Requirement as to past service of masters and mates.
Section 7
SECTION. 7. Requirement as to past service of masters and mates.— (a) Master: An applicant for certificate as master shall be not less than twenty-five years of age at the time of filing the application, and shall produce to the board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing vessel in the capacity of first mate, with a certificate as such, for at least one year. (b) First mate: An applicant for certificate as first mate shall produce to the board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing vessel in the capacity of second mate, with a certificate as such, for at least one year. (c) Second mate: An applicant for certificate as second mate shall produce to the board evidence, satisfactory to it, showing that he has served on a seagoing vessel in the capacity of third mate, with a certificate as such, for at least one year. Service as patron on vessels of two hundred tons shall be deemed the equivalent of service as third mate upon application for examination for a second mate's certificate. (d) Third mate: An applicant for a certificate as third mate shall be not less than nineteen years of age, and shall be required to present to the board documents properly certified showing that he has served as seaman, quartermaster or agregado for at least two years in a seagoing sailing vessel or steamer: Provided, however, That agregados serving as such on steamships upon the passage of this Act shall be entitled to examination after eighteen !ti- months of navigation: And provided further, That an applicant producing a certificate of graduation from the Nautical School of Manila, showing an average of not less than seventy per cent in nautical work, who has served as seaman, quartermaster or agregado for at least fifteen months in a seagoing sailing vessel or at least eighteen months in a seagoing steamer, shall be considered as having furnished sufficient evidence of his technical knowledge and experience, but not of his physical condition, habits, or character.