(c) Marine documents issued under authority of the Act of June 6, 1941, are valid only for such period as shall be stated thereon, unless sooner terminated as provided in any of the provisions of §§ 1.70 to 1.85, inclusive.

(d) No document issued under authority of the Act of June 6, 1941, shall be considered in force longer than the vessel to which it is granted is owned and of the description stated therein.

(e) Any enrollment and license issued under the Act of June 6, 1941, shall be valid only so long as the permit issued to the vessel by the U. S. Maritime Commission remains in force.

(f) Any document issued under authority of the Act of June 6, 1941, shall be surrendered at any time that such surrender may be ordered by the Secretary of Commerce. No vessel, the surrender of the documents of which has been so ordered, shall, after the effective date specified in such order, have the status of a vessel of the United States unless documented anew.

§ 1.74 Marine documents under the Act of June 6, 1941, execution of. All marine documents issued under authority of the Act of June 6, 1941, shall be executed as provided in § 1.9.

§1.75 Marine documents issued under the Act of June 6, 1941, to include dimensions and tonnage. Every marine document issued to a vessel under the Act of June 6, 1941, shall, whenever possible, express her length, breadth and depth and the height under the third or spar deck; the number of decks; the tonnage under the tonnage deck; that on the between decks above the tonnage deck; that of the poop or other enclosed spaces above the deck each separately; it shall state the gross tonnage; it shall, whenever possible, state separately the deductions made from the gross tonnage and it shall also state the net or register tonnage.

§ 1.76 Application for register under the Act of June 6, 1941. (a) Application for the registry of a vessel under the Act of June 6, 1941, shall be made in duplicate by the U. S. Maritime Commission to the collector of customs at any port of documentation at which the Commission desires to have the document executed. The application shall contain a request

that an official number be assigned to the vessel, and that signal letters be awarded if they are desired, and shall state:

(1) That the United States represented by the U. S. Maritime Commission is the owner of the vessel.

(2) That the vessel is not documented under the laws of the United States.

(3) That it has been acquired by or made available to the Commission under the Act of June 6, 1941, or otherwise.

(4) That it has not been constructed under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

(5) Material of which the hull is constructed.

(b) The application shall also state as far as can be ascertained

(1) The date and place of build of the vessel.

(2) The matters required by § 1.75 to be shown on the document.

(c) Prior to documentation, the approval of the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation shall be obtained by the U. S. Maritime Commission for a home port for the vessel, which shall be designated by the Commission. The designation shall be made by the Commission in triplicate on Form 1319 and delivered by the Commission either to the collector of customs at the home port so designated, or to the collector of customs at the port at which the Commission intends to document the vessel, or to the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation.

§ 1.77 Application for enrollment and license of vessel under the Act of June 6, 1941. (a) Application for the enrollment and license of a vessel under the Act of June 6, 1941, and for the approval of a designated home port shall be made in the manner prescribed in § 1.76.

(b) In addition to the application required by paragraph (a) of this section, there shall also be filed with the collector at the port at which the document is to issue, a valid unexpired permit, in duplicate, issued by the U. S. Maritime Commission under authority of section 5 (c) of the Act of June 6, 1941, authorizing the vessel to engage in the coastwise trade.

§1.78 Official number and signal letters of vessels documented under the Act of June 6, 1941. Upon application by the U. S. Maritime Commission in the manner provided by §§ 1.76 or 1.77, official numbers and signal letters will be issued by the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation to vessels entitled to be documented under the Act of June 6, 1941. Official numbers issued to such vessels will be prefaced by the letters MC.

§1.79 Marking of official numbers and net tonnage on vessels documented under the Act of June 6, 1941. The official number and the net tonnage of every vessel documented under authority of the Act of June 6, 1941, shall be marked upon the main beam. Such marking shall not, however, be required prior to the issue of a document to the vessel.

§1.80 Home port: change of. If the U. S. Maritime Commission desires to change the home port of a vessel documented under the Act of June 6, 1941, after its designation by the Commission has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, application should be made for the approval of the new home port designated by the Commission in the manner prescribed in § 1.76 (c).

§ 1.81 Master's oath on enrolling and licensing vessel under Act of June 6, 1941. (a) Previous to the granting or renewing of the enrollment and license of any vessel under the Act of June 6, 1941, the master shall swear that such license shall not be used for any other vessel or for any other employment than the coasting trade, or in any trade or business whereby the revenue of the United States may be defrauded.

