Navigation Laws of the United States. 1923 ... |
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... belonging wholly to citizens thereof ; and vessels which may be captured in war by citi- zens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize , or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States ...
... belonging wholly to citizens thereof ; and vessels which may be captured in war by citi- zens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize , or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States ...
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... belonging to any regularly organized and incorporated yacht club , stating the exemptions and privileges enjoyed under it , may be issued by the Secretary of Com- merce , and shall be a token of credit to any United States official ...
... belonging to any regularly organized and incorporated yacht club , stating the exemptions and privileges enjoyed under it , may be issued by the Secretary of Com- merce , and shall be a token of credit to any United States official ...
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... belonging to any regularly organized yacht club of the United States are allowed to arrive at and depart from any foreign port and to cruise in the waters of such port without entering or clearing at the custom - house thereof and ...
... belonging to any regularly organized yacht club of the United States are allowed to arrive at and depart from any foreign port and to cruise in the waters of such port without entering or clearing at the custom - house thereof and ...
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... and place of abode , and that he is a citizen of the United States , and specifying the proportion belonging to each owner ; and where an owner resides in a foreign country , in the capacity 19 Issue of temporary document.
... and place of abode , and that he is a citizen of the United States , and specifying the proportion belonging to each owner ; and where an owner resides in a foreign country , in the capacity 19 Issue of temporary document.
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... belong at the time of her registry ; which port shall be deemed to be that at or nearest to which the owner , if there be but one , or , if more than one , the husband or acting and managing owner of such vessel , usually resides ...
... belong at the time of her registry ; which port shall be deemed to be that at or nearest to which the owner , if there be but one , or , if more than one , the husband or acting and managing owner of such vessel , usually resides ...
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Page 91 - 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, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent, or charterers shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel...
Page 247 - Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of any special rules made by the government of any nation with respect to additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of war or for vessels sailing under convoy...
Page 269 - 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 89 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 252 - ... a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Page 267 - ... 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 274 - 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 249 - 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 260 - 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 289 - States, or into any tributary of any navigable water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable water; and it shall not be lawful to deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure to be deposited material of any kind in any place on the bank of any navigable water, or on the bank of any tributary of any navigable water, where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or floods, or otherwise, whereby navigation shall...