Section 1
SECTION 1. So much of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act providing for the examination and licensing of applicants for the positions of master, mate, patron, and engineer of seagoing vessels in the Philippine coastwise trade, and prescribing the number of engineers to be employed by such vessels," as provides that steam vessels of less than one hundred tons burden, or sailing vessels of less than one hundred and fifty tons burden, shall carry licensed officers, is hereby repealed: Provided, however, That all vessels propelled wholly or in part by steam shall carry and employ a licensed engineer or engineers, as provided in said Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty.