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Sixth. Or one year's experience as a licensed master of lake, bay, or sound steam vessels, for license as second mate or coastwise steam vessels of 500 gross tons or under.

Seventh. Or two years' experience as a licensed first-class pilot of lake, bay, or sound steam vessels, for license as second mate of coastwise steam vessels of 500 tons or under.

Eighth. Or one years' experience as a licensed first-class pilot of lake, bay, or sound steam vessels, and one years' experience in the deck department of steam vessels navigating the waters of the Atlantic or Pacific coast or oceans or the Gulf of Mexico, for license as second mate of coastwise steam vessels of 500 gross tons or under. (Sec. 4440, R. S.)

THIRD MATE OF COASTWISE STEAM VESSELS.

29. Any applicant for license as third mate of coastwise steam vessels shall be eligible for examination after he has furnished satisactory documentary evidence to the local inspectors that he has had the following experience:

First. Three years' experience in the deck department of ocean or coastwise steam or sail vessels.

Second. Or one year's experience as a licensed first-class pilot of lake, bay, or sound steam vessels and one year's experience in the deck department of ocean or coastwise steam vessels.

Third. Or one years' experience as master of lake, bay, or sound steam vessels of 300 gross tons or over. (Sec. 4440, R. S.)

EXAMINATIONS FOR MATES OF COASTWISE STEAM VESSELS

30. Any applicant for original license as chief mate, second mate, or third mate of steam vessels on coastwise waters between points on route not exceeding 600 miles shall pass only such examination before the inspectors as shall satisfy them that he is capable of navigating such steam vessels as chief mate, second mate, or third mate on such coastwise route. Any applicant for original license as chief mate, second mate, or third mate of steam vessels on coastwise route extending more than 600 miles shall pass a satisfactory examination before the inspectors as to his

knowledge of the distance from a fixed object by bearings of same, day's work by dead reckoning, latitude at noon by meridian altitude of the sun, international rules to prevent collisions, obtaining a course with parallel rules, marking of the lead line, and shall be subjected to such other examination of a nonmathematical character as the inspectors may determine. (Sec. 4440, R. S.)

INDORSEMENT OF MASTER'S OR MATE'S LICENSE AS PILOT.

31. Whenever a master or mate desires to act in the double capacity of master and pilot, or mate and pilot, and furnishes the necessary evidence of his qualifications, the local inspectors shall indorse such pilot routes on the certificate of license.

R. S.)

(Sec. 4443,

LICENSE OF OWNER AS MASTER OF STEAM YACHT.

32. Whenever the owner of a steam or sailing yacht of over 100 gross tons, who has had three years' experience in sailing such vessels, applies for a license authorizing him to act as master of steam yachts for coastwise and ocean navigation, the local inspectors shall examine the applicant as to his knowledge of the rules of the road, fog signals, signal lights (inland and international); the use of the lead and line; the use of the patent and chip logs, the compass, variation and deviation of the compass, the use of the drag, the use of oil during storms, bell signals between pilot house and engine room, handling of steam vessels, laws of storms, course and distance by chart, keeping the log book, middle latitude sailing, Mercator's sailing, method of obtaining latitude and longitude by dead reckoning, latitude by altitude of either the sun, moon, or stars; longitude by chronometer (time sights). Practical problems shall be given in the subjects of latitude and longitude. The examination shall be in writing, which shall be kept on file in the office of the local inspectors. If said examination is satisfactory to the local inspectors, they shall issue to the applicant a master's license authorizing him to discharge the duties of master of steam yachts, either for coastwise or ocean navigation. (Secs. 4439, 4442, R. S.)

MASTER, MATE, AND PILOT OF STEAM PILOT, FISHING, PORTO RICAN, AND HAWAIIAN VESSELS.

33. Any applicant for original license to act as master of steam pilot boats, or of steamers navigating the waters of the whaling grounds in the Alaskan seas, or of steamers engaged exclusively in the business of whale fishing, or of steamers engaged in the Atlantic, Pacific, or Gulf coast fisheries, or of steam or sail vessels navigating between ports of the Hawaiian Islands, or between ports of the island of Porto Rico, shall have had at least three years' experience in the deck department of such steamers, which fact shall be verified by documentary evidence; and such applicant shall only be subjected to such examination as shall satisfy the inspectors that the applicant is capable of navigating such vessels: It is provided, That any person who has had at least five years' experience on sail vessels licensed in the fisheries of the United States, two years of which have been as master or mate of such sailing vessels, may be examined for license as master or mate of steam fishing vessels to be employed and exclusively in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coast fisheries. The license issued under this section shall state in the body thereof "for coastwise only," Pacific or Atlantic coast, as the case may be, and between what ports on either of said coasts.

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It is further provided, That any applicant for original license who has had three years' experience in the deck department on steam pilot boats, or who has had two years' experience in the deck department on steam pilot boats and one year's experience on sail pilot boats, shall be eligible for examination for license as mate of steam pilot boats.

It is further provided, That said master's or mate's license may be indorsed as pilot on such inland waters on the abovenamed coasts as the local inspectors at the various ports may find the holder qualified to act on as pilot, after examination by the local inspectors, such examination to be in writing and preserved in the files of the inspectors' office. (Secs. 4439, 4440, 4442, R. S.)

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INTERNATIONAL RULES.

I.-ENACTING CLAUSE, SCOPE, AND PENALTY.

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 at sea shall be followed by all public and private vessels of the United States upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewith, navigable by seagoing vessels.

ART. 30. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of a special rule, duly made by local authority, relative to the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland waters.

PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS.

In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel.

The words "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery.

A vessel is "under way," within the meaning of these rules, when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground.

II. LIGHTS, AND SO FORTH.

The word "visible" in these rules when applied to lights shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere.

ARTICLE 1. The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.

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