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Feb. 19, 1895.
Sec. 2

Feb. 14, 1903.
Sec. 10.

369. Limits of application of international and inland or local rules.

The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized, empowered and directed from time to time to designate and define by suitable bearings or ranges with light houses, light vessels, buoys or coast objects, the lines dividing the high seas from rivers, harbors and inland waters. The words "inland waters" used in this Act shall not be held to include the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal;

LINES ESTABLISHING HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN WHICH THE INLAND
RULES ARE TO APPLY.

[Bearings are magnetic and given approximately.]

New York Harbor: From Navesink (southerly) lighthouse NE. E., easterly, to Scotland light-vessel; thence NNE.E. through Gedney Channel Whistling Buoy to Rockaway Point Life-Saving Station.

Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay: From Cape Henry light-house NE. by E. & É., easterly, to Outer Entrance Whistling Buoy; thence N. by E. E. to Cape Charles light-house.

Galveston Harbor: From Galveston Bar Whistling Buoy N. by W. W. through the beacon marking the outer extremity of the N. jetty, and SW. by W. W., westerly, through North Breaker Beacon.

Boston Harbor: From Point Allerton NNE. E., easterly, through Point Allerton Beacon to Northeast Grave Whistling Buoy; thence NNE. E. to Outer Breaker (Great Pig Rocks) Bell Buoy; thence NE. by E. & E. to Halfway Rock Beacon; thence NE. by E. E. to Eastern Point light-house.

San Francisco Harbor: From Point Bonita light-house SE. S. to Point Lobos.

Philadelphia Harbor and Delaware Bay: From Cape Henlopen light-house NE. by E. to South Shoal Whistling Buoy; thence NNE. E. to Cape May light-house.

Charleston Harbor: From Charleston light-vessel NW. W. (toward Sullivans Island Range Rear Light) to the North Jetty, and from Charleston light-vessel SW. W. to Charleston Whistling Buoy; thence SW. W. to Charleston Main Channel Entrance Bell Buoy; thence W. to Folly Island.

Savannah Harbor and Calibogue Sound: From Tybee Whistling Buoy NNW. 1 W. through North Slue Channel Outer Buoy to Braddock Point, Hilton Head Island, and from Tybee Whistling Buoy W. to Tybee Island.

mile

St. Simon Sound (Brunswick Harbor) and St. Andrew
Sound: From hotel on beach of St. Simon Island
NE. by E. E. from St. Simon light-house, SE. E. to
St. Simon Sea Buoy; thence S. E. to St. Andrew's
Sound Sea Buoy; thence W. to the shore of Little Cum-
berland Island.

Pensacola Harbor: From Pensacola Entrance Whistling Buoy N. W., a tangent to the E. side of Fort Pickens, to the shore of Santa Rose Island, and from the Whistling Buoy NW. W. to Fort McRee Range Front Light. Mobile Harbor and Bay: From Mobile Bay Outer or Deep Sea Whistling Buoy (or its watch buoy in summer) NE. by N. to the shore of Mobile Point, and from the Whistling Buoy NW. by W. to the shore of Dauphin Island.

New Orleans Harbor and the Delta of the Mississippi: From South Pass East Jetty light-house N. by E. E. to Pass a Loutre light-house; thence N. to Errol Island and from South Pass East Jetty light-house W. S. to Southwest Pass light-house; thence N. to shore.

San Diego Harbor: From Point Loma light-house S. E. to San Diego Bay Outside Bar Whistling Buoy; thence NNE. E. to tower of Coronado Hotel.

Columbia River Entrance: From Cape Disappointment light-house SE. E. to Point Adams light-house.

Cutler (Little River) Harbor, Me.: A line drawn from Long Point SW. by W. W. to Little River Head.

Little Machias Bay, Machias Bay, Englishman Bay, Chandler Bay, Moosabec Reach, Pleasant Bay, Narraguagus Bay, and Pigeon Hill Bay, Me.: A line drawn from Little River Head WSW. 1 W. to the outer side of Old Man; thence WSW. W. to the outer side of Double Shot Islands; thence W. S. to Libby Islands light-house; thence WSW. W. to Moose Peak light-house; thence WSW. W. to Little Pond Head; from Pond Point, Great Wass Island, W. by S. to outer side of Crumple Ísland; thence W. S. to Petit Manan light-house.

All harbors on the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts between Petit Manan light-house, Me., and Cape Ann light-houses, Mass.: A line drawn from Petit Manan light-house SW. & S., 26 miles, to Mount Desert light-house; thence W. S., 33 miles, to Matinicus Rock light-houses; thence WNW. W., 20 miles, to Monhegan Island light-house; thence W., 21 miles, to Seguin Island Whistling Buoy; thence W. S., 19 miles, to Old Anthony Whistling Buoy, off Cape Elizabeth; thence SW., 28 miles, to Boon Island light-house; thence SW. W., 12 miles, to Anderson Ledge Spindle, off Isles of Shoals light-house; thence S. by W. W., 19 miles, to Cape Ann light-houses, Massachusetts. (Lines heretofore established for Portland Harbor, and Kittery Harbor, Me., Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, Newburyport, Ipswich and Annisquam harbors, Massachusetts, are hereby canceled.)

