Regulations; enforcement SEC. 17. The Commandant 1 of the Coast Guard shall establish all necessary regulations required to carry out in the most effective manner all of the provisions of this Act, and such regulations shall have the force of law. The Commandant of the Coast Guard or any officer of the Coast Guard authorized by the Commandant may, upon application therefor, remit or mitigate any fine, penalty, or forfeiture incurred under this Act or any regulation thereunder relating to motorboats or vessels, except the penalties provided for in section 14 hereunder. The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish such regulations as may be necessary to secure the enforcement of the provisions of this Act by any officer of the United States authorized to enforce the navigation laws of the United States. (46 U. S. C. 526p.) Exemptions SEC. 18. The proviso contained in the last paragraph of section 2 of the Act of May 11, 1918 (40 Stat. 549), shall apply also with like force and effect to motorboats as defined in this Act. Motorboats as defined in this Act are hereby exempted from the provisions of Revised Statutes, 4399, as amended (48 Stat. 125; 46 U.S. C. 361); (46 U. S. C. 526q). Certificate of award of number; exemptions SEC. 21. The provisions of section 210 of title II of the AntiSmuggling Act, approved August 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 526; U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 46, sec. 288), requiring a certificate of award of a number to be kept at all times on board of the vessel to which the number has been awarded shall not apply to any vessel not exceeding seventeen feet in length measured from end to end over the deck, excluding sheer, or to any vessel whose design of fittings are such that the carrying of a certificate of award of the number on such vessel would render such certificate imperfect, illegible, or would otherwise tend to destroy its usefulness as a means of ready identification. (46 U.S. C. 526t.) Approved April 25, 1940 (as amended; secs. 1 to 21, 54 Stat. 164166, secs. 1 and 2, 70 Stat. 228; 46 U. S. C. 526–526d, 526h, 526k-526q, 526t). 1 See footnote 1, p. 2. APPENDIX HURRICANE, STORM, AND SMALL-CRAFT WARNING SIGNALS (U. S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau) Hurricane, or whole-gale warning.-Two square flags, red with black centers one above the other, indicate the approach of a tropical hurricane, or of one of the extremely severe and dangerous storms which occasionally occur. Small-craft warning.-A red pennant indicates that moderately strong winds that will interfere with the safe operation of small craft are expected. RESUSCITATION OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED Two manual methods of artificial respiration are described and illustrated in a pamphlet prepared by the United States Coast Guard, and entitled "Methods of Artificial Respiration." This pamphlet may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., at 10 cents per copy. The Coast Guard procedures for artificial respiration are now based on the Back-Pressure, Arm-Lift method (Preferred) and the BackPressure, Hip-Lift method (Alternate), either of which may be used in conjunction with the application of oxygen. The Schaefer, Eve, and Howard-Sylvester methods are no longer approved as Coast Guard methods. |