The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-13
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CONTROL OF SHIPS
House Measure Provides For
Registration Of All Under
Fifteen Tons Burden

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sT9riitotial tbntr6i " all vessels an.
der fifteen tons gross operating in Ia.
waiian waters is aimed at in H. B.
42l, which was introduced in the house
yesterday by Representative Lyman.
The measure provides for the registra.
tion Of these vessels with the board Of
harbor commissioners. In full, the bill
is as follows:
'tSection /. Registration. No yes.
sci of fifteen gross tons or less pro.
PEELED in whole or in part by steam,
gas, gasoiibe, petroleum, kerosene,
naphtha, fluid or electricity shall be
operated in any waters Of the Terri.
tory Of Hawaii unless the same shall
have been registered in accordance
with the requirements of this act.
"Section 2. Application for Regis
tration. The owner OF person in con.
troll Of any such vessel is required to
make written application TO the board
Of harbor commissioners for the regis
tration or re.registration thereof.
"Section 3. Application to contain
statement. The application TO be made
by the owner or person in control of
such vessel shall contain the follow.
ing statement: a. full name and ad.
dress Of applicant; (2) home port Of
vessel; (3) purpose for which vessel is
operated; az tonnage and general di.
mansions of vessel; (5) type and power
of engine and kind of fuel used II
steam, type of boiler; (6) cruising
radiusj ~ capacity of vessel as to
cargo and passengers. A
Section 4. Registration number.
Upon being satisfied that the statement
set forth in the duplication is true, the
board of harbor commissioners shall
cause to be registered in book or
card index system to be kept for that
purpose the vessel described in the APP
plication, and shall give to the appli-
cant distinguishing registration mum.
Der. SO far as practicable, the appli-
cant shall be assigned a number hither.
to assigned to him upon request SO to
do. Such registration number shall be
attached in conspicuous place on both
sides of such vessel. s..sa
rSection 5. Re-registration. The re-
registration of such vessel shall be re-
quired whenever there is change of
ownership or a change in the method
of ipropelling such vessel so as to indi-
cate the change in the name of the
owner or change in the method of
propelling such vessel. The re-registra-
ton may be made under the original
number. ..~. .if
"tseetion Q. Time of registration.
Such vessel shall be registered on or
before June !, 1917, and such registra.
tion shall continue TO January /, 1918.
Thereafter, such vessel shall be regis,
tered annually, such annual registra.
tion to continue in force until January
of the following year. The, annual
registration shall be made between the
fifteenth and thirty-frst of December
Of each year. 1r..t... F.&
"Section T. Fees. The fee for orig
inal registration shall be two dollars
and fifty cents ($2.50). The fee for
annual registration and re-registration
shall be one dollar ($1.00.)
"Section s. Any person who shall
operate or cause to be operated or
who shall participate in operating or
in causing TO be operated in any wa.
ters of the Territory of Hawaii any
such vessel not registered in accordance
with the provisions of this act, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be punishable by fine of not more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or
by imprisonment for a term of not
more than one year, or by both. s.,
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