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The words "Third. For a port [sic] entry of such vessel, $2." have been deleted as covered by section 1201 (b) of this act. The historical note to 46 U.S.C. 330 (on which this section is based) states:

"In the original the words 'post entry' in the last paragraph of this section [as codified] read 'port entry.' It was changed to read 'post' in view of an opinion of the [former] Commissioner of Navigation."

Changes have been made in arrangement and phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 1204. SAME: CHANGE OF NAME OF VESSEL.-For the privilege of securing [such] changes of name of vessels registered, enrolled, enrolled and licensed, or licensed under the laws of the United States the following fees shall be paid by the owners of vessels to [collectors of customs] officers or employees designated by the Secretary for that purpose, to be deposited in the Treasury by such collectors as navigation fees]: For vessels ninety-nine gross tons and under, $10; for vessels one hundred gross tons and up to and including four hundred and ninety-nine gross tons, $25; for vessels five hundred gross tons and up to and including nine hundred and ninety-nine gross tons, $50; for vessels one thousand gross tons and up to and including four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine gross tons, $75; for vessels five thousand gross tons and over, $100.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 53 (Feb. 19, 1920, c. 83, §3, 41 Stat. 437; 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 30 F.R. 7035, 64 Stat. 1280; 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317).

The words "of vessels registered, enrolled, enrolled and licensed, or licensed under the laws of the United States" have been substituted for "such vessels" consistent with sections 265 and 266 of this act and for the reasons stated in the note to section 265 of this act. See also the penultimate paragraph of the note to section 401 of this act.

The words "officers or employees designated by the Secretary for that purpose" have been substituted for "collectors of customs" in accordance with 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1, which abolished the office of "collector of customs." The words ", to be deposited in the Treasury by such collectors as navigation fees" have been deleted as unnecessary, because the manner of deposit is an internal accounting arrangement to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Note paragraph V of the "Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Plan of Reorganization of the Customs Service and Detailed Estimate of Expenses of the Same" dated March 3, 1913 (historical note following sec. 1, title 19, United States Code), which states:

"All moneys collected or received by such collectors of customs in their official capacities, whether as fees, storage, commissions, or from the sale of blank forms or otherwise, shall be covered into the Treasury."

The authority of the collectors of customs became vested in the Secretary by 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 26, and the office of "collector of customs" was abolished by 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1.

SEC. 1205. SAME: RECORDING BILL OF SALE, CONVEYANCE, MORTGAGE, OR HYPOTHECATION; FURNISHING CERTIFIED COPY.-The [collector of customs] officer or employee designated by the Secretary for that purpose shall collect a fee for any bill of sale, conveyance, [or] mortgage, or hypothecation recorded, or any certificate or certified copy furnished by him, under the provisions of section 311 of this Act, in the amount of 20 cents a folio with a minimum charge of $1. CAIÍ

such fees shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.]

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 927 (June 5, 1920, c. 250, § 30, subsec. I, 41 Stat. 1002; 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280; 1965 Reorgnaization Plan No. 1, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317).

The words "officer or employee designated by the Secretary for that purpose" have been substituted for "collector of customs" in accordance with 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1, which abolished the office of "collector of customs."

The reference to "hypothecation" has been inserted consistent with section 301 of this act.

The last sentence has been deleted as unnecessary for the reasons stated in the third paragraph of the note to section 1204 of this act.

Changes have been made in phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 1206. SERVICES FOR WHICH FEES MAY NOT BE CHARGED.No fees shall be charged or collected by [collectors or other] officers of the customs[, or by Coast Guard officials,] for the following services to vessels of the United States:

(1) Measurement of tonnage and certifying the same, except that the compensation and necessary travel and subsistence expenses of the officers or employees so measuring or certifying such vessels at the request of the owners thereof at a place other than a port of entry or a customs station shall be paid by such owners;

(2) [issuing] Issuing of license or granting of certificate of registry, record, or enrollment, including all endorsements on the same and oath;

(3) [indorsement] Endorsement of change of master;

(4) [certifying] Certifying and receiving manifest, including master's oath and permit;

(5) [granting] Granting permit to vessels licensed for the fisheries to touch and trade;

(6) [granting] Granting certificate of payment of tonnage [dues] taxes;

(7) [recording] Recording [bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation or conveyance, or] the discharge of [such] a mortgage or hypothecation; and

(8) [furnishing certificate of title; furnishing] Furnishing the crew list; certificate of protection to seamen; bill of health; shipping or discharging of seamen, as provided by title 53 of the Revised Statutes and section 2 of this Act; apprenticing boys to the merchant service; inspecting, examining, and licensing steam vessels, including inspection certificate and copies thereof; and licensing of master, engineer, pilot, or mate of a vessel].

