part of the yehicle, shall be lawful under the conditions as set forth in the regulations established by the Commandant of the Coast Guard under this section: Provided, however, That the motor or motors in any vehicle be stopped immediately after entering the said vessel, and that the same be not restarted until immediately before said vehicle shall leave the vessel after said vessel has been made fast to the wharf or ferry bridge at which she lands. All other fire, if any, in such vehicle shall be extinguished before entering the said vessel and the same shall not be relighted until after said vehicle shall leave the vessel: Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard, may, by regulation, permit the operation on board vessels of motive power for driving auxiliaries forming a part of motor vehicles, under such conditions as he may deem proper: Provided further, That any owner, charterer, agent, master, or other person having charge of a vessel shall have the right to refuse to transport motor vehicles the fuel tanks of which contain gasoline or other inflammable or combustible liquid or inflammable gas used as a source of power for the vehicle or its auxiliaries: Provided further, That the owner, motor carrier, and operator of any such vehicle in which all fires have not been extinguished or the motor or motors stopped as required by this subsection or regulations established thereunder, and the owner, charterer, agent, master, or person in charge of the vessel on which such vehicle is transported, shall each be liable to a penalty of not more than $500, for which the motor vehicle and vessel, respectively, shall be liable: And provided further, That a violation of this subsection shall not subject any person to the penalty provided in subsection (14) or (15) of this section. 46 § 170a. Same; use by vessels of launches, lifeboats, etc., employing combustible fuel; regulations Nothing contained in section 170 of this title shall prohibit the use by any vessel of motorboats, launches, or lifeboats equipped with engines using an inflammable or combustible fuel, nor shall anything contained in said section prohibit such motorboats, launches, or lifeboats from carrying such inflammable or combustible fuel in their tanks: Provided, That no such inflammable or combustible fuel for the engines of such motorboats, launches, or lifeboats shall be carried except as may be prescribed by regulations of the Commandant of the Coast Guard: Provided further, That the use of such lifeboats shall be under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 46 170b. Same; appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums of money as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 170-170b, 391a, 402, 414, and 463a of this title and sections 382-385 of Title 18. Every vessel making voyages from a port in the United States to any foreign port, or, being of the burden of seventy-five tons or upward, from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall have an official log book; and every master of such vessel shall make, or cause to be made therein, entries of the following matters, that is to say: First. Every legal conviction of any member of his crew, and the punishment inflicted. Second. Every offense committed by any member of his crew for which it is intended to prosecute, or to enforce a forfeiture, together with such statement concerning the reading over such entry, and concerning the reply, if any, made to the charge, as is required by the provisions of section 702 of this title. Third. Every offense for which punishment is inflicted on board, and the punishment inflicted. Fourth. A statement of the conduct, character, and qualifications of each of his crew; or a statement that he declines to give an opinion of such particulars. Fifth. Every case of illness or injury happening to any member of the crew, with the nature thereof, and the medical treatment. Sixth. Every case of death happening on board, with the cause thereof. Seventh. Every birth happening on board, with the sex of the infant, and the names of the parents. Eighth. Every marriage taking place on board, with the names and ages of the parties. Ninth. The name of every seaman or apprentice who ceases to be a member of the crew otherwise than by death, with the place, time, manner, and cause thereof. Tenth. The wages due to any seaman or apprentice who dies during the voyage, and the gross amount of all deductions to be made therefrom. Eleventh. The sale of the effects of any seaman or apprentice who dies during the voyage, including a statement of each article sold, and the sum received for it. Twelfth. In every case of collision in which it is practicable so to do, the master shall, immediately after the occurrence, cause a statement thereof, and of the circumstances under which the same occurred, to be entered in the official log book. Such entry shall be made in the manner prescribed in section 202 of this title, and failure to make such entry shall subject the offender to the penalties prescribed by section 203 of this title. 46 § 202. Mode of making entries Every entry required to be made in the official log book shall be signed by the master and by the mate, or some other one of the crew, and every entry in the official log book shall be made as soon as possible after the occurrence to which it relates, and, if not made on the same day as the occurrence to which it relates, shall be made and dated so as to show the date of the occurrence, and of the entry respecting it; and in no case shall any entry therein, in respect of any occurrence happening previously to the arrival of the vessel at her final port, be made more than twenty-four hours after such arrival. 46 § 203. Penalty for omitting entries If in any case the official log book is not kept in the manner required, or if any entry directed to be made in any such log book is not made at the time and in the manner directed, the master shall for each such offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than $25; and every person who makes, or procures to be made, or assists in making, any entry in any official log book in respect of any occurrence happening previously to the arrival of the vessel at her final port of discharge, more than twenty-four hours after such arrival, shall, for each offense, be liable to a penalty of not more than $150. 