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Nothing in this section shall restrict or modify any of the other 

 provisions of section 672 of this title which must be complied with 

 before the certificates therein authorized can be granted. 



Definitions 



46 U.S.C. 672c 



"VVlien used in sections 643a, 660b, and 672b of this titles 



(1) The term "unrigged vessel" means any vessel that is not 

 self-propelled ; 



(2) The term "seagoing barge" means any barge which from its 

 design and construction may be reasonably expected to encounter and 

 ride out the ordinary perils of the seas and which in fact in the usual 

 course of its operations passes outside the line dividing inland waters 

 from the high seas, as definex:! in section 151 of title 33. 



Application of sections 643, 660a, 672, 672a, 673, 689, and 710a to 

 fishing or whaling vessels or yachts 



46 U.S.C. 690 



No provision of sections 660a, 672a, 689 and 710a of this title and 

 no amendment to sections 643, 672 and 673 of this title made by Act 

 June 25, 1936, ch. 816, 49 Stat. 1930, shall apply to fishing or whaling 

 vessels or yachts: Provided^ hoioever. That the provisions of sections 

 643, 672 and 673 of this title as they existed prior to June 25, 1936, 

 shall continue in effect insofar as they are applicable to said vessels or 

 yachts with like force and effect as if sections 660a, 672a, 689 and 710a 

 of this title had not been passed. (June 25, 1936, ch. 816, § 8, 49 

 Stat. 1936.) 



Separability of sections 643, 660a, 672, 672a, 673, 689, and 710a 



46 U.S.C. 691 



If any provision of sections 643, 660a, 672, 672a, 673, 689 and 710a 

 of this title, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, 

 is held invalid, the remainder of said sections, and the application of 

 the provisions thereof, shall not be affected thereby. (June 25, 1936, 

 ch. 816, §9,49 Stat. 1936.) 



Soliciting seamen as lodgers 



46 U.S.C. 709 (R.S. 4607) 



If, within twenty-four hours after the arrival of any vessel at any 

 port in the United States, any person, then being on board such vessel, 

 solicits any seaman to become a lodger at the house of any person let- 

 ting lodgings for hire, or takes out of such vessel any elfects of any 

 seaman, except under his personal direction, and with the pemiission 

 of the master, he shall, for every such offense, be punishable by a fine 

 of not more than $50, or by imprisonment for not more than three 

 months. This section shall apply to vessels of the United States 

 engaged in the foreign trade and to foreign vessels. (U.S. §4607; 

 Apr. 13, 1904, ch. 1252, § 1, 33 Stat. 174.) 



