Navigation Laws of the United States, 1919

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 - 635 pages

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Contents

Gross tonnage
26
Deck houses breaks etc
28
Open vessels
29
Deductions for other purposes
31
Deductions for propelling power
32
Register tonnage
33
Vessels exempt from measurement
34
DOCUMENTS OF VESSELS 33 Carpenters certificate
35
Masters oath of citizenship
36
Form of register
38
Custody and surrender of register
39
Registers to corporations
40
Change of owner of registered vessel
41
Mortgage and bill of sale
42
Sale to alien
43
Change of trade
45
Failure to deliver former register
46
Form of license
47
Duration of license
48
Enrollment and license to corporations
49
Certification by customs officer
50
Inspection of enrollment and license
51
Offenses against the registry law
53
Offenses against enrollment and license laws
54
OFFICERS OF MERCHANT VESSELS 66 Citizenship of officers
56
Duration of licenses
57
Service during war
58
Masters license
59
Pilots license
60
Removal of master
61
MERCHANT SEAMEN 77 Definitions
63
Naturalization and citizenship of seamen
64
Illegal shipments
65
Owners or masters may ship seamen in certain cases
66
Agreement to ship in foreign trade
67
Period of engagement
68
Penalty for shipment without agreement
69
Crew list
70
Papers relating to crew
71
Shipment of seamen in the coasting or nearby foreign trade
72
Agreement in coasting trade not before commissioner
73
Agreement with fishermen
74
Discharge in foreign trade
76
Wages
78
Vessels exempt from libel for wages
82
Wages and clothing exempt from attachment
83
Desertion of seamen abroad
84
Repeal of treaties and conventions
85
Soliciting lodgers
86
Effects of deceased seamen
87
Offenses and punishments
90
Jurisdiction over American seamen in foreign ports and foreign seamen
98
SEAWORTHINESS SUPPLIES LOG BOOK
104
Weights and measures
111
General libel bond
117
Inspection of hulls and equipment
126
Stairways and deck room
142
Exhibit of laws
148
Provisions
154
Discipline and cleanliness
170
Death of passenger
173
Penalties
174
GENERAL PILOT LAWS 163 General pilot laws
175
TONNAGE TAX 164 Rates of tax
177
165a Philippine vessels
178
Alien tonnage taxes in exceptional cases
179
Light money in exceptional cases
180
Refund of tonnage tax
181
DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION 171 Discrimination against American vessels
183
Discrimination against products of the United States
185
Vessels of nations not assimilated by treaty to American vessels
186
Discriminating duties
187
ENTRY AND CLEARANCE 177 Clearance
190
Form of outward manifest
191
Form of clearance
192
Liveoak timber
193
Oath of ownership on entry
194
Deposit of papers
195
War documents passports sea letters
196
Illegal boarding of vessel
197
CUSTOMS LAWS DIRECTLY RELATING TO VESSELS 191 Boarding and search of vessel
198
Seizure of vessels or merchandise
199
Exemption from forfeiture
202
MoietiesInformers and customs officers awards
203
Procedure
205
Oaths of masters and owners
207
ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE 198 Definitions
208
Ports of entry
209
Special inward manifest for Treasury Department
210
Cargo in bulk
211
Inspection of merchandise laden for export
212
Vessels exempt from entry
213
Vessels exempt from certain charges
214
Coal
215
Cigars
216
Inward manifests
217
Inspection of inward manifests by boarding officer
218
Entry of merchandise at special ports
220
Clearance at special ports
225
Comparison of cargo and manifest
226
Special permit to unlade by night and preliminary entry
227
Unlading by day
229
Salvage of merchandise
243
Bribery and solicitation of bribes
244
Liens for freight or general average
246
TARIFF PROVISIONS DIRECTLY RELATING TO VESSELS 242 Coal
247
Sunken merchandise
248
Sea stores and equipments
249
CONSULS SERVICES TO VESSELS 249 Consuls services to vessels
250
Naval officer acting as consul
251
COMMERCE WITH CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES 251 Size of foreigntrade vessels
252
Inward manifests
253
Customs inspection
254
Transfer of cargo
256
Saloon stores
257
Entry from one district to another
258
Discharging cargo and passengers
260
Foreign merchandise coastwise
261
Page
262
Departure within a great district
268
Vessels with domestic cargo
274
Foreign Foreign tugboats
280
Fisheries
286
Provisions of Revised Statutes
288
Harbors and navigable waters
292
Report to Congress
294
Aids to navigation and commerce
298