All harbors in Cape Cod Bay, Mass.: A line drawn from Plymouth (Gurnet) light-houses E., 16 miles, to Race Point light-house.

Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Nar ragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, and easterly entrance to Long Island Sound: A line drawn from Chatham lighthouses, Mass., S. by E. & E., about 6 miles, to Northeast Slue Channel Whistling Buoy (Pollock Rip); thence S. by W. W., about 11 miles, to Great Round Shoal light-vessel;

Feb. 8, 1895.

thence SSW. W., 7 miles, to Sankaty Head light-house; from the westerly end of Tuckernuck Island NW. by W. W., about 5 miles, to Wasque Point, Chappaquiddick Island; from Gay Head light-house W. S., 35 miles, to Block Island (SE.) light-house; thence W. S., 15 miles, to Montauk Point light-house, on the easterly end of Long Island, New York.

St. Johns River, Florida: A straight line from the outer end of the northerly jetty to the outer end of the southerly jetty.

370. Rules for the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as far east as Montreal.

The following rules for preventing collisions shall be followed in the navigation of all public and private vessels of the United States upon the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal.

STEAM AND SAIL VESSELS.

RULE 1. Every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam, shall be considered a sail vessel; and every steam vessel which is under steam, whether under sail or not, shall be considered a steam vessel. The word steam vessel shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is under way within the meaning of these rules when she is not at anchor or made fast to the shore or aground.

LIGHTS.

RULE 2. The lights mentioned in the following rules and no others shall be carried in all weathers from sunset to sunrise. The word visible in these rules when applied to lights shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere. RULE 3. Except in the cases hereinafter expressly provided for, a steam vessel when under way shall carry:

(a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, then in the forepart of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the beam of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such beam, so, however, that such height need not exceed forty feet, 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 character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.

(b) On the starboard side, a green light, so constructed as to throw 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 on the star

board side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.

(c) On the port side, a red 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 on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.

(d) The said green and red lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.

(e) A steamer of over one hundred and fifty feet register length shall also carry when under way an additional bright light similar in construction to that mentioned in subdivision (a), so fixed as to throw the light all around the horizon and of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least three miles. Such additional light shall be placed in line with the keel at least fifteen feet higher from the deck and more than seventy-five feet abaft the light mentioned in subdivision (a).

VESSELS TOWING.

RULE 4. A steam vessel having a tow other than a raft shall in addition to the forward bright light mentioned in subdivision (a) of rule three carry in a vertical line not less than six feet above or below that light a second bright light of the same construction and character and fixed and carried in the same manner as the forward bright light mentioned in said subdivision (a) of rule three. Such steamer shall also carry a small bright light abaft the funnel or aftermast for the tow to steer by, but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam.

RULE 5. A steam vessel having a raft in tow shall, instead of the forward lights mentioned in rule four, carry on or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the beam of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such beam, so however that such height need not exceed forty feet, two bright lights in a horizontal line athwartships and not less than eight feet apart, each so fixed as to throw the light all around the horizon and of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles. Such steamer shall also carry the small bright steering light aft, of the character and fixed as required in rule four.

RULE 6. A sailing vessel under way and any vessel being towed shall carry the side lights mentioned in rule three.

A vessel in tow shall also carry a small bright light aft, but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam. RULE 7. The lights for tugs under thirty tons register whose principal business is harbor towing, and for boats

navigating only on the River Saint Lawrence, also ferryboats, rafts, and canal boats, shall be regulated by rules which have been or may hereafter be prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels.

RULE 8. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels under way during bad weather, the green and red side lights can not be fixed, these lights shall be kept at hand lighted and ready for use, 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. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy, they shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided with suitable screens.

RULE 9. A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet register length, when at anchor, shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a lantern constructed so as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light, visible all around the horizon, at a distance of at least one mile.

A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upward in register length, when at anchor, shall carry in the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not exceeding forty 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.

RULE 10. Produce boats, canal boats, fishing boats, rafts, or other water craft navigating any bay, harbor, or river by hand power, horse power, sail, or by the current of the river, or which shall be anchored or moored in or near the channel or fairway of any bay, harbor, or river, and not otherwise provided for in these rules, shall carry one or more good white lights, which shall be placed in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels.

RULE 11. Open boats shall not be obliged to carry the side lights required for other vessels, but shall, if they do not carry such lights, carry a lantern having a green slide on one side and a red slide on the other side; and on the approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, and in such a manner that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side. Open boats, when at anchor or stationary, shall exhibit a bright white light. They shall not, however, be prevented from using a flare-up in addition if considered expedient.

RULE 12. Sailing vessels shall at all times, on the approach of any steamer during the night-time, show a lighted torch upon that point or quarter to which such steamer shall be approaching.

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