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 331 (June 19, 1886, c. 421, § 1, 24 Stat. 79; Apr. 4, 1888, c. 61, § 2, 25 Stat. 80; June 25, 1938, 5 p.m., e.s.t., c. 679, § 19(a), 52 Stat. 1087; 1946 Reorganization Plan No. 3, §§ 101–104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280; 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1, §§ 1, 2, eff May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317)

The words "collectors or other" in the introductory line have been deleted in accordance with 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1, which abolished the office of "collector [of customs]." The reference to "Coast Guard officials" has been omitted as beyond the scope of this act.

The words "bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation or conveyance, or" in paragraph (7) have been deleted because the prohibition against charging a fee of a vessel of the United States for recording such documents found in act June 19, 1886, as amended; 46 U.S.C. 331 (this section) appears to have been repealed by implication by act June 5, 1920, c. 250, § 30, subsection I, 41 Stat. 1002; 46 U.S.C. 927 (secs. 311 and 1205 of this act), which provides for the collection of a fee of 20 cents a folio with a minimum charge of $1 for any bill of sale, conveyance, mortgage, or hypothecation recorded, or for any certificate or certified copy furnished. It is the administrative practice ($4.98, Customs Regulations; 19 CFR 4.98) to collect such fees from vessels of the United States. The reference to "furnishing certificate of title" in paragraph (8) has been deleted for the same

reason.

The reference to "certificate of protection to seamen" in paragraph (8) has been deleted as obsolete. R.S. §§ 4588 and 4591 (46 U.S.C. 686, 687), relating to certificates of citizenship for seamen, were repealed by act Oct. 9, 1940, c. 784, § 1, 54 Stat. 1058. § 2 of that act provided that:

"All certificates heretofore issued to seamen under the authority of section 4588 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (section 686 of Title 46) are hereby declared void."

The reference to "bill of health" in paragraph (8) has been deleted as obsolete for the reasons stated in the last two sentences of the third paragraph of the note to section 1201 of this act.

The remainder of paragraph (8) has been deleted as beyond the scope of this act. It is recommended that the matters there referred to be included in the consolidation and revision of the laws administered by the U.S. Coast Guard now under preparation by that agency.

Changes have been made in arrangement and phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 1207. CERTAIN VESSELS EXEMPTED FROM ENTRANCE AND CLEARANCE FEES.-(a) The masters of [Vessels] vessels used exclusively as ferryboats carrying passengers, baggage, and merchandise, shall not be required to enter and clear, nor] shall [the masters of such vessels] not be required to [present manifests, or to] pay entrance or clearance fees [,] or fees for receiving or certifying manifests, but they shall, upon arrival in the United States, be required to report such baggage and merchandise to the proper officer of the customs according to law.]

(b) Enrolled [or] and licensed vessels engaged in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, departing from or arriving at [a] one port or place [in_one_district] in the United States to or from [a] another port or place [in another district] within the same, and also touching at intermediate foreign ports, shall not thereby become liable to the payment of [entry] entrance and clearance fees, [or tonnage tax, as if from or to foreign ports; but such vessels shall, notwithstanding, be required to enter and clear].

(c) Any passenger vessel engaged triweekly or oftener in trade between ports of the United States and foreign ports shall be exempt from entrance and clearance fees [and tonnage taxes] while such service triweekly or oftener is maintained.

(d) In cases of vessels making regular daily trips between any port of the United States and any port in [the Dominion of] Canada [,] wholly upon interior waters not navigable to the ocean, no [tonnage or] clearance fees shall be charged [against such vessel by the officers of the United States,] except upon the first [clearing] clearance of such vessel in each year.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., §§ 110, 111, 112, 113; title 19 U.S.C., 1964 ed., §§ 288, 289 (R.S. §§ 2792, 2793, 4221; May 28, 1908, c. 212,

§1, 35 Stat. 424; Sept. 25, 1941, c. 423, 55 Stat. 733; 1946 Reorganization Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280).

Subsection (a) of this section is based upon R.S. § 2792 (46 U.S.C. 110, 19 U.S.C. 289). The phrase "shall not be required to enter and clear," the words "present manifests," and the clause "but they shall, upon arrival in the United States, be required to report such baggage and merchandise to the proper officer of the customs according to law" have been omitted as covered by paragraph (2) of section 910 of this act.

Subsection (b) is based upon R.S. § 2793, as amended (46 U.S.C. 111, 19 U.S.C. 288). The word "and" has been substituted for "or" between "Enrolled" and "licensed" because a vessel engaged in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States is required to be "enrolled and licensed" by R.S. § 4318, as amended, 46 U.S.C. 258 (sec. 234 of this act). The phrase "one port or place in the United States to or from another port or place within the same" has been substituted for "a port in one district to or from a port in another district" for the reasons stated in the note to section 245 of this act. The word "entrance" has been substituted for "entry" consistent with section 1201 of this act. The reference to "tonnage tax" has been omitted as covered by section 1003 of this act, and the clause "but such vessels shall, notwithstanding, be required to enter and clear" is omitted as covered by section 911 of this act.

Subsection (c) is based upon R.S. § 2792, as amended (46 U.S.C. 112, 19 U.S.C. 289). The reference to "tonnage taxes" has been omitted as covered by section 1004 of this act.

