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available from the copies of records kept by the Coast Guard. In 

 other cases of loss the seaman may obtain a duplicate of such con- 

 tinuous discharge book, certificate of identification, or certificates of 

 discharge, cont<aining the same entries, upon a payment of a sum 

 equivalent to the cost thereof to the Government to be determined 

 from time to time by the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 



(i) The provisions of this section shall not apply to fishing or 

 whaling vessels or yachts. 



(j) The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall enforce this sec- 

 tion as to all vessels of the United States subject to the provisions 

 hereof through collectors of customs and other Government officers 

 acting under the direction of the Coast Guard, and shall make such 

 rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the pro- 

 visions of this section. 



(k) TVliere vessels are required to sign on and discharge the crew 

 before a Coast Guard official to whom the duties of shipping com- 

 missioner have been delegated and no Coast Guard official is ap- 

 pointed or is available the functions and duties required by subsec- 

 tions (d) and (e) of this section to be performed by such Coast 

 Guard official may be performed by a collector or deputy collector 

 of customs; and where vessels are not required to sign on and dis- 

 charge the crew before such Coast Guard official the duties and func- 

 tions required by subsections (d) and (e) of this section to be 

 performed by such Coast Guard official shall be performed by the 

 master of such vessel. Any master who shall fail to perform such 

 duties or functions shall be fined in the sum of $50 for each offense. 



(1) The master of every vessel subject to the provisions of this 

 section shall submit, over his signature, reports to the Coast Guard 

 of the employment, discharge, or termination of services of every 

 seaman not shipped or discharged before a Coast Guard official to 

 whom the duties of shipping commissioner have been delegated, 

 which reports shall contain such of the following information as 

 may be required by regulation of the Commandant of the Coast 

 Guard: (1) name of vessel, official number, voyage number, port, 

 date, description of voyage, name in full of each seaman, number 

 of continuous discharge book or certificate of identification and of 

 license, certificate of registry, or service, and efficiency for rating in 

 which employed, age, citizenship, capacity in which engaged, date 

 and place of engagement, date and place of discharge or separation 

 from service of vessel, the percentage of citizens of the United States 

 in the crew, and name in full of the master and the serial number 

 of his license; (2) a statement showing (a) that the master has en- 

 tered into an agreement with each seaman on board such vessel as 

 required by law; (b) that at least 65 per centum of the deck crew 

 (exclusive of licensed officers) are of a rating not less than able sea- 

 men; (c) that at least 75 per centum of the crew in each department 

 are able to understand orders given by the officers; (d) that the 

 A^essel has in her service the number of lifeboatmen required by her 

 certificate of inspection; (e) that each member of the crew possesses 

 a license, certificate of registry, or certificate of service for the rating 

 in which he is engaged, and (/) that each lifeboatman possesses a 

 certificate of efficiency. The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall, 



