Navigation Laws of the United States, 1927

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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON

1927

GIFT

ADO 22 '46

OCEANS col 13138 1927

CONTENTS

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Part I.-Vessels

Page

Definition of vessel.

Vessels of the United States...

Registered vessels.....

Provisional certificates of registry.

Repeal of penalties.....

Repaired wrecks...

Wbaling vessels....

Enrolled and licensed vessels

On the coasts and rivers

On the northern frontius, otherwise than

by sea...

Licensed vessels under 20 tons.

Undocumented vessels.

Authority to take over vessels of enemy

Deck houses, breaks, etc..

Crew accommodations...

Deductions for other purposes.

Deductions for propelling power..

Net tonnage to be marked.

Appendix of measurement..

Vessels exempt from measurement.

Measurement of foreign vessels..

Exemption from measurement.

Part III.- Documents of vessels

Carpenter's certificate..

Oath of owner......

Master's oath of citizenship.

Place of registry..

Temporary register.

Form of register.....

Numbering of registers.....

Custody and surrender of register..

Registers to corporations......

Change of owner of registered vessel..

Change of ownership or build...

Change of master of registered vessel..

Mortgage and bill of sale.

Sale to alien..

Loss of register......

Part III.- Documents of vessels--Contd.

Page

Failure to deliver former register..

Cancellation of register...

Change of trade; issue of temporary docu-

ment..

Method of enrollment and license.

Oath of master and owner...

Surrender of license.

Enrollment and license to corporations..

Change of owner of enrolled vessel

Change of master of licensed vessel.

Certification by customs officer.

Enrollment outside of district.

Inspection of enrollment and license..

Record of American-built vessels owned by

aliens.....

Form of certificate of record.

Offenses against the registry law.

Offenses against enrollinent and license laws. 34

Part IV.-Officers of merchant vessels

Citizenship of officers.

Duration of licenses.

Master or mate acting as pilot.

Oath of officer.

Removal of master..

Part V.-Merchant seamen

Definitions..

Exemptions from militia duty...

Naturalization and citizenship of seamen....

Shipping officers....

Illegal shipments (shanghaiing).

Owners or masters may ship seamen in certain

cases.

Apprentices..

Agreement to ship in foreign trade.

Period of engagement.--

Penalty for shipment without agreement...

Shipment in foreign ports before consuls.....

Crew list.

Failure to produce crew.

Papers relating to crew..

Shipment of seamea in the coasting or near-by

i oreign trade.....

Agreement in coasting trade not before com-

missioner.....

Agreement with fishermen.

Part V.-Merchant seamen-Continued

Page

Discharge in foreign trade.

Discharge in foreign ports.

Wages..

Vessels exempt from libel for wages.

Advances and allotments of wages..-

Wages and clothing exempt from attachment.. 58

Desertion of seamen abroad.

Repeal of treaties and conventions.

Arbitration before shipping commissioner. 59

Soliciting lodges.....

Return of seamen from foreign ports, Alaska,

and insular ports.

Effects of deceased seamen.

Offenses and punishments.

Corporal punishment prohibited.

Procedure..

Form of articles of agreement.

Account of apprentices on board.

Scale of provisions to be allowed and served out

to crew during the voyage.

Certificate of discharge.

Sick and disabled seamen.

Jurisdiction over American seamen in foreign

ports and foreign seamen in American ports.. 70

Seamen's witness fees..

Manning of merchant vessels.

Undermanning.

Fellow-servant clause.

Merchant seamen at Panama Canal Zone..... 75

Part VI.-Seaworthiness, supplies, log book

Unseaworthy vessels.

Inspection of hulls and equipment.

Seagoing barges.

Inspection of seaworthiness at domestic ports.. 78

Inspection of seaworthiness at foreign ports.. 79

Provisions and water

Weights and measures..

Medicines and antiscorbutics.

Slop chest..

Warmth and clothing.

Log book..

Part VII.-Liability of owners, masters, and

shippers

Liability of owners, masters, and shippers.--- 85

Act of February 13, 1893 (Harter Act).

General libel bond..

Part VIII.-Inspection of steam vessels

General provisions..

Inspection of United States Shipping Board

vessels....

Inspection of foreign steam passenger vessels... 89

Inspection of ferry boats, canal boats, yachts,

and other small craft.

Inspection of tugboats, towing boats, and

freight boats...

