for radio communica- 
 tion and the removal therefrom of all radio apparatus, or 
 may authorize the use or control of any such station or 
 apparatus by any department of the Government, upon 
 just compensation to the owners. 
 
I'AKT \\X\1LI. RADIO COMMUNICATION. 427 
 
 Kvery such apparatus sliall at all times while in use and Sec - 3 - 
 operation as aforesaid be in charge or under the super- 
 vision of a person or persons licensed for that purpose by 
 the Secretary of Commerce. Kvcry person so licensed 
 who in the operation of any radio apparatus shall fail 
 to observe and obey regulations contained in or made 
 pursuant to this Act or subsequent Acts or treaties of 
 the United States, or any one of them, or who shall fail 
 to enforce 1 obedience thereto by an unlicensed person while 
 serving under his supervision, in addition to the punish- 
 ments and penalties herein prescribed, may suffer the sus- 
 pension of the said license for a, period to be fixed by the 
 Secretary of Commerce not exceeding one year. It shall 
 be unlawful to employ any unlicensed person or for any 
 unlicensed person to serve in charge or in supervision of 
 the use 1 and operation of such apparatus, and any person 
 violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of 
 not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for 
 not more than two months, or both, in the discretion of 
 the court, for each and every such offense : Provided, That 
 in case of emergency the Secretary of Commerce may au- 
 thorize a collector of customs to issue a temporary permit, 
 in lieu of a license, to the operator on a vessel subject to 
 the radio ship Act of June twenty-fourth, nineteen hun- 
 dred and ten. 
 
 For the purpose of preventing or minimizing inter- sec. 4. 
 ference with communication between stations in which 
 such apparatus is operated, to facilitate radio communi- 
 cation, and to further the prompt receipt of distress sig- 
 nals, said private and commercial stations shall be sub- 
 ject to the regulations of this section. These regulations 
 shall be enforced by the Secretary of Commerce through 
 the collectors of customs and other officers of the Gov- 
 ernment as other regulations herein provided for. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may, in his discretion, 
 waive the provisions of any or all of these regulations 
 when no interference of the character above mentioned 
 can ensue. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may grant special tem- 
 porary licenses to stations actually engaged in conduct- 
 ing experiments for the development of the science of 
 radio communication, or the apparatus pertaining thereto, 
 to carry on special tests, using any amount of power or 
 any wave lengths, at such hours and under such condi- 
 tions as will insure the least interference with the send- 
 ing or receipt of commercial or Government radiograms, 
 of distress signals and radiograms, or with the work of 
 other stations. 
 
 In these regulations the naval and military stations 
 shall be understood to be stations on land. 
 
428 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 REGULATIONS. 
 
 NORMAL WAVE LENGTH. 
 
 First. Every station shall be required to designate a 
 certain definite wave length as the normal sending and 
 receiving wave length of the station. This wave length 
 shall not exceed six hundred meters or it shall exceed 
 one thousand six hundred meters. Every coastal sta- 
 tion open to general public service shall at all time be 
 ready to receive messages of such wave lengths as are 
 required by the Berlin convention. Every ship station, 
 except as hereinafter provided, and every coast station 
 open to general public service shall be prepared to use 
 two sending wave lengths, one of three hundred meters 
 and one of six hundred meters, as required by the inter- 
 national convention in force: Provided, That the Secre- 
 tary of Commerce may, in his discretion, change the 
 limit of wave length reservation made by regulations first 
 and second to accord with any international agreement 
 to which the United States is a party. 
 
 OTHER WAVE LENGTHS. 
 
 Second. In addition to the normal sending wave length 
 all stations, except as provided hereinafter in these regu- 
 lations, may use other sending wave lengths: Provided, 
 That they do not exceed six hundred meters or that they 
 do exceed one thousand six hundred meters: Pr<*'nll 
 further, That the character of the waves emitted con- 
 forms to the requirements of regulations third and fourth 
 following. 
 
 USE OF A " PURE WAVE." 
 
 Third. At all stations if the sending apparatus, to be 
 referred to hereinafter as the " transmitter," is of such 
 a character that the energy is radiated in two or more 
 wave lengths, more or less sharply defined, as indicated 
 by a sensitive wave meter, the energy in no one of the 
 lesser waves shall exceed ten per centum of that in the 
 greatest. 
 
 USE OF A "SHARP w\\i." 
 
 Fourth. At all stations the logarithmic decrement per 
 complete oscillation in the wave trains emitted by the 
 transmitter -hall not exceed two-tenths, except when 
 sending distress signals or signals and messages relating 
 thereto. 
 
 USE OF " STANDARD DISTRESS WAVE." 
 
 Fifth. Every station on shipboard shall be prepared to 
 send distress calls on the normal wave length designated 
 by the international convention in force, except on vessels 
 of small tonnage unable to have plants insuring that 
 wave length. 
 
PART \.\\V1 II. KAIHO COMMUNICATION. 429 
 
 SIGNAL OF 
 
 Sixtli. The distress call used shall he the international 
 signal of distress ... ... 
 
 Seventh. When sending distress signals, the transmit- 
 ter of a station on shipboard may he tuned in such a 
 manner as to create a maximum of interference with a 
 maximum of radiation. 
 
 DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR DISTRESS SIGNALS. 
 
 Eighth. Every station on shipboard, wherever prac- 
 tical >h\ shall he prepared to send distress signals of the 
 character specified in regulations fifth and sixth with 
 sufficient power to enable them to be received by day over 
 sea a distance of one hundred nautical miles by a ship- 
 board station equipped with apparatus for both sending 
 and receiving equal in all essential particulars to that of 
 the station first mentioned. 
 
 FOR DISTRESS SIGNALS. 
 
 Ninth. All stations are required to give absolute pri- 
 ority to signals and radiograms relating to ships in dis- 
 tress; to cease all sending on hearing a distress signal; 
 and, except when engaged in answering or aiding the 
 ship in distress, to refrain from sending until all signals 
 and radiograms relating thereto are completed. 
 
 REDUCED POWER FOR SHIPS NEAR A GOVERNMENT STATION. 
 
 Tenth. No station on shipboard, when within fifteen 
 nautical miles of a naval or military station, shall use a 
 transformer input exceeding one kilowatt, nor, when 
 within five nautical miles of such a station, a transformer 
 input exceeding one-half kilowatt, except for sending sig- 
 nals of distress, or signals or radiograms relating thereto. 
 
 INTERCOMMUNICATION. 
 
 Eleventh. Each shore station open to general public 
 service between the coast and vessels at sea shall be bound 
 to exchange radiograms with any similar shore station 
 and with any ship station without distinction of the radio 
 systems adopted by such stations, respectively, and each 
 station on shipboard shall be bound to exchange radio- 
 grams with any other station on shipboard without dis- 
 tinction of the radio systems adopted by each station, 
 respectively. 
 
430 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 It shall be the duty of each such shore station, during 
 the hours it is in operation, to listen in at intervals of 
 not less than fifteen minutes and for a period not less 
 than two minutes, with the receiver tuned to receive 
 messages of three hundred meter wave lengths. 
 
 DIVISION OF TIME. 
 
 Twelfth. At important seaports and at all other place? 
 where naval or military and private or commercial shore 
 stations operate in such close proximity that interference 
 with the work of naval and military stations can not be 
 avoided by the enforcement of the regulations contained 
 in the foregoing regulations concerning wave lengths and 
 character of signals emitted, such private or commercial 
 shore stations as do interfere with the reception of sig- 
 nals by the naval and military stations concerned shall 
 not use their transmitters during the first fifteen minutes 
 of each hour, local standard time. The Secretary of 
 Commerce may, on the recommendation of the depart- 
 ment concerned, designate the station or stations which 
 may be required to observe this division of time. 
 
 GOVERNMENT STATIONS TO OBSERVE DIVISION OF TIME. 
 
 Thirteenth. The naval or military stations for which 
 the above-mentioned division of time may be established 
 shall transmit signals or radiograms only during the first 
 fifteen minutes of each hour, local standard time, except 
 in case of signals or radiograms relating to vessels in dis- 
 tress, as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 USE OF UNNECESSARY POWKR. 
 
 Fourteenth. In all circumstances, except in case of sig- 
 nals or radiograms relating to vessels in distress, all 
 stations shall use the minimum amount of energy neces- 
 sary to carry out any communication desired. 
 
 GENERAL RESTRICTIONS OX 1MMVATK STATIONS. 
 
 Fifteenth. No private or commercial station not en- 
 gaged in the transaction of bona fide commercial business 
 by radio communication or in experimentation in connec- 
 tion with the development and manufacture of radio 
 apparatus for commercial purposes shall use a transmit- 
 ting wave length exceeding two hundred meters, or a 
 transformer input exceeding cue kilowatt, except by spe- 
 cial authority of the Secretary of Commerce contained 
 in the license of the station: Provided, That the owner, 
 or operator of a station of the character mentioned in 
 this regulation shall not be liable for a violation of the 
 requirements of the third or fourth regulations to the 
 
PART \.\.\\ 111. i;.\ I HO COMMUNICATION. 431 
 
 penalties of one hundred dollars or twenty-lh e dollars, 
 respectively, provided in (his section unless (he person 
 maintaining or operating such station shall have been 
 notified in writing that the said transmitter has been 
 found, upon tests conducted by the ( io\ eminent, to be so 
 adjusted as to violate the said third and fourth regula- 
 tions, and opportunity has been given to said owner or 
 operator to adjust said transmitter in conformity with 
 said regulations. 
 
 H'KCIAL RESTRICTIONS IN THE VICINITIES OF GOVERNMENT 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Sixteenth. No station of the character mentioned in 
 regulation fifteenth situated within five nautical miles of 
 a naval or military station shall use a transmitting wave 
 length exceeding two hundred meters or a transformer 
 input exceeding one-half kilowatt. 
 
 SHIP STATIONS TO COMMUNICATE WITH NEAREST SHORE . 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Seventeenth. In general, the shipboard stations shall 
 transmit their radiograms to the nearest shore station. A 
 sender on board a vessel shall, however, have the right to 
 designate the shore station through which he desires to 
 have his radiograms transmitted. If this can not be done, 
 the wishes of the sender are to be complied with only if 
 the transmission can be effected without interfering with 
 the service of other stations. 
 
 LIMITATIONS FOR FUTURE INSTALLATIONS IN VICINITIES OF 
 GOVERNMENT STATIONS. 
 
 Eighteenth. No station on shore not in actual opera- 
 tion at the date of the passage of this Act shall be licensed 
 for the transaction of commercial business by radio com- 
 munication within fifteen nautical miles of the following 
 naval or military stations, to wit: Arlington, Virginia; 
 Key West, Florida ; San Juan, Porto Rico ; North Head 
 and Tatoosh Island, Washington ; San Diego, California ; 
 and those established or which may be established in 
 Alaska and in the Canal Zone; and the head of the de- 
 partment having control of such Government stations 
 shall, so far as is consistent with the transaction of gov- 
 ernmental business, arrange for the transmission and 
 receipt of commercial radiograms under the provisions 
 of the Berlin convention of nineteen hundred and six and 
 future international conventions or treaties to which the 
 United States may be a party, at each of the stations 
 above referred to, and shall fix the rates therefor, sub- 
 
 92075 15 28 
 
432 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ject to control of such rates by Congress. At such sta- 
 tions and wherever and whenever shore stations open for 
 general public business between the coast and vessels 
 at sea under the provisions of the Berlin convention of 
 nineteen hundred and six and future international con- 
 ventions and treaties to which the United States may be 
 a party shall not be so established as to insure a constant 
 service day and night without interruption, and in all 
 localities wherever or whenever such service shall not be 
 maintained by a commercial shore station within one 
 hundred nautical miles of a naval radio station, the Sec- 
 retary of the Navy shall, so far as is consistent with the 
 transaction of governmental business, open naval radio 
 stations to the general public business described above, 
 and shall fix rates for such service, subject to control of 
 such rates by Congress. The receipts from such radio- 
 grams shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
 receipts. 
 
 SECRECY OF MESSAGES. 
 
 Nineteenth. No person or persons engaged in or having 
 knowledge of the operation of any station or stations, 
 shall divulge or publish the contents of any messages 
 transmitted or received by such station, except to the 
 person or persons to whom the same may be directed, or 
 their authorized agent, or to another station employed 
 to forward such message to its destination, unless legally 
 required so to do by the court of competent jurisdiction 
 or other competent authority. Any person guilty of 
 divulging or publishing any message, except as herein 
 provided, shall, on conviction thereof, be punishable by a 
 fine of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars or 
 imprisonment for a period of not exceeding three months, 
 or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the 
 court. 
 
 PENALTIES. 
 
 For violation of any of these regulations, subject to 
 which a license under sections one and two of this Act 
 may be issued, the owner of the apparatus shall he- liable 
 to a penalty of one hundred dollars, which may he re- 
 duced or remitted by the Secretary of Commerce, and for 
 repeated violations of any of such regulations, the license 
 may be revoked. 
 
 for violation of any of these regulations, except as pro- 
 vided in regulation nineteenth, subject to which a license 
 under section three of this Act may be issued, the oper- 
 ator shall be subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars. 
 which may be reduced or remitted by the Secretary of 
 Commerce, and for repeated violations of any such regu- 
 lations, the license shall be suspended or revoked. 
 
 Every license granted under the provisions of this Act 
 for the operation or use of apparatus for radio com muni- 
 
PART \\.\VII1. IIADIO COMMUNICATION. 433 
 
 cation shall prescribe that the operator thereof shall not 
 willfully or maliciously interfere with any other radio 
 communication. Such interference shall be deemed a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof the owner or 
 operator, or both, shall be punishable by a fine of not to 
 exceed live hundred dollars or imprisonment for not to 
 exceed one year, or both. gec 
 
 The expression "radio communication" as used in' 
 this Act means any system of electrical communication 
 by telegraphy or telephony without the aid of any wire, 
 connecting the points from and at which the radiograms, 
 signals, or other communications are sent or received. 
 
 A person, company, or corporation within the juris- ! 
 diction of the United States shall not knowingly utter 
 or transmit, or cause to be uttered or transmitted, any 
 false or fraudulent distress signal or call or false or 
 fraudulent signal, call, or other radiogram of any kind. 
 The penalty for so uttering or transmitting a false or 
 fraudulent distress signal or call shall be a fine of not 
 more than two thousand five hundred dollars or impris- 
 onment for not more than five years, or both, in the 
 discretion of the court, for each and every such offense, 
 and the penalty for so uttering or transmitting, or caus- 
 ing to be uttered or transmitted, any other false or fraud- 
 ulent signal, call, or other radiogram shall be a fine of 
 not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for 
 not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the 
 court, for each and every such offense. gec g 
 
 A person, company, or corporation shall not use or 
 operate any apparatus for radio communication on a 
 foreign ship in territorial waters of the United States 
 otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of sec- 
 tions four and seven of this Act and so much of section 
 five as imposes a penalty for interference. Save as afore- 
 said, nothing in this Act shall apply to apparatus for 
 radio communication on any foreign ship. 
 
 The trial of any offense under this Act shall be in the s 
 district in which it is committed, or if the offense is com- 
 mitted upon the high seas or out of the jurisdiction of 
 any particular State or district the trial shall be in the 
 district where the offender may be found or into which he 
 shall be first brought. 10 
 
 This Act shall not apply to the Philippine Islands. g^ n ] 
 
 This Act shall take effect and be in force on and after 
 four months from its passage. 
 
PART XXXIX. OFFENSES AGAINST NEUTRALITY. 
 
 Sec. 10. 
 Repeals R. S. 
 5282. 
 
 409. Offenses against neutrality. 
 
 sec r 'o 4 ' 1009 - Every citizen of the United States who, within the 
 Repeals R. s., territory or jurisdiction thereof, accepts and exercises a 
 commission to serve a foreign prince, state, colony, dis- 
 trict, or people, in war, by land or by sea, against any 
 prince, state, colony, district, or people, with whom the 
 United States are at peace, shall be fined not more than 
 two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than three 
 years. 
 
 Whoever, within the territory or jurisdiction of the 
 United States, enlists, or enters himself, or hires or re- 
 tains another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go 
 beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States 
 with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any 
 foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people, as a 
 soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel 
 of war, letter of marque, or privateer, shall be fined not 
 more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more 
 than three years. 
 
 Whoever, within the territory or jurisdiction of the 
 '' United States, fits out and arms, or attempts to fit out 
 and arm, or procures to be fitted out and armed, or know- 
 ingly is concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming 
 of any vessel, with intent that such vessel shall be em- 
 ployed in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of 
 any colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostili- 
 ties against the subjects, citizens, or property of any for- 
 eign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, 
 with whom the United States are at peace, or whoever 
 issues or delivers a commission within the territory or 
 jurisdiction of the United States for any vessel, to the in- 
 tent that she may be so employed, shall be fined not more 
 than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than 
 three years. And every such vessel, her tackle, apparej, 
 and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammuni- 
 tion, and stores which may have been procured for the 
 building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited; one 
 half to the use of the informer and the other half to the 
 use of the United States. 
 
 sec. 303. Whoever, being a citizen of the United States, without 
 
 Repeals R. s., ^ ii m its thereof, fits out and arms, or attempts to fit out 
 
 434 
 
 Sec. 11. 
 Repeals R. 
 5283. 
 
PART XXXIX. OFFENSES AGAINST NEUTRALITY. 435 
 
 and arm, or procures to bo fitted out and armed, or know- 
 ingly aids or is concerned in furnishing, iittin<LT out. or 
 arming, any private vessel of war or privateer, with intent, 
 that such vessel shall he employed to cruise or commit hos- 
 tilities upon the citi/ens of the United States, or their 
 property, or whoever takes the command of or enters on 
 hoard of any such vessel, for such intent, or who purchases 
 any interest in any such vessel with a view to share in the 
 profits thereof, shall he fined not more than ten thousand 
 dollars and imprisoned not more than ten years. The 
 trial for such o Dense, if committed without the limits of 
 the United States, shall be in the district in which the 
 offender shall he apprehended or first brought. 
 
 Whoever, within the territory or jurisdiction of the J c - ^ R g 
 United States, increases or augments, or procures tocijtS?** 
 be increased or augmented, or knowingly is concerned 
 in increasing or augmenting, the force of any ship of 
 war. cruiser, or other armed vessel which, at the time of 
 her arrival within the United States, was a ship of war, 
 or cruiser, or armed vessel, in the service of any foreign 
 prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, or 
 belonging to the subjects or citizens of any such prince 
 or state, colony, district, or people, the same being at war 
 with any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, dis- 
 trict, or people, with whom the United States are at 
 peace, by adding to the number of the guns of such ves- 
 sel, or by changing those on board of her for guns of a 
 larger caliber, or by adding thereto any equipment solely 
 applicable to war, shall be fined not more than one thou- 
 sand dollars and imprisoned not more than one year. 
 
 Whoever, within the territory or jurisdiction of the Sec. 13. 
 United States, begins, or sets on foot, or provides or 5^Q. &h R ' S '* 
 prepares the means for, any military expedition or en- 
 terprise, to be carried on from thence against the terri- 
 tory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of 
 any colony, district, or people, with whom the United 
 States are at peace, shall be fined not more than three 
 thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than three 
 years. 
 
 The district courts shall take cognizance of all com- f^^fe R s 
 plaints, by whomsoever instituted, in cases of captures 5287. 
 made within the waters of the United States, or within 
 a marine league of the coasts or shores thereof. In 
 every case in which a vessel is fitted out and armed, 
 or attempted to be fitted out and armed, or in which 
 the force of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed 
 vessel is increased or augmented, or in which any mili- 
 tary expedition or enterprise is begun or set on foot, 
 contrary to the provisions and prohibitions of this 
 chapter; and in every case of the capture of a vessel 
 within the jurisdiction or protection of the United States 
 as before defined; and in every case in which any proc- 
 
436 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ess issuing out of any court of the United States is dis- 
 obeyed or resisted by any person having the custody of 
 any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel of any 
 foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or 
 people, or of any subjects or citizens of any foreign 
 prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, it 
 shall be lawful for the President, or such other person 
 as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ 
 such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, 
 or of the militia thereof, for the purpose of taking pos- 
 session of and detaining any such vessel, with her prizes, 
 if any, in order to enforce the execution of the prohibi- 
 tions and penalties of this chapter, and the restoring of 
 such prizes in the cases in which restoration shall be ad- 
 judged; and also for the purpose of preventing the carry- 
 ing on of any such expedition or enterprise from the ter- 
 ritory or jurisdiction of the United States against the 
 territory or diminion of any foreign prince or state, or of 
 any colony, district, or people with whom the United 
 States are at peace. 
 
 sec. is. It shall be lawful for the President, or such person as 
 
 5288 ea ' *'* he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of 
 the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the 
 militia thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any for- 
 eign vessel to depart the United States in all cases in 
 which, by the laws of nations or the treaties of the United 
 States, she ought not to remain within the United States. 
 
 sec. 16^ The owners or consignees of every armed vessel sailing 
 
 r,289? a s ' " out of the ports of, or under the jurisdiction of, the United 
 States, belonging wholly or in part to citizens thereof, 
 shall, before clearing out the same, give bond to the 
 United States, with sufficient sureties, in double the 
 amount of the value of the vessel and cargo on board, in- 
 cluding her armament, conditioned that the vessel shall 
 not be employed by such owners to cruise or commit hos- 
 tilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any 
 foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or peo- 
 ple, with whom the United States are at peace. 
 
 SOP. 17. The several collectors of the customs shall detain any 
 
 K.-p.-M^ s vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes, and about 
 to depart the United States, or any place subject to the 
 jurisdiction thereof, the cargo of which principally con- 
 sists of anus and munitions of war, when the number of 
 men shipped on hoard, or other circumstances, render it 
 probable that such vessel is intended to be employed by 
 the owners to cruise or commit hostilities upon the sub- 
 jects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, 
 or of any colony, district, or 'people with whom the 
 United States are at peace, until the decision of the Presi- 
 dent is had thereon, or until the owner gives such bond 
 and security as is required of the owners of armed vessels 
 by the preceding section. 
 
PART XXXTX. OFFENSES AGAINST NEUTRALITY. 437 
 
 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed Jv >r - '* 
 
 * , .. .'. ., ... . Ut'pOlllS K. rt. f 
 
 to extend to any subject or citi/en oi any foreign prince, -vj-.n. 
 state, colony, district, or people who is transiently within 
 the United States and enlists or enters himself on hoard 
 of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, which 
 at the time of its arrival within the United States was 
 fitted and equipped as such, or hires or retains another 
 subject or citizen of the same foreign prince, state, col- 
 ony, district, or people who is transiently within the 
 United States to enlist or enter himself to serve such 
 foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people on hoard 
 such vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, if the 
 United States shall then be at peace with such foreign 
 prince. >tate, colony, district, or people. Nor shall they 
 be construed to prevent the prosecution or punishment of 
 treason, or of any piracy defined by the laws of the 
 United States. 
 
 During the existence of a war to which the United 4 II - 11 ^ 5 R - Mar - 
 States is not a party, and in order to prevent the neu- 
 trality of the United States from being violated by the 
 use of its territory, its ports, or its territorial waters as 
 the base of operations for the armed forces of a belliger- 
 ent, contrary to the obligations imposed by the law of 
 nations, the treaties to which the United States is a party, 
 or contrary to the statutes of the United States, the Pres- 
 ident be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to 
 direct the collectors of customs under the jurisdiction of 
 the United States to withhold clearance from any vessel, 
 American or foreign, which he has reasonable cause to 
 believe to be about to carry fuel, arms, ammunition, men, 
 or supplies to any warship, or tender, or supply ship of 
 a belligerent nation, in violation of the obligations of the 
 United States as a neutral nation. 
 
 In case any such vessel shall depart or attempt to 
 depart from the jurisdiction of the United States without 
 clearance for any of the purposes above set forth, the 
 owner or master or person or persons having charge or 
 command of such vessel shall severally be liable to a fine 
 of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or to im- 
 prisonment not to exceed two years, or both, and, in addi- 
 tion, such vessel shall be forfeited to the United States. 
 
 The President of the United States be, and he is 
 hereby, authorized and empowered to employ such part 
 of the land or naval forces of the United States as shall 
 be necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution. 
 
 The provisions of this resolution shall be deemed to 
 extend to all land and water, continental or insular, 
 within the jurisdiction of the United States. 
 
PART XL. GUANO ISLANDS. 
 
 R S., 5570. 
 
 R. S., 5571. 
 
 R S., 5572. 
 
 it. s., 
 
 u. s., r.r,7i. 
 
 438 
 
 410. Guano Islands. 
 
 Whenever any citizen of the United States discovers a 
 deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within 
 the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, and 
 not occupied by the citizens of any other government, and 
 takes peaceable possession thereof, and occupies the same, 
 such island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the 
 President, be considered as appertaining to the United 
 States. 
 
 The discoverer shall, as soon as practicable, give notice, 
 verified by affidavit, to the Department of State, of such 
 discovery, occupation, and possession, describing the 
 island, rock, or key, and the latitude and longitude 
 thereof, as near as may be, and showing that such posses- 
 sion was taken in the name of the United States; and 
 shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the State Depart- 
 ment that such island, rock, or key w^as not, at the time of 
 the discovery thereof, or of the taking possession and 
 occupation thereof by the claimants, in the possession in- 
 occupation of any other government or of the citizens of 
 any other government, before the same shall be considered 
 as appertaining to the United States. 
 
 If the discoverer dies before perfecting proof of discov- 
 ery or fully complying with the provisions of the pre- 
 ceding section, his widow, heir, executor, or administra- 
 tor, shall be entitled to the benefits of such discovery, 
 upon complying with the provisions of this Title [R. S., 
 .0570-5578] ; but nothing herein shall be held to impair 
 any rights of discovery or any assignment by a discoverer 
 heretofore recognized by the United States. 
 
 The discoverer, or his assigns, being citizens of the 
 United States, may be allowed, at the pleasure of Con- 
 gress, the exclusive right of occupying such island, rocks, 
 or keys, for the purpose of obtaining guano, and of sell- 
 ing and delivering the same to citizens of the United 
 States, to be used therein, and may he allowed to charge 
 and receive for every ton thereof delivered alongside a 
 vessel, in proper tubs, within reach of ship's tackle, a sum 
 not exceeding eight dollars per ton for the best quality. 
 or four dollars for every ton taken while in its native 
 place of deposit. 
 
 No guano shall be taken from any such island, rock, or 
 key. except for the use of the citizens of the United States 
 
XL. GUANO ISLANDS. 439 
 
 or of persons resident therein. The di.-co\civr. or his 
 widow, heir, executor, administrator, or assigns, shall 
 enter into l>ond. in such penalty and with such sureties as 
 may l>e required l>y the President, to deliver the guano to 
 citi/ens of the I'nited States, for tlie purpose of being 
 used therein, and to none others, and at the price pre- 
 scribed, and to provide all necessary facilities for that 
 purpose within a time to be iixed in the bond; and any 
 breach of the provisions thereof shall be deemed a for- 
 feiture of all rights accruing under and by virtue of this 
 Title | K. S., 5570-5578 |. This section shall, however, be 
 suspended in relation to all persons who have complied 
 with the provisions of this Title, for five % years from and 
 after the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and 
 seventy-two. 
 
 The introduction of guano from such islands, rocks, or R. s.,5575. 
 keys, shall be regulated as in the coasting trade between 
 different parts of the United States, and the same laws 
 shall govern the vessels concerned therein. 
 
 All acts done, and offenses or crimes committed, on any R. s., 5576. 
 such island, rock, or key, by persons who may land 
 thereon, or in the water adjacent thereto, shall be deemed 
 committed on the high seas, on board a merchant-ship or 
 vessel belonging to the United States; and shall be pun- 
 ished according to the laws of the United States relating 
 to such ships or vessels and offenses on the high seas, 
 which laws for the purpose aforesaid are extended over 
 such islands, rocks, and keys. 
 
 The President is authorized, at his discretion, to em- R. s., 5577. 
 ploy the land and naval forces of the United States to 
 protect the rights of the discoverer or of his widow, heir, 
 executor, administrator, or assigns. 
 
 Xothing in this Title [ R. S., 5570-5578] contained shall R. s., 5578. 
 be construed as obliging the United States to retain pos- 
 session of the islands, rocks, or keys, after the guano shall 
 have been removed from the same. 
 
 The crimes and offenses defined in this chapter [chap. Mar. 4, 1900 
 11, act Mar. 4. 1909; see pp. 468^75] shall be punished Sec - 272 - 
 as herein described : * * 
 
 On any island, rock, or key, containing deposits of 
 guano, which may, at the discretion of the President, be 
 considered as appertaining to the United States. 
 
PART XLL MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 423. Panama Canal. 
 
 424. Great Lakes-Atlantic Canal. 
 
 425. Great Lakes' levels. 
 
 426. Employment of vessels of the 
 
 United States for public pur- 
 poses. 
 
 427. Exemption of private property at 
 
 sea. 
 
 428. Hospital ships. 
 
 429. Sponge fishing. 
 
 430. Liens on vessels. 
 
 431. Enforcement of navigation laws. 
 
 432. Licensing of customhouse bro- 
 
 kers. 
 
 433. Assistance and salvage at sea. 
 
 411. Life-saving medals. 
 
 412. Rescuing shipwrecked American 
 
 seamen. 
 
 413. School ships. 
 
 414. Instruction at military schools. 
 
 415. Instruction in shipbuilding. 
 
 416. Naval Militia. 
 
 417. North Atlantic fisheries. 
 
 418. Supplies for foreign war vessels. 
 
 419. Navy ration. 
 
 420. Export of arms to American 
 
 countries. 
 
 421. Mines, torpedoes, and harbor de- 
 
 fenses. 
 
 422. Sale of arms and liquors to Pa- 
 
 cific islanders. 
 
 411. Life-saving medals. 
 
 sec 6 ? 20 ' 1874 ' The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to 
 cause to be prepared medals of honor, with suitable de- 
 vices, to be distinguished as life-saving medals of the 
 first and second class, which shall be bestowed upon any 
 persons who shall hereafter endanger their own lives in 
 saving, or endeavouring to save lives from perils of the 
 sea, within the United States, or upon any American 
 vessel : Provided, That the medal of the first class 
 shall be confined to cases of extreme and heroic daring; 
 and that the medal of the second class shall be given in 
 cases not sufficiently distinguished to deserve the medal 
 of the first class : Provided, also, That no award of either 
 medal shall be made to any person until sufficient evi- 
 dence of his deserving shall have been filed with the Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury and entered upon the records of 
 the Department. 
 
 The life-saving medals of the first and second class 
 authorized by the provisions of the seventh section of the 
 act of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, 
 shall be hereafter designated as the gold and silver life- 
 saving medal respectively, and any person who has re- 
 ceived or may hereafter receive either of said medals 
 under the provisions of said section, or the twelfth sec- 
 tion of the act of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 seventy-eight, and who shall again perform an act which 
 would entitle him to a medal of the same class under said 
 provisions, shall receive, and the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury is hereby authorized to award, in lieu of a second 
 medal, a bar, suitably inscribed, of the same metal as the 
 
 440 
 
 May 4, 1882. 
 Sec. 9. 
 
PART XLI. - MISCELLANEOUS. 441 
 
 modal to which said person would be entitled, to be 
 attached to a ribbon of such description as the Secretary 
 of the Treasury may prescribe, which may he fastened to 
 the medal already bestowed upon said person: and for 
 every such additional act an additional bar may be added. 
 And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, 
 in his discretion, whenever any person becomes entitled to 
 a bar representing a gold medal, to award him, in addi- 
 tion to said bar, such token as it is customary to award 
 in acknowledgment of the services of masters and crews 
 of foreign vessels in rescuing American citizens from 
 ship wreck. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to g" e i2 8 ' 1878 ' 
 bestow the life-saving medal of the second class upon per- ' 
 sons making such signal exertions in rescuing ami succor- 
 ing the shipwrecked, and saving persons from drowning, 
 as, in his opinion, shall merit such recognition. 
 
 So much of the acts relating to the Life-Saving Service Jan - 21 1897 - 
 approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
 four, June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
 eight, and May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, 
 as provide for the award of life-saving medals shall be 
 construed so as to empower the Secretary of the Treasury 
 to bestow such medals upon persons making signal exer- 
 tions in rescuing and succoring the shipwrecked and sav- 
 ing persons from drowning in the waters over which the 
 United States has jurisdiction, whether the said persons 
 making such exertions were or were not members of a 
 life-saving crew, or whether or not such exertions were 
 made in the vicinty of a life-saving station. 
 
 412. Rescuing shipwrecked American seamen. 
 
 Expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledg- June so, 1914. 
 ment of the services of masters and crews of foreign ves- 
 sels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from ship- 
 wreck, four thousand five hundred dollars. 
 
 413. School ships. 
 
 The Secretary of the Navy, to promote nautical educa- JfJJJ? 4 * 
 
 tion, is hereby authorized and empowered to furnish, Mar! 4,' 1911! 
 upon the application in writing of the governor of a 
 State, a suitable vessel of the navy, with all her apparel, 
 charts, books, and instruments of navigation, provided 
 the same can be spared without detriment to the naval 
 service, to be used for the benefit of any nautical school, 
 or school or college having a nautical branch, estab- 
 lished at each of the following ports of the United States: 
 Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, 
 Baltimore, Detroit, Saginaw, Michigan, Norfolk, and 
 Corpus Christi, upon the condition that there shall be 
 maintained at such port a school or branch of a school 
 for the instruction of youths in navigation, steamship- 
 marine engineering, and all matters pertaining to the 
 proper construction, equipment, and sailing of vessels or 
 any particular branch thereof. 
 
442 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 sec. 2. A sum not exceeding the amount annually appropri- 
 
 ated by any State or municipality for the purpose of 
 maintaining such a marine school or schools or the nautical 
 branch thereof is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
 for the purpose of aiding in the maintenance and support 
 of such school or schools: Provided, however, That ap- 
 propriations shall be made for one school in any port 
 heretofore named in section one and that the appropria- 
 tion for any one year shall not exceed twenty-five thou- 
 sand dollars for any one school. 
 
 Sec. 3. The President of the United States is hereby author- 
 
 ized, when in his opinion the same can be done without 
 detriment to the public service, to detail proper officers 
 of the navy as superintendents of or instructors in such 
 schools: Provided, That if any such school shall be dis- 
 continued, or the good of the naval service shall require, 
 such vessel shall be immediately restored to the Secretary 
 of the Navy and the officers so detailed recalled: And 
 provided further, That no person shall be sentenced to 
 or received at such schools as a punishment or commuta- 
 tion of punishment for crime. 
 
 414. Instruction at military schools. 
 
 Mar. J^iopi. The President be, and he is hereby, authorized, upon 
 6 ' the application of the governor of any State having sea- 
 coast line or bordering on one or more of the Great Lakes, 
 to direct the Secretary of the Navy to furnish to one 
 well-established military school in that State, desiring to 
 afford its cadets instruction in elementary seamanship, 
 one fully equipped man-of-war's cutter for every twenty- 
 five cadets in actual attendance, and such other equip- 
 ment as may be spared and be deemed adequate for in- 
 struction in elementary seamanship: rror/<Ih That the 
 said school shall have adequate facilities for cutter drill. 
 and shall have in actual attendance at least one hundred 
 and forty cadets in uniform receiving military instruc- 
 tion and quartered in barracks under military regulation, 
 and shall have the capacity to quarter and educate at the 
 same time one hundred and fifty cadets: Ami />roi''/<I! 
 further, That the Secretary of the Navy shall require a 
 bond in each case, in double the value of the property, for 
 the care and safe-keeping thereof and for the return of 
 the same when required. 
 
 June so, 1906. The Secretary of the Navy be. and he is hereby, author- 
 ized and empowered to loan temporarily to the govern- 
 ment of the Philippine Islands, upon the written applica- 
 tion of the Secretary of War, a vessel of the Tnited States 
 Navy, to be selected from such vessels as are not suitable 
 or required for general service, together with such of her 
 apparel, charts, books, and instruments of navigation as 
 he may deem proper, said ves>el to be used only by such 
 nautical schools as are or may hereafter bo maintained by 
 said government of the Philippine Islands: Providea^ 
 That when such schools shall be abandoned, or when the 
 
PART XLI. MISCELLANEOUS. 443 
 
 interests of the naval service shall so require, such vessel, 
 together with her apparel, charts, books, and instruments 
 of navigation, shall he immediately restored to the CUfl 
 tody of the Secretary of the Navy : . 1 ml i>r<>r'/<l[ further, 
 That when such loan is made to the gm eminent of the 
 Philippine Islands, the Secretary of the Navy is author- 
 ized to detail from the enlisted force of the Navy a suili- 
 cient number of men, not exceeding six for any vessel, as 
 ship keepers, the men so detailed to be additional to the 
 number of enlisted men allowed by law for the tiaval 
 establishment, and in making details for this service 
 preference shall be given to those men who have served 
 twenty years or more in the Navy. 
 
 415. Instruction in shipbuilding. 
 
 For the purpose of promoting a knowledge of steam- Fcb - 26 187 - 
 engineering and iron-ship building among the young men 
 of the United States, the President may, upon the appli- 
 cation of an established scientific school or college within 
 the United States, detail an officer from the Engineer 
 Corps of the Navy as professor in such school or college : 
 
 Provided * That the number of officers so detailed shall 
 not at any time exceed twenty-five, and such details shall 
 be governed by rules to be prescribed from time to time 
 by the President : 
 
 .1 ml provided further, That such details may be with- 
 held or withdrawn whenever, in the judgment of the 
 President, the interests of the public service shall so 
 require. 
 
 416. Naval Militia. 
 
 The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and Aug. 3, 1894 
 empowered to loan temporarily to any State, upon the 
 written application of the governor thereof, a vessel of 
 the Navy, to be selected from such vessels as are not suit- 
 able or required for general service, together with such of 
 her apparel, charts, books, and instruments of navigation 
 as he may deem proper ; said vessel to be used only by the 
 regularly organized naval militia of the State for the 
 purposes of drill and instruction: Provided, That when 
 the organization of the naval militia of such State shall 
 be abandoned, or when the interests of the naval service 
 shall so require, such vessel, together with her apparel, 
 charts, books, and instruments of navigation, shall be 
 immediately restored to the custody of the Secretary of 
 the Navy : And provided further, That when such loan is 
 made to" the governor of any State, the Secretary of the 
 Navy is authorized to detail from the enlisted force of the 
 Navy a sufficient number of men, not exceeding six for 
 any vessel, as shipkeepers, the men so detailed to be addi- 
 tional to the number of enlisted men allowed by law for 
 the naval establishment, and in making details for this 
 service preference shall be given to those men who have 
 served twenty years or more in the Navy. 
 
444 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 June so, 1914. jr or arm s, accouterments, ammunition, medical outfits, 
 fuel, water for steaming purposes, and clothing, and the 
 printing or purchase of necessary books of instruction, 
 expenses in connection with the organizing and training 
 of the Naval Militia of the various States, Territories, 
 and the District of Columbia, under such regulations as 
 the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, one hundred 
 and twenty-five thousand dollars. 
 417. North Atlantic fisheries. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1883. In the judgment of Congress, the provisions of articles 
 numbered eighteen to twenty-five, inclusive, and of article 
 thirty of the treaty between the United States and Her 
 Britannic Majesty, for an amicable settlement of all 
 causes of difference between the two countries, concluded 
 at Washington on the eighth day of May, anno Domini 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-one, ought to be terminated 
 at the earliest possible time, and be no longer in force; 
 and to this end the President be, and he hereby is, 
 directed to give notice to the Government of Her Bri- 
 tannic Majesty that the provisions of each and every of 
 the articles aforesaid will terminate and be of no force on 
 the expiration of two years next after the time of giving 
 such notice. 
 
 Sec. 2. The President be, and he hereby is, directed to give and 
 
 communicate to the Government of Her Britannic Maj- 
 esty such notice of such termination on the first day of 
 July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-three, or 
 as soon thereafter as may be. 
 
 sec. 3. On and after the expiration of the two years' time re- 
 
 quired by said treaty, each and every of said articles shall 
 be deemed and held to have expired and be of no force 
 and effect, and every department of the Government of 
 the United States shall execute the laws of the United 
 States (in the premises) in the same manner and to the 
 same effect as if said articles had never been in force; 
 and the act of Congress approved March first, anno 
 Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-throe, entitled "An 
 act to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty between 
 the United States and Great Britain, signed in the city 
 of Washington the eighth day of Mav. eighteen hundred 
 and seventy-one, relating to the fisheries." so far as it 
 relates to the articles of -aid treaty so to be terminated 
 shall be and stand repealed and be of no force on and 
 after the time of the expiration of said two years. 
 418. Supplies for foreign war vessels. 
 
 Ai,l"l, 9 i9b9. The privilege of purchasing supplies from public ware- 
 
 Oct'f^'ma nouses f ree of dutv. and from bonded manufacturing 
 
 Sec. iv, K. ' warehouses, free of duty or of internal-revenue tax. as 
 
 the case may be, shall be extended, under such regula- 
 
 
PART XLI. MISCELLANEOUS. 445 
 
 tions as the Secretary of the Treasurv shall prescribe. i< 
 the vessels of war of any nation in ports of the United 
 States which may reciprocate such privileges toward the 
 vessels of war of the United States in its ports. 
 419. Navy ration. 
 
 The navy rations shall consist of the following daily jV,,^-, 17 '^' 
 allowance of provisions to each person: One pound and '"'' - ;| . 'i '""" 
 a quarter of salt or smoked meat, with three ounces of 
 dried or six ounces of canned or preserved fruit, and 
 three gills of beans or peas, or twelve ounces of flour ; or 
 one pound of preserved meat, with three ounces of dried 
 or six ounces of canned or preserved fruit and eight 
 ounces of rice or twelve ounces of canned vegetables, or 
 six ounces of desiccated vegetables; together with one 
 pound of biscuit, two ounces of butter, four ounces of 
 sugar, two ounces of coffee or cocoa, or one-half ounce of 
 tea and one ounce of condensed milk or evaporated 
 cream; and a weekly allowance of one-quarter pound of 
 macaroni, four ounces of cheese, four ounces of toma- 
 toes, one-half pint of vinegar or sauce, one-quarter pint 
 of pickles, one-quarter pint of molasses, four ounces of 
 salt, one-half ounce of pepper, one-eighth ounce of spices, 
 and one-half ounce of dry mustard. Seven pounds of 
 lard, or a suitable substitute, shall be allowed for every 
 hundred pounds of flour issued as bread, and such quan- 
 tities of yeast and flavoring extracts as may be necessary. 
 
 The following substitution for the components of the juiy-'i 5 ?, 1 ,;,- 
 ration may be made when deemed necessary by the senior June 29, i!m; 
 officer present in command : " For one and one-quarter 
 pounds of salt or smoked meat or one pound of preserved 
 meat, one and three-quarter pounds of fresh meat or fresh 
 fish, or eight eggs; in lieu of the articles usually issued 
 with salt, smoked or preserved meat, one and three-quar- 
 ter pounds of fresh vegetables ; for one pound of biscuit, 
 one and one-quarter pounds of soft bread or eighteen 
 ounces of flour; for three gills of beans and peas, twelve 
 ounces of flour or eight ounces of rice or other starch 
 food, or twelve ounces of canned vegetables; for one 
 pound of condensed milk or evaporated cream, one quart 
 of fresh milk ; for three ounces of dried or six ounces of 
 canned or preserved fruit, nine ounces of fresh fruit : and 
 for twelve ounces of flour or eight ounces of rice or other 
 starch food, or twelve ounces of canned vegetables, three 
 gills of beans or peas; in lieu of the weekly allowance of 
 one-quarter pound of macaroni, four ounces of cheese, 
 one-half pint of vinegar or sauce, one-quarter pint of 
 pickles, one-quarter pint of molasses, and one-eighth 
 ounce of spices, three pounds of sugar, or one and a half 
 
446 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Apr. 22, 1898. 
 Mar. 
 
 pounds of condensed milk, or one pound of coffee, or one 
 and a half pounds of canned fruit, or four pounds of 
 fresh vegetables, or four pounds of flour. 
 
 "An extra allowance of one ounce of coffee or cocoa, 
 two ounces of sugar, four ounces of hard bread or its 
 equivalent, and four ounces of preserved meat or its 
 equivalent shall be allowed to enlisted men of the engi- 
 neer and dynamo force who stand night watches between 
 eight o'clock postmeridian and eight o'clock antemerid- 
 ian, under steam." 
 
 420. Export of arms to American countries. 
 
 1912 Whenever the President shall find that in any Ameri- 
 'can country conditions of domestic violence exist which 
 are promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war 
 procured from the United States, and shall make procla- 
 mation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export except 
 under such limitations and exceptions as the President 
 shall prescribe any arms or munitions of war from any 
 place in the United States to such country until other- 
 wise ordered by the President or by Congress. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any shipment of material hereby declared unlawful 
 
 after such a proclamation shall be punishable by fine not 
 exceeding ten thousand dollars, or imprisonment not 
 exceeding two years, or both. 
 
 421. Mines, torpedoes, and harbor defenses. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1909. Whoever shall willfully trespass upon, injure, or de- 
 Repetts act stroy any of the works or property or -material of any 
 July?, 1898. submarine mine or torpedo, or fortification or harbor- 
 defense system owned or constructed or in process of con- 
 struction by the United States, or shall willfully inter- 
 fere with the operation or use of any such submarine 
 mine, torpedo, fortification, or harbor-defense system, 
 shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or im- 
 prisoned not more than five years, or both. [See also act 
 Mar. 4, 1909, sec. 272, p. 468.] 
 
 422. Sale of arms and liquors to Pacific islanders. 
 
 so!- r '308 19 9 ' Whoever, being subject to the authority of the United 
 Repeals' act States, shall give, sell, or otherwise supply any arms. 
 fees, life. 1902 ' ammunition, explosive substance, intoxicating liquor, or 
 opium to any aboriginal native of any of the l*aei lie- 
 islands lying within the twentieth parallel of north lati- 
 tude and the fortieth parallel of south latitude, and the 
 one hundred and twentieth meridian of longitude west 
 and one hum 1 red and twentieth meridian of longitude 
 east of Greenwich, not being in the pns>e>Hon <>r under 
 the protection of any <-ivili/.ed power, shall be fined not 
 more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than 
 three months, or both. In addition to such punishment, 
 all articles of a similar nature to those in respeet to which 
 an offense has been committed, found in the possession of 
 
1'AIIT XI. I. MISCKI 1. \M-.nl 417 
 
 (lie oHender. may be declared forfeited. IT it shall ap- 
 pear to the court that such opium, wine, or spirits ha\e 
 been given bona lide for medical purposes, it shall l>e 
 lawful for the couit to dismiss the charge. 
 
 All oll'enses against the provisions of the section ]\\>( J. 1 '"'..,',;, |; '" ;) 
 preceding, eommitted on any of said islands or on the Repeals' 
 waters, rocks, or keys adjacent thereto, shall be deemed'^' 1 '.. 11 - ' 
 eommitted on the high seas on hoard a merchant ship or 
 vessel belonging to the ("nited States, and the courts of 
 the Tinted States shall have jurisdiction accordingly. 
 423. Panama Canal. 
 
 The zone of land and land under water of the width of A "-- -' 1912 - 
 ten miles extending to the distance of live miles on each 
 side of the center line of the route of the canal now being 
 constructed thereon, which zone begins in the Caribbean 
 Sea three marine miles from mean low-water mark and 
 extends to and across the Isthmus of Panama into the 
 Pacific. Ocean to the distance of three marine miles from 
 mean low -water mark, excluding therefrom the cities of 
 Panama and Colon and their adjacent harbors located 
 within said zone, as excepted in the treaty with the Re- 
 public of Panama dated November eighteenth, nineteen 
 hundred and three, but including all islands within said 
 described zone, and in addition thereto the group of 
 islands in the Hay of Panama named Perico, Naos, Cule- 
 bra. and Flamenco, and. any lands and waters outside of 
 said limits above described which are necessary or con- 
 venient or from time to time may become necessary or 
 convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, 
 sanitation, or protection of the said canal or of any 
 auxiliary canals, lakes, or other works necessary or con- 
 venient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sani- 
 tation, or protection of said canal, the use, occupancy, or 
 control whereof w~ere granted to the United States by the 
 treaty between the United States and the Republic of 
 Panama, the ratifications of which were exchanged on the 
 twenty-sixth day of February. nineteen hundred and four, 
 shall be known and designated as the Canal Zone, and 
 the canal now being constructed thereon shall hereafter 
 be known and designated as the Panama Canal. The 
 President is authorized, by treaty with the Republic of 
 Panama, to acquire any additional land or land under 
 water not already granted, or which was excepted from 
 the grant, that he may deem necessary for the operation, 
 maintenance, sanitation, or protection of the Panama 
 Canal, and to exchange any land or hind under water not 
 deemed necessary for such purposes for other land or land 
 under water which may be deemed necessary for such pur- 
 poses, which additional land or hind under water so ac- 
 quired shall become part of the Canal Zone. 
 
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148 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Sec. 3. 
 
 Sec. 4. 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 All laws, orders, regulations, and ordinances adopted 
 and promulgated in the Canal Zone by order of the Presi- 
 dent for the government and sanitation of the Canal 
 Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal are here- 
 by ratified and confirmed as valid and binding until 
 Congress shall otherwise provide. The existing courts 
 established in the Canal Zone by Executive order are 
 recognized and confirmed to continue in operation until 
 the courts provided for in this Act shall be established. 
 
 The President is authorized to declare by Executive 
 order that all land and land under water within the 
 limits of the Canal Zone is necessary for the construction, 
 maintenance, operation, sanitation, or protection of the 
 Panama Canal, and to extinguish, by agreement when 
 advisable, all claims and titles of adverse claimants and 
 occupants. Upon failure to secure by agreement title 
 to any such parcel of land or land under water the adverse 
 claim or occupancy shall be disposed of and title thereto 
 secured in the United States and compensation therefor 
 fixed and paid in the manner provided in the aforesaid 
 treaty with the Republic of Panama, or such modifica- 
 tion of such treaty as may hereafter be made. 
 
 When in the judgment of the President the construc- 
 tion of the Panama Canal shall be sufficiently advanced 
 toward completion to render the further services of the 
 Isthmian Canal Commission unnecessary the President is 
 authorized by Executive order to discontinue the Isthmian 
 Canal Commission, which, together with the present or- 
 ganization, shall then cease to exist; and the President 
 is authorized thereafter to complete, govern, and operate 
 the Panama Canal and govern the Canal Zone, or cause 
 them to be completed, governed, and operated, through a 
 governor of the Panama ('anal and such other persons as 
 he may deem competent to discharge the various duties 
 connected with the completion, care, maintenance, sanita- 
 tion, operation, government, and protection of the canal 
 and ('anal Zone. If any of the persons appointed or em- 
 ployed as aforesaid shall be persons in the military or 
 naval service of the United States, the amount of the offi- 
 cial salary paid to any such person shall be deducted from 
 the amount of salary or compensation provided by or 
 which shall be fixed under the terms of this Act. The 
 governor of the Panama Canal shall be appointed by the 
 President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
 Senate, commissioned for a term of four years, and until 
 his successor shall be appointed and qualified. He shall 
 receive a salary of ton thousand dollars a year. All other 
 persons necessary for the completion, care, management, 
 maintenance, sanitation, government, operation, and pro- 
 tection of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone shall be 
 appointed by the President, or by his authority, remov- 
 able at his pleasure, and the compensation of such persons 
 shall be fixed by the President, or by his authority, until 
 
PAHT XII. MISCI I I \N ;i nrs. 449 
 
 such time MS Congress may by law regulate the same, hut 
 salaries or eompensat ion fixed hereunder by the President 
 shall in no instance exceed hy more tlian twenty-five per 
 centum the salary or compensation paid for the same or 
 similar services to persons employed hy the (Jovcrnment 
 in continental Tinted States. That upon the completion 
 of the Panama Canal the President shall cause the same 
 to he ollicially and formally opened for use and operation. 
 IVfore the completion of the canal, the Commission of 
 Arts may make report to the President of their recom- 
 mendation regarding the artistic character of the struc- 
 tures of the canal, such report to be transmitted to Con- 
 gress. 
 
 The President is hereby authorized to prescribe and sec. 6. 
 from time to time eh an ire the tolls that shall be levied by 
 the Government of the United States for the use of the 
 Panama Canal : I*ror'nII* '\ hat no tolls, when prescribed 
 as above, shall be changed, unless six months' notice 
 thereof shall have been given by the President by procla- 
 mation. No tolls shall Be levied upon vessels engaged in 
 the coastwise trade of the United States. That section 
 forty-one hundred and thirty-two of the Revised Statutes 
 is hereby amended to read as follows: * * * (See 
 p. 15. | 
 
 Tolls may be based upon gross or net registered ton- une 2 15 1914 - 
 nage, displacement tonnage, or otherwise, and may be 
 based on one form of tonnage for warships and another 
 for ships of commerce. The rate of tolls may be lower 
 upon vessels in ballast than upon vessels carrying pas- 
 sengers or cargo. When based upon net registered ton- 
 nage for ships of commerce the tolls shall not exceed 
 $1.-J."> per net registered ton, nor be less than 75 cents per 
 net registered ton, subject, however, to the provisions of 
 article nineteen of the convention between the United 
 States and the Republic of Panama, entered into Novem- 
 ber eighteenth, nineteen hundred and three: Provided. 
 That the passage of this Act shall not be construed or 
 hold as a waiver or relinquishment of any right the 
 United States may have under the treaty with Great 
 Britain, ratified the twenty-first of February, nineteen 
 hundred and two, or the treaty with the Republic of 
 Panama, ratified February twenty-sixth, nineteen hun- 
 dred and four, or otherwise, to discriminate in favor of 
 its vessels by exempting the vessels of the United St; 
 or its citizens from the payment of tolls for passage 
 through said canal, or as in any way waiving, impairing, 
 or affecting any right of the United States under said 
 treaties, or otherwise, with respect to the sovereignty 
 over or the ownership, control, and management of said 
 canal and the regulation of the conditions or charges of 
 traffic through the same. If the tolls shall not be based 
 upon net registered tonnage, they shall not exceed the 
 equivalent of one dollar and twenty-five cents per net 
 
450 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 registered ton as nearly as the same may be determined, 
 nor be less than the equivalent of seventy-five cents per 
 net registered ton. The toll for each passenger shall not 
 be more than one dollar and fifty cents. The President 
 is authorized to make and from time to time amend regu- 
 lations governing the operation of the Panama Canal, 
 and the passage and control of vessels through the same 
 or any part thereof, including the locks and approaches 
 thereto, and all rules and regulations affecting pilots 
 and pilotage in the canal or the approaches thereto 
 through the adjacent waters. 
 
 Such regulations shall provide for prompt adjustment 
 by agreement and immediate payment of claims for dam- 
 ages which may arise from injury to vessels, cargo, or 
 passengers from the passing of vessels through the locks 
 under the control of those operating them under such 
 rules and regulations. In case of disagreement suit may 
 be brought in the district court of the Canal Zone against 
 the governor of the Panama Canal. The hearing and dis- 
 position of such cases shall be expedited and the judg- 
 ment shall be immediately paid out of any moneys 
 appropriated or allotted for canal operation. 
 
 Sec. 6. The President is authorized to cause to be erected, 
 
 maintained, and operated, subject to the International 
 Convention and the Act of Congress to regulate radio- 
 communication, at suitable places along the Panama 
 ('anal and the coast adjacent to its two terminals, in 
 connection with the operation of said canal, such wireless 
 telegraphic installations as he may deem necessary for 
 the operation, maintenance, sanitation, and protection of 
 said canal, and for other purposes. If it is found neces- 
 sary to locate such installations upon territory of the 
 Republic of Panama, the President is authorized to make 
 such agreement with said Government as may be- neces- 
 sary, and also to provide for the acceptance and transmis- 
 sion, by said system, of all private and commercial mes- 
 sages, and those of the Government of Panama, on such 
 terms and for such tolls as the President may prescribe: 
 Pror'nlL That the messages of the Government of the 
 I'nited States and the departments thereof, and the 
 management of the Panama Canal, shall always be given 
 precedence over all other messages. The President is \\\>^ 
 authorized, in his discretion, to enter into such operating 
 agreements or leases with any private- wireless company 
 or companies as may best insure freedom from interfer- 
 ence, with the wireless telegraphic, installations established 
 by the Tinted States. The President is also authorized 
 to establish, maintain, and operate, through the Panama 
 Railroad Company or otherwise, dry docks, repair shops. 
 yards, docks, wharves, warehouses, storehouses, and other 
 i BOessary facilities and appurtenances for the purpose of 
 providing coal and other materials, labor, repairs, and 
 supplies for vessels of the Government of the United 
 
TAUT XI !. MISCELLANEOUS, -I,")! 
 
 States Mini, incidentally, for supplying SUch a( reasonable 
 prices to pas-in- . in accordance with appropria- 
 
 tions hereby authorized to he made from time to time hv 
 Congress as a part of the maintenance and operation of 
 the said canal. Moneys received from (lie conduct of 
 said business may l>c expended and reinvested for sucli 
 purposes without being covered into (he Treasury of the 
 Tinted States: and such moneys are hereby appropriated 
 for such purposes, hut all deposits of such' funds shall he 
 subject to the provisions of exiting law relating to the 
 deposit of other public funds of the United States, and 
 any net profits accruing from such business shall annu- 
 ally be covered into the Treasury of the I'nited States. 
 Monthly reports of such receipts and expenditures shall 
 bo made to the Pre-ident. by the persons in charge, and 
 annual reports shall be made to the ( 'ongress. 
 
 The governor of the Panama ('anal shall, in connection Bc.7. 
 with the operation of such canal, have official control and 
 jurisdiction over the Canal Zone and shall perform all 
 duties in connection with the civil government of the 
 Canal Zone, which i- to be held, treated, and governed 
 as an adjunct of such Panama Canal. I'nless in this Act 
 otherwise provided all existing laws of the Canal Zone 
 referring to the civil governor or the civil administration 
 of the Canal Zone shall he applicable to the governor of 
 the Panama Canal, who shall perform, all such executive 
 and administrative duties minimi by existing law. 'The 
 President is anthori/ed to determine or cause to be de- 
 termined what towns, shall exist in the Canal Zone and 
 subdivide and from time to time resuhdivide said Canal 
 Zone into subdivisions, to be designated by name or num- 
 ber, so that there shall be situated one town in each sub- 
 division, and the boundaries of each subdivision shall be 
 clearly defined. In each town there shall be a magistrate's 
 court with exclusive original jurisdiction < ive with 
 
 the subdivision in which it is situated of all civil cases in 
 which the principal sum claimed does not exceed three 
 hundred dollars, and all criminal cases wherein the 
 punishment that may be imposed shall n- d a fine 
 
 of one hundred dollars, or imprisonment 'ing 
 
 thirty days, or both, and all violations of police regula- 
 tions and ordinances and all actions involving possession 
 or title to personal property or the forcible entry and de- 
 tainer of real estate. Such magistrates shall also hold 
 preliminary investigations in charges of felony and of- 
 fenses under section ten of t: . and commit or bail 
 in bailable cases to the district court. A sullicient num- 
 ber of magistrates and constables, who must be cili/ens 
 of the United States, to conduct the business >f -uch 
 courts, shall be appointed by the governor of the Panama 
 Canal for terms of four years and until their sr 
 are appointed and qualified, and the com] -idi 
 persons shall be fixed by the President, or I y his an- 
 
452 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 thority, until such time as Congress may by law regulate 
 the same. The rules governing said courts and prescrib- 
 ing the duties of said magistrates and constables, oaths 
 and bonds, the times and places of holding such courts, 
 the disposition of fines, costs, forfeitures, enforcements of 
 judgments, providing for appeals therefrom to the dis- 
 trict court, and the disposition, treatment, and pardon of 
 convicts shall be established by order of the President. 
 The governor of the Panama Canal shall appoint all 
 notaries public, prescribe their powers and duties, their 
 official seal, and the fees to be charged and collected by 
 them. 
 
 Sec - 8 - There shall be in the Canal Zone one district court with 
 
 two divisions, one including. Balboa and the other includ- 
 ing Cristobal; and one district judge of the said district, 
 who shall hold his court in both divisions at such time 
 as he may designate by order, at least once a month in 
 each division. The rules of practice in such district court 
 shall be prescribed or amended by order of the President. 
 The said district court shall have original jurisdiction 
 of all felony cases, of offenses arising under section ten 
 of this Act, all causes in equity ; admiralty and all cases 
 at law involving principal sums exceeding three hundred 
 dollars and all appeals from judgments rendered in 
 magistrates' courts. The jurisdiction in admiralty herein 
 conferred upon the district judge and the district court 
 shall be^the same that is exercised by the United States 
 district judges and the United States district courts, and 
 the procedure and practice shall also be the same. The dis- 
 trict court or the judge thereof shall also have jurisdiction 
 of all other matters and proceedings not herein provided 
 for which are now within the jurisdiction of the Supreme 
 Court of the Canal Zone, of the Circuit Court of the 
 Canal Zone, the District Court of the Canal Zone, or the 
 judges thereof. Said judge shall provide for the selec- 
 tion, summoning, serving, and compensation of jurors 
 from among the citizens of the United States, to be sub- 
 ject to jury duty in either division of such district, and 
 a jury shall be had in any criminal case or civil case at 
 law originating in said court on the demand of either 
 party. There shall be a district attorney and a marshal 
 for said district. 
 
 sec. 9. All existing laws in the Canal Zone governing practice 
 
 and procedure in existing courts shall he applicable and 
 adapted to the practice and procedure in the nc\v courts. 
 The Circuit Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit of 
 the United States shall have jurisdiction to review, re- 
 vise, modify, reverse, or allinn the final judgments and 
 decrees of the District Court <>f the Canal Zone and to 
 render such judgments as in the opinion of the said 
 appellate court should have U'en rendered by the trial 
 court in all act i ens and proceedings in which the Con- 
 stitution, or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege 
 of the United States, is involved and a right thereunder 
 denied, and in cases in which the value in controversy 
 
PAKT XI I. Mix I I I \.\l.nlTS. 453 
 
 exceeds one thousand dollars, to be ascertained bv the 
 oath of either party, or by other competent c\ idence, and 
 also in criminal causes wherein the ollen>e charged is 
 punishable as a felony. And such appellate jurisdiction, 
 subject to the right of review by or appeal to the Su- 
 preme Court of the United States as in other cases au- 
 thorized by law, may he exercised by said circuit court of 
 appeals in the same manner, under the same regulations, 
 and by the same procedure as nearly as practicable a 
 done in reviewing the final judgments and decrees of the 
 district courts of the United States. 
 
 After the Panama Canal shall have been completed Sec. 10 
 and opened for operation the governor of the Panama 
 Canal shall have the right to make such rules and regu- 
 lations, subject to the approval of the President, touching 
 the right of any person to remain upon or pass over any 
 part of the Canal Zone as may be necessary. Any person 
 violating any of such rules or regulations shall be guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and on conviction in the District Court 
 of the Canal Zone shall be punished by a fine not exceed- 
 ing five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding 
 a year, or both, in the discretion of the court. It shall be 
 unlawful for any person, by any means or in any way, to 
 injure or obstruct, or attempt to injure or obstruct, any 
 part of the Panama Canal or the locks thereof or the 
 approaches thereto. Any person violating this provision 
 shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction in the Dis- 
 trict Court of the Canal Zone shall be punished by a fine 
 not exceeding ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment 
 not exceeding twenty years, or both, in the discretion of 
 the court. If the act shall cause the death of any person 
 within a year and a day thereafter, the person so con- 
 victed shall be guilty of murder and shall be punished 
 accordingly. 
 
 Section five of the Act to regulate commerce, approved Sec - 11 - 
 February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as 
 heretofore amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto 
 a new paragraph at the end thereof, as follows : 
 
 "From and after the first day of July, nineteen hun- 
 dred and fourteen, it shall be unlawful for any railroad 
 company or other common carrier subject to the A--t 
 to regulate commerce to own, lease, operate, control, or 
 have any interest whatsoever (by stock owner-hip or 
 otherwise, either directly, indirectly, through any holding 
 company, or by stockholders or directors in common, or 
 in any other manner) in any common carrier by water 
 operated through the Panama Canal or elsewhere with 
 which said railroad or other carrier aforesaid does or 
 may compete for traffic or any vessel carrying freight or 
 passengers upon said water route or elsewhere with 
 which said railroad or other carrier a fort. -aid does or 
 may compete for traffic; and in case of the violation of 
 this provision each day in which >uch violation continues 
 shall be deemed a separate offense." 
 
454 NAVIGATION LAWS OF TT1K V XT TED STATES. 
 
 Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the Interstate Com- 
 merce Commission to determine questions of fact as to 
 the competition or possibility of competition, after full 
 hearing, on the application of any railroad company or 
 other carrier. Such application may be filed for the pur- 
 pose of determining whether any existing service is in 
 violation of this section and pray for an order permitting 
 the continuance of any vessel or vessels already in opera- 
 tion, or for the purpose of asking an order to install new 
 service not in conflict with the provisions of this para- 
 graph. The commission may on its own motion or the 
 application of any shipper institute proceedings to in- 
 quire -into the operation of any vessel in use by any rail- 
 road or other carrier which has not applied to the com- 
 mission and had the question of competition or the pos- 
 sibility of competition determined as herein provided. 
 In all such cases the order of said commission shall be 
 final. 
 
