Chapter 172. To provide for provisional certificates of registry of vessels abroad, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 172.— An Act To provide for provisional certificates of registry of vessels abroad, and for other purposes. March 4, 1915.[[H. R. 18686](/us/bill/63/hr/18686).][[Public No. 321](/us/pl/63/321).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That consular officers of theCertificates of registry.Consuls may issue provisional, to vessels bought by citizens. United States and such other persons as may from time to time be designated by the President for the purpose are hereby authorized to issue provisional certificates of registry to vessels abroad which1194Vol. 37, p. 562.*Ante*, p. 698. have been purchased by citizens of the United States, including corporations, as defined in section forty-one hundred and thirty-two, Revised Statutes, as amended by the Panama Canal Act and the Act of August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.
(a)Expiration. Such a provisional certificate shall entitle the vessel to the privileges of a vessel of the United States in trade with foreign countries or with the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila until the expiration of six months from its date or until ten days after the vessel’s arrival at a port of the United States,Officers, inspection, etc.*Ante*, p. 698. whichever first happens, and no longer. On arrival at a port of the United States the vessel shall become subject to the laws relating to officers, inspection, and measurement, as amended by the Act of August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.
(b)Conditions. The Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe the conditions in accordance with which such provisional certificates shall be issued and the manner in which they shall be surrendered in exchange for certificates of registry at ports of the United States.
(c)Form. The form of such provisional certificate shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Navigation and shall include the name of the ship and of the master, time and place of purchase and names of purchasers, and the best particulars respecting her tonnage, build, description, and inspection or survey which the consular officer is able to obtain.
(d)Forwarding for filing. Copies of such provisional certificates shall be forwarded as soon as practicable by the issuing officer to the Commissioner of Navigation. Sec. 2. Repurchase from foreigners.[R. S., sec. 4165, p. 803](/us/rs/s4165/p803), repealed.Vol. 29, p. 689. That section forty-one hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes and section ten of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to amend the laws relating to navigation,” are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. In effect in 60 days. That this Act shall take effect sixty days after the date of its passage. Approved, March 4, 1915.