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Coast Guard by the Coast Guard official to whom the duties of ship- 

 ping commissioner have been delegated or other person making such 

 entries in accordance with the provisions of this section. Kecords so 

 maintained shall not be open for general or public use or inspection. 



Application to fishing or whaling vessels or yachts 



46 U.S.C. 643(i) (R.S. 4551) 



The provisions of this section shall not apply to fishing or whaling 

 \essels or yachts. 



Performance of duties by collector, deputies, or masters 



46 U.S.C. 643(k) (R.S. 4551) 



Where vessels are required to sign on and discharge the crew before 

 a Coast Guard official to whom the duties of shipping commissioner 

 have been delegated and no such Coast Guard official is appointed 

 or is available the functions and duties required by subsections (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 discharge the crew before 

 a Coast Guard official the duties and functions required by subsections 

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

 shall be perfonned by the master of such vessel. Any master who 

 sliall fail to perform such duties or functions shall be fined in the 

 sum of $50 for each oifense. 



Report by master of employment or discharge of seaman not 

 shipped or discharged before Coast Guard official 



46 U.S.C. 643(1) (R.S. 4551) 



The master of every \'essel subject to the provisions of this section 

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

 piiiployment, discharge, or termination of services of every seaman 

 not shipped or discharged before a Coast Guard official to whom the 

 (hities of shipping commissioner have been delegated, which reports 

 shall contain such of the following information as may be required 

 hy regulation of the Commandant of the Coast Guard: (1) name of 

 \ tssel, official number, voyage number, port, date, description of voy- 

 aire, name in full of each seaman, number of continuous discharge 

 hook or certificate of identification and of license, certificate of regis- 

 try, or service, and efficiency for rating in which employed, age, citi- 

 zenship, capacity in which engaged, date and place of engagement, 

 d;ite 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 state- 

 ment showing (a) that the master has entered into an agreement 

 with each seaman on board such vessel as required by law; (b) that 

 at least 65 i)er centum of the deck crew (exclusive of licensed officers) 

 a IB of a rating not less than able seamen; (c) that at least 75 per 

 centum of the crew in each department are able to understand orders 

 ^iven by the officers; (d) that the vessel has in her service the number 

 of lifeboat men required by her certificate of inspection; (e) that 

 each member of the crew possesses a license, certificate of registry, 



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