 If the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be of the 
 opinion that any such existing specified service by water 
 other than through the Panama Canal is being operated 
 in the interest of the public and is of advantage to the 
 convenience and commerce of the people, and that such 
 extension will neither exclude, prevent, nor reduce com- 
 petition on the route by water under consideration, the 
 Interstate Commerce Commission may, by order, extend 
 the time during which such service by water may con- 
 tinue to be operated beyond July first, nineteen hundred 
 and fourteen. In every case of such extension the rates, 
 schedules, and practices of such water carrier shall be 
 filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission and shall 
 be subject to the act to regulate commerce and all amend- 
 ments thereto in the same manner and to the same extent 
 as is the railroad or other common carrier controlling 
 such water carrier or interested in any manner in its 
 operation: Provided, Any application for extension un- 
 der the terms of this provision filed with the Interst;ite 
 Commerce Commission prior to July first, nineteen hun- 
 dred and fourteen, but for any reason not heard and 
 disposed of before said date, may be considered and 
 granted thereafter. 
 
 No vessel permitted to engage in the coastwise or for- 
 eign trade of the United States shall be permitted to 
 inter or pass through said canal if such ship is owned, 
 chartered, operated, or controlled by any person or com- 
 pany which is doing business in violation of the pro- 
 visions of the Act of Congress approved July second, 
 eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to pro- 
 tect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and 
 monopolies," or the provisions of sections seventy-three 
 to seventy-seven, both inclusive, of an Act approved 
 August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 four, entitled "An Act to reduce taxation, to provide 
 revenue for the Government, and for other purposes," or 
 
I>\I;T \i i. MIS< i.i i \M ,.1 .1.",;, 
 
 the provisionfl of any other A.-i .f Congress amending 
 
 or supplementing the said Act <>f ,!uly second, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety, commonly known us the Sherman 
 Antitrust Act, and amendments thereto. op said :-cctious 
 of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred 
 :ind ninety-four. The <|Uesiion of fact may he <letcnnine<l 
 hy the judgment of any court of the I'nited States of 
 competent jurisdiction in any cause pending before it to 
 which the owners or operators of such ship are parties 
 Suit may he brought by any shipper or by the Attorney 
 (Jeneral of the Tinted States. 
 
 That section six of said Act to regulate commerce, as 
 heretofore amended, is hereby amended by addinir a new 
 paragraph at the end thereof, as follows: 
 
 k> When property may be or is transported from point 
 to point in the United States by rail and water through 
 the Panama Canal or otherwise, the transportation being 
 by a common carrier or carriers, and not entirely within 
 the limits of a single State, the Intel-state Commerce 
 Commission shall have jurisdiction of such transportation 
 and of the carriers, both by rail and by water, which may 
 or do engage in the same, in the following particulars, in 
 addition to the jurisdiction given by the Act to regulate 
 commerce, as amended June eighteenth, nineteen hundred 
 and ten : 
 
 "(a) To establish physical connection between the lines 
 of the rail carrier and the dock of the water carrier by 
 directing the rail carrier to make suitable connection 
 between its line and a track or tracks which have been 
 constructed from the clock to the limits of its right of 
 way, or by directing either or both the rail and water car- 
 rier, individually or in connection with one another, to 
 construct and connect with the lines of the rail carrier 
 a spur track or tracks to the dock. This provision shall 
 only apply where such connection is reasonably practi- 
 cable, can be made with safety to the public, and where 
 the amount of business to be handled is sufficient to justify 
 the outlay. 
 
 " The commission shall have full authority to determine 
 the terms and conditions upon which these connecting 
 tracks, when constructed, shall be operated, and it may, 
 either in the construction or the operation of such tr.i 
 determine what sum shall be paid to or by either carrier. 
 The provisions of this paragraph shall extend to d 
 where the dock is owned by other parties than the carrier 
 involved. 
 
 "(b) To establish through routes and maximum joint 
 rates between and over such rail and water lines, and to 
 determine all the term.- and condition- under which such 
 lines shall be operated in the handling of the trail;.- em- 
 braced. 
 
 "(c) To establish maximum proportional rates by rail 
 to and from the ports to which the trailic is brought, or 
 
456 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 from which it is taken by the water carrier, and to de- 
 termine to what traffic and in connection with what ves- 
 sels and upon what terms and conditions such rates shall 
 apply. By proportional rates are meant those which 
 differ from the corresponding local rates to and from 
 the port and which apply only to traffic which has been 
 brought to the port or is carried from the port by a com- 
 mon carrier by water. 
 
 "(d) If any rail carrier subject to the Act to regulate 
 commerce enters into arrangements with any water car- 
 rier operating from a port in the United " States to a 
 foreign country, through the Panama Canal or otherwise, 
 for the handling of through business between interior 
 points of the United States and such foreign country, the 
 Interstate Commerce Commission may require such rail- 
 way to enter into similar arrangements with any or all 
 other lines of steamships operating from said port to the 
 same foreign country." 
 
 The orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission re- 
 lating to this section shall only be made upon formal com- 
 plaint or in proceedings instituted by the commission of 
 its own motion and after full hearing. The orders pro- 
 vided for in the two amendments to the Act to regulate 
 commerce enacted in this section shall be served in the 
 same manner and enforced by the same penalties and pro- 
 ceedings as are the orders of the commission made under 
 the provisions of section fifteen of the Act to regulate 
 commerce, as amended June eighteenth, nineteen hun- 
 dred and ten, and they may be conditioned for the pay- 
 ment of any sum or the giving of security for the payment 
 of any sum or the discharge of any obligation which may 
 be required by the terms of said order. 
 
 sec. 12. All laws and treaties relating to the extradition of 
 
 persons accused of crime in force in the United States, 
 to the extent that they may not be in conflict with or 
 superseded by any special treaty entered into between the 
 United States and the Republic of Panama with respect 
 to the Canal Zone, and all laws relating to the rendition 
 of fugitives from justice as between the several States 
 :m<l Territories of the United States, shall extend to and 
 be considered in force in the Canal Zone, and for such 
 purposes and such purposes only the Canal Zone shall be 
 considered and treated as an organized Territory of the 
 United States. 
 
 Sec. is. j n time of war in which the United States shall be en- 
 
 gaged, or when, in the opinion of the President, war is 
 imminent, such officer of the Army as the President m; ( y 
 designate shall, upon the order of the President, a>sume 
 and have exclusive authority and jurisdiction over the 
 operation of the Panama Canal and all of its adjuncts, 
 appendants, and appurtenances, including the entire con- 
 trol and government of the ('anal Zone, and during a 
 continuance of such condition the governor of the Panama 
 Canal shall, in all respects and particulars as to the oper- 
 
IV\I;T M.I. IOBOE1 I \NI OUB. 457 
 
 ation of such Panama Canal, and all duties, matter^, and 
 transactions a Meet ing the Canal Zone, he subject to tin- 
 order and direction of such ollicer of the Army. 
 
 This Act shall he known as. and referred to a>, the fee. 14, 
 Panama Canal Act, and the right to alter, amend, or 
 ivpeal any or all of its provisions or to extend, modify, 
 or annul any rule or regulation mad* 1 under its authority 
 is expics-ly reserved. 
 
 Purchases of material and equipment for use in the Iuno 25, looc. 
 construction of the Panama Canal shall he restricted to ''' ' 
 articles of dome-tic production and manufacture, from 
 the lowest responsihle hidder, unless the President t-hall, 
 in any case, deem the hids or tenders therefor to he e\t<,r 
 donate or nnreasonahle. 
 
 All laws atl'ecting imports of articles. goods, wares, and Mar. -2, r 
 merchandise and entry of persons into the United States 
 from foreign countries shall apply to articles, goods, 
 wares, and merchandise and persons coming from the 
 Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, and seeking entry into 
 any State or Territory of the United States or the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. 
 
 424. Great Lakes- Atlantic Canal. 
 
 The President of the United States is authorized to Mar. 2, isos. 
 appoint, immediately after the passage of this Act, three 
 persons, \vlio shall have power to meet and confer with 
 any similar committee which may be appointeo! by the 
 Government of Great Britain or of the Dominion of 
 Canada, and who shall make inquiry and report whether 
 it is feasible to build such canals as shall enable vessels 
 engaged in ocean commerce to pass to and fro between the 
 Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, with an adequate 
 and controllable supply of water for continual use; where, 
 such canals can he most conveniently located, the prob- 
 able cost of the same, with estimates in detail; and if any 
 part of the same should be built in the territory of Can- 
 ada, what regulations or treaty arrangements will he 
 necessary between the United States and Great Britain to 
 preserve the free use of such canal to the people of this 
 country at all times; and all necessary facts and consid- 
 erations relating to the construction and future use of 
 deep-water channels between the Great Lakes and the 
 Atlantic Ocean. The persons so appointed shall serve, 
 without compensation in any form, but they shall he paid 
 their actual traveling and other necessary expenses, not 
 exceeding in all ten thousand dollars, for which purpose 
 the said sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof 
 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. The Presi- 
 dent may, in his discretion, detail as one of such persons 
 an officer of the Army or Xavv. 
 
 425. Great Lakes' levels. 
 
 The President of the United States is hereby requested -in:,.- i.-,, 
 to invite the Government of (Jreat Britain to join in the s<>1 * 
 
458 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 formation of an international commission, to be composed 
 of three members from the United States and three who 
 shall represent the interests of the Dominion of Canada, 
 whose duty it shall be to investigate and report upon the 
 conditions and uses of the waters adjacent to the bound- 
 ary lines between the United States and Canada, includ- 
 ing all of the waters of the lakes and rivers whose natural 
 outlet is by the River Saint Lawrence to the Atlantic 
 Ocean ; also upon the maintenance and regulation of suit- 
 able levels; and also upon the effect upon the shores of 
 these waters and the^structures thereon, and upon the in- 
 terests of navigation, by reason of the diversion of these 
 waters from or change in their natural flow ; and, further, 
 to report upon the necessary measures to regulate such 
 diversion, and to make such recommendations for im- 
 provements and regulations as shall best subserve the in- 
 terests of navigation in said waters. The said commis- 
 sioners shall report upon the advisability of locating a 
 dam at the outlet of Lake Erie, with a view to determin- 
 ing whether such dam will benefit navigation, and if such 
 structure is deemed advisable, shall make recommenda- 
 tions to their respective Governments looking to an agree- 
 ment or treaty which shall provide for the construction 
 of the same, and they shall make an estimate of the prob- 
 able cost thereof. The President, in selecting the three 
 members of said Commission who shall represent the 
 United States, is authorized to appoint one officer of the 
 Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, one civil 
 engineer well versed in the hydraulics of the Great Lakes, 
 and one lawyer of experience in questions of international 
 and riparian law, and said Commission shall be author- 
 i/cd to employ such persons as it may deem needful in 
 the performance of the duties hereby imposed: and for 
 the purpose of paying the expenses and salaries of said 
 Commission the Secretary of War is authori/ed to ex- 
 pend from the amounts heretofore appropriated for the 
 Saint Marys River at the Falls, the sum of twenty thou- 
 sand, dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to 
 pay that portion of the expenses of said Commission 
 chargeable to the United States. 
 
 426. Employment of vessels of the United States for public 
 purposes. 
 
 Apr. -X, 1004. Vessels of the United States, or belonging to the United 
 States, and no others, shall be employed in the transpor- 
 tation 'by sea of coal, provisions, fodder, or supplies of 
 any description, pin-chased pursuant to law, for the use of 
 the Army or Navy unless the President shall find that the 
 rates of freight charires by said vessels are excessive and 
 unreasonable, in which c.ise contracts shall be made under 
 the law as it now exists: /'/V//-/VA //, That no greatei 
 charges be made by such vessels for transportation of ar- 
 ticles for the use of the said Army and Navy than are 
 
 made by such vessels for transportation of like goods for 
 
 private parties or coinpani 
 
1'Ain \i. i. .MI 459 
 
 427. Exemption of private property at sea. 
 
 It is Hit' SCUM' of tin- ( fongrefiS <>f (In- I'mtrd Stilts (hat T - I: '' s - A ir. 
 it 18 desirable, in (he inten-t ,,|' uniformity <.f action by : ' s> 1; "' l> 
 the maritime .-laics of (he \\orld in time of \\;ir. (hat the 
 President endeavor to bring ;;! out an under landing 
 among (he principal inariniiie powers with a view of in- 
 corporating into the permanent law of ci\di/.cd nations 
 the principle of the exemption of all private property at 
 sea, n<>t contraband of war. from capture or destruction 
 
 hy belligerents. 
 
 428. Hospital ships. 
 
 Hospital ships, concerning which the conditions set 1V1) - 1} - J 908. 
 forth in articles one, two. and three of the convention 
 concluded at The I labile on July twenty-ninth, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-nine, for the adaptation to maritime 
 warfare of the principles of the (ieneva convention of 
 August twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, 
 are fulfilled, shall, in the ports of the Tinted States and 
 the possessions thereof, he exempted, in time of war. from 
 all dues and taxes imposed on vessels l>y the laws of the 
 United State.-, and from all pilotage charges. 
 
 The President of the Tinted States shall by proclama- Sec - 2 - 
 tion name the hospital ships to which this Act shall 
 apply, and shall indicate the time 1 when the exemptions 
 herein provided for shall begin and end. 
 
 429. Sponge fishing. 
 
 On and after August fifteenth, anno Domini nineteen Aug> 15> 1914 . 
 hundred and fourteen, it shall be unlawful for any citi/en 
 of the Tnited States, or person owing duty of obedience 
 to the laws of the United States, or any boat or vessel of 
 the United States, or person belonging to or on any such 
 boat or vessel, to take or catch, by any means or method, 
 in the waters of the (lull' of Mexico or the Straits of 
 Florida outside of State territorial limits, any commercial 
 sponges measuring when wet less than five inches in their 
 maximum diameter, or for any person or vessel to land, 
 deliver, cure, offer for sale, or have in possession at any ' 
 port or place in the Tnited States, or on any boat or 
 vessel of the United States, any such commercial spoi, 
 
 The presence of spoi i diameter of less than iive B 
 
 inches on any vessel or boat of the Tnited States engaged 
 in sponging in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the 
 Straits of Florida outside of State territorial limit-, or 
 the possession of any sponges of less than the said diam- 
 eter sold or delivered by such vessels, shall be prima facie 
 evidence of a violation of this Act. 
 
 Every person, partnership, or association guilty of a B 
 violation of this Act shall be liable to a fine of not more 
 than $500, and in addition such fine shall be a lien against 
 the vessel or boat on which the offense is committed, and 
 said vessel or boat shall be -ei/ed and proceeded ag;i 
 by process of libel in any court Inning jurisdiction of 
 the offense. 
 
460 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 4. A n v violation of this Act shall be prosecuted in the dis- 
 
 trict court of the United States of the district wherein 
 the offender is found or into which he is first brought. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to 
 enforce the provisions of this Act, and he is authorized to 
 empower such officers and employees of the Department 
 of Commerce as he may designate, or such officers and 
 employees of other departments as may be detailed for 
 the purpose, to make arrests and seize vessels and 
 sponges, and upon his request the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury may employ the vessels of the Revenue Cutter Serv- 
 ice or the employees of the Customs Service to that end. 
 
 Mar. o, i.iio. -!-, . ,-t n -i i -I 
 
 For expenses in protecting the sponge fisheries, includ- 
 ing employment of inspectors, watchmen and temporary 
 assistants, hire of boats, rental of office and storage, care 
 of seized sponges and other property, travel, and all 
 other expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
 the Act of August fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four- 
 teen, to regulate the sponge fisheries, $2,500. 
 
 430. Liens on vessels. 
 
 June 23, 1910. Any person furnishing repairs, supplies, or other nec- 
 essaries, including the use of dry dock or marine railway, 
 to a vessel, whether foreign or domestic, upon the order 
 of the owner or owners of such vessel, or of a person by 
 him or them authorized, shall have a maritime lien on 
 the vessel which may be enforced by a proceeding in rem, 
 and it shall not be necessary to allege or prove that credit 
 was given to the vessel. 
 
 Sec. 2. The following persons shall be presumed to have au- 
 
 thority from the owner or owners to procure repairs, 
 supplies, and other necessaries for the vessel: The man- 
 aging owner, ship's husband, master, or any person to 
 whom the management of the vessel at the port of supply 
 is intrusted. No person tortiously or unlawfully in pos- 
 session or charge of a vessel shall have authority to bind 
 the vessel. 
 
 Sec. 3. . The officers and agents of a vessel specified in section 
 two shall be taken to include such officers and agents 
 when appointed by a charterer, by an owner pro hac vice, 
 or by an agreed purchaser in possession of the vessel, but 
 nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer a lien 
 when the furnisher knew, or by the exercise of reason- 
 able diligence could have ascertained, that because of the 
 terms of a charter party, agreement for sale of the \ 
 or for any other reason, the person ordering the repairs, 
 supplies, or other necessaries was without authority to 
 bind the vessel therefor. 
 
 sec. 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a 
 
 furnisher of repairs, supplies, or other nere -aries from 
 waiving his right to a lien at any time, by agreement or 
 otherwise, and this Act shall not be construed to all'ect 
 the rules of law now existing, either in regard t<> the right 
 
PABT \i l. MISCI i i \ 461 
 
 to proceed against a \essel for advances, or in regard t<> 
 laches in the enforcement of liens on rasseta. or in regard 
 to tlu priority or rank of liens, or in regard to (lie right 
 to proceed in personam. 
 
 r riiis Act shall supersede tlir provisions of nil state Soc. 5. 
 statutes conferring liens on vessels in so fur as tin- same 
 purport to create rights of action to l>e enforce.! by j,ro 
 reed ings in rein against vessels for repairs, supplies, and 
 
 other aecessariea 
 
 431. Enforcement of navigation laws. 
 
 To enable the Secretary of Commerce to provide and Mar. 4, 1915. 
 operate such motor boats and employ thereon such pri- 
 sons as may be necessary for the enforcement, under his 
 direction by customs ollicers. of laws relating to the navi- 
 gation and inspection of vessels, boarding of voxels, and 
 counting of passengers on excursion boats. S-J-_> .()()<). 
 
 To enable the Secretary of Commerce to employ tern- Mar. 4, 1915. 
 porarily, in addition to those now provided for by law, 
 such other persons as may be necessary, of whom not 
 more than two at any one time may be employed in the 
 District of Columbia, to enforce the laws to pi-event over- 
 crowding of passenger and excursion vessels, and all 
 necessary expenses in connection therewith, $15,000. 
 
 432. Licensing- of customhouse brokers. 
 
 The collector or chief ollicer of the customs at any port J Qne 10 
 of entry or delivery shall, upon application, issue to any 
 person of good moral character, being :i citi/cn of the 
 United States a license to transact business as a custom- 
 house broker in the collection district in which such 
 license is issued, and on and after sixty day- from the 
 approval of this Act no person shall transact business as 
 a custom-house broker without a license granted in ac- 
 cordance with this provision : but this Act shall not be so 
 construed as to prohibit any pel-son from transacting busi- 
 ness at a custom-house pertaining to his own importations. 
 
 The collector or chief ollicer of the customs may at any Sec. 2. 
 time, for good and HiHicient reasons, serve notice in writ- 
 ing upon any custom-house broker so licensed to show 
 cause why said license shall not be revoked, which notice 
 shall be in the form of a statement specifically setting 
 forth the grounds of complaint. The collector or chief 
 officer of customs shall within ten days thereafter notify 
 the custom-house broker in writing of a hearing to be held 
 before him within five days upon >aid charges. At -ndi 
 hearing the custom-house broker may be represented by 
 counsel, and all proceedings, including the proof of the 
 charges and the answer thereto, shall be presented, with 
 right of cross-examination to both parties, and a steno- 
 graphic record of the same shall l>e made and a copy 
 thereof shall be delivered to the custom-hou-e broker. At 
 the conclusion of such hearing the collector or chief officer 
 of customs shall forthwith transmit all papers and the 
 stenographic report of the hearing, which shall const i- 
 
462 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 3. 
 
 tute the record in the case, to the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury for his action. Thereupon the said Secretary of the 
 Treasury shall have the right to revoke the license of any 
 custom-house broker, in which case formal notice shall b'e 
 given such custom-house broker within ten days. 
 
 Any licensed custom-house broker aggrieved by the de- 
 cision of the Secretary of the Treasury may , within thirty 
 days thereafter, and not afterwards, apply to the United 
 States district court for the district in which the collec- 
 tion district is situated for a review of such decision. 
 Such application shall be made by filing in the office of 
 the clerk of said court a petition praying relief in the 
 premises. Thereupon the court shall immediately give 
 notice in writing of such application to the Secretary 
 of the Treasury, who shall forthwith transmit to said 
 court the record and evidence taken in the case, together 
 with a statement of his decision therein. The filing of 
 such application shall operate as a stay of the revocation 
 of the license. The matter may be brought on to be 
 heard before the said court in the same manner as a 
 motion, by either the United States district attorney or 
 the attorney for the custom-house broker, and the deci- 
 sion of said United States district court for the district 
 in which the collection district is situated shall be upon 
 the merits as disclosed by the record and be final, and" 
 the proceedings remanded to the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury for further action to be taken in accordance with 
 the terms of the decree. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regula- 
 tions necessary or convenient for carrying this Act into 
 e fleet. 
 
 The word person wherever used in this Act shall in- 
 clude persons, copartnerships, associations, joint stock 
 
 'iciations and corporations. 
 
 M.-ir. :;, inn. Hereafter when there is cargo space available without 
 displacing military supplies, transportation | or army 
 transport | may be provided for merchandise of Ameri- 
 can production consigned to residents and mercantile 
 firms of the island of (iiiam. rates and regulations there- 
 for to be prescribed by the Secretary of AYar. 
 
 433. Assistance and salvage at sea. 
 
 AUK. i, mi2. The right to remuneration for assistance or salvage 1 
 
 services .-hall not he a fleeted by common ownership of the 
 
 Is rendering and receiving such assistance or salvage 
 
 services. 
 
 The master or person in charge of a vessel shall, so far 
 as he can do so without serious danger to his own \< 
 crew, or passengers, render a--i>tance to every person who 
 is found at sea in danger of being lost : and if he fails to 
 do so. he shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty of 
 not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for 
 a term not exceeding two vears. or both. 
 
 Sec. 4 
 
 Sec. 5. 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
M.I. insoEi I.\M <>i -in:; 
 
 Salvors of human life, who ha\e taken |art in the 
 services rendered on the occasion of the accident ji\iiii. r 
 rise lo sal \ai:' i . a IT entitled to a fail* -hare of the mini- 
 m-ration awarded to the salvors of the \rssrl, her Cargo, 
 and accessories. 
 
 A suit for the recover^ of remuneration for rendering Sec. 4. 
 
 assistance or salvage services shall not le maintainable if 
 
 hroii^hl Intel- than two vears from the date when such 
 iiimv or salvage was rendei'ed. unless the court in 
 which the suit is hroiiirht shall le satislied that dui'in^ 
 such period there had not heen any reasonable oppor- 
 tunit y of arrestinir the aisted or salved vessel \\ ithin tin*, 
 jurisdiction of the court or within the territorial waters 
 of the country in which the lihelant resides or lias his 
 principal place of luisin. 
 
 Nothing in this Act shall he construed as applying to Scc -6. 
 ships of war or to ( Jovernment shi|)s appropriated ex- 
 cliisively to a jmhlic service. 
 
 92075 ir. 30 
 
'ART XLIL LEGAL PROCEDUKE. 
 
 434. Jurisdiction of district courts. 
 
 435. Seizure. 
 
 436. Suinnuiry trial. 
 
 Mnr. P,, 1911. 
 Sec. 45. 
 
 Sec. 46. 
 
 434. Jurisdiction of district courts. 
 
 tec r "29i 1911 ' Wherever, in any law not embraced within this Act, 
 any reference is made to, or any power or duty is con- 
 ferred or imposed upon, the circuit courts, such reference 
 shall, upon the taking effect of this Act, be deemed and 
 held to refer to, and to confer such power and impose 
 such duty upon, the district courts. 
 
 435. Seizure. 
 
 Proceedings on seizures made on the high seas, for for- 
 feiture under any law of the United States, may be prose- 
 cuted in any district into which the property so seized is 
 brought and proceedings instituted. Proceedings on such 
 seizures made within any district shall be prosecuted in 
 the district where the seizure is made, except in cases 
 where it is otherwise provided. 
 
 Proceedings for the condemnation of any property cap- 
 tured, whether on the high seas or elsewhere out of the 
 limits of any judicial district, or within any district, on 
 account of its being purchased or acquired, sold or given, 
 with intent to use or employ the same, or to suffer it to 
 be used or employed, in aiding, abetting, or promoting 
 any insurrection against the Government of the United 
 States, or knowingly so used or employed by the owner 
 thereof, or with his consent, may be prosecuted in any 
 district "where the same may be seized, or into which it 
 may be taken and proceedings first instituted. 
 
 Proceedings on seizures for forfeiture of any vessel or 
 cargo entering any port of entry which has been closed 
 by the President in pursuance of law, or of goods and 
 chattels coming from a State or section declared by proc- 
 lamation of the President to be in insurrection into other 
 parts of the L T nitcd States, or of any vessel or vehicle 
 conveying such property, or conveying persons to or from 
 such State or section, or of any vessel belonging, in whole 
 or in part, to any inhabitant of such State or section, may 
 be prosecuted in any district into which the property so 
 sei/ed may be taken r.nd proceedings instituted: and the 
 district court thereof shall have as full jurisdiction over 
 such proceedings as if the seizure was made in that dis- 
 trict. 
 
 464 
 
 Sec. 47. 
 
PABT \i.ll. LEGAL PBOCBDUBB, 465 
 
 When ;Uiy \esscl. goods, \\aiv>. or merchandise :in . II- S-,028. 
 
 sei/.ed by ;in ollicer of the custom:-., and prosecuted for for- 
 feiture by virtue of any law respect ing t] u . revenue, or the 
 registerinr or recording, or the enrolling and licensing of 
 
 Is, tlu 1 court shall cause fourteen days' pot ice- to be 
 given of such sei/ure and libel, hy causing the substance 
 of such libel, with the order of the court thereon, setting 
 forth the time and place appointed for trial, to he in 
 sertcd in some newspaper published near the place of 
 sei/ure. and hy posting up the same in the most public 
 manner for the space of fourteen days, at or near the 
 place of trial: and proclamation shall he made in such 
 manner as the court shall direct. And if no person ap- 
 pears and claims such vessels, goods, wares. OF merchan- 
 dise, and gives hond to defend the prosecution thereof 
 and to respond the cost in case he shall not support his 
 claim, the court shall proceed to hear and determine the 
 cause according to law. 
 
 All vessels, goods, wares, or merchandise which shall he R. S.,93. 
 condemned by virtue of any law respecting the revenue 
 from imports or tonnage, or the registering and record- 
 
 r the enrolling or licensing of vessels, and for which 
 bonds shall not have been iriven by the claimant, shall be 
 sold by the marshal or other proper ollicer of the court in 
 which condemnation shall be had, to the highest bidder, 
 at public auction, by order of such court, and at such 
 place as the court may appoint, giving at least fifteen 
 days' notice (except in cases of perishable merchandise) 
 in one or more of the public newspapers of the place 
 where such sale shall be: or if no paper is published in 
 such place, in one or more of the papers published in the 
 nearest place thereto: for which advertising, a sum not 
 exceeding five dollars shall be paid. And the amount of 
 such sales, deducting all proper charges, shall be paid 
 within ten days after su-h sale by the persons selling the 
 same to the clerk or other proper ollicer of the court 
 directing such sale, to be by him. after deducting the 
 charges allowed by the court, paid to the collector of the 
 district in which such sei/ure or forfeiture has taken 
 place, as hereinbefore directed. 
 
 In any cause of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, or K - s -- ; ' 1 "- 
 other case of seizure, depending in any court <d' the Tinted 
 States, any judge of the said court, in vacation, shall havo 
 the same authority to order any ve-sel. or cargo, or other 
 property to be delivered in the claimant-. up<n bail or 
 bond, or to be sold when necessary, as the said court has 
 in term time, and to appoint appraisers, and exercise 
 every other incidental power necessary to the complete 
 execution of the authority herein granted : and the recog- 
 nizance of bail or bond, under such order, may be executed 
 before the clerk upon the party's producing the certificate 
 of the collector of the district, of the sufficiency of the 
 
466 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 security offered ; and the same proceedings shall be had in 
 the case of said order of delivery or of sale, as are had 
 in like cases when ordered in term time: Pror'xJcd, That 
 upon every such application, either for an order of deliv- 
 ery or of sale, the collector and the attorney of the dis- 
 trict shall have reasonable notice in cases of the United 
 States, and the party or counsel in all other cases. 
 
 it. s., 970. When in any prosecution commenced on account of the 
 
 seizure of any vessel, goods, wares, or merchandise, made 
 by any collector or other officer, under any act of Con- 
 gress authorizing such seizure, judgment is rendered for 
 the claimant, but it appears to the court that there was 
 reasonable cause of seizure, the court shall cause a proper 
 certificate thereof to be entered, and the claimant shall 
 not, in such case, be entitled to costs, nor shall the person 
 who made the seizure, nor the prosecutor, be liable to suit 
 or judgment on account of such suit or prosecution: Pro- 
 vided^ That the vessel, goods, wares, or merchandise be, 
 after judgment, forthwith returned to such claimant or 
 his agent. 
 
 R. s., 971. If ? in any suit against an officer or other person execut- 
 
 ing or aiding or assisting in the seizure of goods, under 
 any act providing for or regulating the collection of 
 duties on imports or tonnage, the plaintiff is nonsuited, or 
 judgment passed against him, the defendant shall recover 
 double costs. 
 
 R. s., 978. When proceedings are had before a court of the United 
 
 States or of the Territories, on several libels, against any 
 vessel and cargo, which might legally be joined in one 
 libel, there shall not be allowed thereon more costs than 
 on one libel, unless special cause for libeling the vessel 
 and cargo separately is satisfactorily shown on motion in 
 open court. And in proceedings on several libels or infor- 
 mations against any cargo, or parts of cargo, or merchan- 
 dise seized as forfeited for the same cause, there shall not 
 be allowed more costs than would be lawful on one libel 
 or information, whatever may be the number of owners or 
 consignees therein concerned. But allowance may be 
 made on one libel or information for the costs incidental 
 to several claims. 
 
 K. s.,079. AM i en judgment is rendered in favor of the claimant of 
 
 any vessel or other property sei/ed on behalf of the 
 United States, and libeled or in formed against as for- 
 feited under any law thereof, he shall be entitled to pos- 
 session of the same when his own costs are paid. 
 436. Summary trial. 
 
 R.S.. 4300. Whenever a complaint shall be made against any mas- 
 
 ter, officer, or seaman of anv vessel belonging, in wnole or 
 in part, to any citi/en of the Tinted States, of the com- 
 mission of any oll'ense. not capital or otherwise infamous, 
 against any law of the United States made for the protec- 
 tion of persons or property engaged in commerce or navi- 
 gation, it shall be the duty of the district attorney to in- 
 
r\i:r \i n. i BG \i PB<X -H'>7 
 
 vestigate the same, aixl the general natuiv thereof, and if. 
 in his opinion, the < ;<-h aa .-hould U- summarily 
 
 tried, he shall report the -ame to the district ju<l.L r e, and 
 the judge shall forthwith, or U ><><>n MS the ordinary 
 business of the eonrt \\ ill permit, proceed to try the eail.-e. 
 and for that purpose may. if necessary, hold a special 
 sion of the court, either in term time or vacation. 
 
 At the summary trial of offences again-t the laws for ' 
 the protection of persons or property engaged in com 
 merce or na\ igat ion, it shall not he nece-sary that the 
 accused shall have Urn previously indicted, hut a state- 
 ment of complaint, verified by oath in writing, shall he 
 the court. setting out the oll'ense, in such 
 manner as clearly to appri>e the accu-cd of the cliaracter 
 of the oll'en.-e comj)lained of. and to enable him to answer 
 the complaint. The complaint or statement shall he read 
 to the accused, who may plead to or answer the same, or 
 make a counter-.-tatement. The trial shall thereupon be 
 proceeded with in a summary manner, and the case shall 
 be decided ly the coiii-t. unless, at the time for pleading or 
 answering. t!ie accused shall demand a jury, in which C 
 the trial shall he upon the complaint and plea of not 
 guilt v. 
 
 It shall l>e lawful for the court to allow the district u. s., 4302. 
 attorney to amend his statement of complaint at any 
 sta<_ r e of the proceedings, before verdict, if, in the opinion 
 of the court, such amendment will work no injustice to the 
 accused : and if it appears to the court that the accused is 
 unprepared to meet the chariro as amended, and that an 
 adjournment of the cause will promote the ends of justice, 
 such adjournment shall be made, until a further day, to 
 be fixed by the court. 
 
 At the trial in summary cases, if by jury, the United R - s - 4303 - 
 States and the accused shall each be entitled to three per- 
 emptory challenges. Challenges for cause, in such cases, 
 shall be tried by the court without the aid of triers. 
 
 It shall not be lawful for the court to -entence any per- i: s., 4304. 
 son convicted in such trial to any greater punishment than 
 imprisonment in jail for one year, or to a line exceeding 
 five hundred dollars, or both, in its discretion, in tl. 
 cases where the laws of the United States authorize such 
 imprisonment and line. 
 
 All the penalties and forfeitures which may be incurred K. s . 4305. 
 for offenses again>t this Title | K. S.. 4131-4305] may be 
 sued for, prosecuted, and recovered in such court, and be 
 disposed of in such manner, as any penalties and for- 
 feitures which may be incurred for ollenses against the 
 laws relating to the collection of duties, except when 
 otherwise expressly prescribed. 
 
PART XLIIL CRIMES. 
 
 437. Place of trial. 
 
 438. Murder. 
 
 439. Manslaughter. 
 
 440. Assault. 
 
 441. liapo. 
 
 442. Seduction. 
 
 443. Death from negligence, miscon- 
 
 duct, etc. 
 
 444. Mayhem. 
 
 445. Robbery. 
 
 446. Arson. 
 
 447. 
 448. 
 449. 
 450. 
 451. 
 452. 
 453. 
 454. 
 455. 
 456. 
 457. 
 
 Larceny. 
 
 Receiver of stolen property. 
 
 Miscellaneous offense*. 
 
 Forgery. 
 
 Ill treatment of crew. 
 
 Mutiny. 
 
 Abandonment of seamen. 
 
 Barratry. 
 
 Wrecking. 
 
 Plundering vessel. 
 
 Crimes on the (Jroat Lakes. 
 
 437. Place of trial. 
 
 R. S., 730. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1911. 
 Sec. 42. 
 
 Sec. 43. 
 
 tar. 4, 1909. 
 
 The trial of all offenses committed upon the high seas 
 or elsewhere, put of the jurisdiction of any particular 
 State or district, shall be in the district where the of- 
 fender is found, or into which he is first brought. 
 
 When any offense against the United States is begun 
 in one judicial district and completed in another, it shall 
 be deemed to have been committed in either, and may be 
 dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished 
 in either district, in the same manner as if it had been 
 actually and wholly committed therein. 
 
 All pecuniary penalties and forfeitures may be sued 
 for and recovered either in the district where they accrue 
 or in the district where the offender is found. 
 
 The crimes and offenses defined in this chapter shall be 
 Sec. 272. punished as herein prescribed: 
 5339? als R " S " First. When committed upon the high seas, or on any 
 other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdic- 
 tion of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of 
 any particular State, or when committed within the ad- 
 miralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States 
 and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State on 
 board any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the 
 United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corpora- 
 tion created by or under the laws of the United States, or 
 of any State, Territory, or District thereof. 
 
 Second. When committed upon any vessel registered. 
 licensed, or enrolled under the laws of the United States, 
 and being on a voyage upon the waters of any of the 
 (Ireat Lakes, namely: Lake Superior, Lake .Michigan, 
 Lake Huron, Lake Saint Clair, Lake- Krie, Lake Ontario, 
 or any of the waters connecting any of said lakes, or 
 upon the River Saint Lawrence where the same consti- 
 tutes the International boundary line. 
 
 Third. When committed within or on any lands re- 
 served or acquired for the exclusive use of the United 
 States, and under the exclusive jurisdiction thereof, or 
 an J place purchased or otherwise acquired by the United 
 States by consent of the legislature of the State in which 
 the same shall be. for the erection of a fort, maga/.ine. 
 arsenal, dockyard, or other needful building. 
 
 4GS 
 
I* MIT MI!!. GRIM I.S. -1() ( .) 
 
 Fourth. On any inland, rock. <r key. containing de- 
 
 1><!sits of guano, which may. at (lie discretion <f the 
 'resident, be considered :is appertaining t> the I'nited 
 States. 
 
 438. Murder. 
 
 Murder is (he unlawful killing of a human Win:: with * { ' ( '--~ :i - 
 malice fcforethoUghjt Kxery murder perpet rated by 
 poison, lying in wait, or any other kind of willful, delib- 
 erate, malicious, and premeditated killing: or committed 
 in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any ar- 
 son, rape, burglary, or robbery: or perpet rated from a 
 premeditated design unlawfully and maliciously to ell'ect 
 the deatli of any human being other than him who is 
 killed, is murder in the first decree. Any other murder 
 is murder in the second decree. 
 
 439. Manslaughter. 
 
 Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being Kvp^Is'ii s 
 without malice. It is of two kinds: B&4HU 
 
 First. Voluntary Upon a sudden quarrel or heat of 
 passion. 
 
 Second. Involuntary In the commission of an unlaw- 
 ful act not amounting to a felony, or in the commission of 
 a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful 
 manner, or without due caution and circumspection. 
 
 Kvery person guilty of murder in the first degree shall f c ; e ;{^ R s 
 suffer death. Every person guilty of murder in the sec- 5340? 5343.' 
 ond degree shall he imprisoned not less than ten years 
 and may be imprisoned for life. Every person guilty of 
 voluntary manslaughter shall be imprisoned not more 
 than ten years. Every person guilty of involuntary man- 
 slaughter shall be imprisoned not more than three years, 
 or fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both. 
 
 440. Assault. 
 
 Whoever shall assault another with intent to commit f^^Is'ii s 
 murder, or rape, shall be impri.-oned not more than 6s5S?&&46. 
 twenty years. Whoever shall assault another with intent 
 to commit any felony, except murder, or rape, shall be 
 fined not more than three thou.-aml dollars, or imprisoned 
 not more than ten years, or both. Whoever, with intent 
 to do bodily harm, and without just cause or excuse, shall 
 assault another with a dangerous weapon, instrument, or 
 other thing, shall be fined not more than one thousand 
 dollars, or imprisoned not more than live years, or both. 
 Whoever shall unlawfully strike, beat, or wound another, 
 shall be fined not more than live hundred dollars, or im- 
 prisoned not more than six months, or both. Whoever 
 shall unlawfully assault another, shall be lined not more 
 than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than 
 three months, or both. 
 
 Whoever shall attempt to commit murder or man- 85w2J*R, s., 
 slaughter, except as provided in the preceding section. 5342. 
 shall be fined not more than cue thousand dollars and im- 
 prisoned not more than three years. 
 
470 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 441. Rape. 
 
 Sec. 278. Whoever shall commit the crime ol rape shall suffer 
 
 Repeals R. S., i ,1 
 
 r.:u5. death. 
 
 sec. 279. Whoever shall carnally and unlawfully know any fe- 
 
 male under the age of sixteen years, or shall be accessory 
 to such carnal and unlawful knowledge before the fact, 
 shall, for a first offense, be imprisoned not more than 
 fifteen years, and for a subsequent offense be imprisoned 
 not more than thirty years. 
 
 442. Seduction. 
 
 Sec. 280. Every master, officer, seaman, or other person employed 
 
 5349? a on board of any American vessel who, during the voyage, 
 
 under promise of marriage, or by threats, or the exercise 
 of authority, or solicitation, or the making of gifts or 
 presents, seduces and has illicit connection with any fe- 
 male passenger, shall be fined not more than one thousand 
 dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both ; 
 but subsequent intermarriage of the parties may be plead- 
 ed in bar of conviction. 
 
 Sec. 281. When a person is convicted of a violation of the section 
 
 S " l as t preceding, the court may, in its discretion, direct that 
 the amount of the fine, when paid, be paid for the use 
 of the female seduced, or her child, if she have any; but 
 no conviction shall be had on the testimony of the female 
 seduced, without other evidence, nor unless the indictment 
 is found within one year after the arrival of the vessel 
 on which the offense was committed at the port of its 
 destination. 
 
 443. Death from negligence, misconduct, etc. 
 
 ' R s Every captain, engineer, pilot, or other person em- 
 r..",44, and ' act ployed on any steamboat or vessel, by whose misconduct, 
 Oi> ' negligence, or inattention to his duties on such vessel the 
 
 sec. 5. 
 
 life of any person is destroyed, and every owner, chart- 
 erer, inspector, or other public officer, through whose 
 fraud, neglect, connivance, misconduct, or violation of 
 law the life of any person is destroyed, shall be fined not 
 more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more 
 than ten years, or both: Provided, That when the owner 
 or charterer of any steamboat or vessel shall l>e a corpora- 
 tion, any executive officer of such corporation, for the time 
 being actually charged with the control and management 
 of the operation, equipment, or navigation of such steam- 
 boat or ve.-sel. who has knowingly and willfully caused 
 or allowed such fraud, neglect, connivance, misconduct . or 
 violation of law. by which the. life of any person is de- 
 stroyed, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, 
 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. 
 
 444. Mayhem. 
 
 Whoever, with intent to maim or disfigure, shall cut, 
 
 , < . rv , .. i i i 1*11 
 
 5848, bite, or slit, the nose. ear. or lip. or cut out or disable 
 
 the tongue, or put out or destroy an eye. or cut off or dis- 
 
I-\l:i \\.l\\. 471 
 
 able a liinl) 01- any mem her of another prison : or \\ ho<-\ er, 
 with like intent, shall throw or pour upon another pri- 
 son, any scalding hot water, vitriol, or other eorrosi\e 
 acid, or caustic Mihstuncc whatever, shall lie lined not 
 inoiv than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more 
 than seven yours, or hoth. 
 
 445. Bobbery. 
 
 Whoever, l.y force and violence, or by putting in fear, ^;.' |ii .:^- u g 
 shall feloniously take from the person or presence 016870: 
 another anvthing <f \alue. shall lie imprisoned not more 
 than fifteen years. 
 
 446. Arson. 
 
 Whoever shall maliciously set (ire to. hum, or attempt Jy,'. 1 ';,;^ 
 to hum. or hy any means destroy or injure, or attempt tO6886T 
 destroy or injure, any arsenal, armory, maga/ine, rope- 
 walk, shi]) house, warehouse. blockhouse, or l>arrack, or 
 any storehouse, harn, or stahle, not parcel of a dwelling 
 house, or any other building not mentioned in the section 
 lust preceding, or any vessel built, building, or undergo- 
 ing repair, or any light-house, or heacon, or any ma- 
 chinery, timber, cables, rigging, or other materials or ap- 
 pliances for building, repairing, or fitting out vessels, or 
 any pile of wood, boards, or other lumber, or any mili- 
 tary, naval, or victualing stores, arms, or other munitions 
 of war. shall be lined not more than five thousand dol- 
 lars and imprisoned not more than twenty years. 
 
 447. Larceny. 
 
 Whoever shall take and carry away, with intent to j*.%r,*J' 
 steal or purloin, any personal property of another, shall r.rVr,'/"'' 1 ' 
 be punished as follows: I f the property taken is of a value 
 exceeding fifty dollars, or is taken from the person of 
 another, by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars. 
 or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both: 
 in all other cases, by a line of not more than one thousand 
 dollars, or by imprisonment not more than one year, or 
 both. If the property stolen consists of any evidence of 
 debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money 
 due thereon, or secured to be paid thereby, and remaining 
 unsatisfied, or which in any contingency might be col- 
 lected thereon, or the value of the property the till- 
 which is shown thereby, or the sum "which miirht be re- 
 covered ill the ab.-ence thereof, shall be deemed to be the 
 value of the property stolen. 
 
 448. Receiver of stolen property. 
 
 Whoever shall "buy. receive, or conceal, any money, *'^- sss. 
 goods, bunk notes, or other tliinir which may be the sub- 
 ject of larceny, which has been feloniously taken, stolen. 
 or embe/xled. from any other person, knowing the same 
 to have been so taken, stolen, or embe/./led, shall be fined 
 
472 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not 
 more than three years; and such person may be tried 
 either before or after the conviction of the principal 
 offender. 
 
 449. Miscellaneous offenses. 
 
 Re C *el?s'R s Whoever, within the territorial limits of any State, 
 589i! ea organized Territory, or District, but within or upon any 
 
 of the places now existing or hereafter reserved or ac- 
 quired, described in section two hundred and seventy-two 
 of this Act, shall do or omit the doing of any act or thing 
 which is not made penal by any law of Congress, but 
 which if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of 
 the State, Territory, or District in which such place is 
 situated, by the laws thereof now in force would be penal, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a like offense and be subject to 
 a like punishment; and every such State, Territorial, or 
 District law r shall, for the purposes of this section, con- 
 tinue in force, notwithstanding any subsequent repeal or 
 amendment thereof by any such State, Territory, or Dis- 
 trict. 
 
 450. Forgery. 
 
 tepelfs R. s., Whoever shall falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or alter 
 5423. " any instrument in imitation of, or purporting to be, an 
 
 abstract or official copy or certificate of the recording, 
 registry, or enrollment of any vessel, in the office of any 
 collector of the customs, or a license to any vessel for car- 
 rying on the coasting trade or fisheries of the United 
 States, or a certificate of ownership, pass, passport, sea 
 letter, or clearance, granted for any vessel, under the 
 authority of the United States, or a permit, debenture, or 
 other official document granted by any collector or other 
 officer of the customs by virtue of his office; or whoever 
 shall utter, publish, or pass, or attempt to utter, publish, 
 or pass, as true, any such false, forged, counterfeited, 
 or falsely altered instrument, abstract, official copy, cer- 
 tificate, license, pass, passport, sea letter, clearance, per- 
 mit, debenture, or other official document herein specified, 
 knowing the same to lie false, forged, counterfeited, or 
 falsely altered, with an intent to defraud, shall be lined 
 not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not 
 more than three yeaj-s. 
 
 451. Ill treatment of crew. 
 
 ?VM?HS'R s Whoever, being the master or officer of a vessel of the 
 
 T>:u7.''' '"' United States, on the high seas, or on any other waters 
 within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the 
 United States, beats, wounds, or without justifiable cause, 
 imprisons any of the crew of such vessel, or withholds 
 from them suitable f<><:d and nourishment, or indicts 
 upon them any cruel and unusual punishment, shall be 
 
xi. 1 1 1. ri;i.M i -17.) 
 
 lined not inoiv than one thousand dolhirs. or imprisoned 
 not more t!i;in fixe years, or l>otli. Nothing herein con- 
 tained shall lie construed to repeal or modify section 
 forty-six hundred and eleven of the Re\ iscd Statm- 
 
 452. Mutiny. 
 
 Whoever, being of the cre\\ of a vessel of the United Bac.293, 
 State.-, on the high seas, or on any other waters within -';;,'.'," >;ils U ' S ' 
 the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the 1'nitcd 
 States. endeavors to make a revolt or mutiny on board 
 such vessel, or comhines. conspires, or confederates with 
 any other person on hoard to make such revolt or mutiny, 
 or solicits, incites, or stirs up any other of the crew to 
 disohey or resist the lawful orders of the master or other 
 ollicer of such vessel, or to refuse or neglect their proper 
 duty on hoard thereof, or to betray their proper trust, or 
 assembles with others in a tumultuous and mutinous man- 
 ner, or makes a riot on board thereof, or unlawfully con- 
 fines the master or other commanding ollicer thereof, 
 shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or 
 imprisoned not more than five years, or both. 
 
 AVhoever. being of the crew of a vessel of the United Sec. -".'".. 
 States, on the high seas, or on any other waters within r S eals II - s - 
 the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United ' 
 States, unlawfully and with force, or by fraud, or in- 
 timidation, usurps the command of suoh vessel from the 
 master or other lawful officer in command thereof, or 
 deprives him of authority and command on board, or 
 resists or prevents him in the free and lawful exercise 
 thereof, < r transfers such authority and command to 
 another not lawfully entitled thereto, is guilty of a re- 
 volt and mutiny, and shall be fined not more than two 
 thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than ten years. 
 
 453. Abandonment of seamen. 
 
 Whoever, beinir master or commander of a vessel of Sec. 2on. 
 the United States, while -abroad, maliciously and with- -!,^ eals R - 8>t 
 out justifiable cause forces any oflicer or mariner of such'' 
 
 ! on shore, in order to leave him behind in any for- 
 eign port or place, or refuses to bring home again all such 
 officers and mariners of such vessel whom he carried out 
 with him, as are in a condition to return and willing to 
 return, when he is ready to proceed on his homeward 
 voyage, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, 
 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 
 
 454. Barratry. 
 
 Whoever, on the high seas, or within the United States, Sec. 2:10. 
 willfully and corruptly conspires, combines, and con- J.^J 1 ' ' :lls u SM 
 federates with any other person, such other person be- 
 ing either within 'or without the United States, to cast 
 away or otherwise destroy any vessel, with intent to in- 
 jure any person that may have underwritten or may 
 
474 NAVUIATIOX LAWS OF THK UNITED STATES. 
 
 thereafter underwrite any policy of insurance thereon or 
 on goods on board thereof, or with intent to injure any 
 person that has lent or advanced, or may lend or advance, 
 any money on such vessel on bottomry or respondentia; 
 or whoever, within the United States, builds, or fits out, 
 or aids in building or fitting out, any vessel with intent 
 that the same be cast away or destroyed, with the intent 
 hereinbefore mentioned, shall be fined not more than 
 ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than ten 
 years. 
 
 455. Wrecking-. 
 
 Sec. 297. Whoever plunders, steals, or destroys any money, goods, 
 
 535?. eals R * S '' merchandise, or other effects, from or belonging to any 
 vessel in distress, or wrecked, lost, stranded, or cast away, 
 upon the sea, or upon any reef, shoal, bank, or rocks of 
 the sea, or in any other place within the admiralty and 
 maritime jurisdiction of the United States, shall be fined 
 not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not 
 more than ten years; and whoever willfully obstructs 
 the escape of any person endeavoring to save his life 
 from such vessel, or the wreck thereof ; or whoever holds 
 out or shows any false light, or extinguishes any true 
 light, with intent to bring any vessel sailing upon the 
 sea into danger, or distress, or shipwreck, shall be impris- 
 oned not less than ten years and may be imprisoned for 
 life. 
 
 456. Plundering- vessel. 
 
 Sec. 298. Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters 
 
 5?of eal R ' S '* within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the 
 United States, by surprise or by open force, maliciously 
 attacks or sets upon any vessel belonging to another, with 
 an intent unlawfully to plunder the same, or to despoil 
 any owner thereof of any moneys, goods, or merchandise 
 laden on board thereof, shall be fined not more than five 
 thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than ten 
 years. 
 
 Bec.299. Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters 
 
 J:;:j, M>!l!s K - s -- within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the 
 Tnited States, and out of the jurisdiction of any particu- 
 lar State, breaks or enters any vessel, with intent to 
 commit any felony, or maliciously cuts, spoils, or de- 
 stroys any cordage, cable, buoys, buoy-rope, head-fast, or 
 other fast, fixed to the anchor or moorings belonging to 
 any vessel, shall be lined not more than one thousand 
 dollars and imprisoned not more than live years. 
 
 Sec. 300. Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other water< 
 
 K - s - within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the 
 United States, willfully and corruptly casts away or 
 otherwise deMmys any 768861, of which he is owner, in 
 whole or in part, with intent to prejudice any person that 
 may underwrite any policy of insurance thereon, or any 
 merchant that may have goods thereon, or any other 
 owner of such vessel, shall be imprisoned for life or for 
 any term of years. 
 
r.\i;T \i. in. OBIMBS, 475 
 
 \Yhoevcr, not l.cinir ;n owner, upon (he \\\\\ seas or on 
 any other waters within the admiralty and maritime pi 
 risdiction of the I'nited States, willfully and corruptly 
 ca>t> away or otherwise destroys any 768861 of the I'nited 
 Stales to which he belongs, or. willfully, with intent to 
 destroy the same, -ets lire to any such ve-sel. or othei \ 
 attempts the dest ruction thereof, shall be imprisoned not 
 more than ten years. 
 
 The words " vessel of the United States." whcrc\ cr they Bee, 310. 
 occur in this chapter, shall he construed to mean a \ 
 he|onrinr in whole or in part to the I'nited State-, or 
 any citi/en thereof, or any corporation, created \>y or 
 under the laws of the Tinted States, or of any &tate, 
 Territory, or District tliereof. 
 
 457. Crimes on the Great Lakes. 
 
 Kvery person who shall, upon any vessel registered or sept. 4, 1890. 
 enrolled under the laws of the United States, and bein^ 
 on a voyage upon the waters of any of the (ireat Lakes, 
 namely. Lake Superior. Lake Michipm, Lake Huron, 
 Lake Saint ('lair. Lake Krie. Lake ( hitario, or any of the 
 waters connecting any of the said lakes, commit or be 
 <ruiltv of anv of the acts, neglects, or omissions, respec- 
 tively, mentioned in chapter 'three [E. S., 5339-5391] of 
 title seventy of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
 shall, upon conviction tliereof, be punished with the same 
 punishments in the said title and chapter, respectively 
 allixed to the same offenses therein mentioned, respec- 
 tively. 
 
 The circuit and district courts of the United States, Sec. 2. 
 respectively, are hereby vested with the same jurisdiction 
 in respect of the offenses mentioned in the lirst section of 
 this act that they by law have and possess in respect of 
 the offenses in said chapter and title in the first sect ion of 
 this act mentioned, and said courts, respectively, are also 
 for the purpose of this act vested with all and the same 
 jurisdiction they, respectively, have by force of title 
 thirteen, chapter three [R. S., 563-571], and title thir- 
 teen, chapter seven [R. S.. 629-657], of the Revised 
 Statutes of the United States. | See act Mar. 4, 11)09, 
 sec. 272, par. i>. p. 408.] 
 
PART XUV. PIRACY. 
 
 R. S., 4293. 
 
 R. S., 4294. 
 
 R. S., 4295. 
 
 458. Piracy. | 459. Crimes deemed piracy. 
 
 458. Piracy. 
 
 The President is authorized to employ so many of the 
 public armed vessels as in his judgment the service may 
 require, with suitable instructions to the commanders 
 thereof in protecting the merchant vessels of the United 
 States and their crews from piratical aggressions and 
 depredations. 
 
 The President is authorized to instruct the commanders 
 of the public armed vessels of the United States to sub- 
 due, seize, take, and send into any port of the United 
 States, any armed vessel or boat, or any vessel or boat, the 
 crew whereof shall be armed, and which shall have at- 
 tempted or committed any piratical aggression, search, 
 restraint, depredation, or seizure, upon any vessel of the 
 United States, or of the citizens thereof, or upon any 
 other vessel ; and also to retake any vessel of the United 
 States, or its citizens, which may have been unlawfully 
 captured upon the high seas. 
 
 The commander and crew of any merchant-vessel of 
 the United States, owned wholly, or in part, by a citizen 
 thereof, may oppose and defend against any aggression, 
 search, restraint, depredation, or seizure, which shall be 
 attempted upon such vessel, or upon any other vessel so 
 owned, by the commander or crew of any armed vessel 
 whatsoever, not being a public armed vessel of some 
 nation in amity with the United States, and may subdue 
 and capture the same; and may also retake, any vessel so 
 owned which may have been captured by the commander 
 or crew of any such armed vessel, and send the same into 
 any port of the United States. 
 
 Whenever any vessel, which shall have been built, pur- 
 chased, fitted out in whole or in part, or held for the pur- 
 pose of being employed in the commission of any piratical 
 aggression, .search, restraint, depredation, or sei/ure. or 
 in the commission of any other act of piracy as defined 
 by the law of nations, or from which any piratical aggres- 
 sion, search, restraint, depredation, or seizure shall have 
 been first attempted or made, is raptured and brought 
 into or Captured in any port of the 1'nited States, the 
 same shall be adjudged and condemned to their use. and 
 that of the captors after due process and trial in any 
 
 476 
 
 R. R., 4290. 
 
I'AIIT \|.!V. PIEAOY, 477 
 
 court having admiralty jurisdiction, and which shall be 
 holden for the district into which such raptured \ 
 
 shall he brought: and the same court idiall thereupon 
 order a sale and distrihut ion thereof accordingly. and at 
 its discretion. 
 
 Any vessel built, purchased, lilted out in whole or in I: - s 
 part, or lield for the purpose of being employed in the 
 commission of any piratical aggression. search, restraint, 
 depredation, or sci/.ure. or in the commission of any other 
 act of piracy. as defined by the law of nations, shall he 
 liable to be captured and brought into any port of the 
 Tinted States if found upon the high seas, or to be sei/ed 
 if found in port or place within the Tinted States. 
 whether the same shall have actually sailed upon any 
 piratical expedition or not. and whether any act of piracy 
 shall have been committed or attempted upon or from 
 such ves>el or not : and any such vessel may be adjudged 
 and condemned, if captured by a vessel authorized as 
 hereinafter mentioned, to the use of the United States 
 and to that of the captors, and if seized by a collector, 
 surveyor, or marshal, then to the use of the United States. 
 
 The President is authorized to instruct the commanders R- s., 4298. 
 of the public armed vessels of the United States, and to 
 authorize the commanders of any other armed vessels sail- 
 ing under the authority of any letters of marque and 
 reprisal granted by Congress, or the commanders of any 
 other suitable vessels, to subdue, seize, take, and, if on 
 the high seas, to send into any port of the United States, 
 any vessel or boat built, purchased, fitted out, or held as 
 mentioned in the preceding section. 
 
 The collectors of the several ports of entry, the survey- R - s - 4299 - 
 ors of the several ports of delivery, and the marshals of 
 the several judicial districts within the United States, 
 shall seize any vessel or boat built, purchased, litted out, 
 or held as mentioned in section forty-two hundred and 
 ninety-seven, which may be found within their respective 
 ports or districts, and to cause the same to be proceeded 
 against and disposed of as provided by that section. 
 
 459. Crimes deemed piracy. 
 
 Whoever, on th<> high seas, commits the crime of piracy Mnr - *. 1909 - 
 as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards JjJj^JJ'n s 
 brought into or found in the United States, shall be im- 5368. 
 prisoned for life. 
 
 Whoever, being a seaman, lays violent hands upon his s > 0<> - 2f(4 - > 
 commander, thereby to hinder and prevent his fighting in waS?** 
 defense of his vessel or the goods intrusted to him. i- a 
 pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life. 
 
 Whoever, being engaged in any piratical cruise, or en- Sec. 302. 
 terprise, or being oi the crew of any piratical vessel. Jfi 1 p' lls R - s - 
 lands from such vessel, and on shore commits robbery, is 
 a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life. 
 
478 NAVIGATION LAWS OF T 1 1 K [TOTTED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 304. Whoever, being a citizen of the United States, commits 
 
 5373. eal R ' S " any murder or robbery, or any act or hostility against the 
 United States, or against any citizen thereof, on the high 
 seas, under color of any commission from any foreign 
 prince, or state, or on pretense of authority from any per- 
 son, is, notwithstanding the pretense of such authority, a 
 pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life, 
 sec. 305. Whoever, being a citizen or subject of any foreign state, 
 
 537T eals R ' S " i s f un d and taken on the sea making war upon the 
 United States, or cruising against the vessels and prop- 
 erty thereof, or of the citizens of the same, contrary to the 
 g revisions of any treaty existing between the United 
 tates and the state of which the offender is a citizen or 
 subject, when by such treaty such acts are declared to be 
 piracy, is guilty of piracy, and shall be imprisoned for 
 life, 
 sec. see. Whoever, being a captain or other officer or mariner of 
 
 ^383 eals R ' S '' a vesse l upon the high seas or on any other waters within 
 the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United 
 States, piratically or feloniously runs away with such ves- 
 sel, or with any goods or merchandise thereof , to the value 
 of fifty dollars, or who yields up such vessel voluntarily 
 to any pirate, shall be fined not more than ten thousand 
 dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, 
 sec. 307. Whoever attempts or endeavors to corrupt any com- 
 
 538? eals R * S '' niander, master, officer, or mariner to yield up or to run 
 away with any vessel, or with any goods, wares, or mer- 
 chandise, or to turn pirate, or to go over to or confederate 
 with pirates, or in any wise to trade with any pirate, 
 knowing him to be such, or furnishes such pirate with any 
 ammunition, stores, or provisions of any kind, or fits out 
 any vessel knowingly and, with a design to trade with, 
 supply, or correspond with any pirate or robber upon the 
 seas; or whoever consults, combines, confederates, or cor- 
 responds with any pirate or robber upon the seas, know- 
 ing him to be guilty of any piracy or robbery : or whoever, 
 being a seaman, confines the master of any vessel, shall be 
 fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned 
 not more than three years. 
 
 sec. 310. The words " vessel of the United States," wherever they 
 
 occur in this chapter, shall be construed to mean a vessel 
 belonging in whole, or in part to the United States, or any 
 citizen thereof, or any Corporation created by or under the 
 laws of the ( Tiited States, or of any State. Territory, or 
 District thereof. 
 
PART XI, V. PKOTECTION OF SUBMAKINE CABLES. 
 
 460. Protection of submarine cables 
 
 Any person who shall willfully and wrongfully break Feb. 29, 1888. 
 or injure, or attempt to break or injure, or who shall in 
 any manner procure, counsel, aid, abet, or be accessory to 
 such breaking or injury, or attempt to break or injure, a 
 submarine cable, in such manner as to interrupt or em- 
 barrass, in whole or in part, telegraphic communication, 
 shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction 
 thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not 
 exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceeding five thou- 
 sand dollars, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
 Any person who by culpable negligence shall break or sec. 2. 
 injure a submarine cable in such manner as to interrupt 
 or embarrass, in whole or in part, telegraphic communi- 
 cation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on convic- 
 tion thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term 
 not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding five 
 hundred dollars, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
 The provisions of the foregoing sections shall not ap- sec. 3. 
 ply to a person who breaks or injures a cable in an effort 
 to save the life or limb of himself or of any other person, 
 or to save his own or any other vessel : Provided, That he 
 takes reasonable precautions to avoid such breaking or 
 injury. 
 
 The master of any vessel which, while engaged in lay- sec. 4. 
 ing or repairing submarine cables, shall fail to observe 
 the rules concerning signals that have been or shall here- 
 after be adopted by the parties to the convention with a 
 view to preventing collisions at sea ; or the master of any 
 vessel that, perceiving, or being able to perceive the said 
 signals displayed upon a telegraph ship engaged in re- 
 pairing a cable, shall not withdraw to or keep at a dis- 
 tance of at least one nautical mile; or the master of any 
 vessel that seeing or being able to see buovs intended to 
 mark the position of a cable when being laid or when out 
 of order or broken, shall not keep at a distance of at least 
 a quarter of a nautical mile, shall be guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to im- 
 prisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or to a 
 fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars. 
 
 92075 15 31 470 
 
480 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 sec. 5. The master of any fishing vessel who shall not keep his 
 
 implements or nets at a distance of at least one nautical 
 mile from a vessel engaged in laying or repairing a cable ; 
 or the master of any fishing vessel who shall not keep his 
 implements or nets at a distance of at least a quarter of a 
 nautical mile from a buoy or buoys intended to mark the 
 position of a cable when being laid or when out of order 
 or broken, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- 
 viction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term 
 not exceeding ten days, or to a fine not exceeding two 
 hundred and fifty dollars, or to both such fine and impris- 
 onment, at the discretion of the court : 
 
 Provided, however, That fishing vessels, on perceiving 
 or being able to perceive the said signals displayed on a 
 telegraph ship, shall be allowed such time as may be 
 necessary to obey the notice thus given, not exceeding 
 twenty-fours hours, during which period no obstacles 
 shall be placed in the way of their operations. 
 
 sec. e. For the purpose of carrying into effect the convention, 
 
 a person commanding a ship of war of the United States 
 or of any foreign state for the time being bound by the 
 convention, or a ship specially commissioned by the Gov- 
 ernment of the United States or by the Government of 
 such foreign state, may exercise and perform the duties 
 vested in and imposed on such officer by the convention. 
 
 sec. 7. Any person having the custody of the papers necessary 
 
 for the preparation of the statements provided for in 
 article ten of the convention who shall refuse to exhibit 
 them or shall violently resist persons having authority 
 according to article ten of said convention to draw up 
 statements of facts in the exercise of their functions, shall 
 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof 
 shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding two years, 
 or to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or to both 
 fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. 
 
 sec. 8. The penalties provided in this act for the breaking or 
 
 injury of a submarine cable shall not be a bar to a suit for 
 damages on account of such breaking or injury. 
 
 sec. o. When an offense against this act shall have been com- 
 
 mitted by means of a vessel, or of any boat belonging to 
 a vessel, the master of such vessel shall, unless some other 
 person is shown to have been in charge of and navigating 
 such vessel or boat, be deemed to have been in charge of 
 and navigating the same, and be liable to be punished 
 accordingly. 
 
 sec. 10. Unless the context of this act otherwise requires, the 
 
 term " vessel " shall be taken to mean every description of 
 vessel used in navigation, in whatever way it is propelled; 
 the term " master" shall be taken to include every person 
 having command or charge of a vessel; and the term 
 " person " to include a body of persons, corporate or in- 
 corporate. The term "convention" shall be taken to 
 
PART \i .V. PROTECTION OF SUBMAIIIM. OAB] I -iSl 
 
 mean the International Convention for the Protect ion of 
 Submarine ('aides, made at Paris on the fourteenth day of 
 May. eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and proclaimed 
 by the President of the Tinted State- on the twenty 
 second day of May. eighteen hundred and eighty-five. 
 
