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 818 'F1u·L1·: x1.vm.——CO)lMER(Tl·] AX D N.-\Vl(%.—\'l`ION.—Ch. 5. H»m.,art.12. Rule seventeen. When two sail-vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision. then, if they have the wind on different sides. the vessel with the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the vessel with the wind on the starboard side. except in the ease in which the vessel with the wind on the port side is close-hauled, and the other vessel free. in which case the latter vessel shall keep out of the way. But if they have the wind on the same side. or if one of them has the wind aft, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to leeward. An. 1::. Rule ei rhteen. lf two vessels under steam are meeting end on, or nearly endl on, s0 as to involve risk of collision, the hehns of both shall be put to port. so that each may pass on the port side of the other. _\,.,_ M_ Rule nineteen. lt two vessels under steam are crossing so as to involve risk of collision. the vessel which has the other on her own starboard The C.,.?;.-,,,_ 9 side shall keep out of the way of the other. \\'all., 630; The Free State, 91 I'. S., 200. Art 15- Rule twenty. lf two vessels, one of which is a sail-vessel and the other C;,,. 0{j£m,{;`g a steam-vessel. are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of wall], 638. collision, the steam—vessel shall keep out of the way of the sail-vessel. l'? gz 6}; Q Rule twenty-one. Every.steam-vessel. when approaching another veswah! (é38_·‘¥`M_ sel. so ps to navolve l`l»l( otdcollisiointshall slackpnhhersppled, or, ipneces- SVWQM, ,,’“·3"_ sary, s op ant reverse: an every s earn-vesse  all. w cn in a og, go ai6_' at a moderate speed. Ibid., art. 17. Rule twenty-two. Every vessel overtaking any other vessel shall keep oupiof the way og the lpppmentiongdlvessel. _;,.t_ 1g_ u e twenty-t ree.ere, iv u es seventeen, nineteen, twenty. and twentv-two, one of two vessels shall keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course. subject to the qualifications of Rule twenty-four. .\rt. 19. Ru]; twhengy-fom?. In construing and obeying these rules, due regard must .e a to a dangers of navigation, and to any special circumstances which may exist in an iarticular case renderin a de rture from them necessary in order tb eivoid immediate dangetug pa Forfeiture of Sec. 4234. Collectors, or other chief officers of the customs, shall rer·¤ailj¤g—ves¤elp for quire all sail-vessels to be furnished with proper signal—lights, and every Q“““"’“ °f l'gh*‘“; such vessel shall, on the approach of any steam-vessel during the nightl0gaqFE§.,'1spg, t-, timtylshpw a lighted torch upon that point or quarter to which such steam- 459t·- l »\·, p- xesse s all he apptoachmg. Every such vessel that shall be navigated ______ without complying with thefprovistons of this and the preceding section, The Leoperrl, 2 shall be liable to a plenalty 0 two hundred dollars, one-half to go to the L°“·· 239- mformer; for whic sum the vessel so navi ated shall be liable, and may he s3zep}3néltg;rocleeded agaipslt by way plfdibipl, in any district court of ie n1 es avm urns 1(‘tl0Il o e o ense. State regulation Sec. 4235. Yntil furtliiei provision is made by Congress, all pilots in the otpilots. gr, bays, inlets, rivers, harbors., and ports of the United States shall continue 7 Aug, 1789, Q_ to be regulated in contormity wit the existinglaws of the States respectat 4, v_1,p_54_ ively wherein such pilots llllly be, or with such laws as the States may éi®];;Og_ respectively enact for the purpose. den, 9 Wh., 207; Hobart r. Drogan, 10 Pet., 121; License Cases, 5 How., 580; Coolev w. Board of Wardens, 12 How., 299; En: parte )IeNiel, 13 Wall., 236. ` rsion8a bound- Sac, 1236. The master of any vessel coming into or going out of any gg2s. ""°°“ port situate upon waters whic are the boundary between two States, 2 mm 78..5;.g nptyherrépélpy any péltgz duly lapensed or authorized by the laws of etther zz, \_i 5, pt 15s' 1 · port e es moun e on suc waters. to pilot the vessel to or from such _ No _ discrimina- Sec. 4237. No regulations or provisions shall be adopted bv any State g32m;;. Nm of which shall make any discrimination in the rate of pilotage or half-pilot- · rename- §ii.l°§ €1Z§’3'é..l‘if§ l§’>4¥‘l€L'}gdl*i€£¥;i.‘2'é€¤*l“ "°"“’ °fJ*"° °'*°° €*“d "°"’?°'? · · · · es or an iscrimma 1on a m` l77· "— W P- 93- vessels propelled in whole or in   by steain, or llgainst national vglssels of the mted  and all exnstxn re ulations or provisions making any such d1scr1m1nation are annulledg ant? abrogated.