INSPECTION OF VESSELS 89 



as sheltered waters, dated December 9, 1933, shall be deemed to be 

 carrj'ing freight, for hire within the meaning of this section. (As 

 amended Aug. 23, 1958, Public Law 85-739, § 1, 72 Stat. 833.) 



Delegation of Functions 



See Treasury Department Order 167-20 with 46 U.S.C. 390-390g, 

 page 116. 



Fishing vessels; transfer and transportation of catch of other 

 vessels 



46 U.S.C. 404a 



For the purjxises of the laws of the United States relating to docu- 

 mentation and inspection of vessels of the United States, a vessel en- 

 rolled and licensed, or licensed as a vessel of the United States to 

 engage in the fishery, shall not be deemed to be used in employment for 

 which not licensed, and shall not be considered as engaged in the trans- 

 portation of freight for hire, solely because such vessel occasionally 

 takes on board on the high seas and transports without a monetary 

 consideration to a port of the United States, the catch of another fish- 

 ing vessel of the United States. (Public Law 87-177, Aug. 30, 1961, 

 75 Stat. 410.) 



Tugboats and freight boats 



46 U.S.C. 405 (R.S. 4427) 



The hull and boiler of every tugboat, towing boat, and freight boat 

 shall be inspected, under the provisions of title 52 of the Revised 

 Statutes; and the Coast Guard shall see that the boilers, machinery, 

 and appurtenances of such vessel are not dangerous in form or work- 

 manship, and that the safety valves, gauge cocks, low-water alarm 

 indicators, steam gauges, and fusible plugs are all attached in con- 

 formity to law ; and the officers navigating such vessels shall be licensed 

 in conformity with the provisions of sections 214, 224, 226, 228, 229, 

 and 230 of this title, and shall be subject to the same provisions of law 

 as officers navigating passenger steamers. 



Vessels having on board inflammable or combustible liquid cargo 

 in bulk 



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



( 1 ) All vessels, regardless of tonnage, size, or manner of propulsion, 

 and whether self-propelled or not, and whether carrying freight or 

 passengers for hire or not, that shall have on board any inflammable 

 or combustible liquid cargo in bulk, except public vessels owned by 

 the United States, other than those engaged in commercial service, 

 shall be considered ste^im vessels for the purposes of title 52 of the 

 Revised Statutes and shall be subject to the provisions thereof : Pro- 

 oided^ That this section shall not apply to vessels having on board only 

 inflammable or combustible liquid for use as fuel or stores or to vessels 

 carrying liquid cargo only in drums, barrels, or other packages. 