 The provisions of the lve\ i>ed Statutes, from section .-,-. 11. 
 forty-three hundred to section forty-three hundred and 
 live, inelusive, for the summary trial of oll'enses airainst 
 the navigation law> of the Tinted States. .-hall extend {<> 
 the trial of oll'enses against the provisions of sections four 
 and live of this act. 
 
 The provisions of this act .-hall he held to apply only to s " r - ] ~- 
 eahles to which the convention for the time heinjj applies. 
 
 The district courts of the Tinted States shall have s ""' i:; ' 
 jurisdiction over all oll'enses airainst this act and of all 
 suits of a civil nature arising thereunder, whether the 
 infraction complained of shall have been committed 
 within the territorial waters of the United States or out- 
 side of the said waters: 
 
 Pruc'nhd. That in case such infraction is committed 
 outside of the territorial waters of the United States the 
 vessel on board of which it has been committed is a vessel 
 of the United States. From the decrees and judgments 
 of the district courts in actions and suits a rising under 
 this act appeals and writs of error shall be allowed as 
 now provided by law in other cases. 
 
 Criminal actions and proceedings f<>i' ^ violation of the 
 provisions of this act shall be commenceol and prosecuted 
 in the district court for the district within which the 
 offense was committed, and when not committed within 
 any judicial district, then in the district court for the dis- 
 trict within which the offender may be found; and suits 
 of a civil nature may be commenced in the district court 
 for any district within which thfc defendant may be found 
 and shall be served with process. 
 
PART XLVL ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE 
 
 OFFICES. 
 
 469. Life-Saying Service. 
 
 470. Coast Guard. 
 
 471. Bureau of Light-Houses. 
 
 472. Treasury agents. 
 
 473. Alaska seal agents. 
 
 474. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 
 
 475. District court commissioners. 
 
 476. Unauthorized services. 
 
 461. Department of Commerce. 
 
 462. Bureau of Navigation. 
 
 463. Shipping commissioners. 
 
 464. Customs officers. 
 
 465. Steamboat-Inspection Service. 
 
 466. Public Health Service. 
 
 467. Immigration and Naturalization 
 
 Bureau. 
 
 468. Coast Guard. 
 
 461. Department of Commerce. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1903. There shall be at the seat of government an executive 
 department to be known as the Department of Com- 
 merce, and a Secretary of Commerce, who shall be the 
 head thereof, who shall be appointed by the President, 
 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who 
 shall receive a salary of twelve thousand dollars per 
 annum, and whose term and tenure of office shall be like 
 that of the heads of the other Executive Departments; 
 and section one hundred and fifty-eight of the Revised 
 Statutes is hereby amended to include such Department, 
 and the provisions of title four of the Revised Statutes, 
 including all amendments thereto, are hereby made appli- 
 cable to said Department. The said Secretary shall cause 
 a seal of office to be made for the said Department of 
 such device as the President shall approve, and judicial 
 notice shall be taken of the said seal. 
 
 There shall be in said Department an Assistant Secre- 
 tary of Commerce, to be appointed by the President, who 
 shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars a year. He 
 shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the 
 Secretary or required by 'law. There shall also be one 
 chief clerk and a disbursing clerk and such other clerical 
 a i>(ants as may from time to time be authorized by Con- 
 gress; and the Auditor for the State and other Depart- 
 ments shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries 
 and incidental expenses of the office of (he Secretary of 
 Commerce, and of all bureaus and offices under his direc- 
 tion, all accounts relating to the Light- 1 louse Board, 
 Steamboat-Inspection Service, Navigation. Alaskan fur- 
 seal fisheries, the National liureau of Standards. Coast 
 and (ieodetic Survey, Census, Fish Conmii>sion and to 
 all other business within the jurisdiction of the Depart- 
 ment of Commerce, and certify the balances arising 
 thereon to the l)i vision of Bookkeeping and \Yarrants 
 and send forthwith a copy of each certificate to the Sec- 
 retary of Commerce. 
 
 see's 14 ' 19 3 ' ^ shall be the province and duty of said Department 
 to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic 
 commerce, the mining, manufacturing, shipping, and fish- 
 ery industries, the labor interests, and the transportation 
 482 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1913. 
 
I'UIT \I.VL-.\hMINISTI.\ll\! \N|. IA1.M ll\l. OFFICES. 
 
 facilities of the 1'nitcd Sin to: ;i in I to this end it shall be 
 nested with jurisdiction and conti-ol of the depart mcnts, 
 bureaus, offices, and branches of the public service here- 
 inafter specified, and with such other powers and duties 
 as may he preserihed hy law. All unexpended appropria- 
 tions, which shall he availahle at the time when this Act 
 takes effect, in relation to the various offices, hureaiis, 
 divisions, and other hranchcs of the puhlic service, which 
 shall, hy this Act. he transferred to or included in the 
 Department of Commerce, or which may hereafter, in 
 accordance with the provisions of this Act. he so trans- 
 ferred, shall become availahle. from the time of such 
 transfer, for expenditure in and hy the. Department of 
 Commerce and shall he- treated the same as though said 
 hranches of the puhlic service had hcen directly mimed 
 in the laws making said appropriations as parts of the 
 Department of Commerce, under the direction of the 
 Secretary of said Department. 
 
 The following-named offices, bureaus, divisions, and sec.4. 
 branches of the. puhlic service, now and heretofore under Mar> 4 1913 - 
 the jurisdiction of the Department of the Treasury, and 
 all that ] KM -tains to the same, known as the Light-House 
 Board, the Light-House Kstablishment, the Steamboat- 
 Inspection Service, the Bureau of Navigation, the United 
 States Shipping Commissioners, the National Bureau of 
 Standards, the Coa-t and Geodetic Survey, and the Bu- 
 reau of Statistics, be, and the same hereby are, transferred 
 from the Department of the Treasury to the Department 
 of Commerce, and the same shall hereafter remain under 
 the jurisdiction and supervision of the last-named De- 
 partment : and that the Census Office, and all that per- 
 tains to the same, be, and the same hereby is, transferred 
 from the Department of the Interior to the Department 
 of Commerce, to remain henceforth under the jurisdic- 
 tion of the latter: that the Fish Commission, and the 
 Office of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, and all 
 that pertains to the same, be, and the same hereby are, 
 placed under the jurisdiction and made a part of the 
 Department of Commerce; that the Bureau of Foreign 
 Commerce, now in the Department of State, be and 
 the same hereby is, transferred to the Department of 
 Commerce and consolidated with and made a part of the 
 Bureau of Statistics, hereinbefore transferred from the 
 Department of the Treasury to the Department of Com- 
 merce, and the two shall constitute one bureau, to be 
 called the Bureau of Statistics, with a chief of the bu- 
 reau ; and that the Secretary of Commerce shall have con- 
 trol of the work of gathering and distributing statistical 
 information naturally relating to the subjects confide-l to 
 his Department ; and the Secretary of Commerce is hereby 
 given the power and authority to rearrange the statis- 
 tical work of the bureaus and offices confided to said 
 Department, and to consolidate any of the statistical 
 bureaus and offices transferred to said Department; and 
 said Secretary shall also have authority to call upon other 
 
484 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Departments of the Government for statistical data and 
 results obtained by them; and said Secretary of Com- 
 merce may collate, arrange, and publish such statistical 
 information so obtained in such manner as to him may 
 seem wise. 
 
 The official records and papers now on file in and per- 
 taining exclusively to the business of any bureau, oflice, 
 department, or branch of the public service in this Act 
 transferred to the Department of Commerce, together 
 with the furniture now in use in such bureau, office, 
 department, or branch of the public service, shall be, and 
 hereby are, transferred to the Department of Commerce. 
 Aug. 23, 1912. rp he Bureau of Manufactures and the Bureau of Sta- 
 tistics, both of the Department of Commerce, are hereby 
 consolidated into one bureau to be known as the Bureau 
 of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, to take effect July 
 first, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the duties re- 
 quired by law to be performed by the Bureau of Manu- 
 factures and the Bureau of Statistics are transferred to 
 and shall after that date be performed by the Bureau of 
 Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 
 
 Those certain duties of the Department of Labor, or 
 Bureau of Labor, contained in section seven of the Act 
 approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
 eight, that established the same, which especially charged 
 it "to ascertain, at as early a date as possible, and 
 whenever industrial changes shall make it essential, 
 the cost of producing articles at the time dutiable in 
 the United States, in leading countries where such arti- 
 cles are produced, by fully specified units of production, 
 and under a classification showing the different elements 
 of cost, or approximate cost, of such articles of produc- 
 tion, including the wages paid in such industries per day. 
 week, month, or year, or by the piece; and hours em- 
 ployed per day; and the profits of manufacturers and 
 producers of such articles; and the comparative cost of 
 living, and the kind of living; what articles a re controlled 
 by trusts or other combinations of capital, business opera- 
 tions, or labor, and what effect said trusts, or other com- 
 binations of capital, business operations, or labor have on 
 production and prices." are hereby transferred to and 
 shall hereafter be discharged by the Bureau of Foreign 
 and Domestic Commerce, and it shall be also the duty of 
 said litireau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to make 
 such special investigation and report on particular sub- 
 jects when required to do so by the President or either 
 House of Congn 
 
 Feb. 14, 1903. * * * * * 
 
 ec. 5. 
 
 And all consular officers of the United Stale-, includ- 
 ing consul-general, consuls, and commercial agents, are 
 hereby required, and it is made a part of their duty, 
 under the direction of the Secretary of State, to gather 
 and compile, from time to time, useful and material in- 
 formation and statistics in respect to the subjects enu- 
 
PART XLVI. ADMINISTRATIVE AND I.XECUTIVE, OFFICES. 485 
 
 meratcd in section three of this Act in the countries and 
 places to which such consular officers tire accredited, and 
 to send, under the direction of the Secretary of State, re- 
 ports as often as required by the Secretary of Commerce 
 of the information and statistics thus gathered and com- 
 piled, such reports to be transmitted through the State 
 Department to the Secretary of the Department of Com- 
 merce. 
 
 The jurisdiction, supervision and control now possessed JJJ- 7 14> 1903 - 
 and exercised by the Department of the Treasury over the Mai-. 4, 1913. 
 fur-seal, salmon and other fisheries of Alaska and over 
 the immigration of aliens into the United States, its 
 waters, territories and any place subject to the juris- 
 diction thereof, are hereby transferred and vested in 
 the Department of Commerce: Provided, That nothing 
 contained in this Act shall be construed to alter the 
 method of collecting and accounting for the head-tax 
 prescribed by section one of the Act entitled " An Act to 
 regulate immigration," approved August third, eighteen 
 hundred and eighty-two. That the authority, power and 
 jurisdiction now possessed and exercised by the Secretary 
 of the Treasury by virtue of any law in relation to the 
 exclusion from and the residence within the United 
 States, its territories and the District of Columbia, of 
 Chinese and persons of Chinese descent, are hereby trans- 
 ferred to and conferred upon the Secretary of Labor, and 
 the authority, power and jurisdiction in relation thereto 
 now vested by law or treaty in the collectors of customs 
 and the collectors of internal revenue, are hereby con- 
 ferred upon and vested in such officers under the control 
 of the Commissioner-General of Immigration, as the Sec- 
 retary of Labor may designate therefor. [NOTE. Sec- 
 tion 7, Immigration transferred to Department of Labor, 
 March 4, 1913.] 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall annually, at the close sec. 8. 
 of each fiscal year, make a report in writing to Congress, 
 giving an account of all moneys received and disbursed 
 by him and his Department, and describing the work 
 done by the Department in fostering, promoting, and 
 developing the foreign and domestic commerce, the min- 
 ing, manufacturing, shipping, and fishery industries, and 
 the transportation facilities, of the United States, and 
 making such recommendations as he shall deem necessary 
 for the effective performance of the duties and purposes 
 of the Department. He shall also from time to time 
 make such special investigations and reports as he may be 
 required to do by the President, or by either House of 
 Congress, or which he himself may deem necessary and 
 urgent. 
 
 ***** 
 
 All laws prescribing the work and defining the duties Sec. 9. 
 of the several bureaus, offices, departments, or branches of 
 the public service by this Act transferred to and made a 
 part of the Department of Commerce shall, so far as the 
 
486 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 same are not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, 
 remain in full force and effect until otherwise provided 
 by law. 
 
 sc. 10. All duties performed and all power and authority now 
 
 possessed or exercised by the head of any executive de- 
 partment in and over any bureau, office, officer, board, 
 branch, or division of the public service by this Act 
 transferred to the Department of Commerce, or any 
 business arising therefrom or pertaining thereto, or in 
 relation to the duties performed by and authority con- 
 ferred by law r upon such bureau, officer, office, board, 
 branch or division of the public service, whether of an 
 appellate or revisory character or otherwise, shall here- 
 after be vested in and exercised by the head of the said 
 Department of Commerce. 
 
 All duties, power, authority and jurisdiction, whether 
 supervisory, appellate or otherwise, now imposed or con- 
 ferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury by Acts of 
 Congress relating to merchant vessels or yachts, their 
 measurement, numbers, names, registers, enrollments, 
 licenses, commissions, records, mortgages, bills of sale, 
 transfers, entry, clearance, movements and transportation 
 of their cargoes and passengers, owners, officers, seamen, 
 passengers, fees, inspection, equipment for the better 
 security of life, and by Acts of Congress relating to 
 tonnage tax, boilers on steam vessels, the carrying of in- 
 flammable, explosive or dangerous cargo on vessels, the 
 use of petroleum or other similar substances to produce 
 motive power and relating to the remission or refund of 
 fines, penalties, forfeitures, exactions or charges incurred 
 for violating any provision of law relating to vessels or 
 seamen or to informer's shares of such fines, and by Acts 
 of Congress relating to the Commissioner and Bureau of 
 Navigation, Shipping Commissioners, their officers and 
 employees, Steaml3oat-Inspection Service and any of the 
 officials thereof, shall be and hereby are transferred to 
 and imposed and conferred upon the Secretary of Com- 
 merce from and after the time of the transfer of the Bu- 
 reau of Navigation, the Shipping Commissioners and 
 the Steamboat Inspection Service to the Department 
 of Commerce, and shall not thereafter be imposed upon 
 or exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury. And all 
 Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are, so 
 far as inconsistent, hereby repealed. 
 462. Bureau of Navigation. 
 
 July 5, 1884. There shall be in the Department of Commerce a Bu- 
 SSoLVlo. 1>e au of Navigation, under the immediate charge of a 
 Commissioner of Navigation. 
 
 The Commissioner of Navigation, under the direction 
 of the Secretary of Commerce, shall have general super- 
 intendence of the commercial marine and merchant sea 
 men of the United States, so far as vessels and seamen 
 are not, under existing laws, subject to the supervision 
 of anv other officer of the Government. 
 
 July 5, 1884. 
 
 Feb' 2 i4 1903 
 Sees. 4,'io. ' 
 
PART xi.vi. ADMIMSTI: \M\T. \ \ i> EXECUTIVE OFFICES. 487 
 
 lie shall IK' specially charged with the decision of nil 
 questions relating to the issue of registers, enrollments, 
 and licenses of vessels, and to the liling and preserving <>' 
 those documents: and wherever in title forty-eight) K. S., 
 4131-l:'>0:>| or fifty [ K. S.. 4811 HlX)] of the Revised 
 Statutes any of the above-named documents are required 
 to be surrendered or returned to the Register of the 
 Treasury, such requirement is hereby repealed, and such 
 documents shall he surrendered and returned to the Com- 
 missioner of Navigation. Said Commissioner shall have 
 charge of all similar documents now in the keeping of the 
 Register of the Treasury, and shall perform all the duties 
 hitherto devolved upon said Register relating to navi- 
 gation. 
 
 The Commissioner of Navigation shallbe charged with J^y ,r>, iH84. 
 the supervision of the laws relating to the admeasure- 
 ment of vessels, and the assigning of signal letters 
 thereto, and of designating their official number; and on 
 all questions of interpretation growing out of the execu- 
 tion of the laws relating to these subjects, and relating 
 to the collection of tonnage tax, and to the refund of such 
 tax when collected erroneously or illegally, his decision 
 shall be final. 
 
 The Commissioner of Navigation shall annually pre- Sec. 4. 
 pare and publish a list of vessels of the United States 
 belonging to the commercial marine, specifying the offi- 
 cial number, signal letters, names, rig, tonnage, home 
 port, and place and date of building of every vessel, dis- 
 tinguishing in such list sailing-vessels from such as may 
 be propelled by steam or other motive power. 
 
 Upon affidavit by a reputable shipbuilder of the United July o, 1012. 
 States that an unrigged wooden vessel of the United 
 States has been rebuilt, giving the date and place of such 
 rebuilding, is sound and free from rotten or doted wood 
 in structural parts, properly fastened and calked and in 
 strength and seaworthiness as good as new, the Commis- 
 sioner of Navigation shall include in the List of Merchant 
 Vessels a notation to that effect. 
 
 He shall also report annually to the Secretary of Com- July r,, 1884. 
 merce the increase of vessels of the United States, by FH,'. Vi, 1003. 
 building or otherwise, specifying their number, rig, and Socs - 4 - lu 
 motive power. He shall also investigate the operations 
 of the laws relative to navigation, and annually report 
 to the Secretary of Commerce such particulars as may, 
 in his judgment, admit of improvement or may require 
 amendment. 
 
 The Commissioner of Navigation shall, under the direc- July 5, iss4. 
 tion of the Secretary of Commerce, be empowered to Keb. 5 i4, 1908. 
 change the names of vessels of the United States, under 
 such restrictions as may have been or shall be prescribed 
 by act of Congress. 
 
 The Commissioner of Navigation shall be appointed by July 5, 1884. 
 the President of the United States, by and with the Sec ' 6 ' 
 advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive a 
 
NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE 
 
 >TA r 
 
 salary of four thousand dollars per annum. And the 
 Secretary of Commerce shall have power to transfer 
 Feb. 14, 1903. from existing Bureaus or divisions of the Department of 
 Commerce one clerk, to be designated as deputy commis- 
 sioner of navigation, to act with the full powers of said 
 Commissioner during his temporary absence from his 
 official duty for any cause. 
 463. Shipping commissioners. 
 
 u. s., 4501. The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint a commis- 
 sec^? 6 ' 1884 ' sioner for each port of entry, which is also a port of ocean 
 Feb. 14, 1903. navigation, and which, in his judgment, may require the 
 Mar.' 4* 1911. same; such commissioner to be termed a shipping com- 
 missioner, and may, from time to time, remove from 
 office any such commissioner whom he may have reason 
 to believe does not properly perform his duty, and shall 
 then provide for the proper performance of his duties 
 until another person is duly appointed in his place: Pro- 
 vided, That Shipping Commissioners now in office shall 
 continue to perform the duties thereof until others shall 
 be appointed in their places. Shipping Commissioners 
 shall monthly render a full, exact, and itemized account 
 of their receipts and expenditures to the Secretary of 
 Commerce, who shall determine their compensation, and 
 shall from time to time determine the number and com- 
 pensation of the clerks appointed by such commissioner, 
 with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, sub- 
 ject to the limitations now fixed by law. The Secre- 
 tary of Commerce shall regulate the mode of conducting 
 business in the shipping offices to be established by the 
 shipping commissioners as hereinafter provided, and 
 shall have full and complete control over the same, sub- 
 ject to the provisions herein contained ; and all expendi- 
 June 19, 1886. tures by shipping commissioners shall be audited and 
 .i.'-r'.'a 1 . 4 ' 1J ' n<! ' adjusted in the Treasury Department in the mode and 
 manner provided for expenditures in the collection of 
 customs. 
 
 I \i)i S "-M;' i906 Every shipping commissioner so appointed shall give 
 bond to the United States, conditioned for the faithful 
 performance of the duties of his office, for a sum. in the 
 discretion of the Secretary of Commerce, of not less than 
 five thousand dollars, in such form and with such security 
 as the Secretary of Commerce shall direct and approve; 
 and shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by sec- 
 tion seventeen hundred and fifty-seven of the Revised 
 Statutes before entering upon the duties of his office: 
 rnn-iilfil* That, nothing in this section shall be construed 
 to affect in any respect the liability of principal or sure- 
 ties on any bond heretofore given by any shipping com- 
 missioner. 
 
 u. s., 4r,o5. Any shipping-commissioner may engage clerks to assist 
 j'lmi- L'ii. TSS'L him in the transaction of tl\e business of the shipping- 
 .h7ne~i6 1886 .^ ce > at ^' s <>wn proper cost, and may, in case of neces- 
 sity, depute such clerks to act for him in his official 
 capacity; but the shipping-commissioner shall be held 
 
PAirr XI. VI. ADMINISTRATIVE AND KXKCI'TIVK OFFICES. 489 
 
 re.-ponsible for the acts of every such clerk or deputy, 
 and will he personally liahle for any penalties such clerk 
 or deputy niav incur hv the violation of anv of the pro- 
 visions of this Title [11. S., 4501-4613 1 ; and' all acts done 
 by a clerk, as such deputy, shall he as valid and binding 
 as if done by the shipping-commissioner. 
 
 Kach shipping-commissioner shall provide a seal with it. s., 4506. 
 which he shall authenticate all his oflicial acts, on which 
 seal shall be engraved the arms of the United States, and 
 the name of the port or district for which he is commis- 
 sioned. Any instrument, either printed or written, pur- 
 porting to be the official act of a shipping-commissioner, 
 and purporting to be under the seal and signature of such 
 shipping-commissioner, shall be received as presumptive 
 evidence of the oflicial character of such instrument, and 
 of the truth of the facts therein set forth. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall assign in public \V-n-" ;>ir 'Ysi7 
 buildings or otherwise procure suitable offices and rooms i !>'.' i"i, loos. 
 for the shipment and discharge of seamen, to be known s 
 as shipping commissioners' offices, and shall procure fur- 
 niture, stationery, printing, and other requisites for the 
 transaction of the business of such offices. 
 
 In no case shall the salary, [fees, and emoluments] of T / s " 1 4 , 
 any officer appointed under this Title [K. S., 4501-4613] 
 be more than live thousand dollars per annum [ ; and any 
 additional fees shall be paid into the Treasury of the 
 United States]. 
 464. Customs officers. 
 
 At each of the ports to which there are appointed a us., 2621. 
 collector, naval officer, and surveyor, it shall be the duty 
 of the collector : 
 
 First. To receive all reports, manifests, and documents 
 to be made or exhibited on the entry of any ship or vessel, 
 according to the regulations of this Title [R. S., 2517- 
 3129]. 
 
 Second. To record, in books to be kept for that pur- 
 pose, all manifests. 
 
 Third. To receive the entries of all ships or vessels, and 
 of the goods, wares, and merchandise imported in them. 
 
 Fourth. To estimate, together with the naval officer 
 where there is one, or alone where there is none, the 
 amount of the dues payable thereupon, indorsing such 
 amount upon the respective entries. 
 
 Fifth. To receive all moneys paid for duties, and take 
 all bonds for securing the payment thereof. 
 
 Sixth. To grant all permits for the unlading and deliv- 
 ery of .goods. 
 
 Seventh. To employ, with the approval of the Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, proper persons as weighers, gangers, 
 measurers, and inspectors at the several ports within his 
 district. 
 
 Eighth. To provide, with the like approval, at the 
 public expense, store-houses for the safe-keeping of goods, 
 and such scales, weights, and measures as may be nec- 
 essary. 
 
490 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S., 2622. 
 
 U. S.,2623. 
 
 U. S., 2624. 
 
 R. S., 2625. 
 
 R. S., 2626. 
 
 K. S.. 2627. 
 
 At ports to which a collector and surveyor only are ap- 
 pointed, the collector shall solely execute all the "duties in 
 which the co-operation of the naval officer is requisite at 
 the ports where a naval officer is appointed. And he shall 
 act in like manner in case of the disability or death of the 
 naval officer, until a successor is appointed, unless there 
 is a deputy duly authorized under the hand and seal of 
 the naval officer, who in that case shall continue to act 
 until an appointment is made. 
 
 At ports to which a collector only is appointed, the 
 collector shall solely execute all the duties in which the 
 co-operation of the naval officer is requisite, at ports 
 where a naval officer is appointed, and he shall also, as 
 far as may be, perform all the duties prescribed for 
 surveyors at ports where surveyors are authorized. 
 
 At ports of delivery to which no surveyor is appointed, 
 and at such ports only, the collector may, from time to 
 time, when it is necessary, employ a proper person to per- 
 form the duties of a surveyor; who shall be entitled to 
 the like compensation with an inspector during the time 
 he is employed. 
 
 In case of the disability or death of a collector, the 
 duties and authorities vested in him shall devolve on his 
 deputy, if any there be at the time of such disability or 
 death, for whose conduct the estate of such disabled or 
 deceased collector shall be liable ; and, if there be no dep- 
 uty, they shall devolve upon the naval officer of the same 
 district, if any there be; and if there be no naval officer, 
 they shall devolve upon the surveyor of the port ap- 
 pointed for the residence of such disabled or deceased 
 collector, if any there be; and if there be no such sur- 
 veyor, they shall devolve upon the surveyor of the port 
 nearest thereto and within the district. 
 
 At ports to which there are appointed a collector, naval 
 officer, and surveyor, it shall be the duty of the naval 
 officer 
 
 First. To receive copies of all manifests and entries. 
 
 Second. To estimate, together with the collector, the 
 duties on all merchandise subject to duty, and no duties 
 shall be received without such estimates. 
 
 Third. To keep a separate record of such estimates. 
 
 Fourth. To countersign all permits, clearances, certifi- 
 cates, debentures, and other documents, to be granted by 
 the collector. 
 
 Fifth. To examine the collector's abstracts of dutic.-. 
 and other accounts of receipts, bonds, and expenditures, 
 and certify the same if found right. 
 
 At ports to which there are appointed a collector. na\ al 
 officer, and surveyor, it shall be the duty of the surveyor, 
 who shall be in all cases subject to the direction of the 
 collector 
 
 First. To superintend and direct all inspectors, weigh- 
 ers, measurers, and gangers within his port. 
 
PART XLVT. ADMIMSTIJATIVK AND KXECUTIVE OFFICES. 491 
 
 Second. To report once in every week to tin 1 collector the 
 name or names of all inspectors. wi'ighers. gangers, or 
 jneasurers who are absent from or neglect to do their duty. 
 
 Third. To visit or inspect the vessels which arrive in 
 his port, and make a return in writing every morning to 
 the collector of all vessels which have arrived from for- 
 eign ports during the preceding day; specifying the 
 names and denominations of the vessels, the masters' 
 names, from whence arrived, whether laden or in ballast, 
 to what nation belonging, and, if American vessels, 
 whether the masters thereof have or have not complied 
 with the law, in having the required number of manifests 
 of the cargo on board, agreeing in substance with the pro- 
 visions of law. 
 
 Fourth To put on board each of such vessels one or more 
 inspectors immediately after their arrival in his port. 
 
 Fifth. To ascertain the proof, quantities, and kinds of 
 distilled spirits imported, rating such spirits according to 
 their respective degrees of proof, as defined by the laws 
 imposing duties on spirits. 
 
 Sixth. To examine whether the goods imported in any 
 vessel, and the deliveries thereof, agreeably to the inspec- 
 tor's returns, correspond with the permits for landing the 
 same ; and if any error or disagreement appears, to report 
 the same to the collector, and to the naval officer, if any. 
 
 Seventh. To superintend the lading for exportation of 
 all goods entered for the benefit of any drawback, bounty, 
 or allowance, and examine and report whether the kind, 
 quantity, and quality of the goods, so laden on board any 
 vessel for exportation, correspond with the entries and 
 permits granted therefor. 
 
 Eighth. To examine, and, from time to time, and par- 
 ticularly 'on the first Mondays of January and July in 
 each year, try the weights, measures, and other instru- 
 ments used in ascertaining the duties on imports, with 
 standards to be provided by each collector at the public 
 expense for that purpose; and where disagreements or 
 errors are discovered, to report the same to the collector; 
 and to obev and execute such directions as he may receive 
 for correcting the same, agreeably to the standards. 
 
 At ports to which surveyors only are appointed, the sur- R - s. f 2628. 
 \ eyor shall perform all the duties en joined upon surveyors 
 by the preceding section ; and shall also receive and record 
 the copies of all manifests transmitted to him by the col- 
 lector; shall record all permits granted by the collector, 
 distinguishing the gauge, weight, measure, and quality of 
 goods specified therein ; and shall take care that no goods 
 be unladen or delivered from any ship or vessel without a 
 proper permit for that purpose. 
 
 In case of the disability or death of a surveyor, the col- R - s - 2629 - 
 lector of the district may authorize some fit person to per- 
 form his duties and exercise his powers; and the powers 
 of the person so authorized shall continue until a suc- 
 cessor is duly appointed, and ready to enter upon the exe- 
 cution of his office. 
 
492 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 i. S.,2631. 
 
 I S., 2632. 
 
 l. S., 2633. 
 
 11. s., 2630. Every collector of the customs shall have authority, 
 with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
 employ within his district such number of proper persons 
 as deputy collectors of the customs as he shall deem neces- 
 sary ; and such deputies are declared to be officers of the 
 customs. And in cases of occasional and necessary ab- 
 sence, or of sickness, any collector may exercise his powers 
 and perform his duties by deputy, duly constituted under 
 his hand and seal, and he shall be answerable for the acts 
 of such deputy in the execution of such trust. 
 
 In case of the sickness or unavoidable absence of any 
 collector or surveyor of customs from his office, he may, 
 with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
 authorize some officer or clerk under him to act in his 
 place, and to discharge all the duties required by law of 
 such collector or surveyor in his capacity as disbursing 
 agent ; and the official bond given by the principal of the 
 office shall be held to cover and apply to the acts of the 
 person appointed to act in his place in such cases. 
 
 Every naval officer and surveyor, in cases of occasional 
 and necessary absence, or of sickness, and not otherwise, 
 may respectively exercise and perform their functions, 
 powers, and duties by deputy, duly constituted under 
 their hands and seals respectively, for whom, in the 
 execution of their trust, they shall respectively be an- 
 swerable. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, whenever 
 in his opinion the public interest demands it, to clothe 
 any deputy collector at a port other than the principal 
 port of entry, with all the powers of his principal apper- 
 taining to official acts; and he may require such deputy 
 to give bond to the United States, in such amount as the 
 Secretary may prescribe, for the faithful discharge of his 
 official duties. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, 
 except in cases otherwise provided, limit and fix the 
 number and compensation of the clerks to be employed 
 by any collector, naval officer, or surveyor, and may limit 
 and fix the compensation of any deputy of any such col- 
 lector, naval officer, or surveyor. 
 
 Every collector, naval officer, and surveyor shall cause 
 to be affixed, and constantly kept in some public and con- 
 spicuous place of his office, a fair table of the rates of fees 
 and duties demandable by law, and shall givo a receipt 
 for the fees received by him, specifying the particulars 
 whenever required so to do; and for every failure s<> to 
 do, he shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, 
 recoverable to the use of the informer. 
 
 R. s., 2636. Kvcrv officer of the customs who demands or receives 
 
 any other or greater fee, compensation, or reward than is 
 allowed by law, for performing any duty or service re- 
 quired from him by law, shall be liable to a penalty of 
 two hundred dollars for each offense, recoverable to the 
 use of the party aggrieved. 
 
 K. S., 2634. 
 
 K. S., 2635. 
 
PART XLVI. ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUT1VI. OFFICES. 493 
 
 If any inspector, gauger, weigher, or measurer shall K-S-.SGST. 
 receive any gratuity, fee, or reward for any services per- 
 forms! by virtue of this Title [R. S., 2517-3129], other 
 than is by law allowed, or of any ganger, weigher, or 
 measurer, employed as such by the public, in the districts 
 of Portsmouth, Salem and Beverly, Boston and Charles- 
 town, Providence, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
 NY r folk and Portsmouth, or Charleston, shall gauge, 
 weigh, or measure any article or articles, other than shall 
 be dim-ted by the proper officer, in order to ascertain the 
 duties to be received, or the drawbacks to be allowed 
 thereon, or shall make a return of the weight, gauge, or 
 measure of any merchandise laden, or to be laden, on 
 board any vessel for the benefit of drawback upon ex- 
 portation, without having actually weighed, gauged, or 
 measured the same, as the case may require, after such 
 merchandise shall have been notified to the collector and 
 entered for exportation, he shall be liable for the first 
 offense to a penalty of fifty dollars, and for each subse- 
 quent offense to a penalty of two hundred dollars, and be 
 discharged from the public service. And if any in- 
 spector or other officer of the customs shall certify the 
 shipment of any merchandise entitled to drawback on 
 exportation without having duly inspected and examined 
 the same, after he shall have received the permit for 
 lading such merchandise, or if the amount of such draw- 
 back shall be estimated according to weight, gauge, or 
 measure, until such merchandise shall be first weighed, 
 gauged, or measured, as the case may require, he shall be 
 subject to the like penalties, and be discharged from the 
 public service. 
 
 Xo person employed under the authority of the United R * s " 2638 - 
 States, in the collection of duties on imports or tonnage, 
 shall own, either in whole or in part any vessel, or act as 
 agent, attorney, or consignee for the owner or owners of 
 any vessel, or of any cargo or lading on board the same ; 
 nor shall any such person import, or be concerned directly 
 or indirectly in the importation of any merchandise for 
 sale into the United States. Every person who violates 
 this section shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Every collector, naval officer, and surveyor shall keep K - s - 2639 - 
 accurate accounts of all fees and official emoluments re- 
 ceived by him, and of all expenditures, specifying ex- 
 penditures for rent, fuel, stationery, and clerk-hire, and 
 shall annually, within ten days after the thirtieth day of 
 June, transmit the same, verified by oath, to the proper Ju] y 31 1894 
 Auditor, who shall annually lay an abstract of the same 
 before Congress. Every collector, naval officer, or sur- 
 veyor who omits or neglects to keep such account, or to 
 transmit the same so verified, shall be liable to a penalty 
 of not more than five hundred dollars. 
 
 Collectors, naval officers, and surveyors shall attend in R. s., 2040. 
 person at the ports to which they are respectively ap- 
 pointed; and shall keep fair and true accounts and rec- 
 
494 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ords of all their transactions, as officers of the customs, in 
 
 sec' 10 ' 19 3 ' sucn manner and form as may from time to time be di- 
 rected by the Secretary of the Treasury; and shall at all 
 times submit their books, papers, and accounts to the in- 
 spection of such persons as may be appointed for that 
 purpose; and shall once in every month, or of tenor if 
 they shall be required, transmit their accounts for settle- 
 ment to the officer or officers whose duty it shall be to 
 make such settlement. And if any collector, naval officer, 
 or surveyor shall omit to keep fair and true accounts, or 
 shall refuse to submit forthwith his books, papers, and 
 accounts to inspection as required by law, or if any col- 
 lector shall omit or refuse to render his accounts for set- 
 tlement, for a term exceeding three months after the same 
 shall have been required by the proper officer, the delin- 
 quent officer shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand 
 dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit. 
 
 R. s., 2041. Every collector, naval officer, and surveyor shall ac- 
 
 sec.'ib 4 .' 19 3 ' count to the Treasury for all his emoluments, and also for 
 all the expenses incident to his office. Such accounts, as 
 well of expenses as of emoluments, shall be rendered on 
 oath, at such times and in such forms, and shall be sup- 
 ported by such proofs, as shall be prescribed by the 
 Q ecretary of the Treasury. 
 
 n. s., 2642. The services performed by occasional inspectors shall be 
 particularly detailed in the accounts to be transmitted to 
 the Treasury, and certified by the naval officer or surveyor 
 of the district, if there be any, as to the necessity for and 
 performance of such services. 
 
 i:.s., 2643. Every collector, naval officer, and surveyor shall, to- 
 gether with his accounts of the expenses incident to his 
 office, render a list of the clerks employed by him, stating 
 the rate of compensation allowed to each, and the duties 
 which they severally perform; and also an account of the 
 sums paid for stationery, official or contingent expenses, 
 fuel, and office-rent, stating the purposes for which the 
 premises rented are applied. 
 
 u. s., LM;I i. The collector of customs of each of the districts on (lie 
 northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers shall 
 render, with his accounts of the expenses incident to his 
 office, a list of the clerks and other ollicers of the customs 
 employed by him, stating the rate of compensation al- 
 lowed to each, the duties they severally perform, and 
 also an account of the sums paid for stationery, fuel, and 
 all other office expenses, including ollice-rent : for all of 
 which expenses he shall submit an estimate each month 
 in advance, and shall state the purposes for which any 
 premises are used; and shall also render an accurate 
 account of all fees and commissions collected l>y him. 
 
 R.S.,2645. All accounts for salary, compensation, and emoluments 
 
 shall be rendered quarterly, at the end of each quarter of 
 the fiscal year. 
 
PART XLVI. ADMINISTRATIVE ANI> lAKClTIVI. OFFICES. 495 
 
 All blank-books, blanks, and stationery of every kind K-S., 2646. 
 required by collectors and other officers of the customs 
 shall, so soon as they can be prepared for delivery, by or 
 under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury [or 
 the Secretary of Commerce], be furnished to them for the Feb. it, 100.1. 
 use of their respective offices, upon requisition made by Sec ' 10 * 
 them, and the expense of such books, blanks, and sta- 
 tionery shall be paid out of the appropriation for defray- 
 ing the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs. 
 
 K\ery collector of customs, every naval officer, and R -S-2647. 
 every surveyor performing or having performed the 
 duties of a collector, shall render a quarter-yearly ac- | b - 14, 1003. 
 count, under oath, to the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
 such form as the Secretary shall prescribe, of all sums of 
 money by each of them respectively received or collected 
 for fines, penalties, or forfeitures, or for seizure of mer- 
 chandise, or upon compromises made upon any seizure ; or 
 on account of suits instituted for frauds against the reve- 
 nue laws; or for rent and storage of merchandise, which 
 may be stored in the public store-houses, and for which a 
 rent is paid beyond the rents paid by the collector or other 
 such officer; or for custody of goods in bonded ware- 
 houses ; and if from such accounting it shall appear that 
 the money received in any one year by any collector, 
 naval officer, or surveyor, on account and for rents and 
 storage, and for fees and emoluments, shall in the aggre- 
 gate exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, such excess 
 shall be paid by the collector, naval officer, or surveyor, 
 as the case may be, into the Treasury as public money. 
 
 Collectors and surveyors of the collection-districts on R. s., 2648. 
 the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers 
 are authorized to keep on sale, at their several offices, 
 blank manifests and clearances required for the business 
 of their districts, and to charge the sum of ten cents, and 
 no more, for each blank which shall be prepared and exe- 
 cuted by them. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to . Executive or- 
 
 i J i i i /? \ j , der, Mar. 3, 
 
 prescribe uniform blank forms to be used in connection 1913. 
 with the entry and clearance of merchandise. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, au- Feb. 6, 1907. 
 thorized to appoint a deputy collector of customs and 
 other customs officers at ports and subports of entry : \ 
 the several customs collection districts, and deputy col- 
 lectors thus appointed shall have authority to receive en- 
 tries, collect duties, and to perform any and all functions 
 prescribed by law for collectors of customs, subject to 
 such regulations and restrictions as the Secretary of the 
 Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That whenever the 
 Secretary of the Treasury shall appoint a deputy collector 
 at a port of entry where there is no collector, he shall 
 designate the collector through whom such deputy shall 
 report, but the bond of such deputy shall run to the Gov- 
 ernment, and the deputy shall be financially responsible 
 directly to the Government. 
 
 92075 15 32 
 
496 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 R. S. f 4402. 
 
 R. S., 4403. 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sees. 4. 10. 
 
 R. S., 4404. 
 
 465. Steamboat-Inspection Service. 
 
 There shall be a supervising inspector-general, who 
 shall be appointed from time to time by the President, by 
 and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who 
 shall be selected with reference to his fitness and ability 
 to systematize and carry into effect all the provisions of 
 law relating to the steamboat-inspection service, and who 
 shall be entitled to a salary of three thousand five hun- 
 dred dollars a year, and his reasonable traveling ex- 
 penses, or mileage at the rate of ten cents a mile, incurred 
 in the performance of his duty. 
 
 The supervising inspector-general shall, under the di- 
 rection of the Secretary of Commerce, superintend the 
 administration of the steamboat-inspection laws, preside 
 at the meetings of the board of supervising inspectors, 
 receive all reports of inspectors, receive and examine all 
 accounts of inspectors, report fully at stated periods to 
 the Secretary of Commerce upon all matters pertaining 
 to his official duties, and produce a correct and uniform 
 administration of the inspection laws, rules, and regu- 
 lations. 
 
 There shall be ten supervising inspectors, who shall be 
 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
 consent of the Senate. Each of them shall be selected for 
 his knowledge, skill, and practical experience in the uses 
 of steam for navigation, and shall be a competent judge 
 of the character and qualities of steam-vessels, and of all 
 parts of the machinery employed in steaming. Each 
 supervising inspector shall be entitled to a salary of three 
 thousand dollars a year and his actual and reasonable 
 traveling expenses at the rate of ten cents a mile, in- 
 curred in the performance of his duty, together with his 
 actual and reasonable expenses for transportation of in- 
 struments, which shall be certified and sworn to under 
 such instructions as may be given by the Secretary of 
 Commerce. 
 
 R. s., 4405. r The supervising inspectors and the Supervising In- 
 Feb/ 8^' ioo? 5 ' spector-General shall assemble as a board once in each 
 year at the city of Washington, District of Columbia, 
 on the third Wednesday in January, and at such other 
 times as the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe, for 
 joint consultation, and shall assign to each of the super- 
 vising inspectors the limits of territory within which he 
 shall perform his duties. The board shall establish all 
 necessary regulations required to carry out in the most 
 effective manner the provisions of this title [R. S., 4.">'. ( .)- 
 4500] and also regulations, prohibiting useless and un- 
 necessary whistling, and such regulations, when ap- 
 E roved by the Secretary of Commerce, shall have the 
 ?rce of law. The supervising inspector for the district 
 embracing the Pacific coast shall not be under obligation 
 to attend the meetings of the board oftener than once in 
 two years; but when he does not attend such meeting 
 
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PART XLVI. ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE OFFICES. 497 
 
 he shall make his communications thereto, in the way of 
 a report, in such manner as the board shall prescribe: 
 I'rorntt'tL That the Secretary of Commerce may at any 
 time call in session, after reasonable public, notice, a 
 meeting of an execut i\ e committee, to he composed of the 
 Supervising Inspector-* icneral and any two supervising 
 inspectors, which committee, with the approval of the 
 said Secretary, shall have power to alter, amend, add to, 
 or repeal any of the rules and regulations made, with 
 the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, by the board 
 of supervising inspectors, either by virtue of this section 
 or under any power granted by this title, or any amend- 
 ments thereof, such alteration, amendment, addition, or 
 repeal, when approved by the said Secretary, to have the 
 force of law and to continue in ell'ect until thirty days 
 after the adjournment of the next meeting of the board 
 of supervising inspectors. The foregoing powers of such 
 executive committee, acting with the said Secretary, shall 
 also extend to the approval of the instruments, machines, 
 and equipments referred to in section forty-four hundred 
 and ninety-one of this title. 
 
 The supervising inspectors shall see that the several R - s - 4408. 
 boards of local inspectors within their respective districts 
 execute their duties faithfully, promptly, and, as far as 
 possible, uniformly in all places, by following out the 
 provisions of this^Title [R. S., 4399-4500] according to 
 the true intent and meaning thereof; and they shall, as 
 far as practicable, harmonize differences of opinion exist- 
 ing in different local boards. 
 
 The supervising inspector shall visit any collection- 1{ - s -. 44 9 - 
 district in which there is at any time no board of inspec- 
 tors, and within which steam- vessels are owned or em- 
 ployed. Each supervising inspector shall have full power 
 in any such district, or in any district where, from dis- 
 tance or other cause, it is inconvenient to resort to the 
 local board, to inspect any steam- vessel and the boilers of 
 such steamer, and to grant certificates of approval, and 
 to do and perform all the duties imposed upon local 
 boards. 
 
 Each supervising inspector shall report, in writing, at 
 the end of each fiscal year to the Supervising Inspector- 
 General, the general business transacted in his district 
 during the year, embracing all violations of the laws 
 regulating vessels, and the action taken in relation to the 
 same, all investigations and decisions by local inspectors, 
 and all cases of appeal, and the result thereof. The 
 board shall examine into all the acts of each supervising 
 inspector and local board, and all complaints made 
 against the same, in relation to the performance of their 
 duties under the law, and the judgment of the board in 
 each case shall be entered upon their journal; and the 
 board shall, as far as possible, correct mistakes where 
 they exist. 
 
498 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Mar. 4, 1913. 
 
 R. s., 4411. Th. e board of supervising inspectors shall establish such 
 regulations as may be necessary to make known in a 
 proper manner, to local inspectors, the names of all per- 
 sons licensed under the provisions of this Title [R. S., 
 4399-4500] , the names of all persons from whom licenses 
 have been withheld, and the names of all whose licenses 
 have been suspended or revoked; also the names of all 
 steam- vessels neglecting or refusing to make such repairs 
 as may be ordered pursuant to laAV, and the names of all 
 that have been refused certificates of inspection. 
 Mar"! 4 i-m-, There shall be in each of the following collection dis- 
 .\pr. ' :i.' iim ! tricts namely, the districts of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
 s!!!; v .-r' s ' 1!>os ' vania; San Francisco, California; New London, Con- 
 necticut; Baltimore, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; 
 Chicago, Illinois ; Bangor, Maine ; New Haven, Connecti- 
 cut; Michigan, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Wil- 
 lamette, Oregon; Puget Sound, Washington; Savannah, 
 Georgia; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Oswego, New York; 
 Charleston, South Carolina; Duluth, Minnesota; Su- 
 perior, Michigan; Apalachicola, Florida; Galveston, 
 Texas ; Mobile, Alabama ; Providence, Rhode Island, and 
 in each of the following ports: New York, New York: 
 Jacksonville, Florida; Portland, Maine; Boston, Massa- 
 chusetts; Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Toledo, 
 Ohio; Norfolk, Virginia ; Evansville, Indiana; Dubuque, 
 Iowa ; Louisville, Kentucky; Albany, New York; Cincin- 
 nati, Ohio; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; 
 Saint Louis, Missouri; Port Huron, Michigan; New Or- 
 leans, Louisiana; Los Angeles, California: Junean, 
 Alaska; Saint Michael, Alaska; Point Pleasant. West 
 Virginia; Burlington, Vermont; Honolulu, Hawaii: and 
 San Juan, Porto Rico, one inspector of hulls and one 
 inspector of boilers * 
 
 And in addition the Secretary of Commerce may ap- 
 point, in districts or ports where there are two hundred 
 and twenty-five steamers and upward to be inspected an- 
 nually, assistant inspectors, at a salary, for the port of 
 New York, of two thousand dollars a year each: for the 
 port of New Orleans, Louisiana: the districts of Phila- 
 delphia, Pennsylvania: Baltimore, Maryland; the ports 
 of Boston, Massachusetts: Chicago, Illinois, and the dis- 
 trict of San Francisco, California, at one thousand eight 
 hundred dollars per year each, and for all other districts 
 and ports at a salary not exceeding one thousand BLS 
 hundred dollars a year each: and he may appoint a clerk 
 to any such board at a Compensation not exceeding one 
 thousand five hundred dollars a year to each person so 
 appointed. Fvery inspector provided for in this or the 
 preceding sections of this title shall he paid his actual and 
 reasonable, traveling expenses incurred in the performance 
 of his duties, together with his actual and reasonable 
 expenses for transportation of instruments, which shall 
 
PART XLVI. ADMIMSTIIATIVK A\l> KXKiTTIVK OFFICES. 499 
 
 be certified and sworn to under such instructions as shall 
 ho given by the Socrotary of Commerce. 
 
 Assistant inspectors, appointed as provided by law, 
 shall perform such duties of actual inspection as may be 
 assigned to them under the direction, supervision, and 
 control of the local inspectors. 
 
 And the Secretary of Commerce may from time to 
 time detail said assistant inspectors of one port or dis- 
 trict for service in any other port or district, as the 
 needs of the Steamboat-Inspection Service may, in his 
 discretion, require, and the actual and reasonable travel- 
 ing expenses or mileage of assistant inspectors so detailed 
 shall, subject to such limitations as the said Secretary 
 may in his discretion prescribe, be paid in the same man- 
 ner as provided in this section for inspectors. 
 
 The inspector of hulls shall be a person of good charac- K- s. f 4415. r 
 tor and suitable qualifications and attainments to perform 
 the services required of an inspector of hulls, who from 
 his practical knowledge of shipbuilding and navigation 
 and the uses of steam in navigation is fully competent to 
 make a reliable estimate of the strength, seaworthiness, 
 and other qualities of the hulls of vessels and their equip- 
 ment deemed essential to safety of life in their naviga- 
 tion; and the inspector of boilers shall be a person of 
 good character and suitable qualifications and attain- 
 ments to perform the services required of an inspector of 
 boilers, who from his knowledge and experience of the 
 duties of an engineer employed in navigating vessels by 
 steam, and also of the construction and use of boilers, and 
 machinery and appurtenances therewith connected, is 
 able to form a reliable opinion of the strength, form, 
 workmanship, and suitableness of boilers and machinery 
 to be employed, without hazard to life from imperfection 
 in the material, workmanship, or arrangement of any part 
 of such apparatus for steaming. The inspector of hulls 
 and the inspector of boilers designated by the Secretary 
 of Commerce shall, from the date of designation, con- 
 stitute a board of local inspectors. 
 
 No person interested, either directly or indirectly, in R. s., 44i. 
 any patented article required to be used on any steamer 3^2?' 1J 
 by this title, f R. S., 4399-4500] or who is a member of 
 any association of owners, masters, engineers, or pilots of 
 steamboats, or who is, directly or indirectly, pecuniarily 
 interested in any steam vessel, or who has not the quali- 
 fications and acquirements prescribed by this title, or 
 who is intemperate in his habits, shall be eligible to hold 
 the office of either supervising, local, or assistant in- 
 spector, or to discharge the duties thereof; and if any 
 such person shall attempt to exercise the functions of the 
 office of either inspector he shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of five hundred dol- 
 lars, and shall be dismissed from office. 
 
500 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 It. S., 4460. 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sees. 4, 10. 
 
 R. S., 4461. 
 
 June 19, 1886. 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sees. 4, 10. 
 
 R. S., 4462. 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 S.-L-S. 4, 10. 
 
 R. S., 4455. 
 
 R. S., 4456. 
 
 R. S., 4457. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall procure for the sev- 
 eral surper vising inspectors and local boards of inspectors 
 such instruments, stationery, printing, and other things 
 necessary for the use of their respective offices as may be 
 required therefor. 
 
 The salaries of the supervising inspector-general, of all 
 supervising inspectors, local inspectors, assistant inspect- 
 ors, and clerks, provided for by this Title [R. S., 4399- 
 4500], together with their traveling and other expen-es 
 when on official duty, and all instruments, books, blanks, 
 stationery, furniture, and other things necessary to carry 
 into effect the provisions of this title, shall be paid for, 
 under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall make such regula- 
 tions as may be necessary to secure the proper execution 
 of this Title [R. S., 4399-4500]. 
 
 The inspectors of one district shall not modify or annul 
 the doings of the inspectors of another district in regard 
 to repairs, unless there is a change in the state of things, 
 demanding more repairs than were thought necessary 
 when the order was made. Nor shall the inspectors of 
 one district license a person coming from another district, 
 if such person has been rejected for unfitness or want of 
 qualifications. 
 
 The local board of inspectors, when so requested in 
 writing by any master or owner, shall, under the direc- 
 tion of the supervising inspector, inspect steamers in 
 other collection districts where no such board is estab- 
 lished; and if a certificate of approval is not granted, no 
 other inspection shall be made by the same or any other 
 board until the objections made by such local board and 
 unreverscd by the supervising inspector of the district, 
 are removed. Nothing in this section shall impair the 
 right of the inspectors to permit such vessel to go to an- 
 other port for repairs, if in their opinion it can be done 
 with safety. 
 
 The local inspectors shall keep a record of certificates 
 of inspection of vessels, their boilers, engines, and ma- 
 chinery, and of all their acts in their examination and 
 inspection of steamers, whether of approval or disap- 
 proval; and when a certificate of approval is recorded, the 
 original shall he delivered to the collector or other chief 
 
 officer of the customs of the district They shall also keep 
 
 a like record of cert ideates aiithori/'mg gunpowder to be 
 carried as freight by any s'eamer carrying passengers, 
 and of all licenses grant eel to masters, mates, pilots, and 
 engineers, and of all refusals of the same 1 , of all suspen- 
 sions and revocations <>f license, of all refusals, suspen- 
 sions, or revocations of which they shall receive notices 
 from other districts: and shall report to the supervising 
 inspector of their respective districts, in writing, their 
 
PART XLVI. ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE OK KICKS. , r >l;l 
 
 decisions in cases of refusal of licenses, or of the suspen- 
 sion or revocation thereof, and all testimony received 
 by them in such proceedings. They shall also report 
 promptly to such supervising inspector all violations of 
 the steamboat-laws that come to their knowledge. They 
 shall also keep an accurate account of every steamer 
 Ixmrded by them during the year; and of all their official 
 acts and doings, which, in the form of a report, they shall 
 communicate to the supervising inspector of the district, 
 at such times as the board of supervising inspectors, by 
 their established rules, shall direct. 
 
 Every inspector who willfully certifies falsely touching R. s., 4425. 
 any steam-vessel, as to her hull, accommodations, boilers, 
 engines, machinery, or their appurtenances, or any of her 
 equipments, or any matter or thing contained in any cer- 
 tificate signed and sworn to by him, shall be punished by 
 fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprison- 
 ment for not more than six months, or both. 
 
 Every inspector of steamboats who, upon any pretense, J Iar -;*v 1909 ' 
 
 A j !/! 7 * i t ' A Sec. 107. 
 
 receives any lee or reward for his services, except what is Repeals R. s., 
 allowed to him by law, shall forfeit his office, and be fined G 
 net more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not 
 more than six months, or both. 
 
 466. Public Health Service. 
 
 The President, by anol with the advice and consent of Maf-'jPms 
 the Senate, shall, from time to time, appoint a surgeon to .Tan.'4,'i889.' 
 act as surgeon-general of the public health service, who Iv/g. I 
 shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury, supervise all matters connected with the public 
 health service, and with the disbursement of the fund for 
 the relief of sick and disabled seamen. He shall be en- 
 titled to a salary, paid out of the marine-hospital fund, of 
 five thousand dollars a year, and to his necessary travel- 
 ing expenses. And he shall make monthly reports to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 Medical officers of the public health service of the 
 United States shall be appointed by the President by and 
 with the advice and consent of the Senate; and no person 
 shall be so appointed until after passing a satisfactory 
 examination in the several branches of medicine, surgery 
 and hygiene before a board of medical officers of the said 
 service. Said examination shall be conducted according 
 to rules prepared by the surgeon-general and approved 
 by the Secretary of the Treasury and the President. 
 Original appointments in the service shall only be made 
 to the rank of assistant surgeon; and no officer shall be 
 promoted to the rank of passed assistant surgeon until 
 after four years' service and a second examination as 
 aforesaid; and no passed assistant surgeon shall be pro- 
 moted to be surgeon until after due examination. 
 
502 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 July 1, 1902. 
 Secf 4. 
 
 July 1, 1902. 
 Sec. 9. 
 
 Feb. 15, 1893. 
 Sec. 12. 
 
 The Surgeon-General is authorized to cause the detail 
 of two surgeons and two passed assistant surgeons for 
 duty in the bureau, who shall each receive the pay and 
 allowances of their respective grades in the general 
 service. 
 
 The President is authorized, in his discretion, to utilize 
 the Public Health Service in times of threatened or 
 actual war to such extent and in such manner as shall 
 in his judgment promote the public interest without, 
 however, in any wise impairing the efficiency of the serv- 
 ice for the purposes for which the same was created and 
 is maintained. 
 
 The President shall from time to time prescribe rules 
 for the conduct of the Public Health Service. He shall 
 also prescribe regulations respecting its internal admin- 
 istration and discipline, and the uniforms of its officers 
 and employees. It shall be the duty of the Surgeon- 
 General to transmit annually to the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, for transmission by said Secretary to Congress, 
 a full and complete report of the transactions of said 
 service, including a detailed statement of receipts and 
 disbursements. 
 
 The medical officers of the United States, duly clothed 
 Mar. 3, 1901. with authority to act as quarantine officers at any port 
 or place within the United States, and when performing 
 the said duties, are hereby authorized to take declarations 
 and administer oaths in matters pertaining to the admin- 
 istration of the quarantine laws and regulations of. the 
 United States. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to lease, or 
 to sell at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, 
 for cash, after due notice in the public newspapers, such 
 marine-hospital buildings and lands appertaining thereto 
 as he may deem it advisable to sell, and to make, execute, 
 and deliver all needful conveyances to the lessees or pur- 
 chasers thereof respectively; and the proceeds of such 
 leases and sales are hereby appropriated for the marine- 
 hospital establishment. But the hospitals at Cleveland in 
 Ohio, and Portland in Maine, shall not be sold or leased. 
 And this section shall not be construed to authorize the 
 Secretary of the Treasury to lease or sell any such hos- 
 pital where the relief furnished to sick mariners shall 
 show an extent of relief equal to twenty cases u day on an 
 average for the last preceding four years, or where no 
 other suitable and sufficient hospital accommodations can 
 be procured upon reasonable terms for the comfort and 
 convenience of the patients. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury may rent or lease such 
 marine-hospital buildings, and the lands appertaining 
 thereto, as ne may deem advisable in the interests of the 
 public health and marine-hospital service: and the pro- 
 ceeds of such rents or leases are hereby appropriated for 
 the said service. 
 
 R. S. f 4806. 
 
 Mar. 3. 1875. 
 Sec. 4. 
 
PA1IT XI. VI. AhMINISTHATIVK A X I > EXECUTIVE OFFICES. 503 
 
 It shall be the duly of the Snrgeon-< Jeneral of the Pub- J^. 1 -., 1 '" 1 - ls;r " 
 lie Health Service, under the direction of the Secretary July i, 1002. 
 of the Treasury, to perform all the duties in respect to 
 quarantine and quarantine regulations which are pro- 
 vided for hy this act. and to ohtain information of the 
 sanitary condition of foreign ports and places from which 
 contagious and infectious diseases are or may he imported 
 into the I'nited States, and to this end the consular officer 
 of the United States at such ports and places as shall be 
 designated by the Secretary of the Treasury shall make 
 to the Secretary of the Treasury weekly reports of the 
 sanitary condition of the ports and places at which they 
 are respectively stationed, according to such forms as 
 the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and the 
 Secretary of the Treasury shall also obtain, through all 
 sources accessible, including State and municipal sanitary 
 authorities throughout the United States, weekly reports 
 of the sanitary condition of ports and places within the 
 United States, and shall prepare, publish, and transmit 
 to collectors of customs and to State and municipal health 
 officers and other sanitarians weekly abstracts of the 
 consular sanitary reports and other pertinent information 
 received by him, and shall also, as far as he may be able, 
 by means of the voluntary cooperation of State and 
 municipal authorities, of public associations, and private 
 persons, procure information relating to the climatic 
 and other conditions affecting the public health, and shall 
 make an annual report of his operations to Congress, with 
 such recommendations as he may deem important to the 
 public interests. 
 
 Whenever the proper authorities of a State shall sur- g^- 8 15> 1893 - 
 render to the United States the use of the buildings and 
 disinfecting apparatus at a State quarantine station, the 
 Secretary of the Treasury shall be authorized to receive 
 them and to pay a reasonable compensation to the State 
 for their use, if in his opinion they are necessary to the 
 United States. 
 
 467. Immigration and Naturalization Bureau. 
 
 The office of commissioner-general of immigration is ^. r * 7 3 ' 1891 * 
 hereby created and established, and the President, by and Mar. 2, isos. 
 with the advice and consent of the Senate, is authorized 
 and directed to appoint such officer, whose salary shall be 
 four thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly. The 
 commissioner-general of immigration shall be an officer 
 in the Department of Labor, under the control and super- 
 vision of the Secretary of Labor, to whom he shall make Feb. 14, 1903. 
 annual reports in writing of the transactions of his office, S;cs - 4 ' 7 - 
 together with such special reports, in writing, as the 
 Secretary of Labor shall require, and in addition to his 
 other duties, shall have charge under the Secretary of 
 
504 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Labor of the administration of the alien-contract labor 
 laws. 
 
 The Secretary shall provide the commissioner-general 
 with a suitably furnished office in the city of Washington, 
 and with such books of record and facilities for the dis- 
 charge of the duties of his office as may be necessary. 
 He shall have a chief clerk at a salary of two thousand 
 dollars per annum and two first class clerks. 
 
 June o, 1900. Hereafter the Commissioner-General of Immigration, 
 in addition to his other duties, shall have charge of the 
 administration of the Chinese exclusion law and of the 
 various Acts regulating immigration into the United 
 IM-K 14, loos. States, its Territories, and the District of Columbia, un- 
 der the supervision and direction of the Secretary of 
 Labor. 
 
 s[:, l . r '.>o' 1903< The Commissioner-General of Immigration, in addi- 
 Feb. 14, loos, tion to such other duties as may by law be assigned to 
 Feb S '2o, 7 i907. him, shall, under the direction of the Secretary of Labor, 
 sec.' 22.' have charge of the administration of all laws relating 
 
 to the immigration of aliens into the United States, and 
 shall have the control, direction, and supervision of all 
 officers, clerks, and employees appointed thereunder. He 
 shall establish such rules and regulations, prescribe such 
 forms of bond, reports, entries, and other papers, and 
 shall issue from time to time such instructions, not incon- 
 sistent with law, as he shall deem best calculated for 
 carrying out the provisions of this Act and for protect- 
 ing the United States and aliens migrating thereto from 
 fraud and loss, and shall have authority to enter into 
 contract for the support and relief of such aliens as may 
 fall into distress or need public aid; all under the direc- 
 tion or with the approval of the Secretary of Labor. 
 And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner-General of 
 Immigration to detail officers of the immigration service 
 from time to time as may be necessary, in his judgment, 
 to secure information as to the number of aliens detained 
 in the penal, reformatory, and charitable institutions 
 (public and private) of the several States and Territories, 
 the District of Columbia, and other territory of the 
 United States and to inform the officers of such institu- 
 tions of the provisions of law in relation to the deporta- 
 tion of aliens who have become public charges: Pro- 
 vided * That the Commissioner-Genera] of Immigration 
 may, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, when- 
 ever in his judgment such ad ion may be necessary to ac- 
 complish the purposes of this Act, detail immigration 
 officers, and also surgeons, in accordance with the provi- 
 sions of section seventeen, for service in foreign countries. 
 Aug. ix, ism. The commissioners of immigration at the several ports 
 shall be appointed by the President, by and with the ad- 
 vice and consent of the Senate, to hold their offices for the 
 term of four years, unless sooner removed, and until their 
 successors are appointed. 
 
PAliT xi.VT. ADMIN is i i;.\TiVK \\D BXBOXTTIVB OFFICES, f>()f> 
 
 The duties of the commissioners of immigration shall !^'.'-.HV- 11>OT - 
 be of an administrative character, to be prescribed in de- 
 tail by regulations prepared, under the direction or with 
 the approval of the Secretary of Laljor. 
 
 Immigrant inspectors and other immigration ollicers, ^'24' 19 7 ' 
 clerks, and employees shall hereafter be appointed and 
 their Compensation iixed and raised or decreased from 
 time to time by the Secretary of Labor, upon the recom- 
 mendation of the Commissioner-General of Immigration 
 and in accordance with the provisions of the civil-service 
 Act of January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
 three: Pror'nIL That said Secretary, in the enforcement 
 of that portion of this Act which excludes contract labor- 
 ers, may employ, without reference to the provisions of 
 the said civil service Act, or to the various Acts relative 
 to the compilation of the official register, such persons as 
 he may deem advisable and from time to time fix, raise, 
 or decrease their compensation: Provided further, That 
 nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter the 
 mode of appointing commissioners of immigration at the 
 several ports of the United States as provided by the 
 sundry civil appropriation Act approved August eight- 
 eenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or the official 
 status of such commissioners heretofore appointed. Im- 
 migration officers shall have power to administer oaths 
 and to take and consider evidence touching the right of 
 any alien to enter the United States, and, where such 
 action may be necessary, to make a written record of such 
 evidence; and any person to whom such an oath has been 
 administered under the provisions of this Act who shall 
 knowingly or wilfully give false evidence or swear to any 
 false statement in any way affecting or in relation to the 
 right of any alien to admission to the United States shall 
 be deemed guilty of perjury and be punished as provided 
 by section fifty-three hundred and ninety-two,* United 
 States Revised Statutes. The decision of any such officer, 
 if favorable to the admission of any alien, shall be sub- 
 ject to challenge by any other immigration officer, and 
 such challenge shall operate to take the alien whose right 
 to land is so challenged before a board of special inquiry 
 for its investigation. Every alien who may not appear 
 to the examining immigrant inspector at the port of ar- 
 rival to be clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to land 
 shall be detained for examination in relation thereto by a 
 board of special inquiry. 
 