Subsection (d) is based upon R.S. § 4221 (46 U.S.C. 113). The reference to "tonnage" fees has been omitted as covered by section 1005 of this act. The words "the Dominion of" and "against such vessel by the officers of the United States" have been deleted as surplusage. The word "clearance" has been substituted for "clearing" consistent with section 1201 of this act.

Changes have been made in arrangement and phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 1208. CERTAIN VESSELS EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF ALL CUSTOMS AND OTHER FEES.-[The act to which this is a supplement shall not be so construed as to extend the provisions of the said act to canal Canal boats or boats employed on the internal waters or canals of any State【; and all such boats], excepting only such as are provided with [sails or propelling machinery of their own] means of self-propulsion adapted to lake or [coastwise] coastal navigation, and excepting such as are employed in trade with [the Canadas] Canada, shall be exempt from [such provisions and from] the payment of all customs and other fees under any Act of Congress.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 336 (Apr. 18, 1874, c. 110, 18 Stat. 31).

The "act" referred to in the words "The act to which this is a supplement shall not be so construed as to extend the provisions of the said act to", here deleted, is the act of Feb. 18, 1793, 1 Stat. 304, repealed by R.S. § 5596. The provisions of the 1793 act, however, were incorporated in R.S. §§ 4311-4385. The exemption of the vessels referred to in this section from the requirements of R.S. §§ 43114385, relating generally to the documentation of vessels, is preserved in subsection (c) of section 255 of this act. The words "means of self-propulsion have been substituted for "sails or propelling machinery of their own" consistent with the revised language used in that section.

The word "coastal" has been substituted for "coastwise" because the context makes it clear that what is meant is not navigation between any ports or places embraced within the coastwise laws, but navigation along the coasts as opposed to navigation on interior waters.

Changes have been made in phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 1209. FEES TO BE PAID BEFORE CLEARANCE OF VESSELS OUTWARD BOUND.-Previous to a clearance being granted to any vessel outward bound, the legal fees which shall have accrued on such vessel shall be paid at the offices where such fees are respectively payable; and receipts for the same shall be produced to the [collector or other] officer or employee [whose duty it may be] designated by the Secretary to grant clearance, before a clearance is granted.

NOTE

This section is based on title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 100 (R.S. § 4206; 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317). The words "officer or employee designated by the Secretary" have been substituted for "collector or other officer whose duty it may be" in accordance with 1965 Reorganization Plan No. 1, which abolished the office of "collector [of customs]."

SEC. 1210. FEDERAL LAWS LEVYING ENTRANCE AND CLEARANCE FEES NOT APPLICABLE TO VIRGIN ISLANDS.-[(c)] No federal laws levying [tonnage duties, light money, or] entrance and clearance fees shall apply to the Virgin Islands of the United States.

NOTE

This section is based on title 48, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 1405c, subsection (c) (June 22, 1936, c. 699, § 4, 49 Stat. 1808; Aug. 7, 1939, c. 515, 53 Stat. 1242; Oct. 31, 1951, c. 654, § 1(127), 65 Stat. 706).

The reference to "tonnage duties, light money, or" has been omitted as covered by section 1016 of this act.

Changes have been made in phraseology as required in the context of this act.

SEC. 1211. CONSULAR OFFICERS NOT TO CHARGE OR COLLECT FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES TO AMERICAN VESSELS AND SEAMEN.-No fees named in the tariff of consular fees prescribed by order of the President in pursuance of section 1745 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1201), and referred to in subsection (b) of section 936 of this Act, shall be charged or collected by consular officers for their official services to American vessels and seamen. [Consular officers shall furnish the master of every such vessel with an itemized statement of such services performed on account of said vessel, with the fee so prescribed for each service, and make a detailed report to the Secretary of the Treasury of such services and fees, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe.]

NOTE

This section is based on title 22, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 1186 (June 26, 1884, c. 121, § 12, 23 Stat. 56).

The second sentence has been omitted as beyond the scope of this act. It is, however, believed to be obsolete, in the light of act Apr. 5, 1906, c. 1366, § 8, 34 Stat. 101: Feb. 5, 1915, c. 23, §§ 3, 6, 38 Stat. 805, 806; May 24, 1924, c. 182, § 11, 43 Stat. 142, Aug. 13, 1946, c. 957, title XI (§ 1131(26), 60 Stat. 1037 (22 U.S.C. 99)), which provides that the "sole and only compensation of such officers [any officer in the Consular Service] shall be by salaries fixed by law."

In this connection, it is proposed to omit from this act for reasons of obsolescence and desuetude, and to repeal, title 46, U.S.C., 1964 ed., § 101 (R.S. § 4213; June 26, 1884, c. 121, § 13, 23 Stat. 56), which is set out below for reference:

"It shall be the duty of all masters of vessels for whom any official services shall be performed by any consular officer, without the payment of a fee, to require

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