by regulation, permit the operation on board vessels of motive power for driving auxiliaries forming a part of motor vehicles, under such conditions as he may deem proper: Provided further, That any owner, charterer, agent, master, or other person having charge of a vessel shall have the right to refuse to transport motor vehicles the fuel tanks of which contain gasoline or other inflammable or combustible liquid or inflammable gas used as a source of power for the vehicle or its auxiliaries: Provided further, That the owner, motor carrier, and operator of any such vehicle in which all fires have not been extinguished or the motor or motors stopped as required by this subsection or regulations established thereunder, and the owner, charterer, agent, master, or person in charge of the vessel on which such vehicle is transported, shall each be liable to a penalty of not more than $500, for which the motor vehicle and vessel, respectively, shall be liable: And provided further, That a violation of this subsection shall not subject any person to the penalty provided in subsection (14) or (15) hereof. R. S. § 4472; Feb. 27, 1877, § 1, 19 Stat. 252; Feb. 20, 1901, 31 Stat. 799; Feb. 18, 1905, 33 Stat. 720; Mar. 3, 1905, § 8, 33 Stat. 1031; May 28, 1906, 34 Stat. 204; Jan. 24, 1913, 37 Stat. 650; Mar. 4, 1913, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; Oct. 22, 1914, 38 Stat. 766; Mar. 29, 1918, 40 Stat. 499; Mar. 2, 1925, 43 Stat. 1093; Oct. 9, 1940, § 1, 54 Stat. 1023; Proc. No. 2695, 60 Stat. 1352; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, 60 Stat. 1097; July 16, 1952, 66 Stat. 730; 46 U. S. C. § 170. § 223. Provisions to guard against fire; inflammable or combustible fuel (a) Such provision to guard against and extinguish fire shall be made on every vessel which is subject to the provisions of subsection (4), (5), or (6) of section 1 of this act [amending R. S. § 4472], or of any other section of title 52 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (sections 4399 to 4500, inclusive), or acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, as shall be prescribed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard. (b) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use by any vessel of motorboats, launches, or lifeboats equipped with engines using an inflammable or combustible fuel, nor shall anything herein contained prohibit such motorboats, launches, or lifeboats from carrying such inflammable or combustible fuel in their tanks: Provided, That no such inflammable or combustible fuel for the engines of such motorboats, launches, or lifeboats shall be carried except as may be prescribed by regulations of the Commandant of the Coast Guard: Provided further, That the use of such lifeboats shall be under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard. Oct. 9, 1940, § 2, 54 Stat. 1028; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, 60 Stat. 1097; 46 U. S. C. §§ 170 a, 463 a. 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 regulations of the Commandant of the Coast Guard, for extinguishing fires in the hold and compartments thereof by the introduction 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, cookhouses, 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 between 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 fire. R. S. § 4470; Mar. 3, 1905, § 7, 33 Stat. 1031; Mar. 4, 1913, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, 60 Stat. 1097. § 224. Explosives and combustibles - Definitions As used in this chapter [18 U. S. C., Chapter 39, §§ 831-835] "Detonating fuzes" means fuzes used in naval or military service to detonate the high-explosive bursting charges of projectiles, mines, bombs, or torpedoes; "Fuzes" means devices used in igniting the bursting charges of projectiles; "Primers" means devices used in igniting the propelling powder charges of ammunition; "Fuses" means the slow-burning fuses used commercially to convey fire to an explosive combustible mass slowly or without danger to the person lighting same; "Fusees" means the fusees ordinarily used on steamboats and railroads as night signals. June 25, 1948, § 1, 62 Stat. 738; 18 U. S. C. § 831. § 225. — Transportation of dynamite, powder and fuses Whoever knowingly transports, carries, or conveys within the limits of the jurisdiction of the United States, any high explosive, such as and including, dynamite, blasting caps, detonating fuzes, black powder, gunpowder, or other like explosive, on any car or vehicle of any description operated in the transportation of passengers by a common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, which car or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and, if the death or bodily injury of any person results from a violation of this section, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. However, under this section, it shall be lawful to transport on any such car or vehicle, smokeless powder, primers, fuses, not including detonating fuzes, fireworks, or other similar explosives, and properly packed and marked samples of explosives for laboratory examination, not exceeding a net weight of one-half pound each, and not exceeding twenty samples at one time in a single car or vehicle; but such explosives shall not be carried in that part of a car or vehicle which is being used for the transportation of passengers for hire. Also, it shall be lawful to transport on any such car or vehicle small-arms ammunition in any quantity, and such fusees, torpedoes, rockets, or other signal devices as may be essential to promote safety in operation. This section shall not prevent the transportation of military or naval forces with their accompanying munitions of war on passenger-equipment cars or vehicles. June 25, 1948, § 1, 62 Stat. 738; 18 U. S. C. § 832. § 226. - Transportation of nitroglycerin Whoever knowingly transports, carries, or conveys within the jurisdiction of the United States, liquid nitroglycerin, fulminate in bulk in dry condition, or other like explosive, on any car or vehicle of any description operated in the transportation of passengers or property by land or water by a common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and, if the death or bodily injury of any person results from a violation of this section, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. June 25, 1948, § 1, 62 Stat. 739; 18 U. S. C. § 833. § 227. — Marking packages containing explosives Whoever knowingly delivers to any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land or water, or carries upon any car or vehicle operated by any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land any explosive, or other dangerous article, specified in section 832 of this title, under any false or deceptive marking, description, invoice, shipping order, or other declaration, or without informing the agent of such carrier in writing of the true character thereof, at or before the time such delivery or carriage is made, or without plainly marking on the outside of every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles the contents thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and, if the death or bodily injury of any person results from a violation of this section, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. June 25, 1948, § 1, 62 Stat. 739; 18 U. S. C. § 834. § 228. Regulations by Interstate Commerce Commission The Interstate Commerce Commission shall formulate regulations for the safe transportation within the limits of the jurisdiction of the United States of explosives and other dangerous articles, including flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizing materials, corrosive liquids, compressed gases, and poisonous substances, which shall be binding upon all common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce which transport explosives or other dangerous articles by land, and upon all shippers making shipments of explosives or other dangerous articles via any common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land or water. The 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, unless a shorter time is authorized by the commission, take effect ninety days after their formulation and publication by said commission and shall be in effect until reversed, set aside, or modified. In the execution of sections 831-835 of this title the Interstate Commerce Commission may utilize the services of the Bureau for the Safe Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles, and may avail itself of the advice and assistance of any department, commission, or board of the Government, but no official or employee of the United States shall receive any additional compensation for such service except as now permitted by law. Whoever knowingly violates any such regulation shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and, if the death or bodily injury of any person results from such violation, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. June 25, 1948, § 1, 62 Stat. 739; 18 U. S. C. § 835. §§ 229-270 are reserved for future use CHAPTER SEVEN Documentation SHIP'S BULLETIN SEC. 271. Definition of vessel. 272. Vessels of the United States; citizenship of 273. Vessels entitled to registry. 274. Foreign-built vessels admitted to American registry. 275. Provisional certificate of registry. 276. Repaired wrecks. 277. Whaling vessels. 278. Enrolled and licensed vessels employed in 279. Frontier enrollment and license. 290. Home port. 291. Recordation at home port. 292. Validity of prior recordations. 293. "Port of documentation" defined. 294. "Navigation Laws" amended to conform. 295. Change of name of "Vessel of the United States". 296. Fees for change. 297. Draft. 298. Builder's certificate. 299. Oath of owner. 300. Penalty for false oath. 301. Master's oath of citizenship. 302. Administration of oaths. |