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 PUBLIC LAW 64-JUNE 8, 1955

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After such bonds and the interest thereon shall have been paid, said bridge shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of tolls. An accurate record of the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating said bridge, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be available for the information of all persons interested. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved June 8, 1955. Public Law 64

AN ACT To amend section 4421 of the Revised Statutes, in order to remove the requirement as to verifying under oath certain certificates of inspection, and for other purposes.

June 8, 1955 l.H« R. 4646]

Vessels. Certificates inspection.

CHAPTER 133

of

Temporary c e r tificates.

46 USC 400. 46 USC 375.

46 USC 404.

46 USC 435.

C o m p l e t l o n of voyage after expiration.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4421 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 399), is amended to read as follows: "4421. When the inspection of a steam vessel is completed and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating approves the vessel and her equipment throughout, he shall make and subscribe a certificate to that effect. He shall deliver such certificate to the master or owner of the vessel to which it relates, shall keep one copy thereof on file in his office, and shall deliver one copy to the official who is performing the duties of the collector or other chief officer of the customs of the district in which such inspection has been made, who shall keep the same on file in his office. If the Secretary refuses to grant a certificate of approval, he shall make a statement in writing and sign the same, giving the reasons for his disapproval. Upon such inspection and approval the Secretary shall also make and subscribe a temporary certificate, which shall set forth substantially the fact of such inspection and approval, and shall deliver the same to the master or owner of the vessel and shall keep a copy thereof on file in his office. The said temporary certificate shall be carried and exposed by vessels in the same manner as is provided in section 4423 for the regular certificate, and the form thereof and the period during which it is to be in force shall be as prescribed under the authority of section 4405. And such temporary certificate, during such period and prior to the delivery to the master or owner of the regular certificate, shall take the place of and be a substitute for the regular certificate of inspection, as required by this section and by section 4426, and for the purposes of said sections. Such temporary certificate shall also be subject to revocation in the manner and under the conditions provided in section 4453. No vessel required to be inspected under the provisions of this title shall be navigated without 4iaving on board an unexpired regular certificate of such inspection or such temporary certificate: Provided, however, That any such vessel operated upon a regularly established line from a port of the United States to a port of a foreign country not contiguous to the United States whose certificate of inspection expires at sea or while said vessel is in a foreign port or a port of Hawaii may lawfully complete her voyage without the regular certificate of inspection or the temporary certificate required by this section, and no liability for penalties imposed by this title for want of such certificate shall be incurred until her voyage shall have been completed: Provided, That said voyage shall be so completed within thirty days after the expiration of said certifi-

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