QUARANTINE AND BILLS OF HEALTH
301
Procedure
304
Removal of cargo
307
Illegal landing
313
WRECKS
324
CATTLE LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY TRADE
331
Care of cattle in domestic trade
337
OPIUM TRADE Page 366 Opium trade
346
RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS 367 Duty to stay by
350
368a Numbering motor boats
353
368b Taxes on water transportation sale and use of motor boats
354
International rules of 1897
355
Adulterated food products
365
Consideration of future rules
369
Limits of application of international and inland or local rules
380
Rules for the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence River as far east as Montreal
384
Rules for the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries
390
River navigation
395
Rules for the St Marys River
396
AIDS TO NAVIGATION 378 Assistance by United States vessels
398
Lights and buoys
399
Storm and weather signals
400
Interference with range lights
401
Anchorage grounds
402
OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION 388 Improvements by private or municipal corporations
403
General obstructions
409
Penalties
410
Impairing public works
412
Log regulations
413
Penalties
414
Bridge spans
415
Bridge piers and abutments
416
Sunken wrecks
417
Speed of vessels navigation of canals
419
Potomac River
420
NEW YORK HARBOR 405 New York Harbor
421
RADIO COMMUNICATION 406 Wireless ship act
426
Regulation of radio communication
427
OFFENSES AGAINST NEUTRALITY 409 Offenses against neutrality 496
436
409a Enforcement of neutrality
439
Instruction at military schools
447
Panama Canal
453
Great LakesAtlantic Canal
463
a Vessels in ports of the United States in time of
469
h Acquisition of vessels by United States
476
LEGAL PROCEDURE
482
Rape
488
PIRACY Page 458 Piracy
494
Crimes deemed piracy
495
PROTECTION OF SUBMARINE CABLES 460 Protection of submarine cables
497
ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE OFFICES 461 Department of Commerce
500
Bureau of Navigation
504
Shipping commissioners
506
Customs officers
507
SteamboatInspection Service
514
Public Health Service
521
Immigration and Naturalization Bureau
523
Coast Guard
526
LifeSaving Service
528
Coast Guard
532
Treasury agents
536
Alaska seal agents
537
Coast and Geodetic Survey
538
District court commissioners
539
Unauthorized services 540 1
540
476a Waterways Commission
541
476b Bureau of War Risk Insurance
542
FEES PAYABLE BY PRIVATE PERSONS 477 Fees on vessels payable by private persons
549
Customs districts and ports of entry
554
Power to designate ports and subports
560
CONSULATES OF THE UNITED STATES 480 Consulates of the United States
562
APPENDIX THE SHIPPING ACT AS AMENDED AND THE EMERGENCY SHIP PING ACT WITH OTHER LAWS RELATING TO THE SHIPPI...
567
Act of August 24 1912
573
INDEXES Index to the shipping act 1916
593
1 Revised Statutes and amendments
603
Acts subsequent to Revised Statutes
610
Alphabetical index
615

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Page 374 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, 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 look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 496 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Page 373 - ... between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.
Page 371 - Risk of collision can, when circumstances permit, be ascertained by carefully watching the compass bearing of an approaching vessel. If the bearing does not appreciably change, such risk should be deemed to exist.
Page 385 - In narrow channels every steam-vessel shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fair-way or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such vessel.
Page 442 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque or privateer, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of...
Page 384 - ART. 21. 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. ART. 22. Every vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other.
Page 390 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 392 - ... feet above the hull, one such light and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.
Page 371 - A vessel when towing, a vessel employed in laying or in picking up a telegraph cable, and a vessel under way, which is unable to get out of the way of an approaching vessel through being not under command, or unable to maneuver as required by the rules...

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