84 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



SUBCHAPTER 3B.— MODE, MANNER, AND EXTENT OF INSPECTIONS; 

 CERTIFICATES; AND RECORDS 



Hulls and equipment 



46 U.S.C. 391 (R.S. 4417) 



(a) The head of the department in which the Coast Guard is opera- 

 ting shall require the Coast Guard to inspect before the same shall be 

 put into service, and at least once in every year thereafter, the hull of 

 every steam vessel carrying passengers ; to determine to its satisfaction 

 that every such vessel so submitted to inspection is of a structure suit- 

 able for the service in which she is to be employed, has suitable accom- 

 modations for passengers and the crew, and is in a condition to warrant 

 the belief that she may be used in navigation, with safety to life, and 

 that the vessel is in full compliance with the applicable requirements of 

 this title or Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto and regula- 

 tions thereunder; and if deemed expedient, to direct the vessel to be 

 put in motion or to adopt any other suitable means to test her sufficiency 

 and that of her equipment. 



(b) The head of the department in which the Coast Guard is opera- 

 ting shall require the Coast Guard to inspect before the same shall 

 be put into service, and at least once in every two years thereafter, the 

 hull of each steam vessel, not carrying passengers; to determine to 

 its satisfaction that every such vessel so submitted to inspection is of 

 a structure suitable for the service in which she is to be employed, 

 has suitable accommodations for the crew, and is in a condition to war- 

 rant the belief that she may be used in navigation, with safety to life, 

 and that the vessel is in full compliance with the applicable require- 

 ments of this title or Acts amendatory or supplementary thereto and 

 regulations thereunder; and if deemed expedient, to direct the vessel 

 to be put in motion or to adopt any other suitable means to test her 

 sufficiency and that of her equipment. 



(c) The head of the department in which the Coast Guard is opera- 

 ting shall require the Coast Guard to inspect before the same shall be 

 put into service, and at least once in every year thereafter, the hull of 

 each sail vessel of over seven hundred gross tons carrying passengers 

 for hire and all other vessels and barges of over one hundred gross tons 

 carrying passengers for hire; and to determine to its satisfaction that 

 every such vessel so submitted to inspection is of a structure suitable 

 for the service in which she is to be employed, has suitable accommoda- 

 tions for the passengers and crew, and is in condition to warrant the 

 belief that she may be used in navigation with safety to life. 



(d) Whenever it is found on board any vessel subject to the pro- 

 visions of this title, or any Acts amendatory or supplementary there- 

 to, that any equipment, machinery, apparatus, or appliances do not 

 conform to the requirements of law or regulations promulgated there- 

 under, the owner or master of said vessel shall be required to place the 

 same in proper condition; and if there sliall be found on board any 

 such vessel any life preserver or fire hose so defective as to be incapa- 

 ble of repair, the owner or master shall be required to destroy the 

 same in the presence of an official designated by the head of the de- 

 partment in which the Coast Guard is operating. In any of the fore- 

 going cases the requirements may be enforced by revoking the 



