Congressional Serial Set, Issue 2857U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 - United States |
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1st Ord anchor anchorage ballast base to vane boat buoy Cape cargo cents channel charged cholera clear weather coast Consul discharged disease district docks east entrance exceeding fathoms fixed white flag flash foggy weather foot foreign vessels green Harbor dues Height in feet high water infected Island land lantern latitude 59 lazaretto Leading lights liable light dues light-house Light-vessel Loch Ryan longitude longitude 18 mast Miles seen minute Morecambe Bay Mull of Galloway Number outward passengers penalty person pier head pilot pilotage Point Point of Ayre port or place quarantine rates ratus red light red sector registered tons regulations report on examination river Rock sailing vessels seconds ship shoal shore side smallpox square steamers thick or foggy tonnage dues tower tude vessels arriving vice versa visible 5 miles voyage wharf white and red White F white light wood yards yellow fever
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Page 480 - 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 479 - ... other; in other words, to cases in which, by day, each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line, or nearly in a line, with her own; and by night, to cases in which each vessel is in such a position as to see both the side-lights of the other.
Page 155 - ... and give this Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon...
Page 155 - Plaintiff shall become Nonsuit, or discontinue any such Action or Prosecution after Issue joined, or if, upon Demurrer or otherwise, Judgment shall be given against the Plaintiff, the Defendant shall recover his full Costs as between Attorney and Client, and have the like Remedy for the same as any Defendant hath by Law in other Cases...
Page 341 - ... (b) A vessel of 150 feet or upwards in length, when at anchor, shall carry in the forepart of the vessel, at a height of not less than 20 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 15 feet lower than the forward light, another such light. Both these lights shall be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 3 miles.
Page 479 - If two ships under steam are meeting end on or nearly end on so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 479 - When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 479 - 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.
Page 477 - The said green and red side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least 3 feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.
Page 478 - ... such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side.