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 § 269 1*11*1.12 46.- rerlly believes. axidthat the same, it found, shall be delivered up, as is required, then the penalty prescribed lin the preceding section shall not be incurred. It suchlicehse shall be lost, destroyed, or unintentionally mlslaid, before the expiration ot the time for which it was granted, upon the like"oath being made and subscribed by the master of suclrvessel, the collector,` upon application being made therefor, shall} license such ieesel anew. (R. S. 5 4326.) l _ — · · ~, 269. Returnl and cancellation; new li¢éuse.—The· owner _ of $33 licensed vessel may returnjsuch license to the" collector wlalo graqtedfthe same, at any. time within theyear for which it was gra`ii‘te<l; and thereupon the collector _‘ shall,caucel· the rama, and shall lfeehae snob `vessel ahew, upon the application ef the owner; amt upoa the conditions hereinbefore requlred'; being complied with. v (R. S.;} 4327.) _ · 270. Renewal when vessel is in another district.-5—Vl[heuever lfl»ec¢1mes‘.necessa1·§ for the owner ot any Vessel of the United States navigating the Waters of the United States, and _ being ini adistrict other than that to whioh such vessel. belongs, to procure her enrollment and lieense, or llceuse or renewal. thereof, `the same proceedings may be had. in the district. inwhich the vessel then is, as are required by law on application fer such enrollment-and license, or license, or renewal thereof, ‘ as the case may be, in the glistrict.to which such vessel belongs, excepting the enrollment and issuance of license ; and the otllqer before whom. sueh proceeding is had shall certify the same to the collector of the district to which such vessel belongs', who éhall thereupon duty enroll the vessel and isaue. license in the same form as if the application had originally been made in Xia oliice; and shall either deliver ‘ the license to the owner, or forward lt by mail to the officer who certiiied to him` the preliminary proceedings; and in the latter ease, such_._ omceri shall deliver the lieehse to the owner —or maaterjotl the xessel. (R. S. 6 4328; Apr. 17, 1874, o. 106, 18 Stat,30.) ~ 271. Renewal on sale of vessel.——Wlnenever it appears, by satisfactory proof, to the Secrets ry of Commerce that any weasel has been sold and trahsferred hy, process of law} and that the eertihcate ot enrollment or license 0t_ such vessel is retained by the former ovknexg, the Secretary may direct the collector of the district to which such vessel belongs to `graht a. new certificate of enrollment or license, oh the oyvuer’s, under such sale, complying with sueh _ tei·mar and conditions as law required *tfb f a11ch papers, excepting only the delivering app! A the former eertiiimte ot enrollment or license. But nothing Lu this section shall be construed tod removei the liability o£_a1:y person; to any `penalty ter not surrendering. up` the myers belonging to n¤y·re¤¤el,_ on n tranéfer or sale ot the same. $(11. S. 5 4329; Feb. 14, 1903, c. _552, 82 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, e. 141, 37 Stat. 736.)    ·. Q “ 272.,0nth aa to payment for repairs.-#~¥No license, or enrollmem, and lieeuae, nor renewal ot either, shall be issued to any vessel until the collector to whom application is made for the same is satisfied, from the oath of the owner or master, that all equipmnta and repairs, made in a ioreigxrport within the year wediately preceding such awlleatlou, have beeh dal}. aeceuated for, and the dutled accruing thereon duly paid; ahd it such owner or master shall refuse to take mich oath, or ‘ take it falsely, the vessel shall he seized and forfeited; (B. S. _ 273. Meaaaremmt •f vessels len-than twenty tau.-—-·Before' _ any, vessel; et the burden; of me tors, and less thu; twenty tous. shall he licensed, the same meaauremeat shall be made of such Yeasel, and the same provmdas observed relative thereto, as are to w observed in case oimwsurlug vemla to be registered or em·ol1€d: but lu all msu, where such vesel- or — any other  vessel shall haven beea once muedred, it shall not he necessary to measure such vessel mei, for the
