Section 6
SEC. 6. Section eleven of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 11. Recognition of old licenses and certificates.-All licenses as master, mate, or engineer in the coastwise trade existing before this Act became effective, issued by the Insular Collector of Customs, and all certificates as master, mate, or engineer of any kind issued by the Spanish government to a native of these Islands shall entitle the holder to have such licenses or certificates exchanged for a certificate of the same category to navigate on all seas, without necessity of further requirements, except the payment of fees as established in section sixteen of this Act for holders of licenses, and said fees, physical examination, and evidence as to character for those who" only have Spanish goverriment certificates. "The present holders of licenses as patrons on seas, bays, rivers, or lakes, with the right to command vessels of less than one hundred tons, shall be entitled to have said licenses exchanged for certificates as patron in the minor coastwise trade, which shall capacitate them for commanding steamships or sailing vessels of less than one hundred gross tons on the seas, rivers, and lakes where they have acquired their experience; and the present holders of licenses as patron on vessels of from one hundred to one hundred and ninety-nine gross tons and from two hundred to two hundred and fifty-gross tons shall be entitled to have said licenses exchanged for certificates, the former as patron in the minor coastwise trade and the latter as patron in the major coastwise trade, which certificates shall capacitate them for commanding sailing vessels or steamships of the same tonnage on which they are now entitled to navigate, on the same seas or parts of the sea on which they are now authorized to do so. "Any person holding a license as river and harbor engineer shall be entitled to have said license exchanged for a certificate as fourth engineer, which will entitle him to promotion upon examination, as provided by this Act, if he is duly qualified. "Persons holding licenses as chief engineer on vessels of two hundred tons (chief of two hundred tons) shall be entitled to have said licenses exchanged for certificates as third engineer. Persons holding licenses as chief engineer for vessels of more than two hundred tons and up to four hundred and fifty tons, inclusive, shall have said licenses exchanged for certificates as second engineer. Holders of licenses as first engineer on vessels of over four hundred and fifty tons shall be entitled to have said licenses exchanged for certificates as chief engineer. The former two shall be entitled to promotion upon examination in the manner provided in this Act, if they are duly qualified. "Certificates obtained by virtue of this section shall also entitle their holders to promotion upon the examination prescribed in this Act. "Certificates as master and mate on all seas shall authorize the holder to navigate in the coastwise trade. "Certificates as engineer shall authorize the holder thereof to navigate on any vessel, irrespective of its motive power and the voyage made by it."