72 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



(2) The certificate of number and the number awarded shall 

 be valid for a period not exceedin^j; three years, unless canceled or 

 surrendered, and may be renewed for additional periods. 



(3) The number awarded shall be required to be painted on, or 

 attached to, each side of the bow of the vessel for which it was issued, 

 and shall be of such size, color, and type, as may be prescribed by the 

 Secretary. No other number shall be permitted to be carried on the 

 bow of such vessel. 



(4) The certificate of number shall be pocket size and shall be 

 required to be at all times available for inspection on the vessel for 

 which issued, whenever such vessel is in use. 



(5) The owner shall be required to furnish to a designated State 

 official, notice of the transfer of all or any part of his interest in any 

 numbered vessel, and of the destruction or abandonment of such vessel, 

 within a reasonable time thereof. The owner shall be required to 

 notify a designated State official of any change in his address within 

 a reasonable time of such change. 



(6) The State shall require that reports be made to it of accidents 

 involving vessels numbered by it under its numberin^r system, and 

 shall compile and transmit to the Secretary such statistics on such 

 accidents. 



(7) The State shall recognize the validity of a number awarded 

 to any vessel by another State under a numbering system approved by 

 the Secretary under this subchapter, or awarded a number by the 

 Secretary, for a period of at least ninety days. 



(8) in the case of a State having its numbering system approved 

 after April 1, 1960, such State shall accept and recognize any valid 

 certificate of number awarded under subsection (d) of this section 

 for so long as such certificate would otherwise be valid under such 

 subsection (d), except that where such a certificate would remain 

 valid for more than one year after the date when such State's number- 

 ing system was approved, the State may accept and recognize the 

 validity of such certificate for a lesser period, but such period shall 

 not end sooner than one year from the date of approval of such system. 



(9) The State may exempt any vessel or class of vessels from 

 the numbering provisions of its system if such vessel or class of vessels 

 has been made exempt from the numbering provisions of subsection 



(d) of this section by the Secretary under section 527 (b) of this title. 



(10) The States may charge fees in connection with the award 

 of certificates of number and renewals thereof. 



(11) The States may require that the operator of a vessel required 

 to be numbered hereunder shall hold a valid safety certificate to be 

 issued under such terms and conditions as may be provided by State 

 law. 



(d) The owner of an undocumented vessel required to be numbered 

 under subsection (a) of this section who uses his vessel principally in 

 a State which does not have a numberinof system approved by the 

 Secretary under subsection (c) of this section, shall make application 

 to the Secretary, and upon payment of the fee established under section 

 527c of this title, such owner shall be granted a certificate of number 

 containing the number awarded such vessel by the Secretary. 



(e) The certificate of number initially awarded to an owner under 

 subsection (d) of this section shall be valid for three years from the 



