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 536 FIFTYSEVENTH couennss. sm. 1. cH.. 1329. 1902. anchor as near the ilats as possible and so that the channel will not be obstructed; and all vessels coming to anchor shall be so moored by the use of both anchors as to prevent obstruction of the channel within four hundred feet of the nearest wharf, the said anchorage to continue only twenty-four hours unless otherwise ordered or directed by the harbor master. °*'**l'· "No vessel shall be permitted to lie in Seventeenth street canal, New Jersey avenue canal, James Creek canal., or at the entrance thereof, so as to obstruct the passage of any vessel going into or out of the same or moving from one place to another therein, unless such obstructing vessel is actually engaged in loading or unloading, and shall then, if deemed expedient by the harbor master, be removed to ,_,H}‘,_°'*”‘ "“*°“ such place as shall be necessary to give room to passing vessels. Any ` captain or owner of or any one in c ar e of any barge, sand scow, or any vessel that may sink in said canals shall raise and remove the U¤°°***¤¤¤ same in five days. Any vessel at the end of wharves or in docks shall, when required by the harbor master, haul either way to accommodate vessels going in or coming out from such wharves or docks. They shall not occupy regular steamers’ or sailing packets’ berths without permission from the recognized occtlipauts o such wharves and dock, and they are required to ri in fore-and-aft spare, have boats hoisted up under the bow, and davits turned up, as theharbor 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 ca tain 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. The powers and authority herein conferred upon the harbor master may, in his absence or temporary person refusing to obey the instructions of the har r master, or, in case of his absence or temporary disability, the said tpilot of the harbor police boat, or any person failing to comply wi any of the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both." Amend section 897 so it will read as follows: $$,,4 ,,,8,,,, w “Sec. 897. BAss.———That no person shall catch or kill in the waters of <i¤;g;i-SL lm the Potomac River or its tributaries within the District of Columbia any ' P' black bass (otherwise known as green bass and chub), cra pie (other- ` wise known as calico bass and strawberry bass), between the first day of April and the twenty-ninth of May of each fyear, nor have in possession or expose for sale any of said species 0 fish at any other time during the year except by angling, nor catch nor kil any of the aforesaid species by what are known as out lines or trot lines, having a succession of hooks or devices." Amend section 903 so it will read as follows:. ugly! °°¤°*°*°°° “Sec. 903. That all nets, boats, or other contrivances, the property Vdl.31, is im of any person or persons convicted under the provisions of this Act, shall be contiscate to the District of Columbia, and the same shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, by the property clerk of said District, and the proceeds therefrom be deposite with the collector of taxes, as are other District revenues.” Amend section 918 so that it will read as foHows: hwgmvww ¤*··l· “Sec. 918. Pnnnmvronr cnarnnsens.-In all trials for ca ital i*€x,`m,p.1::as. offenses the accused and the United States shall each be entitled to twenty peremptory challenges. In trials for offenses punishable by implrisonment in the penitentiary the accused and the United States shall mf;;‘ff},‘Q,‘j§{ °‘ W eac be entitled toten peremptorylchallenges. In all other cases, civil as well as criminal, in which the p intitf is the United States or the District of Columbia, each party shall be entitled to three peremptory chal-
 * ‘°'**‘*Y·‘ disability, be exercised by the pilot of the harbor Rliee boat. Any