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Illegal fees.

R. S., 5482.

section forty-six hundred and eleven of the Revised Statutes.

Every inspector of steamboats who, upon any pretense, Mar. 4, 1909 (35 receives any fee or reward for his services, except what is Stat., 1107), sec. allowed to him by law, shall forfeit his office, and be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

107.

Certain fees abolished.

Stat., 79).

That on and after July first, eighteen hundred and June 19, 1886 (24 eighty-six, no fees shall be charged or collected by collectors or other officers of customs, or by inspectors of steam-vessels * * * for the following services to vessels of the United States, to wit: * * * inspecting, examining, and licensing steam-vessels, including inspec tion-certificate and copies thereof; and licensing of master, engineer, pilot, or mate of a vessel; and all provisions of laws authorizing or requiring the collection of fees for such services are repealed, such repeal to take effect July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. * * And the Secretary of Commerce shall allow and pay, from * * * [money appropriated therefor],1 said officers such compensation for said services as each would have received prior to the passage of this act; also such Apr. 4, 1888 (25 compensation to clerks of shipping commissioners, and clerks of steamboat inspectors, and such allowances for fees of United States marshals and witnesses for services under the steamboat-inspection laws, and for expenses of steamboat inspectors provided for by section. forty-four hundred and sixty-one of the Revised StatJune 19, 1886 (24 utes. * * Provided, That such services have, in the opinion of the Secretary of Commerce, been necessarily rendered.

Stat., 80).

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June 25, 1890 (26 Stat., 180).

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Irondequoit Irondequoit Bay, New York, shall, for the purpose navigable water. applying the provisions of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes, 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 provisions of section fortyfour hundred and twenty-six of the title referred to, and subject to the penalties provided therein for a failure to comply therewith.

"Vessels of
United States."
R. S., 4131.
May 28, 1896 (29

Vessels registered pursuant to law and no others, except such as shall be duly qualified according to law Stat., 188), sec. 1. for carrying on the coasting or fishing trade, shall be deemed vessels of the United States, and entitled to the benefits and privileges appertaining to such vessels; but no such vessel 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 vessels of the United States who shall have charge of a watch, including pilots, shall in all cases be citizens of the United States.

1 Effective on and after July 1, 1911.

"Officers' "

The word "officers" shall include the chief engineered 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.

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Ibid., sec. 2.

1 All licenses issued to such officers shall be for a term Licenses. of five years, but the holder of a license may have the same renewed for another five years at any time before its expiration: Provided, however, That any officer holding a license, and who is engaged in a service which necessitates his continuous absence from the United States, may make application in writing for one renewal and transmit the same to the board of local inspectors with a statement of the applicant verified before a consul, or other officer of the United States authorized to administer an oath, setting forth the reasons for not appearing in person; and upon receiving the same the board of local inspectors that originally issued such license shall renew the same for one additional term of such license, and shall notify the applicant of such renewal.

And in all cases where the issue is the suspension or revocation of such licenses, whether before the local boards of inspectors as provided for in section forty-four hundred and fifty of the Revised Statutes, 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 counsel and to testify in his own behalf.

war.

No master, mate, pilot, or engineer of steam vessels Draft in time of licensed under title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes shall be liable to draft in time of war, except 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 wounded while performing such duties under the United States, they, or 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.

But this shall not be construed to modify or repeal that Ibid., sec. s. provision of the Act of June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, which reads as follows: "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 vacancy caused by the

1 See section 4450, page 187.

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." Steamboats on On and after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and to be properly ninety-eight, every steamboat of the United States plying Mar. 3, 1897 (29 upon the Mississippi River or its tributaries shall furnish Stat., 687), sec. 2. an appropriate place for the crew, which shall conform

Mississippi River

equipped.

Inspection foreign vessels. Ibid., sec. 14.

Inspection

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to the requirements of this section so far as they shall
be applicable thereto by providing sleeping room in the
engine room of the steamboats properly protected from
the cold, winds, and rain by means of suitable awnings
or screens on either side of the guards or sides and for-
ward, reaching from the boiler deck to the lower or main
deck, under the direction and approval of the Supervising
Inspector-General of Steam Vessels, and shall be properly

heated.

Any failure to comply with this section shall subject the owner or owners to a penalty of five hundred dollars.

The Secretary of Commerce be, and he is hereby, authorized 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 pursuant 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, and 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.

The Constitution, and, except as herein otherwise proApr. 30, 1900 (31 vided, all the laws of the United States which are not Stat., 141), sec. 5. locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory as elsewhere in the United States.

Inspection of motor boats.

That the words "motor boat" where used in this Act June 9, 1910 (36 shall include every vessel propelled by machinery and Stat., 462), sec. 1. not more than sixty-five feet in length except tug boats and tow boats propelled by steam. The length shall be measured from end to end over the deck, excluding sheer: Provided, That the engine, boiler, or other operating machinery shall be subject to inspection by the local in-spectors of steam vessels, and to their approval of the design thereof, on all said motor boats, which are more than forty feet in length, and which are propelled by machinery driven by steam.

Classes. Ibid., sec. 2.

That motor boats subject to the provisions of this Act shall be divided into classes as follows:

Class one. Less than twenty-six feet in length.

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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.

Ibid., sec. 3.

That every motor boat in all weathers from sunset to Lights. sunrise 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 following lights:

First. A white light aft to show all around the horizon. Second. A combined lantern in the fore part of the vessel 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 vessel 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 dimen

sions:

Class two. Nineteen square inches.

Class three. Thirty-one square inches.

Second. A white light aft to show all around the hori

zon.

Third. 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. 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 dimensions 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 section three shall be fresnel 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 dimensions 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

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Sound signals.
Ibid., sec. 4.

Life-preservers. Ibid., sec. 5.

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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-producing mechanical appliance cepable 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.

That 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 prescribed 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 for hire shall carry one life-preserver of the sort prescribed by the regulations of the board of son operating or supervising inspectors for every passenger carried, and navigating boat no such boat while so carrying passengers for hire 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 required as the condition of obtaining such a license, and any such license shall be revoked or suspended by the local board of inspectors for misconduct, gross negligence, recklessness in navigation, intemperance, 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: Provided, That motor boats shall not be required to carry licensed officers, except as required in this Act.

carrying passengers for hire.

Means of extinguishing burning gasoline. Ibid., sec. 6.

Penalty for violation of act. Ibid., sec. 7.

Regulations.
Ibid., sec. 8.

That every motor boat and also every vessel propelled by machinery other than by steam, more than sixty-five feet in length, shall carry ready for immediate use the means of promptly and effectually extinguishing burning gasoline.

That a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars may be imposed for any violation of this Act. The motor boat 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.

That the Secretary of Commerce shall make such regulations as may be necessary to secure the proper execution of this Act by collectors of customs and other offi

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