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engineer holding a license shall have the grade of the same 

 raised without possessing the above qualifications. No original 

 license shall be granted any engineer or assistant engineer who 

 cannot read and write and does not understand the plain rules 

 of arithmetic. 



"25. Any person may be licensed as engineer (on Form 

 2130J) (New Form 880) on vessels propelled by gas, fluid, 

 naphtha, or electric motors, of 15 gr. T. or over, engaged in 

 commerce, if in the judgment of the inspectors, after due 

 examination in writing, he be found duly qualified to take charge 

 of the machinery of vessels so propelled. 



"Any person holding a license as engineer of steam vessels, 

 desiring to act as engineer of motor vessels, must appear before 

 a board of local inspectors for examination as to his knowledge 

 of the machinery of such motor vessels, and if found qualified 

 shall be licensed as engineer of motor vessels. Form 878, 

 special license to engineers, shall be issued only to engineers in 

 charge of vessels of 10 T. and under. All other licenses to 

 engineers shall be issued on Forms 876 and 877, according to 

 grades specified in this section." 



