Rules and Regulations Relating to the Navigable Waters of the United States with the Exception of Those for the Northern and Northwestern Lakes and Their Connecting and Tributary Waters, which are Printed in the United States Lake Survey Bulletins: Pub. by Authority of the Secretary of War. Office of the Chief of Engineers, July, 1914U.S. Government Printing Office, 1933 - Maritime law |
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