 Such boards of special inquiry shall be appointed by $^25.' 19 7 ' 
 the commissioner of immigration at the various ports of 
 arrival as may be necessary for the prompt determination 
 of all cases of immigrants detained at such ports under 
 the provisions of law. Each board shall consist of three 
 members, who shall be selected from such of the immi- 
 grant officials in the service as the Commissioner-General 
 of Immigration, with the approval of the Secretary of 
 Labor, shall from time to time designate as qualified to 
 
506 NAVIGATION LAWS OF T1IK 1 XITKD STATES. 
 
 serve on such boards: /Vr>/v/W, That at ports where 
 there are fewer than three immigrant inspectors, the Sec- 
 retary of Labor, upon the recommendation of the Com- 
 missioner-General of Immigration, may designate other 
 United States officials for service on such boards of spe- 
 cial inquiry. Such boards shall have authority to deter- 
 mine whether an alien who has been duly held shall be 
 allowed to land or shall be deported. All hearings before 
 boards shall be separate and apart from the public, but 
 the said boards shall keep a complete permanent record 
 of their proceedings and of all such testimony as may be 
 produced before them ; and the decision of any two mem- 
 bers of a board shall prevail, but either the alien or any 
 dissenting member of the said board may appeal through 
 the commissioner of immigration at the port of arrival 
 and the Commissioner-General of Immigration to the 
 Secretary of Labor, and the taking of such appeal shall 
 operate to stay any action in regard to the final disposal 
 of any alien whose case is so appealed until the receipt 
 by the commissioner of immigration at the port of arrival 
 of such decision which shall be rendered solely upon the 
 evidence adduced before the board of special inquiry: 
 Provided, That in every case where an alien is excluded 
 from admission into the United States, under any law 
 or treaty now existing or hereafter made, the decision of 
 the appropriate immigration officers, if adverse to the 
 admission of such alien, shall be final, unless reversed 
 en appeal to the Secretary of Labor; but nothing in this 
 section shall be construed to admit of any appeal in the 
 case of an alien rejected as provided for in section ten 
 of this Act. 
 
 [NOTE. The Division of Naturalization of the Bureau 
 of Immigration and Naturalization was made the Bureau 
 of Naturalization by the act of March 4, 1913.] 
 
 468. Coast Guard. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1015. There shall be established in lieu of the existing Re ve- 
 nue-Cutter Service and the Life-Saving Service, to be 
 composed of those two existing organizations, with the 
 existing offices and positions and the incumbent o Hirers 
 and men of those two services, the Coast Guard, which 
 shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United 
 States and which shall operate under the Treasury De- 
 partment in time of peace and operate as a part of the 
 Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the 
 Navy, in time of war or when the President shall SO 
 direct. When subject to the Secretary of the Navy in 
 time of war the expense of the Coast Guard shall be 
 paid by the Navy Department: /V"/vVrf/, That no pro- 
 vision of this Act shall he construed as giving any officer 
 of either the ( 'oasl ( iuanl or the Navy, military or other 
 control at any time over any vessel, ollicer. or man of 
 the other service except ly direction of the President. 
 
PART XI. VI. Al'.Ml.xisi i;.\ I i\ r. AND EXECUTIVE OFFICES, 507 
 
 In the Coast (muni there shall U' a captain coin- S(>(1 - - 
 mandant. senior captains, captains, lii-st lieutenants, sec 
 oiul lieutenants, tliinl lieutenants, engineer in chief, cap- 
 tains of engineers, lirst lieutenants of engineers, second 
 lieutenants of engineers, third lieutenants of engineers 
 and constructors, cadet and cadet engineers, warrant 
 officers, petty olliccrs, and other enlisted men, all of said 
 ollices, respectively, corresponding to the present offices 
 of the Revenue-Cutter Service, which are transferred to 
 the Coast (iiiard. and all the present incumbents, officers 
 and enlisted men. are also transferred to corresponding 
 positions in the Coast Guard; a general superintendent, 
 assistant genera] superintendent, district superintendents, 
 keepers, and surl'inen, which offices and positions shall be 
 transferred from the corresponding positions in the exist- 
 ing Life-Saving Service and be made like positions in 
 the Coast Guard, and all the incumbent officers and surf- 
 men shall be transferred to such corresponding positions 
 in the Coast Guard, in which the superintendents shall 
 be commissioned as such, keepers shall be warrant officers, 
 and surfmen shall be enlisted men, of which enlisted men 
 the number one surfmen shall be petty officers. 
 
 # * # * # 
 
 Except as herein modified all existing laws relating 
 either to the present Life-Saving Service or the present 
 Revenue-Cutter Service shall remain of force as far as 
 applicable to the Coast Guard and the offices, positions, 
 operations, and duties shall in all respects be held and 
 construed to impose the same duties upon the positions 
 and their incumbents in the Coast Guard as are now 
 imposed upon the corresponding positions and incum- 
 bents in the said two existing organizations. The pro- 
 visions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate enlist- 
 ments and punishments in the United States Revenue- 
 Cutter Service," approved May twenty-sixth, nineteen 
 hundred and six, shall apply to and govern the Coast 
 Guard. 
 
 All duties now performed by the Revenue- Cutter Serv- 
 ice and Life-Saving Service shall continue to be per- 
 formed by the Coast Guard, and all such duties, together 
 with all duties that may hereafter be imposed upon the 
 Coast Guard, shall be administered by the captain com- 
 mandant, under the direction of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, and all funds and appropriations now provided 
 by law for the Revenue-Cutter Service and all funds and 
 appropriations now provided by law for the Life-Saving 
 Service shall be available for like purposes under the 
 Coast Guard hereby created. 
 
 * * ' * * * 
 
 When the organization of the Coast Guard shall have Sec - 4 - 
 been perfected the President is authorized to retire the 
 general superintendent on seventy-five per centum of his 
 
508 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 June 18, 1878. 
 Sec. 7. 
 
 Bee, -2 
 
 
 present salary, and no further appointment shall be made 
 to such office. At the same time the office of assistant 
 general superintendent shall be abolished. 
 
 469. Life-Saving Service. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the general superintendent to 
 supervise the organization and government of the em- 
 ployees of the service; to prepare and revise regulations 
 therefor as may be necessary ; to fix the number and com- 
 pensation of surfmen to be employed at the several sta- 
 tions within the provisions of law ; to supervise the ex- 
 penditure of all appropriations made for the support and 
 maintenance of the Life-Saving Service; to examine the 
 accounts of disbursements of the district superintendents, 
 and to certify the same to the accounting-officer of the 
 Treasury Department; to examine the property returns 
 of the keepers of the several stations, and see that all 
 public property thereto belonging is properly accounted 
 for; to acquaint himself, as far as practicable, with all 
 means employed in foreign countries which may seem to 
 advantageously affect the interests of the service, and to 
 cause to be properly investigated all plans, devices, and 
 inventions for the improvement of life-saving apparatus 
 for use at the stations, which may appear to be meritori- 
 ous and available; to exercise supervision over the selec- 
 tion of sites for new stations the establishment of which 
 may be authorized by law T , or for old ones the removal of 
 which may be made necessary by the encroachment of the 
 sea or by other causes; to prepare and submit to the Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury estimates for the support of the 
 service; to collect and compile the statistics of marine 
 disasters contemplated by the act of June twentieth, 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-four ; and to submit to the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, for transmission to Congress, 
 an annual report of the expenditures of the moneys ap- 
 propriated for the maintenance of the Life-Saving Serv- 
 ice, and of the operations of said service during the year. 
 20,1874. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authori/ed. 
 whenever, in his opinion, it may become necessary for the 
 proper administration of the life-saving service, and the 
 protection of the public property at the stations and 
 houses of refuge herein authorized to be established, to 
 appoint one superintendent for the 1 coasts of Delaware 
 and Virginia, one for the coast of Florida, one for the 
 coasts of Lakes Erie and Ontario, one for the coasts of 
 Lakes Huron and Superior, and one for the roast of Lake 
 Michigan, and also a keeper for each of said stations and 
 houses of refuge; and the said superintendents shall have 
 the powers and perform the duties of inspectors of 
 customs. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authori/ed to 
 appoint an assistant to the superintendent of the coast of 
 
PART XLVI. ADMINISTRATIVE AND KAKCt'TI VK, OK KICKS. 500 
 
 Long Island and Rhode Island, who shall perform the 
 duties required of the superintendent at the life-saving 
 stations within the State of L'hode Island, and reside on 
 Block Island, and for his services he shall receive an 
 annual salary of five hundred dollars. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to Bec.6. 
 employ crews of experienced surfmen at such of the sta- 
 tions herein denominated complete stations and at such 
 of the life-boat stations on the Pacific coast as he may 
 deem necessary and proper, for such periods, and at such 
 compensation, not to exceed forty dollars per month, as 
 he may deem necessary and reasonable. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury may accept the services see. 6. 
 of volunteer crews of any of the life-boat stations herein 
 authorized, who shall be subject to the rules and regula- 
 tions governing the life-saving service; and a list of the 
 names of each crew shall be kept in the office of the Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury. Such volunteers shall receive no 
 compensation except a sum of not more than ten dollars 
 each for every occasion upon which they shall have been 
 instrumental in saving human life, and such of the medals 
 herein authorized as they may be entitled to under the 
 provisions hereinafter made: Provided, That no pay- 
 ment shall be made to any person who shall not have 
 actually participated in the efforts to save the life or lives 
 rescued. 
 
 Section six of said act of June twentieth, eighteen him- ^J^J 8 ' 187 *- 
 dred and seventy- four, is so amended as to extend the 
 compensation of the enrolled members of volunteer crews 
 of life-boat stations therein named to occasions of actual 
 and deserving services at any shipwreck, or in the relief of 
 any vessel in distress, and that such persons as may volun- 
 teer to take the place of any absent or disabled enrolled 
 members of a crew, and who shall be accepted by the 
 keeper, may be paid therefor, in the discretion of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, a sum not to exceed eight dol- 
 lars each on every such occasion: Provided, That all 
 crews and volunteers employed under authority of this 
 act who may be present at a wreck shall be required to 
 use their utmost endeavors to save life and properly care 
 for the bodies of such as may perish, and, when such 
 efforts are no longer necessary, to save property and pro- 
 tect the same, under the direction of the senior keeper 
 present or of the superintendent of the district, until the 
 arrival of persons legally authorized to take charge; and 
 for the time employed in so saving and protecting prop- 
 
510 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 May 4, 1882. 
 Sec. 7. 
 
 Sec. 8. 
 
 erty volunteers shall be entitled to compensation not to 
 exceed three dollars per day each, in the discretion of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 If any keeper or member of a crew of a life-saving or 
 life-boat station shall be so disabled by reason of any 
 wound or injury received or disease contracted in the 
 Life- Saving Service in the line of duty as to unfit him for 
 the performance of duty, such disability to be determined 
 in such manner as shall be prescribed in the regulations 
 of the service, he shall be continued upon the rolls of the 
 service and entitled to receive his full pay during the con- 
 tinuance of such disability, not to exceed the period of 
 one year, unless the general superintendent shall recom- 
 mend, upon a statement of facts, the extension of the 
 period through a portion or the whole of another year, 
 and said recommendation receive the approval of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury as just and reasonable; but in 
 no case shall said disabled keeper or member of a crew be 
 continued upon the rolls or receive pay for a longer 
 period than two years. 
 
 If any keeper or member of a crew of a life-saving sta- 
 . ' ' 'tion shall hereafter die by reason of perilous service or 
 any wound or injury received or disease contracted in 
 the life-saving service in the line of duty, leaving a 
 widow, or a child or children under sixteen years of age, 
 or a dependent mother, such widow and child or chil- 
 dren and dependent mother shall be entitled to receive, 
 in equal portions, during a period of two years, under 
 such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
 prescribe, the same amount, payable quarterly as far as 
 practicable, that the husband or father or son would be 
 entitled to receive as pay if he were alive and continued 
 in the service : Provided, That if the widow shall remarry 
 at any time during the said two years her portion of said 
 amount shall cease to be paid to her from the date of her 
 remarriage, but shall be added to the amount to be paid 
 to the remaining beneficiaries under the provisions of 
 this section, if there be any; and if any child shall arrive 
 at the age of sixteen years during the said two years, the 
 portion of such child shall cease to be paid to such child 
 from the date on which such age shall be attained, but 
 shall be added to the amount to be paid to the remaining 
 beneficiaries, if there be any. 
 
 1878 ' t T Pn the occurrence of any shipwreck within the 
 scope of the operations of the ' Li fe-Sa vinr Service, at- 
 tended with loss of life, the general superintendent shall 
 cause an investigation of all the circumstances connected 
 with said disaster and loss of life to be made, with a. view 
 of ascertaining the cause of the disaster, and whether any 
 of the officers or employees of the service have been guilty 
 of neglect or misconduct in the premises: and any officer 
 or clerk in the employment of the Treasury Department 
 who may be detailed to conduct such investigation, or to 
 
PAUT XI. VI. ADMIMSTIIA I 1\ !; AND EXECUTIVE UFI-'K'KS. 511 
 
 examine into any alleged incompetcncy or misconduct of 
 
 ;my oi' (he officers or employees of the Life-Saving Serv- 
 
 !i:ill have authority to administer an oath to any wit- 
 
 altcnding to testify or depose in the conrse oi' such 
 
 investigation. 
 
 The enrolled members oi' the crews of life-boat stations * 11. 
 may he called out for drill and exercise in the life-hoat 
 and life-saving apparatus as often as the general superin- 
 tendent may determine, not to exceed twice a month, for 
 each day's attendance at which they shall be entitled to 
 the sum of three dollars each. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authori/ed to ^ y 
 discontinue any life-saving or life-boat station or house 
 of refuge whenever in his judgment the interests of com- 
 merce and humanity no longer require its existence. 
 
 The General Superintendent may transfer the appara- Sec - 3 - 
 tus, appliances, equipments, and supplies of any discon- 
 tinued station or house of refuge to such other stations or 
 houses of refuse as may need them, and may also transfer 
 any portion of the apparatus, appliances, equipments, 
 and supplies, of one station or house of refuge to another 
 whenever in his judgment the interests of the service may 
 require it. 
 
 Hereafter all district superintendents of life-saving Sec - 4 - 
 stations shall be disbursing officers and paymasters for 
 their respective districts, and shall give such bonds as the 
 Secretary of the Treasury may require, and shall have 
 the powers and perform the duties of inspectors of 
 customs. 
 
 The appointment of district superintendents, inspec- Sec. 10. 
 tors, and keepers and crews of life-saving stations shall 
 be made solely with reference to their fitness, and with- 
 out reference to their political or party affiliations. 
 
 Hereafter the compensation of the keepers of life-sav- J n e is, 
 ing and life-boat stations and houses of refuge shall be at 
 the rate of four hundred dollars per annum; and they 
 shall have the powers of inspectors of customs, but shall 
 receive no additional compensation for duties performed 
 as such: Provided, That said keepers shall have author- 
 ity and be required to take charge of and protect all 
 property saved from shipwreck at which they may be 
 present, until it is claimed by parties legally authorized 
 to receive it, or until otherwise instructed to dispose of 
 it by the Secretary of the Treasury ; and keepers of life- 
 saving stations shall be required to reside continually at 
 or in the immediate vicinity of their respective stations. 
 [Note : Compensation changed June 22, 1892 ; but powers 
 bestowed in this section remain.] 
 
 Hereafter the life-saving stations upon the Atlantic sec. 5 
 and gulf coasts at which crews are employed shall be 
 manned and the stations opened for active service on the 
 first day of August in each year, and so continue until the Aug. 3, 1894. 
 first day of June succeeding, and upon the lake coasts 
 
 92075 15 33 
 
512 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 May 4, 1882. 
 Sec. 6. 
 
 K. S., 2761. 
 
 from the opening to the close of navigation, except such 
 stations as, in the discretion of the Secretary of the 
 Treasury, are not necessary to be manned during the full 
 period specified; and the crews shall reside at the sta- 
 tions during said periods. 
 
 Crews may be employed at any of the life-saving or 
 life-boat stations on the Pacific coast during such por- 
 tion of the year as the general superintendent may deem 
 necessary. 
 
 .Tune 20, 1874. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to 
 make all necessary regulations for the government of the 
 life-saving service not inconsistent with law. 
 
 470. Coast Guard. 
 
 The master of any Coast Guard cutter shall make a 
 weekly return to the collector, or other officer of the dis- 
 trict under whose direction it is placed, of the transac- 
 tions of the cutter, specifying the vessels that have been 
 boarded, their names and descriptions, the names of the 
 masters, from what port or place they last sailed, whether 
 laden or in ballast, to what nation belonging, and whether 
 they have the necessary manifests of their cargoes on 
 board, and generally all such matters as it may be neces- 
 sary for the officers of the customs to know. 
 
 The officers of Coast Guard cutters shall perform, in 
 addition to the duties hereinbefore prescribed, such other 
 duties for the collection and security of the revenue as 
 from time to time shall be directed by the Secretary of 
 the Treasury, not contrary to law. 
 
 471. Bureau of Lighthouses. 
 
 Hereafter there shall be in the Department of Com- 
 merce a bureau of light-houses and a commissioner 
 of light-houses, who shall be the head of said bureau, 
 to be appointed by the President, who shall receive 
 a salary of five thousand dollars per annum. There 
 shall also be in the bureau a deputy commissioner, to 
 be appointed by the President, who shall receive a sal- 
 ary of four thousand dollars per annum, and a chief 
 clerk, who shall perform the duties of chief clerk ami 
 such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Secre- 
 tary of Commerce or by the commissioner. There shall 
 also be in the bureau such inspectors, clerical assistant-. 
 and other employees as may from time to time be author- 
 ized by Congress, and there shall also be employed one 
 
 R S. f 2762. 
 
 June 17, 1910. 
 Bee. 4. 
 
PART XLVI. ADMINISTUANVK AND KXKd'TlYK OKKU'KS. 
 
 chief constructing engineer at a salary of four thousand 
 dollars per anniiiu and one superintendent of naval con- 
 struction at a salary of three (lioiisand dollars per anniiiu, 
 
 both to he appointed, by the President. The commissioner 
 
 of light-houses shall make an annual report to the Secre- 
 tary of Commerce, who shall transmit the same to Con- 
 gress at the beginning of each regular session thereof; 
 and such commissioner, subject to the approval of the 
 Secretary of Commerce, is hereby authorized to consider, 
 ascertain, adjust, and determine all claims for damages, 
 where the amount of the claim does not exceed the sum of 
 five hundred dollars, hereafter occasioned by collisions, 
 for which collisions vessels of the Light-House Service 
 shall be found to be responsible, and report the amounts 
 so ascertained and determined to be due the claimants to 
 Congress at each session thereof through the Treasury 
 Department for payment as legal claims out of appro- 
 priations that may be made by Congress therefor. 
 
 That all employees of or in the Light-House Board or sec. 5. 
 the Light-House Establishment are hereby transferred to 
 the bureau of light-houses, excepting, however, army and 
 navy officers. 
 
 All duties performed and all power and authority now sec. 6. 
 possessed or exercised by the Light-House Board, under 
 any provision of law not hereby repealed, are hereby 
 transferred to and imposed and conferred upon and 
 vested in the commissioner of light-houses, under the 
 direction and control of the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
 The commissioner of light-houses shall, under the di- sec. 7. 
 rection and control of the Secretary of Commerce, have 
 charge and control of the construction, maintenance, re- 
 pair, illumination, inspection, and superintendence of 
 light-house depots, supply stations, light and signal sta- 
 tions, light-houses, light-vessels, light-house tenders, fog 
 signals, submarine signals, beacons, buoys, day marks, 
 post-lantern lights, and seamarks and their appendages, 
 and generally of the Light-House Service; and the 
 charge and custody of all the archives, books, documents, 
 drawings, models, returns, apparatus, and other things 
 appertaining to the Light-House Establishment. 
 
 All materials for construction, maintenance, repair, and sec. 8. 
 operation shall be procured by public contracts, under 
 such regulations as may from time to time be prescribed 
 
514 
 
 NAVIGATION" LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Sec. 9. 
 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 Sec. 11. 
 
 by the commissioner, subject to the approval of the Sec- 
 retary of Commerce, and no contract shall be made 
 except after public advertisement for proposals in such 
 form and manner as to secure general notice thereof, and 
 the same shall only be made with the lowest and best 
 bidder therefor, upon security deemed sufficient in the 
 judgment of the commissioner of light-houses, but all 
 bids may at any time be rejected by the commissioner: 
 Provided, however, That the commsisioner of light- 
 houses may purchase illuminating oil, wicks, and chim- 
 neys for lights, and ground tackle for light-vessels and 
 buoys, and to an amount not exceeding five hundred dol- 
 lars at any one time, other materials and supplies when 
 immediate delivery is required by an exigency, by private 
 contract or in the open market, if he deems it for the best 
 interests of the service so to do; but such purchases shall 
 be set forth in the annual report of the commissioner with 
 the reasons for purchasing other than upon bids after 
 public advertisement. 
 
 The commissioner, under the direction of the Secretary 
 of Commerce, is authorized, whenever an appropriation is 
 made by Congress for a new light-house, the proper site 
 for which does not belong to the United States, to pur- 
 chase the necessary land for such site, provided the pur- 
 chase money be paid from the amount appropriated for 
 such light-house without exceeding the limit of cost, if 
 any, fixed in such case; and the commissioner of light- 
 houses is authorized to employ temporarily draftsmen for 
 the preparation of plans for tenders and light- vessels 
 which may be authorized by Congress, to be paid from the 
 respective appropriations therefor. 
 
 The commissioner of light-houses, under the direction 
 and control of the Secretary of Commerce, shall, from 
 time to time, prescribe and distribute such regulations as 
 he may deem proper for securing an efficient, uniform, 
 and economic administration of the Light-House Service. 
 
 The commissioner of light-houses, subject to the ap- 
 proval of the Secretary of Commerce, as soon as prac- 
 ticable, shall rearrange, the ocean, gulf, and lake coasts 
 and the rivers of the Tinted States, Porto Rico, and 
 the naval station in Cuba into not exceeding nineteen 
 light-house districts, and a light-house inspector shall 
 l>e assigned in charge of each district. The light-house 
 inspectors shall each receive a salary of two thousand 
 four hundred dollars per annum, except the inspector of 
 the third district, whose salary shall be three thousand 
 six hundred dollars per annum. The President may. for 
 a period not exceeding three years from the taking ellect 
 of this section, assign army and navy officers to act in lieu 
 of the appointment of civilian light-house inspectors, 
 but such army and navy officers shall not receive any 
 
PART XI. VI. ADMINISTIIATIYK AND K\ K( ' 1'TI V K oH'irKS. 515 
 
 
 
 salary or compensation in addition to the salary or com- 
 pcTisation they arc entitled to as such army or navy oili- 
 cers: /V^/vVrv/, Tliat in tlic districts which include the 
 Mississippi River and its tributaries the President may 
 designate army engineers to perform the duties of and act 
 as inspectors. The President may detail officers of the 
 Knginecr Corps of the United States Army for consulta- 
 tion or to superintend the construction or repair of any 
 aid to navigation authorized by Congress. 
 
 No light-house, beacon, public piers, or landmark, R. s., 4661. 
 shall be built or erected on any site until cession of juris- 
 diction over the same has been made to the United States. 
 
 A cession by a State of jurisdiction over a place selected R. s.,4662. 
 as the site of a light-house, or other structure or work June 17, 1010. 
 of the Light-House Service, shall be deemed sufficient 
 within the preceding section, notwithstanding it contains 
 a rcM-rvation that process issued under authority of such 
 State may continue to be served within such place. And 
 notwithstanding any such cession of jurisdiction contains 
 no such reservation, all process may be served and exe- 
 cuted within the place ceded, in the same manner as if no 
 cession had been made. 
 
 Whenever any of the light-vessels occupying positions R s., 4668. 
 which are adapted to the erection of light-houses upon 
 pile-foundations require to be rebuilt, or require such ex- 
 tensive repairs as to render the substitution of such light- 
 house advisable and practicable, such permanent struc- 
 tures may be erected in place of any such light-vessels; 
 but the expense arising from all such changes and erec- 
 tions shall be defrayed from the general annual appro- 
 priations for repairs, and so forth, of light- vessels, ex- 
 cept when a special appropriation is made for such 
 change. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall assign to any of the R. s., 4672. 
 collectors of the customs the superintendence of such Feb - 14 - 1903 
 light-houses, beacons, light-ships, and buoys, as he deems Sec - 4 - 
 best. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to regulate R. s., 4673. 
 the salaries of the respective keepers of light-houses in Feb - 14, 1903. 
 such manner as he deems just and proper, but the whole Sec - 4 - 
 sum allowed for such salaries shall not exceed an average 
 of six hundred dollars to each keeper. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may. upon the recommen- R. s., 4674. 
 dation of the Commissioner of Light-Houses, discontinue Feb. 14, 1903. 
 from time to time such lights as may from any cause be- Sec - 4 - 
 come useless or unnecessary. And he may, upon the like JjJ*^* 1 1( 
 recommendation, from time to time re-establish any lights 
 which have been thus discontinued, whenever he believes 
 such re-establishment to be required by public conven- 
 ience or the necessities of trade or commerce. 
 
 No inspector, light-keeper, or other person in any R. s., 4680. 
 manner connected with the light-house service, shall be June 17 191 - 
 
516 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 
 interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract 
 for labor, materials, or supplies for the light house sefv- 
 ice, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or 
 illumination, or in any article of supply for the light- 
 house service. 
 
 , 1906. After the first day of January, nineteen hundred and 
 June 17, 1910. seven, it shall be unlawful for any person, company, cor- 
 poration, or municipality not under the control of the 
 Commissioner of Light-Houses, to establish, erect, or 
 maintain in the navigable waters of the United States 
 any light as an aid to navigation, or any other aid to 
 navigation similar to any of those maintained by the 
 United States under the control and direction of the 
 Commissioner of Light-Houses, without first obtaining 
 permission so to do from the Commissioner of Light- 
 Houses, in accordance with rules and regulations to be 
 established by the Secretary of Commerce ; and any per- 
 son violating the provisions of this section or any of the 
 rules and regulations established by the Secretary of 
 Commerce in accordance herewith shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine not exceeding 
 the sum of one hundred dollars for each offense, and each 
 day during which such violation shall continue shall be 
 considered as a new offense. 
 472. Treasury agents. 
 
 R. s., 2G49._ The Secretary of the Treasury may appoint one super- 
 Mar*. sf'illi?' vising special agent, who shall receive in addition to the 
 necessary traveling expenses actually incurred by him, a 
 compensation of ten dollars per day; eighteen special 
 agents, who shall each receive in addition to the necessary 
 traveling expenses actually incurred by him, a compensa- 
 tion to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to 
 exceed eight dollars per day; and nine special agents, 
 who shall each receive in addition to the necessary travel- 
 ing expenses actually incurred by him, a compensation to 
 Feb. 14, 1903. be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury not to exceed 
 jcs. 4, 10. g- x d o u ars p er j^y, for the purpose of making the exam- 
 inations of the books, papers, and accounts of collectors 
 and other officers of the customs, and to be employed gen- 
 erally, under the direction of the Secretary, in the pre- 
 vention and detection of frauds on the customs revenue; 
 and the expenses thereof shall be charged to the kw appro- 
 priation to defray the expense of collecting the revenue 
 from customs." 
 
 u. s.. L-r,r,i. The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, 
 AH. ir,, is. , na i a SU cl, regulations not inconsistent with law, for the 
 government of the special agents, as he deems expedient, 
 and may rescind or alter regulations so made. But no 
 special agent, in addition to those aiithori/ed by the two 
 preceding sections fsec. 2G4D as amended], shall be ap- 
 pointed or employed upon any business relating to the 
 customs revenue; nor shall any sum be paid to any agent 
 authorized to be employed for mileage or any other ex- 
 
PART XLVI. ADMINISTRATIVE AND KXKCUTIVK <1 I K I S. 517 
 
 pen.-cs except such as are actually incurred in the dis- 
 charge of his ollicial duty. 
 
 It shall he the duty of all oflieers of the customs to exe- u. s., 2662. 
 cute and carry into effect all instructions of the Secretary 
 of the Treasury relative to the execution of the revenue 
 laws: and in case any difficulty shall arise as to the true 
 construction or meaning of any part of the revenue laws, 
 the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury shall be con- 
 clusive and binding upon all officers of the customs. 
 
 The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, u. a., 2653. 
 whenever he shall think it advantageous to the public 
 service, to abolish or suspend the office of naval officer, or 
 any other subordinate office, in any collection-district of 
 the United States, except in Boston, New York, Philadel- 
 phia. Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, Portland in 
 Maine, and San Francisco, and to assign the duties of tho 
 office or any other subordinate office so abolished or sus- 
 pended to a deputy collector or inspector of the customs; 
 and so much of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures as 
 would otherwise inure to either of such naval officers shall, 
 after the discontinuance of their offices, respectively, be 
 paid into the Treasury of the United States, and there 
 credited to the fund for defraying the expenses of col- 
 lecting the revenue from customs. 
 
 473. Alaska seal agents. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce shall have authority to Apr. 21, 1910. 
 appoint such additional officers, agents, and employees Seo ' ' 
 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
 Act and the laws of the United States relating to the seal 
 fisheries of Alaska, to prescribe their duties and to fix 
 their compensation; he shall likewise have authority to 
 purchase from the present lessee of the right to take 
 seals on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, at a 
 fair valuation to be agreed upon, the warehouses, salt 
 houses, boats, launches, lighters, horses, mules, wagons, 
 and other property of the said lessee on the islands of 
 Saint Paul and Saint George, including the dwellings of 
 the natives of said islands ; he shall likewise have author- 
 ity to establish and maintain depots for provisions and 
 supplies on the Pribilof Islands and to provide for the 
 transportation of such provisions and supplies from the 
 mainland of the United States to the said islands by the 
 charter of private vessels or by the use of public vessels 
 of the United States which may be placed at his disposal 
 by the President; and he shall likewise have authority to 
 furnish food, shelter, fuel, clothing, and other necessaries 
 of life to the native inhabitants of the Pribilof Islands 
 and to provide for their comfort, maintenance, education, 
 and protection. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to appoint R. g., 1373. 
 one agent and three assistant agents, who shall be charged g^"? 14 ' 19 3 ' 
 with the management of the seal fisheries in Alaska, and 
 the performance of such other duties as may be assigned 
 to them by the Secretary of Commerce. 
 
518 
 
 NAVIGATION" LAWS <>F THK I' X TIKI) STATES. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 R. s., 1975. Such agents shall never be interested, directly or indi- 
 rectly, in any lease of the right to take seals, nor in any 
 proceeds or profits thereof, either as owner, agent, part- 
 ner, or otherwise. 
 
 R. s., 1976. Such agents are empowered to administer -oaths in all 
 cases relating to the service of the United States, and to 
 take testimony in Alaska for the use of the Government 
 in any matter concerning the public revenues. 
 
 R. s., 2999. For the purpose of better guarding against frauds upon 
 the revenue on foreign merchandise transported between 
 the ports of the Atlantic and those of the Pacific overland 
 through any foreign territory, the Secretary of the Treas- 
 ury may appoint special sworn agents as inspectors of the 
 customs, to reside in such foreign territory where such 
 merchandise may be landed or embarked, with power to 
 superintend the landing or shipping of all merchandise, 
 passing coastwise between the ports of the United States 
 on the Pacific and the Atlantic. It shall be their duty, 
 under such regulations and instructions as the Secretary 
 of the Treasury may prescribe, to guard against the per- 1 
 petration of frauds upon the revenue. The compensation 
 paid to such inspectors shall not in the aggregate exceed 
 five thousand dollars per annum. 
 
 474. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 
 
 R. s., 4681. The President is authorized to cause a survey to be 
 taken of the coasts of the United States, in which shall be 
 designated the islands and shoals, with the roads or places 
 of anchorage, within twenty leagues of any part of the 
 shores of the United States; and also the respective 
 courses and distances between the principal capes or head- 
 lands, together with such other matters as he may deem 
 proper for completing an accurate chart of every part of 
 the coasts. 
 
 R. s., 4682. The President may also cause such examinations and 
 observations to be made with respect to Saint George's 
 Bank, and to any other bank, or shoal, and the soundings 
 and currents, although beyond the distance of twenty 
 leagues from the shore to the Gulf Stream, as he may 
 deem especially subservient to the commercial interests of 
 the United States. 
 
 R. s., 4686. The President is authorized, for any of the purposes of 
 surveying the coast of the Tinted States, to cause to he 
 employed such of the puhlie vessels in actual service as he 
 deems it expedient to employ, and to irive such instruc 
 tions for reirulatiiiir their conduct as he deems proper, 
 - to the ten., r of this Title [U.S., HM H;iH]. 
 
I'AIIT \LV1. ADAIIMSI i;.\TI\ I-. AND EXECUTIVE ni-l-'lCKS. 519 
 
 ( )llicers of tin 1 Army :iml N;i\y shall, as far as pnictica- 1: - s - 4087 - 
 hie, IK> employed in tlu 1 \\ork of surveying the coast of the. 
 Tinted States, whenever and in the manner required by 
 the Department having charge thereof. 
 
 The Secretary of Commerce may make such allowances R. S., 4088. 
 to the oflicers and men of the Army and Navy, while 0111- ^ 4 14 ' 1903t 
 ployed on ('oast Survey service, for subsistence, in addi- 
 tion to their compensation, as he may deem necessary, not 
 exceeding the sum aiithori/ed by the Treasury regulation 
 of the eleventh day of May, eighteen hundred and forty- 
 four. 
 
 The salary of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey it. s., 4689. 
 shall be six thousand dollars a year. 
 
 The Coast Survey report shall be submitted to Congress u - s - 4G9 - 
 during the month of December in each year, and shall be 
 accompanied by a general chart of the whole coasts of the 
 Tinted States, on as large a scale as convenient and prac- 
 ticable, showing, as near as practicable, the configuration 
 of the coasts, and showing, by lines, the probable limits 
 of the Gulf Stream, and showing, by lines, the probable 
 limit to which the soundings off the coast will extend, 
 and si iow ing, by the use of colors and explanations, the 
 exact portions of our coasts, of which complete charts 
 have been published by the Coast Survey; also, showing 
 such other parts of the coasts of which the triangulation, 
 the topography, and the soundings have been completed, 
 but not published, and, also, such parts of the coasts of 
 which the triangulation and topography, or the triangu- 
 lation only, have been completed. 
 
 475. District court commissioners. 
 
 The terms of office of all commissioners of the circuit May - 8 . 
 courts heretofore appointed shall expire on the thirtieth Si ' c - 19> 
 day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; and 
 such office shall on that day cease to exist, and said com- 
 missioners shall then deposit all the records and other 
 official papers appertaining to their offices in the office of 
 the clerk of the circuit court by which they were ap- 
 pointed. All proceedings pending, returnable, unexe- 
 cuted, or unfinished at said date before any such com- 
 missioner shall be continued and disposed of according 
 to law by such commissioner appointed as herein pro- 
 vided, as may be designated by the district court for that 
 purpose. It shall be the duty of the district court of 
 each judicial district to appoint such number of persons, 
 to be known as United States commissioners, at such 
 places in the district as may be designated by the district 
 court, which United States commissioners shall have the 
 same powers and perform the same duties as are now 
 imposed upon commissioners of the circuit courts. The 
 appointment of such United States commissioners shall be 
 entered of record in the district courts, and notice thereof 
 
520 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 at once given by the clerk to the Attorney-General. That 
 such United States commissioners shall hold their offices, 
 respectively, for the term of four years, but they shall be 
 at any time subject to removal by the district court; and 
 no person shall at any time be a clerk or deputy clerk of 
 a United States court and a United States commissioner 
 without the approval of the Attorney-General : Provided, 
 That all acts and parts of acts applicable to commission- 
 ers of the circuit courts, except as to appointment and 
 fees, shall be applicable to United States commissioners 
 appointed under this Act. Warrants of arrest for viola- 
 tions of internal revenue laws may be issued by United 
 States commissioners upon the sworn complaint of a 
 United States district attorney, assistant United States 
 district attorney, collector or deputy collector of internal 
 revenue, or revenue agent or private citizen, but no such 
 warrant of arrest shall be issued upon the sworn com- 
 plaint of a private citizen unless first approved in writ- 
 ing by a United States district attorney. That United 
 States commissioners and all clerks of United States 
 courts are hereby authorized to administer oaths. 
 
 476. Unauthorized services. 
 
 Ma?"l 6 i9b5 ^ Executive Department or other Government estab- 
 Sec.4. ' lishment of the United States shall expend, in any one 
 lec.'s. 7 ' li00 ' fiscal year, any sum in excess of appropriations made by 
 Congress for that fiscal year, or involve the Government 
 in any contract or other obligation for the future pay- 
 ment of money in excess of such appropriations unless 
 such contract or obligation is authorized by law. Nor 
 shall any Department or any officer of the Government 
 accept voluntary service for the Government or employ 
 personal service in excess of that authorized by law, 
 except in cases of sudden emergency involving the loss 
 of human life or the destruction of property. All appro- 
 priations made for contingent expenses or other general 
 purposes, except appropriations made in fulfillment of 
 contract obligations expressly authorized by law, or for 
 objects required or authorized by law without reference 
 to the amounts annually appropriated therefor, shall, on 
 or before the beginning of each fiscal year, be so appor- 
 tioned by monthly or other allotments as to prevent ex- 
 penditures in one portion of the year which may necessi- 
 tate delirieney or additional appropriations to complete 
 the service of the fiscal year for which said appropria- 
 tions are made: and all such apportionments shall l>e ad- 
 hered to and shall not be Waived or modified except upon 
 the happening of some extraordinary emergency or un- 
 usual circumstance which could not he anticipated at the 
 time of making such apportionment, but this provision 
 shall not apply to the contingent appropriations of the 
 Senate or House of Representatives; and in case said ap- 
 portionments are waived or modified as herein provided, 
 
PAHT XI. VI. ADMIMSTi; \TI\K AND KXKCUTIVE OFFK'KS. 521 
 
 the same shall IK' waive.! or modified in writing by the 
 head of such Executive Department or other Go vemment 
 
 establishment having control of the expenditure, and the 
 reasons therefor shall be fully set forth in each particular 
 ca>e and communicated to Congress in connection with 
 estimates for any additional appropriations required on 
 acconnt thereof. Any person violating any provision of 
 this section shall be summarily removed from office and 
 may also be punished by a fine of not less than one hun- 
 dred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one 
 month. 
 
PART XLVIL FEES PAYABLE BY PRIVATE PERSONS. 
 
 477. Fees on vessels payable by private persons. 
 
 [NOTE. By section 1 of the act of Tune 19, 1886, and section 22 of the act of June 10. 
 isiio, the system of compensating officers of the Government enforcing the navigation 
 laws was materially changed. Nearly all the fees previously collected by them from 
 masters and owners of vessels of the United States for services rendered were abolished, 
 and payment made directly from the Treasury on the basis of the former fees. For this 
 reason, wherever practicable in the text of this compilation, provisions requiring the 
 payment of fees have been omitted as no longer in force between the master or owner 
 of a vessel of the United States and the Government, but in force only as determining 
 the compensation, in some instances, paid by the Government to its employees. 
 
 Following are the sections of law above referred to, with a schedule of the fees which 
 still remain payable by the owner, master, or agent of a vessel of the United States at 
 ports on the seaboard and western rivers, and also at ports on the Great Lakes and north- 
 ern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers.] 
 
 .!. T x C Mar e 3~ There shall be one collector of customs for each of the 
 1913. 'customs collection districts above established [for list of 
 
 customs collection districts see par. 478, p. 5*27], who 
 shall receive the compensation hereafter set forth, which 
 shall constitute all the compensation and emoluments to 
 be received by him and which shall be in lieu of all fees, 
 commissions, salaries, or other emoluments of any name 
 or nature (including the right to charge for blank mani- 
 fests and clearances under the provisions of section LMUs 
 of the Revised Statutes) heretofore received by or allowed 
 to him. * * * All moneys collected or received by 
 such collectors of customs in their official capacities, 
 whether as fees, storage, commissions, or from tin 1 salt 1 
 of blank forms or otherwise, shall be covered into the 
 Treasury. 
 
 June 19, 1886. On and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
 six, no fees shall be charged or collected by collectors or 
 ether officers of customs, or by inspectors of steam-vessels 
 or shipping commissioners, for the following services to 
 vessels of the United States, to wit: Measurement of ton- 
 nage and certifying the same; issuing of license or grant- 
 ing of certificate of registry, record, or enrollment, in- 
 cluding all indorsements on the same and bond and oath ; 
 indorsement of change of master; certifying and receiv- 
 ing manifest, including master's oath and permit: grant- 
 ing permit to vessels licensed for the fisheries to touch 
 and trade: granting certificate of payment of tonnage 
 dues: recording bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or 
 convevance, or the discharge of such mortgage or hypo- 
 thecation: furnishing certificate of title; furnishing the 
 crew list, certificate of protection to seamen: bill of 
 health: shipping or discliaririni: of seamen, as provided 
 by title fifty-three of the Revised Statutes JR. S.. 4501- 
 lil-J| and section two of this act: apprenticing boys to 
 
 522 
 
PART XI. VII.- KKKS I 'A \ A I 1 , 1 .K \\\ I'UYATK I'KKSONS. 523 
 
 tlu merchant service; inspect ing, examining, and licens- 
 ing steam-vessels, including inspection certificate and 
 copies thereof: and licensing ,,j' master, engineer, pilot, 
 oi- mate of a \essel ; and a 11 pro\ isions of laws author i/ing 
 01- requiring the collection of fees for such services are 
 repealed, such repeal to take ellect July first, eighteen 
 hundred and eighty-six. Collectors or other ollicers of 
 customs, ins])ectors of steam-vessels, and shipping com 
 missioners \\lio are paid wholly or partly by fees shall 
 make a detailed report of such services, and the fees pro- 
 vided by law, to the Secretary of Commerce, under such ,.-,.,,_ n 1!M)i . { 
 regulations as that officer may i)rescribe: and the Secre- Bee. ip. 1 
 tary of the Treasury | or the Secretary of Commerce | 
 shall allow and pay, from any money in the Treasury 
 not otherwise appropriated, said ollicers such compensa- 
 tion for said services as each would have received prior 
 to the passage of this act; also such compensation to 
 clerks of shipping commissioners as would have been 
 paid them had this act not passed: Provided, That such 
 services have, in the opinion of the Secretary of Com- 
 merce, been necessarily rendered. 
 
 So much of the Act approved June nineteenth, eighteen .imie 25, 1010. 
 hundred and eighty-six (Statutes at Large, volume 
 twenty-four, page seventy-nine), as makes a permanent 
 indefinite appropriation to pay compensation to shipping 
 commissioners and the clerks of the shipping commis- 
 sioners for services under said Act is hereby repealed, to 
 take effect from and after June thirtieth, nineteen hun- 
 dred and eleven; and the Secretary of Commerce shall, 
 for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, and 
 annually thereafter, submit to Congress in the regular 
 Book of Estimates detailed estimates for compensation 
 of such commissioners and clerks. 
 
 Shipping Service: For shipping commissioners in \iar. 4, 1015. 
 amounts not exceeding the following: Baltimore, $1,200; 
 Boston, $3,000; New Bedford, $1,200; New Orleans, 
 $1,500: New York, $5,000 ; Norfolk, $1,500; Philadelphia, 
 $2,400; Portland, Maine, $1,300; Seattle, $3,500; Provi 
 dence, $1,800; Rockland, $1,200; San Francisco, $4,000; 
 in all, $27,600. 
 
 All fees exacted and oaths administered by officers of June 10, isoo. 
 the customs, except as provided in this act. under or by S(l< '- 22 - 
 virtue of existing laws of the United States, upon the en- 
 try of imported goods and the passing thereof through 
 the customs, and also upon all entries of domestic goods, 
 wares, and merchandise for exportation, are hereby abol- 
 ished: * * Provided, That where such fees, under 
 existing laws, constitute, in whole or in part, the compen- 
 sation of any officer, such officer shall receive, from and 
 after the passage of this act, a fixed sum for each year 
 equal to the amount which he would have been entitled to 
 receive as fees for such services during said year. 
 
524 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 PORTS ON ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, AND GULF COASTS AND WESTERN RIVERS. 
 
 For inspector's certificate to cancel bond, etc ___ $o. 20 
 
 Granting permit to a vessel not belonging to a citizen of the United States 
 
 to go from district to district, and for receiving manifest 2.00 
 
 Receiving manifest, and granting permit to unload, for last-mentioned 
 
 vessel on arrival at one district from another ii.no 
 
 Entry of vessel of 100 tons or more from foreign port '2. r,u 
 
 Entry of vessel under 100 tdhs 1. 50 
 
 Clearance of vessel of 100 tons or more for a foreign port 2. 50 
 
 Clearance of vessel under 100 tons 1. r.o 
 
 Post -entry 2. 00 
 
 Bond taken officially, not otherwise provided for, except when executed in 
 connection with the entry or passage of goods through the customs, or 
 
 with the entry of merchandise for exportation .40 
 
 Official certificate, except as above stated . 20 
 
 Collector's certificate to shipping articles . 20 
 
 Special certificate to cancel bond not given in connection with entry of 
 
 merchandise, etc., under act 1890 .20 
 
 Certified copy of outward manifest, if required (fee abolished) 
 
 Copy of marine document .20 
 
 Official documents (United States vessels' documents excepted) required 
 by any merchant, owner, or master of any vessel not before enumer- 
 ated, including bills of health for foreign vessels . 20 
 
 Services other than admeasurement to be performed by the surveyor in 
 - foreign-going vessels of 100 tons or more, having on board merchan- 
 dise subject to duty, Revised Statutes, 4186 (not applicable to vessels 
 
 without cargo but with excess of sea stores) 3.00 
 
 For like services in vessels under 100 tons having similar merchandise 1. 50 
 
 For like services on all foreign-going vessels not having merchandise 
 
 subject to duty .67 
 
 Certified copy of bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance . 50 
 
 Duties performed by the surveyor on vessel of 100 tons or upwards, if 
 
 there be dutiable cargo 3. 00 
 
 Duties performed by surveyor on vessel of less than 100 tons, if there be 
 
 dutiable cargo 1. 50 
 
 Duties performed by surveyor on vessel of whatever tonnage with free 
 
 cargo or ballast . (57 
 
 Tonnage duty, if due 
 
 Certificate payment tonnage dues, foreign vessel .20 
 
 Bill of health, foreign vessel . 20 
 
 Bond to retain cargo on board, if required .40 
 
 Certificate of American growth or production, if required . L'o 
 
 Clearance of an American vessel for a foreign port: Fee same as above 
 (but no fee collectible for bill of health, certificate payment tonnage 
 tax, crew list, or bond). 
 
 Certificate to shipping articles, if required . 20 
 
 The fees allowed to surveyors for services other than admeasnreinenl on 
 
 board vessels may he charged by the collectors performing such services at 
 
 ports where there are no surveyors, but such fees will not be collected from 
 
 Coasting vessels. 
 
 I-Ves for the admeasurement of vessels under 5 tons in burden will not he 
 charged. 
 
 Collectors may receive port warden's, health otlicer's. and harbormaster*! fees 
 where it is a matter of convenience to all parties concerned. 
 
 The term "legal fees," used in section 420<;. Revised Statutes, does not mean 
 pilotage, half pilotage, or similar local charges. 
 
 Masters of passenger vessels from foreign territory not contiguous to the 
 United Stales an' required to pay. within twenty-four hours from entry, to 
 the collector of customs at the port of arrival, *lo for each passenger over 
 8 years of age (not being a cabin passenger) who shall have died of natural 
 disease during Hie voyairc. 
 
 Collectors, naval otlicers. and surveyors are required to have posted in a public 
 place in their offices a fair table of the fees demandahle hy law at their 
 ports, subject at all times to inspection, and to give receipts for fees col- 
 lected, specifying the particulars, whenever required to do so. Failure to 
 observe these requirements entails a penalty of $100 for the benefit of the 
 informer. 
 
PART XLVII. FKKS I'AYAIJLK liV PRIVATE PERSONS. 525 
 
 PORTS ON NORTHERN, NORTHEASTERN, AND NORTHWESTERN FRONTIERS. 
 
 Post entry $2.00 
 
 Official bond no! otherwise provided for. except when exivnted in connec- 
 tion with the entry or passage of goods through the customs, or with 
 
 the entry of domestic merchandise for c\i>ortat ion .50 
 
 Official certificate not otherwise provided for. except as above stated .20 
 
 Special certificate to cancel bond not given i:i connection with entry, mer- 
 chandise, etc.. under act 1X1)0 .20 
 
 Certified copy of outward manifest, if required .20 
 
 Copy of marine document . 20 
 
 Copy bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance .50 
 
 The fees above mentioned are applicable in the case of all vessels navi- 
 gating the waters of the northern, northeastern, and northwestern 
 frontiers otherwise than by the sea. and no fees other than those 
 above specially enumerated <-an be legally collected from the owners 
 or masters, as such, of vessels enrolled or licensed on said frontiers. 
 Clearance of a foreign vessel for a foreign port : 
 
 Clearance . 50 
 
 Bond to retain cargo, if necessary .50 
 
 Clearance of an American vessel directly for a foreign port: 
 
 Clearance . 50 
 
 Bond to retain cargo, if necessary 50 
 
 Entry of an American vessel engaged in the coasting trade and touch- 
 ing at a foreign port : 
 Post entry, if made 2.00 
 
 The fees allowed to surveyors for services other than admeasurement on board 
 vessels may be charged by the collectors performing such services at ports 
 where there are no surveyors, but such fees will not be collected from 
 coasting vessels. 
 
 Fees for the admeasurement of vessels under 5 tons in burden will not be 
 charged. 
 
 Collectors may receive port warden's, health officer's, and harbor master's fees 
 where it is a matter of convenience to all parties concerned. 
 
 The term " legal fees," used in section 4206, Revised Statutes, does not embrace 
 pilotage, half-pilotage, or similar local charges. 
 
 Masters of passenger vessels from foreign territory not contiguous to the 
 United States are required to pay. within twenty-four hours from entry, to 
 the collector of customs at the port of arrival, $10 for each passenger over 
 8 years of age (not being a cabin passenger), who shall have died of 
 natural disease during the voyage. 
 
 Permits are not required on the northern frontier to unlade cargo brought from 
 an American port: but permits must be obtained, and existing laws com- 
 plied with, previous to the discharge or landing of passengers, baggages 
 goods, wares, or merchandise brought from foreign ports or places. 
 
 Canadian steamers trading on the northern frontiers from one foreign port to 
 another, and touching during the course of such voyage at a port or place 
 in the United States, and landing passengers, baggage, or freight are 
 required to report. 
 
 Enrolled or licensed vessels upon the frontiers departing from or arriving at a 
 port in one collection district to or from a port in another collection dis- 
 trict, although touching at an intermediate foreign port, are exempted from 
 payment of the entrance and clearance fees of fifty cents each, and from 
 the payment of tonnage tax, but in all such cases an entry or clearance 
 must be made, and fees be paid of ten cents for certification of manifest and 
 permit to go from district to district, and ten cents for receiving manifest. 
 
 Vessels used exclusively as ferry-boats, however laden, will not be required to 
 enter or clear, nor will the masters or persons in charge of such boats be 
 required to present manifests or to pay entrance or clearance fees, or fees 
 for receiving or certifying manifests; but such masters or other persons 
 will be required to report to the proper officer of the customs in each 
 instance, and to apprise him of any baggage, goods, wares, or merchandise 
 which may have been imported in such boats from any foreign territory. 
 
F THE UNITED STA 
 
 Collectors on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers are author- 
 ized to keep v nil offices, blank manifests and clearances, 
 and to charge therefor the sum of 10 cents for each blank, and no more. 
 But this does not prohibit private persons from furnishing their own blanks, 
 if said blanks are in accordance with law and regulations. 
 
 Collectors, naval officers, and surveyors are required to have posted in a public 
 place in their offices a fair table of the fees demandable by law at their 
 ports, subject at all times to inspection, and to give receipts for f e* -- 
 lected, specifying the particulars, whenever required to do ire to 
 
 observe these requirements eutails a penalty of $100 for the benefit of the 
 informer. 
 
PART XLV III. CUSTOMS DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND SUB- 
 
 PORTS. 
 
 478. Customs districts ;iud ports of I 479. Power to drsimi;itc ports ;nul 
 ontr\. sniiports. 
 
 478. Customs districts and ports of entry. 
 
 I'istrirt. 
 
 Boundary. 
 
 Headquarters. 
 
 Ports of entry. 
 
 Maiiu and New 
 
 Slate of Maine and ;vll of New Hampshire ex- 
 
 Portland 
 
 Portland. 
 
 Hampshire. 
 
 cept county of Coos. 
 
 
 lloulton. 
 Knit Kairfiold. 
 
 
 
 
 Mar, Hill. 
 
 
 
 
 Van liurt'ii. 
 
 
 
 
 Mailauaska. 
 
 
 
 
 Moiitirello. 
 
 
 
 
 Miwhias. 
 
 
 
 
 Lubec. 
 
 
 
 
 Bath. 
 
 
 
 
 Boothbay. 
 
 
 
 
 Limestone. 
 
 
 
 
 Km 1- Kent. 
 
 
 
 
 Bridgewater. 
 
 
 
 
 Bastport. 
 
 
 
 
 Calais. 
 
 
 
 
 Bangor. 
 
 
 
 
 Ellsworth. 
 
 
 
 
 Rockland. 
 
 
 
 
 Vanceboro. 
 
 
 
 
 Lowelltown (or 
 
 
 
 
 Holeb). 
 
 
 
 
 Belfast. 
 
 
 
 
 Rockport. 
 
 
 
 
 Castine. 
 
 
 
 
 Vinalhaven. 
 
 
 
 
 South West Har- 
 
 
 
 
 bor. 
 
 
 
 
 Portsmouth, N. H, 
 
 
 
 
 (including Kit- 
 
 
 
 
 tery). 
 
 Vermont 
 
 All of the State of Vermont; and the county 
 
 St. Albans 
 
 Newport. 
 
 
 of Coos in the State of New Hampshire. 
 
 
 North Troy. 
 
 
 
 
 Derbyline. 
 
 
 
 
 Island Pond. 
 
 
 
 
 Bleecher Falls. 
 
 
 
 
 St. Albans. 
 
 
 
 
 Richford. 
 
 
 
 
 Burlington. 
 
 
 
 
 Alburg. 
 
 
 
 
 Swan ton. 
 
 
 
 
 Highgate. 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 All of the State of Massachusetts 
 
 Boston 
 
 Boston. 
 
 
 
 
 Gloucester. 
 
 
 
 
 Salem (including 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 Beverly, Marble- 
 
 
 
 
 head, and Lynn). 
 
 
 
 
 Provincetown. 
 
 
 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 Barns table. 
 
 
 
 
 Vineyard Haven. 
 
 
 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 
 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 
 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 
 
 
 Springfield. 
 Holyoke. 
 
 Rhode Island 
 
 All of the State of Rhode Island 
 
 Providence. . . . 
 
 Providence. 
 
 
 
 
 Newport. 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 All of the State of Connecticut 
 
 Bridgeport 
 
 Hartford. 
 
 
 
 
 New Haven. 
 
 
 
 
 New London. 
 
 
 
 
 Stonington. 
 
 
 
 
 Middletown. 
 
 
 
 
 South Manchester. 
 
 
 
 
 Bridgeport. 
 
 
 
 
 Stamford. 
 
 
 
 
 Greenwich. 
 
 
 
 
 Norwalk. 
 
 92075 15 34 
 
 52? 
 
528 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF 
 
 UNITED STATES. 
 
 District. 
 
 Boundary. 
 
 Headquarters. 
 
 Port of entry. 
 
 St. Laurence... 
 
 Rochester. 
 
 Buffalo. 
 
 New York. 
 
 Philadelphia..... 
 
 Pittsburgh. 
 Maryland.. 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 State of New York, to include all of the coun- 
 ties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Law- 
 rence, Jefferson, and Lewis. 
 
 North Carolina. 
 
 South Carolina... 
 
 Georgia. 
 
 All of the counties of Oswego, Onelda, Onon- 
 daga, Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Broome, 
 Tompkins, Chenango, Madison, Cortland, 
 Hamilton, Schuyler. Chemung, Herkimer, 
 Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Yates, Steu- 
 ben, Orleans, Genesee, and Wyoming. 
 
 All of the counties of Niagara, Erie, Catta- 
 raugus, and Chautauqua. 
 
 To include all that part of the State of New 
 York not expressly included in the districts 
 of St. Lawrence, Rochester, and Buffalo, and 
 also to include the counties of Sussex, Pas- 
 saic, Hudson, Bergen, Essex, Union, Middle- 
 sex, and Monmouth, in the State of New 
 Jersey. 
 
 To include all that part of the State of Pennsyl- 
 vania lying east of 79 \vest longitude, all of 
 the State of Delaware, and all of that part of 
 the State of New Jersey not included in the 
 district of New York. 
 
 To include all of the State of West Virginia and 
 
 all of the State of Pennsylvania lying \\cst of 
 7'J west longitude, except the county of Erie. 
 
 To include all of the State of Maryland, the 
 District of Columbia, and the county of 
 Alexandria in the Sta{e of Virginia. 
 
 To include all of the State of Virginia, except 
 
 the county of Alexandria. 
 (Tin- port, of Norfolk shall Include both of slid 
 
 cit ics and the waters and shores of Hampton 
 Roads.) 
 
 To include all of the State of North Carolina... 
 
 All of the State of South Carolina.. 
 
 All of the State of Georgia except the north 
 shore of the St. Marys River and the city of 
 St. Marys. 
 
 Ogdensburg. 
 
 Rochester. . 
 
 Buffalo. 
 
 New York. 
 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 Pittsburgh. 
 
 Baltimore. 
 
 Norfolk... 
 
 Wilmington. 
 
 Charleston . 
 
 Savannah. 
 
 Ogdensburg. 
 
 Nyando. 
 
 Morristown. 
 
 Rouses Point. 
 
 Malone. 
 
 Fort Covington. 
 
 Plattsburg. 
 
 Champlain. 
 
 Chateau gay. 
 
 Moores Junction. 
 
 Waddington. 
 
 Cape Vincent. 
 
 Alexandria Bay. 
 
 Chaumont. 
 
 Clayton. 
 
 Rochester. 
 
 Oswego. 
 
 Utica. 
 
 Syracuse. 
 
 Charlotte. 
 
 Fair Haven. 
 
 Sodus Point. 
 
 Buffalo. 
 Niagara Falls. 
 North Tona\vanda 
 
 (including Tona- 
 
 wanda). 
 Dunkirk. 
 Lewis ton. 
 
 New York. 
 
 Newark. 
 
 Perth Amboy. 
 
 Patchogue. 
 
 Greenport. 
 
 Albany. 
 
 Philadelphia (to 
 include Camden 
 and Gloucester 
 City, N. J.). 
 
 Somers Point. 
 
 Thompsons Point. 
 
 Tuckerton. 
 
 Chester. 
 
 Wilmington. 
 
 Lewes. 
 
 Pittsburgh. 
 Wheeling. 
 
 Baltimore. 
 
 Washington. 
 Crisfidd. 
 Annapolis. 
 Alexandria. 
 
 Norfolk. 
 Newport News. 
 Richmond. 
 
 Petersburg. 
 
 Capo Charles City. 
 
 Chini'DteagiK'. 
 
 Reedville. 
 
 Wilmington. 
 KlizuU-ih City. 
 Nc\\ IMTII. 
 Manteo. 
 Beaufort. 
 
 Charleston. 
 Georgelov. n 
 Beaufort. 
 
 R:\annah. 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Darin. 
 
 Atlanta. 
 
PART XLVIII. CUSTOMS DISTRICTS, I'niJTS, AND sriJI'oitTS. 529 
 
 District. 
 
 Boimdary. 
 
 Headquarters. 
 
 Port of entry. 
 
 Florida. . 
 
 Mobile.. 
 
 New Orleans... 
 
 Sabine.. 
 
 Galveston 
 
 Laredo. 
 
 El Paso.. 
 
 Arizona.. 
 
 All of (he State of Florida :ni<l the north bank 
 of the St. Marys River and the city of St. 
 Marys, Ga. 
 
 Southern California. 
 
 All of the State of Alabama and all that part of 
 the State of Mississippi lying south of 31 
 north latitude. 
 
 All of the State of Louisiana and all that part 
 of the State of Mississippi lying north of 31 
 north latitude. 
 
 To include the following territory: Beginning 
 on the Gulf of Mexico at the center of the 
 stream of Sabine Pass; thence north with the 
 center of the stream of Sabine Pass to Sabine 
 Lake; thence with the center of the stream 
 of Sabine Lake to a point directly opposite to 
 the Sabine River; thence north with the east 
 shore of the Sabine River to the north 
 boundary line of Shelby County, Tex.; 
 thence west to the Neches River; thence 
 down said river with its west shore to a north 
 boundary line of Jefferson County, thence in 
 a westerly direction with the said north 
 boundary line to the east boundary ffiffe of 
 Liberty County, Tex.; thence south to the 
 Gulf of Mexico; thence in an easterly direc- 
 tion along the Gulf shores to the place of be- 
 ginning. 
 
 All of the State of Texas except the territory 
 included in the districts of Sabine, Laredo, 
 El Paso, and Eagle Pass. 
 
 All the counties of Cameron. Hidalgo, Starr, 
 Nueces, Zapata, Duval. Brooks, Willacy. 
 Jim Wells, Aransas, Webb, La Salle, Dim- 
 mit, McMullen, Live Oak, Bee, Refugio, 
 and San Patricio in the State of Texas. 
 
 All the counties of El Paso and Culberson in 
 the State of Texas and all of the State of New 
 Mexico. 
 
 All of the counties in the State of Texas lying 
 along and contiguous to the Rio Grande 
 River not included in the districts of Laredo 
 and El Paso. 
 
 All of the State of Arizona. . . 
 
 All that part of the State of California lying 
 
 e<SMi+Vt r\f OC<> v t sw+Vt 1 .^ +,'*.,, 1 ,-1 
 
 south of 35 north latitude. 
 
 Tampa.. 
 
 Mobile. 
 
 New Orleans. 
 
 Port Arthur. . . 
 
 Galveston. 
 
 Laredo. 
 
 El Paso... 
 
 Eagle Pass... 
 
 Nogales. . . 
 
 Los Angeles. 
 
 T;imp;i (including 
 
 I'orl Tampa;. 
 Key W. si. 
 
 I'lliilu (Jdrda. 
 
 |{(x'a (Irande. 
 
 Miami. 
 
 Jacksonville. 
 
 I'cii.-acola. 
 
 St. Andrews. 
 
 St. Aliens! inc. 
 
 Fernandina (in- 
 cluding St. 
 Marys, Ga.). 
 
 Cedar Keys. 
 
 Ton tagm 
 
 Apaladiicola. 
 Carrabelle. 
 
 Mobile. 
 
 Birmingham. 
 
 (iulfport. 
 
 Scranton. 
 
 New Orleans. 
 Morgan City. 
 
 Port Arthur. 
 Sabine. 
 
 Galveston (includ- 
 ing Port Bolivar 
 and Texas City). 
 
 San Antonio. 
 
 Dallas. 
 
 Houston. 
 
 Port Lavaca. 
 
 Laredo. 
 Brownsville. 
 Rio Grande City. 
 Corpus Christi. 
 Roma. 
 Santa Maria. 
 
 El Paso. 
 Columbus. 
 New Mexico. 
 
 Eagle Pass. 
 Boquillas. 
 Del Rio. 
 Presidio. 
 
 Nogales 
 Naco. 
 Yuma. 
 Douglas. 
 
 Los Angeles. 
 San Pedro. 
 San Diego. 
 Calexico. 
 Campo. 
 Tia Juana. 
 
530 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OK TIIK I'NITED STATES. 
 
 District. 
 
 Boundary. 
 
 Headquarters. 
 
 Port of entry. 
 
 San Francisco 
 
 All that part of the Stale of California lying 
 
 San Francisco. 
 
 Sun. Fruncisco (in- 
 
 
 north of 35 north latitude. 
 
 
 eluding Oak- 
 
 
 
 
 land). 
 
 
 
 
 Eureka. 
 
 
 
 
 Port Harford. 
 
 O regon 
 
 All of the State of Oregon 
 
 Portland 
 
 Portland. 
 
 
 
 
 Astoria. ' 
 
 
 
 
 Newport. 
 
 
 
 
 Empire. 
 
 Washington 
 
 All of the State of Washington 
 
 Seattle 
 
 Seattle. 
 
 
 
 
 Port Townsend. 
 
 
 
 
 Aberdeen. 
 
 
 
 
 Anacortes. 
 
 
 
 
 Bellingham. 
 
 
 
 
 Blaine. 
 
 
 
 
 Chopaka. 
 
 
 
 
 Danville. 
 
 
 
 
 Everett. 
 
 
 
 
 Ferry. 
 
 
 
 
 Friday Harbor. 
 
 
 
 
 Laurier. 
 
 
 
 
 Molson. 
 
 
 
 
 Xorthport. 
 
 
 
 
 Port Angeles. 
 
 
 
 
 Roche Harbor. 
 
 
 
 
 South Bend. 
 
 
 
 
 Spokane. 
 
 
 
 
 Sumas. 
 
 
 
 
 Tacoma. 
 
 Alaska 
 
 \11 of the Territory of Alaska 
 
 Juneau 
 
 Tuneau 
 
 
 
 
 Eagle. 
 Ketchikan. 
 
 
 
 
 Cordova. 
 
 
 
 
 Sulzer. 
 
 
 
 
 St. Michael. 
 
 
 
 
 Skagway. 
 
 
 
 
 I'nahiska. 
 
 
 
 
 Wrangell. 
 
 
 
 
 Fortvinile. 
 
 
 
 
 Fairbanks. 
 
 
 
 
 Nome. 
 
 Hawaii 
 
 All of the Territory of Hawaii 
 
 Honolulu 
 
 Honolulu. 
 
 
 
 
 Hilo. 
 
 
 
 
 Katuilui. 
 
 
 
 
 Kaloa. 
 
 
 
 
 Mahukona. 
 
 Montana and Idaho. 
 
