The Pilot

HALE, District Judge.

This ease now comes before the court on a libel against the Pilot, a crude oil boat, for violation of the Act Sept. 7, 1916, § 9, as amended by Act July 15, 1918, § 3, as amended by the Act June 5, 1920, § 18, 41 Stat. 994 (U. S. Code, title 46, § 808 [46 USCA § 808]); namely, for selling the boat to a person not a citizen of the United States without first obtaining the approval of the Shipping Board. The portion of the law applicable to this case is as follows: “It shall he unlawful to sell, transfer or mortgage, or, except under regulations prescribed by the hoard, to…