1128 MISCELLANEOUS. 



States. [As amended ~by Sec. 10, Chap. 389, Act of Congress of 

 March 3, 1897}. 



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SEC. 4171. When the master or person having the charge or com- 

 mand of a registered vessel is changed, the owner, or one of the 

 owners, or the new ma c ter of such vessel, shall report such change 

 to the collector of the district where the same has happened, or where 

 the vessel shall first be after the same has happened, and shall pro- 

 duce to him the certificate of registry of such vessel, and shall make 

 oath, showing that such new master is a citizen of the United States, 

 and the manner in which or means whereby he is so a citizen. There- 

 upon the collector shall indorse upon the certificate of registry a mem- 

 orandum of such change, specifying the name of such new master, 

 and shall subscribe the memorandum with his name; and if other 

 than the collector of the district by whom the certificate of registry 

 was granted, shall transmit a copy of the memorandum to him, with 

 notice of the particular vessel to which it relates; and the collector 

 of the district, by whom the certificate shall have been granted, shall 

 make a like memorandum of such change in his book of registers, 

 and shall transmit a copy thereof to the Register of the Treasury. 

 If the change is not reported, or if the oath is not taken, as above 

 directed, the registry of such vessel shall be void, and the master or 

 person having the charge or command of her shall be liable to a 

 penalty of one hundred dollars. 



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SEC. 4189. Whenever any certificate of registry, enrollment, or 

 license, or other record or document granted in lieu thereof, to any 

 vessel, is knowingly and fraudulently obtained or used for any vessel 

 not entitled to the benefit thereof, such vessel, with her tackle, ap- 

 parel, and furniture, shall be liable to forfeiture. 



SEC. 4190. No sea-letter or other document certifying or proving 

 any vessel to be the property of a citizen of the United States shall 

 be issued, except to vessels duly registered, or enrolled and licensed 

 as vessels of the United States, or to vessels which shall be wholly 

 ovrned by citizens of the United States, and furni c hed with or en- 

 titled to sea-letters or other custom-house documents. 



TITLE L. 



REGULATION OF VESSELS IN DOMESTIC COMMERCE. 



SEC. 4311. Vessels of twenty tons and upward, enrolled in pur- 

 suance of this Title, 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. 



SEC. 4312. In order for the enrollment of any vessel, she shall 

 possess the same qualifications, and the same requirements in all 

 respects shall be complied with, as are required before registering a 

 vessel; and the same powers and duties are conferred and imposed 

 upon all officers, respectively, and the same proceedings shall be had, 