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·sz111=r1NG 1482 purpose ot obtaining another enrollment or license, unless such vessel shall have undergonesome alteration as to her burden, subsequent to the time ot her former license. (R. S. 5 4331.) 274. Signatures to enrollment or license; surveyor': re; turn.5—In. every case where the collector is by this chapter directed to grant any enrollment, license`, certificate, permit, or other document, the Comptroller of Customs residing at the port, if there be one, shallsign theaamo; and eyery surveyor who certines at manifest, or grants any permit, or who receiwe any certfiled manifest, or any permit, as is provided for in this chapter, shall make return thereof monthly, or sooner, it it · canconveniently be made, to the collector ot the dlstrlctwhere such surveyor resides. (R. S. §· 4332; Sept. 21,1922, .c. 356, {523, 42 Stat. 974.)  -   -‘ ‘° X ‘· 7- ‘ 275. Record of.llcen•es.——The collector ot each district shell pmg¤·eee1ve1y_ number the llcensea by' him granted, beginning anew at— the commencement ot each year, and- shall make a record thereof in a book, to be by him kept for that purpose, and ahall; once ln three- months, transmit to the Commissioner of Navigation copies of the licenses which shall hare bén eo granted by him; and also of such licenses as, shall. have been given up or returned to him,·respectlvcly,'·ln pursuance of this chapter. Whenever any vessel is licensed or- cnrelhd anew, or being licensed or enrolled is afterward registered, or being registered fa afterward enrolled or licensed, she shall, in every · such case; be enrolled, licensed, or registered by her, former narne. (R. S. {4333; July 5, 1884, c, 221, 23 Stat. 118.) 276. Change of ma•ter.———Whenever the master ‘ot any licensed vessel, ferryboats excepted, is changed, the new ter, or, in case of his absence, the owner or one of the "ovrners · thereof, shall report such change -_ to the collector reeldlm at the `port `where the _ same happens, it there be one _; otherwise, to the collector residing. at any port where such resid mit arrives, who, upon the oath of such new master, or, in case of his absence, ot the owner, that such master is a cltizm of the United States, and that meh vessel shall not, yrhlle such license continues in force, be employed in any manner whereby the revenue of the United States may be detranded, shall indorse such change on the license, with the name of the new rnaster. Whenever such change is`, not reported, and lndorsed, as required, such yesml, it tound carrying w the coasting trade or ·&herles, shall be · subject to pay the gmc ieee,. and _,,_, ’t:¤¤hi‘§é‘h"§"§”"%Y`e—`s'§e"I?f”?hE`.United“' States having a register, and the new master shall be liable to a penalty et $10. (R. S. §4335.)` .` _ ‘ `· ` °277. Inspection of enrollment or »lieense.———-Any omcer con`- cerned ln. the collection of the revenue may at all times lnspect the enrollment or license of any veeeel; and lt the master ot any secu; wml shall not exhibit the sam, when required by auch omcer, he shall bellable to a penalty .ot_ $100. (R. S. 278. Penalty for unlawfully proceecling on foreign yoyagee- If any yessel, enrolled or licensed, shall proceed on a foreign voyage, withont nrat giving np her enrellznent and license to the collector ot the district comprehending the port from which she. is about ;to proceed on auch yoyage, and being dnly rmls-. tered by' such collector, every auch vessel, together with- her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and the merchandise eo lrnnormd therein, shall be liable to`_aelznre' and torteltnre. (R. S. 54337-)   _—, 2 27 9. Gertlheate for vessel proceeding on foreign voyage.-- Iflthe port from which any vessel, so enrolled or licensed, is about to proceed on aeforeign voyage, is not within the district where auch vessel ia enrelled, the collector of each district shall give to the master of each vml a certineate, specifying ·that the enrollment and license of auchyveseel has been received by l him, and the time when »it.waa no received; which certihcate shall afterward be delivered by the master to the collector