Volume 52
Public Law 75–189
To permit the issuance of certain certificates under the shipping laws by inspectors of hulls, inspectors of boilers, and designated assistant inspectors.
Approved May 9, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
To permit the issuance of certain certificates under the shipping laws by inspectors of hulls, inspectors of boilers, and designated assistant inspectors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That in the administration
Shipping.
Issuance of certain seamen’s certificates by designated inspectors authorized.
38 Stat. 1169; 49 Stat. 1889; 50 Stat. 49; R. S. § 4551.
46 U. S. C., Supp. III, §§ 672, 391a, 643.
of section 13 of the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. III, title 46, sec. 672), the Act of June 23, 1936 (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. III, title 46, sec. 391 (a)), and section 4551 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. III, title 46, sec. 643), any inspector of hulls, any inspector of boilers, and any assistant inspector designated for that purpose by a board of local inspectors may issue certificates of service, certificates of efficiency, tankermen’s certificates, continuous-discharge books, and certificates of identification.
Approved, May 9, 1938.