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Page 744 - Where, by any of these rules, one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
Page 485 - ... the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than 2 points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Page 741 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 671 - Whereas it is also provided by said section that ' ' the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require...
Page 486 - The white light required to be shown by this article may be fixed and carried in a lantern, but in such case the lantern shall be so constructed, fitted, and screened that it shall throw an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of...
Page 742 - I am directing my course to port." Three short blasts to mean, "My engines are going at full speed astern." No VESSEL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, TO NEGLECT PROPER PRECAUTIONS ART. 29. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution that may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen or by the special circumstances...
Page 743 - ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore the following...
Page 747 - A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack, one blast; when on the port tack, two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam, three blasts in succession...
Page 622 - ... the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law.
Page 740 - ... rules, shall, instead of the signals prescribed in subdivisions (a) and (c) of this article, at intervals of not more than two minutes, sound three blasts in succession, namely : One prolonged blast followed by two short blasts. A vessel towed may give this signal and she shall not give any other.
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| Title | A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: 1889-1897 Volume 9 of A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, James Daniel Richardson Library of American civilization |
| Authors | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson |
| Editor | James Daniel Richardson |
| Compiled by | James Daniel Richardson |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 |
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