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instead of typewritten. Inspectors are directed, when licenses 

 are completed, to draw a broad pen and black ink mark 

 through all unused spaces in the body thereof, so as to prevent 

 as far as possible, illegal interpolation after issue. 



"3. Licensed officers serving under 5 yr. license, entitled by 

 license and service to raise of grade, shall have issued to them 

 new licenses for the grade for which they are qualified, the 

 local inspectors to forward to the Supervising Inspector-General 

 the old license when surrendered, with the report of the cir- 

 cumstances of the case. 



"But the grade of no license shall be raised, except as herein- 

 after provided, unless the applicant can show 1 yr. actual 

 experience in the capacity for which he has been licensed. 



"4. In case of loss of license, of any class, from any cause, 

 the inspectors, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of such loss, 

 shall issue a certificate to the owner thereof, which shall have 

 the authority of the lost license for the unexpired term, unless 

 in the meantime the holder thereof shall have the grade of his 

 license raised after due examination; in which case a license 

 in due form for such grade may be issued. 



"5. Inspectors shall, before granting an original license to 

 any person to act as an officer of a vessel, require the applicant 

 to make his written application upon the blank form author- 

 ized by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, which application 

 shall be filed in the records of the Inspectors' office. Inspectors 

 shall also, when practicable, require applicants for pilot's 

 license to have the written indorsement of the master and engi- 

 neer of a vessel upon which he has served, and of one licensed 

 pilot, as to his qualifications. In case of applicants for original 

 engineer's license, they shall also, when practicable, have the 

 indorsement of the master and engineer of a vessel on which 

 they have served, together with one other licensed engineer. 



''6. No original master's, mate's, pilot's, or engineer's 

 license shall be issued hereafter or grade increased except upon 

 written examination, which written examination shall be 

 placed on file as records of the office of the inspectors issuing 

 said license; and, before granting or renewing a license, inspec- 

 tors shall satisfy themselves that the applicants can properly 

 hear the bell and whistle signals. 



