Yachts, Tugs, Towboats, and Unrigged Vessels: Hearings...on H.R. 7158...July 7, 1937 |
Common terms and phrases
100 gross tons able seamen act of June bill books or certificates Bureau of Marine Captain PETERSEN Captain SHEPHEARD Captain SIMPSON cargo certificate of discharge certificate of identification certificates of service CHAIRMAN coal passer coast collector of customs committee continuous discharge book CONWAY court covered barges deck scow Department of Commerce EMERSON employed enactment engine department EVANS firemen GLATZMAYER harbor limits high seas Inspection and Navigation International Seamen's Union issued June 25 Lakes LEWIS RADCLIFFE licensed officers lifeboat line of demarcation Long Island Sound Marine Inspection master MCCREA ment National Maritime Union O'LEARY oilers Old Point Comfort operation personnel provisions of section qualified RADCLIFFE Rockaway Point sailors SCHARRENBERG seagoing barges Secretary of Commerce SEGER service or efficiency shipping commissioner stick lighter subsection three watches tion tons gross towboats tugboats tugs United unrigged vessels voyage water tenders Wood Towing yachts or unrigged
Popular passages
Page 31 - The collector of customs may, upon his own motion, and shall, upon the sworn information of any reputable citizen of the United States setting forth that this section is not being complied with, cause a muster of the crew of any vessel to be made to determine the fact ; and no clearance shall be given to any vessel failing to comply with the provisions of this section...
Page 33 - ... any other vessel of over one hundred gross tons carrying passengers for hire, who is not licensed by the inspectors; and anyone violating this section shall be liable to...
Page 46 - If the act is one passed with reference to a particular trade, business, or transaction, and words are used which everybody conversant with that trade, business, or transaction, knows and understands to have a particular meaning in it, then the words are to be construed as having that particular meaning, though it may differ from the common or ordinary meaning of the words.
Page 31 - Provided further, That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, within the discretion of the court.
Page 44 - PT 1-— 2 this shall not prevent the dispatch of a vessel on regular schedule or when ready to proceed on her voyage.
Page 44 - The seamen shall not be shipped to work alternately in the fireroom and on deck, nor shall those shipped for deck duty be required to work in the fireroom, or vice versa...
Page 31 - ... the board of supervising inspectors with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce...
Page 34 - Provided, That in all tugs and barges subject to this section when engaged on a voyage of less than six hundred miles, the licensed officers and members of crews other than coal passers, firemen, oilers, and water tenders may, while at sea, be divided into not less than two watches, but nothing in this proviso shall be construed as repealing any part of section 4463 of the Revised Statutes [46 USCS § 222]. This section shall take effect six months after the enactment of this Act [enacted June 25,...
Page 44 - ... but these provisions shall not limit either the authority of the master or other officer or the obedience of the seamen when in the judgment of the master or other officer the whole or any part of the crew are needed for...
Page 44 - And at all times while such vessel is in a safe harbor, eight hours, inclusive of the anchor watch, shall constitute a day's work. Whenever the master of any vessel shall fail to comply with this section...