Section 75
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.