INSPECTION OF VESSELS 101 



and held without privilege of release by bail or bond until a proper 

 certificate of inspection shall have been issued to said vessel : Provided^ 

 That the owner, master, or person in charge of any vessel whose certif- 

 icate shall have been so revoked may within thirty days after receiving 

 notice of such revocation appeal to the head of the department in 

 which the Coast Guard is operating for a reexamination of the case, 

 and upon such appeal the said head of the department shall have 

 power to revise, modify, or set aside such action of revocation, and 

 direct the issuance to such vessel of her original certificate or of a 

 new certificate of inspection; and in case the said head of the depart- 

 ment shall so direct the issuance of a certificate, all judicial process 

 against said vessel based on this section shall thereupon be of no 

 further force or effect, and the vessel shall thereupon be released. 



Delegation of Functions 



See Treasury Department Order CGFR 56-28 with 46 U.S.C. 391, 

 page 85. 



Penalty for failure to make repairs on notice 



46 U.S.C. 436 (R.S. 4454) 



If any master or owner of any inspected vessel shall refuse or 

 neglect to comply with the requirements of the examining official, 

 made in pursuance of section 435 of this title, and shall, contrary 

 thereto and while the same remains unreversed, employ the vessel 

 by navigating her, the master and owner shall be liable to a penalty 

 of $500 for each offense, one-half for the use of the informer; for 

 which sum the vessel itself shall be liable, and may be seized and 

 proceeded against by libel in any district court having jurisdiction; 

 and the master and owner, and the vessel itself, shall, iin addition 

 tliereto, be liable for any damage to passengers and theJr baggage, 

 which shall occur from any defects as stated in the notice prescribed 

 by section 435 of this title. 



Special permit for excursions 



46 U.S.C. 453 (R.S. 4466) 



If any passenger veSvSel engages in excursions, the Coast Guard 

 officials shall issue to such vessel a special permit, in writing, for 

 the occasion, in which shall be stated the additional number of pas- 

 sengers that may be carried and the number and kind of lifesaving 

 appliances that shall be provided for the safety of such additional 

 passengers; and they shall also, in their discretion, limit the route 

 and distance for such excursions: Provided^ however^ That the issu- 

 ance of such special permit shall be reported by the Coast Guard 

 officials to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and such special 

 permit sliall not be effective until approved by the said Commandant 

 of the Coast Guard. 



Vessels on Great Lakes carrying persons not passengers 



46 U.S.C. 458 



Any steam vessel engaged in the business of towing vessels, rafts, 

 or water craft of any kind, also steam vessels engaged in oyster 



