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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 250. 1920. 999 regulations respecting life-saving equipment: Provided further, That tnbggtéggngf **8% emwhen any such vesse carries persons other than the crew as herein ` provided for, the owner, agent, or master of the vessel shall first notify such persons of the presence on board of any dangerous articles, as defined by law, or of any other condition or circumstance which would constitute a risk of safety]-[for passenger or crew. Rncinmnl num The privilege bestowed by t `s section on vessels of the United ance no radar mac States shall be extended insofar as the foreign trade is concerned to "°“°1°‘ the cargo vessels of any nation which allows the like privilege to cargo vessels of the United States in trades not restricted to vessels under its Own Hag' r it r au to Failure on the nlart of the owner, agent, or master of the vessel to giv$aZe?»i niiim. give such notice s all subject the vessel to a penalty of $500, which may be mitigated or remitted by the Secretary of Commerce upon a proper representation of the facts. M nam mm Sec. 27. That no merchandise shall be transported by water, or porteed! in Sgoaame by land and water, on rienalty of forfeiture thereof, betwveen points in §§,°,§,°y,§f§gnn;P,§n§Q‘£ the United States, inc uding Districts, Territories, and possessions t<>b¤¢¤¤¤it¤d- thereof embraced within the coastwise laws, either direct y or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation, in any other vessel than a vessel built in and documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons who are citizens of the United States, or vessels to which the privilege of  in the coastwise trade _ is extended by sections 18 or 22 of this Act: Promkled That this sec- §Q§:;’,{nn_ tion shall not apply to merchandise transported between points within the continental United States, excluding Alaska, over through routes heretofore or hereafter recognized by the Interstate Commerce Commission for which routes rate tariffs have been or shall hereafter be Bled with said commission when such routes are in part over Canadian rail lines and their own or other connecting water facilities: A _ n t Y Provided further, That this section shall not become eifective upon re¤’£ii·°$i igayiiu. u` the Yukon river until the Alaska Railroad shall be completed and the Shipping Board shall find that proper facilities will be furnished {lor transpgtatipgi by persons citizens of the United States for properly andlm.g` the tr c. Sec. 28. That no common carrier shall charge, collect, or receive, ..:rar::;;.¤¤.::*:.·;::: for transportation subject to the Interstate Commerce Act of persons §§n’§,‘}$,‘g§,“°,§§‘,{f‘°’§’§ or property, imder any joint rate, fare, or charge, or under any export, water ¤¤¤i¤¤¤- import, or other proportional rate, fare, or charge, which is based in whole or in part on the fact that the persons or property affected thereby is to be_transported to, or has been transported from, any port in a possession or dependency of the United States, or in a foreign country, by a carrier bylwater in foreign commerce, any lowerrate, fare, or charge than that c arged, collected, or received by it for the transportation of persons, or of a. like kind of property, for the same distance, in the same direction, and over the same route, in connection ny Annnnnn vn, with commerce wholly withm the United States, unless the vessel so sels excepted. transporting such persons or property is, or unless it was at the time of such transportation by water, documented under the laws of the Suspension if ,,0 United States. Whenever the board is of the opinion, however, that g$$,gg¤*gn§5°j{j{j&‘;*,°g§; adequate shipping facilities to or from any port in a possession or vemels. dependency of the United States or a foreign country are not afforded hy vessels so documented, it shall certify this fact to the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the commission may, b order, suspend the operation of the provisions of this section with respect to the rates, fares, and charges for the transportation b rail of gersons and property transported from, or to be transported; to suc ports, for such length of time and under such terms and conditions as it may Tnnmnnntinn wnnn prescribe in such order, or in any order supfplemental thereto. Suc causes armed. suspension of o(peration of the provisions o this section may be terminated by or er of the commission whenever the board IS of the