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 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 70, 71. 1864. 61 smrs UNDER s·rEAM ro SLACKEN SPEED. Anjrrcnm 16. Every steamship, when approaching another ship, so as to Skips ufidsa involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and g;;?; t° S “° °° ‘ reverse; and every Steamship shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed. VESSELS OVERTAKING OTHER VESSELS» ARTICLE 17. Every vessel overtaking any other vessel shall keep out mg;§°;;b:,°;s_ of way of the said last-mentioned vessel. sels. cousrnncrron or ARTICLES 12, 14, 15, AND 17. ARTICLE 18._ Where, by the above rules, one of two ships is to keep of(g*;gi'i;g°§g’“14_r out of the way; the other shall keep her course subject to the qualitica- 15, ,md1·;_ ’ tions contained in the following article : —— PROVIS0 'ro SAVE SPECIAL CASES. ARTICLE 19. In obeying and construing these rules due regard must Special MSG!. be had to all dangers of navigation, and due regard must also he had to any special circumstances which may exist in any particular case rendering a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger. N0 SHIP UNDER ANY CIBCUMSTANCES T0 NEGLECT PROPER PRECAUTIONS. Amzxcnp 20. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the _P¤>P¤;Pfl<=¤¤· owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect 31;,; f§,s§,veh_ to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, 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. APPROVED, April 29, 1864. C P. LXX.—-An Acttoprovide the Uolhaction o Hosp`talD Vessels the A ’l 29 1864. n Uma sm. are miznqma in foreign Ports M diggin if —£4—— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case of the sale or Hg my dugg to transfer of any vessel of the United States in a foreign port or water, gs qollected from the consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent of ve‘;;;°lg£f,°§; the United States within whose consulate or district such sale or trans- foreign ports. fer shall have been made, or in whose hands the papers of such vessel shall be, be and he is hereby authorized and required to collect of the master or agent of such vessel, all moneys that shall have become due to the United States under and by virtue of the act entitled "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," approved. July sixteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, and shall remain unpaid at the time 1798, Cb_ 77_ of such sale or transfer; and that the said consul, vice-consul, commercial Vol. i. p. 605. agent, or vice-commercial agent, (as the case may be,) be, and he is hereby, instructed and required to retain possession of the papers of such vessel until such money shall have been paid as herein provided; and in default of which, such sale or transfer shall be void, excepting as against the vendor: Provided, That this act shall not take efect until the expira- Bwgwn act *¤k¤¤ tion of sixty days from and after its passage. 8 °° ' APPROVED, April 29, 1864. Cnr. LXXI. -—An Act to increase the Compensation of Inspectors of Customs in cer- Ap,-5129,18-,;.; tam Ports. ··——————- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the v01.. xm. Pm:. — 6