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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 172, 173. 1895. 74] or any vessel that may sink in said canals, shall raise and remove the same in nve days. Any vessels at the end of wharves or in docks umm; sm. vessels shall, when required by the harbor master, haul either way to accom- °* "h*"*;¤- i modate vessels going in or coming out from such wharves or docks. They shall not occupy regular steamers’ or sailing packcts’ berths without permission from the recognized occupants of such wharves and docks. And they are required to rig in all fore-and-aft spars, have boats hoisted up under the bow, and davits turned up, as the harbor master may direct. Vessels when not engaged in loading or discharging cargo shall give place to such vessels as are ready to receive or deliver freights. And if the captain or person in charge of any vessel refuse to move said vessel when notified by the occupant of the wharf at which she is lying, the harbor master shall order him to haul to some other berth, or into the stream. Sec. 2. That the powers and authority herein conferred upon the ,_,f’{}’°;u”;}'*§"°,‘}“‘ harbor master may, in his absence or temporary disability, be exercised mst. y °. P° °° by the pilot of the harbor police boat. Any person refusing to obey P¤¤¤lW M *i·>¤·· the instructions of the harbor master, or, in case of his absence or tem- um"' porary disability, the said pilot of the harbor police boat, or any person failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the police court of the District of Columbia shall be punished by -a line not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, March 2, 1895. CHAP. 173.-An Act To amend section one of chapter three hundred and ninety- March 2, 1895. eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eigllgty-two, entitled "An Act to provide ii for deductions from the gross tonnage of vesse of the United States." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of chapter g33i1g:]?});? I three hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and §¤,¤.w¤;:£ Uhm eighty-two, approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, '·;$g’,f;,,_p_,,0;, entitled “An Act to provide for deductions hom the gross tonnage ' of vessels of the United States/’ be amended so as to read: “ That section forty-one hundred and nity-three of the Revised Stat- R S__ M_ ,,5,, v_ utcs of the United States be amended by inserting before the last para- 801»¤¤¤¤d¤·i· graph thereof the following words: “ *That from the gross tonnage of every vessel of the United States spam ssams there shall be deducted- “‘ (a) The tonnage of the spaces or compartments occupied by or Uno of mw. appropriated to the use of the crew of the vessel. Every place approprinted to the crew of the vessel shall have a space of not less than Aummsm. seventy-two cubic feet and not less than twelve superficial feet, measured on the deck or iloor of that place, for each seaman or apprentice lodged therein. Such place shall be securely constructed, properly lighted, drained, and ventilated, properly protected from weather and sea, and as far as practicable properly shut off and protected irom the eiiluvium of cargo or bilge water; and failure to comply with this pro- Pcmity rw mlm. vision shall subject the owner` to a penalty of five hundred dollars. Every place so occupied shall be kept free from goods or stores of any kind not being the personal property of the crew in use during the voyage- and if any such place is not so kept free the master shall forfeit and pay to each seaman or apprentice lodged in that place the sum of ilfty cents a day for each day during which any goods or stores as aforesaid are kept or stored in the place after complaint has been made to him by any two or more of the seamen so lodged. ·_ No deduction from tonnage as aforesaid shall be made unless there IS permanently