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SUBCHAPTER 6B.— DECK OFFICERS, INCLUDING PILOTS 



Licenses of captains 



46 U.S.C. 226 (R.S. 4439) 



Wlienever any person applies to be licensed as master of any steam 

 vessel, or of a sail vessel of over seven hundred tons, the Coast Guard 

 shall make diligent inquiry as to his character, and shall carefully 

 examine the applicant, as well as the proofs which he presents in sup- 

 port of his claim, and if it is satisfied that his capacity, experience, 

 habits of life, and character are such as warrant the belief that he can 

 safely be intrusted with the duties and responsibilities of the station 

 for which he makes application, it shall grant him a license authoriz- 

 ing him to discharge such duties on any such vessel for the term of 

 five years; but such license shall be suspended or revoked upon satis- 

 factory proof of bad conduct, intemperate habits, incapacity, inatten- 

 tion to his duties, or the willful violation of any provisions of title 52 

 of the Revised Statutes applicable to him. 



Licenses of mates 



46 U.S.C. 228 (R.S. 4440) 



"Wlienever any person applies for authority to be employed as chief 

 mate of ocean or coastwise steam vessels or of sail vessels of over seven 

 hundred tons, or as second or third mate of ocean or coastwise steam 

 vessels, who shall have charge of a watch, or whenever any person 

 applies for authority to be employed as mate of river steamers, the 

 Coast Guard shall require satisfactory evidence of the knowledge, 

 experience, and skill of the applicant in lading cargo and in handling 

 and stowage of freight, and if for license as chief mate on ocean or 

 coastwise steamers, or of sail vessels of over seven hundred tons, or as 

 second or third mate of ocean or coastwise steamers, who shall have 

 charge of a watch, shall also examine him as to his knowledge and 

 ability in navigation and managing such vessels and all other duties 

 pertaining to his station, and if satisfied of his qualifications and good 

 character it shall grant him a license authorizing him to perform such 

 duties for the term of five years upon the waters upon which he is 

 found qualified to act ; but such license sliall be suspended or revoked 

 upon satisfactory proof of bad conduct, intemperate habits, unskillful- 

 ness, or want of knowledge of the duties of liis station or the willful 

 violation of any provision of title 52 of the Revised Statutes. 



Licenses of pilots of steam vessels 



46 U.S.C. 214 (R.S. 4442) 



Whenever any person claiming to be a skillful pilot of steam vessels 

 offers himself for a license, the Coast Guard shall make diligent in- 

 quiry as to his character and merits, and if satisfied from personal 

 examination of the applicant, with the proof that he offers that he 

 possesses the requisite knowledge and skill, and is trustworthy and 

 faithful, it shall grant him a license for the term of five years to pilot 

 any such vessel within the limits prescribed in the license; but such 

 license shall be suspended or revoked upon satisfactory evidence of 



