Chapter 955. To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes relating to inspection of steam vessels
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CHAP. 955.— An Act To amend section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes relating to inspection of steam vessels. March 17, 1906. [[H. R. 13398](/us/bill/34/hr/13398).] [[Public, No. 51](/us/pl/34/51).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Steamboat-Inspection Service. That section forty-four hundred of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: “Sec. 4400. [R. S., sec. 4400. p.852, amended](/us/rs/s4400/p852).Vol. 23. p. 346.All steam vessels navigating any waters of the United States which are common highways of commerce or open to general or competitive navigation, excepting public vessels of the United States, vessels of other countries, and boats propelled in whole or in part by steam for navigating canals, shall be subject to the provisions of this title.
Inspection of foreign passenger vessels.[R. S., secs. 4417, 4418, 1421–4424, 4470–4473, 4479, 4482, 4488, 4489, 4496, 4497, 4499, 4500, pp. 856, 857, 865–869](/us/rs/s4417/s4418/s1421–4424/s4470–4473/s4479/s4482/s4488/s4489/s4496/s4497/s4499/s4500/p856/p857/p865–869).“And all foreign private steam vessels carrying passengers from any port of the United States to any other place or country shall be subject to the provisions of sections forty-four hundred and seven teen, forty-four hundred and eighteen, forty-four hundred and twenty-one, forty-four hundred and twenty-two, forty-four hundred and twenty-three, forty-four hundred and twenty-four, forty- four hundred and seventy, forty-four hundred and seventy-one, forty-four hundred and seventy-two, forty-four hundred and seventy- three, forty-four hundred and seventy-nine, forty-four hundred and eighty-two, forty-four hundred and eighty-eight, forty-four hundred and eighty-nine, forty-four hundred and ninety-six, forty-four hundred and ninety-seven, forty-four hundred and ninety-nine, and forty- five hundred of this title, and shall be liable to visitation and inspection by the proper officer, in any of the ports or the United States, *Proviso*.Acceptance of foreign inspection.respecting any of the provisions of the sections aforesaid: *Provided, however*, That when such foreign passenger steamers belong to countries having inspection laws approximating those of the United States, and have unexpired certificates of inspection issued by the proper Limited inspection.authorities in the respective countries to which they belong, they shall be subject to no other inspection than necessary to satisfy the local inspectors that the condition of the vessel, her boilers, and lifesaving equipments are as stated in the current certificate of inspection;
Condition.but no such certificate of inspection shall be accepted as evidence of lawful inspection except when presented by steam vessels of other countries which nave by their laws accorded to the steam vessels of the United States visiting such countries the same privilege accorded herein to Fees.the steam vessels of such countries visiting the United States; it being further provided that there shall be collected and paid into the Treasury of the United States the same fees for the inspection of foreign passenger steamers carrying passengers from the United States that any foreign nation shall charge the merchant vessels of the United States trading to the ports of such nationality; it being further provided that the Secretary of Commerce and LaborVessels exempt from shall have the power to waive at any time the collection of such fees upon due notice of the proper authorities of any country concerned that the collection of fees for the inspection of American steam merchant vessels has been discontinued. 69 “It is further provided that the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may, in his discretion, permit any foreign passenger steamer coming within the provisions of this Act whose foreign certificate of inspection shall have expired at sea since last leaving the country to which said vessel belongs, or while said vessel shall have been in a port of the United States, to sail upon her regular route without undergoing any further inspection than would have been required had said foreign certificate of inspection been in force: *Provided, however*, That such discretion*Proviso.*Restriction. shall be exercised only with respect of vessels operated upon regularly established lines, and in cases where such foreign passenger steamers will be regularly inspected by the authorities of her home government before her next return to a port of the United States.
” Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage andEffect. approval. Approved, March 17, 1906.