 All of the States of Montana and Idaho 
 
 (Ireat Falls 
 
 Croat Falls. 
 
 
 
 
 Eastport. 
 
 Port Hill. 
 
 
 
 
 1'Irntywood. 
 
 
 
 
 Sweet grass. 
 
 
 
 
 (!atf\\ay. 
 
 Dakota 
 
 All of tho Sl.-id-s of N'orth :md South Dakota 
 
 peinhina 
 
 Pembina. 
 
 
 and the county of Kittscu in the Slate of 
 
 
 Noyes. 
 
 
 Minnesota. 
 
 
 St. 'Vincent. 
 
 
 
 
 Portal 
 
 
 
 
 St. John. 
 
 
 
 
 Hannah. 
 
 
 
 
 Heche. 
 
 
 
 
 Anil" 
 
 
 
 
 Soi iris. 
 
 
 
 
 Walhalla. 
 
 
 
 
 Barte. 
 
 
 
 
 Sherwood. 
 
 
 
 
 !lansl)oro. 
 
 
 
 
 Crosby. 
 
 
 
 
 Antler. 
 
 Minnesota 
 
 Sialo of Minnesota lying south of f> north 
 
 St Paul 
 
 St. Paul. 
 
 
 latitude. 
 
 Minneapolis.. 
 
 Minneaiwlis. 
 
 Duluth and Supe- 
 rior. 
 
 All of the Statp of Minnesota. e\< vpi HIP 
 county of Kittst-n. lying north of -Hi north 
 latitude and all of the State of V* 
 
 Duluth and 
 Superior. 
 
 Duluth. 
 Superior. 
 International 
 
 
 Ivintr north of said latitude, and the island 
 of Isle Koval. in the State of Michigan. 
 (The port of Duluth and Superior shall in- 
 clude both of said cities and West Superior.) 
 
 
 Falls. 
 Warroad. 
 
 Hanier. 
 Two Harbors. 
 
 Ashland. 
 
 
 
 
 Isle Koyal. 
 
PAET xi. vin. CUSTOMS DISTIMCTS, PORTS, AND sr r.i-oins. 
 
 District. 
 
 Boundary. 
 
 Headquarters. 
 
 Port of entry. 
 
 Wisconsin 
 
 All of the State of Wisconsin lying south of -If. 
 
 Milwaukee 
 
 Milwaukee. 
 
 
 north latitude. 
 
 
 (ireen Bay. 
 
 
 
 
 Keno. ha. 
 
 
 
 
 Kewaunee. 
 
 
 
 
 Manitowoc. 
 
 
 
 
 Marinette (includ- 
 
 
 
 
 ing Monominee). 
 
 Karine. 
 
 
 
 
 Sturgeon Bay. 
 
 Michigan 
 
 Ml of the State of Michigan 
 
 Detroit 
 
 Detroit. 
 
 
 
 
 Port Huron. 
 
 
 
 
 Sadnaw. 
 
 
 
 
 Alpena. 
 
 l)or rMfir 
 
 
 
 
 Jitly I -iiy. 
 
 Marino City. 
 
 
 
 
 St.Clair. 
 
 
 
 
 Grand Rapids. 
 
 
 
 
 Grand Haven. 
 
 
 
 
 Charlevoix. 
 
 
 
 
 Ludington. 
 
 
 
 
 Manistee. 
 
 
 
 
 Manistique. 
 
 
 
 
 Muskegon. 
 
 
 
 
 St. Joseph. 
 
 
 
 
 Petoskey. 
 
 
 
 
 SaoItSte. Marie. 
 
 
 
 
 Chebovgan. 
 
 
 
 
 Mackinaw. 
 
 
 
 
 Detour. 
 
 
 
 
 Escanaba. 
 
 
 
 
 Gladstone. 
 
 
 
 
 Houghton. 
 
 
 
 
 Marquette. 
 
 Chicago 
 
 All of the State of Illinois lying north of 39 
 
 Chicago 
 
 Chicago. 
 
 
 north latitude and all that part of the State 
 of Indiana lying north of 41 of north lati- 
 tude. 
 
 
 Peoria. ' 
 Michigan City. 
 
 Indiana 
 
 All of the State of Indiana lying south of 41 of 
 
 Indianapolis. . 
 
 Indianapolis. 
 
 
 north latitude. 
 
 
 Evansville. 
 
 Ohio 
 
 All of the State of Ohio and the county of Erie 
 
 Cleveland 
 
 Cleveland. 
 
 
 in the State of Pennsylvania. 
 
 
 Conneaut. 
 
 
 
 
 Ash tabula. 
 
 
 
 
 Fairport. 
 
 
 
 
 Lorain. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sandusky. 
 
 
 
 
 Put-in-Bay. 
 
 
 
 
 Toledo. 
 
 
 
 
 Cincinnati. 
 
 
 
 
 Columbus. 
 
 
 
 
 Dayton and Erie. 
 
 
 
 
 Corry, Pa. 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 All of tho State of Kentucky 
 
 Louisville 
 
 Louisville. 
 
 
 
 
 Paducah. 
 
 Tennessee 
 
 All of tho State of Tennessee 
 
 Memphis 
 
 Memphis. 
 
 
 
 
 Nashville. 
 
 
 
 
 Chattanooga. 
 Knoxville. 
 
 Iowa 
 
 All of the State of Iowa 
 
 Des Moines 
 
 Des Moines. 
 
 
 
 
 Sioux City. 
 
 
 
 
 Dul'iique. 
 
 St. Louis 
 
 All of the States of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, 
 
 St. Louis 
 
 St. Louis (includ- 
 
 
 and Oklahoma, and all that part of the Slain 
 of Illinois lying south of 39 north latitude. 
 
 
 ing East St. 
 Louis). 
 
 
 
 
 Kansas City. 
 
 
 
 
 Cairo, 111. 
 
 
 
 
 St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 Omaha 
 
 All of the States of Nebraska and Wyoming. 
 
 Omaha... 
 
 Omaha. 
 
 
 
 
 Lincoln. 
 
 Colorado 
 
 All of the State of Colorado 
 
 Denver 
 
 Denver. 
 
 Utah and Nevada. . . 
 Porto Rico 
 
 All of the States of Utah and Nevada 
 The island of Porto Rico 
 
 Salt Lake City. 
 San Juan 
 
 Salt Lake City. 
 San Juan. 
 
 
 
 
 iiumacao. 
 
 
 
 
 Aguadilla. 
 
 
 
 
 Mayaguez. 
 
 
 
 
 Arecibo. 
 
 
 
 
 Arroyo. 
 
 
 
 
 Fajardo. 
 
 
 
 
 Ponce. 
 
 
 
 
 Guanica. 
 
532 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 The use of the terms " port of delivery " and " subport of entry " 
 is hereby discontinued, and all ports of entry, subports of entry, and 
 ports of delivery not above specifically mentioned as ports of entry, 
 are hereby abolished. 
 
 The privileges of the first and seventh sections of the act of June 
 10, 1880, commonly known as the " immediate transportation act," 
 shall remain as heretofore existing with respect to the ports of entry 
 above mentioned. 
 
 Ports at which merchandise may be entered for transportation to other ports without 
 appraisement under the act of June 10, 1880. 
 
 Alburg, Vt. 
 Astoria, Oreg. 
 Baltimore Md. 
 Bangor, Me. 
 Bath, Me. 
 Bay City, Mich. 
 Beecher Falls, Vt. 
 Blaine, Wash. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Brownsville, Tex. 
 Brunswick, Ga. 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 Calais, Me. 
 Charleston, S. C. 
 Chicago, 111. 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Detroit, Mich. 
 Duluth. Minn. 
 Eagle Pass, Tex. 
 
 Eastport, Idaho. 
 Eastport, Me. 
 El Paso, Tex. 
 Everett Wash. 
 Fernand ina, Fla. 
 Galveston, Tex. 
 Gladstone, Mich. 
 Honolulu, T. H. 
 Island Pond, Vt. 
 Key West. Fla. 
 Knights Key, Fla. 
 Laredo, Tex. 
 Los Angeles. Cal. 
 Malone, N. Y. 
 Marquette, Mich. 
 Miami, Fla. 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Mobile, Ala. 
 New London, Conn. 
 New Orleans, La. 
 
 Newport, Vt. 
 Newport News. Va. 
 New York, N. Y. 
 Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
 Nogales, Ariz. 
 Norfolk, Va. 
 Nyando, N. Y. 
 Ogdensburg, N. Y. 
 Pembina, N. Dak. 
 Pensacola. Fla. 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Port Arthur, Tex. 
 Port Huron, Mich. 
 Portal, N. Dak. 
 Portland, Me. 
 Portland, Oreg. 
 Port Townsend,Wash. 
 Providence, R.I. 
 Ranier, Mum. 
 Richford, Vt. 
 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 Rouses Point, N. Y. 
 St. Albans, Vt. 
 St. Vincent, Minn. 
 San Diego, Cal. 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 
 Savannah. Ga. 
 Seattle, Wash. 
 Sioux City, Iowa. 
 Sumas, Wash. 
 Tacoma, Wash. 
 Tampa, Fla. 
 Texas City, Tex. 
 Toledo, Ohio. 
 Van Buren, Me. 
 Vanceboro, Me. 
 Wilmington, N. C. 
 
 Ports to which merchandise may be transported without appraisement under the act ol 
 
 June 10, 1880. 
 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 Astoria, Oreg. 
 Atlanta, Ga. 
 Baltimore Md. 
 Bangor, Me. 
 Bath, Me. 
 Bellingham, Wash. 
 Birmingham, Ala. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Bridgeport. Conn. 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Burlington, Vt 
 Calais, Me. 
 Charleston, S. C. 
 Chattanooga, Term. 
 Chicago, III. 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Coal City, 111. 
 Columbus, Ohio. 
 Cony, I 'a. 
 
 Council Bluffs, Iowa. 
 Dallas, 
 
 Dayton, Ohio. 
 Denver, Colo. 
 DCS Moincs, Iowa. 
 Detroit, Midi. 
 Duhuqtie, Iowa. 
 Duluth, Minn. 
 Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Dnrango, Colo. 
 Durham, N. C. 
 Eagle Pass, Tex. 
 
 Eastport, Me. 
 El Paso, Tex. 
 Enfield, Conn. 
 Erie, Pa. 
 Evansville, Ind. 
 Everett, Wash. 
 Fall River, Mass. 
 Calveston, Tex. 
 Gladstone, Mich. 
 Gloucester, Mass. 
 Grand Haven, Mich. 
 (Irand Rapids Mich. 
 Green Bay, Wis. 
 Greenwich, Conn. 
 Hartford, Conn. 
 Honolulu, Hawaii. 
 Houston, Tex. 
 Indianapolis, Ind. 
 Jacksonville, Fla. 
 Kansas City, Mo. 
 Key West /Fla. 
 Knoxville, Tenn. 
 Laredo, Tex. 
 Li-ad v if le, Colo. 
 Lincoln, Nebr. 
 Ix>s Angeles, Cal. 
 Louisville, I. 
 Marquette, Midi. 
 Memphis, Trim. 
 Middlelown, Conn. 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Minneapolis, Minn. 
 Mobile, Ala. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 Newark, N. J. 
 New Bedford, Mass. 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 New Orleans, La. 
 Newport, R. I. 
 Newport News. Va. 
 New York, N. Y. 
 Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
 Nogales, Ariz. 
 Norfolk, Va. 
 Norwalk, Conn. 
 Oakland. Cal. 
 Ocala, Fla. 
 Ogdensborg. N. Y. 
 Omaha, Nebr. 
 I'eoria, 111. 
 Perth Ambov, N. J. 
 Petersburg, Va. 
 I'ctoskey, Mich. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 Port Arthur, Tex. 
 Port Huron. Mich. 
 Portland, Me. 
 Portland, Oreg. 
 
 Portsmouth, N. II. 
 
 Port Townsend, Wash. 
 Providence. R. I. 
 
 Pueblo, Goto, 
 
 Richmond, Va. 
 Rochester, N. V. 
 St. Augustine, Fla. 
 
 St. Joseph. Mo. 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 St. Paul, Minn. 
 Sabine Pass, Tex. 
 Saginaw, Mich. 
 Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 San Antonio, Tex. 
 San Diego, Cal. 
 Sandusky, Ohio. 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 
 Savannah, Ga. 
 Seattle, Wash. 
 Sioux City, Iowa. 
 South Manchester, Conn. 
 Spokane, Wash. 
 Springfield Mass. 
 Stamford, Conn. 
 Superior, Wis. 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 Tacoma, Wash. 
 Tampa. Fla. 
 Titnsvillc, Pa. 
 Toledo. Ohio. 
 Utica, N. Y. 
 Vanct'boro, Me. 
 Vernon ( Rocky i 
 
 Conn. 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 Wilmington, Del. 
 Wilmington, N. C. 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
PART XLVIII. CUSTOMS DISTRICTS, PORTS, AND SUBPORTS. 533 
 
 List of poris ;it which bonded w.iichon^-s .m- i-si.-ildishcd. 
 
 Apalachirola, ! l:i. 
 
 Atlanta, 
 
 Kaslport. Mo. 
 Kl I'aso, Tex. 
 
 Now Orleai 
 Newport Nt.ws, Va. 
 
 Korhesl.T, N. Y. 
 St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 Baltimore , Md. 
 
 Krie, 1'a. 
 
 Newark, .V.I. 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Bangor, M<>. 
 
 r.vansville, Tixl. 
 
 New York. 
 
 St. MirhaH, Alaska. 
 
 Bath, lie. 
 
 Everett, \V:ush. 
 
 Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
 
 St. I'aul, Minn. 
 
 Bel fast, Mtv 
 
 Kail Kiver. Mass. 
 
 Nogales, Ari/. 
 
 Sa.i'inau , Mich. 
 
 Bonners Ferry. Mont. 
 
 Calveston, Tex. 
 
 Ogdensburg, N. Y. 
 
 Salem, Mass. 
 
 Hoottlbav, Me. 
 
 <;loncesl.-r, Mass. 
 
 Omaha, Ne.hr. 
 
 San Antonio, Tex. 
 
 Huston, fa 
 
 (irand Rapids, Midi. 
 
 Oswego, N. Y . 
 
 San I>iei/o, Cal. 
 
 Hi itl.L'oport , Conn. 
 
 (ireat Falls, Mont. 
 
 Pensacola. Fla. 
 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Brownsville, Tex. 
 
 (,reen Bav, Wis. 
 
 Perth Am boy, N. J. 
 
 San Juan, P. R. 
 
 Buffalo, N.Y. 
 
 11 art ford, Conn. 
 
 Petersburg, Va. 
 
 Savannah. Ca. 
 
 Burlington, Vt, 
 
 Honolulu, Hawaii. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Seattle, Wash. 
 
 Cape \ inrent, N. Y. 
 Castine, Me. 
 Clwttanoopa, Tenn. 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind. 
 
 Kansas City, Mo. 
 Kev West, "Fla. 
 
 Pittsburgh, I'a. 
 Plattsburg, N. Y. 
 Port Huron, Mich. 
 
 Sioux City. Iowa. 
 
 Hkagway, Alaska. 
 Spokane, Wash. 
 
 Chicago, IU. 
 
 I.afedo, Tex. 
 
 Portland, Mo. 
 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 Lincoln, Nobr. 
 
 Portland, Oreg. 
 
 Tacoma, Wash. 
 
 Denver, Colo. 
 
 Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Portsmouth, N. II. 
 
 Tampa, Fla. 
 
 Detroit, Midi. 
 
 Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Port Townsend, Wash. 
 
 Toledo. Ohio. 
 
 Duluih, Minn. 
 
 Minneapolis, "Minn. 
 
 Providence, K. I. 
 
 Utica,N. Y. 
 
 Durham, N. C. 
 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Provineetown, Mass. 
 
 
 F.aido Pass, Tex. 
 
 New London, Conn. 
 
 Richmond, Va. 
 
 
 List of ports where the custom-house premises are used for the storage of imported good 
 
 in bond. 
 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 Aguadilla, P. R. 
 Arocibo. 1'. K. 
 Arroyo, P. R. 
 Baneor. Me. 
 Charleston, S. C. 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 Fajardo, P. R. 
 Cuanica, P. R. 
 Humacao, P. R. 
 Jacksonville, Fla. 
 Marquette, Mich. 
 Mayaguez, P. R. 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 Norfolk. Va. 
 Peoria, 111. 
 Ponce, P. R. 
 Providence. R. I. 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 St. Augustine, Fla. 
 Sandusky, Ohio. 
 
 San Juan, P. R. 
 Springfield, Mass. 
 Washington, D. C. 
 (Georgetown). 
 
 Wilmington, Del. 
 
 479. Power to designate ports and subports. 
 
 Such other places [in Alaska] as may be designated by 
 the Secretary of the Treasury, as the interests of com- 
 merce may require, shall be subports of entry or delivery 
 or both; and customs officers shall be stationed at such 
 subports, Avith authority to enter and clear vessels, receive 
 duties, fees, and other moneys, and perform such other 
 services and receive such compensation as in the judg- 
 ment of the Secretary of the Treasury the exigencies of 
 commerce may require. 
 
 Such other places in the State of Colorado as the Sec- 
 retary of the Treasury may designate from time to time 
 shall be ports of delivery, with all the privileges now 
 accorded by law to the port of Denver, Colorado, the sur- 
 veyor of customs of which port shall supervise the cus- 
 toms business transacted at such places in the same man- 
 ner and to the same extent as at Denver. 
 
 Such places in the collection districts in the State of 
 Florida as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time 
 to time designate shall be subports of entry and delivery, 
 and customs officers shall be stationed at such subports, 
 with authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties, 
 fees, and other moneys, and perform such other services 
 and receive such compensation as, in the judgment of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, the exigencies of commerce 
 may require. 
 
 Such other ports as the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
 from time to time designate shall be subports of entry 
 [Puget Sound] and customs officers shall be, &c., &c. 
 
 Mar. 16, 1896. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 May 22. 1896. 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 June 10, 1896. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
 Aug. 28, 1890. 
 Sec. 2. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1903. 
 Sec. 10. 
 
534 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 
 Mar. 3. 1901. Such places in the customs district of the Territory of 
 Hawaii as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time 
 to time designate shall be subports of entry and delivery, 
 and customs officers shall be stationed at such subports 
 
 Feb 14 1903 w ^ n authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties, 
 
 Sec. 10.' ' fees, and other moneys, and perform such other services 
 and receive such compensation as in the judgment of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury the exigencies of commerce 
 may require: Provided* however, That the Secretary of 
 the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and em- 
 powered to discontinue such subports of entry or delivery 
 whenever in his judgment there is necessity for such 
 action. 
 
 Apr. 12, 1900. The Secretary of the Treasury shall designate the sev- 
 eral ports and subports of entry in Porto Rico and shall 
 make such rules and regulations and appoint such agents 
 as ma ^ ^ )e necessal T to collect the diit ies and taxes author- 
 
 Feb 14 1903 
 
 Sec. 10.' i /( ' ( l to be levied, collected, and paid in Porto Rico by 
 
 the provisions of this Act, and he shall fix the compensa- 
 tion and provide for the payment thereof of all such offi- 
 cers, agents and assistants as he may find it necessary to 
 employ to carry out the provisions hereof. 
 
 May 23, 1908. Monterey and Port Harford, in the State of California, 
 are hereby made subports of entry in the district of San 
 Francisco, and the necessary customs officers may, in the 
 discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be stationed 
 at each of said subports with authority to enter and clear 
 vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys, and per- 
 form such other services as, in his judgment, the interest 
 of commerce may require, and said officers shall receive 
 such compensation as he may allow. 
 
 Sec. 2. In lieu of stationing deputy collectors or other customs 
 
 officers permanently at either of said subports, in said dis- 
 trict, the Secretary of the Treasury may. in his discretion, 
 authorize the necessary officers to he detailed from time 
 to time, from the port of entry, or from another suhport 
 within such district to enter or clear vessels, receive 
 duties, fees, or other moneys, and perform such other 
 services as, in his judgment, the interests of commerce 
 may require. 
 
 Apr. 27, 1910. Baton Ivouge, in the State of Louisiana, is hereby made 
 a subport of entry in the district of New Orleans, and 
 the necessary customs officers stationed at said port may, 
 in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, enter 
 and clear vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys, 
 and perform such other service as, in his judgment, the. 
 interest of commerce may require. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1911. Saint Andrews, in the State of Florida, is hereby made 
 a subport of entry in the district of IVnsacola. and the 
 necessary customs officers may. in the discretion of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, be stationed at said subport 
 with authority to enter and clear vessels, receive duties. 
 fees, and other moneys, and perform such other services 
 as, in his judgment, the interest of commerce may require, 
 and said officers shall receive such compensation as he may 
 allow. 
 
PART X TJX. CONSULATES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 480. Consulates of the United States. 
 
 (In tlu> following list places in roman type :in> principal ofliees consulates general and 
 consulates. Places in italic* are consular agencies, the agents being subordinate to 
 and under the direction of (he principal consular ollieers. ) 
 
 AFRICA. 
 
 Alexandria, Egypt. 
 
 Algiers, Algeria. 
 
 .1 NNOtlt , I'll/l/lt. 
 
 Bloemfontet*, Oranae Tfirer 
 Colon//. H,,n Hi A fried. 
 
 Roma. Kongo. 
 
 Cairo. K-ypt. 
 
 Cape Town. Capo of Good 
 Hope. South Africa. 
 
 Cf/.s-f/ Ulanea. Miirorcti. 
 
 hakar. Senegal, West Africa. 
 
 i Mirhan. Natal. South Africa. 
 
 East London, Cape of Good 
 Hot>( , South Africa. 
 
 Johannesburg, Transvaal, 
 South Africa. 
 
 Loiirenco Marques, East Af- 
 rica. 
 
 Moffador, Morocco. 
 
 Mombasa, British East Af- 
 rica. 
 
 Monrovia. Liberia. 
 
 (tran, .1 l<i< ria. 
 
 Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good 
 Hope. South Africa.. 
 
 Port Said. I'm/lit. 
 
 Sue.?, /;///// f. 
 Tangier, Morocco. 
 
 Tril.-oli. Libya. North Africa. 
 Tunis, Tunis, North Africa. 
 
 ALGERIA. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 ARABIA. 
 
 i Xsia.) 
 Aden. 
 
 ARGENTINA. 
 (South America.) 
 
 Buenos Aires. 
 Ilosario. 
 
 AUSTRALIA. 
 
 (Pacific ami Indian 
 
 Oceans.) 
 
 Adete/Ub. 
 
 liris bane, Queensland. 
 I r< mantle, Western Austra- 
 lia. 
 
 Melbourne. 
 
 Newcastle, Now South Wales. 
 Sydney, New South Wales. 
 Towns rille, Qe0fMftMMI. 
 
 AUSTRIA. 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Carlsbad, Bohemia. 
 Prague, Bohemia. 
 Reichenberg, Bohemia. 
 Trioste, Coastland. 
 Vienna, Lower Austria. 
 
 AZORES. 
 , North Atlantic 
 Ocean.) 
 
 Fayal. 
 
 St. Michael's. 
 Tcrceira. 
 
 BELGIUM. 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Antwerp. 
 Brussels. 
 
 Ghent. 
 Liege. 
 
 BERMUDA ISLANDS. 
 (North Atlantic Ocean.) 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 St. (leorge. 
 
 BORNEO. 
 (Malaysia.) 
 
 Sandakan, British North 
 Borneo. 
 
 BRAZIL. 
 
 (South America.) 
 
 Bahia. 
 Gear a. 
 Manaos. 
 
 Maranhao. 
 Para. 
 
 I'ernambuco. 
 Hio de Janeiro. 
 
 Santos. 
 Sao Paulo. 
 
 Victoria. 
 
 BULGARIA. 
 (Balknn Stale. Europe.) 
 
 Sofia. 
 
 CANADA. 
 (North America.) 
 
 Annapolis Koi/al, \ora 
 BcoHa. 
 
 Arniirior, Ontario. 
 
 llai/ of Islands (Jlirrliii 
 ('ore) , \eicfoinnlland. 
 
 /:<< he Junction, Quebec. 
 
 Bridgewater. \<>ra xetitia. 
 
 C aba no, Quebec. 
 
 Calgary, Alberta. 
 
 Campbellton, New Bruns- 
 wick. 
 
 CV/H.SO, Nova Scotia. 
 
 Charlottetown, Prince Ed- 
 ward Island. 
 
 Cornwall, Ontario. 
 
 Cumberland, liritish Colum- 
 bia. 
 
 l.'ilnionton, Alberta. 
 
 Eilmundston, New Bruns- 
 wick 
 
 CANADA Continued. 
 
 Fernie, British Columbia. 
 
 Fort lOrie. Ontario. 
 
 Fort William and Port Ar- 
 thur, Ontario. 
 
 Fredericton, \eu- HIUHX- 
 wick. 
 
 Gait, Ontario. 
 
 Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
 
 Hamilton, Ontario. 
 
 Kenara, (tntario. 
 
 Kingston, Ontario. 
 
 Lelfihridfie, A Uteri a. 
 
 Lireri>ol . \ova Scotia. 
 . \ora Hcotia. 
 rn, \ora Xeotia. 
 
 Moncton, New Brunswick. 
 
 Montreal, Quebec. 
 
 Nanaimo. liritixh Columbia. 
 
 \ r/.s'OH, liritish Columbia. 
 
 Newcastle, \eir Brwunoiclt. 
 
 Niagara Falls, Ontario. 
 
 \ or Hi Han, Ontario. 
 
 Orillia, Ontario. 
 
 Ottawa, Ontario. 
 
 i'asncliiae, Quebec. 
 
 I'eterboroiif/ii, Ontario 
 
 J'ort llawkcsbury, Nova 
 Scotia. 
 
 Prescott, Ontario. 
 
 Prince Rupert, British Co 
 lumbia. 
 
 Ouebec, Quebec. 
 
 Riviere du Loup, ()uebec. 
 
 St. John, New Brunswick. 
 
 St. John's. Newfoundland. 
 
 St. Stephen. \ew Brunswick. 
 
 Sarnia. Ontario. 
 
 Sault Sfe. Mario, Ontario. 
 
 Shorbrooke. (Quebec. 
 
 SWHHiertide, l'rin<e Ktltrard 
 Island. 
 
 Svdney. Nova Scotia. 
 
 Toronto, Ontario. 
 
 Trenton, Ontario. 
 
 Vancouver. British Colum- 
 bia. 
 
 Victoria, British Columbia. 
 
 \ ietoria rille, Quebec. 
 
 117/J/r How. Yukon Terri- 
 tory. 
 
 U'indsor. Ontario. 
 
 Winni])eg, Manitoba. 
 
 Yarmouth. Nova Scotia. 
 
 CANARY ISLANDS. 
 (North Atlantic Ocen.> 
 
 (Irand Canarii. 
 Teneriffie. 
 
 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
 
 ( X( < under Africa. ) 
 
 CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, 
 (Atlantic Ocean.) 
 
 Sao Vtecnte. 
 
 535 
 
536 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 CELEBES. 
 
 DENMARK. 
 
 GERMANY. 
 
 (Malaysia.) 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Macassar. 
 
 Copenhagen. 
 
 Aix la Chapelle. 
 
 CEYLON. 
 
 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 
 
 Berlin. 11 ' 
 
 (Indian Ocean.) 
 
 (West Indies.) 
 
 Brake. 
 
 Bremen. 
 
 Colombo. 
 
 Azua. 
 
 BreMerftaeojit 
 
 
 La Romana. 
 
 Breslau. 
 
 CHILE. 
 
 Monte Chrixti. 
 
 Brunswick. 
 
 (South America.) 
 
 Puerto Plata. 
 
 Cassel. 
 
 
 8aman<i. 
 
 Chemnitz. 
 
 Antofagasta. 
 Arica. 
 
 Sanchez. 
 San Pedro de Macoris. 
 
 Coburg. 
 Cologne. 
 
 Ca Idera. 
 
 Santo Domingo. 
 
 Cuxhaven. 
 
 Coquimbo. 
 
 
 Da miff. 
 
 Punta Arenas. 
 
 ECUADOR. 
 
 Dresden. 
 
 Talcahuano. 
 Valparaiso. 
 
 CHINA. 
 (Asia.) 
 
 (South America.) 
 
 Bahia de Caraqucz. 
 Esmeraldas. 
 Guayaquil. 
 
 linden. 
 Erfurt. 
 Frankfort-on-the-Main. 
 Oera. 
 Hamburg. 
 Hanover. 
 
 Amoy. 
 
 
 Kehl. 
 
 Antung, Manchuria. 
 
 EGYPT. 
 
 Kiel. 
 
 Canton. 
 Changsha. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 Konigsberg. 
 Leipzig. 
 
 Chefoo. 
 Chungking. 
 Dairen, Manchuria. 
 
 ENGLAND. 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Liibcck. 
 Magdeburg. 
 Mannheim. 
 
 Foochow. 
 Hankow. 
 Harbin. Manchuria. 
 Hongkong. 
 Mukden, Manchuria. 
 Nanking. 
 
 Birmingham. 
 Bradford. 
 Bristol. 
 Dover. 
 Huddersfield. 
 
 Marknenkirchen. 
 Munich. 
 .Vfiy-s tadt-an-der-Hardt. 
 Nuremberg. 
 Plauen. 
 SoftUfbero. 
 
 Shanghai. 
 Swatow. 
 Tientsin. 
 
 Hull. 
 Jersey, Channel Islands. 
 Kidderminster. 
 
 8ora. 
 
 Stettin. 
 Stuttgart. 
 
 Tsinan. 
 
 Leeds. 
 
 Sioinemttnde. 
 
 Tsingtau. 
 
 Leicester. 
 Liverpool. 
 
 \\ i< xhaden. 
 
 CHOSEN. 
 
 London. 
 
 GREECE. 
 
 (Asia.) 
 
 Manchester. 
 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Seoul. 
 
 Nottingham. 
 
 Athens. 
 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 K<il<nnata. 
 
 COCHIN CHINA. 
 
 Red ditch. 
 
 Patras. 
 
 (Asia.) 
 
 Kt. Helens. 
 
 Saloniki. 
 
 Saigon. 
 
 Sbt'ffield. 
 Southampton. 
 
 GUATEMALA. 
 
 COLOMBIA. 
 (South America.) 
 
 8 toko -oil-Trent. 
 
 West II(jrtlei>ool. 
 Wey mouth. 
 
 (Central America.) 
 
 Guatemala. 
 
 Barranquilla. 
 Call. 
 Cartagena. 
 
 FRANCE. 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Lirhu/ston. 
 I'm-rtit Harriot. 
 Sun ,/o.sr dc Guatemala. 
 
 Mcdellin. 
 
 
 
 Santa Marta. 
 
 .1 tnicnft. 
 
 GUIANA. 
 
 
 1 in* tin, Corsica. 
 
 (South America.) 
 
 COSTA RICA. 
 
 l!<l'i/<i>i Hi'. 
 
 
 (Central America.) 
 
 Bordeaux. 
 
 <;Mrgeto\vn. British Guiana. 
 j'nntintirilio, Dulch (luinna. 
 
 Port Limon. 
 
 Brest. 
 
 
 Pnntorenat. 
 
 Calais. 
 
 HAITI. 
 
 San Jose\ 
 
 Cctte. 
 
 (West Indies.) 
 
 CUBA. 
 (West Indies.) 
 
 Dijon. 
 l> n n kirk. 
 
 .1 i/.r Caves. 
 Cape Haltlen. 
 
 Antilla. 
 
 (in- noble. 
 
 CrOfl " ^ rr.v. 
 Jacmel. 
 
 Haracoa. 
 Caibarien. 
 
 Havre. 
 La Uochelle. 
 
 ./TI niir. 
 
 OoritaMt. 
 
 Limoges. 
 
 Port an 1'rince. 
 
 Cifiifuegos. 
 (hwntanamo. 
 
 Lyon, 
 
 MarHt'ille. 
 
 Port de Pate. 
 
 Habana. 
 
 \ antes. 
 
 1IO\DURAS. 
 
 Manzanillo. , 
 Matanzas. 
 
 Nice. 
 Paris. 
 
 (Central America.) 
 
 Nueva (Icrona, Isle of 1'iiu-n. 
 Nueritas. 
 Sagua la Grand <. 
 Santiago de Cuba. 
 
 Kll.-imS. 
 
 Roubaix. 
 K<>nen. 
 St. Etienne. 
 
 \innpala. 
 Beli/<>. British Honduras. 
 
 Bonoooo. 
 
PART XLIX. CONSULATES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 537 
 
 HONDURAS Continued. 
 
 1 Ml IM \< >l AIH I./. 
 
 NEW ZEALAND. 
 
 Ceilm. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 (South I'M, -in,. Ocean.) 
 
 Puerto Cortes. 
 
 
 Auckland. 
 
 Roatan. 
 Han Jnancito. 
 Sun J'ttlro Kula. 
 
 Tegucigalpa. 
 
 1.1 \i:>iiiURG. 
 
 < 1 .III ,,|M'.| 
 
 cin -intfimrch. 
 Duncdin. 
 \\<llin!itn. 
 
 Tt-la. 
 
 l.u.n in burp. 
 
 NICARAGUA. 
 
 HUNGARY. 
 
 MADAGASCAR. 
 
 (Central America.) 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 (Indian Ocean.) 
 
 Bloefleldt 
 
 
 
 Corinto 
 
 Budapest. 
 
 Tamatave. 
 
 Matiiijiiljiii. 
 
 Flume. 
 
 
 Sun Juan del Sur. 
 
 
 MADEIRA. 
 
 
 INDIA. 
 
 
 NOR\VAY. 
 
 (Aia.) 
 
 (Atlantic Ocean.) 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Bombay. 
 
 FttttcfidT 
 
 l'.Tgen. 
 
 Calcutta. 
 
 
 Christiania. 
 
 Karachi. 
 Madras. 
 
 MALTESE ISLANDS. 
 
 Christiansand. 
 Stavanger. 
 
 Rangoon. 
 
 (Mediterranean Sea.) 
 
 Trondhjem. 
 
 IRELAND. 
 
 Malta. 
 
 ORANGE RIVER COL- 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 
 ONY. 
 
 
 MKXICO. 
 
 
 Belfast. 
 Cork. 
 
 (North America.) 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 Dublin. 
 
 (la lira il. 
 Limerick. 
 
 Acapulco, Guerrero. 
 Aguascalientes, Aguascalien- 
 
 i-oo 
 
 PANAMA. 
 (Central America.) 
 
 Londonderry. 
 
 res. 
 Catidticd, Sonora. 
 
 Bocas del Toro. 
 
 ITALY. 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Chihuahua, Chihuahua. 
 Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. 
 Durango, Durango. 
 
 Colon. 
 Panama. 
 Santiago. 
 
 Bari. 
 
 Ensenada, Lower California. 
 
 
 Carrara. 
 
 Frontera, Tabasco. 
 
 PARAGUAY. 
 
 Catania. 
 Florence. 
 
 Guadalajara, Jalisco. 
 Guanajuato, Guanajuato. 
 
 (South America.) 
 
 Genoa. 
 
 Guai/mas, Sonora. 
 
 A suDclon 
 
 Leghorn. 
 
 Hermosillo, Sonora. 
 
 
 Milan. 
 
 Los Mochis, Sinaloa. 
 
 PERSIA. 
 
 Naples. 
 
 Manzanillo, Colima. 
 
 
 Palermo. 
 
 Matamoras, Tamaulipas. 
 
 (Asia.) 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Mazatlan, Sinaloa. 
 
 Tabriz. 
 
 Turin. 
 
 Mexico City. 
 
 Teheran. 
 
 Venice. 
 
 Monterey, Nuevo Leon. 
 Nogales, Sonora. 
 
 PERU. 
 
 JAMAICA. 
 
 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. 
 
 (South America.) 
 
 (West Indies.) 
 
 Oaxaca, Oaxaca. 
 Parral, Chihitulntd. 
 
 Callao. 
 
 Kingston. 
 Montego Bay. 
 Port Antonio. 
 Port Maria. 
 PortMorunl. 
 St. Ann's lin 11. 
 
 Piedras Negras, Coahuila. 
 Progreso. Yucatan. 
 Puebla, Pucbla. 
 Puerto Mcfico,Vera Cruz. 
 Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. 
 Saltillo, Coahuila. 
 San Luis Potosi, San Luis 
 
 Cerro de Pasco. 
 Mollendo. 
 Paita. 
 
 Xalai'crry. 
 
 PORTUGAL. 
 (Europe.) 
 
 JAPAN. 
 
 (Asia.) 
 
 Potosi. 
 Tampico, Tamaulipas. 
 Tapachula, Chiapas. 
 
 Lisbon. 
 Oporto. 
 
 Hakodate. 
 
 Topia, Duranfjo. 
 
 Torrc<>)i , ('oafi niJii. 
 
 ROUMANIA. 
 
 Kobe\ 
 
 Tuxpam, Vera Cruz. 
 
 (Balkan State, Europe.) 
 
 Nagasaki. 
 Yokkaichi, 
 
 Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz. 
 
 Bucharest. 
 
 Yokohama. 
 
 MOROCCO. 
 
 
 
 
 RUSSIA. 
 
 JAVA. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 (Europe and Aaia.) 
 
 (Malaysia.) 
 
 
 
 
 NATAL. 
 
 Batum. 
 
 Batavia. 
 Soerauaya. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 Ifdxingfors, Finland. 
 Lilian.' 
 
 
 
 Moscow. 
 
 KONGO. 
 
 NETHERLANDS. 
 
 Odessa. 
 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Petrograd. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 
 Reval. 
 
 
 Amsterdam. 
 
 Riga. 
 
 LIBERIA. 
 
 Flushing. 
 
 Rostoff-on-Don. 
 
 
 Rotterdam. 
 
 Vladivostok, Siberia. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 Scheveningen. 
 
 Warsaw. 
 
538 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ST. PIERRE-MIQUELON. 
 
 SPAIN Continued. 
 
 TURKEY Continued. 
 
 (Islands, North Atlan- 
 
 Pal in a dc M allorca. 
 
 Beirut, Syria. 
 
 tic Ocean.) 
 
 Seville. 
 
 Constantinople. 
 
 St. Pierre-Miquelon, North 
 Atlantic Ocean. 
 
 Tarragona. 
 Valencia. 
 Vigo. 
 
 Dardanelles. 
 Diarbeklr. 
 
 SALVADOR. 
 
 STRAITS SETTLE- 
 
 Haifa, tfyria. 
 1 1 od cida. 
 
 (Central America.) 
 
 MENTS. 
 
 Jaffa, Palestine. 
 
 
 
 Jerusalem, Palestine. 
 
 San Salvador. 
 
 (Islands, Straits of 
 
 Mcrsina. 
 
 
 Malacca.) 
 
 Miti/lene. 
 
 SAMOA. 
 
 
 Hunt sun. 
 
 (South Pacific Ocean.) 
 
 Penann. 
 Singapore. 
 
 Smyrna. 
 Trchizond. 
 
 
 
 Tripoli, Syria. 
 
 Apia. 
 
 SUMATRA. 
 
 
 SCOTLAND. 
 
 (Malaysia.) 
 
 URUGUAY. 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Pa dang. 
 
 (South America.) 
 
 .1 bcrdcen. 
 
 SWEDEN. 
 
 Montevideo. 
 
 iMindee. 
 I umfermline. 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 VENEZUELA. 
 
 Edinburgh. 
 
 Glasgow. 
 
 Goteborg. 
 Mai nt 6. 
 
 (South America.) 
 
 Troon. 
 
 Stockholm. 
 
 Caracas. 
 
 SENEGAL. 
 
 XnnilxniU. 
 
 ('antj)ano. 
 < 'in dad liolivar. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 SWITZERLAND. 
 
 La Guaira. 
 
 SERVIA. 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 Bnsol. 
 
 Maracaibo. 
 Puerto Cabello. 
 
 (Balkan State, Enrope.) 
 
 Berne. 
 
 WALES. 
 
 Belgrade. 
 
 Geneva. 
 Lucerne. 
 
 (Europe.) 
 
 SIAM. 
 
 St. Gall. 
 
 Cardiff. 
 
 (Asia.) 
 
 Vevey. 
 Zurich. 
 
 Swansea. 
 
 Bangkok. 
 
 TAIWAN. 
 
 WEST INDIES. 
 
 SIBERIA. 
 
 (China Sea.) 
 
 (Atlantic Ocean and 
 
 
 
 (' rrihheiin Son.) 
 
 (See under Russia, i 
 
 Tansui. 
 
 
 SIERRA LEONE. 
 
 TASMANIA. 
 
 Barbados. 
 Bonairt. 
 
 
 (Island, South Pacific 
 
 lirii/litmi. Trinidad. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 Ocean.) 
 
 Cockbiirn llarlmr, Turks Is- 
 
 SOCIETY ISLANDS. 
 
 Hobart. 
 
 land. 
 Cuba (Mr under Cuba i. 
 
 (South Pacific O.M :in.) 
 
 TRANSVAAL. 
 
 Curacao. 
 Dominican Republic (xee un- 
 
 Tahiti. 
 
 (Sec under Africa.) 
 
 der 1 >oininican Republic). 
 Frederiksted, M. croi.r /x- 
 
 SPAIN. 
 
 
 land. 
 
 <J MI rope.) 
 
 Mirante. 
 
 TRIPOLI. 
 
 (Sec under Africa.) 
 
 (Irenadti. 
 
 Guadeloupe. 
 
 Haiti (xfv under Haiti). 
 
 \ Inn i in. 
 
 
 Jamaica (xrc nntler Jamaica . 
 
 Barcelona. 
 
 TUMS. 
 
 Mart inii|iic. 
 
 Bilbao. 
 Oadm. 
 
 (See under Africa.) 
 
 Mattlieir Toicn, lialianni 7x 
 
 tandt. 
 
 c< unna. 
 
 
 Nassau, r.abama Islands. 
 
 Denia. 
 
 TURKEY. 
 
 /,'O.STI/I/, Dominica. 
 
 Gibraltar. 
 
 1 1 .IIIM.IM and Asia.) 
 
 xt. 1. n<-iii. 
 
 If )f (I i'(/ 
 
 
 St. Tbomas. 
 
 .1. !(/. dc la Frontera. 
 
 Aleppo, Syria. 
 
 N/. I inn nt. 
 
 Madrid. 
 
 .1 /( .nindi < tin. 
 
 .SV/// ('ail, 7'i//-/,-x Inland. 
 
 Malaga. 
 
 Bagdad. 
 
 '.'rinidad. 
 
 
 ISasiiorah. 
 
 Turks Island. 
 
INDEXES. 
 
 TABLE OF LAWS INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME. 
 
 The following table gives tin- sections of the Revised Slalules, will) dales of 
 amendatory ads, included in this compilation, with the page of this volume on which 
 they may l>e found. 
 
 The table beginning at page 550 gives the dates of acte and parts of acts^iibsequent 
 to the RevifiecnStatutee (Dec. I, 18715), with dates of amendatory acts, included in 
 this compilation, with the page of this volume on which they may be found. 
 
 SECTIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES. 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 
 l.his 
 voluino. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutas. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected 
 
 3 
 
 15 
 
 July 18,1866 
 
 
 978 
 
 466 
 
 July 22,1813 
 
 
 
 
 June 29,1870 
 
 
 979 
 
 466 
 
 do 
 
 
 431 
 
 397 
 
 June 21,1866 
 
 
 1433 
 
 241 
 
 Feb. 20,1845 
 
 
 432 
 
 397 
 
 do 
 
 
 1536 
 
 396 
 
 Dec. 22,1837 
 
 
 728 
 
 96 
 
 AUK. 8,1846 
 
 
 1580 
 
 445 
 
 July 18,1861 
 
 July 1, 1902 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1911 
 
 
 
 
 July 14,1862 
 
 June 29,1906 
 
 730 
 
 468 
 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 
 
 1581 
 
 445 
 
 July 18,1861 
 
 July 1, 1902 
 
 
 
 Apr. 20,1818 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 17,1862 
 
 June 29,1906 
 
 
 
 May 15,1820 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2, 1907 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1825 
 
 
 1707 
 
 240 
 
 Apr. 14,1792 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1847 
 
 
 1708 
 
 240 
 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 851 
 
 96 
 
 Feb. 26,1853 
 
 
 1718 
 
 240 
 
 . .do 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 923 
 
 465 
 
 Aug. 4, 1790 
 
 
 1719 
 
 241 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 
 
 1720 
 
 241 
 
 Aug. 5, 1861 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 
 1721 
 
 241 
 
 June 20,1864 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 
 
 1954 
 
 274 
 
 July 27,1868 
 
 May 17,1884 
 
 939 
 
 465 
 
 Aug. 4, 1790 
 
 
 1956 
 
 283 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 2, 1889 
 
 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 21,1893 
 
 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1899 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 940 
 
 465 
 
 Aug. 4, 1790 
 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 21,1910 
 
 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 
 
 1958 
 
 275 
 
 .....do 
 
 Mar. 3, 1899 
 
 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 
 
 1959 
 
 275 
 
 Mar. 3, 1869 
 
 Mar. 3, 1899 
 
 
 
 Apr. 5, 1832 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 941 
 
 113 
 
 Aug. 4,1790 
 
 Mar. 3, 1899 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 21,1910 
 
 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 
 
 1960 
 
 
 July 1, 1870 
 
 Mar. 24,1874 
 
 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1899 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1847 
 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 21,1910 
 
 970 
 
 466 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 
 
 1961 
 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 3, 1899 
 
 
 
 Feb. 24,1807 
 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 21,1910 
 
 971 
 
 466 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 
 
 1973 
 
 517 
 
 Mar. 5, 1872 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 539 
 
540 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 SECTIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected 
 
 1975 
 1976 
 
 518 
 518 
 
 Mar. 5, 1892 
 . do 
 
 
 2640 
 2641 
 
 493 
 494 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 May 7, 1822 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Do. 
 
 2174 
 2497 
 
 2502 
 
 2507 
 2511 
 2513 
 
 2514 
 
 60 
 
 178 
 
 179 
 
 238 
 237 
 237 
 
 237 
 
 June 7,1872 
 Mar. 1, 1817 
 
 June 30,1864 
 
 Mar. 3,1843 
 Feb. 19,1869 
 June 6, 1872 
 
 do 
 
 July 24,1897 
 Aug. 5, 1909 
 Oct. 3,1913 
 Aug. 27,1894 
 Aug. 5, 1909 
 Oct. 3, 1913 
 July 24,1897 
 Aug. 5,1909 
 July 24,1897 
 Aug. 5,1909 
 July 24,1897 
 Aug. 5, 1909 
 Aug. 24,1912 
 Oct. 3,1913 
 July 24 1897 
 
 2642 
 2643 
 2644 
 2645 
 2646 
 2647 
 
 2648 
 2649 
 
 2651 
 2652 
 2653 
 2747 
 
 494 
 494 
 494 
 494 
 495 
 4*5 
 
 495 
 516 
 
 516 
 
 517 
 517 
 327 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 May 7, 1822 
 Mar. 3, 1863 
 Feb. 11,1846 
 July 28,1866 
 Mar. 3, 1841 
 Mar. 3, 1857 
 July 18,1866 
 July 14,f862 
 May 12,1870 
 
 do 
 Aug. 30,1842 
 July 18,1866 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 Mar. 3, 1845 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Do. 
 
 Aug. 15,1876 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Aug. 15,1876 
 
 2520 
 2524 
 2537 
 
 213 
 213 
 213 
 
 May 10,1800 
 Feb. 25,1801 
 Jan 26 1848 
 
 Aug. 5, 1909 
 Oct. 3, 1913 
 
 2758 
 2759 
 2760 
 2761 
 
 327 
 396 
 327 
 512 
 
 July 20,1868 
 July 25,1861 
 July 15,1870 
 Mar. 2,1799 
 do 
 
 
 2540 
 
 213 
 
 do 
 
 
 2762 
 
 512 
 
 ...do 
 
 
 2554 
 
 215 
 
 Aug. 31,1852 
 May 26,1824 
 May 28 1830 
 
 
 2763 
 2764 
 2765 
 
 327 
 327 
 327 
 
 do 
 do 
 ....do 
 
 
 2581 
 2588 
 2589 
 
 213 
 213 
 215 
 
 June 16,1860 
 June 14,1870 
 do 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 2766 
 2767 
 2788 
 
 198 
 198 
 198 
 
 June 22,1874 
 do 
 do 
 
 
 2590 
 2621 
 2622 
 
 214 
 489 
 490 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 .do 
 
 
 2769 
 2770 
 2771 
 
 198 
 199 
 199 
 
 Mar. 2,1799 
 do 
 do 
 
 
 2623 
 
 490 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 24,1816 
 
 
 2624 
 2625 
 
 490 
 490 
 
 do 
 
 do. 
 
 
 
 
 May 7,1822 
 Feb. 22,1827 
 
 
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 490 
 
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 2627 
 2628 
 2629 
 
 490 
 491 
 491 
 
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 2772 
 
 199 
 
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 2630 
 
 492 
 
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 2773 
 2774 
 
 200 
 199 
 
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 2632 
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 2634 
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 492 
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 492 
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 2776 
 
 2777 
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 200 
 201 
 
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 2636 
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 202 
 202 
 
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 2638 
 2639 
 
 493 
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 2781 
 2782 
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 202 
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 Aug. 31,1852 
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 228 
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 2827 
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 216 
 
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 3007 
 
 228 
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542 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 SECTIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
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 affected 
 
 3008 
 3035 
 
 228 
 
 202 
 
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 3100 
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 246 
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 191 
 192 
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 192 
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 322 
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 243 
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 322 
 322 
 322 
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TABLK OK LAWS. 
 SECTIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 543 
 
 Section 
 
 Ko\ isetl 
 
 Statute-. 
 
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 tliis 
 volume. 
 
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 alVectod 
 
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 Revised 
 
 Statutes. 
 
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 volume. 
 
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 4015 
 
 323 
 
 June 8,1872 
 
 
 4160 
 
 35 
 
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 4079 
 
 94 
 
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 4161 
 
 35 
 
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 4080 
 
 95 
 
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 4162 
 
 35 
 
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 4081 
 
 95 
 
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 4163 
 
 36 
 
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 4131 
 
 15 
 
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 39 
 
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 54 
 
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 4166 
 
 39 
 
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 4167 
 
 41 
 
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 42 
 
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 15 
 
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 4171 
 
 39 
 
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 4172 
 
 41 
 
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 317 
 
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 184 
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 18 
 
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 4175 
 
 42 
 
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 4136 
 
 17 
 
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 4176 
 
 37 
 
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 4137 
 
 38 
 
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 4177 
 
 21 
 
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 4138 
 
 38 
 
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 4178 
 
 21 
 
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 June 26, 1884 
 
 4139 
 
 39 
 
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 4141 
 4142 
 
 34 
 
 33 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 ... do... 
 
 
 4179 
 
 22 
 
 May 5, 1864 
 
 Jan. 20,1897 
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 4143 
 
 34 
 
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 4144 
 
 34 
 
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 4180 
 
 50 
 
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 4146 
 
 37 
 
 do 
 
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 4181 
 4182 
 
 50 
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 do 
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 4147 
 
 33 
 
 do 
 
 
 4183 
 
 51 
 
 do 
 
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 4148 
 
 23 
 
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 51 
 
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 52 
 
 do 
 
 
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 23 
 
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 4188 
 
 52 
 
 do 
 
 
 4150 
 
 23 
 
 May 6, 1864 
 
 
 4189 
 
 52 
 
 July 18,1866 
 
 
 4151 
 
 24 
 
 Feb. 28,1865 
 
 
 4190 
 
 52 
 
 Mar. 26,1810 
 
 
 4152 
 
 32 
 
 May 6, 1864 
 
 
 4191 
 
 52 
 
 Mar. 2, 1803 
 
 
 4153 
 
 24 
 26 
 
 do 
 . . do 
 
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 4192 
 4193 
 
 40 
 40 
 
 July 29,1850 
 do 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 
 27 
 
 do 
 
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 Mar. 3, 1865 
 
 
 
 
 
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 4194 
 
 40 
 
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 28 
 29 
 
 do 
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 Mar. 2, 1895 
 
 4195 
 4196 
 
 41 
 41 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 
 
 31 
 
 do 
 
 Aug. 5, 1882 
 
 4197 
 
 180 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 
 Apr. 29,1902 
 
 
 31 
 
 do 
 
 June 19, 1886 
 
 4198 
 
 180 
 
 do 
 
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 4199 
 
 181 
 
 do 
 
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 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4200 
 
 181 
 
 Feb. 10,1820 
 
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 4154 
 
 32 
 
 Mar. 2, 1799 
 
 Aug. 5,1882 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4201 
 4202 
 
 182 
 182 
 
 Mar. 2,1799 
 do 
 
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 4155 
 
 36 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 
 Jan. 16,1895 
 
 4204 
 
 182 
 
 July 4,1864 
 
 
 
 
 July 29,1850 
 
 
 4205 
 
 183 
 
 Mar. 3,1833 
 
 
 4156 
 
 37 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 
 
 4206 
 
 183 
 
 Mar. 3, 1797 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 4157 
 
 37 
 
 Mar. 3,1813 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2,1799 
 
 
 4158 
 
 37 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 
 July 5, 1884 
 
 4207 
 
 183 
 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 
 
 4159 
 
 35 
 
 ...do... 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4208 
 
 215 
 
 Mar. 3, 1817 
 May 6. 1822 
 
 
 92075 15 35 
 
544 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 SECTIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 4209 
 
 185 
 
 Mar. 3, 1817 
 
 
 4282 
 
 110 
 
 Mar. 3,1851 
 
 
 4210 
 
 185 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 4283 
 
 110 
 
 ....do....... 
 
 
 4211 
 
 185 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 4284 
 
 111 
 
 ....do 1 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 23, 1842 
 
 
 4285 
 
 111 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 4213 
 
 185 
 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4286 
 
 111 
 
 .do 
 
 
 4214 
 
 19 
 
 Aug. 7,1848 
 
 Mar. 3,1883 
 
 4287 
 
 111 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 June 29,1870 
 
 Jan. 16,1895 
 
 4288 
 
 111 
 
 do 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 
 
 
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 June 19,1886 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 20,1912 
 
 4289 
 
 112 
 
 do 
 
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 4215 
 
 20 
 
 Aug. 7,1848 
 
 
 4290 
 
 108 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 Feb. 14,1900 
 
 4217 
 
 20 
 
 June 29,1870 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4291 
 
 109 
 
 do 
 
 
 4218 
 
 21 
 
 do 
 
 Aug. 20,1912 
 
 4292 
 
 109 
 
 do 
 
 
 4219 
 
 173 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4293 
 
 476 
 
 Mar. 3,1819 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 27,1816 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 
 
 Jan. 30,1823 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 14,1817 
 
 
 4294 
 
 476 
 
 Mar. 3, 1819 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 1,1817 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 30,1823 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1817 
 
 July 24,1897 
 
 4295 
 
 476 
 
 Mar. 3,1819 
 
 
 
 
 May 31,1830 
 
 Apr. 30,1900 
 
 
 
 Jan. 30,1823 
 
 
 
 
 July 14,1862 
 
 May 28,1908 
 
 4296 
 
 476 
 
 Mar. 3, 1819 
 
 
 
 
 June 28,1864 
 
 Aug. 5, 1909 
 
 
 
 Jan. 30,1823 
 
 
 4219 
 
 173 
 
 Mar. 3,1865 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 6,1861 
 
 
 4220 
 
 171 
 
 July 14,1870 
 
 Apr. 30,1900 
 
 4297 
 
 477 
 
 Aug. 5,1861 
 
 
 4221 
 
 172 
 
 Mar. 3,1869 
 
 
 4298 
 
 477 
 
 do 
 
 
 4222 
 
 174 
 
 July 20,1868 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4299 
 
 477 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4300 
 
 466 
 
 June 11,1864 
 
 
 4225 
 
 173 
 
 Mar. 27,1804 
 
 
 4301 
 
 467 
 
 do 
 
 
 4226 
 
 174 
 
 Mar. 3,1805 
 
 
 4302 
 
 467 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 184 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 4303 
 
 467 
 
 do 
 
 
 4227 
 
 171 
 
 Apr. 27,1816 
 
 
 4304 
 
 467 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 14,1817 
 
 
 4305 
 
 467 
 
 Dec. 31,1792 
 
 
 4228 
 
 172 
 
 May 24,1828 
 
 Apr. 30,1900 
 
 4306 
 
 186 
 
 June 1,1796 
 
 
 
 
 May 31,1830 
 
 July 24,1897 
 
 
 
 Feb. 12,1831 
 
 
 
 
 July 13,1832 
 
 
 4307 
 
 186 
 
 June 1,1796 
 
 
 4229 
 
 172 
 
 May 24,1828 
 
 
 4308 
 
 186 
 
 Mar. 2,1803 
 
 
 4230 
 
 172 
 
 do 
 
 
 4309 
 
 186 
 
 Feb. 28,1803 
 
 
 4231 
 
 173 
 
 Mar. 1,1869 
 
 
 4310 
 
 186 
 
 do 
 
 
 4233 
 
 389 
 
 Apr. 29,1864 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 4311 
 
 18 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1893 
 
 4312 
 
 43 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 8,1895 
 
 4313 
 
 47 
 
 Mar. 3, 1825 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1897 
 
 4314 
 
 47 
 
 do 
 
 June 24,1902 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1905 
 
 4315 
 
 47 
 
 do 
 
 
 4235 
 
 169 
 
 A n K . 7,1789 
 
 
 4316 
 
 18 
 
 Mar. 12,1812 
 
 
 4236 
 
 169 
 
 Mar. 2,1837 
 
 
 4317 
 
 18 
 
 do 
 
 
 4237 
 
 169 
 
 July 13,1866 
 
 
 4318 
 
 18 
 
 June 17,1864 
 
 
 4238 
 
 325 
 
 Apr. 14,1792 
 
 
 4319 
 
 44 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 Jan. 16,1895 
 
 4239 
 
 326 
 
 Mar. 3,1825 
 
 
 
 
 July 29,1850 
 
 Apr. 24,1906 
 
 4240 
 
 326 
 
 do 
 
 
 4320 
 
 43 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 Jan. 16,1895 
 
 4241 
 
 326 
 
 Feb. 23,1847 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4250 
 
 58 
 
 Apr. 9,1872 
 
 
 4321 
 
 45 
 
 do 
 
 Jan. 16,1895 
 
 4251 
 
 78 
 
 July 20,1846 
 
 
 
 
 J 1,1828 
 
 Apr. 24,1906 
 
 4278 
 
 152 
 
 July 3,1866 
 
 
 4322 
 
 43 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 
 4279 
 
 152 
 
 do 
 
 
 4323 
 
 43 
 
 do 
 
 July 5,1884 
 
 4280 
 
 152 
 
 .. ..do 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 16,1895 
 
 4281 
 
 110 
 
 Feb. 28,1871 
 
 
 4324 
 
 46 
 
 do 
 
 
T.\m.K OF LAWS. 545 
 
 SECTIONS OK THI: RKYISKI. STATUTES r<>ntimi<><l. 
 
 Section 
 
 Statutes. 
 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Kll:i> 
 
 Amend. <) nr 
 atTrrtod 
 
 Section 
 Statutes. 
 
 volume. 
 
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 affected- 
 
 4325 
 4326 
 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 do 
 
 Apr. 24,1906 
 
 ON 
 
 4369 
 
 259 
 259 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 do 
 
 
 4327 
 4328 
 
 4329 
 
 47 
 
 4 
 
 48 
 
 do 
 
 July 18,1866 
 Feb. 28,1865 
 
 Mar. 2,1797 
 
 Apr. 17,1X74 
 Jan. 16,1895 
 July 5, 1884 
 
 4370 
 
 4371 
 4372 
 4373 
 
 259 
 
 260 
 260 
 53 
 
 July 18,1866 
 Feb. 23,1867 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 do 
 ....do... 
 
 Juno 19,1886 
 
 4330 
 4331 
 
 247 
 19 
 
 July 18,1866 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 May 6, 1864 
 
 
 4374 
 
 4:>7r> 
 4376 
 
 53 
 53 
 53 
 
 do 
 do 
 do .. 
 
 
 4332 
 
 48 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 
 4377 
 
 260 
 
 do 
 
 
 4333 
 4335 
 4336 
 
 46 
 48 
 50 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
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 4378 
 4379 
 
 261 
 261 
 
 Apr. 2,1836 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 ..do 
 
 
 4337 
 4338 
 4339 
 4340 
 4341 
 4342 
 4343 
 4344 
 
 183 
 183 
 18 
 49 
 49 
 49 
 49 
 49 
 
 do 
 do 
 Apr. 4,1840 
 Feb. 25,1865 
 Feb. 28,1867 
 Mar. 3,1849 
 do 
 Feb. 11,1830 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4380 
 4384 
 4385 
 4391 
 
 4392 
 4393 
 4394 
 
 261 
 44 
 19 
 70 
 
 70 
 71 
 71 
 
 do 
 July 18,1866 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 June 19,1813 
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 June 19,1813 
 do 
 do .. 
 
 Do. 
 
 4345 
 
 49 
 
 Jan. 26,1848 
 Aug. 31,1852 
 
 Do. 
 
 4399 
 4400 
 
 115 
 115 
 
 Feb. 28,1871 
 do 
 
 Jan. 18,1897 
 Aug. 7, 1882 
 
 4346 
 4347 
 
 50 
 258 
 
 Feb. 11,1830 
 Mar. 1, 1817 
 Mar. 3,1873 
 
 Mar. 3, 1883 
 Juno 19,1886 
 Feb. 15,1893 
 
 4401 
 
 169 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 1,1895 
 Feb. 15,1902 
 Mar. 17,1906 
 Aug. 19,1890 
 
 4348 
 
 252 
 
 Mar. 2, 1819 
 May 7, 1822 
 
 Feb. 17,1898 
 May 12,1906 
 
 4402 
 
 496 
 
 do . 
 
 Feb. 8,1895 
 June 7,1897 
 
 4349 
 
 252 
 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 
 4403 
 
 496 
 
 . .do 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4350 
 
 253 
 
 Mar. 2, 1819 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 July 12 1876 
 
 4404 
 4405 
 
 496 
 496 
 
 do 
 do . 
 
 Do. 
 Mar. 3 1905 
 
 4351 
 
 253 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 8, 1907 
 
 4352 
 4353 
 
 254 
 254 
 
 Mar. 2, 1819 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 do . 
 
 Do. 
 Do 
 
 4406 
 4407 
 4408 
 
 156 
 156 
 497 
 
 do 
 do 
 do . 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4354 
 
 255 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4409 
 
 497 
 
 ...do 
 
 
 4355 
 4356 
 
 255 
 256 
 
 do 
 Mar. 2,1819 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 4410 
 4411 
 4412 
 
 497 
 498 
 393 
 
 do 
 do 
 .do 
 
 May 22,1912 
 Aug. 19,1890 
 
 4357 
 4358 
 4359 
 
 4360 
 4361 
 4362 
 
 257 
 274 
 256 
 
 257 
 258 
 214 
 
 Mar. 2, 1795 
 July 27,1868 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 Mar. 2, 1819 
 Feb. 18,1793 
 do 
 do .. 
 
 
 4413 
 4414 
 
 4415 
 
 393 
 498 
 
 499 
 
 do 
 do 
 Mar. 3, 1873 
 
 Feb. 28,1871 
 
 Feb. 8,1895 
 June 7, 1897 
 Do. 
 Apr. 9,1906 
 May 28,1908 
 Mar. 4, 1913 
 Mar 3 1905 
 
 4363 
 
 214 
 
 do 
 
 
 4416 
 
 499 
 
 ... .do... . 
 
 Do. 
 
 4364 
 4365 
 
 183 
 184 
 
 do 
 ..do 
 
 
 4417 
 
 100 
 
 do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 Mar 3 1905 
 
 4366 
 4367 
 
 258 
 259 
 
 do 
 ...do... 
 
 
 4418 
 
 122 
 
 do 
 
 June 19,1886 
 Mar. 3.1905 
 
546 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 SECTIONS OP THE REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected 
 
 4419 
 4420 
 
 123 
 123 
 
 Feb. 28,1871 
 Dec. 17,1872 
 
 
 4462 
 4463 
 
 500 
 121 
 
 Feb. 28,1871 
 do 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Apr. 2, 1908 
 
 4421 
 
 154 
 
 Jan. 6, 1874 
 Feb. 28,1871 
 
 June 11,1906 
 June 25,1910 
 
 4464 
 
 153 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 3, 1913 
 Mar. 4,1914 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 4465 
 
 153 
 
 do 
 
 July 9 1886 
 
 4422 
 4423 
 
 148 
 155 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 Mar. 3, 1905 
 
 4466 
 
 154 
 
 do 
 
 Feb. 23,1901 
 
 4424 
 
 155 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 do 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 4467 
 4468 
 
 154 
 154 
 
 do 
 .do 
 
 May 28,1908 
 Do 
 
 4425 
 
 501 
 
 do 
 
 
 4469 
 
 154 
 
 do. 
 
 
 4426 
 
 116 
 
 do 
 
 June 25 1890 
 
 4470 
 
 146 
 
 do 
 
 Mar 3 1905 
 
 4427 
 
 117 
 
 do . 
 
 Dec. 22,1890 
 Jan. 18,1897 
 Mar. 3, 1905 
 May 16,1906 
 
 4471 
 4472 
 
 146 
 148 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 June 30,1906 
 Mar. 3, 1905 
 May 28,1906 
 Jan. 24,1913 
 Oct 22 1914 
 
 4428 
 
 123 
 
 do 
 
 
 4473 
 
 149 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 4429 
 
 123 
 
 do 
 
 Aug 7 1882 
 
 4474 
 
 150 
 
 do 
 
 Oct 18 188S 
 
 4430 
 
 124 
 
 .do 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Jan. 22,1894 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 July 17,1914 
 
 4431 
 
 124 
 
 do 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4475 
 4476 
 
 150 
 151 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 
 4432 
 
 124 
 
 do 
 
 
 4477 
 
 147 
 
 do 
 
 
 4433 
 
 125 
 
 . ..do 
 
 
 4478 
 
 147 
 
 ..do. 
 
