Laws of the United States Relating to Navigation and the Merchant Marine: Part II of the Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1907

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Contents

Failure to deliver former register 41 Cancellation of register_
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Special registry law New York and Paris act 43 Change of trade 44 Method of enrollment and license
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Oath of master and owner 46 Fees _ _ 47 Form of enrollment_ 48 Form of license___
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Duration of license 50 Surrender of license_
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Enrollment and license to corporations
46
Change of owner 53 Change of master_ 54 Certification by customs officer 55 Enrollment outside of district_
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Special provisions for enrollment and license
48
Inspection of enrollment and license___ 58 Record of Americanbuilt vessels owned by aliens
49
Offenses against the registry law__
51
Offenses against enrollment and license laws__
52
OFFICERS OF MERCHANT VESSELS 61 Citizenship of officers_ 62 Duration of licenses 63 Service during war 64 Officers license 65 Masters lice...
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MERCHANT SEAMEN 72 Definitions___ 73 Exemption from militia duty
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Naturalization and citizenship of seamen 75 Shipping officers
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Illegal shipments
60
Owners or masters may ship seamen in certain cases
61
Apprentices__ 79 Agreement to ship in foreign trade_
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Period of engagement
63
Penalty for shipment without agreement 82 Undermanning 83 Shipment in foreign ports before consuls
64
Crew list 85 Failure to produce crew
65
Papers relating to crew
66
Shipment of seamen in the coasting or nearby foreign trade
67
Agreement in coasting trade not before commissioner
68
Agreement with fishermen
69
Discharge in foreign trade 91 Discharge in foreign ports_
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Return of seamen from foreign ports Alaska and insular ports
81
Effects of deceased seamen
82
Offenses and punishments
85
Corporal punishment prohibited 104 Procedure
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Form of articles of agreement_
89
Account of apprentices
90
Scale of provisions
91
Wages__
92
Vessels exempt from libel for wages_
93
Advances and allotments of wages
94
Wages and clothing exempt from attachment
95
Desertion of seamen abroad
96
Desertion of foreign seamen in the United States
97
Arbitration before shipping commissioner_
98
Soliciting lodgers
99
Inspection of seaworthiness at foreign ports_
100
Provisions and water
101
Weights and measures
103
Warmth and clothing_
104
LIABILITY OF OWNERS MASTERS AND SHIPPERS 122 Liability of owners masters and shippers_
106
Act of February 13 1893 Harter Act
108
General libel bond
109
INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS 125 General provisions
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Page
116
Inspection of boilers
117
Loading safety valve
120
Life boats lines and preservers_
121
Stairways and deck room
122
Wire tiller ropes
123
Inflammable or explosive cargo
125
Carriage of passengers_
129
Certificate of inspection_
130
Exhibit of laws_
131
Liability for damage
133
PART IXPASSENGER ACT 1882
134
Light and air
137
Provisions_
138
Discipline and cleanliness
139
Privacy of passengers
140
Boarding vessel passenger list
141
General pilot laws
144
DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION
151
CUSTOMS LAWS DIRECTLY RELATING TO VESSELS
164
Procedure
171
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172
Vessels exempt from entry
174
Cargo in bulk_
177
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Clearance at special ports__
192
Limit of time for unlading
198
Immediate delivery
205
Express packages___
212
Size of foreigntrade vessels_
218
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Forms and penalties
226
Foreign merchandise coastwise_
227
DOMESTIC COMMERCE 259 Great districts 22
228
Entry within a great district___
229
Coasting trade via Isthmus of Panama_
230
Entry to another great district_
231
Exemption on the Mississippi and tributaries
232
Registered vessels in the coasting trade_
234
Foreign vessels on coasting voyages_
235
Penalties for violation of coasting laws_
236
Forfeiture of vessel and merchandise_
237
TRADE WITH HAWAII 275 General provisions
238
Fisheries
239
Seamens laws
240
TRADE WITH PORTO RICO 281 General provisions_
241
Quarantine and public health
242
Wharves and piers
243
TRADE WITH THE PHILIPPINES 286 Treaty of peace_
244
Vessels and coasting trade_
245
Tariff and internal revenue
247
Sea stores___
249
TRADE WITH ALASKA 291 Coasting laws
251
Transit in bond__
