INSPECTION OF VESSELS 83 



Numbers for vessels 



46 U.S.C. 45 (R.S. 4177) 



The Commissioner of Customs shall have po^yer, imder such regu- 

 lations as he shall prescribe, to establish and provide a system of 

 numbering vessels [so] registered, enrolled, and licensed; and each 

 vessel so numbered shall have her number deeply carved or otherwise 

 permanently marked on her main beam ; and if at any time she shall 

 cease to be so marked, such vessel shall be liable to a fine of $30 on 

 every arrival in a port of the United States if she have not her proper 

 official number legally carved or permanently marked. 