(b) This oath may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths and may be mailed to the collector together with the enrollment and license whereupon action may be taken as if the oath had been administered by the collector.

§1.82 Change of masters. When the master of any vessel documented under the Act of June 6, 1941, is changed, the new master must report the change to the collector at the port where the same shall take place or where the vessel shall first arrive thereafter, and produce to him the documents and make oath that he is the new master of the vessel. The

collector will then endorse upon the document the name of the new master.

§ 1.83 Issue and record of documents under the Act of June 6, 1941. (a) After application for the documentation of a vessel under the Act of June 6, 1941, has been made in the manner prescribed in §§ 1.76 or 1.77, and upon the award of an official number and the approval of the designated home port by the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, the collector shall issue a register, or an enrollment and license for the coasting trade.

(b) No enrollment and license shall be issued for a longer period than is authorized by the permit referred to in paragraph (b) of § 1.77.

(c) An exact copy of each document issued shall be placed in a permanent record kept for that purpose and a proper index made thereof. The record shall be open to public inspection.

(d) Copies of all marine documents issued under the Act of June 6, 1941, shall be transmitted to the Director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 1.29. When such a document is issued at a port other than the home port of the vessel, a copy shall also be transmitted the same day to the collector or deputy collector of customs at the home port of the vessel.

(e) The provisions of paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of § 1.29 shall be applicable to the documents issued under the Act of June 6, 1941.

§ 1.84 Duration of documents. No document shall be issued to any vessel under authority of the Act of June 6, 1941, for any period beyond June 30, 1942.

§1.85 Renewal of document under the Act of June 6, 1941. A document granted to any vessel under the Act of June 6, 1941, must be presented to the collector of the district in which the vessel may then be, within three days after its expiration, or, if the vessel be at sea at that time, within three days from her first arrival within a district. Such a document may be renewed by the collector of customs upon request of the master or of the U. S. Maritime Commission if at the time of such request the documentation of the vessel is not prohibited by the Act of June 6, 1941, by any order of the Secretary of Commerce issued under authority of that act requiring the surrender of the vessel's document, or by any provision of the regulations in this part.

§1.86 Exchange of documents under the Act of June 6, 1941. (a) Any vessel enrolled and licensed under the Act of June 6, 1941, may be registered.

(b) Any vessel registered under the Act of June 6, 1941, may be enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade, if a permit in duplicate issued by the U. S. Maritime Commission under section 5 (c) of the Act of June 6, 1941, authorizing the vessel to engage in the coasting trade is filed with the collector of customs.

(c) The coliector at any port of documentation shall make the exchange upon the application of the master.

PART 2-ENTRY OF VESSELS

$2.2 Vessels not required to enter. In addition to the vessels specifically exempted by statute from entry, any vessel of 1,000 gross tons or over, under frontier enrollment and license, or any tug of 50 gross tons or over, under frontier enrollment and license, which, during a voyage on the Great Lakes, touches at a foreign port for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, shall not be required to enter upon arrival in the United States from such foreign port: Provided, That this exemption shall not apply if, while at such foreign port, such vessel lands or takes on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receives orders, discharges any seaman by mutual consent, or engages any seaman to replace one discharged by mutual consent, or transacts any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel. (R.S. 161, sec. 2, 23 Stat. 118, 55 Stat. 733; 5 U.S.C. 121, 46 U.S.C. 2, 46 U.S.C., Sup., 111) [As amended by Order 155, Oct. 2, 1941; 6 F.R. 5075]

[Preceding section, in small type, superseded by following section, also in small type, during period covered by this Supplement]

$2.2 Vessels not required to enter. Entry shall not be required of vessels coming in in distress or for bunkers (fuel or water for the vessel), sea stores, or ship's stores, transacting no other business in the port, and departing within twenty-four hours after arrival. If any such vessel remains more than twenty-four hours after arrival (whether any other business is transacted in the port or not), it is required to make entry unless while in possession of a valid departure permit it is detained in the port by order of the Naval Authorities of the United States. (RS. 161; 5 U.S.C. 22) (As amended by Order 185, Dec. 22, 1941; 6 F.R. 6653]

[Preceding section, in small type, superseded by following section during period covered by this Supplement]

