37 38 38 38 39 40 40 41 Inspection of boilers, propelling machinery, etc. Loading safety valve.. Steel or iron plates.. Detail of inspectors to mills. Regulatory power of Board of Supervising Inspectors as to boilers, etc. Inspection of crew quarters. Use of unapproved instruments, machines, or equipment. Certificate of inspection. Documentation conditioned upon inspection. Enforcement and penalty. Numbering of undocumented vessels. Inspection and documentation of ships seized by United States during National Emergency. Chapter III.-Transportation of Passengers and Merchandise Open boats with internal and external buoyancy Pontoon boats, in which persons cannot be accommodated below the deck, having a well deck and fixed water-tight bulwarks. Boats of the second class_ Open boats having the upper part of the sides collapsible. Pontoon boats, in which the persons cannot be accommodated below deck, having a flush Motorboats. Minimum number of davits and of open boats of the first class-minimum boat capacity. Certificated lifeboatmen-manning of the boats.. 43 43 44 44 44 44 57 57 59 59 60 60 60 61 61 63 63 63 64 64 64 65 65 66 Lifesaving appliances-Continued. Regulations-Continued. Muster roll and drills Muster list Musters and drills. Life jackets and life buoys. Watertight bulkheads for passenger vessels; exemptions Barges carrying passengers. Liability for damage to passengers. Exhibit of laws governing marine inspection. Exhibit of certificate of inspection Carriage of dangerous articles and substances. Penalty for unauthorized possession of weapons or explosives on merchant vessels. Use of inflammable or combustible fuel. Effective date, act of October 9, 1940. Separability clause. Petroleum as means of motive power; discharge at terminal points. Explosives; cattle Stowaways prohibited; penalty. Penalty for aiding stowaway. Limitations of act Load lines for vessels making foreign sea voyages. Chapter IV.-International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929 Article 1 89 Reservations of the United States in connection with the ratification of the 1929 Convention Regulation V.-Special rules concerning subdivision. 116 Regulation VI.-Peak and machinery space bulkheads, shaft tunnels, etc. 117 117 118 118 Regulation XV.-Double bottoms. Pumping arrangements (motor ships). Regulation X.-Openings in ship's sides below the margin line. Regulation XVI.-Fire-resisting bulkheads. Regulations XVII.-Side and other openings, etc., above the margin line. Regulations XVIII.-Exits from watertight compartments. Regulation XIX.-Pumping arrangements (steamships). 121 122 123 123 123 123 124 124 124 124 126 126 126 126 127 128 128 128 Regulation XXVI.-Boats of Class II. 129 Regulation XXVII.-Motorboats. 130 Regulation XXVIII.-Life rafts.. 130 Regulation XXIX.-Buoyant apparatus 131 Regulation XXX.-Cubic capacity of lifeboats of Class I 131 Regulation XXXI.-Deck area of boats of Class II. 133 Regulation XXXII.-Marking of boats, life rafts and buoyant apparatus. Regulation XXXVIII.-Number and capacity of boats, life rafts, etc., and davits List of countries which had either ratified or acceded to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929 on or before December 1, 1940 139 140 140 141 143 143 143 143 144 145 145 145 147 148 148 149 Great Lakes vessels exempt. License to be deemed certificate of competency Penalty for employment of unlicensed personnel; for serving without license. Penalties; remission or mitigation. Definitions.. Existing statutes unaffected. Effective date. Vessels of less than 200 gross tons exempt. 169 169 170 170 License required as condition precedent to employment; issuance without examination; limitations of such license.. 170 170 171 171 171 171 172 172 172 172 172 172 Registered staff officers; staff department. Qualifications for registered staff officers. Oath of registered staff officers; no further certificate required. Distinguishing insignia of registered staff officers. 173 173 173 174 Penalty for employing unregistered staff officers; exceptions. 174 Effective date of Section 5 (a) 174 Immediate investigation of conduct; violations and casualties; right to counsel. Payment of witnesses fees and expenses Suspension or revocation of license or certificate; appeals Evidence of criminal liability to be forwarded to Attorney General. Coercion or bribery of witness; penalty; prosecution. Rules and regulations. Intimidation of witnesses before administrative tribunals. 203 203 204 204 201 205 205 205 206 206 206 207 208 209 212 215 |