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 FIFTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 400, 401. 1896. 381 quarries on the Fort Leavenworth Reservation: Pro/vided, That no §'°””°· eirpense shall be incurred under this Act until an appropriation is made appgopligdgiii b°f°r° with which to commence the buildings. Sec. 4. That the cost of employing an architect and of building said Li'¤** °*" °°¤*- penitentiary, workshops, and improvements shall not, exclusive of the prison labor, exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which no more than fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in a iiscal year. Approved, June 10, 1896. CHAP. 401.-An Act To amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hun- gum, 10, 1g9s_ ggxzdmapd ninety, entitled "An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions —————— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That article fifteen of the Act 1Q°llfjg>:2¤ M ¤¤¤· approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled vs¤l)F¤meif:ixLi1.t° Pm "An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea," be V°'·2”~l’·325· amended to read as follows: shall be given: _ · “F1rst. By ‘steam vessels’ on the whistle or siren. Sreem vessels. " Second. By ‘sailin g vessels' and ‘vessels towed’ on the fog horn. samng vmsis. “The words ‘prolonged blast’ used in this article shall mean a blast Meaning of pm. of from four to sizi seconds duration. l°"g"d "‘“"· “A steam vessel shall be provided with an elhcient whistle or siren, Instruments to be sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, so placed that the “”°d °y°‘°""“ '°“°l“‘ sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efiicient iog horn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an eiiicient bell. (In all cases where the rules require a bell to be used a drum may _ be substituted on board Turkish vessels, or a gong where such articles ,jl‘Qjf,‘;Qjf,QPE'§;;{§‘ are used on board small seagoing vessels.) A sailing vessel of twenty suing wma. ` tons gross tonnage or upward shall be provided with a similar fog horn and bell. “In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rainstorms, whether by day or Dey wl nlxlnt siznight, the signals described in this article shall be used as follows, "“l°‘ namely: “(a) A steam vessel having way upon her shall sound, at intervals S*»¤•¤n¤r•nn·**· upon her, shall sound, at intervals of not more than two minutes, two prolonged blasts, with an interval of about one second between. “ (c) A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more I Selling vessels ¤¤— than one minute, when on the starboard tack, one blast; when on the `" W'"' port tack, two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abait the beam, three°blasts in succession. " (el) A vessel when at anchor shall, at intervals of not more than one Vessels et nnslwr. minute, ring the bell rapidly for about nve seconds. _ “ (e) A vessel when towing, a vessel employed in laying or in pick— iuggmfstzfjgélagj ing up a telegraph cable, and a vessel under way, which is unable dei- mumii. to get out of the way of an approaching vessel through being not under command, or unable to maneuver as required by the rules, shall, instead of the signals prescribed in subdivisions (a) and (c) of this article, at intervals of not more than two minutes, sound three blasts in succession, namely: One prolonged blast followed by two short blasts. A vessel towed may give this signal and she shall not give any other. _ " Sailing vessels and boats of less than twenty tons gross tonnage Smsslelgsszgnds by shall not be obliged to give the above-mentioned signals. but, if they ' do not, they shall make some other efticient sound signal at intervals of not more than one minute."
 * ‘ART. 15. All signals prescribed by this article for vessels under way FM; ¤*¤¤¤l¤·