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quantity, isolation and remoteness established by local, municipal, 

 territorial, or State authorities for each port shall not be exceeded. 

 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to limit or restrict the ship- 

 ment, transportation, or handling of military explosives by or for the 

 Ai-med Forces of the United States. 



(8) Any master, owner, charterer, or agent shall refuse to trans- 

 port any explosives or other dangerous articles or substances in viola- 

 tion of any provisions of this section and the regulations established 

 thereunder, and may require that any container or package which he 

 has reason to believe contains explosives or other dangerous articles 

 or substances be opened to ascertain the facts. 



(9) Before any regulations or any additions, alterations, amend- 

 ments, or repeals thereof are made under the provisions of this section, 

 except in an emergency, such proposed regulations shall be pub- 

 lished and public hearings with respect thereto shall be held on such 

 notice as the Commandant of the Coast Guard deems advisable under 

 the circumstances Any additions, alterations, amendments, or repeals 

 of such regulations shall, unless a shorter time is authorized by the 

 Commandant of the Coast Guard, take effect ninety days after their 

 promulgation. 



(10) It shall be unlawful knowingly to deliver or cause to be de- 

 livered, or tender for shipment to any vessel subject to this section 

 any explosives or any other dangerous articles or substances defined 

 in the regulations of the Commandant of the Coast Guard estab- 

 lished hereunder under any false or deceptive descriptive name, 

 marking, invoice, shipping paper, or other declaration and without 

 informing tlie agent of such vessel in writing of the true character 

 thereof at or before the time such delivery or transportation is made. 

 It shall be unlawful for any person to tender for shipment, or ship 

 on any vessel to wliich this section applies, any explosives or other 

 dangerous articles or substances the transportation, carriage, con- 

 veyance, storage, stowage, or use of which on board vessels is 

 prohibited by this section. 



(11) The Commandant of the Coast Guard may exempt any vessel 

 or class of vessels from any of the provisions of this section or any 

 regulations or parts thereof established hereunder upon a finding by 

 him that the vessel, route, area of operations, conditions of the voy- 

 age, or other circumstances are such as to render the application of 

 this section or any of the regulations established hereunder unneces- 

 sary for the purposes of safety: Proxi'ided^ That except in an emer- 

 gency such exception shall be made for any vessel or class of vessels 

 only after a public hearing. 



(12) The provisions of this section and the regulations established 

 hereunder shall be enforced primarily by the Coast Guard of the De- 

 partment of the Treasury, which with the consent of the head of any 

 executive department, independent establishment, or other agency of 

 the Government, may avail itself of the use of information, advice, 

 services, facilities, officers, and employees thereof (including the field 

 service) in carrying out the provisions of this section : Provided^ 

 That no officer or employee of the United States shall receive any ad- 

 ditional compensation for such services, except as permitted by law. 



(13) Any collector of customs may, upon his own knowledge, or 



