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certificate of said vessel, and by refusing to issue a new certificate until 

 the requirements have been fully complied with. In any case wliere 

 the head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating has 

 delegated to a Coast Guard official the authority to enforce the said 

 requirements by revocation of certificates of inspection, the action of 

 said Coast Guard official may be reversed, modified, or set aside by 

 the head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 

 on proper appeal by the owner or master of said vessel. Appeals 

 shall be made to the head of the department in which the Coast Guard 

 is operating within thirty days after the final action of the aforesaid 

 Coast Guard official. 



(e) Vessels subject to inspection under this title or Acts amendatory 

 or supplementary thereto while laid up and dismantled and out of 

 commission may, by regulations established by the head of the depart- 

 ment in which the Coast Guard is operating, be exempted from any 

 or all inspection under this section and sections 392, 404, and 405 of 

 this title. 



Delegation of Functions 



The following Treasury Department Order CGFR 56-28 (21 F.R. 

 5659) was issued by the Acting Secretary of the Treasury under date 

 of July 24, 1956 : 



By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan 

 No. 26 of 1950 and 14 U.S.C. 631, there are transferred to the Com- 

 mandant, U.S. Coast Guard, the functions of the Secretary of the 

 Treasury under : 



1. Public Law 548, 84th Congress, approved June 4, 1956 (46 

 U.S.C. 391,392, 395,435). 



2. Public Law 549, 84th Congress, approved June 4, 1956 (46 

 U.S.C. 390-390g, 404, 526f). The Commandant shall have final 

 action on appeals made in accordance with section 1(d) of this act. 



3. Public Law 64, 84th Congress, approved June 8, 1955 (46 

 U.S.C. 399). 



The Commandant may make provisions for the performance by 

 subordinates in the Coast Guard of all functions contained in the 

 above acts except the issuance of regulations and the action taken on 

 appeals made in accordance with section 1(d), Public Law 549, 84th 

 Congress. 



Boilers, unfired pressure vessels, and appurtenances; machinery 

 and electrical equipment 



46 U.S.C. 392 (R.S. 4418) 



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

 ating shall require the Coast Guard to inspect, before the same shall 

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

 boilers, mifired pressure vessels, and appurtenances thereof, also the 

 propelling and auxiliary machinery, electrical apparatus and 

 equipment, of all passenger vessels subject to inspection. 



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

 ating also shall require the Coast Guard to inspect, before the same 

 shall be put into service and at least once in every two years there- 



