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 'l‘1r1.i·: xr.vm.—COMMERCE AND NA.VIGATION.——Ch. 5. 817 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. To make the use of these (portable lights more certain and easy, the shall each be painted outsi e with the color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided with suitable screens. Rule ten. All vessels, whether steanrvessels or sail-vessels, when at Ibid-- Mt- 7- anchor in roadsteads or fairways, shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit where it can best be seen. but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a globularflantern of eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken liglit, visible all around the horizon, and at a distance of at least one mi e. Rule eleven. Sailing pilot-vessels shall not carry the lights required Ibid-, art- 8- for other sailing-vessels, but shall carrv a. white light at the mast-head, visible all around the horizon. and shall also eéiibit a flare-up light every fifteen minutes. Rule twelve. Coal-boats, trading-boats. produce-boats, canal-boats, 28 Feb-. 1871. c- oyster·boats, fishing—boats, rafts, or other water-craft, navigating any ,150% "·47· "· 16· P- bay, harbor, or river, by hand-power, horsepower, 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, 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 thirteen. Open boats shall not be re uired to carry the side-lights 29Aprii.1864.<=· required for other vessels, but shall, if they do not carry such lights, carry gg “'*· 9· "· Bi P· a lantern having a green slide on one side and a red slide on the other _.m_..., side; and, on the approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be Miii¤¤‘*‘·Ti1<> W- exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, and in such a manner g'ég{"“'°S·1“ °°d"· 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 Hare-up, in addition, if considered expedient. Rule fourteen. The exhibition of any light on board of a vessel of war 29APYii» 1864.c- of the United States may be suspended whenever, in the opinion of the 69** 1•v‘13*P‘ 5S' Secretar * of the Nav *, the commander-in-chief of a squadron, or the commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character of the service may require it. FOG-S1<:NAI.s. Rule lifteen. Whenever there is a fog, or thick weather, whether by 29APi'ii»i8*i4»<>· day or night, fog—signals shall be used, as follows: 2% m' 10** 13* P" (A) Steam-vessels under way shall sound a steam-whistle placed before fig Febn 1871, c_ the funnel, not less than eight feet from the deck, at intervals of not more 100, s. 47, v. 16, p. than one minute. 454; (B) Sail-vessels under way shall sound a fog-horn at intervals of not The Mofficellc, more than five minutes. 1 Low., 184. (C) Steam-vessels and sail-vessels, when not under way, shall sound a bell at intervals of not more than five minutes. (D) Coal—boats, tradin —boats, produce—boats, canal-boats, oyster-boats, fishing-boats, rafts, or 05ier watercraft, navigating any bay, harbor, or river, by hand-power, horse-power, sail, or by the current of the river. or anchored or moored in or near the channel or fairway of any bay, harbor, or river, and not in any port, shall sound a fog-horn, or equivalent si nal, which shall make a sound equal to a steam-whistle, at mtervals og not more than two minutes. STEERLNG Ann sarmne RULES. Rule sixteen. If two sail-vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end 29April, 1864, c. on, so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to 69-¤¤· HN-13.P- port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other. °°‘ The Nichols, 7 Wall., 656; The Dexter, 23 Wall., 89; The City of Washington. 92 U. S., 81.