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 1252 PROCLAMATIONS. N0. 13. R¤Z¤]¤*i<>¤¤ W PN- To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy the lanterns con- E‘;’£¤°‘1£'a‘°“““t“"“ taining them shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respec- ' tively contain, and shall be provided with proper screens. _ ART. 7. Steam-vessels of less than forty, and vessels _ under ours or sails of less than twenty tons, gross tonnage, respectively, when under way, shall not be obliged to carry the lights mentioned in article two (a) (b) and (c), but 1f they do not carry them they shall be provided with the followini liyhtsz First. Steam-vessels of less than forty tons s al carry- _ (a) In the fore part of the vessel, or on or in front of the funnel, where 1t_ca.n best be seen, and at a. height above the gunwale of not less than nine feet, a bright white light constructed and fixed as prescribed in article two (a), and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. _ _ (b) Green and rod sidediihts constructed and iixed as prescribed IB article two (b) and (c), and of such s c urscter as to be visible at a distance of at least one mile, or IL combined lantern showing a green light and a red light from ri¥ht ahead to two points ebaft the beam on their respective sides. Such lantern sha. l be carried not less than three feet below the white light. Second. Small steam-boats such as are carried by sea-going vessels, may eu.rry the white light at a less height than nine feet above the gnnwale, but it shall be carried above the combined lanéarn mentioned in subdivision one (b). Third. Vessels under oars or sells, of less than twenty tons, shall have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on one side and u red glass on the other, which, on the approach of or to other vessels, shall 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. The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article four (a) and article eleven, last paragraph. ART. 8. Pilot vessels when engaged on. their station on pilots e duty shall not show the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry n whiteiight at the masthead, visible all around the horizon, and shall also exhibit a. Hare-up light or H areup lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes. On the near approach of or to othervossels the shall have their side-lights lighted, ready for use, and shall flash or show them at short intervals, to indicate the direction in which they are heading, but the green light shall not be shown on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side. A pilot—vessel of such a clas as to be obliged to go alongside of a vessel to put a pilot on board may show the white light instead of carrying it at the masthead, and may, instead of the colored lights above mentioned, have at hand, ready for use, a lantern with sa green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other, to be u ecl ssprescribed a ove. - Pilot-vessels when not engaged on their station on pilotage duty shall carry lights similar to those of other vessels of their tonnage. ART. 9. Fishing vessels and fishin boat when under way and when not required by this article to carry or show the hghts therein named shall carry or show the Iightsgrescribed for vessels of their tonnage under way. ' (a) essels and boats, when Hshing with drift nets, shall exhibit two white lights from any part of the vessel where they can best be seen. Such lights shall be placed no that the vertical distance between them shall be not less than six feet and not more than ten feet, md so that the horizontal distance between them, measured in a line with the keel, shall be not less than ilve 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 as to show all around the horizon, and to be visible at a distance of notbless than three miles. I ’esse s, w en enga ec in tmwling, b which is meant the d ' apparatus along the the bgttom of the sea- y mgging of an First. If steam-vessels, shall carry in the same position as the white light mentioned in article two (n) u tricolored lantern so constructed and fixed as to show a white light from right ahead to two points on each bow, and a green light and ered light over an arc 0 the horizon from two points on either bow to two points abaft the beam on the starboard and port sides, respectively; and, not less than six nor more than twelve feet below the trieolored lantern, a white light in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all around the horiion Second. If sailing vessels, of seven tons gross tonnage and upwards shall carry g white light in a lantern, so constructed as to show a clear, un1form hud unbroken light all around the horizon, and shall also be provided with a snhicient supplv of red pyrotechnic lights, which shalleueh bum for at least thirty seconds and shall be shown on the approach of or to other vessels in sutllnient time to prevent collision In the Mediterranean Sea the vessels referred to in subdivision (b) two may use ai hare-np Eght in liensé a pyrlosechnic light. All 1 ts men ion in su ivision (b) one and two shall visib a ' of at lzlgsgtwclmuu- I fl be le t a dmtanoe Thir. f said ing vesse s 0 ess than seven tons gross ton e shal 3 to carry the white light mentioned in subdivision (b) two xghis arti<i'igtli)¤$t0r¥th:d do not carry such light they shall have at hand, ready for use, s. lantern showin y bright white light, which shall, on the approach of or to other vessels be exhibited where it can best be seen_, in suifieient time to prevent collision; and they shall also zhgggsxiggemchnic light, as prescnbed m subdivision (b) two, or in lieu thereof O