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ming, crabbing, or any other branch of the fishery or kelp or sponge 

 industry: Provided further^ That as to licenses required for masters 

 and engineers operating vessels propelled by internal-combustion en- 

 gines operating exclusively in the district covering the Hawaiian Is- 

 lands, said masters and engineers shall be under the jurisdiction of 

 the Coast Guard officials having jurisdiction over said waters, who 

 shall make diligent inquiry as to the character, merits, and qualifica- 

 tions, and knowledge and skill of any master or engineer applying 

 for a license. If the said Coast Guard officials shall be satisfied 

 from personal examination of the applicant and from other proof 

 submitted that the applicant possesses the requisite character, merits, 

 qualifications, knowledge, and skill, and is trustworthy and faithful, 

 they shall grant him a license for the term of five years to operate 

 such vessel under the limits prescribed in the license. The term 

 "seagoing vessels" as used in this section shall be construed to mean 

 vessels which in the usual course of their employment proceed out- 

 side the line dividing the inland waters from the hi^h seas as 

 designated and determined under the provisions of section 151 of 

 title 33. 



Foreign vessels admitted to registry 



46 U.S.C. 366 



The Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to direct the 

 inspection of any foreign vessel, admitted to American registry, its 

 steam boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances, and to direct the issue 

 of the usual certificate of inspection, whether said boilers, steam 

 pipes, and a])purtenances are or are not constructed pursuant to the 

 laws of the Ignited States, or whether they are or are not constructed 

 of iron stamped pursuant to said laws. The tests in the inspection 

 of such boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall be the same 

 in all respects as to strength and safety as are required in the in- 

 spection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine 

 purposes. 



Penalty for failure to comply with provisions 



46 U.S.C. 497 (R.S. 4499) 



If any vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam be navigated 

 without complying with the terms of title 52 of the Revised Statutes, 

 the owner shall be liable to the Ignited States in a penalty of $500 

 for each oifense, one-half for the use of the informer, for which sum 

 the vessel so navigated shall be liable, and may be seized and pro- 

 ceeded against by way of libel in any district court of the United 

 States having jurisdiction of the offense. Persons or corporations 

 chartering or engaging or contracting for the use of vessels subject 

 to title 52 of the Revised Statutes under such terms and conditions 

 that they have full and exclusive control of the management and 

 operation of such vessels, shall l>e subject to the same penalties for 

 violations of the provisions of title 52 of the Revised Statutes as 

 are now imposed upon owners of vessels thereunder, and in such 

 cases the owners shall not be liable to such penalties for such violations 

 by such charterers or contractors. 



