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 1980 PROCLAMATIONS, 1913. P1'¤P¢Hi¤8 P¤W¤1' 6%- Ama XIV. When vesels are fitted with fixed coal bnmkers or with fuel-oil tanks or g§§°§`m’“k'““¤.m]§ gg} double-bottom fuel compartments which can not be used to stow cargo or stores and ing tue!-ou eompart- when such bunkers, tanks, and fuel compartments have been certined by odicml www ¤¤¤¢<=¤¤ Mt bs marking to be spaces for the veme1’s fuel, the deduction for propelling power may gw mw °“`g° °‘ either be in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII a ove, or y deducting ° the actual tonnage of the spaces enumerated in Art. XII, Sec. 2 as measured 1H accordance with the fo lowing provisions, as the owner of the vemel mai elect: Measure the mean length of the engme and boiler room, including the coal xmkers. Ascertam the area of three transverse sections of the ship (as set forth m the rules given in Articles VIH or IX for the calculation of the grom tonnagezlto the deck wh1c covers the engine. One of these three sections must pass throng the middle of the aforesaid length, and the two others through the two extremities. Add to the sum of the two extreme sections four times the middle one, and multiply the sum_thus obtained by the third of the distance between the sections. This product d1v1ded_ by 100 if the measurements are taken in English feet or by 2.83 if they are taken m meters, gives the tonnage of the space measured- It the engines, boilers, and bunkers are m separate compartments, measure each compartment, as above set forth, and add together the results of the several measurements. _The bunkers measured for fuel deductions shall include only those bunkers that are absolutely psrmanent, which the coal can be trimmed directly into the engine room or sto ehole, and mto which access can be obtained only through the ordinary coal chutes on deck and from doors opening into the engine room or stokehole. Thwartship bunkers that can be in any way extended are not to be included in the measurements for deductions. When any portion of the engine or boiler rooms is occupied by a tank for fresh water, thespacecomsidemedtobewithin theengineand boilerrooms shall be reduced by the space taken up gp the tank for fresh water. The contents the shaft trunk shall be measured b%hascertaining and; multiply- ing togethu, the mean length, breadth, and height. e product divided by 100, ‘ or2.83,accordingaethe measurementsareta.keniuEuglishfeet0rinmetem,giva the tonnage of such space. When the shafts of screw progzhlerspms through open spaces not inclosed within tunnels, the spaces allowed m of tunnels must be of reasonable dimensions suitable for the vemel in quesdon. The tonnage of the following spaces below the deck or covering of the first or 10w· est tier of side·to-side erections, if any, on the upper deck, as defined by Art. IV section 3, is ascertained by the same method, viz: (a) The spaces framed in aroxmd the tunnels. (b The spaces required for the admimion of light and air into the engine room. (c The spaces if any, necessary for the proper working of the engines. (d) Spaces occupied by the donkey engine and boiler when used in connection with the main engines fortpropelling the ship and when situated within the bound of the engine room or of e casingabove the engine room. (e) Fue1—oi1 tanks and dciilihlebottom compartments fitted for the stowage of fuel oil. dulggognwmvkde Am:. XV. Under no circumstances shall any space which has not been included in mmmmgmw in the gms tonnage be deducted from gross tonnage. lgdncted spaces, 11 The use of the whole or any portion of a deducted space, other than fuel spaces ¤¤<¤¤d to deducted under Article XIII, to show cargo of any kind or stores other than boatswairfs ‘ stores, or to provide passenger accommodations, shall be evidence that the entire zglace thus wholly or partially occupied is a part of the actual earning capacity of the p, and the entire  be added to, and become a permanent part of, the net tonnage u%n which Qanal tolls shall be collected. Oillcinls that may Arrr. X. such officials as are authorized in the several foreign countries $&*:*gg;•km*$£¤g¤ Md and in the Unite States to measure vessels and to isue tonnage certificates for ur- °° ‘ poses of national registxg, and such other officials as are authorized by the Presigent of the United States, or y those acting for him, to measure vemels and to issue Panama Qanal tonnage certificates, shall have authority to measure vemels for Panama navigation or to issue Panama tonnage certificates. Tonnage certmmtcs Am-. XYII. Tonnage certiiicates presented at the Panama Canal shall be subject xQ'jg,°db‘§‘ ’“{§`; to correction by the qicnal or officmls authorized by the President of the United Omcgags at the pamm, States, or by those act-Ei for him, to administer these measurement rules, in so far as cam!. may be necessaxto e the certificates conform to these rules. Panama Cem! wu- Am•_)§V’III. e Panama Canal tonnage certiicates isued by the measurement “g° °”'“°°°““ authorities of the United States and the several foreign countries shall oo nd in substance and form to the sample certificate appended to these rules. é-m)certi— ticates m will be furnished by the Secretary of War or the Govemor of the Panama upon reguest of the measurement authorities of foreign countries. The measurement authorities of any foreign conngiv ma also provide themselves with Panama Canal measurement certificates print in  or in the language of the foreign country, provided such certificates strictly correspond in substance and form to the sample certificate appended to these rules.