§ 2.2 Vessels not required to enter. In addition to the vessels specifically exempted by statute from entry, any vessel of the United States, under frontier enrollment and license, which, during a voyage on the Great Lakes, touches at a foreign port for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, shall not be required to enter upon arrival in the United States from such foreign port: Provided, That this exemption shall not apply if, while at such foreign port, such vessel lands or takes on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receives orders, discharges any seaman by mutual consent, or engages any seaman to replace one discharged by mutual consent, or transacts any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel. Entry shall not be required of vessels coming in in distress or for bunkers (fuel or water for the vessel), sea stores, or ship's stores, transacting no other business in the port, and departing within twenty-four hours after arrival. If any such vessel remains more than twenty-four hours after arrival (whether any other business is transacted in the port or not), it is required to make entry unless while in possession of a valid departure permit it is detained in the port by order of the Naval Authorities of the United States. (R.S. 161, sec. 2, 23 Stat. 118, 55 Stat. 733; 5 U.S.C. 22, 46 U.S.C. 2, 46 U.S.C., Sup., 111) [As amended by Order 188, Dec. 26, 1941; 6 F.R. 6768]

PART 3-TONNAGE DUTIES AND LIGHT MONEY

$3.2 Exemptions from tonnage duty. (a) Vessels coming in for bunkers (fuel or water for the vessel), sea stores, or ship's stores, transacting no other business in the port, and departing within twenty-four hours after arrival. If any such vessel engaged in trade remains more than twenty-four hours after arrival (whether any other business is transacted in the port or not), it is subject to tonnage tax as provided in this part, unless while in possession of a valid departure permit it is detained in the port by order of the Naval Authorities

$5.1 Requirements of clearance. (a) A vessel bound for foreign port or ports must be cleared for definite port or ports in the crder of its itinerary, but an application to clear for a port or place "for orders" (instructions to masters as to destination of vessel) may be acted upon favorably if the cargo is to be discharged in a port of the same country as the port to which the vessel is to be cleared. Any vessel of the United States of 1,000 gross tons or over, under frontier enrollment and license, or any tug of 50 gross tons or over, under frontier enrollment and license, which, during a voyage on the Great Lakes, touches at a foreign port for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, shall not be required to clear prior to its departure from the United States: Provided, That this exemption shall not apply if, while at such foreign port, such vessel lands or takes on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receives orders, discharges any seaman by mutual consent, or engages any seaman to replace one discharged by mutual consent, or transacts any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel. (R.S. 161, sec. 2, 23 Stat. 118, 55 Stat. 733; 5 U.S.C. 22, 46 U.S.C. 2, 46 U.S.C., Sup. 111) (As amended by Order 155, Oct. 2, 1941; 6 F.R. 5075]

[Preceding section, in small type, superseded by following section during period covered by this Supplement]

§5.1 Requirements of clearance. (a) A vessel bound for foreign port or ports must be cleared for definite port or ports in the order of its itinerary, but an application to clear for a port or place "for orders" (instructions to masters as to destination of vessels) may be acted upon favorably if the cargo is to be discharged in a port of the same country as the port to which the vessel is to be cleared. Any vessel of the United States,

under frontier enrollment and license, which, during a voyage on the Great Lakes, touches at a foreign port for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, shall not be required to clear prior to its departure from the United States: Provided, That this exemption shall not apply if, while at such foreign port, such vessel lands or takes on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receives orders, discharges any seaman by mutual consent, or engages any seaman to replace one discharged by mutual consent, or transacts any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel. (R.S. 161, sec. 2, 23 Stat. 118, 55 Stat. 733; 5 U.S.C. 22, 46 U.S.C. 2, 46 U.S.C., Sup., 111) (As amended by Order 188, Dec. 26, 1941; 6 F.R. 6768]

§ 5.5 Cattle-carrying vessels. The Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, inspects animals for export and notice of the inspection must be filed for vessels carrying horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep, swine, and goats. (R.S. 161, 34 Stat. 1260; 5 U.S.C. 22, 21 U.S.C. 82) [As amended by Order 91, Mar. 19, 1941; 6 F.R. 1522]

$5.80 Vessel statement. [Revoked] NOTE: § 5.80 was revoked by Order 166, Nov. 17, 1941; 6 F.R. 5880.

§5.81 Vessels required to file vessel statement. [Revoked]

NOTE: § 5.81 was revoked by Order 166, Nov. 17, 1941; 6 F.R. 5880.

§5.82 American vessels denied clearance to belligerent states. (a) No clearance shall be granted to any American vessel (watercraft or aircraft) carrying passengers or any articles or materials to or via any belligerent state (except for taking on fuel, ship stores or sea stores), regardless of the ultimate destination of such passengers or articles or materials, with the following exceptions: [As amended by Order 116, May 19, 1941; 6 F.R. 2505]

NOTE: §5.82 was revoked by Order 166, Νον. 17, 1941; 6 F.R. 5880.