253
SEAL HUNTING AND ALASKA FISHERIES 1 300 Act of December 29 1897
255
Act of April 6 1894
256
Provisions of Revised Statutes_
259
Report to Congress_
262
Alien fishermen in Alaska
266
QUARANTINE AND BILLS OF HEALTH 306 Consular bill of health
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270
Quarantine inspection_
272
Suspension of commerce_
273
Penalties
274
Detention on board
288
Public charges_
290
Place of deportation_
291
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292
Immigration to Philippines
293
OCEAN MAIL SERVICE 338 Ocean mail act of 1891
294
General ocean mail service_
297
WRECKS 340 Report of wrecks_
301
Canadian wrecks
302
Wrecks in Florida waters_
303
REVENUE CUTTERS 344 Revenue cutters
304
REMISSION OF FINES AND PENALTIES 345 Remission of fines and penalties_
306
CATTLE LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY TRADE 346 Regulation of cattle ships
308
Horses and horse meat
310
Diseased cattle
311
Exportation of diseased live stock
312
Care of cattle in domestic trade
314
Neat cattle_____
316
Inspection of butter and dairy products
317
ADULTERATED PRODUCTS 355 General provisions__
319
OPIUM TRADE 357 Opium trade
322
RULES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS 358 Duty to stand by
324
Consideration of future rules_
338
Limits of application of international and inland or local rules
349
Rules for the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence River___
353
Rules for the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into Gulf of Mexico__
359
River navigation
364
Rules for the St Marys River__
365
AIDS TO NAVIGATION 368 Assistance by United States vessels
366
Lights and buoys_
367
Storm and weather signals
368
OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION 375 Improvements by private or municipal corporations
369
General obstructions
373
Harbor lines
374
Dumping into navigable waters_
375
Impairing public works
376
Log regulations___
377
Penalties
378
Bridge spans
379
Bridge piers and abutments_
380
Sunken wrecks
381
Speed of yesselsNavigation of canals_
383
NEW YORK HARBOR 391 New York Harbor__
385
ANCHORAGE GROUNDS 392 New York Bay
390
Kennebec River
391
NEUTRALITY Page 395 Neutrality
392
GUANO ISLANDS 396 Guano islands
396
MISCELLANEOUS 397 Lifesaving medals
398
Rescuing shipwrecked American seamen
399
Instruction at military schools
400
Instruction in shipbuilding
401
North Atlantic fisheries___
402
Coal and war materials
403
Mines torpedoes and harbor defenses_
404
Panama Canal_
405
Great LakesAtlantic Canal
409
Great Lakes levels
410
Exemption of private property at sea
411
LEGAL PROCEDURE 415 Seizure
412
Summary trial
414
CRIMES 417 Place of trial_
416
Rape
417
treatment of crew
418
Wrecking
419
Plundering vessel
420
Arson
421
Misprision of felony
422
Forgery
423
PIRACY 435 Piracy
424
Crimes deemed piracy
425
PROTECTION OF SUBMARINE CABLES 437 Protection of submarine cables___
427
Department of Commerce and Labor
430
Bureau of Navigation
434
Shipping commissioners_
435
Customs officers
437
SteamboatInspection Service
444
Public Health and MarineHospital Service
449
Immigration and Naturalization Bureau
451
LifeSaving Service__
454
RevenueCutter Service
459
Treasury agents
461
Alaska seal agents
462
Coast and Geodetic Survey
463
District court commissioners
464
Unauthorized services___
465
FEES PAYABLE BY PRIVATE PERSONS 453 Fees on vessels payable by private persons
467
Customs districts and ports and subports of entry and delivery
471
Power to designate ports and subports_
479
CONSULATES OF THE UNITED STATES 456 Consulates of the United States____
481
1 Revised Statutes and amendments
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Alphabetical index
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Page 356 - 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 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 332 - 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 335 - ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore the following...
Page 106 - That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property to or from any port in the United States of America shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied...
Page 236 - That the Constitution, and all the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 351 - 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 355 - 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 352 - ... of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 330 - Art. 12. Every vessel may, if necessary in order to attract attention, in addition to the lights which she is by these Rules required to carry, show a flare-up light or use any detonating signal that cannot be mistaken for a distress signal.
Page 325 - ... and shall, on 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 two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.

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