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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 83, 84. 1894. 83 may carry the white light at a less height than nine feet above the gunwale, but it shall be carried above the combined lantern mentioned in subdivision one (b). “Third. Vessels under oars or sails of less than twenty tons shall V¢@{•¤1¤ ¤¤·*¤¤‘ ¤¤¤ have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on one side and a red °r Sm S' glass on the other, which, on the approach of or to other vessels, shall L¤¤r¤¤¤¤· be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. “Fourth. Rowing boats, whether under oars or sail, shall have ready R·>wb¤¤¢¤· at hand a lantern showing a white light which shall be temporarily exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision. “The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry ‘ the lights prescribed by article four (a) and article eleven, last para- . mph-" . . That article nine be hereby repealed. peglleddng mm W That article twenty-one be amended to read as follows: IY,,'};; $,'f’§fm‘ °‘ Article twenty-one. Where, by any of these rules, one of two ves- 0·¤;r¤¤ ¤f *¤·¤¤l¤ sels is to keep out of the way the other shall keep her course and speed. "i?§{”z'%Q,,,.a·;. as will best aid to avert collision." (See articles twenty-seven and twenty-nine.) That article thirty-one be amended to read as follows: “ nxsrnnss sicmxns. naawtspnt. “ Article thirty-one. When avessel is in distress and requires assist- v·>1.26.p.32¤. ance from other vessels or from the shore the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: “ In $110 diiytllllé-- Day signals. “ First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. “ Second. The international code signal of distress indicated by N C. “ Third. The distance signal, consisting of a square iiag, having either above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball. “ Fourth. A continuous sounding with any t'og·signal apparatus. “ At night- mgm sigma-. “ First. A gun or other explosive signal tired at intervals of about a minute. “ Second. Flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, and so forth). ’ •* Third. Rockets or shells throwing stars of any color or description, fired one at a time, at short intervals. “ Fourth. A continuous_ sounding with any fog-signal apparatus? Approved, May 28, 1894. CHAP. 84.-An Act To constrnethe Act of Congress passed January sixth, eighteen my 28. 1894. hundred and ninety-three, to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral ·····""‘*‘* Foundation of the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Congress ,_,’§;§°,{_,‘§f,,,.F,f,;f‘f’$ entitled “An Act to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral m$i,Ln.c. U Foundation of the District of Columbia," approved January sixth, " 27* "‘ ‘ ‘ anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall in respect of the powers of the corporators and of the trustees therein named, be deemed and construed to mean that when the board of trustees therein provided Pwr ¤f ¤·¤·¤•••·
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 * ‘N01‘12:.—When, in consequence of thick weather or other ca-uses, xvtaastte oi'collissuch vessel finds herself so close that collision can not be avoided by lmthe action of the giving-way vessel alone, she also shall take such action