2 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



under the laws governing these functions and those incurred under 

 the act of December 17, 1941 (55 Stat. 808), as amended (47 U.S.C. 

 353 note) . 



(b) The functions relating to the a^vard of numbers to undocu- 

 mented vessels vej^ted by law in the Collectors of Customs are hereby 

 transferred to the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 



Section 102. Functions transferr-ed to Bureau of Cv^stoms. There 

 are hereby transferred to the Commissioner of Customs those func- 

 tions of the bureau, offices, and boards specified in the first sentence 

 of section 104 of this plan, and of the Secretary of Commerce, which 

 pertain to registry, enrollment, and licensing of vassels, including the 

 issuance of commissions to yachts, the assignment of signal letters, 

 and the preparation of all reports and publications in connection 

 therewith; measurement of vessels, administration of tonnage duties, 

 and collection of tolls; entry and clearance of vessels and aircraft, 

 regulation of vessels in the coasting and fishing trades, and limitation 

 of the use of foreign vessels in waters under the jurisdiction of the 

 United States; recording of sales, conveyances, and mortgages of 

 vessels; protection of steerage passengers; all other f mictions of such 

 bureau, offices, and boards which were performed by tlie Bureau of 

 Customs on behalf thereof immediately prior to the effective date of 

 Executive Order No. 9083 of Febniaiy 28, 1942 (7 F.R. 1609) ; and 

 the power to remit and mitigate fines, penalties and forfeitures in- 

 curred under the laws governing these functions. 



Section 103. Poitiers of the Secretary of the Treasury. The func- 

 tions transferred by sections 101 and 102 of this plan may be per- 

 formed through such officers and employees of tlie United States 

 Coast Guard and the Bureau of Customs, respectively, as may be 

 designated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Com- 

 missioner of Customs, respectively, and shall be performed subject 

 to the direction and control of the Secretary of the Treasury except 

 as otherwise required by law with respect to the United States Coast 

 Guard whenever it operates as a part of the Navy. 



Section 104. Abolition of agencies. The Bureau of Marine In- 

 spection and Navigation, the office of the director thereof, the offices 

 of supervising inspectors, princii>al traveling inspectors, local inspec- 

 tors, assistant inspectors, shipping commissioners, deputy shipping 

 commissioners, and the Board of Supervising Inspectors, the Boards 

 of Local Inspectors, the Marine Casualty Investigation Board, and 

 the Marine Boards are hereby abolished. The Secretary of the 

 Treasury shall provide for winding up those affairs of the said 

 abolished agencies which are not otherwise disposed of herein. 



