CONTENTS Vn 



Page 



Boarding vessels 52 



Penalties under laws relating to vessels; informers' rights; manner of as- 

 certaining facts 53 



Refunding of penalties under laws relating to vessels or seamen 53 



Stopping vessels ; immunity of Coast Guard officer 54 



Coast Guard ensigns and pennants 54 



Penalty for unauthorized use of words "Coast Guard" 54 



Subchapter IF. — Artificial Islands and Fixed Structures 



Definitions (Interior Department) 56 



Laws and regulations governing lands 56 



Delegation of functions 57 



Subchapter IG. — Waivers or Suspension of Laws, Rules, and 

 Regulations 



Waiver of compliance with vessel inspection laws 58 



Delegation of functions 58 



Suspension of provisions as to survey; inspection; and measurement 58 



Suspension of provisions as to watch officers 58 



Suspension of section (manning of subsidized vessels) during emergency. _ 59 



Subchapter IH. — Excerpts of Certain Criminal Laws 



Misuse of Federal certificate, license, or document 60 



Stowaways on vessels or aircraft 60 



Cruelty to seamen 61 



Surrendering officer inflicting corporal punishment; liability of master — 61 



Explosives or dangerous weapons aboard vessels 61 



Subchapter IJ. — Longshoremen's and Harborworkers' 

 Compensation Act 



Definitions (Labor Department) 62 



Safety rules and regulations — Safe place of employment; installation of 



safety devices and safeguards 62 



Chapter 2. — Regulation of Motorboats and Certain Other Vessels 



Subchapter 2A.— Motorboat Act of 1940 



Page 



"Motorboat" defined; inspection 65 



Classification of motorboats 65 



Lights 65 



Whistles or other sound-producing appliances 66 



Bells 66 



Life preservers, etc 66 



Motorboats and small craft carrying passengers for hire; operators' licenses. 67 



Fire extinguishers 67 



Exemption of racing outboard motorboats 68 



Carburetor flame arresters and backfire traps 68 



Ventilation of engine and fuel compartment bilges on open vessels using 



volatile liquids as fuel 68 



Carrying copies of pilot rules 68 



Reckless or negligent operation of vessels; prohibition; accident assistance, 



information and report 68 



Reckless or negligent operation of vessels; prohibition; accident assistance, 



information and report ; penalty 69 



Reckless or negligent operation of vessels; prohibition; accident assistance, 



information and report; arrest; procedure after arrest 69 



Violations generally ; penalties 69 



Regulations ; remission or mitigation of fines 70 



Application of other laws 70 



Laws unaffected 70 



AppHcation of subchapter; "State" defined 70 



