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United States that any foreign nation shall charge the merchant ves- 

 sels of the United States trading to the ports of such nationality; it 

 being further provided that the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 

 have the power to waive at any time the collection of such fees upon 

 due notice of the proper authorities of any country concerned that the 

 collection of fees for the inspection of American steam merchant ves- 

 sels has been discontinued. 



It is further provided that the Commandant of the Coast Guard 

 may, in his discretion, permit any foreign passenger steamer coming 

 within the provisions of this Chapter whose foreign certificate of in- 

 spection shall have expired at sea since last leaving the country to 

 which said vessel belongs, or while said vessel shall have been in a 

 port of the United States, to sail upon her regular route without 

 undergoing any further inspection than would have been required 

 had said foreign certificate of inspection been in force : Provided^ 

 however^ That such discretion shall be exercised only with respect 

 of vessels operated upon regularly established lines, and in cases 

 where such foreign passenger steamers will be regularly inspected 

 by the authorities of her home government before her next return 

 to a port of the United States. 



Vessels navigating coastwise and on Great Lakes 



46 U.S.C. 364 (R.S. 4401) 



All coastwise seagoing vessels, and vessels navigating the Great 

 Lakes, shall be subject to the navigation laws of the United States, 

 when navigating within the jurisdiction thereof; and all vessels, 

 propelled in whole or in part by steam, and navigating as afore- 

 said, shall be subject to all the rules and regulations established in 

 pursuance of law for the government of steam vessels in passing, 

 as provided by title 52 of the Revised Statutes, and every coastwise 

 seagoing steam vessel subject to the navigation laws of the United 

 States, and to the rules and regulations aforesaid, not sailing under 

 register, shall, when under way, except on the high seas, be under 

 the control and direction of pilots licensed by the Coast Guard. 



Department of Commerce vessels 



46 U.S.C. 363 



All steam vessels owned or operated by the Department of Com- 

 merce, or any corporation organized or controlled by it, shall be 

 subject to all the provisions of title 52 of the Revised Statutes for 

 the regulation of steam vessels and Acts amendatory thereof or 

 supplemental thereto. 



Seagoing vessels propelled by internal-combustion engines 



46 U.S.C. 367 



Existing laws covering the inspections of steam vessels are made 

 applicable to seagoing vessels of three hundred gross tons and over, 

 propelled in whole or in part by internal-combustion engines to such 

 extent and upon such conditions as may be required by the regula- 

 tions of the Commandant of the Coast Guard: Provided, That this 

 shall not apply to any vessel engaged in fishing, oystering, clam- 



