UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MAY 9 44 CONTENTS Page Laws relating to the navigation of vessels on the high seas and on all har- bors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal and the Red River of the North and rivers empyting into the Gulf of Enacting clause, scope, and penalty. Lights for sailing vessels and vessels in tow Lights for small steam and sail vessels and open boats Lights, etc., of fishing vessels. Lights for an overtaken vessel. Naval lights and recognition signals. Steam vessel under sail by day Sound signals for fog, and so forth. Vessel at anchor or not under way Small sailing vessels and boats. Preliminary-risk of collision. Steam vessel shall keep out of the way of sailing vessel Steam vessel shall slacken speed or stop- Right of way of fishing vessels Sound signals for passing steamers. Enacting clause, scope, and penalty- Lights, and so forth-Continued. Lights, etc., of fishing vessels... Lights for rafts or other craft not provided for. Lights for an overtaken vessel.. Naval lights and recognition signals. Steam vessel under sail by day- Sound signals for fog, and so forth Vessel at anchor or not under way. Rafts, or other craft not provided for. Preliminary-risk of collision_. Steam vessel shall keep out of the way of sailing vessel_ Steam vessel shall slacken speed or stop- Right of way of fishing vessels - Sound signals for passing steamers.. Lights on United States naval vessels and revenue cutters - Act of September 4, 1890, in regard to collisions at sea- Pilot rules for inland waters. Rules for lights for certain classes of vessels navigating harbors, rivers, and inland waters, except Great Lakes and their con- necting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, and the Red River of the North, and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries - Lights and day signals for vessels, dredges of all types, and ves- sels working on wrecks and obstructions, etc.- Signals, day or night, at anchor, or under way, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels.-- Unauthorized use of lights; unnecessary whistling. Towing of barges. Boundary lines of inland waters. Atlantic coast.- Gulf coast Pacific coast. Motorboat Act of April 25, 1940. Classes of motorboats- Lights Whistles Bells Pilot rules not required. Negligent operation.. Authority to arrest for negligent operation. Regulations; enforcement Exemptions - Hurricane, storm, and small-craft warning signals. Resuscitation of the apparently drowned. iii LLLL i i III 44 44 45 46 47 48 49 53 53 53 54 54 54 55 55 55 55 56 56 LAWS RELATING TO THE NAVIGATION OF VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS, AND ON ALL HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT THE GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING AND TRIBUTARY WATERS AS FAR EAST AS MONTREAL AND THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AND RIVERS EMPTYING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. The statutory rules to prevent collisions of vessels are given in comparison form. In the left-hand column are printed the revised international rules (26 Stat. 320–328, 28 Stat. 82, 83, 29 Stat. 381, 31 Stat. 30, 49 Stat. 668; 33 U. S. C. 61–63, 71–84, 91, 92, 101–113, 121, 132, 141, 142). In the right-hand column are printed the rules for the navigation of rivers, harbors, and inland waters of the United States navigable by seagoing vessels (30 Stat. 96-103, 31 Stat. 30, 38 Stat. 381, 47 Stat. 415, 1417, 49 Stat. 669, 1367, 1380; 33 U. S. C. 154–159, 171–183, 191, 192, 201-222, 231, 232). The revised international rules and the inland rules do not apply to the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, the Red River of the North, nor to the rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries. Attention is directed to the definition common to both rules: “The words 'steam vessel shall include any vessel propelled by machinery.” INTERNATIONAL RULES INLAND RULES 1.--ENACTING CLAUSE, 1.-ENACTING CLAUSE, SCOPE, AND PENALTY SCOPE, AND PENALTY Be it enacted by the Senate and Whereas the provisions of chapHouse of Representatives of the ter eight hundred and two of the United States of America in Con- laws of eighteen hundred' and gress assembled, That the follow-ninety,' and the amendments ing regulations for preventing thereto, adopting regulations for collisions at sea shall be followed preventing collisions at sea [i. e., by all public and private vessels of international rules of left-hand the United States upon the high column], apply to all waters of seas and in all waters connected the United States connected with therewith, navigable by seagoing the high seas navigable by seavessels. going vessels, except so far as the ART. 30. Nothing in these rules navigation of any harbor, river, or shall interfere with the operation inland waters is regulated by speof a special rule, duly made by cial rules duly made by local aulocal authority, relative to the thority; and navigation of any harbor, river, Whereas it is desirable that the or inland waters. regulations relating to the naviga 1 INTERNATIONAL RULES INLAND RULES tion of all harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal and the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries, shall be stated in one act: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following regulations for preventing collisions shall be followed by all vessels navigating all harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal and the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries, and are hereby, declared special rules duly made by local authority: SEC. 3.1 That every pilot, engineer, mate, or master of any steam vessel, and every master or mate of any barge or canal boat, who neglects or refuses to observe the provisions of this act, or the regulations established in pursuance of the preceding section (see section 2, page 7], shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, and for alí damages sustained by any passenger in his person or baggage by such neglect or refusal: Provided, That nothing herein shall relieve any vessel, owner, or corporation from any liability, incurred by reason of such neglect or refusai. SEC. 4. That every vessel that shall be navigated without comply ing with the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars, one-half to go to the informer, for which sum the vessel so navigated shall be liable 1 See act of June 7, 1897, as amended (30 Stat. 102, 103 ; 33 U. S. C. 158, 159). INTERNATIONAL RULES INLAND RULES and may be seized and proceeded against by action in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense. PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS In the following rules every In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be con- and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every sidered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. steam vessel. The words "Steam vessel" shall The words “steam vessel” shall include any vessel propelled by include any vessel propelled by machinery. machinery A vessel is “under way," within A vessel is "under way," within the meaning of these rules, when the meaning of these rules, when she is not at anchor, or made fast she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground. to the shore, or aground. II.-LIGHTS, AND SO FORTH 11.–LIGHTS, AND SO FORTH The word "visible" in these The word "visible" in these rules when applied to lights shall rules, when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere. a clear atmosphere. ARTICLE 1. The rules concern- ARTICLE 1. The rules concerning lights shall be complied with ing lights shall be complied with in alĩ weathers from sunset to in all weathers from sunset to sunsunrise, and during such time no rise, and during such time no other lights which may be mis- other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights taken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited. shall be exhibited. STEAM VESSELS-MASTHEAD LIGHT STEAM VESSELS -MASTHEAD LIGHT ART. 2. A steam vessel when ART. 2.2 A steam vessel when under way shall carry-(a) On under way shall carry-(a) On or in front of the foremast, or if or in the front of the foremast, or a vessel without a foremast, then if a vessel without a foremast, in the fore part of the vessel, at then in the fore part of the vessel, a height above the hull of not a bright white light so constructed less than twenty feet, and if the as to show an unbroken light over breadth of the vessel exceeds an arc of the horizon of twenty twenty feet, then at a height points of the compass, só fixed as above the húll not less than such to throw the light ten points on breadth, so, however, that the each side of the vessel, namely, light need not be carried at a from right ahead to two points 2 Article 2 is amended by act of Congress approved April 25, 1940, in rules for lights required to be carried by every vessel propelled by machinery and not more than 65 feet in length except tugboats and towboats propelled by steam. 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