EX. ORD. NO. 9170. CERTAIN NAVIGATION LAWS MADE APPLICABLE TO
VIRGIN ISLANDS |
Ex. Ord. No. 9170, eff. May 21, 1942, 7 F.R. 384, provided in
part:
It is ordered that all of the navigation and vessel inspection
laws of the United States be, and they are hereby, made applicable to the Virgin Islands of the United States, with the following exceptions:
(1) The coastwise laws of the United States. (2) The act of Congress approved June 7, 1897 (30 Stat. 96), as
amended by the acts of February 19, 1900 (31 Stat. 30), May 25, 1914 (38 Stat. 381), March 1, 1933 (47 Stat. 1417), Aug. 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 668, 669), May 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1367), and April 22, 1940 (54 Stat. 150).
(3) So much of the vessel inspection laws of the United States as
requires the inspection as a passenger vessel of any cargo vessel, foreign or domestic, when carrying more than twelve passengers or persons in addition to the crew.
(4) Federal laws levying tonnage duties, light money, or entrance
and clearance fees.
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