

It was renamed Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation in 1936. It was combined with the Bureau of Navigation to form Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection by act of 30 June 1932 (47 Stat. 825), and to the Department of Commerce by act of 4 March 1913 (37 Stat. Steamboat Inspection Service was transferred to the Department of Commerce and Labor by act of 14 February 1903 (32 Stat. 458), authorized the appointment of a Supervising Inspector General for the Steamboat Inspection Service. 61), 30 August 1852, formally established the Steamboat Inspection Service in the Department of the Treasury and authorized the appointment of supervising steam vessel inspectors, who collectively constituted the Board of Supervising Inspectors. 304), were performed by engineers appointed by U.S.


Re-designated as the Internal Revenue and Navigation Division in 1878 it was re-designated Mercantile Marine and Internal Revenue Division in 1884. The Navigation Division was established in the Treasury Department in 1870 to administer the fines and penalties function. 506), district court judges submitted requests to the Secretary of the Treasury for remission of fines and penalties under the navigation laws. 331), to collect navigation statistics, assign numbers to merchant vessels, and publish the annual list of American merchant vessels. The Bureau of Statistics was established by an act of 28 July 1866 (14 Stat. On 22 January 1793, the Register of the Treasury became responsible for vessel documentation and for navigation and tonnage statistics. 55), with local enforcement by Treasury customs officials. 1 September 1789: Navigation law administration was placed under Secretary of the Treasury by an act of 1 September 1789 (1 Stat.

Lighthouse Service, was established under the control of the Treasury Department (1 Stat.
