Public Law 74–628

That existing laws covering the inspections of steam vessels be, and they are hereby, made applicable to seagoing vessels of three hundred gross tons and over propelled in whole or in part by internal-combustion engines to such extent and upon such conditions as may be required by the regulations of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam

Provisos.

Fishing, etc., boats excepted.

Vessels, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce: Provided, That this Act shall not apply to any vessel engaged in fishing, oystering, clamming, crabbing, or any other branch of the fishery or kelp

Licenses, masters and engineers operating vessels in Hawaiian waters.

or sponge industry: Provided further, That as to licenses required for masters and engineers operating vessels propelled by internal-combustion engines operating exclusively in the district covering the Hawaiian Islands, said masters and engineers shall be under the jurisdiction of the hull and boiler inspectors having jurisdiction over said waters, who shall make diligent inquiry as to the character, merits, and qualifications, and knowledge and skill of any master or

Qualifications, etc.

engineer applying for a license. If the said inspectors shall be satisfied from personal examination of the applicant and from other proof submitted that the applicant possesses the requisite character, merits, qualifications, knowledge, and skill, and is trustworthy and faithful, they shall grant him a license for the term of five years to operate such vessel under the limits prescribed in the license.

Sec. 2.

The term “seagoing vessels” as used in the preceding

“Seagoing vessels” defined.

section shall be construed to mean vessels which in the usual course of their employment proceed outside the line dividing the inland waters from the high seas as designated and determined under the

Vol. 28, p. 672; U. S. C., p. 1454.

provisions of section 2 of the Act of February 19, 1895.