SEC. 73. In the coasting trade, the admeasurement, documenting, enrollment, and licensing of vessels built or owned in the Philippine Archipelago and in the making and recording of all documents relating thereto, the Insular Collector shall observe, promulgate, and enforce such orders and regulations respecting the same as have been heretofore or shall hereafter be prescribed by the proper authority. In the absence of such regulations or orders he shall observe and follow the laws of the United States and the regulations of the Treasury Department of the United States so far as the same may be, in his sound judgment, applicable. Certificates of protection shall hereafter be signed by the collector of customs at ports where issued and countersigned by the Insular Collector.
SEC. 74. Until otherwise prescribed by lawful authority or otherwise ordered by the Insular Collector, the admeasurement of vessels hereafter built or owned in the islands of the gross capacity of one hundred tons or more shall be made by the surveyor at the port of Manila.
SEC. 75. Whenever any vessel documented, enrolled, or licensed in the Islands has sustained or caused any accident involving loss of life, material loss of property, or serious injury to any person, or has received any damage affecting her seaworthiness or efficiency, the managing owner, agent, or master of such vessel shall within five days send, by letter, to the Insular Collector or the collector of the district where such accident occurred, a report thereof, signed by such owner, agent, or master, stating the name of the vessel, the port to which she belongs, the place where she was, the nature and probable occasion of the casualty, the number and names of those lost, and the estimated amount of loss or damage to the vessel or cargo, and shall furnish such other in formation as may be called for; and if he neglects to comply with the foregoing requirements after a reasonable time, he shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars. Whenever the managing owner or agent of any such vessel has reason to apprehend that such vessel has been lost, he shall promptly send notice to the collector at her home port, in writing, of such loss, and the probable occasion thereof, stating the name of the vessel and the names of all persons on board, so far as the same can be ascertained, and shall furnish, upon request of the said collector, such additional information as shall be required: and if he neglects to comply with the above requirements within a reasonable time, he shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars.
