SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 152. 1918. BO]. "Ev§3 vessel purchased, chartered, or leased from the board ¤m°P°’°*‘,°'* ” ·*m°’*· shall, ess otherwise authorized by the board, be operated onl ` under such re¥istry or enrollment and license. Such vessels whili employed sole y as merchant vessels shall be subject to all laws, regulations, and liabi1itiet:s(5(§oveming merchant vessels, whether the United States be mteres therein as owner, in whole or in part, or hold any mortgage, lien, or other interest therein. No such vessel, '*`¤¤S‘¤= *·=S¤i¤*¢d- without thehapprovabgf the board, shag be transferred to a. icgfign re try or ag, or so ; nor, except un er regulations reseri thilsboard, be chartered or leased. P ~ · P y " No vessel documented under the laws of the United States or WNX ‘}§‘*,§’,";,,*}‘§ owned by any person a citizen of the United States or by a corporation 6*** ¤¤¤¤¤gl]¤ Bwdorganized under the laws of the United States or of any State, Territory., District, or possession thereof, except one which the board is pro ibited from éourchasing, shall be sold·t0 any person not a. citizen of the United tates- or transferred to onplaced undera foreign registry or Bag, such vesselsislirst tendered to the board at V0, 39 m the price in §ood faith otfered by others, or, if—n0 such offer, at a fair ’ °' ` price to be etermmed m the manner provided in section ten. _ "Any vessel sold, chartered, lwsed, transferred to or placed under ,,,{”,,°{"°‘*'“° ‘°" "*°“‘" a foreign registg or Ea? or operated, inviolation of any provision A ' of this section all be orfeited the United_States, and whoever p,;{‘,f“""“°"* *“°" violates any provision of this seotnon shall be gmlty of a. misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more than fivedyears, or both.¥’ aaueaseeu i Sec. 4. That said Act is hereby amended by adding at the end von. zo, gv-738, thereof eight sections, as follows: "Sec. 37. That when the United States is at war or during? any sppmeu byBcsur£°“ national emergency, the existence of which is declared bg nrqc ma- ""‘·P· ’°“* tion of the President, it shall be unlawful, without first o taming the approval of the board: " , rms: era · ‘ (a) To transfer to or plaee under any foreign registry or fl any ship to ¢$ag¤ {Z`§§3`y`: vessel owned in whole or in part by any person a citizen of the ggnited °‘°· States or by a. corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof; or ,, ,, , A " (b) To sell, mortgape, lease, charter, deliver, or in any manner m,§§§,;;§§y3,4?§€§§; transfer, o;¤§ree to sel , mortgage, lease,_charter, deliver, or in any °°°“***'“‘*“°“**°¤· mamier tr er, to any person not a citizen of the United States, (1) ang such vessel or any interest therein, or (2) any vessel documente under the laws of the United States, or any interest therein, or (3) any shipyard, dry dock, ship·building or shipqepairing plant or facilities, or any interest therein; or ,1.0 commu wm “ (C) To Bump into {my contract, agreement, 01* \1nde1‘st8.ndln€ to otc.. before end of war; construct a vessel within the United States for or to be deliverei to '°"’°"“‘“"’·“"“'""· any .rson not a. citizen of the United States, without expressly stipulgting that such construction shall not begin until after the war or emergency proclaimed by the Pres1dent has ended; or To vm mmm " (d) To make any agreement or effect any understanding whereby anmtmnqmps, ygrdg there is vested in or for the benefit of any person not a citizen of the °‘°··“"°“"8”°”· United States, the controllini interest or a majority of the voting p/ower in a corporation whic is organized under the laws of the 'nited States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, and which owns any vessel, shipyard, dry dock, or shipbuildingror ship-repairing plant or facilities; or To wm mam} “ (g) g (gauge gr procure any Vessel c0DSl1I’\1ct£d lll whole 0I' lll m¤nwdAm¤im¤b¤¤1¢ part within the United States, which has never cleared for any '”°"°"°"‘"‘ oreign port, to depart from a port of the United States before it has been documented under the laws of the United States. pmt, kr ,4,,;.. " Whoever violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, any of ¤¤¤¤- the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
