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 -140 FURTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 354. 1885. _ "*‘~¤¤l¥ ¢¤z¤s¤¤ " (b) All vessels when engaged in fishing with drift·nets shall ex- ‘{;.,;*‘bt‘“8 ‘“*h hibit two white lights irom any part of the vessel where they can be ` I `"° °' best seen. Such lights shall be placed so that the vertical distance between them shall be not less than six feet and not more than ten feet, and so that the horizontal distance between them, measured in a line with the keel of the vessel, shall be not less than five feet and not more than ten feet. The lower of these two lights shall be the more forward, and both. of them shall be of such a character and contained in lanterns of such construction as to show all round the horizon, on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, for a distance of not less than three miles. Vessels w h e n '·* (c) All vessels when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of F¤"l*¤,8L_'h'°*lS!; drag-nets shall exhibit, from some part of the vessel where they can be f,‘:.§;;;':, mg we best seen, two lights. One of these lights shall be red and the other ` shall be white. The red light shall be above the white light, and shall be at a vertical distance from it of not less than six iwt and not more than twelve feet; and the horizontal distance between them, if any, shall not be more than ten feet. These two lights,shall be of such a character and contained in lanterns of such construction as to be visible all round the horizon, on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, the white hght to a distance of not less than three miles and the red light ` of not ess than two miles. _ Vessels employed *‘ (d) A vessel employed in linehshing, with her lines out, shall carry ul l*¤°·*¤h*¤H· the same lights as a vessel when engaged in fishing with drift-nets. Lightundni al *‘(e) lf a vessel, when fishing with a trawl, dredge, or any kind of when vessel tisgilng drag- net, becomes stationary in consequence of her gear getting fast to ·signal for a vesse at anc or. yi,.w...p ig im; •·t/) Fishing-vessels and open boats may at any time usea ilareup in when and rghern addition to the lights which they are by this article required to carry “'°"· and show. All Bare-up lights exhibited by a vessel when trawling, dredging, or lishing with any kind of drag-net shall be shown at the atter- part of the vessel excepting that if the vessel is hanging by the gsm to her trawl, dredge, or drag-net they shall be exhibited tom the w. y-,,;,,,,;.,,,,,, 1, “ (g) Every ilshing-vessel  eyery open boat when at anchor between snd open boats sunset and sunrise shall exhibit a white light, vidhleall round the "h°¤ M ¤¤°h°¤`· horizon at a distance of at least one mile, wh", 50g.;,.,,-, “(h) In a fog a d1gift~net vessel attached to her nets, and a vessel and hell are to be when trawling, dredging, or nshing with any kind of drag·net, and a ”"°‘· vessel employed in liuetlshing with her lines out, shall, at intervals gf np;1 than {wo minutes, make a blast with her fog-horn and ring cr · unate y. Ashiyilovertaken •*An1·. 11. A ship which is being overtaken by another shall show W °¤°" °’·  her stern to such last-mentioned ship a white light or a flare-up 'g t. fmdtoundc signals SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, AND S0 FORTH. 0Q,Q . Steamships to **An1·. 12. A steamship shall he provided with a steam-whistle or znvwvtgsg *:9** other edicient steam sound signals, so placed that the sound may not ,m:':“, mfg_ °g' be intercepted by any obstructions, and with an emcient fog-horn, to be pm., ,,,,,,,,,4 ,; sounded by a bellows or other mechanical means. und also with an ellihell on Turkish cient bell. (In all cases where the regulations require a bell to be used, _ '•S•::;1 hi _ to a drum will be substituted on board Turkish vessels.) A sailing-ship nm, fugjgarg and shall be provided with a similar fog-horn and hell. Mn_ _ In log, mist, or falling snow, whether by day or night, the signals de scribed in this article shall be used as follows, that is to say: h Sound signals; “(a) A steamshipnnder way shall make with her steam·whistle or S nd "l*°¤ othpr sgnélmgnd signal, at intervals of not more than two minutes, a pro ong as ··(b) A sailingship under way shall make with her foghorn, at intervals of not more than two minutes, when on the starboard tack one
 * "’r$°'“°" °""°“‘ a rock or other obstructitin, she shall show the light and make the log-