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 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 354. 1885. 439 not less than ton inches in diameter, in n vertical line, over one another, not less than six feet upurt. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall bcwhite, and they shall be of such u character that the red lights shall be visible at the same distance as the white light. By day she shall carry, in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than six feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremasthend, three shapes not less than two feet in diameter, of which the top and bottom shall he globular in shape and red in color, andthe middle one diamond in shape and white. "(c) The ships referred to in this article when not making any way Onlyshipsunder through the water shall not carry the side-lights, but when mukingway ;Y”{ *° °’·“`Y °'d°‘ shall curry them lg "' "(d) The lights and shapes required to he showin hy this article are Lightnudshapes to he taken by other ships as signals that the ship showing them is not *°:’° *:k°¤ g? W? under command, and cannot therefore get out ol' the way. The signals Egts Lgzrs cig nf to be made by ships in distress and requiring assistance are contained mud, in article twenty-seven. t Signals;: gs- . 1'€B8,l00 . . "ABT. 6. A sailing ship under way or being towed shall carry the Ligzhiscgrrivdby same lights as are provided by article three ior a. steamship under way, °‘“g‘;g;h'¥’ w]}:: with the exception of the white light, which she shall never carry. gg gona? °r "AR1·. 7. Whenever, as in the case ofsmall vessels during bad weather, Wh¤¤,am-ingbad thegreen and’red side-lights cannot be fixed, these lights shall be kept Q 12 hc:;;; dg; on deck, on their respective sides of the vessel, ready for use, and shall, §,,d_ . 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. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy, the lanterns containing them shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided with proper screens. anchor, shall curry, where it can best be seen, but at a height not ex- °* *°°h°'· ceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a globular lantern of not less than eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as toshow a clear, unitbrm, and unbroken light, visible all round the horizon at a distance of nt least one mile. _ “AR·1·. 9. A pilot vessel, when engaged on her station on pilotage duty, Liga for pnoi shall not carry the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a '¤¤• white light nt the masthead, visible all round the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or aiiare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed thtven minutes. A pilot vessel, when not engaged on he: station on pilotage duty, shall carry lights similar to those ofother ‘ Ships. “A1z’r. 10. Open boats and tishing-vessels of less than twenty tons Lights 1hr open net registered tonnage, when under way and when not having their ‘}°**¤| ***;*1 *¤hg*S· nets, trawls, dredgcs, or lines in the water, shall not be obliged to carry ;0°'Q0°n':' _::;':: the colored sidelights; but every such boat and vessel shall in lien du w,,y md y,,,. thereof have manly at hand alantern with an green glass on the one side ing nets in water. and a red glass on the other side, and on approaching to or being upproached by another vessel such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not he seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. “ The following portion of this article applies only to fishing-vessels Fishing-vessels and boats when in the sen oil' the coast of Europe lying north of Capo ::,6 ****3 Finisterre: mm} of mw HL mv. ·• (u.) All Eshing-vessels nucl tlshing·boa.ts of twenty tons net regis- z'“l""§""‘j;.‘9 tored tonnage or upward, when under way and when not having their gmumcxwlxu nets, tmwls, dredges, or lines in the wma-r, shull carry and show the .,,.1.,, way, nw_ same lights as other vessels under wu;.
 * ‘AB1·. 8. A ship, whether a steamship or u sailing-ship, when at Lights for ships