ORGANIC LAWS GOVERNING U.S. COAST GUARD 55 



No individual, association, partnership, or corporation shall falsely 

 advertise, or otherwise represent falsely by any device whatsoever, 

 that any project or business in which he or it is engaged, or product 

 Avhich he or it manufactures, deals in, or sells, has been in any w^ay en- 

 dorsed, authorized, or approved by the Coast Guard. Every person 

 violating this section shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned 

 not more than one year, or both. (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 546 ; 

 Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 30, 64 Stat. 408.) 



