Public Law 74–626

That section 2 of

Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935, amendment.

Ante, p. 888.

U. S. C., Supp. I. p. 271.

the Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935, approved August 27, 1935 (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. I, title 46, sec. 88a), be amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 2.

The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized and

Load-water lines and marks; establishment.

directed in respect of the vessels defined above to establish by regulations from time to time the load-water lines and marks thereof indicating the maximum depth to which such vessels may safely be loaded and in establishing such load lines due consideration shall be given to, and differentials made for, the various types and character of vessels and the trades in which they are engaged. In establishing

Passenger vessels.

load-water lines on passenger vessels due consideration shall be given to, and differentials shall be made for, the age and condition of the vessel, its subdivision and efficacy thereof, and the probable stability of the vessel if damaged: Provided, That the load-line provisions of

Provisos.

Applicability to Great Lakes.

Vol. 47, p. 2228.

this Act shall apply to the Great Lakes and that no load line shall be established or marked on any vessel which load line gives a lesserfreeboard and less buoyance than the load line established by the International Treaty on Load Lines of 1930, and that the regulations established under this proviso shall have the force of law: Provided further,

Changes permitted, Great Lakes, etc.

That in applying the load lines to vessels on the Great Lakes and to steam colliers, tugs, barges, and self-propelled barges engaged in special services on inter-island voyages and on coastwise voyages from port to port in the continental United States the Secretary of Commerce is vested with discretion to vary the load-line marks from those established by said treaty when in his opinion the changes made by him will not lie above the actual line of safety.”

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