6. Enrolled and licensed vessels.

Vessels of twenty tons and upward, enrolled in pursu- R. S., 4311. 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 employed in the coasting-trade or fisheries.

Any steamboat employed or intended to be employed R. S., 4316. 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.

Such resident alien, owner of any steamboat, upon appli- R. S., 4317. cation 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 sufficient surety, conditioned that the boat shall not be employed in other waters than the rivers and bays of the United States.

Any vessel of the United States, navigating the waters R. S., 4318. on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern 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 coasting or foreign trade on such frontiers, and no certificate of registry shall be required for vessels so employed. Such vessel shall be, in every other respect, liable to the regulations and penalties relating to registered and licensed vessels.

7. Licensed vessels under twenty tons.

Before any vessel, of the burden of five tons, and less R. S., 4331. than twenty tons, shall be licensed, the same measurement shall be made of such vessel, and the same provisions observed relative thereto, as are to be observed 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 be necessary to measure such vessel anew, for the purpose of obtaining another enrollment or license, unless such vessel shall have undergone some alteration as to her burden, subsequent to the time of her former license.

8. Undocumented vessels.

The act [R. S., 4311-4385] to which this is a supplement Apr. 18, 1874. 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, excepting only such as are provided with sails or propelling machinery of their own adapted to lake or coastwise navigation, and excepting such as are employed in trade with

Jan. 16, 1895.

Sec. 4.

Jan. 16, 1895.
Sec. 4.

Sec. 5.

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., 4311-4385] of the Resad Statutes of the United States shall not be so con

R. S., 4217.

For the identification of yacus ami

mission to sail for pleasure in any designated yacht belonging to any regularly organized and incorporated yacht club, stating the exemptions and privileges enjoyed under it, may be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, and

shall be a token of credit to any United States official, and to the authorities of any foreign power, for privileges enjoyed under it.

All such licensed yachts shall use a signal of the form, R. S., 4215. size, and colors prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy; 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.

Yachts, belonging to a regularly organized yacht club of R. S., 4216. any foreign nation which shall extend like privileges to the yachts of the United States, shall have the privilege of entering or leaving any port of the United States without entering or clearing at the custom house thereof, or paying tonnage tax.

Every yacht visiting a foreign country under the provi- R. S., 4218. sions of the four preceding sections shall, on her return to the United States, make due entry at the custom-house of the port at which, on such return, she shall arrive.

10. Official number.

R. S., 4177.

July 5, 1884.

The [Secretary of the Treasury] 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 cease to be so marked, such June 19, 1886. 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.

11. Name of vessel.

Sec. 6.

The name of every documented vessel of the United R. S., 4178. States shall be marked upon each bow and upon the stern, and the home port shall also be marked upon the stern. These names shall be painted, or carved and gilded, in Feb. 21, 1891. Roman letters in a light color on a dark ground, or in a dark color on a light ground, and to be distinctly visible. The smallest letters used shall not be less in size than four inches. If any vessels of the United States shall be found without these names being so marked the owner or owners shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each name omitted. The word "port," as used in section forty-one June 26, 1884. hundred and seventy-eight shall be construed to mean Sec. 21. either the port where the vessel is registered or enrolled, or the place in the same district where the vessel was built or where one or more of the owners reside.

Every steam vessel of the United States, in addition to R. S., 4495. having her name painted on her stern, shall have the same conspicuously placed in distinct, plain letters, of not less. than six inches in length on each outer side of the pilothouse, 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 NAV 95, PT 2—2

Feb. 21, 1891.

R. S., 4179.

July 5, 1884.
Sec. 5.

Mar. 2, 1881.

Feb. 21, 1891.
Sec. 2.

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.

12. 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 direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, 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 the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized 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 the Treasury 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 Secretary, 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.

13. Draught and load line.

The draught of every registered vessel shall be marked upon the stem and stern post, in English feet or decimeters, in either Arabic or Roman numerals. The bottom of each numeral shall indicate the draught to that line. The owner, agent, or master of every inspected sea-going steam or sail vessel shall indicate the draught of water at which he shall deem his vessel safe to be loaded for the trade she is engaged in, which limit as indicated shall be stated in the vessel's certificate of inspection, and it shall be unlawful for such vessel to be loaded deeper than stated in said certificate.

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Paragraph 13. The words from lines 4 and 5: "The owner, agent, or master," etc., to end of the paragraph, repealed by act of January 20, 1897, section 2.

PART II-DOCUMENTS OF VESSELS.

14. Carpenter's certificate.

15. Oath of owner.

16. Master's oath of citizenship. 17. Measurement.

18. Ascertainment of gross tonnage. 19. Net tonnage.

20. Vessels exempt from measurement. 21. Measurement of foreign vessels. 22. Place of registry.

23. Form of register.

24. Custody and surrender of register.

25. Registers to corporations. 26. Change of owner.

27. Change of build.

28. Change of master.

29. Mortgage and bill of sale.

30. Sale to alien.

31. Loss of register.

32. Failure to deliver former register.

33. Cancellation of register.

34. Special registry law.

35. Change of trade.

14. Carpenter's certificate.

36. Method of enrollment and license.

37. Oath of master and owner.

38. Fees.

39. Form of enrollment.

40. Form of license.

41. Duration of license.

42. Surrender of license.

43. Enrollment and license to corporations.

44. Change of owner.

45. Change of master.

46. Certification by customs officer.

47. Enrollment outside of district.

48. Special provision for enrollment and license.

49. Inspection of enrollment and license. 50. Record of American-built vessels

owned by aliens.

51. Offenses against the registry law.
52. Offenses against enrollment and
license laws.

In order to the registry or any vessel built within the R. S., 4147. United States, it shall be necessary to produce a certificate, 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, number 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 sufficient 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.

15. Oath of owner.

In order to the registry of any vessel, an oath shall be R. S., 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 built; or that