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 1002 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. GH. 250. 1920. The master of the vessel shall, upon the request of any such person, exhibit to him the documents of the vessel and the copy of any pre- _ _ I ferred mortgage of the vessel placed on board thereof. ppigfliitiriiueiggiig lic Subsection F: The gnortgagor (1) shall, uplon request of the mortg)VI;¤m§‘;€em°“g¤€°’ gage? disclose in wgiting to him prior to the exception of any pre- ° i erre mortgage the existence 0 any maritime ien prior mortgage, or other oliliglation or liability upon the vessel to be mortgaged, S€§L§j;§°*i°gb,f§;t§g; that is known to t amortgagor, and (2), without the consent of the creating a uc¤.° mortgagee, shall not incur, a ter the execution of such mortgage and before the mortgagtee has had a reasonable time in which to record the mortgage and ave mdorsements in respect thereto made upon the documents of the vessel, any contractual obligation creatm a lien uporé tglie vessel other than a lien for wages of stevedores wgen employe `rectly by the owner 0 erator master ship’s husband or agent of the vpssel, for wages; of; the crew of the vessel, for geni era average, or or sa vage, mc u ng contract salvage, in respect _ to the vessel. co?-l§}‘.,‘t‘°b}1§°§reYgi°F2S Subsection G. (a) The collector of customs of the port of docum<;I=’*g?g~‘¤- t mentation shall, upon the request of any person, record notice of ‘ °“°€*° °‘ his claim of a hen upon a vessel covered by a preferred mortgage, together with the nature, date of creation, and amount of the lien, and gee namefalpld address of the person. Ang plerson who has cause notice 0 's c aim of lien to be so recorde s all upon a discharge in whole or in part of the indebtedness, forthwithifile with the cpllector of guiltoins a certiflcatei oi such ltgscharge. The collector 0 customs s a thereupon recor the cert' cate. mg§;<;gh%eg§¤, ¢*¤·» 0* (b) The m0rtga§I<;r, upon a discharge in whole or in part of the mortgage mdebte ess, shall forthwith file with the collector of cusgoniisié fg; the pgrt of dplcumentgtion of the vessel, a certincate of suc c ge. uc co ector o customs shall thereu on record Pmfemd m°"€“g°· tile ceripiiicate. f In case of a vessel covered by a preferredp mortgage, t e co ector 0 customs at the ort of documentation shall (1) indorse upon the documents, of tli)e vessel, or direct the collector of pustongs at tang pgrt in wh1(ph(t§1<Ere§seg is foifnd, to so indorse, the act 0 suc sc argc an 2 a eny cearance to the vessel _ until suchindorsementiis made. ?§,Q;j§éS“fa*;§g,r8_ Subsection H. (a) No bill of sale, conveyance, or mortgage shall mms. be recorded unless it states the interest of the (grantor or mortgagor in the vessel, and the interest so sold, conveye, or mortgaged. A°k¤°°°*°d¤m¤¤”· (b) No bill of sale, conveyance, mortgage, notice of claim of lien, or certificate of discharge thereof, shall be recorded unless previously acknowledgedvbefore a notary public or other officer authorized by a law of the Lmted States, or of a State, Territory, District, or possessioxi thereof, fto talke acknowledgment of deeds. R¤¢¤{<i»¤t¤-»at new (c) n case 0 a c ange in the rt of documentat of a vessel pm of Mummmum of the United States, HO bill of sage), conveyance, or iidblrtgage Shall be lregordedbat tge new port of documentation imless there is furnis e to the_co ector 0 customs of such ort to ether with the copy of the bill of sale, conveyance, or moriigavb tc? be recorded, a certified copy o_f the record of the vessel at the {former port of documentationt rgmshed biyt tlgodcollector of such port. The collector of customs a · the new po o ocumentation is authorized and directed to record such certined copy. miggggigcn preferrei (qi) A preferredmortgage may bear such rate of interest as is ‘ agreed by thelparties thereto. p€{gx3Egg;—>¤ sfmsrds Subsection . _Each collector of customs shall permit records made ` under the provisions of this section to be inspected during office C is _ r b hours, under such 1‘8&SOH8·bl0 regulations as the collector may estab- ,,,_.,§`,Z_f,,,,,€,‘j°“¥"°“‘° ° hgh,. L on the request of any person the collector of customs shall furmsh film from the records of the collector’s office (1) a certificate