88 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



Use of instruments for security of life to be approved 



46 U.S.C. 489 (R.S. 4491) 



No kind of instrument, machine, or equipment for the better security 

 of life, provided for by title 52 of the Revised Statutes, shall be used 

 on any steam vessel which shall not first be approved by the Com- 

 mandant of the Coast Guard. 



Inspection of ferryboats, canalboats, and small craft; regula- 

 tions 



46 U.S.C. 404 (R.S. 4426) 



The hulls and boilers of every ferryboat, canalboat, yacht, or other 

 small craft of like character propelled by steam, shall be inspected 

 under the provisions of this title. Such other provisions of law for the 

 better security of life as may be applicable to such vessels shall, by 

 the regulations of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 

 Guard is operating, also be required to be complied with before a cer- 

 tificate of inspection shall be granted, and no such vessel shall be navi- 

 gated without a licensed engineer and a licensed pilot : Provided^ That 

 in open steam launches of ten gross tons and under, one person, if duly 

 qualified, may serve in the double capacity of pilot and engineer. All 

 vessels of above fifteen gross tons carrying freight for hire and all 

 vessels of above fifteen gross tons and in excess of sixty-five feet in 

 length carrying passengere for hire, but not engaged in fishing as a 

 regular business, propelled by gas, fluid, naphtha, or electric motors, 

 shall be subject to all the provisions of this section relating to the 

 inspection of hulls and boilers and requiring engineers and pilots, and 

 for any violation of the provisions of title 52 of the Revised Statutes 

 applicable to such vessels, or of rules or regulations lawfully estab- 

 lished thereunder, and to the extent to which such provisions of law 

 and regulations are so applicable, the said vessels, tlieir masters, offi- 

 cers, and owners shall be subject to the provisions of sections 494-^98 

 of this title, relating to the imposition and enforcement of penalties 

 and the enforcement of law: Provided^ however. That until June 30, 

 1956, no vessel registered or licensed as a vessel of the United States of 

 fifteen gross tons or less on December 31, 1953, shall be deemed to be 

 subject to the inspection provisions of this section notwithstanding 

 the fact that such vessel may thereafter be found to have a tonnage 

 in excess of fifteen gross tons, unless such finding results from an 

 alteration in the length, breadth, or depth effected after December 31, 

 1953 : Provided further^ That no vessel under one hundred and fifty 

 gross tons, owned by or demise chaitered to any cooperative or asso- 

 ciation engaged solely in transporting cargo owned by any one or more 

 of the members of such cooperative or association on a nonprofit basis 

 (1) between places within tlie inland waters of soutlieustern Alaska, 

 as defined pursuant to section 151 of Title 33, or (2) between places 

 within said inland watei-s of southeastern Alaska and Prince Rupert, 

 British Columbia, or (3) between places within said inland waters of 

 southeastern Alaska and places within the inland waters of the Slate 

 of Washington, as also defined pui-suant to such section, via sheltered 

 waters, as defined in article I, of the Treaty between United States 

 and Canada defining certain waters of the west coast of North America 



