168 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



Licenses of radiotelegraph operators as officers; oath; affirma- 

 tion of application; perjury; penalty 



46 U.S.C. 229e 



Every radiotelegraph operator who receives a license shall, before 

 entering upon his duties, make oath before one of the inspectors 

 herein provided for, to be recorded with the certificate, that he will 

 faithfully and honestly, according to his best skill and judgment, 

 without concealment or reserv-ation, perform all the duties requii^ed 

 of him by law. 



Every applicant for license as radiotelegraph operator under the 

 provisions of sections 229a-229h and 673 of this title shall make and 

 subscribe to an oath or affirmation, before one of the inspectors re- 

 ferred to in this act, to the truth of all the statements set forth in 

 his application for such license. 



Any person who shall make or subscribe to any oath or affirma- 

 tion authorized in this act and knowing the same to be false shall 

 be deemed guilty of perjury. 



Every radiotelegraph operator, who shall change, by addition, 

 interpolation, or erasure of any kind, any certificate or license issued 

 by an inspector or inspectors referred to in this act shall, for every 

 such offense, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more 

 than $500 or by imprisonment at hard labor for a term not exceeding 

 three years. 



Licenses of radiotelegraph operators as officers; exhibition of 

 license 



46 U.S.C. 229f 



Every radiotelegraph operator who shall receive a license shall, 

 when employed upon any vessel, within forty-eight hours after 

 going on duty, place his certificate of license, which shall be framed 

 under glass, in some conspicuous place in such vessel, where it can 

 been seen by passengers and others at all times: Provided^ That in 

 case of emergency such radiotelegraph operator may be transferred 

 to another vessel of the same owners for a period not exceeding 

 forty-eight hours without the transfer of his license; and for every 

 neglect to comply with this provision by any such radiotelegraph 

 operator, he shall be subject to a fine of $100 or to the revocation 

 of his license. 



Licenses of radiotelegraph operators as officers; Great Lakes 

 operators unaffected 



46 U.S.C. 229g 



Nothing in sections 229a-229h of this title shall affect the status 

 of radiotelegraph operators while serving aboard vessels operating 

 solely on the Great Lakes. 



