Chapter 307. To amend sections forty-two hundred and fourteen and forty-two hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes
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CHAP. 307.— An Act To amend sections forty-two hundred and fourteen and forty-two hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes.August 20, 1912.[[H. R. 22650](/us/bill/62/hr/22650).][[Public, No. 274](/us/pl/62/274).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Pleasure yachts.[R. S. secs. 4214, 4218, p. 812](/us/rs/s4212/4218/p812) amended. That sections forty-two hundred and fourteen and forty-two hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 4214. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor may causeLicenses to, owned by American citizens, etc.[R. S. secs. 4133–4135, p. 796](/us/rs/s4133–4135/p796).Vol. 22, p. 566. yachts used and employed exclusively as pleasure vessels or designed as models of naval architecture, if built and owned in compliance with the provisions of sections forty-one hundred and thirty-three to forty-one hundred and thirty-five, to be licensed on terms which will authorize them to proceed from port to port of the United States and to foreign ports without entering or clearing at the customhouse; such license shall be in such form as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may prescribe.
Such vessels, so enrolled and licensed, shall not beRestrictions. allowed to transport merchandise or carry passengers for pay. Such vessels shall have their name and port placed on some conspicuous portion of their hulls. Such vessels shall, in all respects, except as above, be subject to the laws of the United States, and shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture for any violation of the provisions of this title.” “Sec. 4218. Every yacht, except those of fifteen gross tons orEntry on return from foreign countries.[R.
S. 4214, 4215, 4217, p. 812](/us/rs/4214/4215/p812). under, visiting a foreign country under the provisions of sections forty-two hundred and fourteen, forty-two hundred and fifteen, and forty-two hundred and seventeen of the Revised Statutes shall, on her return to the United States, make due entry at the customhouse of the port at which, an such return, she shall arrive: *Provided*, That*Proviso*.Manifest of dutiable articles required. nothing in this act shall be so construed as to exempt the master or person in charge of a yacht or vessel arriving from a foreign port or place with dutiable articles on board from reporting to the customs officer of the United States at the port or place at which said yacht or vessel shall arrive, and deliver in to said officer a manifest of all dutiable articles brought from a foreign country in such yachts or vessels.
” " Sec. 3. That all acts and parts of acts not consistent herewith areInconsistent laws repealed. hereby repealed. Approved, August 20, 1912.