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such ship from immediate danger to life or limb, shall be imprisoned 

 not more than one year. 



Carrying sheath knives 



46 U.S.C. 710 (R.S. 4608) 



No seaman in the merchant serv^ice shall Avear any sheath knife 

 on shipboard. It shall be the duty of the master of any vessel regis- 

 tered, enrolled, or licensed under the laws of the United States, and 

 of the person entering into contract for the employment of a seaman 

 upon any such vessel, to inform every person offering to ship him- 

 self of the provisions of this section, and to require his compliance 

 therewith, under a penalty of $50 for each omission, to be sued for 

 and recovered in the name of the United States, under the direction 

 of the Commandant of the Coast Guard; one half for the benefit 

 of the informer, and the other half for the benefit of the fund for 

 the relief of sick and disabled seamen. 



Revocation or suspension of officers' license for refusal to serve 



46 U.S.C. 240 (R.S. 4449) 



If any licensed officer shall, to the hindrance of commerce, wrong- 

 fully or unreasonably refuse to perform his official duties after 

 having signed articles or while employed on any vessel as author- 

 ized by the terms of his certificate of license, or if any pilot or engi- 

 neer shall refuse to admit into the pilot house or engine room any 

 person whom the master or owner of the vessel may desire to place 

 there for the purpose of learning the profession, his license shall be 

 revoked or suspended upon the same proceedings as are provided 

 in other cases of revocation or suspension of such license. 



Notice of time, place, and subject of investigation; record of 

 testimony and findings; suspension or revocation of license or 

 certificate 



46 U.S.C. 239(g) (R.S. 4450) 



In any investigation of acts of incompetency or misconduct or of 

 any act in violation of the provisions of title 52 of the Revised 

 Statutes or of any of the regulations issued thereunder, committed 

 by any licensed officer or any holder of a certificate of service, the 

 person whose conduct is under investigation shall be given reason- 

 able notice of the time, place, and subject of such investigation and 

 an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. The whole record 

 of the testimony received by such investigation and the findings and 

 recommendations shall be forwarded to the Commandant of the 

 Coast Guard and if that officer shall find that such licensed officer 

 or holder of certificate of service is incompetent or has been guilty 

 of misbehavior, negligence, or unskillfulness, or has endangered life, 

 or has willfully violated any of the provisions of title 52 of the 

 Revised Statutes or any of the regulations issued thereunder, he 

 shall, in a written order reciting said findings, suspend or revoke 

 the license or certificate of service of such officer or holder of such 

 certificate. The person whose license or certificate of service is 

 suspended or revoked may within thirty days appeal from the order 



