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 96 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 3-4. 1897. 0*1: °d¤Q;•>S:2;¤B¤;•; That of the lands ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed to the United wma;. States by the foregoing agreement herem amended, and accepted, ratified, and confirmed, one mile square at and about the principal hot spring thereon contained, is hereby ceded, granted, relinquished, and conveyed unto the State of Wyoming; said mile square to be determined as follows: Commencing at a point one-fourth mile due east trom said main spring, running thence one-half mile north, thence one _ mile west, thence one mile south, thence one mile east, thence one-half p,,*§§),“L§},§gi_‘;‘},f° °° mile north to the point of beginning, and the rema1ndor_of the said lands, ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed to the United States, by the agreement herein ratiiied and conurmed, are hereby declared to be public lands of the United States, subject to entry, however, only under the homestead and town·site laws of the United States. Approved, June 7, 1897. June 7, 1891. CHAP. 4.-An Act To adopt regulations for preventing collisions upon certain ~—-—·····—····· harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States. §:{g¤2°;é0 Whereas the provisions of chapter eight hundred and two of the laws ven 28;Pl1.82;281. of eighteen hundred and ninety, and the amendments thereto, adopt- V°‘-2*1*38*- ing regulations for preventing collisions at sea, apply to all waters of the United States connected with the high seas navigable by seagoing vessels, except so far as the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland watgrs is regulated by special rules duly made by local authority; an isms wasn. Whereas it is desirable that the regulations relating to the navigation of all harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal and the Bed River of the North and rivers empty- ing into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries, shall be stated in P M_ one_Act: Therefore, m;$i:lm];;’;;_‘° P"' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted States of America in Congress assembled, That the following regulations for preventing collision shall be followed by all vessels navigating all harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal and the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries, and are hereby declared special rules duly made by local authority: PRELIMINARY. g•§g’£’§e*;;fj*¤¤· In the following rules every steamyessel which is under sail and not swim vessei. under steam is to be considered a sailingvessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. This word ·‘ steam-vessel " shall include any vessel propelled by mac inery. ··rrmm»my ·· A vessel is “ under way," within the meaning of these rules, when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground. ,,g*},‘g;$;,j?”°°'“’“g Horns Couonnnmc Lrenzrs, Ann so roars. m(§fx3¤¤¤¤»g 0* "¤¤¤· The word “visible" in these rules, when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere. Periodcfcompliancv- ARTICLE 1. The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited. I ART. 2. A steam-vessel when under way shall carry——(a) On or in trout of the foremast, or, if a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore