ORGANIC LAWS GOVERNING U.S. COAST GUARD 21 



of the Coast Guard, and shall make sudi iniles and regulations as 

 he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of said sections. 

 (Jmie 25, 1936, c. 816, §7, 49 'Stat. 1936; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 

 §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.) 



Annual list of vessels; report of increase; report on navigation 

 laws 



46 U.S.C. 4 



The Commissioner of Customs shall annually prepare and publish 

 a list of vessels of the United States belonging to the commercial 

 marine, specifying the official number, signal lettei's, names, rig, 

 tonnage, home port, and place and date of building of every vessel, 

 distinguishing in such list sailing vessels from such as may be pro- 

 pelled by steam or other motive power. He shall also report an- 

 nually to the Secretary' of the Treasur}^ the increase of vessels of the 

 United States, by building or otherwise, specifying their number, 

 rig, and motive power. The Commandant of the Coast Guard and 

 the Commissioner of Customs shall also investigate the operations of 

 the laws relative to navigation, and annually report to the Secretary 

 of the Treasury such particulars as may, in their individual judgment, 

 admit of improvement or may require amendment. 



Records and reports of inspections and licenses 



46 U.S.C. 414 (R.S. 4457) 



Coast Guard officials shall keep a record of certificates of inspec- 

 tion of vessels, their Iwilers, engines, and machinery, and of all their 

 acts in their examination and inspection of steamers, whether of 

 approval or disapproval; and when a certificate of approval is re- 

 corded, the original shall be delivered to the collector or other chief 

 officer of the customs of the district. They shall also keep a like 

 record of all licenses granted to masters, mates, pilots, and engineers, 

 and of all refusals of the same, of all suspensions and revocations of 

 licenses, of all refusals, suspensions, or revocations of which they 

 shall receive notices from other districts. They shall also keep an 

 accurate account of every steamer boarded by them during the year, 

 and of all their official acts and doings. 



Extra pay for overtime services; payment by owner or master or 

 agent; appropriations; regulation of varying working hours 



46 U.S.C. 382b 



The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall fix a reasonable rate 

 of extra compensation for overtime services of Coast Guard officials 

 and customs officers and employees, who may be required to remain 

 on duty between the hours of 5 o'clock postmeridian and 8 o'clock 

 antemeridian or on Sundays or holidays to perform services in 

 connection with the inspection of vessels or their equipment, sup- 

 plying or signing on or discharging crews of vessels on the basis 

 of one-half day's additional pay for each two hours or fraction 

 thereof of at least one hour that the overtime extends beyond 

 5 o'clock postmeridian (but not to exceed two and one-half days' 

 pay for the full period from 5 o'clock postmeridian to 8 o'clock 