§5.83 Declaration as to right, title, and interest in articles or materials. [Revoked]

NOTE: $5.83 was revoked by Order 166, Nov. 17, 1941; 6 F.R. 5880.

§5.84 Combat areas. [Revoked]

NOTE: § 5.84 was revoked by Order 166, Nov. 17, 1941; 6 F.R. 5880.

§5.85 Foreign vessels. (a) Final clearance shall not be granted to any foreign vessel (watercraft or aircraft), wherever bound, until the master has filed with the collector a list of all of the members of the crew of the vessel, together with the nationality of each member, which list shall be sworn to by the master.

(b) No clearance shall be granted to any vessel (watercraft or aircraft) of a belligerent state while having on board any citizen of the United States, whether as a passenger or member of the crew, except in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed under authority of the Neutrality Act of 1939. (R.S. 161; 5 U.S.C. 22) (As amended by Order 166, Nov. 17, 1941; 6 F.R. 5880]

§ 5.86 Armed American vessels. [Revoked]

NOTE: § 5.86 was revoked by Order 166, Νον. 17, 1941; 6 F.R. 5880.

§5.89 Definitions. Where used in §§ 5.85, 5.87, and 5.88: (a) The term "vessel (watercraft or aircraft)" means every description of watercraft and aircraft capable of being used as a means of transportation on, under, or over water.

(b) The term "belligerent state" means any nation, government, or country, named in a proclamation of the President issued under authority of section 1 (a) of the Neutrality Act of 1939.

(c) The term "citizen" shall include any individual owing allegiance to the United States, a partnership, company, or association composed in whole or in part of citizens of the United States, and any corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States. (R.S. 161; 5 U.S.C. 22) (As amended by Order 166, Nov. 17, 1941; 6 F.R. 5880]

PART 6-COASTWISE PROCEDURE

§ 6.11 Fishing vessels touching and trading at foreign places. (a) No vessel enrolled and licensed or licensed to carry on the fisheries shall touch and trade at a foreign port or place unless it has a permit to touch and trade. Such a permit (Commerce Form 1379) must be obtained from a collector of customs. Any such vessel which puts into a foreign port or place and obtains only bunkers and such sea stores, ship stores, and supplies

as are suitable for a fishing voyage, is not touching and trading at a foreign port or place.

(b) In all cases where a vessel enrolled and licensed or licensed for the fisheries has put into a foreign port or place, the master of said fishing vessel, upon its return to a port in the United States, must report its arrival, make entry, and otherwise conform in all respects to the statutes and regulations prescribed for vessels arriving from a foreign port. In every case where a permit to touch and trade has been issued, it must be surrendered upon the first return of the vessel to a port or place in the United States to the nearest collector of customs.

(c) A permit to touch and trade for the purpose of touching at a foreign port or place may not be issued to a vessel licensed for the "coasting trade and mackerel fishery" which is departing on a voyage to engage exclusively in trade. In such a case the vessel must secure a certificate of registry and obtain clearance for the foreign port or place.

(d) Any vessel enrolled and licensed or licensed to carry on the fisheries which touches and trades at a foreign port or place without having a permit to touch and trade shall, with its cargo, be forfeited. (R.S. 161; 5 U.S.C. 22) [As amended by Order 178, Dec. 12, 1941; 6 F.R. 6410]

$6.14 Domestic vessels touching at foreign ports: departure. (a) The master of every registered or enrolled and licensed vessel departing for a foreign contiguous country shall be required to clear and file a manifest in duplicate on Commerce Form 1374 in the same manner as in the case of a vessel departing for any other foreign country.

(b) Any vessel of the United States of 1,000 gross tons or over, under frontier enrollment and license, or any tug of 50 gross tons or over, under frontier enrollment and license, which, during a voyage on the Great Lakes, touches at a foreign port for the purpose of taking on bunker fuel only, shall not be required to clear prior to its departure from the United States: Provided, That this exemption shall not apply if, while at such foreign port, such vessel lands or takes on board any passengers, or any merchandise other than bunker fuel, receives orders, discharges any seaman by mutual consent, or engages any seaman to replace one discharged by mutual consent, or transacts any other business save that of taking on bunker fuel. (R.S. 161, sec. 2, 23 Stat. 118, 55 Stat. 733; 5 U.S.C. 22,