Georgia (17). Washington (30). Duluth and Superior (36). Montana and Idaho (33). Washington (30). Florida (18). St. Louis (45). Rochester (8). Maine and New Hampshire (1). Maine and New Hampshire (1). St. Lawrence (7) Duluth and Superior (36). Florida (18). Philadelphia (11). Massachusetts (4). North Carolina (15). Alaska (31). IX. T. D. 37278. Art. 6. Merchandise not to be entered or delivered, Article 249. except at ports of entry, unless at the expense of the T. D. 37128. parties in interest.-Merchandise shall not be entered or delivered from customs custody elsewhere than at a port of entry, except at the expense of the parties in interest, upon authority from the Secretary of the Treasury and under conditions to be prescribed by him. When it shall be made to appear to the Secretary of the Treasury that the interests of commerce or the protection of the T. D. 32861. T. D. 39363. Sec. 523, tariff act o 1930. revenue so require, he may cause to be stationed at places in the various collection districts, though not named as ports of entry, officers or employees of the customs with authority to enter and clear vessels, to accept entries of merchandise, to collect duties, and to enforce the various provisions of the customs and navigation laws. Art. 7. Regulation of naval-base harbors.-The harbors of Tortugas, Fla.; Great Harbor, Culebra; Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Guam; Subig Bay, Philippine Islands; and Kiska, Aleutian Islands, shall not be made ports of entry for foreign vessels of commerce, and said harbors shall not be visited by any commercial or privately owned vessel of foreign registry; nor by any foreign national vessel, except by special authority of the United States Navy Department in each case. Art. 8. Assignment of districts to comptrollers of customs. Comptroller of customs, Boston, Mass. No. 1. Maine and New Hamp- No. 4. Massachusetts. CHAPTER II VESSELS DOCUMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION Art. 9. General definitions. 10. Vessels entitled to documents. 11. Provisional registers. 12. Yachts entitled to documents. 13. Vessels exempt from documentation. 14. Vessels required to have identification numbers. 15. Marine documents, sea letters, and passports. 16. Form of marine documents. 17. Marine documents to be signed and sealed. 18. Marine documents to be numbered. 19. New marine documents. 20. Dimensions and tonnage of vessels to be expressed in marine documents. 21. Fractions of net tons not to be reported. 22. Registers. 23. Enrollment and license-Coasting trade and fisheries. 24. Builder's certificate. 26. Official number and signal letters. 27. Marking of official number and Art. 38. Master's oath on licensing vessel. 39. Change of master. 40. Repairs. 41. Issue and record of marine documents. 42. Permanent enrollment or license or renewal thereof to a vessel absent from home port. 43. Renewal of license. 44. Surrender of permanent documents. 45. Indorsements on surrendered documents. 46. Surrender of temporary documents. 47. Notice of the issue and surrender of documents. 48. Cancellation of marine documents. 49. Revision of tonnage. 50. Rebuilt vessels. 51. Change of build or rig. 52. Change of trade. 53. Lost vessel. 54. Report of casualty to vessel. 55. Loss of marine document. 56. Failure to obtain a new document when required. 57. Sale of vessel. 58. Sale outside of home port. 59. Sale abroad. Tariff act 1930, sec. 401. R. S. 3. U. S. C., title 1, sec. 3. U. S. C., title 49, sec. 177. Merchant marine act, 1920, sec. 30. U. S. C., title 46, sec. 911. R. S. 4141. Act Feb. 16, 1925, DOCUMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION Art. 9. General definitions.-(a) The word "vessel," within the meaning of the tariff act of 1930, includes every description of water craft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation in water, but does not include aircraft. (b) The word "vessel," within the meaning of the navigation laws, includes every description of water craft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but does not include seaplanes or other aircraft. (c) The term "marine document" includes registry and enrollment and license. (d) The term "documented" means registered or enrolled or licensed under the laws of the United States, whether permanently or temporarily. (e) The term "port of documentation" means the home sec. 4, and mer port of a vessel. It does not include a port in which a temporary document is issued. chant marine act, 1920, sec. 30. U.S. C., title 46, sec. 911. Act Mar. 2, 1929. (U.S.C., title 46, sec. 85). (f) The term "vessel of the United States" means any vessel documented under the laws of the United States. (g) The term "load line" means a line or mark to indicate the maximum depth to which a vessel may be loaded safely. U. S, C., title 46, 20 Op. A. G. 101. (h) The term "mortgagee," in the case of a mortgage sec. 911. involving a trust deed and a bond issue thereunder, Daniel Ball, 16 means the trustee designated in such deed. Wall, 557. (2) The term "marine waters of the United States" Genesee Chief v. embraces all waters navigable to or from the ocean. Fitzhugh, 12 U. S. C., title 46, T. D. 5839. Art. 10. Vessels entitled to documents.-(a) Vessels R. S. 4311, 4331. of 20 net tons and upward may be registered or secs. 251, 273. enrolled and licensed. Vessels of 5 net tons and less than 20 net tons may be licensed (except on the Great Lakes) or registered. R. S. 4318. sec. 258. (b) Any vessel of the United States navigating the U.S. C., title 46, waters of the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers, otherwise than by sea, shall be enrolled and licensed. (Commerce Form 1273.) (See art. 65.) R. S. 4132, as (c) The following classes of vessels are entitled to receive documents under existing laws: Class 1.-Those built in the United States, wholly amended. owned by citizens or by an incorporated company of sec. 11. the United States. An American-owned and American-built vessel, which by sale has become the property of a foreigner, will be entitled to a new marine document upon afterwards becoming American property. U. 8. C., title 46, Shipping act, U. S. C., title 46, Class 2.-Those purchased from the Shipping Board 1916, sec. 9. by persons who are citizens of the United States. (See sec. 808." art. 67.) R. S. 4180, 4184. secs. 54, 57. Class 3.-Those built in the United States, in whole U. S. C., title 46, or in part under foreign ownership and recorded, on becoming wholly owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States, and never before documented. (See art. 71.) R. S. 4132, as U. S. C., title 46, sec. 11. Class 4.-Those captured in a war to which the United amended. States is a party, by a citizen or citizens thereof, lawfully condemned as prizes, and wholly owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States. R. S. 4132, as Class 5.-Those which have been adjudged to be for- amended. feited for a breach of the laws of the United States, sec. 11. when wholly owned by citizens thereof. This does not include vessels, not otherwise entitled to documents, sold under a decree of admiralty for debt or seamen's wages. Class 6.-Those sold by the United States Government to citizens, if built in the United States. Foreign-built vessels bought or chartered by the Government are entitled to documents on sale to a citizen or citizens on compliance with the requirements for class 9. T. D. 19859. |