Section 50. Owners to notify inspector and apply for inspection

It shall be
  the  duty of the owner of a public vessel which he intends to operate on
  the navigable waters of the  state  to  notify  the  inspector  of  such
  intention at least one month before it is desired to place the vessel in
  operation  and  to request an inspection of such vessel. Upon receipt of
  such notification the inspector  shall  enter  the  application  on  the
  records of his office. A temporary permit to operate such vessel pending
  inspection  may  be  issued  by  the  inspector,  if  he  finds  through
  documentary evidence that such vessel is properly  equipped  and  manned
  for  the  safety of life and property. No public vessel shall be used or
  operated without a certificate of inspection or a  temporary  permit  as
  herein provided.