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vehicle or its auxiliaries: Provided further, That the owner, motor 

 carrier, and operator of any such vehicle in which all fires have not 

 been extinguished or the motor or motors stopped as required by 

 this subsection or regulations established thereunder, and the owner, 

 charterer, agent, master, or person in charge of the vessel on which 

 such vehicle is transported, shall each be liable to a penalty of not 

 more than $500, for which the motor vehicle and vessel, respectively, 

 shall be liable: And provided further, That a violation of this sub- 

 section shall not subject any person to the penalty provided in 

 subsection (14) or (15) of this section. 



Use of inflammable or combustible fuel 



46 U.S.C. 170a 



(a) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use by any vessel 

 of motorboats, launches, or lifeboats equipped with engines using 

 an inflammable or combustible fuel, nor shall anything herein con- 

 tained prohibit such motorboats, lamiches, or lifeboats from carrying 

 such inflammable or combustible fuel in their tanks: Provided, That 

 no such inflammable or combustible fuel for the engines of such motor- 

 boats, launches, or lifeboats shall be carried except as may be pre- 

 scribed by regulations of the Commandant of the Coast Guard: 

 Provided further, That the use of such lifeboats shall be under such 

 regulations as shall be prescribed by the Commandant of the Coast 

 Guard. 



Seagoing barges; hulls and equipment 



46 U.S.C. 395 



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

 operating 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 and equipment of every seagoing barge of one hundred 

 gross tons or over carrying passengers; and to determine to its 

 satisfaction that such barge is of a structure suitable for the service 

 in which she is to be employed, has suitable accommodations for the 

 crew and passengers, and is in a condition to warrant the belief 

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



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

 operating also 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 and equipment of every seagoing barge of one 

 hundred gross tons or over, not carrying passengers; and to deter- 

 mine to its satisfaction that siicli barge is of a structure suit- 

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

 accommodations for the crew, if manned, and is in a condition to 

 warrant the belief that she may be used in navigation with safety 

 to life. 



(c) Upon the satisfactory completion of the inspection authorized 

 herein, a certificate of inspection shall be issued in the manner and 

 for the purposes prescribed in sections 399 and 400 of this title. 



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