215. Discrimination in pilotage rates not allowed. Licenses of pilots of steam vessels. State regulations as to licenses of pilots of steam vessels and pilot charges. 46 § 211. State regulation of pilots Until further provision is made by Congress, all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the United States shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the States respectively wherein such pilots may be, or with such laws as the States may respectively enact for the purpose. 46 § 212. Pilots on boundaries between States The master of any vessel coming into or going out of any port situate upon waters which are the boundary between two States, may employ any pilot duly licensed or authorized by the laws of either of the States bounded on such waters, to pilot the vessel to or from such port. 46 213. Discrimination in pilotage rates not allowed No regulations or provisions shall be adopted by any State which shall make any discrimination in the rate of pilotage or halfpilotage between vessels sailing between the ports of one State and vessels sailing between the ports of different States, or any discrimination against vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, or against national vessels of the United States; and all existing regulations or provisions making any such discrimination are annulled and abrogated. 46 § 214. Licenses of pilots of steam vessels Whenever any person claiming to be a skillful pilot of steam vessels offers himself for a license, the Coast Guard shall make diligent inquiry as to his character and merits, and if satisfied, from personal examination of the applicant, with the proof that he offers that he possesses the requisite knowledge and skill, and is trustworthy and faithful, it shall grant him a license for the term of five years to pilot any such vessel within the limits prescribed in the license; but such license shall be suspended or revoked upon satisfactory evidence of negligence, unskillfulness, inattention to the duties of his station, or intemperance, or the willful violation of any provision of title 52 of the Revised Statutes. 46 § 215. State regulations as to licenses of pilots of steam vessels and pilot charges No State or municipal government shall impose upon pilots of steam vessels any obligation to procure a State or other license in addition to that issued by the United States, or any other regulation which will impede such pilots in the performance of the duties required by title 52 of the Revised Statutes; nor shall any pilot charges be levied by any such authority upon any steamer piloted as provided by title 52 of the Revised Statutes; and in no case shall the fees charged for the pilotage of any steam vessel exceed the customary or legally established rates in the State where the same is performed. Nothing in title 52 of the Revised Statutes shall be construed to annul or affect any regulation established by the laws of any State, requiring vessels entering or leaving a port in any such State, other than coastwise steam vessels, to take a pilot duly licensed or authorized by the laws of such State, or of a State situate upon the waters of such State. Chapter 10A.-REGULATION OF GREAT LAKES PILOTS AND PILOTAGE Sec. 216. 216a. Definitions. Pilot requirement. (a) Registered pilots for designated waters. (b) Registered pilots or other qualified officers for nondesignated waters. (c) Canadian reciprocity. 216b. Registration of United States pilots. 216c. (a) Qualifications, terms and conditions. (b) Documentary evidence. (c) Duration; revocation or suspension. (d) Equitable participation of United States and Canadian pilots. (e) Pools for pilotage services. Rates, charges, conditions and terms for services. (a) Regulations. (b) Joint provisions. (c) Basis of determination. Arrangements between United States and Canada subject to concurrence of Secretary of State. Violations; civil penalties; enforcement. Operation without registered pilots. State regulation of pilots prohibited; other laws applicable; laker vessels. (a) Membership; qualifications; term. (b) Meetings; authority to review and recommend. Use of Federal agency facilities on reimbursable basis. 46 216. Definitions As used in this chapter: (a) "Great Lakes" means Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, their connecting and tributary waters, the Saint Lawrence River as far east as Saint Regis, and adjacent port areas. (b) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation. (c) "United States registered pilot" means a person, other than a member of the regular complement of a vessel, who holds an unlimited master's license authorizing navigation on the Great Lakes and suitably endorsed for pilotage on routes specified therein, issued by the head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating under regulations issued by him, and is registered by the Secretary as provided in section 216b of this title. (d) "Canadian registered pilot" means a person, other than a member of the regular complement of a vessel, who holds a master's certificate or equivalent license authorizing navigation on the Great Lakes and pilotage on routes specified therein, issued by the appropriate agency of Canada, and is registered by a designated agency of Canada on substantially the same basis as registration by the Secretary under the provisions of section 216b of this title. (e) "Other officer" means the master or any other member of the regular complement of the vessel concerned who is qualified for the navigation of the Great Lakes waters described in section 216a(b) of this title and who is either licensed by the head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating under regulations issued by him or certificated by an appropriate agency of Canada. (f) "Foreign vessels" means all foreign merchant vessels except Canadian vessels whose operations are exclusively upon the Great Lakes or between ports in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, or whose operations while predominately as aforesaid fail of being exclusively so only because of an occasional voyage to a port or ports in the maritime provinces of Canada in the Canadian coastal trade. 46 § 216a. Pilot requirement-Registered pilots for designated waters (a) The President shall designate and by proclamation announce |