Navigation Laws of the United States, 1927 |
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... merchandise .. 156 Seamen's laws .. 181 Moieties - Informers ' and customs officers ' Part XXI . - Trade with Porto Rico awards .... 157 General provisions .. 182 Procedure .... 157 Coasting trade .. 182 Oaths of masters and owners ...
... merchandise .. 156 Seamen's laws .. 181 Moieties - Informers ' and customs officers ' Part XXI . - Trade with Porto Rico awards .... 157 General provisions .. 182 Procedure .... 157 Coasting trade .. 182 Oaths of masters and owners ...
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... merchandise or carry passengers for pay . Such vessels shall have their name and port placed on some conspicuous portion of their hulls . Such vessels shall , in all respects , except as above , be subject to the laws of the United ...
... merchandise or carry passengers for pay . Such vessels shall have their name and port placed on some conspicuous portion of their hulls . Such vessels shall , in all respects , except as above , be subject to the laws of the United ...
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... merchandise , or any property whatever , on the same voyage , and the whole value of the vessel , and her freight for the voyage , is not sufficient to make com- pensation to each of them , they shall receive compensation from the owner ...
... merchandise , or any property whatever , on the same voyage , and the whole value of the vessel , and her freight for the voyage , is not sufficient to make com- pensation to each of them , they shall receive compensation from the owner ...
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... merchandise , if he shall transfer his interest in such vessel and freight for the benefit of such claimants to a trustee , to be appointed by any court of competent jurisdiction to act as such trustee for the person who may prove to be ...
... merchandise , if he shall transfer his interest in such vessel and freight for the benefit of such claimants to a trustee , to be appointed by any court of competent jurisdiction to act as such trustee for the person who may prove to be ...
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... merchandise or property from or between ports of the United States and foreign ports to insert in any bill of lading or shipping document any clause , covenant , or agreement whereby it , he , or they shall be relieved from liability ...
... merchandise or property from or between ports of the United States and foreign ports to insert in any bill of lading or shipping document any clause , covenant , or agreement whereby it , he , or they shall be relieved from liability ...
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Page 266 - In obeying and construing these Rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above Rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Page 275 - 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 274 - ART. 23. Every steam vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel, shall, on approaching her, if necessary, slacken her speed, or stop, or reverse.
Page 74 - ... all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right or remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees shall apply; and in case of the death of any seaman as a result of any such personal injury the personal representative of such seaman may maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States conferring or regulating the right of action for death in the case of railway employees shall be...
Page 263 - 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 274 - 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 278 - ... 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.
Page 252 - 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 252 - prolonged blast " used in this article shall mean a blast of from four to six seconds' duration. A steam vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren, sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efficient foghorn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient bell.
Page 254 - It does not apply by day to cases in which a vessel sees another ahead crossing her own course; or by night, to cases where the red light of one vessel is opposed to the red light of the other, or where the green light of one vessel is opposed to the green light of the other, or where a red light without a green light, or a green light without a red light, is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen anywhere but ahead.