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(after stating the facts as above). Section 8146e, C. S. (46 USCA § 808), makes it unlawful to sell to an alien without the Shipping Board’s consent any vessel purchased from the Board or documented under the laws of the United States, and also provides penalties for violation of this provision, one of which is 'forfeiture of the vessel to the United States.

The statute applies (a) to vessels purchased from the Shipping Board, which has not application here; (b) to vessels documented under the laws of the United States. If the vessel was documented under the laws of the United States at the…