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or association for the survey or registry of shipping which the 

 Commandant of the Coast Guard may approve ; or the Commandant 

 of the Coast Guard may appoint for said purpose any officer of the 

 Government, who shall perform such services as may be directed 

 by the Commandant of the Coast Guard. The Commandant of the 

 Coast Guard may, in his discretion, revoke any appointment made 

 pursuant to this section. Such corporation, association, or officer 

 shall, upon approving the position and manner of marking of such 

 load line or lines, issue a certificiite, in a form to be prescribed by 

 the Commandant of the Coast Guard, that the same are in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of said sections and of the regulations es- 

 tablished thereunder, and shall deliver a copy thereof to the master 

 of the vessel. It shall be unlawful for any vessel subject to said 

 sections and to said regulations to depart, from any port or place 

 designated in sections 88 of this title without bearing such mark or 

 marks, approved and certified by such corporation, association, or 

 officer, and without having on board a copy of said certificate. 



Vessels so loaded as not to submerge lines or marks 



46 U.S.C. 88c 



It shall be unlawful for any vessel subject to sections 88-88i of 

 this title and to the regulations established thereunder to be so 

 loaded as to submerge the load line or lines marked pursuant to this 

 Act and to the regulations established thereunder applicable to her 

 voyage; or to be so loaded as to submerge under like conditions the 

 point where such load line or lines ought to be marked pursuant to 

 the provisions of sections 88-88i of this title and of the regulations 

 established thereunder; or to be so loaded as in any manner to violate 

 the said regulations. 



Foreign vessels; application of sections 88-881 



46 U.S.C. 88d 



Whenever the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall certify that 

 the laws and regulations in force in any forei^ countiy relating to 

 load lines are equally effective with the regulations established under 

 sections 88-88i of this title, the Commandant of the Coast Guard 

 may direct, on proof that a vessel of that country has complied with 

 such foreign laws and regulations, that such vessel and her master 

 and owner shall be exempted from compliance with the provisions 

 of such sections, except as hereinafter provided : Provided^ Tliat this 

 section shall not apply to the vessels of any foreign country which 

 does not similarly recognize the load lines established under said 

 sections and the regulations made thereunder. 



Recordation by masters of positions of load lines and actual 

 draft 



46 U.S.C. 88e 



It shall be the duty of the master of every vessel subject to sections 

 88-88i of this title and to the regulations established thereunder and 

 of every foreign vessel exempted pursuant to section 88d of this title, 



