Section 141
SEC. 141. Owners of small boats of a capacity of less than fifteen gross tons who wish to engage in local trade, may upon application to the nearest collector of customs or subdistrict inspector of customs, and on taking the oath of allegiance to the United States, be granted a license for one year, authorizing the vessel holding it to engage in coast traffic, they paying for the license one dollar per ton for each ton of the vessels gross tonnage, the minimum fee to be in any case one dollar. Before delivering the license, the officer issuing the same will cause the vessel for which it is issued to be conspicuously marked, on some fixed part of the vessel, by burning or painting with the name of the boat, name of the port at which licensed, and the number of the license.