 
 4434 
 
 125 
 
 do 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4479 
 
 147 
 
 do 
 
 
 4437 
 
 126 
 
 ....do. 
 
 Mar. 2,1909 
 
 4480 
 4481 
 
 146 
 126 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Mar. 3,1905 
 
 4438 
 
 56 
 
 do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 4482 
 
 127 
 
 ....do.. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 25,1907 
 
 4483 
 
 147 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4439 
 
 56 
 
 do 
 
 May 28,1908 
 Dec 21, 1898 
 
 4484 
 4485 
 
 145 
 146 
 
 do 
 .do 
 
 
 4440 
 
 57 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4486 
 
 146 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 4441 
 4442 
 
 57 
 57 
 
 do 
 do. 
 
 May 28,1896 
 Do 
 
 4487 
 4488 
 
 393 
 127 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Mar. 3, 1905 
 
 4443 
 4444 
 4445 
 
 58 
 169 
 58 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Mar 23 1900 
 
 4490 
 4491 
 
 126 
 120 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 July 9,1886 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 MM 
 
 56 
 
 . .do 
 
 Feb. 19,1907 
 
 4492 
 
 148 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 4117 
 4448 
 4449 
 
 156 
 157 
 157 
 
 do 
 do 
 .do 
 
 Mar. 3,1915 
 Mar 3, 1905 
 
 4493 
 4494 
 4495 
 
 157 
 156 
 22 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 Feb. 21,1891 
 
 4450 
 4489 
 
 157 
 118 
 
 do 
 do. . .. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1915 
 Mar 3, 1905 
 
 4408 
 
 4497 
 4498 
 
 158 
 158 
 118 
 
 Feb. 21,1891 
 do 
 .do 
 
 Mar. 3, 1905 
 
 4461 
 
 4454 
 
 118 
 120 
 
 do 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4490 
 
 158 
 
 do 
 
 M:ir. 4,1915 
 Mar. 3, 1905 
 
 4455 
 
 500 
 
 do. 
 
 
 4500 
 
 158 
 
 .do 
 
 
 4456 
 4457 
 4460 
 
 500 
 500 
 500 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4501 
 
 488 
 
 June 7.1S72 
 
 June 26,1884 
 June 19,1886 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4461 
 
 500 
 
 do 
 
 June 19,1886 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4502 
 
 488 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 4,1911 
 Apr. 26,1906 
 
TABLE OF LAWS. 
 
 SECTIONS OF -mi-: RKYISKD STATUTES Conlinucd. 
 
 547 
 
 Sort ion 
 
 Etarfced 
 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 
 Hi is 
 volume. 
 
 Kiuu-ted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected 
 
 Swtkm 
 
 Statutes. 
 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 4503 
 
 61 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 
 4546 
 
 77 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 May 28,1896 
 
 4504 
 
 62 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 23,1842 
 
 
 
 
 June 15,1873 
 
 
 4547 
 
 77 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 4505 
 
 488 
 
 June 7, 1872 
 
 Jan. 16,1883 
 
 
 
 Aug. 23,1842 
 
 June 28,1906 
 
 
 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4548 
 
 78 
 
 Mar. 3,1873 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 4549 
 
 72 
 
 June 7, 1872 
 
 
 4506 
 
 489 
 
 do 
 
 
 4550 
 
 72 
 
 ....do... 
 
 
 4507 
 
 489 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 3, 1897 
 
 4551 
 
 72 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4552 
 
 74 
 
 do 
 
 
 4508 
 
 60 
 
 do 
 
 
 4553 
 
 75 
 
 do 
 
 
 4509 
 
 62 
 
 do 
 
 
 4554 
 
 81 
 
 .. ..do. . 
 
 Aug. 19,1890 
 
 4510 
 
 62 
 
 do 
 
 
 4555 
 
 81 
 
 do 
 
 
 4511 
 
 63 
 
 do 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4556 
 
 102 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 Jan. 15,1873 
 
 Mar. 3, 1897 
 
 4557 
 
 103 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 
 July 1,1902 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4558 
 
 103 
 
 ....do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 4512 
 
 63 
 
 June 7, 1872 
 
 
 4559 
 
 104 
 
 July 20,1840 
 
 Do. 
 
 4513 
 
 64 
 
 do 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 
 
 July 29,1850 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 18,1895 
 
 
 
 
 
 4514 
 
 65 
 
 do 
 
 
 4560 
 
 104 
 
 July 20,1840 
 
 
 4515 
 
 65 
 
 do 
 
 
 4561 
 
 104 
 
 do 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4516 
 
 99 
 
 do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 4562 
 
 104 
 
 do 
 
 
 4517 
 
 65 
 
 do 
 
 
 4563 
 
 105 
 
 do 
 
 
 4518 
 
 66 
 
 do 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4564 
 
 105 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1897 
 
 4565 
 
 105 
 
 June 7, 1872 
 
 
 4519 
 
 64 
 
 do 
 
 
 4566 
 
 106 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4520 
 
 69 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 
 4567 
 
 106 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 June 7, 1872 
 
 
 4568 
 
 106 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4521 
 
 69 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 
 4569 
 
 107 
 
 ..do 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4522 
 
 70 
 
 do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 4523 
 
 61 
 
 July 20,1840 
 
 
 4570 
 
 107 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 June 7, 1872 
 
 
 4571 
 
 107 
 
 .....do 
 
 
 4524 
 
 75 
 
 do 
 
 
 4572 
 
 108 
 
 ....do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 4525 
 
 75 
 
 do 
 
 
 4573 
 
 66 
 
 Feb. 28,1803 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 4526 
 
 75 
 
 do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 Apr. 4,1840 
 
 
 4527 
 
 75 
 
 do 
 
 
 4574 
 
 66 
 
 Mar. 3,1813 
 
 
 4528 
 
 76 
 
 do 
 
 
 4575 
 
 67 
 
 July 20,1840 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4529 
 
 76 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 Do. 
 
 4576 
 
 66 
 
 Feb. 28,1803 
 
 Mar. 3,1897 
 
 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 June 28,1906 
 
 4577 
 
 82 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 3,1911 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 4578 
 
 82 
 
 do 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4530 
 
 76 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 4579 
 
 83 
 
 Feb. 28,1811 
 
 
 4535 
 
 74 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 
 4580 
 
 72 
 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 4537 
 
 80 
 
 July 20,1790 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1873 
 
 
 4538 
 
 83 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 
 4581 
 
 73 
 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 4539 
 
 83 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 4540 
 
 84 
 
 do 
 
 
 4582 
 
 73 
 
 Feb. 28,1803 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 4541 
 
 85 
 
 do 
 
 Mar. 3, 1897 
 
 4583 
 
 74 
 
 July 20,1840 
 
 Do. 
 
 4542 
 
 85 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 
 
 4543 
 
 83 
 
 do 
 
 
 4588 
 
 60 
 
 May 28,1796 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 4544 
 
 85 
 
 do 
 
 
 4591 
 
 60 
 
 do 
 
 
 4545 
 
 86 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4594 
 
 489 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 Do. 
 
548 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 SECTIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 4595 
 
 61 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 4802 
 
 501 
 
 June 29,1870 
 
 Mar. 3,1875 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4,1911 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 4,1889 
 
 4596 
 
 86 
 
 ....do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 
 July 1,1902 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 
 
 
 Aug. 14,1912 
 
 4597 
 
 87 
 
 ....do 
 
 I>ec. 21,1898 
 
 4804 
 
 93 
 
 Feb. 10,1871 
 
 Mar. 3,1875 
 
 4600 
 
 80 
 
 . do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 4805 
 
 94 
 
 May 3,1802 
 
 Aug. 4, 1894 
 
 4602 
 
 88 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 4806 
 
 502 
 
 Apr. 20,1866 
 
 Mar. 3, 1875 
 
 4603 
 
 78 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 
 
 June 27,1866 
 
 
 4604 
 
 88 
 
 . . do 
 
 
 5280 
 
 80 
 
 Mar. 2,1829 
 
 
 4605 
 
 78 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 24,1855 
 
 
 4606 
 
 187 
 
 ....do 
 
 Mar. 31,1900 
 
 5281 
 
 434 
 
 Apr. 20,1818 
 
 Repealed, 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1909 
 
 4607 
 
 82 
 
 ... do 
 
 Apr. 13,1904 
 
 5282 
 
 434 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4608 
 
 88 
 
 July 27,1866 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 5283 
 
 434 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4610 
 
 89 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 
 5284 
 
 434 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4611 
 
 89 
 
 Sept. 28,1850 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 5285 
 
 435 
 
 . do.... 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 5286 
 
 435 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4612 
 
 59 
 
 June 7,1872 
 
 
 5287 
 
 435 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 90 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 5288 
 
 436 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 92 
 
 ....do 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 5289 
 
 436 
 
 ..do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 5290 
 
 436 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4661 
 
 515 
 
 May 15,1820 
 
 
 5291 
 
 437 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1821 
 
 
 5292 
 
 329 
 
 Mar. 3,1797 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4662 
 
 515 
 
 Mar. 2,1795 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 11,1800 
 
 
 4668 
 
 515 
 
 Mar. 3,1859 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2,1803 
 
 
 4672 
 
 515 
 
 Sept. 28, 1850 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 July 13,1861 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2, 1867 
 
 
 
 
 May 20,1862 
 
 
 4673 
 
 515 
 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 
 5293 
 
 329 
 
 July 14,1832 
 
 Mar. 3,1899 
 
 4674 
 
 515 
 
 Mar. 3,1859 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 Sept. 28, 1850 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4676 
 
 397 
 
 Mar. .2,1868 
 
 
 
 
 June 27, 1864 
 
 
 4677 
 
 397 
 
 July 15,1870 
 
 
 
 
 July 18,1866 
 
 
 4678 
 
 397 
 
 Sept. 28, 1850 
 
 
 
 
 July 27,1868 
 
 
 4680 
 
 515 
 
 Aug. 31,1852 
 
 
 
 
 July 1,1870 
 
 
 4681 
 
 518 
 
 Feb. 10,1807 
 
 
 5294 
 
 330 
 
 Feb. 28,1871 
 
 Dec. 15,1894 
 
 
 
 July 10,1832 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 2,1896 
 
 4682 
 
 518 
 
 Fi-b. 10,1807 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 4686 
 
 518 
 
 do 
 
 
 5295 
 
 330 
 
 Feb. 28,1865 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 14,1818 
 
 
 5339 
 
 468 
 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 
 Repealed, 
 
 4687 
 
 519 
 
 June 17,1844 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1909 
 
 4688 
 
 519 
 
 June H', iv^ 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1825 
 
 
 4689 
 
 519 
 
 Mar. 3,1853 
 
 
 
 469 
 
 Apr. :'.(>, I7-.H) 
 
 Do. 
 
 4690 
 
 519 
 
 do 
 
 
 5341 
 
 469 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4691 
 
 398 
 
 June 3, 1844 
 
 June 20, 1.x7x 
 
 
 
 Mar. : 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 
 
 .W42 
 
 469 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4792 
 
 296 
 
 Feb. 23,1799 
 
 
 5343 
 
 469 
 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 
 Do. 
 
 4793 
 
 297 
 
 ....do 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1857 
 
 
 4794 
 
 297 
 
 do 
 
 
 5344 
 
 470 
 
 Feb. 28,1871 
 
 Do. 
 
 4795 
 
 297 
 
 do 
 
 
 5345 
 
 469 
 
 Mar. 3,1825 
 
 Repealed, 
 
 4796 
 
 298 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1909 
 
 4797 
 
 298 
 
 do 
 
 
 5346 
 
 469 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 4801 
 
 93 
 
 July 16,1798 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 6347 
 
 472 
 
 Mar. 3,1835 
 
 Do. 
 
TABLE OF LAWS. 549 
 
 SECTIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Section 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 
 this 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 Section 
 Revised 
 Statutes. 
 
 Page of 
 
 lliis 
 volume. 
 
 Enacted 
 
 Amended or 
 affected- 
 
 5349 
 5350 
 
 470 
 470 
 470 
 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 Mar. 24,1860 
 do . . 
 
 Mi ir. 4,1909 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 5368 
 5369 
 5370 
 
 477 
 477 
 471 
 
 Jiin. 30,1823 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 May 15,1820 
 
 Mar. 4, 1909 
 Do 
 
 5351 
 
 470 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 5371 
 
 477 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 5353 
 5354 
 5355 
 
 151 
 151 
 152 
 
 July 3,1866 
 do 
 ....do 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 5373 
 5374 
 5383 
 
 478 
 478 
 478 
 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 Mar. 3, 1847 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 5356 
 5357 
 
 5358 
 5359 
 
 5360 
 
 471 
 471 
 
 474 
 473 
 
 473 
 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 Aug. 23,1842 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 Mar. 3,1825 
 do 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 Mar. 3,1835 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 Mar. 3,1835 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 
 5384 
 5386 
 5391 
 
 5423 
 5482 
 5570 
 5571 
 
 478 
 471 
 472 
 
 472 
 501 
 438 
 438 
 
 Aug. 8, 1846 
 Apr. 30,1790 
 Mar. 3,1825 
 do 
 Apr. 5,1866 
 Mar. 3,1825 
 Aug. 30,1872 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 5361 
 5362 
 5363 
 
 474 
 474 
 473 
 
 Mar. 3,1825 
 do 
 do . 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 5572 
 5573 
 5574 
 
 438 
 438 
 438 
 
 Apr. 2,1872 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 do 
 
 
 5364 
 
 473 
 
 do 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 July 28,1866 
 
 
 5365 
 5366 
 5367 
 
 474 
 475 
 475 
 
 Mar. 26,1804 
 Mar. 2,1804 
 July 29,1850 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 5575 
 5576 
 
 439 
 439 
 
 Apr. 2,1872 
 Aug. 18,1856 
 do 
 
 
 5368 
 
 477 
 
 Mar. 3,1819 
 
 Do. 
 
 5577 
 
 439 
 
 . .do 
 
 
 
 
 May 15,1820 
 
 
 5578 
 
 439 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ACTS SUBSEQUENT TO REVISED STATUTES. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Page 
 of this 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Pasre 
 of this 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Apr. 17, 1874 
 
 106 
 
 
 49 
 
 
 Feb. 8, 1881 
 
 34 
 
 
 192 
 
 
 Apr. 18, 1874 
 
 110 
 
 
 19 
 
 
 Mar. 2, 1881 
 
 107 
 
 1,2 
 
 22 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 May 7, 1874 
 
 149 
 
 
 166 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 May 4, 1882 
 
 117 
 
 2-4,10 
 
 511 
 
 
 June 9, 1874 
 
 260 
 
 
 68 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 512 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 18,1895 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 510 
 
 
 June 20,1874 
 
 339 
 
 
 441 
 
 Mar. 3, 1881 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 510 
 
 Mar. 26,1908 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1911 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 440 
 
 
 Do 
 
 344 
 
 2,4 
 
 508 
 
 
 Aug. 2, 1882 
 
 374 
 
 1 
 
 159 
 
 Dec. 19, 1908 
 
 
 
 5,6 
 
 509 
 
 June 18,1878 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 161 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 440 
 
 May 4, 1882 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 162 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 512 
 
 
 
 
 4,5 
 
 163 
 
 
 
 
 10-12 
 
 324 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 164 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 325 
 
 Mar. 3, 1897 
 
 
 
 7,8 
 
 165 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 166 
 
 Feb. 9, 1905 
 
 June 22,1874 
 
 391 
 
 2-4 
 
 193 
 
 June 10,1890 
 
 
 
 10,11 
 
 167 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 6,7 
 
 194 
 
 
 
 
 12,13 
 
 168 
 
 
 
 
 5,8 
 
 195 
 
 
 Aug. 5, 1882 
 
 398 
 
 1 
 
 27 
 
 
 
 
 15, 17, 18 
 
 196 
 
 
 
 
 
 31 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 196 
 
 Jan. 22,1875 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 32 
 
 Mar. 3,1891 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 197 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 31 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 Jan. 22, 1875 
 
 22 
 
 
 197 
 
 
 Aug. 7, 1882 
 
 433 
 
 1 
 
 124 
 
 Mar. 3, 1891 
 
 Mar. 3, 1875 
 
 156 
 
 3 
 
 93 
 
 
 Do 
 
 441 
 
 1 
 
 115 
 
 Mar. l,lv 1.1 
 
 
 
 B 
 
 94 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 15,1902 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 502 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 17,1906 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 93 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 Mar. 3, 1883 
 
 133 
 
 
 20 
 
 Jan. 10,1895 
 
 July 12, 1876 
 
 185 
 
 
 253 
 
 
 Do 
 
 J.R.22 
 
 1-3 
 
 444 
 
 
 Aug. 15,1876 
 
 287 
 
 
 516 
 
 Mar. 3, 1891 
 
 June 26,1884 
 
 121 
 
 1 
 
 54 
 
 May 28,1896 
 
 June 18,1878 
 
 265 
 
 4 
 
 511 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 72 
 
 
 
 
 | 
 
 511 
 
 Jan. 28,1915 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 104 
 
 Doc. 21,1898 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 508 
 
 AUK- 3,1894 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 82 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 510 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 63,91 
 
 Dec. 21.1 vis 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 509 
 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 107 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 511 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 241 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 441 
 
 .Lin. 21,1897 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 185 
 
 
 June 20,1878 
 
 359 
 
 
 398 
 
 Mar. 3, 1879 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 173 
 
 Do. 
 
 Feb. 26,1879 
 
 105 
 
 
 443 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Apr. 30, 1!>0 
 
 Mar. 3, 1879 
 
 182 
 
 
 398 
 
 
 
 
 1 t 
 
 173 
 
 
 June 30,1879 
 
 54 
 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 238 
 
 July 24.1 vc 
 
 June 10,1880 
 
 190 
 
 1 
 
 229 
 
 June ll.lxxi) 
 
 
 
 
 111 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I'Yl,. I 
 
 
 
 
 64 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 229 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 66 
 
 Mar. 3, 189T 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 230 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 21 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 230 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 320 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 2, 1899 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 229 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 231 
 
 July 2, 1884 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 219 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 231 
 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 174 
 
 July 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 232 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 550 
 
TABLE OF LAWS. 
 ACTS SUBSEQUENT TO REVISED STATUTES <'< mil nuo<l. 
 
 551 
 
 Date, 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 S.vtioii. 
 
 ofthi.s 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 
 Jtoted. 
 
 Date. 
 
 chap- 
 ter of 
 
 Slal- 
 utes. 
 
 S.vtinl). 
 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 ted. 
 
 June 26,1884 
 July 2, 1884 
 
 121 
 
 142 
 
 26 
 27 
 
 29 
 
 330 
 488 
 
 201 
 232 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 June 19,1886 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 AUK- 28,1890 
 AH* 30,1890 
 
 814 
 839 
 
 2 
 2 
 3,4 
 5 
 
 (IS 
 
 533 
 342 
 343 
 177 
 334 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 July 5,1884 
 Julv 7,1884 
 
 fa] 
 
 332 
 
 1.2 
 3-6 
 
 486 
 487 
 328 
 
 Do. 
 July 9,1912 
 
 Sept. 4, 1890 
 Do 
 
 874 
 875 
 
 9,10 
 1,2 
 1,2 
 
 335 
 475 
 350 
 
 
 Feb. L>' 
 
 KM 
 
 2 
 
 315 
 
 
 Sept. .30. is; tn 
 
 1124 
 
 
 207 
 
 
 June 19,1886 
 
 421 
 
 
 522 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 June 25,1910 
 
 Oct. 1,1. MM) 
 Dec. 22, 1890 
 
 1366 
 
 26 
 
 3 
 
 398 
 116 
 
 Jan 18 1897 
 
 
 
 2 
 4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 13 
 
 68 
 112 
 31 
 21 
 260 
 258 
 107 
 
 Mar. 4,1911 
 Feb. 18,1895 
 
 Feb. 17,1898 
 
 Feb. 21,1891 
 Mar. 3, 1891 
 
 Do 
 
 250 
 519 
 
 521 
 
 1 
 2 
 1-3 
 4 
 5-9 
 1,2 
 
 21 
 22 
 317 
 318 
 319 
 331 
 
 Mar. 3, 1905 
 May 16.1906 
 Jan. 20,1897 
 Do. 
 Aug. 24,1912 
 Aug. 18,1914 
 
 
 
 16 
 17 
 
 391 
 175 
 
 Feb. 8, 1895 
 
 Do 
 
 Do 
 
 542 
 551 
 
 7 
 
 516 
 
 503 
 
 Mar 2 1895 
 
 July 9, 1886 
 
 755 
 
 18 
 1 
 
 83 
 153 
 
 Feb. 23,1901 
 
 Do 
 
 555 
 
 1,2 
 
 331 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 Feb. 23,1887 
 Do 
 
 210 
 215 
 
 2 
 3 
 1-3 
 
 153 
 126 
 346 
 230 
 
 
 June 3, 1892 
 July 26,1892 
 
 86 
 248 
 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 
 207 
 222 
 177 
 178 
 
 Do 
 
 Do... 
 
 218 
 
 
 232 
 
 
 Feb. 13, 1893 
 
 105 
 
 1-3 
 
 112 
 
 
 Do 
 
 221 
 
 
 233 
 
 
 
 
 4-7 
 
 113 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1887 
 
 339 
 
 
 175 
 
 
 Feb. 15,1893 
 
 114 
 
 1 
 
 291 
 
 
 Feb. 29,1888 
 June 29,1888 
 
 Aug. 1,1888 
 Aug. 11,1888 
 
 17 
 496 
 
 727 
 860 
 
 1-4 
 5-10 
 11-13 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4,5 
 1 
 2 
 
 479 
 480 
 481 
 419 
 419 
 419 
 423 
 296 
 414 
 
 Aug. 18,1894 
 July 1,1902 
 
 Do 
 
 117 
 
 2 
 3,11 
 4 
 5 
 6,10 
 7 
 8 
 12 
 
 291 
 292 
 503 
 293 
 294 
 295 
 503 
 502 
 258 
 
 Aug. 18,1894 
 Mar. 3, 1901 
 July 1, 1902 
 Aug. 14,1912 
 Mar. 3, 1901 
 
 Do. 
 
 l-'i-l, 17 iggg 
 
 Oct. 18, 1888 
 
 1197 
 
 
 150 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 Mur. 3, 1893 
 
 202 
 
 
 390 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 July 17 1914 
 
 Do 
 
 206 
 
 g 
 
 315 
 
 Kc'li 14 1903 
 
 Jan. 4, 1889 
 
 19 
 
 
 501 
 
 July 1,1902 
 
 Do 
 
 211 
 
 1 
 
 325 
 
 
 Mar. 2, 1889 
 
 415 
 
 3 
 
 283 
 
 
 Oct. 31, 1893 
 
 J.R.12 
 
 
 396 
 
 
 Mar. 27,1890 
 
 51 
 
 1 
 
 295 
 
 July i 1902 
 
 Jan. 22 1894 
 
 16 
 
 
 124 
 
 Do 
 
 
 
 2,3 
 
 296 
 
 
 May 28,1894 
 
 S3 
 
 
 356 
 
 
 May 24,1890 
 
 292 
 
 
 325 
 
 Mar. 3, 1893 
 
 
 
 
 364 
 
 
 June 10,1890 
 
 407 
 
 22 
 26,27 
 
 523 
 234 
 
 Oct. 3, 1913 
 
 Aug. 3 1894 
 
 192 
 
 
 366 
 443 
 
 
 
 
 29 
 
 193 
 
 
 Do 
 
 202 
 
 
 511 
 
 
 June 25,1890 
 
 616 
 
 
 117 
 
 
 Aug 4 1894 
 
 213 
 
 
 94 
 
 
 Aug. 19,1890 
 
 801 
 
 
 81 
 
 
 Aug 18 1894 
 
 299 
 
 2 
 
 419 
 
 
 Do 
 
 802 
 
 
 353 
 
 May 28 1894 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 420 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 19,1900 
 Jan. 19,1907 
 
 
 
 4 
 5 
 
 417 
 414 
 
 June 13,1902 
 Do. 
 
552 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ACTS SUBSEQUENT TO REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 s& 
 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Page 
 of this 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Aug. 18,1894 
 
 300 
 
 
 292 
 
 
 June 11 1896 
 
 420 
 
 
 275 
 
 Feb 14 1903 
 
 
 
 
 504 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 Jan. 18, 1897 
 
 61 
 
 
 116 
 
 Mar 3 1897 
 
 Aug. 27,1894 
 
 349 
 
 
 
 July 24,1897 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 7 1897 
 
 
 
 7 
 8,13 
 
 237 
 237 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Aug. 24,1912 
 Oct. 3, 1913 
 July 24,1897 
 
 Jan. 20,1897 
 Jan. 21,1897 
 
 67 
 83 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 21 
 22 
 441 
 
 Mar. 3, 1905 
 May 16,1906 
 
 Dec. 15, 1894 
 
 7 
 
 17,18 
 20 
 26 
 
 339 
 238 
 206 
 330 
 
 Do. 
 Aug. 5, 1909 
 
 Mar. 2 1896 
 
 Mar. 2, 1897 
 Mar. 3, 1897 
 
 358 
 389 
 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 344 
 489 
 28 
 66 
 
 Mar. 16,1908 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 Jan. 16, 1895 
 
 Feb. 8, 1895 
 Feb 18 1895 
 
 24 
 
 64 
 
 97 
 
 2 
 4 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 2-4 
 
 37 
 19 
 20 
 44 
 49 
 382 
 388 
 68 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Do. 
 Mar 3 1897 
 
 
 
 4,6 
 5 
 7 
 8 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 
 85 
 391 
 86 
 69 
 325 
 391 
 393 
 120 
 210 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 Do. 
 
 Feb. 19,1895 
 Mar. 1, 1895 
 
 102 
 146 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 80 
 378 
 115 
 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 Apr. 11,1904 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Feb. 15,1902 
 
 Apr. 23,1897 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 17 
 19 
 
 211 
 
 205 
 63 
 339 
 
 Do. 
 
 Mar. 2, 1895 
 
 173 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 26 
 27 
 29 
 30 
 31 
 31 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Do 
 
 June 7, 1897 
 Do 
 
 4 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 3,4 
 5 
 
 367 
 369 
 370 
 376 
 367 
 388 
 
 Feb. 19,1900 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 May 25,1914 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 Do 
 
 177 
 
 1 
 9 
 
 503 
 200 
 
 
 July 24,1897 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 393 
 
 
 Do 
 
 Feb 5 1896 
 
 189 
 9 
 
 
 457 
 
 367 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 13,19,28 
 
 237 
 238 
 
 Aug. 5,1909 
 
 Mar. 2, 1896 
 
 37 
 
 
 330 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 238 
 
 Aug. 24,1912 
 
 Mar. 6, 1896 
 Mar. 16 1896 
 
 49 
 
 58 
 
 1,3 
 2 
 
 394 
 394 
 533 
 
 Apr. 26,1906 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 23 
 24 
 25,26 
 
 178 
 179 
 339 
 
 Oct. 3,1913 
 
 Apr 25 1896 
 
 140 
 
 
 339 
 
 Apr 23 1897 
 
 Do 
 
 13 
 
 
 172 
 
 
 May 9 1896 
 
 164 
 
 
 222 
 
 
 Feb. 17,1898 
 
 26 
 
 1,2,3 
 
 258 
 
 
 May 19,1896 
 May 21 1896 
 
 208 
 217 
 
 1 
 2-4 
 
 417 
 418 
 236 
 
 
 Mar. 22, 1898 
 
 85 
 
 3 
 4 
 
 275 
 246 
 333 
 
 May 25,1900 
 
 May 22,1896 
 May 28,1896 
 Do 
 
 232 
 252 
 255 
 
 2 
 19 
 1 
 
 533 
 519 
 54 
 
 Oct. 22,1914 
 
 Apr. 22,1898 
 May 14,1898 
 Dec. 21,1898 
 
 J.R.25 
 299 
 28 
 
 14 
 
 1 
 
 446 
 276 
 99 
 
 Mar. 14,1912 
 
 June 8,1896 
 June 10 1896 
 
 371 
 401 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 1 
 2-4 
 
 55 
 54 
 
 234 
 235 
 362 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 3 
 4,5 
 4 
 6 
 
 70 
 75 
 76 
 100 
 
 77 
 
 June 28,1906 
 Mar. 3,1905 
 June 28,1906 
 
 Do 
 
 403 
 
 ... 
 
 533 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 102 
 
 
TABLE OF LAWS. 
 ACTS SUBSEQUENT TO REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 553 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Page 
 
 .flhis 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amondod or 
 affoctnl. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 tor of 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 of this 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Deo. 21,1898 
 
 28 
 
 8,9 
 10 
 11 
 
 12 
 13,14 
 15 
 16,17 
 18 
 
 103 
 104 
 100 
 104 
 105 
 106 
 108 
 73 
 74 
 
 July 1,1902 
 
 Apr. 30,1900 
 
 May 9,1900 
 
 May 21,1900 
 May 25,1900 
 
 339 
 
 387 
 
 487 
 555 
 
 5 
 
 6,97,98 
 75 
 10,89 
 95,96 
 1-2 
 3,4 
 2 
 
 262 
 262 
 263 
 264 
 263 
 411 
 412 
 228 
 333 
 
 May 27,1910 
 July 1,1902 
 
 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 86 
 
 87 
 
 
 June 6,1900 
 Do 
 
 786 
 791 
 
 2 
 
 284 
 504 
 
 Feb 14 1903 
 
 
 
 21 
 22 
 
 80 
 89 
 
 
 Feb. 23,1901 
 Mar. 2,1901 
 
 465 
 
 805 
 
 1 
 
 153 
 341 
 
 June 3, 1902 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 92 
 
 
 Mar. 3,1901 
 
 836 
 
 
 292 
 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 78 
 
 Apr. 26,1904 
 June 28,1906 
 Mar 4, 1915 
 
 Do 
 Do 
 
 857 
 863 
 
 
 294 
 502 
 533 
 442 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 June 29 1906 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 91 
 
 
 Feb. 15,1902 
 
 23 
 
 
 115 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 63 
 
 
 Mar. 8,1902 
 
 140 
 
 
 
 
 Do. 
 Feb. 2, 1899 
 
 29 
 84 
 
 M 
 3 
 
 69 
 56 
 57 
 231 
 
 
 Apr 29, 1902 
 
 637 
 
 4 
 6 
 
 7,8 
 
 269 
 272 
 273 
 
 180 
 
 Feb 14 1903 
 
 Mar. 3,1899 
 
 425 
 
 g 
 
 406 
 
 
 Do 
 
 641 
 
 1 
 
 316 
 
 
 
 
 10,11 
 12 13 
 
 407 
 408 
 
 Mar 3 1905 
 
 May 9, 1902 
 May 13 1902 
 
 784 
 JR20 
 
 5 
 
 340 
 397 
 
 
 
 
 14,15 
 
 410 
 
 May 9, 1900 
 
 June 3, 1902 
 
 905 
 
 
 341 
 
 Mar 4 1907 
 
 Do 
 
 429 
 
 16 
 17,18 
 19 
 20 
 56-58 
 
 412 
 413 
 415 
 416 
 27C 
 
 June 13,1902 
 
 June 13,1902 
 
 1079 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 6 
 11 
 12 
 
 401 
 457 
 417 
 417 
 416 
 
 
 
 
 142,460 
 173 
 174 
 
 274 
 283 
 277 
 
 Apr. 21,1910 
 Feb 14 1903 
 
 June 24,1902 
 July 1 1902 
 
 1155 
 1368 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 38 
 
 47 
 445 
 
 June 29 1906 
 
 
 
 175 
 
 275 
 
 
 Do 
 
 1369 
 
 1 
 
 268 
 
 
 Do 
 
 441 
 
 176 
 460 
 
 330 
 275 
 274 
 113 
 
 Apr. 21,1910 
 Do. 
 
 Do 
 
 1370 
 
 2,11 
 3 
 84 
 1 
 
 273 
 269 
 269 
 296 
 
 - 
 
 Feb. 14,1900 
 
 19 
 
 
 109 
 
 
 
 
 4 9 
 
 502 
 
 
 Feb. 19,1900 
 
 22 
 
 1,2 
 
 358 
 
 
 Do 
 
 1383 
 
 1 
 
 262 
 
 
 Mar. 23,1900 
 
 90 
 
 1,2 
 
 370 
 
 58 
 
 
 Jan. 26, 1903 
 Feb 2 1903 
 
 196 
 349 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 59 
 
 335 
 
 
 Mar. 31,1900 
 Apr. 12,1900 
 
 120 
 
 191 
 
 1 
 2,3 
 
 4 
 4,8,14 
 9 
 
 166 
 187 
 166 
 187 
 534 
 265 
 265 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 Feb. 14,1903 
 Apr. 11,1904 
 
 552 
 1140 
 
 2,3 
 1-3 
 4 
 5 
 7-9 
 10 
 
 336 
 482 
 483 
 484 
 485 
 486 
 80 
 
 Mar. 4, 1913 
 Aug. 23,1912 
 
 
 
 10,13 
 
 266 
 
 July 1,1902 
 
 Apr. 13.1904 
 
 1252 
 
 
 82 
 
 
554 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ACTS SUBSEQUENT TO REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ierof 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Page 
 ofthis 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Page 
 ofthis 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Apr 27, 1904 
 
 1625 
 
 
 242 
 
 
 June 28,1906 
 
 3583 
 
 4 
 
 76 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 Apr. 28, 1904 
 
 1766 
 
 
 458 
 
 
 
 
 
 77 
 
 
 Do 
 
 JR 36 
 
 
 459 
 
 
 June 29 1906 
 
 3590 
 
 
 445 
 
 
 Feb 3 1905 
 
 297 
 
 
 315 
 
 
 Do 
 
 3592 
 
 
 316 
 
 
 Feb 6 1905 
 
 453 
 
 
 
 316 
 
 
 Do 
 
 3594 
 
 1,2 
 
 337 
 
 
 Feb 9 1905 
 
 564 
 
 
 166 
 
 
 
 
 3,4 
 
 338 
 
 
 Mar 2 1905 
 
 1311 
 
 
 457 
 
 
 Do 
 
 3612 
 
 
 442 
 
 
 Mar 3 1905 
 
 1454 
 
 1 
 
 100 
 
 
 June 30,1906 
 
 3909 
 
 
 217 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 117 
 
 
 Do 
 
 3913 
 
 
 342 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 127 
 
 Mar 4, 1915 
 
 Do 
 
 3915 
 
 2 
 
 343 
 
 
 Do 
 
 1456 
 
 4 
 
 158 
 
 122 
 
 
 Do 
 
 3919 
 
 3 
 
 344 
 147 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 146 
 
 
 Do 
 
 3937 
 
 
 442 
 
 
 Do 
 
 1457 
 
 1 2 
 
 499 
 
 
 Jan 19 1907 
 
 300 
 
 
 358 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 155 
 
 
 Jan 25, 1907 
 
 398 
 
 
 56 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 116 
 
 May 16 1906 
 
 Feb 6 1907 
 
 471 
 
 
 495 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 157 
 
 Mar 3 1915 
 
 Feb 8 1907 
 
 892 
 
 
 496 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 117 
 
 
 Do 
 
 991 
 
 
 56 
 
 
 Da. 
 
 Do.. .. 
 
 1482 
 1496 
 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 4 
 2 4 
 
 146 
 148 
 116 
 389 
 409 
 338 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 Feb. 20,1907 
 
 1134 
 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4-7 
 8-9 
 10,11 
 
 301 
 302 
 304 
 305 
 306 
 307 
 
 Mar. 26,1910 
 
 Feb. 27,1906 
 Mar. 17,1906 
 
 510 
 955 
 
 6 
 3 
 
 339 
 520 
 115 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 13-15 
 16,17 
 
 307 
 309 
 310 
 
 Mar. 4, 1909 
 
 Mar. 23,1906 
 Apr 9, 1906 
 
 lift) 
 1372 
 
 1 
 
 4,5 
 
 401 
 402 
 498 
 
 Mar 4, 1913 
 
 
 
 18,19 
 20,21 
 22 
 
 311 
 312 
 
 504 
 
 
 Apr. 24,1906 
 
 Apr. 26,1906 
 Do 
 
 1865 
 
 1874 
 
 1 ST.") 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 1,2 
 
 44 
 46 
 45 
 394 
 
 488 
 
 Feb. 29,1912 
 
 Mar. 4, 1907 
 
 2907 
 
 23-25 
 26,32,33 
 35-38 
 41 
 
 505 
 313 
 314 
 315 
 331 
 
 
 May 12,1906 
 
 2453 
 
 
 252 
 
 
 
 
 
 341 
 
 
 Do 
 
 24'A 
 
 
 396 
 
 
 Mar. 24,1908 
 
 96 
 
 1,2 
 
 459 
 
 
 May 16, 1906 
 
 24(10 
 
 
 116 
 
 
 Mar. 26,1908 
 
 90 
 
 3 
 
 510 
 
 
 May 28, 1906 
 
 2566 
 
 
 149 
 
 
 Apr. 2,1908 
 
 123 
 
 
 121 
 
 
 Do 
 
 2566 
 
 
 258 
 
 
 Apr. 28,1908 
 
 151 
 
 1-3 
 
 394 
 
 
 June 11,1906 
 
 1071 
 
 
 154 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 395 
 
 
 Do 
 
 307.1 
 
 1,3 
 
 267 
 
 
 Apr. 29,1908 
 
 159 
 
 1 | 
 
 269 
 
 
 June 14,1906 
 June 19,1906 
 June 25,1906 
 
 nog 
 
 3433 
 JR35 
 
 2-4 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 .' 
 
 288 
 289 
 290 
 298 
 299 
 300 
 457 
 
 
 May ll.l'.Hix 
 May ic,. UNIX 
 May 
 May . 
 
 II.N 
 170 
 187 
 212 
 
 6 
 
 1,2 
 
 1 
 2 
 3,4 
 
 r> 
 
 399 
 344 
 534 
 204 
 56 
 154 
 20 
 
 Mar. 3,1915 
 
 June 26,1906 
 
 3547 
 
 1,2 
 3 
 
 1 c, 
 7-12 
 13,14 
 
 284 
 285 
 286 
 287 
 288 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 s 
 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 
 398 
 421 
 422 
 498 
 101 
 
 Mar. 4, 1913 
 
TABLE OF LAWS. 
 
 555 
 
 ACTS SUBSEQUENT TO REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Pago 
 
 ofthi.s 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 AiiUMnh-1 or 
 affected. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Hiap- 
 
 terof 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Page 
 
 Of'.lli.s 
 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 May 28,1906 
 Dec 19 1908 
 
 LTJ 
 
 6 
 
 11-15 
 
 102 
 159 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 Aug. 5,1909 
 
 G 
 
 22 
 25 
 
 238 
 238 
 
 
 Feb. 6, 1909 
 Do 
 
 82 
 82 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 26 
 27 
 
 
 Mar. 8, 1910 
 
 86 
 
 36 
 
 171 
 
 172 
 
 Mar. 8, 1910 
 
 Feb. 9,1909 
 Feb. 16, 1909 
 
 100 
 
 1152 
 
 1-4 
 
 5-8 
 
 347 
 348 
 421 
 
 Jan. 17,1914 
 
 Mar. 26,1910 
 
 128 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 302 
 J04 
 
 
 Mar. 2, HMK) 
 
 Mar. 3, 1909 
 Do 
 
 244 
 
 204 
 264 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 5 
 G 
 
 125 
 126 
 418 
 399 
 
 
 Apr. 21,1910 
 Apr. 27,1910 
 
 183 
 193 
 
 4 
 5 
 9 
 
 283 
 275 
 517 
 534 
 
 
 Mar 4 1909 
 
 305 
 
 
 308 
 
 
 May 27, 1910 
 
 258 
 
 
 262 
 
 
 Do. 
 
 321 
 
 9-11 
 
 434 
 
 
 June 9, 1910 
 
 268 
 
 1-3 
 
 351 
 
 
 
 
 12-14 
 15-17 
 18 
 44 
 
 72 
 82 
 107 
 200 
 
 435 
 436 
 437 
 446 
 472 
 61 
 501 
 320 
 
 
 June 10,1910 
 June 17,1910 
 
 June 23 1910 
 
 283 
 301 
 
 359 
 
 4,5 
 6-9 
 1,2 
 3-5 
 4 
 5-8 
 9-11 
 
 352 
 353 
 
 461 
 462 
 512 
 513 
 514 
 403 
 
 
 
 
 204 
 
 321 
 
 
 Do... 
 
 360 
 
 1 
 
 403 
 
 
 
 
 232 
 233 
 234 
 235,236 
 
 151 
 152 
 150 
 151 
 
 
 Do 
 
 373 
 
 2 
 3,4 
 5 
 1-4 
 
 404 
 405 
 406 
 460 
 
 
 
 
 272 
 272 
 273-277 
 
 278-283 
 
 439 
 468 
 469 
 470 
 
 
 June 24,1910 
 June 25,1910 
 
 379 
 384 
 
 5 
 1 
 2-4 
 
 461 
 424 
 425 
 523 
 
 July 23,1912 
 Do. 
 
 
 
 284 
 
 471 
 
 
 Do 
 
 402 
 
 
 154 
 
 
 
 
 286-288 
 289 
 290 
 
 471 
 472 
 477 
 
 
 Feb. 13,1911 
 Mar. 3, 1911 
 
 46 
 209 
 
 1-3 
 
 4,5 
 
 217 
 218 
 462 
 
 
 
 
 291 
 
 472 
 
 
 Do 
 
 217 
 
 
 534 
 
 
 
 
 292,293 
 
 473 
 
 
 Do 
 
 231 
 
 42,43 
 
 468 
 
 
 
 
 294 
 295,296 
 297-300 
 301 
 
 477 
 473 
 474 
 475 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1911 
 
 237 
 
 45-47 
 271 
 291 
 
 464 
 96 
 464 
 61 
 
 
 
 
 302 
 
 477 
 
 
 Do 
 
 265 
 
 1 
 
 441 
 
 
 
 
 303 
 304-307 
 
 434 
 478 
 
 
 Feb. 29,1912 
 
 47 
 
 2,3 
 
 442 
 45 
 
 
 
 
 308 
 309 
 310 
 
 446 
 447 
 475 
 
 
 Mar. 14,1912 
 May 22, 1912 
 
 S.J. 
 R.10 
 130 
 
 1,2 
 
 446 
 
 497 
 
 
 
 
 310 
 
 478 
 
 
 July 9 1912 
 
 220 
 
 
 487 
 
 
 Aug. 5, 1909 
 
 6 
 
 12,13 
 15 
 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 
 339 
 179 
 178 
 179 
 238 
 237 
 237 
 444 
 
 Aug. 24,1912 
 Oct. 3, 1913 
 
 July 23,1912 
 Aug. 1, 1912 
 
 Aug. 13,1912 
 
 250 
 
 268 
 
 287 
 
 1,2 
 1,2 
 3-5 
 1 
 2 
 3,4 
 5 
 6-11 
 
 424 
 462 
 463 
 425 
 426 
 427 
 432 
 433 
 
 
556 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 ACTS SUBSEQUENT TO REVISED STATUTES Continued. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Page 
 of this 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Chap- 
 ter of 
 
 Stat- 
 utes. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Page 
 of this 
 vol- 
 ume. 
 
 Amended or 
 affected. 
 
 Aug. 14,1912 
 
 209 
 
 1 
 
 292 
 
 
 May 25, 1914 
 
 98 
 
 
 376 
 
 
 
 
 
 296 
 501 
 
 
 June 15,1914 
 June 24,1914 
 
 106 
 124 
 
 2 
 
 449 
 
 328 
 
 
 Aug. 20,1912 
 
 307 
 
 
 19 
 
 
 June 30,1914 
 
 
 
 400 
 
 
 
 
 
 21 
 
 
 Do 
 
 
 
 441 
 
 
 Aug. 23 1912 
 
 350 
 
 1 
 
 484 
 
 
 Do 
 
 
 
 444 
 
 
 Aug. 24,1912 
 
 373 
 
 1-3 
 
 280 
 
 
 July 17, 1914 
 
 146 
 
 
 150 
 
 
 Do 
 
 390 
 
 4-7 
 8-10 
 11-13 
 
 1 
 
 281 
 282 
 
 283 
 
 447 
 
 Oct 3 1913 
 
 Aug. 15,1914 
 Aug. 18,1914 
 
 253 
 256 
 
 1-3 
 4,5 
 2 
 
 459 
 460 
 32 
 54 
 
 
 
 
 2-4 
 
 5 
 () 
 
 448 
 449 
 450 
 
 
 Sept. 4, 1914 
 
 Ex. 
 
 
 120 
 317 
 54 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 8,9 
 
 451 
 452 
 
 
 Oct. 22, 1914 
 
 Ord. 
 334 
 
 
 55 
 
 
 
 
 10 11 
 
 453 
 
 
 Do 
 
 336 
 
 
 149 
 
 
 
 
 12,13 
 
 456 
 
 
 Jan. 28, 1915 
 
 
 1,2,4 
 
 506 
 
 
 Jan. 24, 1913 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 5 
 
 457 
 15 
 317 
 149 
 
 Aug. 18,1914 
 
 Feb. 24,1915 
 
 
 
 507 
 157 
 460 
 17 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1913 
 
 118 
 
 1,2 
 
 121 
 
 
 Mar. 3, 1915 
 
 
 8 
 
 399 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 12J! 
 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 
 1 
 
 154 
 
 
 Do 
 
 Mar. 4, 1913 
 
 Ex. 
 Ord. 
 
 160 
 
 
 222 
 495 
 522 
 498 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 
 148 
 155 
 155 
 116 
 
 
 Oct. 3, 1913 
 
 
 III, AA 
 
 234 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 102 
 
 
 
 
 III, BB 
 IV, S 
 
 234 
 
 
 Do . 
 
 
 7 
 
 400 
 16 
 
 
 
 
 f IV J 
 
 
 
 Do 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 
 sub 
 
 179 
 
 
 Do 
 
 
 
 82 
 
 
 
 
 sec. 7 
 
 
 
 Mar. 4,1915 
 
 
 H. J. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Par, 451 
 IV J 
 
 237 
 
 
 Do 
 
 
 Res. 
 1 
 
 99 
 
 
 Jan. 17,1914 
 Mar. 9, 1914 
 
 9 
 33 
 
 sub. 
 sec. 5 
 IV, J 
 sub. 
 sec. 6 
 IV, O 
 IV, J 
 
 Sill). 
 
 sec. 4 
 IV, D 
 IV, C 
 IV, K 
 IV, L 
 1-4 
 5-8 
 
 237 
 
 237 
 238 
 239 
 
 265 
 270 
 444 
 
 238 
 347 
 348 
 320 
 
 Mar. 4, 1915 
 
 
 
 2 
 3,4 
 5 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 14 
 15 
 16,17 
 19 
 
 97 
 76 
 104 
 28 
 86 
 80 
 89 
 92 
 78 
 79 
 97 
 121 
 128 
 325 
 81 
 73 
 
 
 May 25, 1914 
 
 98 
 
 
 369 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 99 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Abandonment of seaman 405 
 
 Abatement of claim prohibited 196 
 
 exception 197 
 
 Able seaman. See Seaman. 
 
 Abut inents, bridge, obstruct ing navigation . . 414 
 
 Accidents, officers of vessel to report.. 157,324,325 
 
 Aeconimodat ions, for crew 27-29, 101, 108 
 
 for passengers 100,159,167 
 
 Actor not contract laborer 303 
 
 Acts, table of, included in this compilation... 539 
 Adjacent countries. See Contiguous coun- 
 tries. 
 Admeasurement. See Measurement. 
 
 Administrative officers 482 
 
 Adulterated products, interstate or foreign 
 
 trade in 331,342 
 
 Sec also Live stock. 
 
 Advance wages 78 
 
 Advertising, for immigrants in foreign 
 
 country 305 
 
 mail contracts 317,322 
 
 notice of trial. See Procedure. 
 
 seizures by revenue officers 190 
 
 Agent, oath on issue of enrollment or license. . 47 
 
 oath on registry of vessel 35,38 
 
 See also Seal agents; Special agents. 
 Agreement of seaman. See Shipping articles. 
 
 Agreement to relieve owner of liability 112 
 
 Aids to navigation. See Navigation. 
 
 Air for steerage passengers 162 
 
 Air and light space, exempt from measure- 
 ment 30 
 
 Alaska, crimes and penalties 276 
 
 destitute seaman in 82 
 
 jurisdiction over offenses in 280, 283, 284, 288 
 
 licenses and charges in, special 274 
 
 manifests in trade with 182 
 
 pelagic sealing 278-283 
 
 remission of penalty incurred in 330 
 
 salmon fisheries 284 
 
 sea otter, hunting or killing forbidden 283 
 
 seal agents, appointment and duties 517 
 
 seal fisheries 275,278-290,517 
 
 governor to report on 284 
 
 special provisions concerning 274 
 
 subports, establishment in 533 
 
 Albany, N. Y. , merchandise destined for 210 
 
 warehouses at 214 
 
 Alien, fishing by, in Alaska, prohibited 288 
 
 may own steamboat on river or bay 18 
 
 naturalization of, as seaman 60 
 
 prohibited from ownership in vessel of 
 
 United States 15,34 
 
 record of American-built vessel owned by . . 50 
 sale of vessel to 41 
 
 Page. 
 
 Alien, service as officer 54 
 
 tonnage taxes on vessel of 173 
 
 transfer of vessel to 260 
 
 See alto Head tax; Immigrants; Immigra- 
 tion. 
 
 Allotment of wages 78 
 
 Allotments of appropriations 520 
 
 Alteration of marine documents 53 
 
 Alton, 111., merchandise destined for 211 
 
 American Ephemeris, printing and distribu- 
 tion 397 
 
 American seaman. See Seaman. 
 American vessel. See Vessel. 
 Ammunition. See Arms and ammunition. 
 
 Anarchists, immigration prohibited 303,314 
 
 Anchorage grounds, authority to establish ... 400 
 
 quarantine stations 294,298,299 
 
 See also Obstructions to navigation. 
 Anchored vessels. See Fog signals; Lights on 
 
 Anchors, inspection of 100 
 
 Animals. See Live stock. 
 
 Antiscorbutics, vessel to be provided with ... 107 
 
 Appeal, customhouse brokers, for revocation 
 
 of 1 icense 462 
 
 from decisions of boards of inquiry, Immi- 
 gration Service 506 
 
 from revocation of certificate of inspection. . 119 
 
 officer refused license 118 
 
 Appendix to certificate of registey 31 
 
 Appraisement of property seized by revenue 
 
 officer 189 
 
 Apprentices, form of account of 91 
 
 general provisions concerning 62 
 
 ocean mail steamer 319 
 
 pilots' or engineers' 157 
 
 shipping commissioner to facilitate making. 61 
 See also Seaman. 
 
 Appropriations, limitations upon 520 
 
 Arbitration before shipping commissioner 81 
 
 Arms and ammunition, export of 445, 446 
 
 sale to Alaskan Indians prohibited 274 
 
 sale to Pacific Islanders prohibited 446 
 
 vessels carrying to belligerent 437 
 
 See also Piracy. 
 
 Army, enforcement of neutrality laws by . . 436, 437 
 officers of, assignment to canal and water- 
 ways commissions 458 
 
 light house districts 514,515 
 
 coast surveying by 519 
 
 transportation of supplies for 458 
 
 transports for conveying merchandise to 
 
 Guam 462 
 
 Arrest of vessel to be stayed under bond 113 
 
 Arriving aliens, manifests of 307 
 
 557 
 
558 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Arson, offense and punishment 471 
 
 YPsscl in Alaska , 276 
 
 Articles, shipping. See Shipping articles. 
 
 Artist not contract laborer 304 
 
 Assault, offense and punishment 53, 87, 469, 477 
 
 Assistant inspectors. See Customs officers; 
 
 Local inspectors. 
 
 Assisted immigrants prohibited 303, 305 
 
 Astoria, Oreg. , clearance from 215 
 
 merchandise arriving at 213 
 
 Astronomical meridian 398 
 
 Atlant ic-G mat Lakes Canal 457 
 
 Atlantic and Pacific ports, shipping articles. . 63, 68 
 Attachment, wages and clothing exempt 
 
 from 79 
 
 Attorney. See Agent. 
 
 Auditor for Treasury Department, copy of 
 
 manifest to 200 
 
 Augusta, Ga., merchandise destined for 210 
 
 Automobiles on passenger vessels 149 
 
 Auxiliary naval cruisers 318 
 
 Bacon. See Meat products. 
 
 Baggage, formalities upon entry of 205 
 
 immediate transportation of 230 
 
 inspection on frontiers 244 
 
 permit to land on Great Lakes 250 
 
 search of 188, 189 
 
 Barges, accidents in open sea to be reported . . 325 
 
 equipment of passenger-carrying 148 
 
 inspection, equipment, and requirements 
 
 for navigation 101-102 
 
 lights on 369 
 
 when not to be documented 19 
 
 Barratry, offense and punishment 473 
 
 Bathrooms for crew 29 
 
 Bay, ownership of vessel on 18 
 
 Sec also Inland waters. 
 
 Bayport, Fla., merchandise destined for 210 
 
 Beacons. Sec Bureau of Lighthouses. 
 
 Beam, breadth of 24 
 
 Beef. Sec Meat products. 
 
 Beggar immigrants prohibited 302 
 
 Bergen County, N. J., vessels documented at 
 
 Jersey City 49 
 
 Bering Sea, seal fishories 278-283 
 
 Bert 1 is, for seamen 28 
 
 for steerage passengers mi 
 
 Berwick, Ife., marchandiK destined for 213 
 
 Bet ween-decks, method of measuring 26 
 
 Bills nf h'Mltli, requirements as to -j'.il 
 
 Hills of lad iyg 113 
 
 fraudulent, in Alaska l>7iv--.'77 
 
 B ills of salt H ) 
 
 m'rllis to bo entered in log book 109 
 
 Blank forms, !tc. .SV/ Supplies. 
 Board. See Local inspectors; Supervising in- 
 spectors. 
 
 Boarding and search of vessel 166,187-189 
 
 Boarding officers, exhibit of list and produc- 
 
 t ion of crow Of) 
 
 iiHpeciion of inward manifests 20S 
 
 report, of violations to collect or 68 
 
 Boats employed on internal waters or canals 
 
 not to be documented 19 
 
 See also Vessels. 
 
 Page. 
 Boatswain's stores, space for, deducted from 
 
 gross tonnage 29 
 
 Boiler spaces, deducted from gross tonnage. . 30 
 Boilers and boiler plates, inspection and 
 
 manufacture 122-126 
 
 See also Steamboat-Inspection Service. 
 
 Bond, alien owner of steamboat 18 
 
 cancellation of registry 42 
 
 cargo for reexport 201 
 
 common carrier, goods for immediate trans- 
 portation 230 
 
 entry of baggage and tools of trade 205 
 
 express packages, importation 235 
 
 1 il >el cases 113 
 
 master's, to secure passport 1S6 
 
 night lading or unlading 217 
 
 on delivery of imported merchandise in 
 
 coasting trade 203 
 
 to secure duties 203 
 
 to secure imports at special ports 211 
 
 to secure proper use of imported tea waste, 
 
 etc 345 
 
 to secure property seized by revenue offi- 
 cers 190 
 
 transportation of merchandise in 226 
 
 Bonded merchandise. See Merchandise. 
 
 Bonded routes 226 
 
 Bonded warehouses, in Philippines 273 
 
 list of ports at which established 533 
 
 Bonds and notes, United States, \ 
 
 required to carry 182 
 
 Books, summons to produce 195 
 
 See also Log books. 
 
 Bottom, measurement of double 27 
 
 Bottomry, lien by 40 
 
 Boundary marks. See Public works. 
 
 Boundary, State, pilot on waters forming. . . 169 
 Branding, false. See Adulterated products. 
 Breach of duty. See Penalty. 
 
 Breadth of vessel, how determined 24 
 
 Break, method of measuring 26 
 
 Breakwater obstructing navigation 407 
 
 Bribery and solicitation of bribes 52, 53, 234 
 
 Bridges across navigable waters 401-407 
 
 abutments, draws, piers, spans, etc., ob- 
 structing navigation 413-414 
 
 British North America, consular fee for cer- 
 tifying invoice for 241 
 
 discriminations against American goods 
 
 and vessels in ports and waters of 1 ::>. 1 77 
 lading or unlading in United States of ves- 
 sels laden with products of 251 
 
 mercliandi.se in transit for or th rough 228 
 
 restrictions and privileges of commerce 
 
 with 212-251 
 
 See also Canada; ('out unions count ri"s. 
 
 Brokers, licensing ot customhouse 461 
 
 Brownsville, Tex., merchandise di stiii-d for. 213 
 
 Bu ild , change of 39 
 
 Builder's ( -rtifica to 
 
 Bulk cargo, privilege of vessel with 201 
 
 Bulkheads, obstruct ing navigation 407 
 
 water- tight 1^6 
 
 Secnltn Public \\orks. 
 Bullion and coin, American vessels required 
 
 to carry 182 
 
ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 
 
 559 
 
 Huoys, method of marking 397 
 
 See alxn Bureau of Lighthouses; Public 
 
 works. 
 Bureau of Jmmigration and Naturalization, 
 
 change in name 316 
 
 organization, powers, and duties 
 
 Secalxn Immigration. 
 
 Bureau of Lighthouses, organization, pow- 
 ers, and dnt ies 512-516 
 
 Bureau of Navigation, powers and duties.. 486-488 
 limitary. N' Plundering. 
 
 Burlington, Towa. merchandise destined for.. 211 
 Burning. $<r Arson. 
 
 Butter, inspection and marking 372 
 
 :!s,> Livestock. 
 
 Cabins, measurement deductions 24,29 
 
 fables, inspect ion of ships' 100 
 
 protection of submarine 479 
 
 Cadets OH ocean mail steamers 319 
 
 CatTeine, imports of tea waste, etc., for pro- 
 ducing 344 
 
 Cairo, 111., merchandise destined for 211 
 
 California, establishment of subports 534 
 
 jurisdiction over offenses in Alaska.. 282,288,289 
 
 remission of penalty incurred in 330 
 
 Camden, X. J., vessels documented at 49 
 
 Canada, aid to wrecks on border of 325 
 
 discrimination on canals of 177 
 
 record of alien departures for 307 
 
 transit of merchandise through 228, 276 
 
 vessel making daily trips to 172 
 
 vessels touching at ports of 174 
 
 Sec also British North America; Contigu- 
 ous countries; Great Lakes; Immi- 
 gration. 
 
 Canal boat, exempt from libel for wages 78 
 
 inspection of 116 
 
 lights on 369 
 
 marine-hospital relief not to be afforded 
 
 employees on 93 
 
 when not to be documented 19 
 
 Canal Zone, boundaries 447 
 
 captains of ports authorized to issue pro- 
 visional cert ificates of registry 16 
 
 control vested in President 448 
 
 courts, jurisdiction 448,451,452,453 
 
 destitute seamen in 82 
 
 exempt from immigration laws 313 
 
 extradition laws and treaties extended to. . 456 
 
 immigrat ion via 302 
 
 manifests in trade with 182 
 
 Sec also Panama Canal. 
 Canals, authority of Secretary of War for 
 
 maintenance 399 
 
 discrimination on Canadian 177 
 
 exemptions from tolls 377 
 
 inspection of vessels on 115 
 
 regulation of navigation of 417 
 
 wrecks on northern border 325 
 
 See also names of canals; Documents; In- 
 land waters. 
 
 Cancellation of register or license 42, 47 
 
 Capture of private property at sea 459 
 
 See also Piracy. 
 
 Cargo, damage to, by seaman 87 
 
 Sec also Merchandise. 
 
 92075 15 36 
 
 Page. 
 
 Carpenter's certificate, what to contain 33 
 
 Casting away vessel in Alaska 276 
 
 Cattle* Sec Live stock. 
 
 Cat tie ships, regulation of 331 
 
 Causeways, authority for construction 406 
 
 Cert ili. 
 of inspection of steam vessel, general pn>- 
 
 \isiuns 154 
 
 record of 500 
 
 revocation of 101, 119 
 
 to show complement of oflicers and crew. 121 
 
 to show number of passengers permitted. 153 
 of record of American-built vessel owned 
 
 by alien 50 
 
 of registry, appendix to 31 
 
 cancellation of bond and 42 
 
 change of enrollment 43 
 
 condit ions precedent to granting 23, 33 
 
 custody and surrender of 37 
 
 deposit on entry 185 
 
 deposit with consular officer abroad 186 
 
 failure to surrender 42 
 
 foreign vessel built in United States 50 
 
 forgery of 58 
 
 form of 36 
 
 formalities on change of ownership, build, 
 
 or master 39, 48 
 
 issue to corporations 38 
 
 loss of 41 
 
 not granted before inspection 116 
 
 offenses and penalties relating to 52, 53 
 
 place of issue 34 
 
 provisional 16 
 
 temporary 35 
 
 to be numbered and bear Department seal 37 
 
 what to contain 31 
 
 See also Registry. 
 
 of service, able seaman 98 
 
 See also Citizenship; Discharge of seaman; 
 Enrollment and license; Measurement. 
 
 Certificated lifeboat man, definition 143 
 
 Certification of marine paper 48 
 
 Change of build, master, name of vessel, 
 owner, trade. See Build, Master, etc. 
 
 Channels, obstructing 407,410 
 
 Charges. See Fees. 
 
 Chart house, deducted from gross tonnage. . . 29 
 
 Chart erer of vessel, deemed the owner Ill 
 
 Charts, manuals, etc., preparation, printing, 
 
 and distribution 397 
 
 See also Coast and Geodetic Survey. ~ 
 
 Chattels, definition ' l 1 .* 
 
 Chemicals on passenger vessels 148, 149 
 
 Chesapeake City, Md., vessels documented at. 49 
 
 Chicago Harbor, dumping regulations 410 
 
 Chief of Engineers, bridges, improvements 
 or obstructions to navigation, public 
 
 works, etc., under supervision of 401-418 
 
 See alfo Army. 
 
 Children, immigration limited 303 
 
 immigration of naturalized alien's 314 
 
 pension to deceased life savers' 510 
 
 Chinese, importation of opium by 346 
 
 Cholera. See Health. 
 Chosen. See Korea. 
 
 Cigars, packing, entry, and inspection 206 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, merchandise destined for. . 211 
 
560 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 
 Page. 
 
 Circuit courts, jurisdiction transferred to 
 
 district courts 464 
 
 Citizenship, crews of contract mail steamers. . 318 
 
 officers and owners of vessels 15, 32, 44, 54, 120 
 
 seamen 60 
 
 See also Alien. 
 
 Claim for property seized by revenue officer, 
 
 how filed 190, 191 
 
 Claims, abatement or compromise of Govern- 
 ment 197 
 
 Cleanliness among steerage passengers 164 
 
 Clearance, at special ports 215 
 
 coasting trade 252,254,256 
 
 conditions precedent to granting 79, 180-183 
 
 effect of State inspection laws 182 
 
 fees 183,522 
 
 ferryboat exempt from 203 
 
 for another great district 254 
 
 form of 182 
 
 vessel on Great Lakes 248,249 
 
 vessels exempt from certain fees 204 
 
 vessels in Philippine trade 269-270 
 
 withheld till compliance with steerage law. 168 
 
 within a great district 252 
 
 yacht exempt from 19 
 
 See also Health. 
 
 Clothing of seamen, exempt from attachment . 80 
 
 forfeiture for desertion, and disposition 86, 88 
 
 vessel must carry slop chest 107, 108 
 
 Coal, cargo destined " for orders " 207 
 
 duty on 23 7 
 
 free entry as equipment of vessel 205 
 
 special entry of 201 
 
 tune limit for unlading 222 
 
 Coal bunkers, deducted from gross tonnage. . 30 
 
 Coast and Geodetic Survey, charts 398 
 
 purposes and duties 518 
 
 Coast Guard, derelict-destroying vessel oper- 
 ated by 396 
 
 inspection of life-saving stations by officers 
 
 of 508 
 
 merger of Revenue-Cutter Service and I.ifo- 
 
 Saving Service 506, 507 
 
 organization and functions 506, 507 
 
 to enforce navigation rules 394 
 
 to enforce seal-fisheries laws 289, 290 
 
 See also Public vessels; Treasury. 
 
 Coast Guard cutters, aid to vessels in distress. 396 
 
 aid to crews of fishing vessels 328 
 
 crews entitled to marine-hospital relief. 94 
 
 .!, maintenance, and duties 327 
 
 378,384,391 
 
 See also Public vessels. 
 
 see Great districts. 
 
 Coasting laws, implication to Alaska 274 
 
 application to Philippines 269 
 
 evasion on frontiers 242 
 
 offenses against, and penalt ies 260 
 
 Coasting trade, between Long Island and 
 
 Rhode Island LM: 
 
 chapter relating to 252 
 
 clearance in 252, 254 , 256 
 
 delivery of imported merchandise in 202 
 
 entry in 253, 255, 256 
 
 exempt from tonnage tax 171-172 
 
 foreign-built vessel excluded 16 
 
 foreign merchandise in 201,251 
 
 Page. 
 