Inspection of registered foreign-built vessels.... 94

Manning of inspected vessels -

Inspection of hulls and equipment.

Inspection of boilers.

Loading safety valve..

Water-tight bulkheads.

Lifeboats, lines, and life preservers.

Stairways and deck room...

116

Part XII.--Discrimination and retaliation

Discrimination against American vessels.... 143

Discrimination against American fishing vessels 143

Discrimination against products of the United

States...

144

Discrimination on Canadian canals..

145

Vessels of nations not assimilated by treaty to

American vessels..

146

Discriminating duties.

146

Retaliation (revenue act, September 8, 1916)... 146

Part XIII.-Entry and clearence

Part XX.--Trade with Hawaii-Continued

Page

Wharves; harbor; pilots..

180

Seamen's laws...

181

Part XXI.-Trade with Porto Rico

Quarantine and public health.

183

Harbors and navigable waters.

183

Wharves and piers..

184

Part XXII.— Trade with the Philippines

Vessels and coasting trade.

185

Tariff and internal revenue.

187

Aids to navigation and commerce

189

Part XXIII.-Trade with Alaska and Virgin

Islands

Coasting laws.

190

Firearms and liquor...

190

Special licenses, and wharf charges.

190

Transfer of cargo....

191

Yukon and Stikine river trade.

191

Procedure..

191

Pribilof, St. Paul, St. George, Walrus, and

Otter Islands, and Sea Lion Rock..

191

Transit in bond..

192

Crimes and penalties..

192

Tariff a nd tax provisions, Virgin Islands.... 193

(Part XXIV.-Quarantine and bills of health

Consular bill of health.

194

Quarantine regulations.

195

Quarantine inspection.

197

Quarantine anchorage.

197

Suspension of commerce..

Removal of customhouse.

200

National quarantine...

200

Part XXV.-Immigration

Head tax..

203

Definition of "seaman

203

Definition of "immigrant"

203

Immigration visas.

203

Hospital treatment of diseased alien seamen.. 205

Alien seamen excluded from admission...... 205

Fraudulent entry of immigrants as seamen.. 206

Diseased immigrants.

207

Illegal landing......

207

Readmission of aliens who served in armies of

cobelligerents of the United States...

208

Permit to reenter United States after ternpo-

rary absence.

209

Aliens who are to be excluded from admis-

sion...

209

Deportation and penalty.

210

Penalty for illegal transportation.

Immigration to Philippines..

212

Part XIV.-Customs laws directly relating to

vessels

Page

Boarding and search of vessel..

156

Seizure of vessels or merchandise...

156

Moieties—Informers' and customs officers'

swards...

157

Procedure...

157

Oaths of masters and owners.

158

Part XV.-Entry of merchandise

Definitions.

159

Vessels erempt from entry....

159

Vessels exempt from certain charges..

159

Entry of merchandise at special ports.

160

Clearance on Lake Champlain.

160

Special permit to unlade by night and pre-

liminary entry..

160

Express packages...

161

Part XVI.—Tariff provisions directly relating

to vessels

Coal.

163

Sunken merchandise

163

Supplies for vessels in foreign trade or between

intercoastal ports.......

163

Supplies to war vessels free of duty.

164
Sea stores and equipments...

104
Duties on repairs.....

164
Part XVII.--Consuls' services to vessels

Corsuls' services to vessels.

165

Naval officer acting as consul..

166

Part XVIII.--Commerce with contiguous

countries

167

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169

Transfer of cargo or passengers.

Sea stores...

Saloon stores..

Forms and penalties.

Touching at foreign ports..

Foreigo merchandise coastwise.

Part XIX.-Domestic commerce

Great districts...

Departure within a great district.

Arrival within a great district..

Coasting trade via Isthmus of Panama.

Departure for another great district..

Arrival from another great district.

Exemption on the Mississippi and tributaries.

Vessels with domestic cargo...

Registered vessels in the coasting trade..

Report by master.

Foreign vessels barred from coasting trade.-

Immediate exportation to foreign port.......

Foreign vessels on coasting voyages....

Foreign tugboats.........

Penalties for violation of coasting laws.

Forfeiture of vessel and merchandise..

Part XX.-Trade with Hawaii

General provisions.....

Registry of vessels and coasting trade.

Quarantine and public health.

Fisheries...

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