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 680 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 127, 128. 1895. . HAP - ement of the Act of An st nineteenth, eigditeen ln::d'redA:lni11c1iih:t¥y*?s d£t)£le??‘?1f?gt to adopt regulationsgfor preventing co isions at sea." ' Preamble- Whereas the President, in accordance with the proposition of Great Britain to enforce on March ilrst, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the revised international regulations for preventing collisions at sea, and on the representations of that Government that those regulations had received the general approval of the several foreign maritime powers, V¤1.26.p.32& pursuant to section three of the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea," issued on July thirteenth, eighteen hundred PM P·*”°- and ninety-four, his proclamation fixing March iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as the time when the provisions of said Act, as amended, embodying said revised international regulations shall take effect- and Whereas the Government of Great Britain has withdrawn from the position, commmnicated to this Government on April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, that no time should be lost in carry- ing those regulations into effect, and on January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, announced to this Government that the Government of Great Britain now finds it impossible until Parliament has been consulted to hx a date for bringing the regulations into force, and earnestly requests this Government to consent te a temporary postponement of the enforcement of said regulations; and °°”*·*°¤· •° •¤* Whereas it is desirable that the revised international regulations for preventing collisions at sea shall be put into force simultaneously by the maritime powers: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United E;>f¤r?1¤¤¤¢ ¤f ¤¤¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That said Act of August ninemix 12},5.m teenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, take effect not on March iirst, rm. p.m¤. eighteen hundred and ninety-five, but at a subsequent time, to be fixed by the President by proclamation issued for that purpose Approved, February 23, 1895. February 25.1895. CHAP. 128.-An Act To amend the Articles for the Government of the Navy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United {sab. lmmhdl States of America in Oemgresa assembled, That the Articles for the Gov- R_s_,,,,,,_m,,,,m, ernment of the Navy be, and the same are hereby, amended by adding ¤¤¤¤¤·<¤- thereto the following: mn it be umm. _‘€ABTICLE 61. No person shall be tried by court-martial or other- {fg'; {g},';' °°"“”‘°‘ wise punished for any offense, except as provided in the following article, which appears to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial or punishment, unless by reason of having absented himself; or of some other manifest impediment he shall not have been amenable to justice within that period. _ ryan rm- nemnen ** ARTICLE 62. No person shall be tried by court-martial or otherwise “‘ ‘““° °' "°‘°°‘ punished for desertion in time of peace committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial or punishment, unless he shall meanwhile have absented himself from the United States, or by reason of some other manifest impediment shall not have been amenable to justice within that period, in which cme the time of his absence gmyaw. f _ shall be_ excluded in computing the period of the limitation: Provided, ,,,,,,,¥"““"‘$ ° ‘““° That said limitation sha1l· not begin until the end of the term for which said person was enlisted in the service." Approved, February 25, 1895.