 Coasting trade, foreign tugboat in 259 
 
 foreign vessel, barred from 258 
 
 on Great Lakes 242 
 
 may distribute cargo in 258 
 
 form of license for 45 
 
 officers authorized to document vessels to 
 
 engage in 49 
 
 on Mississippi and tributaries 256 
 
 registered vessel in 258 
 
 report of entry at other than place of desti- 
 nation 258 
 
 shipping articles 64, 68, 69 
 
 between Atlantic and Pacific ports 63. 68 
 
 touching at foreign ports 250 
 
 vessels entitled to engage in 18 
 
 with Alaska 274 
 
 with guano islands 439 
 
 with Hawaii 262 
 
 with Philippines 269 
 
 with Porto Rico 265 
 
 Coasting voyages of foreign vessels 259 
 
 Coastwise trade. See Coasting trade. 
 
 Cocaine, import and export restrictions 348 
 
 See also Opium. 
 Cod fisheries. See Fisheries. 
 Coin and bullion, American vessels required 
 
 to carry 182 
 
 Cold Spring, N. Y., merchandise destined 
 
 for 213 
 
 vessel may be documented at 49 
 
 Collectors of customs 
 duties pertaining to certificates of inspec- 
 tion 154 
 
 certificates of registry 37 
 
 clearances 180 
 
 crew lists 66, 67 
 
 documents of vessels 46, 48 
 
 mortgages, bills of sale, etc 40 
 
 motor boats 353 
 
 passenger accommodations 1 67 
 
 record of citizenship of seamen 60 
 
 report and prosecution of violations of 
 
 revenue laws 68, 192, 193 
 
 returns of passenger lists 166 
 
 shipping seamen 61 
 
 steamboat-inspection laws 158 
 
 fees r* 
 
 offenses of, relating to marine document. . . 52,53 
 See also Customs officers; Treasury. 
 
 Collisions, duty to stay by in 350 
 
 liability in case of 110, 157 
 
 rules to prevent. See Rules of the road. 
 
 to be entered in log book 109 
 
 I of Light-House Service, adjustment 
 
 of damages 513 
 
 Colombia. See Panama Canal. 
 
 Color blindness, examination of licensed offi- 
 
 ; for 55 
 
 Colorado, establishment of subports in 533 
 
 Columbia River. See Astoria; Portland. 
 
 Commerce, epidemic may suspend 295 
 
 Commerce Depart men! , organic act 482 
 
 Commercial agents. Srr Consuls. 
 Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Philip- 
 pine shipments regulated by 271 
 
 Commissioner of Lighthouses, appointment, 
 
 powers, duties, and responsibilities.. 512-516 
 
ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 
 
 561 
 
 Commissioner of Lighthouses, authority or 
 direction to, concerning aids to naviga- 
 tion 3<J7,399 
 
 to\\ ing regu la lions for banjos K*2 
 
 Commissioner of Navigation, appointment, 
 
 powers, duties, and res]>onsil)ilil ies. . 1S6-488 
 nntliority or direction to, concerning allot- 
 ments 79 
 
 cancellat ion of registers 42 
 
 changing name, of vessel 22 
 
 consolidating enrollment and license. .... !."> 
 
 measurement exemptions 30 
 
 navigation laws 31 
 
 numbering vessels 21 
 
 private signals, registration 398 
 
 provisional certificates of registry 16 
 
 pnblicat ion of list of merchant vessels 487 
 
 record of American-built vessels owned 
 
 by aliens < r >l 
 
 record of certificates of registry 37 
 
 registry of Porto Rican vessels 265 
 
 towing regnlat ions for barges 102 
 
 decision on tonnage tax, effect 174 
 
 Commissioner General of Immigration, 
 
 powers and duties 301-316,503 
 
 Commissioners, d istrict court 519 
 
 Common carriers, bonded for immediate 
 
 transportation 230 
 
 exempt from forfeiture 192 
 
 Comparison of cargo and manifest 216 
 
 Compromise of claim prohibited 196 
 
 exception 197 
 
 Comptroller of the Treasury, enforcement of 
 
 quarantine laws by 298 
 
 to allow for transportation of destitute sea- 
 men 83 
 
 Condemnation, costs of, how paid 190-194 
 
 See also Procedure. 
 
 Consul, aid to and report on wrecks 325 
 
 complaint to, by crew 105 
 
 deceased seaman's wages and effects cared 
 
 for by 83-86 
 
 destitute seaman cared for by 82 
 
 duties as shipping commissioner 65 
 
 foreign, not to return registers until clear- 
 ances granted 1 S5 
 
 inspectors appointed by 104 
 
 jurisdiction over seaman 94 
 
 naval officer acting as 241 
 
 prohibited from profiting from, services to 
 
 seamen 241 
 
 provisional certificates of registry, author- 
 ity to issue 16 
 
 reports on sanitary conditions 503 
 
 reports to Secretary of Commerce 484 
 
 services to vessels 240 
 
 statement of services to be furnished to 
 
 master 185 
 
 to reclaim deserters, investigate charges, 
 
 etc 80 
 
 See also Fees; Health; Tonnage charges. 
 
 Consulates of United States, list of 535 
 
 Consumptive immigrants prohibited 302, 306 
 
 Contagious diseases. See Excluded classes; 
 Health; Live stock. 
 
 Page. 
 Contiguous countries, admission of aliens 
 
 through 313 
 
 bill of health in trade with 292 
 
 citi/.ens exempt from head tax 301 
 
 commerce with, restrict ions and privileges. 242 
 
 documenting of vessels in trade with 18,19 
 
 engagement of seamen in trade with 63,68 
 
 remission of penally incurred on frontiers.. 330 
 Sccalxo Canada; Creat. Lakes; Mexico. 
 Contract laborers. See Laborers. 
 Contract of seaman. See Shipping articles. 
 
 Contracts, limit at ions upon (ioverninent . . .. 520 
 
 Conviction, entry in logbook 108 
 
 Cook County, 111., dumping in Lake Michi- 
 gan 410 
 
 Cooking arrangements, steerage passengers. . . 163 
 
 Corporal punishment prohibited 89 
 
 Corporation, American, may own vessel 15 
 
 enrollment and license to 47 
 
 may improve rivers 401 
 
 register to 38 
 
 Cotton on passenger vessels 148 
 
 Counsel, officer's right to 55 
 
 Count of passengers. See Manifest. 
 
 Counterfeit ing, marine documents 52,53 
 
 stamps for boiler plate 124 
 
 Courts. See Circuit courts; District courts. 
 
 Crew, accommodations for 27-29, 107 
 
 assignment for emergencies 143, 144 
 
 certificated lifeboat men 143 
 
 full complement required 99, 121 
 
 rules concerning papers relating to 67 
 
 See also Seaman. 
 Crew list, what to contain, and formalities 
 
 concerning 66, 67, 143 
 
 Crimes, definitions, trials, and punishments. 468 
 punishment for, committed in ceded terri- 
 tory 446 
 
 See also Alaska; Great Lakes; Penalty; 
 Piracy; names of crimes. 
 
 Criminal immigrant prohibited 303 
 
 Crimping, offense and punishment 78 
 
 Crui-lty, complaint by seaman of 74 
 
 Cruisers, auxiliary naval 318 
 
 Cubans exempt from head tax 301 
 
 Culebra Island, possession authorized 447 
 
 Custody and surrender of register 37 
 
 Custody of property seized by revenue olli- 
 
 cers 192 
 
 Customhouse , removal during epidemic 298 
 
 Customhouse brokers, licensing 461 
 
 Customs districts, delivery of cargo in vari- 
 ous, after entry 202 
 
 list of 527 
 
 Customs duties. See Duties. 
 
 Customs inspection on frontier 244 
 
 Customs laws, application to Alaska 274 
 
 directly relating to vessels 188 
 
 Customs officers, assignment to duties in 
 
 Lighthouse Service : 515 
 
 complaints to, by crews 105 
 
 duty to enforce laws 196 
 
 fee schedule 522 
 
 inspection of merchandise in transit 518 
 
 may administer oaths 206 
 
562 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Customs officers, powers, duties, and respon- 
 sibilities 489 
 
 sharing with informer, penalty 194 
 
 special agents to examine records of 516 
 
 See also Collector of customs; Secretary of 
 
 the Treasury; Surveyors of customs. 
 Customs seals on frontier 244 
 
 Dairy products, inspection of 341 
 
 Damage due to defects, liability for 120 
 
 Damage to passenger, liability for 157 
 
 Damage to vessel or cargo by seaman 87 
 
 Dams across navigable waters 401-407 
 
 Davits, number and arrangement 137-139 
 
 Day, unlading by, required 219-249 
 
 Death , entry in log book 108 
 
 Death of passenger, payment for each 167 
 
 Death resulting from negligence, etc 470 
 
 Debts of seamen, when recoverable 80 
 
 Deck houses, method of measuring 26 
 
 Deck room on steam vessel 145 
 
 Deck space for immigrant passengers 159-161 
 
 Decks, definitions of passenger and lowest 
 
 passenger 160 
 
 Deductions from gross tonnage 27-30 
 
 Defects, liability for damage due to 120 
 
 Definition, able seaman 98 
 
 certificated lifeboat man 143 
 
 day , 219 
 
 decks, passenger and lowest passenger 160 
 
 home port 34 
 
 master 59, 198, 480 
 
 merchandise 198 
 
 motor boat 351 
 
 net or registered tonnage 24,31 
 
 owner 59 
 
 person 480 
 
 port 21, 34, 198 
 
 radio communication 433 
 
 register tonnage 24 
 
 registered vessel 15 
 
 sailing vessel 354, 3<i7, 382, 389 
 
 seaman 59, 93 
 
 seaman's citizensh ip 60 
 
 shanghaiing 61 
 
 smuggling 194 
 
 steam vessel 115,354,367,382,389 
 
 steerage passenger 159 
 
 ton 24 
 
 tonnage deck 23 
 
 under wiiy :*"-i 
 
 "United States" in immigration law 313 
 
 vessel I"-, , JMI 
 
 vessel of United States 15,18, ITS 
 
 visible 35 1 . 
 
 Delaware, transit of merchandise across 214 
 
 Delivery. See Ports of deli\< 
 
 Delivery of cargo in various districts 202 
 
 Departing aliens, manifests of 308 
 
 Department of Commerce, organic act 
 
 Departments, limitations upon expenditures 
 
 of executive 
 
 Departure of vessel, informal 200 
 
 Deportation of rejected immigrants 311,314 
 
 it of marine- papers on entry of vessel. . 185 
 Depth of hold, how determined 24 
 
 Derelicts, removal of. 396 
 
 See also Wrecks. 
 
 Desertion of seaman 80,86,87 
 
 coasting trade or fishing vessel 70 
 
 Destination, entry of merchandise for differ- 
 ent port of 215 
 
 Destitute seaman. See Seaman. 
 
 Destroying vessel in Alaska 276 
 
 Detention of immigrants on board 311 
 
 Detroit River, rule of the road on 382, 387 
 
 Dikes, authority for construction of. 406 
 
 See also Public works. 
 Diplomatic fees, copy of rates to be annexed 
 
 to clearance 183 
 
 Diplomatic officers exempt from provisions 
 
 of immigration law 315 
 
 Disabled seaman. See Seaman. 
 Disabled vessel. See Wrecks. 
 
 Disasters, report of marine 324, 325 
 
 Discharge of seaman, foreign trade 72-74 
 
 form of certificate 93 
 
 master to make and sign certificate of 75 
 
 shipping commissioner to superintend 60 
 
 Discipline among steerage passengers 164 
 
 Discrimination in pilotage rates forbidden . . . 169 
 Discriminations against American vessels 
 
 and products 175-179 
 
 Diseased immigrants prohibited 302, 306 
 
 Diseased live stock. See Live stock. 
 Diseases. See Health. 
 Disfigurement. See Mayhem. 
 
 Disinfection of vessel 294 
 
 Dismantled vessel exempt from inspection. . . 101 
 
 Disobedience of seaman, penalty for 87 
 
 Disposition of property seized by revenue 
 
 officers 189 
 
 Distilled spirits. See Liquors. 
 
 Distress, aid to vessel in 396 
 
 duty of master to persons in 4(52 
 
 unlading of vessel in 216, 224 
 
 See also Wrecks. 
 
 Distress signals 352, 356, 378 
 
 District at t orneys, procedure by 196 
 
 prosecution of violations of revenue laws. . . 192 
 District courts, appeals of customhouse 
 
 brokers 4<>2 
 
 commissioners 519 
 
 establishment and jurisdiction in Canal 
 
 Zone -J-.J 
 
 jurisdiction in admiralty cases 464 
 
 jurisdiction over motor boats 353 
 
 olTenses connected with submarine cables 1M 
 violations of wireless equipment provi- 
 sions 425 
 
 wh itc-slavo traffic 304 
 
 Districts. S Customs districts; Great dis- 
 tricts; Lighthouse districts. 
 
 Docks, licensed, in Alaska 274 
 
 Docum. Is 33 
 
 certification of 
 
 deposit on entry 185 
 
 fraudulent use of 52,53,58,472 
 
 Is not requiring 19 
 
 See also names of documents. 
 
 Dnm.^tic servant not contract laborer 304 
 
 Domestic trade. See Coasting trade. 
 
Al.l'll AI'.KTICAI. INDKX. 
 
 563 
 
 Dominion of Canada. See Canada. 
 
 Double bottom, measurement of 27 
 
 Draft in time of war, licensed officers exempt 
 
 from tt 
 
 Draft of registered vessel to bo marked 22 
 
 Drawback, IxMietit of, in certain cases.. 202,238,272 
 
 Drawbridges, regulat ions as to -102, 111 
 
 Dredge, foreign-built, dredging in United 
 
 States 258 
 
 Dredging of harbors 407,408 
 
 Drills of crew with life-saving appliances 144 
 
 I >rugs, importation of adulterated, prohibited 342 
 
 See also Opium. 
 
 Drunkenness, penalty for seaman's 88 
 
 Dry docks, etc., Panama Canal 450 
 
 Dry Tortugas, quarant ine grounds at 298 
 
 Dubuqiie, Iowa, merchandise destined for... 211 
 
 Diuvs teeum, summons 195 
 
 Dumping into navigable waters 408 
 
 See also New York Harbor. 
 
 Duration of license, officer 55 
 
 vessel 46 
 
 Duties, customs, on Philippine imports 269-273 
 
 discriminat ing 179 
 
 favoring United States vessels 179 
 
 disposition of Philippine 269-272 
 
 foreign-built yacht exempt 16 
 
 where payable 202 
 
 See also Fees; Tonnage tax. 
 
 Dyewoods, cargo destined " for orders" 207 
 
 time limit for unlading 222 
 
 Dynamite. See Explosives. 
 
 Edgecomb, Me. , merchandise destined for ... 213 
 
 Educator not contract laborer 304 
 
 Effects of deceased seamen, care and disposi- 
 tion 83-86 
 
 sale to be entered in log book 83,109 
 
 Embezzlement, liability of vessel owner 110 
 
 E mbezzling stores or cargo, penalty 87 
 
 Emergency expenditures 520 
 
 Emigrant passengers. See Immigrants. 
 Engagement of seamen. See Shipping arti- 
 cles. 
 
 Engine room, deducted from gross tonnage. . 30 
 Engineer, must admit apprentices to engine 
 
 room 157 
 
 not to be impeded by freight 146 
 
 term "officer" includes 54 
 
 See also Licensed officers. 
 Engineer Corps. See Army. 
 Engines. See Steamboat-Inspection Service. 
 Enrolled vessel. See Vessel. 
 
 Enrollment and license, change to register. . . i.'J 
 
 conditions precedent to 43, 116 
 
 consolidation into one document 45 
 
 corporations 47 
 
 duration of license 46 
 
 expiration while at sea 260 
 
 form of enrollment H 
 
 form of license 45 
 
 Great Lakes vessels 18 
 
 inspection by revenue officers 50 
 
 loss of license 47 
 
 numbering of licenses 46 
 
 offenses and penalties relating to 52, 53, 58 
 
 Page. 
 Enrollment and lieen-e, outside of district ... Is 
 
 , ion of forged 260 
 
 special pro v isions 49 
 
 surrender of license for renewal 46 
 
 1 entitled to 18 
 
 ell XtOl requiring 19 
 
 vessels under 20 tons 19,44 
 
 yachts 19 
 
 Procedure. 
 
 Entry, before delivery 199 
 
 ing trade 253,255,256,258 
 
 deposit of papers on 1 v, 
 
 entranceonly atportsof 199 
 
 ferryboats exempt from 203 
 
 formalities concerning is i- 1 s? 
 
 < ; real I ,akes vessels 248-250 
 
 mail to be delivered previous to 320,321 
 
 preliminary, of vessel 217 
 
 to another great district 255 
 
 under quarantine laws 298 
 
 vessels exempt from 19, 203 
 
 vessels exempt from certain fees 204 
 
 vessels in Philippine trade 269 
 
 wines and spirits 204 
 
 within a great district 253 
 
 yacht returning from foreign port 21 
 
 See also Health; Merchandise; Ports of 
 entry. 
 
 Epidemic may suspend commerce 295 
 
 Epileptic immigrants prohibited 302, 306 
 
 Equipment of vessels, destruction of defective 101 
 
 exempt from duty 205 
 
 inspection of 100 
 
 motor boats 351-353 
 
 must be approved 120 
 
 on Great Lakes, customs duties 247 
 
 Errors in documents, effect 198 
 
 Evansville, Ind., merchandise destined for .. 211 
 Evidence in defense of revenue officer for sei- 
 zure of goods 189 
 
 Excluded classes of immigrants 302 
 
 Excursions, additional passengers 154 
 
 Executive. Sic President. 
 
 Executive departments, limitations upon 
 
 expenditures of 520 
 
 Executive officers 482 
 
 Exemption of vessel from seizure and for- 
 feiture 192 
 
 Exemptions from certain charges, vessels. . . 16, 19, 
 
 204,399 
 
 Exemptions from duty (sea stores, coal, bag- 
 gage, and tools of trade) 204, 205 
 
 Exemptions from entry, vessels 19,203 
 
 Exemptions from tonnage tax 171 
 
 Exhibit of laws on steam vessel 156 
 
 muster roll 143 
 
 E xpenditures, limitations upon Government. 520 
 
 Explosions, liability for 151,157 
 
 Explosives, express packages of 235 
 
 gasoline, use on passenger vessels 149 
 
 packing and marking 150, 151 
 
 petroleum, unlading 150 
 
 record of permits to carry 500 
 
 transportation of Ill, 148-153, 165 
 
 See also Arms and ammunition. 
 
564 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 
 Page. 
 
 Export, transfer of duty-paid merchandise 
 
 for 202 
 
 Exports, bullion and coin 182 
 
 discrimination against American 177 
 
 inspection of 202 
 
 Expositions, admission of aliens for work of. . 316 
 
 admission of boats, etc., for 239 
 
 Express packages of merchandise 234 
 
 Extra wages of seamen. See Wages. 
 
 Failure to join, seaman's 87 
 
 False labeling or branding of food products . . 342 
 
 False swearing. See Perjury. 
 
 Falsifying records and documents 52, 53, 58 
 
 Feeble-minded immigrants prohibited 302, 306 
 
 Fees, acts abolishing 522, 523 
 
 citizens serving as appraisers 190 
 
 collectors of customs 522 
 
 consular 240, 241 
 
 copy of rates of consular, to be annexed to 
 
 clearance 186 
 
 copies of records 41 
 
 enrollment or license 44 
 
 exacting extortionate or illegal 52, 53, 61 
 
 hospital ships, exemptions 459 
 
 inspection of foreign steamers 116 
 
 marine-hospital relief 94 
 
 medical officers 291 
 
 payment before clearance 183 
 
 posting in customs offices 492 
 
 readmeasurement 31 
 
 schedule of 522 
 
 seaman's witness 96 
 
 shipping seamen in coastwise or near-by 
 
 foreign trade 68 
 
 surveyors of customs 50 
 
 transporting destitute seaman 82 
 
 vessels exempt from certain 19,204,399,459 
 
 wharfage, in Porto Rico 267 
 
 Fellow servant, plea not applicable in suit 
 
 for damages 99 
 
 Felony. See C'rimes; Penalty. 
 
 Ferryboat, charige of master 48 
 
 exempt from entry, clearance, and mani- 
 fests 203 
 
 inspection of 116 
 
 lights on 39 
 
 Filibustering 434 
 
 Fines, procedure for collecting 192 
 
 See also Forfeiture; Remission; Penalty. 
 
 Fire, drill of crew 144 
 
 liability in case of 1 in, i:.7 
 
 protection against 100. 
 
 See also Equipment. 
 
 Firearms. See Arms and ammunition. 
 
 Fisheries, Alaskan seal and salmon 278-290 
 
 engagement of seamen in 64, 70 
 
 form of license for 45 
 
 Hawaiian 263 
 
 North Atlantic, treaty with (ireat Britain 
 
 concerning 278,444 
 
 sponge, of Gulf of Mexico and Florida 
 
 Straits 459, 460 
 
 Fishing vessels, discrimination against 
 
 American 175 
 
 engaging in foreign trade 183 
 
 Page. 
 
 Fishing vessels, exceptions in favor of 65, 70, 
 
 75,70,77,79 
 exemptions of. ... 100, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 171-172 
 
 license to carry extra crew 153 
 
 lights, etc., on 358,371 
 
 may be documented by surveyor 49 
 
 medical aid from Coast Guard cutters 328 
 
 not subject to tonnage tax 171 
 
 not to obstruct New York Harbor 419 
 
 permit to touch and trade at foreign port. . 183 
 
 qualifications of 18, 260 
 
 right of way of 365,377 
 
 See also Cables. 
 
 Five tons, licensed vessel over 19 
 
 Flags, registration of house 398 
 
 Flamenco Island, possession authorized 447 
 
 Flat cars, immediate transportation on 230 
 
 Flatboat not to be documented 17 
 
 Floats and life preservers 127 
 
 Flogging of seaman prohibited 89 
 
 Flood signals, display of 398 
 
 Florida, establishment of subports in 533, 534 
 
 wrecks in waters of 326 
 
 Florida Straits, sponge fishing in 459, 460 
 
 Fog, speed of vessel in 363,373 
 
 Fog signals, Great Lakes and tributaries 385 
 
 inland rules 372 
 
 international rules 362 
 
 western rivers 391 
 
 See also Bureau of Lighthouses. 
 
 Food, for seaman 92 
 
 for steerage passengers 163 
 
 Food products, adulterated 342 
 
 interstate and foreign trade regulations .... 331 
 See also Live stock. 
 Foot-and-mouth disease. See Live stock. 
 
 Forecastle regulations 27-29, 100 
 
 Foreign-built vessels, inspection of registered. 120 
 
 registry of 15 
 
 Foreign mail in transit through United 
 
 States 323 
 
 Foreign measurement laws, appendix hi com- 
 pliance with 31 
 
 Foreign officials exempt from provisions of 
 
 immigration law 315 
 
 Foreign ports, desertions of seamen in 80 
 
 destitute seamen in 82 
 
 discharge of seamen in 72 
 
 discrimination against American vessels 
 
 and products in 17/M79 
 
 immediate exportation to 258-275 
 
 ins|M'ctions in 104 
 
 jurisdict ion over seamen in 94 
 
 touching at 250 
 
 Foreign seamen, desertion in I'nited States.. 80 
 
 jurisdiction OVIT. in American ports 94 
 
 marine-hospital relief for 94 
 
 Foreign trade. di-eh:in-e of seamen in 72 
 
 enrolled and licensed vessels in 183 
 
 live stock and food products in 331 
 
 on (ireat Lakes 18 
 
 M'/e of \ excels in 242 
 
 Foreign vessel, award for rescue of American 
 
 seamen by 441 
 
 barred from coasting trade 258 
 
 built in United States, record of 50 
 
ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 
 
 565 
 
 Foreign vessels, coasting voyages by 
 
 Pago. 
 259 
 115 
 measurement of ........................... 32 
 
 not assimilated by treaty to American ves- 
 
 sel ..................................... 178 
 
 purchased of American during rebellion can 
 
 not be registered ....................... 18 
 
 to unlade only at port of entry ............. 199 
 
 See also Tug; Vessel. 
 Foreign yacht, privileges .................... 20 
 
 Forfeited vessel may be registered ........... 15 
 
 Forfeiture, agent's false oath ................. 36 
 
 coasting laws, violut ing .................... 260 
 
 enrolled or licensed vessel engaging in for- 
 
 eign trade ............................. 183 
 
 exemption of vessel from seizure and ...... 192 
 
 exemptions, and procedure for violating 
 
 coasting laws .......................... 261 
 
 failure to report sale to alien ............... 41 
 
 false swearing by owner ................... 34 
 
 fishery vessel illegally engaging in foreign 
 
 trade .................................. 184 
 
 foreign vessel illegally bringing imports 178 
 fraudulent use of documents ........ 52, 53, 58, 472 
 
 illegal change of name .............. ....... 22 
 
 importation of diseased live stock .......... 334 
 
 liquors not properly entered ............... 200 
 
 moieties prohibited ........................ 193 
 
 nondelivery of manifest on Great Lakes ... 243 
 not incurred for substantial compliance 
 
 with form ............................. 198 
 
 notice to owner ............................ 261 
 
 seal fishing, unlawful ...................... 281 
 
 seizures for enforcing ...................... 192 
 
 unlading, illegal ......................... 216, 220 
 
 violating retaliatory proclamation of Presi- 
 
 dent ................................. 175, 177 
 
 See also Merchandise; Penalty; Procedure; 
 
 Remission. 
 Forgery of marine documents ......... 52, 53, 58, 472 
 
 Form. See Apprentice; Certificate of regis- 
 try; Enrollment; Shipping articles, etc. 
 Fortifications, protection of. ................. 446 
 
 Freight, liens for ............................ 236 
 
 See also Merchandise. 
 Freight boats, inspection of. ................. 117 
 
 Frontiers. See Contiguous countries. 
 
 Fuel. See Coal; Liquid fuel. 
 
 Fulminate. See Explosives. 
 
 Fumigation of forecastles .................... 29 
 
 Funnel marks, registration .................. 398 
 
 Fur-bearing animals, restrictions on killing. 278-283 
 Fur-seal fisheries, Alaskan ......... 275, 278-290, 517 
 
 Galena, 111. , merchandise destined for ...... 211 
 
 Gasoline. See Explosives. 
 
 Gangers. See Customs officers. 
 
 General average, liens for freight or .......... 236 
 
 General issue, plea by revenue agent ......... 189 
 
 Goats. See Live stock. 
 
 Goods. See Merchandise. 
 
 Government Hospital for Insane, patients 
 
 from marine hospitals admissible to. . . 94 
 Government securities, vessels required to 
 
 carry .................................. 182 
 
 Government vessels. See Public vessels. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Great Britain. See United Kingdom. 
 
 Great districts, miml>er, boundaries, and 
 
 entry and clearance nrulatinns 252-261 
 
 Great Lakes-A i lain ie < 'anal 457 
 
 boats and rafts in fc.ro ten trade on 242-250 
 
 coasting-trade privileges on Lake Michigan. 249 
 
 crimes on 468,475 
 
 dam at outlet of Lake Erie 458 
 
 discrimination against American vessels 
 
 : through 177 
 
 dumping in Lake Michigan 409, 410 
 
 engagement of seamen on 64,68 
 
 ent ry am 1 clearance of vessels on 248 
 
 foreign trade on 242 
 
 inward manifests for trade on 243 
 
 marking pierheads on 397 
 
 penalty for violating navigation laws of 250 
 
 radio equipment on steamers 424 
 
 reciprocal wrecking privileges on 325 
 
 repairs to vessels on, dutiable 247 
 
 reports of customs officers on 494 
 
 restrictions and privileges of commerce 
 
 on 242-251 
 
 rules of the road on 382 
 
 sale of blank forms on 495 
 
 saloon stores of vessels on 247 
 
 sea stores of vessels on 246 
 
 steam tugs on 250 
 
 superintendents of life-saving service on ... 508 
 
 vessels enrolled and licensed on 18, 19 
 
 vessels on, exempt from certain charges 204 
 
 water levels on 457 
 
 See also Canada; Contiguous countries. 
 
 Greenport, N. Y., merchandise destined for. 213 
 
 vessels may be documented at 49 
 
 Greenwich, adoption of meridian of 398 
 
 Gross tonnage, how determined 24 
 
 Guam, Army officers authorized to issue pro- 
 visional certificates of registry 16 
 
 manifests in trade with 182 
 
 money equivalents in 270 
 
 shipments of merchandise on Army trans- 
 ports 162 
 
 See also Insular territory. 
 
 Guano islands, discovery, occupation, and 
 
 possession 438 
 
 Gulf of Mexico, rules of the road on rivers 
 
 flowing into 388 
 
 sponge fishing in 459, 460 
 
 Gunpowder. See Explosives. 
 
 Harbor defenses, protection of 446 
 
 Harbor lines, establishment of 407 
 
 Harbors, control of Hawaiian 263 
 
 control of Porto Rican 266 
 
 improvement of Philippine 273 
 
 obstructions in 401 
 
 rules of the road in 367 
 
 vessels employed in, not to be documented . 19 
 See also Inland waters; Public works; 
 Rivers. 
 
 Harter Act 112 
 
 Hatchways, deductions from tonnage 26 
 
 Hawaii, contract-labor laws not applicable to 
 
 seamen in 264 
 
 destitute seamen in 82 
 
 establishment of subports in 534 
 
566 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Hawaii, fisheries of 263 
 
 manifests in trade with 182 
 
 registry of vessels of 262 
 
 special provisions concerning 155, 262 
 
 See also Insular territory. 
 
 Hawsers, length between towing vessels, etc. 102 
 
 Hay, transportation of 148 
 
 Head tax, levy and collection 301 
 
 refund when erroneously collected 315 
 
 Health, laws relating to public 291 
 
 Hawaii 262 
 
 Philippine Islands 270 
 
 Porto Rico 266 
 
 See aUo Adulterated products; Public 
 Health Service. 
 
 Height of vessels, how determined 24 
 
 Hides, cargo destined "for orders" 207 
 
 imports of neat-cattle 339 
 
 time limit for unlading 222 
 
 Hogs. See Live stock. 
 
 Hold, depth of, how determined 24 
 
 Holidays, observance on vessels 97 
 
 Home port, definition 34 
 
 marking on stern 21 
 
 See also Port. 
 
 Homicide 469 
 
 Honolulu. See Hawaii. 
 Horses. See Live stock. 
 
 Hospital equipment for crew 28 
 
 Hospital ships, exemptions 459 
 
 Hospitals, quarantine 298, 299 
 
 Hospitals for seamen 93 
 
 Hospitals for steerage passengers 163 
 
 Hours of service, licensed officers 122 
 
 seamen 97 
 
 Houston, Tex., merchandise destined for 211 
 
 Hudson County, N. J., vessels documented at 
 
 Jersey City 49 
 
 Hulls of vessels, inspection of 100 
 
 Husband, ship's, authority to incur liability 
 
 for repairs, supplies, etc 460 
 
 Hydrographic Office, Navy, establishment 
 
 and duties 397 
 
 Ice, unlading of vessel obstructed by 225 
 
 Idiots, immigration prohibited 302, 306 
 
 111 treatment of crew 472 
 
 Illness, entry in log book 108 
 
 Imbecile immigrants prohibited 302, 306 
 
 Immediate delivery of merchandise 229 
 
 Immediate exportation of merchandise to 
 
 foreign port 258,275 
 
 Immediate transportation of merchandise 229 
 
 ports of 229, 231,532 
 
 Immigrants, accommodations <>n vessels for. i.v.t, lf.7 
 
 admission of families of cili/.ens 314 
 
 ;ul vertising for or assist ing 305 
 
 deportation of rejected 311, 314 
 
 detention on board 311 
 
 excluded classes 302 
 
 frontier inspection 313 
 
 head tax on, and exemptions 301,315 
 
 refund of 315 
 
 illegal landing 306 
 
 inspection of 310, 313 
 
 manifest of, what to contain 307 
 
 Page. 
 
 Immigrants, medical examination 310 
 
 registry and naturalization 316 
 
 See also Inspection, hulls and equipment. 
 
 Immigration, boards of inquiry 505, 506 
 
 insular territory and Canal Zone 302 
 
 laws relating to 301,503 
 
 administration in Philippines 316 
 
 Immigration laws, persons exempt from op- 
 eration of 315, 316 
 
 posting by steamship companies 315 
 
 scope of 313 
 
 skilled labor 303 
 
 Impairing public works 307, 309 
 
 Import duties by States forbidden 297 
 
 Imports. See Merchandise. 
 
 Improvements to navigation 396, 401 
 
 Incorporated company. See Corporation. 
 
 Indian, Metlakahtla, eligibility as officer 54 
 
 Indians, sale of firearms and liquors to Alas- 
 kan 274 
 
 Infectious diseases. See Excluded classes; 
 Health; Livestock. 
 
 Inflammables. See Explosives. 
 
 Informers, awards to, and restrictions 193 
 
 remission of penalty, effect on 330 
 
 Injury, entry in log book 108 
 
 Inland waters, documents of vessels navigat- 
 ing 19 
 
 liability laws applied to 112 
 
 rules of the road on 367, 378 
 
 Insane immigrants prohibited 302, 306 
 
 Insane in marine hospitals admissible to 
 
 Government Hospital for Insane 94 
 
 Inspection, appeal in cases of 119, 121 
 
 boilers and boiler plate 122-126 
 
 customs, on frontier 244 
 
 enrollment and license 50 
 
 gas, naphtha, electric, etc., launches 117 
 
 hulls and equipment 100 
 
 immigrant ships 167 
 
 immigrants 310, 313 
 
 inward manifests 208 
 
 merchandise laden for export 202 
 
 motor boats 117, 351-353 
 
 provisions and water 105 
 
 quarantine 294 
 
 registered foreign-built vessels 120 
 
 State laws, effect of \*2 
 
 steam vessels 115-158 
 
 tugboats, towing boats, and freight boats. . 117 
 
 vessels, occasional or special 118 
 
 See also Adulterated products, etc.; Cer- 
 tificate of inspection: Steainlx>at- 
 Inspection Service. 
 
 Inspection laws, motor boats for enforcin.tr... 461 
 
 Inspectors. S<-r Customs otlicers: Light- 
 house inspectors: Local inspectors; 
 Merchandise; Supervising inspectors; 
 Treasury. 
 
 Insular territory, head tax on immigrants. . . 302 
 
 immigration laws applicable to 313 
 
 manifest of alien arrivals from 308 
 
 manifests in trade of 1 s - 
 
 money equivalents in 270 
 
 Insurance, fralulrnlly obtaining 473 
 
 Internal revenue of Philippines 250 
 
ALPHABETICAL INDIA. 
 
 567 
 
 Tage. 
 
 Internal waters. See Inland waters. 
 International Convention for Protection of 
 
 Submarine Cables. See Cables. 
 International Marine Conference, reconvening 
 
 of delegates to 367 
 
 International rules to prevent collisions 353 
 
 limit of applicat ion 378 
 
 Interstate Commerce Commission, authority 
 
 over transportation of explosives 151,152 
 
 jurisdiction over Panama Canal traffic in 
 
 oe r i a in cases 454-456 
 
 Interstate trade, adulterated products 343 
 
 live stock and products of 331 
 
 vessels engaged in 19 
 
 See also Coast ing trade. 
 
 Invoice, fradulent, in Alaska 276, 277 
 
 Inward manifest. See Manifest. 
 
 Iron, immediate transportation of 230 
 
 special entry of 201 
 
 Irondequoit Bay declared navigable 117 
 
 Islands. See Guano islands; names of is- 
 lands. 
 Isthmian Canal. See Panama Canal. 
 
 Japan,lights on fishing vessels in seas border- 
 ing 359 
 
 treaty relating to pelagic sealing 278 
 
 Japan Sea, pelagic sealing 278-283 
 
 Jeffersonvflle, Ind., merchandise destined 
 
 for 211,214 
 
 Jersey City, vessels documented at 49 
 
 Jetty obstructing navigation 407 
 
 See also Public works. 
 
 Join, seaman's failure to 87 
 
 Joint liability of vessel owners Ill 
 
 Jurisdiction, American seamen in foreign 
 ports and foreign seamen in American 
 
 ports 94 
 
 Canal Zone 448,451-453 
 
 ceded territory 519 
 
 offenses in Alaska 278-290 
 
 over offenses begun in one district and 
 
 completed in another 468 
 
 transferred from circuit to district courts. . 464 
 See also Circuit courts; District courts; 
 Crimes. 
 
 Jute butts, cargo destined "for orders" 207 
 
 time limit for unlading 222 
 
 Kamchatka Sea, pelagic sealing 278-283 
 
 Kansas City, Mo., merchandise destined for. . 211 
 Keepers of life-saving stations. See Life- 
 Saving Service. 
 
 Keokuk, Iowa, merchandise destined for 211 
 
 Kittery, Me., merchandise destined for 213 
 
 Korea, lights on fishing vessels in seas border- 
 ing 359 
 
 < 
 
 labeling, false. See Adulterated products. 
 
 Laborers, contract for importation of, void. . 315 
 
 exclusion of contract 303,305, 468 
 
 importation of skilled 303, 305 
 
 Lading. See. Merchandise. 
 
 Lake Champlain , clearance on 215 
 
 entry of merchandise on 251 
 
 Lake County, HI., dumping in Lake Michi- 
 gan 410 
 
 Lakes. See Great Lakes; Inland waters. 
 
 1'ago. 
 
 Land, imports by, prohibition and excep- 
 tions 242 
 
 Landing, illegal, of immigrants 306 
 
 Seeal.fi) Merchan 
 
 Larceny, olTen-v and punishment 471 
 
 Launches, inspection of 117 
 
 Lavatory accommodations for crew 29 
 
 Laws, exhibit ion on steam vessels 156 
 
 motor boats for enforcing navigation 425 
 
 See also Posting. 
 
 Lay shipment in fisheries 70-72 
 
 Lea ven worth, Kans., merchandise destined 
 
 for 211 
 
 Lecturer not contract laborer .'in t 
 
 Lemon juice required on vessels 107 
 
 Length of vessel, how determined 23 
 
 Levee. See Public works. 
 
 Liability, agreement to relieve from 112 
 
 owners, masters, and shippers 110, 157 
 
 Libel, bond 113 
 
 for wages, vessel exempt from 7s 
 
 to enforce penalty 193,353 
 
 Great Lakes 250 
 
 See also Procedure. 
 License. See Enrollment; Licenses. 
 Licensed and enrolled vessel. See Enrolled 
 vessel; Enrollment and license. 
 
 Licensed officers, altering license 58 
 
 appeals allowed to 118 
 
 citizenship 15,32,54,120 
 
 complement 54,121,122 
 
 deck space assigned by 146 
 
 duty to aid steamboat inspectors 156, 157 
 
 examination for color blindness 55 
 
 exhibition of license 56 
 
 failure to employ 56 
 
 failure to report accidents, etc 157 
 
 hours of service 122 
 
 investigation as to competency of 156 
 
 liability of Ill, 157 
 
 master or mate acting as pilot 58 
 
 may demand inspection of seaworthiness. 102, 104 
 
 not to visit steerage 165 
 
 oath and perjury of 58 
 
 offenses by seamen against 87, 88 
 
 offenses of, resulting in loss of life 47< > 
 
 passenger steamers 54, 121 
 
 qualifications and disqualifications 54-58 
 
 refusal to serve 157 
 
 renewal of license when absent 55, 156 
 
 service during war 55 
 
 summary trial, procedure 466 
 
 temporary service of alien 54 
 
 vessels requiring 5f>, IK'., 117, 121 
 
 See also Engineer; Licenses; Master; 
 Pilots; Suspension oflioense, etc. 
 
 Licenses, cruising, yachts 20 
 
 customhouse brokers 4G1 
 
 interstate radiocommunication 425, 426 
 
 officers', appeal from decisions regarding. . . 118 
 conditions precedent to granting, and dis- 
 qualifications 56-58 
 
 duration and renewal 55 
 
 motor boat 117,353 
 
 must be displayed 56 
 
 officers requiring 56 
 
 penalty for forgery 58 
 
568 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Licenses, officers', record of 500 
 
 renewal during personal absence 156 
 
 See also Licensed officers. 
 
 radio operators 427 
 
 special Alaskan 274 
 
 vessels'. See Enrollment and license. 
 
 Lien, by bottomry 40 
 
 for freight or general average 236 
 
 for noncompliance with wireless-equipment 
 
 law or regulations 425 
 
 for repairs, supplies, etc 460 
 
 head tax to constitute 301 
 
 of seamen 74 
 
 to secure penalty for violation of health reg- 
 ulations 291,292 
 
 tolls for passage through St. Marys Falls 
 
 Canal to constitute 178 
 
 Life, negligence resulting in loss of, offense and 
 
 punishment 470 
 
 Life buoys, specifications and number 145 
 
 Lifo jackets, specifications and number 144 
 
 See also Life buoys; Lifeboats; Life-saving 
 
 appliances. 
 
 Life rafts. See Lifeboats. 
 Lifeboat men, certificated, assignment to 
 
 boats 142 
 
 qualifications 143 
 
 Lifeboats, capacity determinations 133-136 
 
 davits for 137-139 
 
 equipment 136 
 
 manning 138, 142, 143 
 
 marking of capacity 136 
 
 number and capacity, minimum 139 
 
 standard types 128 
 
 specifications 129-135 
 
 Life-saving apparatus, requirements as to 102, 
 
 117, 126, 128-145, 154, 352, 421 
 
 Life-saving medals 440 
 
 Life-Saving Service. See Coast Guard. 
 Light and air spaces, exempt from measure- 
 ment 30 
 
 for steerage passengers 162 
 
 Lighthouse districts, number and control 
 
 over 514 
 
 Lighthouse Service. See Bureau of Light- 
 houses. 
 Lighthouse inspectors, appointment, duties, 
 
 and salaries 514 
 
 Lighthouse keepers, salaries 515 
 
 Lighthouses. See Burc.au of Lighthouses; 
 
 Public works. 
 Light vessels. See Bureau of Lighthouses. 
 
 Light money 17, 173 
 
 : ;, in Philippine . liarliors 269 
 
 not to be documented 19 
 
 Lights, display of false 474 
 
 interference with range 399 
 
 on bridges, dams, etc 402,405 
 
 on vessels, Great Lakes and trilmt:; 
 
 high seas 
 
 inland waters 
 
 motor boats 351-353 
 
 western rivers 
 
 working on obstructions to navigation. 369, 376 
 
 on wrecks or obstructions 397 
 
 Lime juice required on vessels 107 
 
 Page. 
 
 Limit of time for unlading 222 
 
 Limitations upon expenditures of public 
 
 moneys 520 
 
 See also Statute of limitations. 
 
 Liquid fuel, use of 149,150 
 
 Liquors, adulterated, prohibited 342 
 
 entry of 204 
 
 vessel with 200 
 
 manifest of, in coasting trade 252, 
 
 253,254,255,256,257 
 
 on Great Lakes vessel 247 
 
 sale prohibited in Alaska 274 
 
 sale to Pacific islanders 446 
 
 unlading of 223 
 
 Live-oak timber, restriction upon clearances 
 
 of 183 
 
 Live stock, and products of, interstate and 
 
 foreign trade regulations 331 
 
 liability in transportation of 1 13 
 
 transportation on passenger vessels 165 
 
 See also Adulterated products. 
 
 Loading safety valve forbidden 126 
 
 Local inspectors, appeal from decisions of 118 
 
 authority over motor-boat operators 353 
 
 duties respecting certificates issued to able 
 
 seamen 98 
 
 fee schedule 522 
 
 licenses by, to carry gunpowder 148 
 
 qualifications and duties 100, 
 
 118,156,157,498-501 
 supervising inspector to report negligence 
 
 of 156 
 
 See also Inspection; Supervising inspectors. 
 
 Lock tolls, exemptions 399 
 
 Lodgers, soliciting seamen 82 
 
 Log books, offenses of seamen to be entered 
 
 in 87 
 
 requirements as to 108,109 
 
 Logs, floating of loose 411 
 
 Long Island, N. Y., coasting trade 257 
 
 Long Island Sound, dumping in 419, 420 
 
 Loss, of license 47 
 
 of register 41 
 
 See also Liability. 
 
 Lost vessel, report of 324 
 
 Louisiana, establishment of subports in 534 
 
 Louisville, Ky., merchandise destined for... 211 
 
 Machinery for repairing vessels exempt from 
 
 duty 237 
 
 See also Inspection; Steamboat-Inspection 
 Service. 
 
 MadNon, Ind., merchandise destined for 211 
 
 Mail service, ocean 16,317 
 
 Manhole for externally-fired boilers 125 
 
 Manifest , Alaskan and insular trade 182,269 
 
 alien arrivalstind departures 307 
 
 coast ing I rade 252-256 
 
 licen 256 
 
 1 touching at foreign ports 250 
 
 comparison of cargo and 208, 216,223 
 
 .enii-nl bet ween cargo and 208,216,223 
 
 ferryboat exempt from 203 
 
 filing, in Great Lakes trade 248,249 
 
 foreign vessel on coasting voyage 259 
 
 inspection of 208,216,327 
 
ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 
 
 569 
 
 Pago. 
 
 Manifest, inward, general provisions concern- 
 ing 207 
 
 special, for Treasury Department 200 
 
 vessel on Great Lakes 243 
 
 oath and filing to obtain clearance 180 
 
 out ward 180, 181 
 
 passenger 154, 166,307 
 
 post entry to 223 
 
 Philippine trade 269 
 
 railroad ami other cars exempt from 228 
 
 Manning, agreement between master and sea- 
 men 63, 65 
 
 apprent ices 62 
 
 certificated lifeboat men M:> 
 
 citizenship of officers 32,44,54,120 
 
 competency of crew 97-99, 121, 122 
 
 engaging seamen in foreign ports 65 
 
 lifeboats 138, 142, 143 
 
 See also Seaman; Undermanning. 
 
 Manslaughter, offense and punishment 469 
 
 Manua, manifests in trade with 182 
 
 money equivalents in 270 
 
 See also Insular territory. 
 Manuals. See Charts. 
 Maps. Sec Charts. 
 
 Marine Conference, International, reconven- 
 ing of delegates to 367 
 
 Marine disasters, report of 157,324 
 
 Marine documents. See Documents. 
 Marine-Hospital Service. See Public Health 
 
 Service. 
 Marine hospitals, how supported, and who 
 
 entitled to relief 93,94,328 
 
 sale and lease of 502 
 
 Marine parades, supervision 394 
 
 Mariner. See Seaman. 
 Maritime liens. See Lien. 
 Maritime offenses. See Crimes. 
 
 Marooning, offense and punishment 473 
 
 Marriage, entry in log book 109 
 
 Marten hunting in Alaska 283 
 
 Master, acting as pilot 58 
 
 agreement with seaman in foreign trade 63 
 
 before consuls hi foreign ports 65, 66 
 
 arbitration of disputes before shipping com- 
 missioner 81 
 
 assistance to destitute seamen 82 
 
 authority to incur liability for repairs, sup- 
 plies, etc 460 
 
 bond to secure duties 203 
 
 care and disposition of effects of deceased 
 
 certificate of discharge to be made and 
 
 signed by 75 
 
 change of 38, 49, 51 , 58 
 
 definition of 59, 198, 480 
 
 duties on entry of vessel 199-236 
 
 duties respecting persons in danger 462 
 
 engagement of seamen in coasting, fishing, 
 
 or near-by foreign trade 64,68,69 
 
 examination for color blindness 55 
 
 may recover penalty from owner 108 
 
 may ship seamen 62 
 
 must allow seamen to go ashore to com- 
 plain 106 
 
 must conform to requirements of inspectors. 119 
 
 Pi*. 
 
 Masters, must, procure substitutes for desert- 
 ing and injured seamen 05 
 
 oath of cit i/.enship 34 
 
 oat h of mail delivery on entry 320,321 
 
 oath on change of t rade 43 
 
 oath to crew list (50 
 
 oat h to secure enrollment 43 
 
 oaths, no release from 197 
 
 quarters, deducted from gross tonnage 29 
 
 removal by owner 58 
 
 report and declaration on arrival at port... 199 
 
 responsibility concerning apprent ices 62 
 
 sailing without wireless equipment, lia- 
 bility 42.1 
 
 statement of consular services to be sur- 
 rendered to collector 185 
 
 summary trial of 429 
 
 to countersign certificate of measurement . . 23 
 
 to exhibit laws on steam vessel 156 
 
 to explain deficiency in crew 121 
 
 to keep list of passengers 154 
 
 to keep weights and measures 107 
 
 to maintain discipline and cleanliness in 
 
 steerage 164 
 
 to provide for inspection of seaworthiness. 102-104 
 
 to provide space for passengers 159-161 
 
 to report delivery of mail on entry 320 
 
 See also Licensed officers; Licenses; Pen- 
 alty; Shipping articles. 
 
 Mate, acting as pilot 58 
 
 examination for color blindness 55 
 
 number required on vessels 121, 122 
 
 See also Licensed officers; Licenses. 
 
 Mayhem, offense and punishment 470 
 
 Measurement of merchandise. Sec Merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 Measurement of vessels, general provisions re- 
 lating to methods, deductions, etc 23-32 
 
 appendix to certificate of registry 31 
 
 certificate of, form of 23 
 
 penalty for false 52,53 
 
 Executive order suspending, in certain 
 
 cases 32 
 
 fees 31 
 
 foreign vessel 32 
 
 new, not required of vessels measured prior 
 
 to April 1, 1895 31 
 
 regulations for enforcing law 31 
 
 sufficiency of prior 19, 23 
 
 vessels under 20 tons 19 
 
 vessels exempt from 32 
 
 Measures to be kept on board 107 
 
 Measures. See Customs officers. 
 
 Meat products, interstate and foreign trade 
 
 regulations 331 
 
 Medals, life-saving 440 
 
 Medical attendance on steerage passengers. . . 163 
 
 Medical examination of immigrants 310 
 
 Medical officers, fees and duties 291 
 
 See also Public Health Service. 
 
 Medicine chests required on vessels 107 
 
 Mediterranean passport, deposit with con- 
 sular officer in foreign port 186 
 
 forgery of 52 
 
 Mediterranean Sea, lights on fishing vessels . . 358 
 
570 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Memphis, Term., merchandise destined for.. 211 
 Mentally defective immigrants prohibited . . 302, 306 
 Merchandise, admission of Spanish, into 
 
 Philippines 268 
 
 Alaska, special crimes relating to 276 
 
 bill of lading for 113 
 
 bond of, for reexport 201 
 
 bonded, unlawful removal 226 
 
 bonded warehouses, shipments from, to 
 
 Philippines 273 
 
 Canada or Mexico, transit through 228 
 
 Canal Zone, imports into 457 
 
 coasting laws, forfeiture for violation of. 242,258,261 
 
 coastwise transportation of foreign 251 
 
 comparison with manifest 208, 216, 223 
 
 day, unlading by, required 219 
 
 definition 198 
 
 delivery in various districts 202 
 
 discharge of cargo destined " for orders "... 207 
 
 discharge on Great Lakes 250 
 
 discriminating duties 179 
 
 discriminations against American 17f>-17 ( .) 
 
 entry of, general provisions 198-236 
 
 at special ports 210 
 
 for different port of destination 21 5 
 
 on Lake Champlain 251 
 
 express packages 234 
 
 fraudulent importation 233 
 
 frontier commerce 242 
 
 inspection of 244 
 
 Guam, shipments on Army transports 462 
 
 immediate delivery 229 
 
 immediate exportation to foreign ports . . 258, 275 
 immediate transportation 229 
 
 list of ports of 229,231,532 
 
 inspection, for export 202 
 
 inspector of customs to accompany. . . 212, 213, 220 
 lading and unlading 216,217,219 
 
 See also Unlading. 
 
 liability for loss of 110 
 
 lien for freight or general average 236 
 
 manifest, in coasting trade 252-256 
 
 inward 207 
 
 on Giv.it Lukes 243 
 
 post entry to 223 
 
 outward, on Great Lakes 248 
 
 railroad cars or vchiclesexcmpt from fees. 228 
 
 'Is touching at foreign ports 250 
 
 night, lading or unlading by 217 
 
 procedure on seizures 189, 464 
 
 recovery of sunken 238 
 
 removal for quarant in>, purposes 297 
 
 salvage of 233 
 
 sealing by night 221 
 
 Seizure by Treasury official, authorized.. Iss, ivi 
 
 seizure in Alaska 277 
 
 smuggling, compensation for detecting... 193,194 
 
 r of duty-paid, for export 202 
 
 ' in Alaskan and front icr trade 246 
 
 transit in bond through Alaska and Canada. 276 
 transit , inspect ion in foreign contiguous ter- 
 ritory 518 
 
 transportation in bond 226 
 
 to special ports 227 
 
 unlading 216-226 
 
 unlading, by night 217-219,249 
 
 Merchandise, cargo in bulk 201 
 
 confined to ports of entry 199 
 
 limit of time 222 
 
 liquors 223 
 
 on Great Lakes 249,250 
 
 returns of 224 
 
 supervision 220 
 
 vessel in distress 216,217,224 
 
 vessel obstructed by ice 225 
 
 unlawful removal of bonded 226 
 
 See also Cargo; Crimes; Health; Penalty; 
 Piracy; Wrecks. 
 
 Merchant cruisers 318 
 
 Merchant seaman. See Seaman. 
 Merchant vessel. See Vessel. 
 
 Meridians, adoption of 398 
 
 Metlakahtla Indian, eligibility as officer of 
 
 vessel 54 
 
 Mexico, bonded merchandise in transit to or 
 
 through 227,228 
 
 record of alien departures for 307 
 
 See also Contiguous countries. 
 
 Military schools, aid to 441-143 
 
 Militia, enforcement of neutrality laws by. . . 436 
 
 exemptions from duty in 59 
 
 Naval, aid to 443 
 
 Mines, protection of submarine 446 
 
 Minister not contract laborer 304 
 
 Mink hunting in Alaska 283 
 
 Minors, immigration limited 303 
 
 Mississippi River, army engineers as light- 
 house inspectors 515 
 
 coasting law concerning 256 
 
 crew accommodations on 28, 29 
 
 inspection of boilers on 123 
 
 ports for entry of foreign merchandise 211 
 
 protection of passes 418 
 
 See also Western rivers. 
 Mil igat ion of penalty. Sec Remission. 
 
 Moieties to informers prohibited 193 
 
 Money, equivalent rates in Philippines, 
 
 Guam, Tutuila, and Manua 270 
 
 vessels required tocarry 182 
 
 Moorings, injury to 474 
 
 Mortgage of vessel 40 
 
 Mother of deceased life saver, pension 510 
 
 Motive, power, liquid fuel for 149,150 
 
 Motor boats, classification, inspection, equip- 
 ment, and naviiration 117,351-352 
 
 imported for temporary use, duty 239 
 
 transportation of fuel for 1 19 
 
 use in enforcing navigation laws 461 
 
 useas lifeboats 120,131,149 
 
 Scealvo Yachts. 
 
 Motor vehicles on passenger vessels 119 
 
 Murder, olTense. and punishment 469,478 
 
 Munitions of war. ,S'< i War materials. 
 
 Muster of crew for boat and fire drills 144 
 
 Muster of seamen on return to Tinted States. 66 
 
 -oil, i >ost ing 143 
 
 Mutiny,ofTcnseand punishment 473 
 
 Mutual release, master or owner and seaman. 74 
 
 "N i 'f vessel, change of 22,51 
 
 where and how to be displayed 21 
 
 Naos Island, possession authorized 447 
 
A I I'M M'.KTICAL IKDKX. 
 
 571 
 
 Nashville, TOTIII., merchandise destined for.. 'Jll 
 
 Natchez, Miss., merchandise dost ined for 212 
 
 N;i(ur;ili/:itioii of aliens 316 
 
 Nat urali/.at ion of seamen 60 
 
 Nautical Almanac, print inland distribution. 397 
 Nautical hooks. ,s',c Charts. 
 
 Nuatical instruction -lll-UH 
 
 Nautical purposes, meridian for 398 
 
 Naval cruisers, auxiliary 318 
 
 Naval Militia, aid to 443 
 
 Naval olliccr. Sec Navy. 
 
 Naval officer of customs, duties of 37,48,490 
 
 Sec also Customs officers; Treasury. 
 Naval vessels. S(c Public vessels. 
 
 Navigation, aids to 396-400 
 
 Philippine Islands 273 
 
 Porto R ico 266 
 
 private 401, 516 
 
 See o/.s'o liureau of Light-Houses. 
 
 application of laws to Alaska 274 
 
 canal 417 
 
 obstructions to 396, 401 
 
 powers and duties of Bureau of 486-188 
 
 Navigation laws, motor boats for enforcing. . 461 
 
 Navy, auxiliary cruisers in 318 
 
 ncutralil y laws enforced by 436 
 
 officers of, assignment to lighthouse dis- 
 tricts 514 
 
 coast surveying by 519 
 
 complaints by crew to : 105 
 
 designation as supervisor of New York 
 
 Harb or 423 
 
 detail to schools 442,443 
 
 may act as consuls 241 
 
 service on mail steamers 319 
 
 ration 445 
 
 seal fisheries law enforced by 289, 290 
 
 transportation of supplies for 458 
 
 See also Public vessels; Secretary of the 
 
 Navy. 
 
 Neat cattle. See Live stock. 
 Negligence, etc., resulting in death, offense 
 
 and punishment 470 
 
 Net tonnage, definition 24, 31 
 
 how determined 27 
 
 to be marked on main beam 31 
 
 Neutrality, offenses against 434 
 
 New Albany, Ind., merchandise destined for. 211 
 New Brunswick. See British North America. 
 
 New Jersey, transit of merchandise across 214 
 
 New Orleans, departure of vessel for Natchez 
 or Vicksburg from, without customs 
 
 officer 212 
 
 merchandise for ports on Mississippi River 
 
 and tributaries entered at 211 
 
 New River, N. C., vessels documented at Wil- 
 mington 49 
 
 New York Harbor, special laws for protection 
 
 of 419 
 
 Newcastle, Me., merchandise destined for 213 
 
 Newfoundland, citizens of, exempt from head 
 
 tax 301 
 
 engagement of seamen in trade with 63, 68 
 
 See also British North America. 
 
 Niagara River, rule of the road on 382, 387 
 
 Night, lading or unlading by 217 
 
 on Great Lakes. . . 249 
 
 Page. 
 
 Nitroglycorin. Sir K\pl,, 
 
 Xon. 'on! imioiis 1erri!onr,. S,, Insular terri- 
 tory; H/.VO A ii, etc. 
 
 Norihern, etc., frontiers. See Canada; Great 
 I. ;il, 
 
 Notes and bonds, I'niied ds re- 
 quired to cany 182 
 
 Notice of \ aluable shipment, shipper must 
 
 give HO 
 
 Nova Scolh. Sic British North An 
 Canada. 
 
 Number, official, of vessel 21 
 
 Oaths, officials authorized to administer 206, 
 
 217,219,502,505,520 
 
 < Hist ruct ions to navi^at ion N6, -in| 
 
 See o/.vo New York Harbor. 
 
 Ocean mail service 317 
 
 Offenses, log-book ent ries of 108 
 
 penalties for undefined 472 
 
 See also Crimes; Penalty. 
 
 Officer, licensed. See Licensed officers. 
 
 official number of vessel 21 
 
 Ogdensburg, tolls for passengers and freight 
 
 landed at, via St . Marys Falls Canal.. . 178 
 
 Okhotsk, seal hunting in sea of 27s, 2X) 
 
 Omaha, Nebr., merchandise destined for 211 
 
 Onslow County, N. C., vessels documented 
 
 at Wilmington 49 
 
 Open vessels, tonnage, how determined 27 
 
 Operators, license for motor-boat 353 
 
 radio apparatus. See Radio communica- 
 tion. 
 
 Opium, import restrictions 346-349 
 
 sale to Pacific Islanders 446 
 
 See also Cocaine. 
 
 " Orders," time limit for unlading cargo for. . 222 
 
 vessel or cargo destined for 207 
 
 Oregon, jurisdiction over offenses in Alaska. . 282, 
 
 288,289 
 
 Organic act, Department of Commerce 482 
 
 remission of penalty incurred in 330 
 
 Otter hunt ing in A laska 283 
 
 Otter Island, Alaska, reservation 275 
 
 Overtaken or overtaking vessel. See Lights 
 on vessels; Steering rules. 
 
 Owner, arbitration of disputes before shipping 
 
 commissioner 81 
 
 Owner, change of 3S, 39, 48 
 
 definition 59 
 
 liabilit y of 108, 110, 157, 395 
 
 may ship seamen, when 62 
 
 must be citizen 15 
 
 alien resident may own steamboat 18 
 
 noncompliance of, with inspection laws 157 
 
 oath, on registry of vessel 33 
 
 to secure enrollment and license 43, 47 
 
 oaths, exemption from 197 
 
 offense of, resulting in loss of life 470 
 
 offenses against, by seamen 86-89 
 
 port of 34 
 
 removal of master by 58 
 
 to countersign certificate of measurement. . . 23 
 
 to obtain copy of shipping articles 67 
 
 See also Corporation. 
 
 Ownership, oath of, on entrance 184 
 
 Oyster vessel. See Fishing vessels. 
 
572 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Pacific Islanders, sale of arms, liquors, etc., to. 446 
 
 Pacific Ocean, seal fisheries 278-284 
 
 Paddle vessel, deductions for propelling 
 
 power 30 
 
 Paducah, Ky., merchandise destined for 211 
 
 Palatka, Fla., merchandise destined for 210 
 
 Panama, coasting trade via Isthmus of 518 
 
 Panama Canal, act 447-457 
 
 boundary of Canal Zone 447 
 
 claims for damage to vessels, cargo, or pas- 
 sengers 450 
 
 dry docks, etc. , establishment 450 
 
 government and control 448, 451 
 
 jurisdiction over traffic by Interstate Com- 
 merce Commission in certain cases. . . 454-456 
 
 tolls for vessels 449 
 
 for passengers 450 
 
 See also Canal Zone. 
 
 Papers, summons to produce 195 
 
 Parades, supervision over marine 397 
 
 Parkersburg, W. Va., merchandise destined 
 
 for 211 
 
 Passenger act of 1882 159 
 
 Passengers, accommodations for 159 
 
 inspection of. 100, 167 
 
 additional, permitted for excursions 154 
 
 counting on excursion boats 461 
 
 deaths of 167 
 
 discrimination against American, on Cana- 
 dian canals 177 
 
 foreign vessel transporting, between Ameri- 
 can ports 258 
 
 liability for damage sustained by 157 
 
 manifest of 154, 166, 307 
 
 permit to land, on Great Lakes 250 
 
 rate of toll, Panama Canal 450 
 
 t ransfer from A laska and Canada 246 
 
 See also Baggage; Health. 
 
 Passes of Mississippi River, protection 418 
 
 Passing vessels. See Lights on vessels; Steer- 
 ing rules. 
 
 Passports, limitat ion upon use of 302 
 
 to foreign-going vessel 186 
 
 Pauper immigrants prohibited 302 
 
 Pelagic sealing. Sec Alaska; Seals. 
 
 Penalty, abandonment of seamen 473 
 
 accommodations. See Crew; Inspectors. 
 
 adulterated products, trade in 342-345 
 
 See also Live stock, 
 agreement. See Shipping articles. 
 
 aids to navigai ion, unlawful private 516 
 
 Alaska, alien fish ing in 289 
 
 procedure for remission of , in 275 
 
 special crimes 276 
 
 unlawful salmon fishing in 285,288,289 
 
 unlawful (ransfer of passengers or mer- 
 chandise from 216 
 
 alien Ashing in Alaska 
 
 allotment law, violat ions 7\ 7'.) 
 
 American products, discrimination against. 177 
 
 apprenticeship law, violation 63 
 
 appropriations, expend it tires in excess of. . . 521 
 
 arson 171 
 
 assault 469 
 
 assault of officer by seaman 87 
 
 Page. 
 
