Section 33-5-12
Certificates of registration and numbers generally - Numbering system.
The numbering system employed pursuant to this chapter shall be determined and promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources acting pursuant to the authority conferred on him by Section 33-5-28; provided, that in the event an agency of the United States government shall have in force an overall system of identification numbering for vessels within the United States, any numbering system employed or promulgated pursuant to this article shall conform thereto.
(Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §11.)