Section 2
SEC. 2. The owner, managing owner, charterer, or master of any vessel for which a special coastwise license is sought shall make therefor under oath to the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago, setting forth the name and residence of the owners or owners, the nationality, name, and place of construction of the vessel, her class, gross and net tonnage, number of decks and masts, her length, breadth, and depth, and a statement that the vessel is intended for legitimate trade only. If satisfied of the bona fides of the application, the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago shall issue a special coastwise license for a period not to exceed one year, upon the payment of a license fee of one dollar per year for each ton of registered tonnage of the vessel, or at the rate of fifteen cents per registered Inn per month for any shorter period: Provided, That in no ease shall a license fee of less than fifteen cents per ton he collected.