 Penalty, assistance to Treasury official in 
 search or seizure of vessel or cargo, fail- 
 ure to render 189 
 
 baggage, smuggling goods in 206 
 
 barge, navigat ins,' without inspection, etc ... 102 
 
 barratry 473 
 
 bill of lading, refusal to issue 113 
 
 boarding. See customs officers; vessel. 
 
 boiler plate, counterfeiting stamp on 124 
 
 boilers, construction of defective .- 123 
 
 bonded merchandise. See merchandise. 
 
 breaches of duty by seaman 86-89 
 
 bridges, violating act regulating 402 
 
 British North America. See Canada; 
 frontiers. 
 
 cables, injury to submarine 479-481 
 
 Canada, landing merchandise exported to. . 228 
 unlawful transfer of passengers or mer- 
 chandise from 246 
 
 See also frontiers, 
 cargo. See merchandise. 
 
 cattle on passenger vessels, carrying 165 
 
 certificate, altering 58 
 
 failure to deliver up temporary 35,36 
 
 change. See master; trade. 
 
 citizenship, false oath of 34 
 
 claim, abatement or compromise of 197 
 
 clearance, departure of vessel without ob- 
 taining 180 
 
 See also coasting trade. 
 
 clothing, detention of seaman's 79, 80 
 
 failure to provide slop chest of 107 
 
 coasting laws, evasion on frontiers 242 
 
 procedure for violation of 261 
 
 specified offenses and penalt ies 260 
 
 coasting trade, foreign tug towing in 259 
 
 violating entry or clearance provisions. . 253-258 
 
 coasting voyage, foreign vessel on 259 
 
 collisions, failure to stay by in cases of 350 
 
 violating rules to prevent 367,388,393.394 
 
 Columbia River, failure to observe formal- 
 it ies on entering or leaving 215 
 
 consular sen-ices, failure to surrender state- 
 ment of. 185 
 
 corporal punishment of seaman 89 
 
 cotton shipped in violation of law 148 
 
 counterfeiting stamp on boiler plate 124 
 
 crew, accommodations, defective 28,108 
 
 on Mississippi Rivor steamboats, in- 
 sufficient 
 
 damaging or endangering, by master 
 
 or seaman 88 
 
 failure to explain deficiency 121 
 
 ill treatment of 472 
 
 crew list , failure to observe laws relating to. 67 
 
 crimping 78 
 
 customhouse brokers, abuse of license 461 
 
 customs officers, interference with 188, 
 
 189,221,244,245 
 
 offenses of 192, 492-494 
 
 customs official in search or seizure of 
 
 or cargo, failure to render assistance to. 189 
 damaging or endanpering cargo, vessel, 
 passengers, or crew by master or sea- 
 man... 88 
 
ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 
 
 573 
 
 Fife, 
 
 Penalty, dams, violating not regulating in;,, KM; 
 
 death of passenger, failure to pay for lf>7 
 
 death resulting from negligence, etc .170 
 
 deck room, failure to provide | 1C, 
 
 desertion. ,<',, seaman. 
 
 depart ure, illegal ISO, 21 L>, _! C> 
 
 deposit, marine papers, failure to 185,186 
 
 detent ion of seaman's clothing so 
 
 discrimination against American products.. 177 
 
 disobedience of seaman \7 
 
 disposit ion of proceeds of 193 
 
 disi sel. 
 
 documents, master proceeding on voyage 
 
 without necessary 68 
 
 offenses against laws relating to... 52,53,185,186 
 
 drawbridge regulations, violating 415 
 
 drunkenness 88 
 
 dumping into navigable waters.. 409,410,412,418 
 
 duty, breaches of, by seaman 86-89 
 
 etl'ecis, failure of master to turn over sea- 
 man's 88 
 
 employment of unlicensed officer 56 
 
 engagement of seamen. See shipping 
 articles. 
 
 enrollment, failure to exhibit 50 
 
 Sec also trade. 
 
 entry, failure of master to observe formali- 
 ties relating to 199,200,203-205,209,214 
 
 master going to port of delivery before 199 
 
 See also coasting trade. 
 expend itures in excess of appropriations,etc. 521 
 
 explosives, defective packing of 150-151 
 
 illegal transportation of 151, 152, 156, 165 
 
 shipping without notice Ill 
 
 failure to join vessel 87 
 
 false swearing. Sec perjury. 
 
 fastenings of inspector, interfering with 221, 
 
 244,245 
 
 fees, receiving illegal shipping 61 
 
 fishing, unlawful 285, 288, 289, 459 
 
 flogging seaman 89 
 
 food products. See adulterated products; 
 live stock. 
 
 forecastle, storing goods or stores in 28 
 
 foreign port, failure to deposit marine pa- . 
 
 persin 186 
 
 violating shipping law in 66 
 
 foreign tug towing in coasting trade 259 
 
 foreign vessels carrying passengers between 
 
 American ports 258 
 
 coasting voyages by 259 
 
 illegally bringing imports 178 
 
 forgery 472 
 
 forgery by licensed officer 58 
 
 frontiers, evasion of coasting laws on 242 
 
 interference with customs inspection or 
 
 seals 244, 245 
 
 See also Canada; Mexico. 
 
 Government officer sharing with informer. 194 
 Great Lakes, failure to report, make entry, 
 and pay duties on equipment and re- 
 pairs of vessels on 246, 247, 248 
 
 unlading by night without permit 249 
 
 violation of provisions governing trade 
 
 on 247, 250 
 
 gunpowder. See explosives. 
 
 Penalty, harbor defenses, trespass or injury . . -1 m 
 health regnlat ions, violat ion . .>%, aw 
 
 home port of vessel not properly displayed. 21 
 immigration laws, olFenscs against 304-300, 
 
 11,312,314,315 
 
 imports. Sit- merchandise. 
 
 inllammables. ,S,< explosives. 
 
 informer, (iovernment ollicer sharing with. 194 
 
 injury to Panama Canal 453 
 
 inspection, refusal to permit 103 
 
 inspection laws, failure of collectors to en- 
 force 158 
 
 navigating vessel without complying 
 
 with 102, 158 
 
 inspectors, accompanying vessel or mer- 
 chandise, delinquencies 220,221 
 
 hull or boiler, failure to comply with re- 
 quirements of 120 
 
 unlawful acts of 501 
 
 unlawfully exercising functions of 499 
 
 interference with customs 221, 244, 245 
 
 refusal to furnish accommodations for 221 
 
 join vessel, failure to 87 
 
 Lake Michigan, dumping refuse in 410 
 
 landing. See merchandise; unlading. 
 
 larceny 471 
 
 lavatory accommodations, failure to pro- 
 vide 29 
 
 laws, failure to exhibit on steam vessel 156 
 
 libel to recover 193 
 
 license, altering 58 
 
 employment of officer without 56 
 
 failure to exhibit 50 
 
 failure to surrender 46 
 
 false swearing to secure 44 
 
 life-saving equipment , defective 146 
 
 Inadequate 145 
 
 liquors, illegal unlading 223 
 
 live stock and food products, violating in- 
 
 . terstate and foreign trade regulations. . 331, 
 333,334,337-341 
 
 lodgers, soliciting 82 
 
 log books , violating provisions concerning. . 109 
 
 logs, unlawfully floating 411 
 
 mail service, delays and irregularities 319, 
 
 320,321,322 
 
 manifest , d isagreement between cargo and . 223 
 failure to deliver, at special port of de- 
 livery 212 
 
 in frontier trade 243 
 
 vessel w ith incomplete inward 208 
 
 violation of law concerning production, 
 
 copies, and indorsements 209 
 
 manslaughter 469 
 
 marine documents. See documents, 
 marine hospital, failure of officers of to ren- 
 der account to collector 94 
 
 marooning 473 
 
 master, failure to report change of 40,48 
 
 See also name or nature of offense. 
 
 mayhem 470 
 
 measurement, false 33 
 
 measures on board, failure to provide 107 
 
 medicines on board, failure to provide 107 
 
 merchandise, damaging or endangering 87, 88 
 
 failure to deliver permit to transport... 214,215 
 
574 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Penalty, merchandise, failure to render assist- 
 ance to Treasury official in search or 
 
 seizure of 189 
 
 failure to transport bonded, in timelimit. 226 
 
 fraudulent importation of 233 
 
 landing, exported to British North Amer- 
 ica 228 
 
 unlawful removal of bonded 226 
 
 unlawful 1 ransfer from Alaska or Canada. 246 
 See also liquors; unlading, 
 merchant marine, procedure for enforcing 
 
 penalty under acts relating to 89 
 
 Mexico , landing merchand ise exported to . . 228 
 
 miscellaneous olTenses 472 
 
 Mississippi River passes, violating regula- 
 tions for protection 418 
 
 moieties prohibited 493 
 
 motor-bout law , violation 353 
 
 murder 469 
 
 mutiny 473 
 
 name of vessel not properly displayed 21, 22 
 
 Natchez, departure of vessel from New 
 
 Orleans for, without customs officer 212 
 
 neutral ity laws, violation 434, 435 
 
 New Orleans, departure of vessel from, for 
 Natchez or Vicksburg without cus- 
 toms officer 212 
 
 New York Harbor, violating law for pro- 
 tection of 419-423 
 
 oath of citizenship, false 34 
 
 oath of ownership, refusal to make 184 
 
 obstructing navigation 408, 409, 412, 414, 415 
 
 officer, employment of unlicensed 56 
 
 official number not legally carved or 
 
 marked 21 
 
 opium, unlawful importation or sale 346, 
 
 347,348,349 
 
 overloading with passengers 153, 159 
 
 owner. See name or nature of offense. 
 
 ownership, refusal to make oath of 184 
 
 Pacific Islanders, selling prohibited arti- 
 cles to 446 
 
 passenger, failure to pay for death of 167 
 
 passenger bar^e, failure to equip 148 
 
 passenger vessel, carrying cattle or ex- 
 plosives on 165 
 
 overloading 153, 159 
 
 airying too many 1 .":;. I.V.I 
 
 dan. i inhering 87,88 
 
 failure to keep list or count 154 
 
 forvj ryiiiLT, between Ameri- 
 can ports 258 
 
 receiving, on uncerti Heated steamer 156 
 
 unlawful transfer from Alaska or Canada. 246 
 
 passport, failure to procure 186 
 
 pela^' i 281 
 
 perjury by owner, master, or agent 34,36 
 
 petroleum, illegal transportation of I.'.! 
 
 476-478 
 
 plundering vessel or cargo 474 
 
 Potomac River, dumping in 41S 
 
 it, violating retaliatory proclama- 
 tions Of 17.-,, 17*1, 177 
 
 Pribilof Islands, unlawful presence on J7; 
 
 procedure for enforcing 89, 192,261 
 
 Page. 
 
 Penalty, proceeds from, disposition 193 
 
 See also Remission. 
 
 products of the United States, discrimina- 
 tion against 177 
 
 prostitution , practicing , etc 304 
 
 provisions , neglect to provide 105 
 
 public works, trespass or injury 446 
 
 quarantine. See Health regulations. 
 
 radio communication without license 426, 432 
 
 range lights , interference with 399 
 
 rape 470 
 
 regatta regulations, violation 395 
 
 register, failure to surrender 35, 38, 39, 42 
 
 See also License; Trade, 
 remission. See Remission, 
 repairs. See Great Lakes, 
 return of marine papers, violating law con- 
 cerning 185 
 
 revenue cutter, unlawfully carrying ensign 
 
 or pennant of 327 
 
 revenue law, failure of collector to report 
 
 violation to district attorney 192 
 
 robbery 471 
 
 rules of the road , violating ... 350, 367, 388, 393, 394 
 
 safety valve, loading 126 
 
 Saint Marys Falls Canal. See Toll regula- 
 tions. 
 Saint Marys River, violating rules of the 
 
 road 394 
 
 salmon fishing in Alaska, offenses con- 
 nected with 285,288,289 
 
 saloon stores. See Great Lakes, 
 sea stores. See Great Lakes. 
 
 seal fishing, offenses connected with 281, 
 
 282,283,284,288,289 
 
 seahof customs officer, interference with. . . 189, 
 
 221,244,245 
 
 seaman, abandonment of 473 
 
 corporal punishment of 89 
 
 detention of clothing of 80 
 
 failure of master to care for effects of 
 
 deceased 84, 85 
 
 failure of shipping commissioner to 
 properly account for wages and effects 
 
 of deceased 86 
 
 failure to provide warm room and cloth- 
 ing for los 
 
 olTenses connected with discharge of. . 72,73,74 
 
 offenses of (assault, breach of duty, 
 
 damaging ve<s-I or cargo, desertion, 
 
 di .obedience, drunkenness, failure to 
 
 join, smuggling, wearing sheath knife, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 refusal of master to transport destitute... 
 See ofeo Crew; Name or nature of offense, 
 search or seizure of vessel or ranro. failure 
 to render as^i>tance to Treasury offi- 
 cial in 189 
 
 sci 1 in t ion 470 
 
 ire. See Search. 
 
 shanghai ing and other illegal shipments... 61 
 sheath knife, failure of master to prohibit 
 
 wearing 89 
 
 'ing 89 
 
 shipments of seamen, illegal 61 
 
 S3 
 
ALPHABETICAL 1 N PF.X. 
 
 575 
 
 Page. 
 
 Penalty, shipping artii les, failure to post 64 
 
 shipping sr.nnan without 65,69 
 
 violations of 70.71 
 
 shippr :t>uer, unlawful charge 
 
 61 
 
 shipping fc-s, r.ieiving illegal 61 
 
 shipping law, violation in foreign port 66 
 
 slop chest , failure 1o provide 107 
 
 smuggling by seaman 87 
 
 smuggling goods in baggage 206 
 
 solicit ing lodg.T- 82 
 
 sponge fishing, unlawful 459 
 
 stamp on boiler plate, counterfeiting !-."> 
 
 stay by in case of collision, failure to 350 
 
 steerage law, noncompliance with 1 '>-', 
 
 163, 164, 165, 168 
 
 steerage passengers, overloading with 159 
 
 stolen property , receiving 471 
 
 submarine cables, injury to 47'.) 4M 
 
 temporary certificate, failure to deliver up. . 35, 36 
 
 time limit. See Merchandise. 
 
 toll regulations governing passage through 
 
 St. Marys Falls Canal, violation 178 
 
 towing, foreign tug, in coasting trade 259 
 
 towing regulations, violation 102 
 
 trade, failure of master to surrender reg- 
 ister or enrollment on change of 43 
 
 transfer of passengers or merchandise from 
 
 Alaska or Canada, unlawful 246 
 
 transportation in bond. See Merchandise.. 
 
 tug, foreign, towing in coasting trade 259 
 
 undermanning of vessel 99, 121 
 
 rnited States, discrimination against 
 
 products of 177 
 
 unlading, unlawful 216, 
 
 217, 219, 220, 222, 225, 242, 249 
 
 unlicensed officer, employment of 56 
 
 vessel, departure without obtaining clear- 
 ance 180 
 
 failure to render assistance to Treasury 
 
 official in search or seizure of 189 
 
 illegal unlading of distressed 225 
 
 transfer to alien, change of trade, or 
 
 having forged or altered license 260 
 
 undermanning 99, 121 
 
 unseaworthy , sending to sea 100 
 
 violation of boarding regulations 166, 187 
 
 wireless equipment, failure to provide. 424,425 
 See also Damaging; Passenger vessels. 
 Yicksburg, departure of vessel from New 
 
 Orleans for, without customs officer. . . 212 
 wages, failure to pay seaman's, when due.. 7t> 
 
 watchmen on vessels, failure to provide 147 
 
 water, neglect to provide 105 
 
 weights on board , failure to provide 107 
 
 wireless equipment, sailing with insuffi- 
 cient 424,425 
 
 wrecks, violating provisions concerning... 324 
 
 yacht engaging in trade 20 
 
 See also Crimes; Forfeiture; Summary 
 trials. 
 
 Pensions to licensed officers 56 
 
 Perico Island , possession authorized 447 
 
 Perishable property, disposition of seizures 
 
 of 191 
 
 92075 15 37 
 
 Page. 
 
 Porjury, licensed officer 58 
 
 ire, registry 1 . 
 
 Sn n I so Penalty. 
 
 Pi-rmit to lade or unlade, at night 217 
 
 Permit to touch at foreign pi.rts 
 
 Petersburg, Ya., clearance from iM.'i 
 
 merchandise, destined for 212 
 
 Petroleum, transport at ion of 148 
 
 use as fuel J.ii) 
 
 Sit nixn K\ plosives. 
 
 Philippine Commission, ratification of cre- 
 ation of 261 
 
 Philippine Islands, administration of iinmi- 
 
 grat ion laws 31f 
 
 aid to nautical schools ill 
 
 collector of customs authorized to issue 
 
 provisional certificates of registry 10 
 
 destitute seaman in 8'J 
 
 dut ies on imports 270-271 
 
 radio-communicat ion act not applicable to . 433 
 registered foreign-built vessels may engage 
 
 in trade 16 
 
 special provisions concerning 155, 268 
 
 See also Insular territory. 
 Physically defective immigrants prohibited . 302, 300 
 
 Piers obstructing navigation 407, 414 
 
 See also Public works. 
 Pierheads on northern and northwestern 
 
 lakes, marking 397 
 
 Pilot boat, exempt from forecastle Ir^vr 28 
 
 See also Lights on vessels. 
 
 Pilot-house signals 146 
 
 Pilot laws, general 169 
 
 Pilot rules. See Rules of the ro&tf. 
 
 Pilotage rates, discrimination forbidden 169 
 
 Pilots, apprentices to be admitted to pilot 
 
 houses by 157 
 
 examination for color biiudness 55 
 
 exempt from militia c!uty 59 
 
 general laws 169 
 
 masters or mates acting as 58 
 
 supervision over Hawaiian 263 
 
 See also Licensed officers; Licenses, officers'. 
 
 Piracy, crimes deorued , and laws to suppress. . 476 
 
 Pittsburgh, Pa. ? merchandise destined for. ... 21 1 
 
 Place of registry 34 
 
 Place of trial fcr Federal offenses 468 
 
 Plague. See Health. 
 
 Platform cars, immediate transportation of 
 
 merchandise on 230 
 
 Plea, general issue, by revenue agent 1 89 
 
 Pleasure boats. Sec Motor boats; Yachts. 
 Pleuropneumonia. See Live stock. 
 
 Plundering vessel or cargo 474 
 
 Political offense of immigrant 303 
 
 Polygamous immigrant prohibited 303 
 
 Poop, method of measuring 26 
 
 Porcupine River, transshipment of merchan- 
 dise on 258 
 
 Pork. See Live stock; Meat products. 
 Port Jefferson, X. Y., merchandise destined 
 
 for 213 
 
 vessel may be documented at 49 
 
 Portland, Ore?., clearance from 215 
 
 merchandise destined for ... 213 
 
576 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Porto Rico, destitute seaman in 82 
 
 establishment of ports and subports in 534 
 
 manifests in trade with 182 
 
 merchandise exempt from internal-revenue 
 
 tax 265 
 
 special provisions concerning 265 
 
 See also Insular territory. 
 
 Ports, clearance at special 215 
 
 definition 21,34, 198 
 
 entry of merchandise at special 210 
 
 immediate transportat ion 229, 231 , 532, 533 
 
 list of customs 527 
 
 of delivery, list of 527 
 
 ports of entry are also 199 
 
 vessels may be documented at 49 
 
 of entry, entrance only at 199 
 
 list of ." 527 
 
 vessels bound for ports of delivery to re- 
 port first at 199 
 
 power to designate 533 
 
 transportation of bonded merchandise to 
 
 special 227 
 
 See also Foreign ports; Home port. 
 Posse comitatus, right of Treasury official to 
 
 call 189- 
 
 Post entry of merchandise, for export 202 
 
 to inward manifest 223 
 
 to outward manifest 180 
 
 Postal subsidy act 317 
 
 Posting notice of trial. See Procedure. 
 
 Posting of dumping regulations 409 
 
 Posting of health regulations 293 
 
 Posting of immigration laws by steamship 
 
 companies 315 
 
 Posting of muster roll 143 
 
 Posting of passenger act 165 
 
 Postmaster General, ocean mail contracts 
 
 by 16, 317, 322, 323 
 
 Post Office Department. See Ocean mail 
 service. 
 
 Potomac River, obstructions in 417 
 
 Preliminary entry and unlading 217 
 
 president of the United States, authority or 
 direction to, concerning 
 
 adulterated food products 343 
 
 Alaska, transit of merchandise in bond 
 
 through 276 
 
 Hrit ish North America, trade with 251 
 
 Canal Zone 448 
 
 t-it izonship of officers of vessels 32, 54, 120 
 
 Coast and Geodetic Survey 518 
 
 export of munitions of war 437, 446 
 
 foreign mails 322, 323 
 
 Great Lakes-Atlantic Canal Commission. . . 458 
 Great Lakes water levels, commission to 
 
 determine 457 
 
 hospital sli ips 458 
 
 hospitals for seamen 93 
 
 immigration matters 302 
 
 international agreement relating to dan- 
 gers to navigation 
 
 jurisdiction over seamen 95 
 
 Light-House Service 514,515 
 
 live stock and its products, interstate and 
 
 foreign trade in 335,339 
 
 measurement of vessels 32, 120 
 
 President of the United States, military 
 
 schools, aid to -. 442, 443 
 
 neutrality laws 436 
 
 New York Harbor, supervisor of 423 
 
 Panama Canal 448-457 
 
 pelagic sealing 281. 282 
 
 Philippine Commission 268 
 
 Philippine Islands 269 
 
 tariff for 272. 273 
 
 piracy laws 47t>-478 
 
 Porto Rico 266 
 
 private property at sea, exemption from 
 
 capture of 459 
 
 quarantine matters 292, 293, 295, 297 
 
 regattas and marine parades 394 
 
 retaliation against foreign vessels and 
 
 products 175-179 
 
 revenue cutters 
 
 Saint Marys Falls Canal, free passage 
 
 through 177 
 
 tolls required 177 
 
 sealing laws 278-283 
 
 tonnage tax on foreign vessels 1 72, 1 73 
 
 vessels in distress and derelicts 396 
 
 war materials, export of 446 
 
 wrecks on Canadian border 325 
 
 See also, for appointing power, titles of 
 heads of bureaus, etc. 
 
 Pribilof Islands, reservation of 275 
 
 seal fisheries of 278-283,517 
 
 Prince Edward Island. See British North 
 America. 
 
 Privacy of steerage passengers 1 65 
 
 Private aids to navigation 516 
 
 Private property at sea, exemption from 
 
 capture 459 
 
 Private signals, registration 398 
 
 Private use of revenue cutter :i2s 
 
 Prize, may be registered 15 
 
 Procedure, enforcement of fines, penalties, 
 
 and forfeitures. ... 89, 189, 192, 261, 296, 412, 464 
 
 in Canal Zone 452 
 
 proceedings other than criminal 195 
 
 remission of penal t y in Alaska 275 
 
 summary trials of offenders 466 
 
 violations of health regulations 291, 292, 296 
 
 Proceeds of fines, etc., disposition 193 
 
 Proclamation. See President. 
 Products, discriminations against American. 177 
 Professional occupations, admission of im- 
 migrants with 303,304 
 
 Propelling power, spaces for, exempt from 
 
 measurement 29.30 
 
 Property, penalty for receiving stolen 471 
 
 Prostitutes, immigration forbidden 303,304 
 
 Provisions, allowance-; and requirements 
 
 concerning 1 o.~> 
 
 complaint of seaman 74 
 
 for steerage passengers 163 
 
 inspection of 102, 10:5. 1 1 1 1 
 
 legal scale, for seaman 92 
 
 seaman's right to, logins 7-"> 
 
 See also Adulterated products; It at ion. 
 Prussia, reciprocal arrangement regarding 
 
 tonnage tax 1 72 
 
 Public charges, immigration'prohibited.... 213,302 
 
ALPHABETICAL INDKX. 
 
 577 
 
 Public Health Service, .lot ail of surgeons on 
 
 Coast Guard vessels :<2X 
 
 fumigation of forecastles 29 
 
 inspect ion of immigrants by ollieers of . . . 
 
 organization, powers, and duties 501 
 
 physician to serve as surveyor 103 
 
 quarantine regulations, authority respect- 
 ing 
 
 90 Mi-alth. 
 
 Public vessels, auxiliary naval cruisers 318 
 
 dot ail to schools and naval militia Ill-Ill 
 
 exempt from out ry 303 
 
 1 igh t s on 301, 372, 378, 384, 391 
 
 piracy laws, enforcement of, by 470 
 
 regattas to be policed by 394 
 
 rules of the road on western rivers appli- 
 cable to ,... 389 
 
 sponge-fishing laws, enforcement of, by 459 
 
 supplies for foreign Ill 
 
 transportation of supplies for 4.~>,s 
 
 <o Cables; Revenue cutters; Reve- 
 nue-Cutter Service. 
 
 Public works, control of Hawaiian 263 
 
 impairing 410,412 
 
 improvement of Philippine 273 
 
 Porto Rican 266,267 
 
 protection of 446 
 
 See also Bureau of Lighthouses. 
 
 Publication, health regulations 293 
 
 list of United States vessels 487 
 
 log-floating regulations 411 
 
 seizures by revenue officers 190 
 
 selection of quarantine grounds 299 
 
 Pumps, fire 146 
 
 Punishment. See Penalty. 
 
 Pure food. See Food products. 
 
 Qualifications. See Licensed officers. 
 Quarantine. See Health; Live stock; Public 
 
 Health Service. 
 
 Quebec, clearance for, on Lake Cham plain. . . 215 
 
 Quincy, 111., merchandise destined for 211 
 
 Radio communication, definition 433 
 
 equipment of vessels 424 
 
 licenses for stations 425, 426 
 
 Panama Canal stations 450 
 
 regulations governing 428-432 
 
 Rafts on Great Lakes 242,250 
 
 See also Fog Signals; Lights on vessels; Ob- 
 structions to navigation. 
 
 Railroad iron, special entry of 201 
 
 Railways. See Transportation lines. 
 
 Range lights, interference with 399 
 
 Rape, offense and punishment 470 
 
 Ration, Navy 445 
 
 Readmeasurement of spaces, fees 31 
 
 Rebellion, foreign vessel purchased of Amer- 
 ican during, can not be registered 18 
 
 Receiving stolen property, offense and pun- 
 ishment 471 
 
 Record, penalty for falsifying 52, 53 
 
 Record of American-built vessel owned by 
 
 alien 50 
 
 Record of mortgage and bill of sale 40 
 
 I 'ago. 
 l:i-l ;;hcr nf the North anI inhutar . 
 
 of the road on 3S8 
 
 Reexport, bon&of cargo tor... 201 
 
 Kel'und, certain I'hilippii.. ... 272 
 
 discriminating duties 17 
 
 tonna/e ' r- 17,171 
 
 Sec al.< Remission. 
 
 Refusals of olliceiV 500 
 
 and marine, parades, special rules 
 
 for 
 
 Rigister. Sn Cenilicaie of registry; 
 
 btry. 
 
 r of seamen 60 
 
 r tonnage. .S Net tonnage, 
 red vessel. S(c Vessel. 
 
 - . foreign-built vessels 15 
 
 1 1 a wai iaii vessels 
 
 law, olTenses against .V2 
 
 seizure for violation of is 1 .) 
 
 Philippine vessels i>i;j 
 
 place of 31 
 
 Porto Rican vessels 205 
 
 provisional certificates 16 
 
 vessels admissible to 1 1 ' 
 
 vessels not requiring 19 
 
 wrecks repaired in United States ship- 
 yards 17 
 
 See also Certificate of registry; Procedure. 
 
 Registry of immigrants :UO 
 
 Remission of fines and penalties 17, 
 
 20,38, 44, 171, 191 , 1%, 197. 2 is, 
 275, 325, 329, 330, :. 
 
 general provisions 329 
 
 procedure in Alaska 275 
 
 Removal of bonded merchandise, unlawful . . 220 
 
 Removal of cargo for quarant ine purposes 297 
 
 Removal of customhouse during epidemic. . . 
 
 Removal of master by owner 58 
 
 Renewal. See Certificate of registry; Enroll- 
 ment and license; Licensed officers; 
 Licenses; Measurement of vessels. 
 
 Repairs to vessels, lien on vessel 400 
 
 materials for, exempt from duty 2:;7 
 
 on Great Lakes, duties 217 
 
 Rescuing shipwrecked seamen, award for 111 
 
 Resist ing officer, penalty 
 
 Retaliation for discriminat ions against Ameri- 
 can vessels and products 175-1 79 
 
 Rovenue-Cutter Service. Sff Coast Ctiard. 
 Revenue laws, appropriation for enforcement 
 of, expenditure and report to Com 
 
 libel to recover penalty for violation 193 
 
 moieties to informers prohibited I'.rj 
 
 Scf a/so Procedure. 
 Revenue officers. Sa Customs officers. 
 
 Revenues, Philippine : 
 
 Revised Statutes, table of, included In this 
 
 compilation 
 
 Revocation of certificate of inspect ion 101,119 
 
 Revocation of license, appeal from lls 
 
 customhouse brokers 1>1 
 
 offenses justifying 
 
 record of 500 
 
 Revolt. See Mutiny. 
 
 Rhode Island coasting trade 257 
 
NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Richmond, Va., clearance from 215 
 
 merchandise destined for 212 
 
 Rivers, improvement of, by private person, 
 
 corporation, or municipality 401 
 
 navigation on 393 
 
 ownership of vessels on 18 
 
 See also Inland waters. 
 
 Robbery, offense and punishment 471 
 
 Sec also Piracy. 
 
 Round trip, engagement of seaman for 64, 66 
 
 Rules of the road 350 
 
 future consideration of 367 
 
 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, of 
 
 1895 382 
 
 inland, of 1897 367 
 
 international, of 1S97 353 
 
 lines limiting application of international 
 
 and inland 378 
 
 Red River of the North and rivers empty- 
 ing into the Gulf of Mexico, etc 388 
 
 See also Cables. 
 Russia, treaty relating to pelagic sealing... 278-280 
 
 Sable hunting in Alaska 283 
 
 Safety valves, inspection 122, 123 
 
 loading forbidden 126 
 
 Sailing rules. See Steering rules. 
 
 Sailing vessel. See Vessel. 
 
 Sailor. See Seaman. 
 
 Sails, space for storage of, deducted from gross 
 
 tonnage 29 
 
 Saint Clair R iver, rule of the road on 382, 387 
 
 Saint George Island, Alaska, fur-seal fisher- 
 ies 275, 278-290, 517 
 
 See also Alaska. 
 
 Saint Joseph, Mo., mercliandise destined for . . 211 
 Saint Lawrence River. discrimination against 
 
 American vessel passing through 177 
 
 rules of the road on 382,387 
 
 transshipment of morcliandi.se on 258 
 
 Saint Louis, Mo., mercliandise destined for.. 211 
 Saint Marys Falls ("anal, diversion of appro- 
 priation for 458 
 
 free passage through, may be Abridged by 
 
 President 177 
 
 toll for pa^eiigers and freight carried 
 
 through 177, 17X 
 
 navigal ion ruhs for. 3x2, 387,394 
 
 Saint Marys River ami ('anal, wrecks on 32.1 
 
 Saint Paul Island. Alaska, fur-seal fisher- 
 ies 275, 278-290,517 
 
 See alx<> A i . 
 
 Salaries. lighthouse. keeper; 515 
 
 Superintendent. r.a-i and Qeodeti-- 
 
 51'J 
 
 Salt- of proper! y sei/.e-l by revenue oll'iccr 190 
 
 Seealso Merclundi-e; Seaman; V-- 
 Salem County. X. .1., v.-^.-h documented at 
 
 Caiinleii 4! 
 
 Sal mon fishene, of Alaska 
 
 Saloon stores on < h 
 
 Salt, caru'o.lesiine'l "flKOfdfln" 
 
 >pecial entry of 
 
 limit for unlading 
 
 Salvage, of nu-rchan .. 233 
 
 T. -mum-rat ion for 462 
 
 ;aii\ right in 74 
 
 Page. 
 Samoa Islands, registered foreign-built vessels 
 
 may engage in trade 15 
 
 Sanitation. See Health; Public Health Serv- 
 ice. 
 
 School ships for nautical schools 441 
 
 Schools, military and nautical 441-444 
 
 Scows. See Dumping; New York Harbor. 
 
 Screw vessel , deductions for propelling power . 30 
 
 Scientific schools, naval details to 443 
 
 Sea, imports other than by, prohibition and 
 
 exceptions 242 
 
 Sea and inland postage, when allowed 322 
 
 Sea letter, deposit with consular officer. . . . . 185, 186 
 oath of ownership on entry of vessel carry- 
 ing " 184 
 
 passport to vessel carrying 186 
 
 vessels entitled to 52 
 
 Sea Lion Rock, reservation 275 
 
 Sea otter, hunting or killing forbidden 283 
 
 Sea stores, on Great Lakes vessel 246 
 
 rules as to entry 204, 205 
 
 Sea wall. See Public works. 
 
 Seal, Department, required on registers 37 
 
 Seal agents, Alaska, appointment and duties. 517 
 
 Seal fisheries, Alaskan 275, 278-290, 517 
 
 killing of seals prohibited for 5 years 283 
 
 Seals, customs, on frontier '244 
 
 Seaman, abandonment of 473 
 
 able seaman, certificate of service 98 
 
 qualifications 98 
 
 accommodations on vessels 27-29, 108 
 
 agreement. See Shipping articles. 
 
 apprentice law 62 
 
 arbitration of disputes SI 
 
 attachment, wages and clothing exempt 
 
 from 79 
 
 award for rescuing shipwrecked 441 
 
 citizenship and naturali/.at ion 60 
 
 on mail-carrying st earners 318 
 
 clothing, exempt from attachment 79 
 
 slop chest for, required 107 
 
 complaint, forfeiture for unfounded 103, 104 
 
 complaint regarding provisions, seaworthi- 
 ness, or water 74, !(>:>, UV, 
 
 conductof, entry in log nook in.s 
 
 consuls to supervise shipments and dis- 
 charges abroad 65,66,240 
 
 corporal punishment prohibited 89 
 
 crew list, formalities concerning 66,143 
 
 crimes of ami against. N' Penalty. 
 
 cruelty, complaint of 
 
 debt, sum recoverable for 
 
 deceased, wages an. 1 e!Ve>-t.- 83-86 
 
 deduct ions from wages 7'2 
 
 deiinition 
 
 rtko 83,87 
 
 : itute upon 
 
 .le>ti!llte, sick, o! 
 
 discharge in foreign trade 
 
 consuls to siipen i-e abroad 
 
 See also Discharge of seaman. 
 
 disputes, arbitration of H 
 
 i-IIVr i 83-86 
 
 entry of sale in log book 109 
 
 engagement. Sn Shipping articles. 
 
 fees, witness 96 
 
ALPHABETICAL I K 
 
 579 
 
 Seaman, fellow-servant clause not applicable 
 
 forecast le law 27 
 
 compensat ion for violal ion of 2 s . 
 
 Hawaii, enforcement of contract of, in 2''>l 
 
 holidays, observance 97 
 
 hospitals for 93 
 
 hours of labor 97 
 
 ill treatment of 172 
 
 injured, substitute for 65 
 
 inspection of seaworthiness, may demand. 1(12,101 
 jurisdiction over American, abroad, and 
 
 over foreign, in American ports 91 
 
 la vat ory acoonimodat ions 29 
 
 liability of Ill 
 
 lien of 71 
 
 log book, entries in, atTect ing ins. lii'.i 
 
 militia duty, exemption from 59 
 
 muster on return to "Tnited States 66 
 
 naturalization 60 
 
 papers of vessels relat ing to 67 
 
 penalties. See Penalty. 
 
 period of engagement of 64 
 
 Philippines, shipping in 270 
 
 presence on board. 61 
 
 procedure for enforcing penalty and for- 
 feiture under laws relating to <S9 
 
 production with crew list 66 
 
 provisions. See Provisions. 
 
 punishment , corporal , prohibited 89 
 
 refusal to proceed on voyage 103 
 
 register of, in shipping offices 60 
 
 return of, from abroad, Alaska, and insular 
 
 ports 73, 75, 82 
 
 rules concerning papers of vessels relating 
 
 to 67 
 
 salvage, right in 74, 463 
 
 sheath knife, wearing, prohibited 88 
 
 shipments, by owners, masters, and con- 
 signees <>2 
 
 consuls to supervise, abroad 65, 66, 240 
 
 illegal 61 
 
 See also Shipping commissioners, 
 shipping articles. See Shipping articles. 
 
 shipwrecked, appropriation for rescuing 111 
 
 sick , disabled , and destitute, funds for. 73, 82, 90, 93 
 
 general provisions concerning 93 
 
 relief and protection 73, 75, 82 
 
 slop chest required 107 
 
 space in vessels 26-29, 108 
 
 special offenses and penalties (desertion, 
 failure to join, disobedience, assault, 
 
 damaging vessel, smuggling, etc.) 86-89 
 
 steerage, not to visit 165 
 
 substitute for deserting or injured 65 
 
 sum recoverable for debt wj 
 
 summary trial of ji,r, 
 
 Sunday observance 97 
 
 tobacco, blankets, and warm room for.. 107, los 
 
 unseaworthiness, complairt of 71 
 
 wages. See Wages. 
 
 water, complaint against ]o.~>, in 
 
 witness fees 
 
 See also Crew; Foreign seamen. 
 
 , instruction in 4 11-4 H 
 
 :i y olliciai 
 
 
 
 Seaworthiiif 1(H) 
 
 illiire. authority or direc- 
 tion to, concerning 
 
 adultera!M products, shipments of :U2 :>,\:, 
 
 .I.- and foreign trade in live stock 
 
 and food products 
 
 iier I'.ureaii 
 
 .;> of Commerce 
 authority or direction to. concerning 
 
 allotment schedule 
 
 appendix to registers 31 
 
 arresK a-nd M-i/ures in Alaska 277 
 
 barges, towing regulat ions 102 
 
 boarding of vessels 1 firt, | s; 
 
 boarding ollicer< 68 
 
 Bureau of Lighthouses ">1 2- .">!> 
 
 certificates of inspect ion lid 
 
 certificates of registry, 1 lank ;}7 
 
 changes of names of vessels 22 
 
 Coast and < le.odet ic Survey .",!: 
 
 collisions, rules to prevent 3t><i,:<7i>.:.. 
 
 crew list 
 
 crews of inspected steamers 121 
 
 documenting vessels at Cold Spring, 
 
 Greenport , and Port J efferson, N . Y 49 
 
 documenting vessels for coasting and 
 
 fishing trade 49 
 
 equipment of vessels.. J2I 
 
 explosive cargoes its 
 
 fees for readmeasurement s 31 
 
 fire-fighting apparatus 117 
 
 foreign documents 32 
 
 immediate exportation to foreign ports. 2.1s. 27: 
 immigration matters. . 302,303,306-308,310-316 
 
 inflammable cargoes 1 1 s 
 
 light-house sen-ice :> 1 2 ."> 1 r, 
 
 lights on bridges, dams, etc 402, 406 
 
 manifests in Alaskan and insular trade. 1x2 
 
 motor-boat law, enforcement :;. 
 
 navigation laws, enforcing 425 
 
 navigation on Great Lakes, etc 
 
 officers of inspected steamers 121 
 
 pelagic sealing 2M 
 
 penalty, remission or mitigation of 20, 
 
 :i\ 14, 174, 191, 197, 275, 325, 329, :0. 85 
 
 petroleum, transportation of 1 1> 
 
 1 Tibilof Islands 275, 27s-2im. :. i 7 
 
 provisional cert ificates of registry i , 
 
 pure-food law 
 
 regattas and marine parades 
 
 n-i.try of Porto Rican vessels 
 
 remission or mitigation of fines, penal- 
 ties, etc 
 
 38, 44, 174, 191, 197, 275, 325, 320, XV}. x;:\. :;'.>:, 
 
 rules of the road 
 
 Saint Marys Falls Canal 
 
 Saint Marys River, navigation of ;'.<! 
 
 seal and salmon fisheries of A laska 27." , 
 
 services rendered to vessels 2 : 
 
 shipping articles :< 
 
 Shipping Sen-ice -} 
 
 sponge-fishing laws 460 
 
580 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Secretary of Commerce 
 authority or direction to, concerning 
 
 suits 89 
 
 tonnage tux 20, 174 
 
 transfer of cargo from foreign to domestic 
 
 vessel 246 
 
 undermanning 99 
 
 wireless equipment on steamers 425 
 
 yacht, license or commission to 19, 20 
 
 reciprocal privileges 20 
 
 Yukon and St ikine River trade . 275 
 
 powers and dut ies under organic act 482 
 
 Secretary of the Navy, authority or direction 
 
 to, concerning 
 aid to nautical and military schools, Xaval 
 
 Militia, etc 441-443 
 
 assignment of officers to mail steamers 319 
 
 detail of vessels to remove derelicts 396 
 
 Hydrographic Oflice 397 
 
 ocean-mail steamers 318 
 
 Secretary of State, authority or direction to, 
 concerning 
 
 citizenship of seamen 60 
 
 destitut e seamen in foreign ports 82 
 
 form of passport 186 
 
 International Marine Conference 367 
 
 reports by consuls of services rendered to 
 
 vessels and seamen 241 
 
 Secretary of the Treasury, authority or direc- 
 tion to, concerning 
 
 adulterated food shipments 342-345 
 
 Albany, X. Y., extension of warehouse 
 
 privileges to 214 
 
 arrest and seizures in Alaska 277 
 
 bulk cargo, discharge of 201 
 
 cigars, stamps for imported 206 
 
 ( 'oast Guard 327,506-512 
 
 collisions in Lighthouse Service 513 
 
 customhouse brokers 461, 462 
 
 customs otlicers 489-495 
 
 customs ollicers, abolishing 517 
 
 customs seals on frontier, use of 245 
 
 derelict destroyer 396 
 
 i rawl >;u'k . .n manufacturers' materials 239 
 
 expn 234, 235 
 
 forms for vessels on Great Lakes 250 
 
 health , public 291-300 
 
 immediate transportation of merchandise. 230,231 
 
 liens for freight or general average 236 
 
 life-saving medals 440 
 
 merchandise in transit 226,227,228 
 
 mitigation of penalty. See remission. 
 
 navigation rules 394 
 
 atlleimpor 
 
 oaths designation of persons to admin- 
 
 207 
 
 opium , import > 348 
 
 Philippine shipments L'7 1 
 
 I'nrln Kican IKcal atlairs 265 
 
 ports and subporis, designation of 
 
 preliminary entry and unlading 217-219 
 
 Public Health Service 501 
 
 quarant ine and bills of health 
 
 quarantine stations for livestock 334 
 
 nd wharfage in Alaska.. . 275 
 reciprocal privileges in trade with Brit Mi 
 
 North America... 2 r d 
 
 Secretary of the Treasury, authority or direc- 
 tion to, concerning Continued. 
 
 remission of fines, penalties, etc 191, 
 
 196, 197, 227,24s, 275. 329 
 
 revenue laws 191-197 
 
 salvage merchandise 233 
 
 services by consuls to vessels and seamen. . 241 
 
 special agents 516 
 
 tariff provisions directly relating to vessels 
 
 237-241 
 
 tea waste, imports 344 
 
 transit of merchandise in bond through 
 
 Alaska 276 
 
 transit of merchandise and passengers from 
 
 Alaska and frontier countries 246 
 
 transportation in bond 226, 227, 228 
 
 unlading and clearance of Great Lakes 
 
 vessels 249 
 
 unlading at night 217-219 
 
 wrecked or lost vessel 324 
 
 Secretary of War, authority or direction to, 
 
 concerning 
 
 bridges, dams, improvements or obstruc- 
 tions to navigation, public works, etc. 401-418 
 
 Guam, shipments of merchandise 462 
 
 harbor lines 407 
 
 maintenance of canals 399 
 
 Mississippi River passes 418 
 
 Porto Rican public works 267 
 
 Pribilof Islands 275 
 
 supervisor of New York Harbor 423 
 
 Securities, transportation of Government 182 
 
 Seduction, offense and punishment 470 
 
 Seizure of vessel or merchandise by Treasury 
 
 officials 188, 189 
 
 disposition of property seized 189-191 
 
 exemption of vessel 192 
 
 legal procedure 4t>4-4G7 
 
 offenses in Alaska 277, 281, 282, 284, 288, 289 
 
 See also Penalty; Piracy; Procedure. 
 
 Selma, Ala. , merchandise destined for 210 
 
 Separation from crew, entry in log book 109 
 
 Servant, domestic, not contract laborer 304 
 
 Services to Government, voluntary, pro- 
 hibited .~,_>i) 
 
 Shanghaiing, offense and penalty 61 
 
 Sheath knife, carrying, prohibited 88 
 
 Sheep. See Live stock. 
 
 Shelter space, measurement exemption 26 
 
 Ship. See Y< 
 
 Shipbuilding, instruction in 443 
 
 Shipbuilding materials, importation of 237,239 
 
 Shipping. Alaskan tax on 27.3 
 
 Shipping articles, arre^ of seamen to 64 
 
 coasting, fishing, or near-by foreign trad. 
 
 foreign trade 63 
 
 form of 90 
 
 illegal shipments t. 
 
 p-Tio.l of engagement 64 
 
 ngof 
 
 Sliippi' illolinents by 79 
 
 appointment, powers, duties, and n 
 
 sibiiiJi.--: 4SS 
 
 arbitral io i before 81 
 
 .f effects of <i . ..84 M ' 
 
 - n^ftiioi 523 
 
ALI'HAKKTK Al. INDKX. 
 
 581 
 
 Shipping commissioners, complaint t>, by 
 
 Crew KC) 
 
 consuls to act in foreign ])orts 65 
 
 ( u loins otlicers to :u't in certain cases 61 
 
 discharge of seamen l>y 72,74 
 
 uut ii-s 60-64, 68 
 
 fees (is. 
 
 owner, muster, or consignee may act HL',72 
 
 reeeh ing illegal fees 61 
 
 Shipwreck. See Seaman: \\reeks. 
 Sick seaman. Stf Seaman. 
 Signal stations. Sec Public works. 
 
 Signals, registration of private 398 
 
 See also Distress, flood, fog, pilot-house, 
 sound, storm, etc., signals. 
 
 Singer not cont ract laborer 304 
 
 Sink ing vessel in A laska 276 
 
 Sites, Government jurisdiction over light- 
 house, etc 515 
 
 Size of vessels in foreign trade 242 
 
 requiring license, enrollment, and registry. 260 
 See also names of documents. 
 Skilled laborers. See Laborers. 
 
 Sleeping quarters for steerage passengers 161 
 
 Slop chest, requirement concerning 107 
 
 Smallpox. See Health, 
 Small vessels. See Fog, etc., signals; Lights 
 on vessels. 
 
 Smuggling, compensation for detecting 193, 194 
 
 definition 194 
 
 penalty for seaman's 87 
 
 Solicitation of bribes 234 
 
 Soliciting lodgers 82 
 
 Solicitor of the Treasury, notice to, of seizures. 192 
 
 Sound signals for passing steamers 366, 377 
 
 in fog, etc 362,372,385,391 
 
 See also Distress, etc., signals. 
 Sounds. See Inland waters. 
 South and Southwest Passes, Mississippi 
 
 River, protection 418 
 
 Spain, reciprocal arrangement regarding ton- 
 nage tax 173 
 
 Spanish vessel in distress 225 
 
 Spanish vessel, and merchandise, privilege 
 
 in Philippines 268 
 
 Spans, bridge, obstructing navigation 413 
 
 Spar-deck, height under, how determined 24 
 
 Special agents, Treasury 516 
 
 Special inward manifest for Treasury De- 
 partment 200 
 
 Special ports. See Ports. 
 
 Special provisions for enrollment and license. 40 
 
 Speed of vessel, in fog 363,373 
 
 Secretary of War to regulate 417 
 
 Sponge fishing in Gulf of Mexico and Florida 
 
 Straits 4.VJ, 460 
 
 Stairways on steam vessel 145 
 
 Stamps for boiler plate 123 
 
 Staterooms exempt from measurement 24 
 
 States, health laws, effect of 296 
 
 inducements by, to immigrants 305 
 
 inspection laws, effect of 182 
 
 offenses punishable by, committed on ter- 
 ritory ceded to Government 472 
 
 pilots on waters forming boundaries of 169 
 
 Statute of limitations, offenses of seamen 90 
 
 Statutes, tables of, included in this volume... 539 
 
 Steam pressure in boiler- ]_>.{ 
 
 Steam .i,-,l b\ in p, ,. !.'.{ 
 
 Steam vessel, cert i'i ];,j 
 
 definition of 
 
 general pilot laws 
 
 inspection of n;, i;,c, 
 
 insertion of hulls ami equipment luo-liN 
 
 licenses of officers on 
 
 name to be marked Ji 
 
 iigeract of Isx-j ; 
 
 See also l>i ;tress, etc., signals; Lights 
 
 Steering rule-; \ 
 Steamboat, accommodations for crew on 
 
 ippi River 'Js/jO 
 
 ownership on river or bay is 
 
 See also Vessel. 
 Steamboat-Inspection Service, organization, 
 
 powers, and duties 496 
 
 Steamship lines. See Transportation line . 
 
 Steerage passenger, definition 1 59 
 
 See also immigrants. 
 
 Steering gear, space for, exempt from meas- 
 urement 29 
 
 Steering rules, Great Lakes and tributaries. . . 386 
 
 inland waters 374 
 
 international waters 363 
 
 western rivers 392 
 
 Stikine River trade 
 
 Stolen property, penalty for receiving 471 
 
 Storage of sails, space for, deducted from 
 
 gross tonnage 29 
 
 Stores. See Cargo. 
 
 Storm signals, display of 398 
 
 Stowaways, officers of vessels not respon- 
 sible for tj5 
 
 Submarine cables, protection of -179 
 
 Subports, authority to designate 533 
 
 list of :,_>7 
 
 Subsidy act, ocean-mail 317 
 
 Substantial compliance 198 
 
 Sugar, cargo destined "for orders" 216 
 
 manifest in coasting trade 
 
 required on vessels 107 
 
 time limit for unlading 222 
 
 Summary trials of offenders 466 
 
 Summons duces tectim 195 
 
 Sunday, observance on vessels 97 
 
 Sunken merchandise, recovery 
 
 Sunken vessel, marking and removing 410, 415 
 
 Superintendent, Coast and Geodetic Sur- 
 vey, salary 
 
 Supervising Inspector- General, complement 
 
 of officers and crew, appeals to 121 
 
 powers and duties 490-501 
 
 rules to prevent collisions established by. 
 to approve crew accommodations on Mis- 
 sissippi River steamboats 29 
 
 towing regulations for barges to be pre- 
 scribed by 102 
 
 Supervising inspectors, boiler specifications 
 
 to be approved by 125 
 
 collisions, to establish rules to prevent 369, 
 
 1,990,3*8 
 
 decisions to be rc\ 118 
 
 dismanteled vessels, may exempt 101 
 
 duties relating to life-saving appliances. . 1 2s-l 45 
 equipment to be approved by 102, 120 
 
582 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 Supervising inspectors, lights on rafts, etc., 
 
 to prescribe 371 
 
 1 iglits on vessels, to regulate 383, 384, 390 
 
 navigation rules to be prescribed by 388 
 
 powers and duties 156, 496-501 
 
 secrecy regarding information 157 
 
 Supervisor of New York Harbor, duties... 419-423 
 
 Supplies for customs officers 495 
 
 Supplies for foreign war vessels 444 
 
 Supplies for Steamboat-Inspection Service. . . 500 
 Supplies of vessels exempt from customs and 
 
 internal-revenue duties 238 
 
 purchase price a lien on vessel 460 
 
 Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, 
 
 powers and duties 292, 294, 2%, 501 
 
 See also Public Health Service. 
 
 Surrender of license 46 
 
 Surrender of register 37, 39, 40, 41 
 
 Survey of coast 518 
 
 Surveying stations. See Public works. 
 Surveyors of customs, appointment of, to pass 
 
 upon seaworthiness 103, 104 
 
 certificates of registry to be countersigned 
 
 by 37 
 
 duties 48 
 
 falsifying measurement 52, 53 
 
 fees for services 50 
 
 may document vessels at ports of delivery .. 49 
 See also Customs officers; Treasury. 
 
 Suspension of commerce because of epidemic . 295 
 
 Suspension of license, appeal from 118 
 
 offenses justifying 56-58, 395 
 
 record of 395 
 
 Swine. See Live stock. 
 
 Tariff, Philippine 270 
 
 provisions directly relating to vessels 237 
 
 Taxes. See Duties? Fees; Head tax; Ton- 
 nage tax. 
 
 Tea, importation of inferior, prohibited 344 
 
 importation of waste, etc., for use in manu- 
 facturing 344 
 
 Telegraph. See Cables. 
 
 Temporary certificate of inspection 154 
 
 Temporary register 35 
 
 Texas fever. See Live stock. 
 
 Theine, imports of tea waste for producing... 344 
 
 Thirty tons, vessels under, not to engage in 
 
 foreign trade 242 
 
 Tide gauges. See Public works. 
 
 Tillt-r ropes 146 
 
 Timber, flout ing of loose HI 
 
 restriction upon clearances of live-oak 183 
 
 Time limit for unlading 
 
 Tobacco for seamen 107 
 
 Tolls, i -1 449 
 
 passage through St. Marys Falls < 'anal 1 7s 
 
 Secretary of War to prescribe i. ridge <)_' 
 
 See also Fees. 
 
 Ton, definition of 
 
 Tonnage, definition of register 31 
 
 gross, how determine] 24 
 
 net, how determined 
 
 Tonnage charges, consular 1 74 
 
 Tonnage deck, definition of 
 
 Page. 
 
 Tonnage tax, laws relating to 171-174 
 
 penal, foreign vessel in coasting trade 242. 243 
 
 registered foreign-built vessels, remitted... 17 
 
 States forbidden to levy 297 
 
 vessels exempt from 20, 204 
 
 vessels from Philippines 
 
 yachts 20-21 
 
 Tools of trade, formalities upon entry 205 
 
 Torpedoes, protection of 446 
 
 Touch and trade, permit to fishing vessel 183 
 
 Touching at foreign ports 250 
 
 Tow, vessels in. See Fog signals; Lights on 
 vessels. 
 
 Towing vessels, inspection of 117 
 
 length of liawsers, etc 102 
 
 license to carry extra crew 153 
 
 on Great Lakes 250 
 
 Trade, change of 4.3, 260 
 
 See also Coasting trade; Foreign trade. 
 Transfer, imported merchandise for export.. 202 
 sea stores and equipment between vessels 
 
 of the same owner 20.5 
 
 Transit, merchandise in 227. 228 
 
 across New Jersey and Delaware 214 
 
 through Alaska and Canada 276 
 
 foreign mail through United States 322. 323 
 
 Transportation, immediate, of merchandise . . 229 
 
 bonded merchandise 226 
 
 to spocial ports 227 
 
 ports of immediate 229, 231. 
 
 See also Merchandise. 
 
 Transportation lines, agreement as to immi- 
 gration matters 302, 313 
 
 inducements to immigrants by 305 
 
 posting by, of immigration laws, required . . 315 
 
 tax in Alaska 27 1 
 
 Transports, shipments to Guam on Army. . . 
 Transshipment of merchandise. See Merchan- 
 dise. 
 Treasury Department, boarding and search 
 
 of vessel by officer of 1ST. 188, 189 
 
 special agents of ,-,ir, 
 
 special inward manifest for 200 
 
 plea of general issue by official of 189 
 
 proceeds of penalties, etc., to be paid into... 193 
 See also Customs officers. 
 
 bringing of merchandise in foreign 
 
 n'l'ulated by 17S 
 
 relat ing to pelagic sealing L'7>~i 
 
 < upon quarantine grounds 2!).~>,296,299 
 
 Trial, place of, for Federal olTensvs 
 
 summary, of offenders 
 
 Trunk shaft , deduct ion from gross tonnage. . . 
 
 Tuberculous immigrants prohibited 
 
 Tuirlmats, foreign, towing in coasting trade. . 
 
 inspection of 117 
 
 on < . r 
 
 imials; Lights on vessel-. 
 
 Tut uila, legi>lat ion a fleet ing 1 s_>. j70 
 
 money equivalent* in 
 
 i-d fop-ign-lniilt vi ssels may engage 
 
 in trad- 1.") 
 
 I In-i;lar territory. 
 
 Twenty tons, li<-t-nse to ves-.-l under 
 
 measurement of vessel under. . . 19 
 
ALI'IIABKI HAL 1NDKX. 
 
 
 Page. 
 
 I'nauthori/.ed services to tiovernment 
 
 ruder way, definition 
 
 Undernianning 99, 121 
 
 .) Seaman. 
 
 Underwriters, f nil id against -173 
 
 Undocumented vessels 1!) 
 
 United Kingdom, abrogat ion of treaty with, 
 
 concerning North Atlantic fisheri ^ 444 
 
 live-stock importations 
 
 treaty relating to pelagic sealing 
 
 United States, definition of 
 
 United States commissioners, autlioi i/ <<! .... 519 
 
 United State.s vessel, di.'finit ion 1 
 
 See also Vessel. 
 Unlading. St< Merchandise. 
 
 Unsea\vorthy vessels, sending to sea 100 
 
 Valuable shipment, shipper must give notice 
 
 of 110 
 
 Ventilation for steerage passengers 102 
 
 aid to distressed 396 
 
 Alaska, special crimes 27' > 
 
 tax on 275 
 
 boarding by Treasury official 188 
 
 illegal 187 
 
 bound to port of delivery 199 
 
 breadth of, how determined 24 
 
 Canadian, President may retaliate against.. 176 
 
 cat tie, regulation of 331 
 
 change of name of 22, 51 
 
 change of trade of licensed 260 
 
 citizenship of builders, owners, and officers. 15, 18 
 
 clearance regulations 180-187, 269 
 
 collisions. See Collisions. 
 
 compensation for carrying bullion, coin, 
 
 notes, bonds, etc 183 
 
 consul's services to 240 
 
 crew 99, 120 
 
 customs laws directly relating to 188 
 
 definitions. See Definition. 
 
 depth of hold, determination of 24 
 
 deposit of papers with consular officers 186 
 
 discriminating duties favoring United 
 
 States 179 
 
 discrimination in foreign port against 
 
 American 175 
 
 document s of 33 
 
 draft of, to be marked 22 
 
 enrolled and licensed 15-22 
 
 form of enrollment and license 44,45 
 
 in foreign trade 183 
 
 entrance regulations 180-187, 199, 269 
 
 excursion, counting passengers on 4C1 
 
 exemptions from certain charges 204 
 
 from entry 203 
 
 from libel for wages 7s 
 
 from measurement 32 
 
 from seizure and forfeiture 192 
 
 fees, schedule of 522 
 
 fire apparatus 146 
 
 fog signals. See Fog signals. 
 
 foreign-built, inspection of 115 
 
 See also Foreign vessels. 
 
 forfeited, may be registered 15 
 
 forfeiture. Sec Penalty. 
 
 height of, how determined 24 
 
 Vessel, holidays, observance '. 97 
 
 horn. 1 officers 122 
 
 i 97 
 
 hulls and equipment, inspection of KK) 
 
 i in migrant. ,SV, I : 
 
 inspector of< 210 
 
 len-th of, how determined 23 
 
 libel to reco\er p< nalty 
 
 license, expirat ion of. while at sea 260 
 
 officers on sail .Vj 
 
 1 ice nsed officer-, < .f 54, 120, 121, 122 
 
 See H/.VO Licensed officers. 
 liens, repairs, supplies, etc !f,o 
 
 fine for sailing without wireless equip- 
 ment 424 
 
 life-saving equipment 126 
 
 See also Coast Guard. 
 lights. See Lights on vessels, 
 limitations upon, bringing foreign products. 178 
 
 list of United States , pnbl icat ion 
 
 live stock, regulation of transportation in.. 331 
 
 mail-carrying 317 
 
 manifest of licensed, in coasting trade 
 
 manning 54, 99, 120 
 
 material for building and repairs exempt 
 
 from duty 237-240 
 
 measurement of 23 
 
 foreign 32 
 
 medicines to be provided 107 
 
 mortgage and bill of sale of 40 
 
 motor boats for enforcing navigation laws. . 4f,i 
 
 name of 21 
 
 new, may be moved from district to dis- 
 trict under buildor's certificate 33 
 
 ocean mail service 317 
 
 official number 21 
 
 over 5 tons to be documented 19 
 
 penalties. See Penalty. 
 
 Philippines, entrance and clearance in 
 
 piracy. See Piracy. 
 
 procedure in case of seizure 
 
 quarantine inspection of 
 
 See also Health, 
 record of American-built, owned by alien. . 50 
 
 registered in coasting trade 
 
 registry of foreign-built 15 
 
 See also Registry, 
 remission of fine, penalty, or forfeiture of. . 329 
 
 renewal of license while at so.s 
 
 repairs, etc., liens for 
 
 sale or transfer of 
 
 alien purchaser 
 
 bill of 
 
 sea letter and passport of 
 
 seal fishing in Alaskan waters 
 
 seaman's lien for wages 
 
 search by Treasury official : 
 
 Alaska - 
 
 seaworthiness of 100 
 
 seizure by Treasury officials ; 
 
 Alaska 277 
 
 size of, in foreign trade 242 
 
 slop-chest requirements 107 
 
 Spanish, privilege in Philippines 
 
 speed of, regulation of 417 
 
584 
 
 NAVIGATION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Page. 
 Vessel, steam. See Steam vessel. 
 
 steerage, inspection of 167 
 
 steerage law applies to certain 168 
 
 Sunday observance 97 
 
 supplies, etc., liens for 460 
 
 tariff provisions directly relating to 237 
 
 Great Lakes vessel 247 
 
 tonnage tax 171-174 
 
 towing, regulations affecting 102 
 
 transfer of cargo on frontier 246 
 
 transfer to alien oflicensed 260 
 
 under 5 tons not to be documented 19 
 
 undermanning 99,121 
 
 undocumented 19 
 
 " United States," definition 15, 478 
 
 unlading. See Merchandise. 
 
 wireless equipment 424 
 
 yacht, foreign-built, exempt from ad va- 
 lorem duty 16 
 
 See also Barges; Cables; Crimes; Neutrality 
 laws; Public vessels; Rules of the road; 
 School ships; Steamboat-Inspection 
 Service; Steering rules; Transportation 
 lines; Wrecks; Yachts. 
 
 Vicksburg, Miss., merchandise destined for. . 212 
 
 Vinegar required on vessels 107 
 
 Visible, definition of 354, 367, 382 
 
 Voluntary services to Government, prohib- 
 ited 520 
 
 Volunteer 1 ife-saving crews 509 
 
 Wages, additional, discharge in foreign port. 104 
 
 advances and allotments of 78 
 
 arbitration before shipping commissioner. . 81 
 
 coasting and near-by foreign trade 69 
 
 commissions for disbursing or receiving, pro- 
 hibited 241 
 
 compensation of, for reduced allowance of 
 
 provisions 106 
 
 deceased seaman 83-86 
 
 entry in log book 109 
 
 deductions and payment on discharge 72 
 
 exempt from attachment 79 
 
 forfeiture, for failure to join 70 
 
 for refusal or neglect to work, and during 
 
 imprisonment 7> 
 
 for refusal to proceed 103 
 
 for unfounded complaint 103, 104 
 
 general provisions concerning 74 
 
 licensed officers', during war 55 
 
 lien for 74 
 
 maximum in absence of agreement 69 
 
 not dependent on earning of freight 75 
 
 one-half due payable at intermediate ports. 76 
 
 payable in gold 78 
 
 payment when discharged abroad 73,74 
 
 procedure in case of default, forfeiture, or 
 
 deduction 77 
 
 right to, begins 75 
 
 in case of wreck 75 
 
 right s concerning, can not be waived 74 
 
 rules respect ing set t lenient 74 
 
 vessel exempt from libel for 78 
 
 when discharged before commencing voy- 
 age, or before one month's earned 75 
 
 when payable 76 
 
 Page. 
 
 Wages, when vessel sold abroad 7i 
 
 See also Penalty. 
 
 Walrus Island, reservation 27u 
 
 War, capture of private property at sea dur- 
 ing 45> 
 
 privileges and responsibilities of licensed 
 
 officers during 5.: 
 
 vessels captured in, may be registered 13 
 
 War materials, export of 4 46 
 
 vessels carrying 4:>7, 446 
 
 War vessels. See Public vessels. 
 
 Warehouses, Alaskan tax on 275 
 
 for quarantined cargo 297 
 
 See also Bonded warehouses. 
 Wares. See Merchandise. 
 
 Warm room for seamen 108 
 
 Warrants, issued by commissioners 520 
 
 Washing facilities for crew 29 
 
 Washington (State), establishment of sub- 
 ports in 533 
 
 jurisdiction over offenses in Alaska 27S, 
 
 279,281,288,289 
 Washington, D. C., meridian of, adopted for 
 
 astronomical purposes 
 
 Watch officer. See Licensed officers. 
 
 Watchmen to guard against fire 147 
 
 Water for crew 105 
 
 Water-ballast bottom, measurement of 27 
 
 Water-closets for steerage passengers 163 
 
 Water-tight bulkheads 126 
 
 Wearing apparel. See Baggage. 
 
 Weather Bureau, functions of 39S 
 
 Weighers. See Customs officers. 
 
 Weights to be kept on board 107 
 
 West Indies, engagement of seamen in trade 
 
 with 63, 68 
 
 Western rivers, rules of the road on 388 
 
 Whaling vessel, registry IS 
 
 See also Fishing vessels. 
 
 Wharves, construction in Porto Rico 267 
 
 control of Hawaiian 263 
 
 for quarantined cargo 297 
 
 license tax in Alaska 275 
 
 obstructing navigation 407 
 
 See also Public works. 
 
 Wheeling, W.Va., merchandise destined for.. 211 
 Whisky. See Liquors. 
 White-slave traffic, offense and punishment 303,304 
 
 Widow of life-saver, pension 510 
 
 Wife of naturalized alien, immigration of 314 
 
 Wilmington, X. ('., vessels documented at... 10 
 
 Wflscott, special registry 
 
 Wines. N<r Liquors. 
 
 Wireless communication. See Radio commu- 
 nication. 
 
 Wireless equipment on passenger steamers. . . -S24 
 
 Witness, fees of seamen 96 
 
 informer el igible as : 
 
 Wool, cargo destined "for orders" 207 
 
 time limit for unlading 222 
 
 Wrecking, offense and punishment -474 
 
 Wrecks, in Florida waters .'52'i 
 
 in foreign wat ers 325 
 
 lights for vessels working on 309,376 
 
 marking and removing sunken 396, 415 
 
 plundering 474 
 
AI.IMI AliKTK'Al. INDKX. 
 
 585 
 
 Pigs, 
 
 Wrecks, reciprocal aid to, on Great Lakes ... 325 
 repaire<l in I'nitfd States shipyards, n>nis- 
 
 try 17 
 
 report of 324 
 
 wages in case of 7"> 
 
 See also Coast (Juanl. 
 
 Ytu'hts, entry on return from foreign port. . . 21 
 exceptions in favor of i?\ tiii, TO, T.'.. :'.. 77. 7!) 
 
 , exempt from u try ... .. I 1 .) 
 
 exempt from for.- -JN 
 
 foreign-built, exempt from *i valorem duty 16 
 
 regulation of, at regattas :w I 
 
 special provisions alTocting 
 
 steam, inspection and licensed officers of. . . 1 Hi 
 See also Motor boats. 
 
 Yellow f. 
 
 Yukon Hivw 
 
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