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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. 204] the total number of such vessels, at any one time, exceed six in all the gprrigcgigl zvaters of the Canal Zone under the jurisdiction of the ni a es. Rule 11. When vessels of war or vessels fallin` g under Rule 2 D°“""“”‘“°“,,°'°"‘ belonging to or employed by op osing belligerents, are resent simul; g:';('d;=l¤¢¤¤¤;"* taneously in the waters of the Canal Zone, a eriod ofp not less than twenty- our hours must elapse between the lt arture of the vessel belonF1n§ to or employed by one belligerent and) the departure of the vesse be onging to or emplo ed by his adversary. 'I`he order of departure IS determined by order of arrival, unless the vessel which arrived first is so circurotanced that an extension of her stay is permissible. A vessel o war of a belligerent or vessel falling under Rule 2 may not leave the waters of the Canal Zone until twenty-four hours after the departure of a private vessel fl g the flag of the adversary. Rule 12. A vessel of war of a belligerent or vessel falling under °,R°*¤*¤*i¤¤,g_¤**;=¤¤¤ Rule 2 which has left the waters of the Canal Zone, whether she has insbszugullizolnl x passed through the Canal or not, shall, if she returns within a period *‘”‘ of one week after her departure, lose all privileges of recedence in departure from the Canal Zone, or in passage througlli the Canal, over vessels flying the flag of her adversaries which may enter those waters after her retiun and before the expiration of one week subsequent to her previous departure. In any such case the time of departure of a vessel which has so returned shall be fixed by the Canal Authorities, who may in so doing consider the wishes of the commander of a public vessel or of the master of a private vessel of the adversary of the returned vessel, which adversary’s vessel is then resent within the waters of the Canal Zone. Rall; 18. The repair facilities and docks belonging to the United d§T:' °""“"°"" States and administered b the Canal Authorities s all not be used by a. vessel of war of a bgligerent, or vessels falling under Rule 2, except when necessa.13 in case of actual distress, and then only upon the order of the Can Authorities, and only to the degree necessary to render the vessel sea-worthy. Any work authorized shall be done with the least (possible delay. Rule 14. The ra 'o installation of any vessel of a belligerent ,_,§_,‘,‘}·,‘f"*'°¢'°P’*‘*”**· Power, public or private, or of any vessel ailing under Rule 2, shall be used only in connection with Canal business to the exclusion of all other business while within the waters of the Canal Zone, includin the waters of Colon and Panama Harbors. lfule 15. Air craft of a belligerent Power, public or {private, are E‘°’“"°”°"’*’°'°“· forbidden to descend or arise within the jurisdiction 0 the United States at the Canal Zone, or to pass through the air spaces above the lands and waters within said jurisdiction. Rule 16. For the purgoses of these rules the Canal Zone includes '“""°'7 *“°’“*’°‘*· the cities of Panama an Colon and the harbors adjacent to the said cities. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be afHxed._ _ Done at the city of Vi/'ashiniton this thirteenth day of November in the year of our ord one thousand nine hundred and [sam,.] fourteen and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-ninth. Woonnow Wn.soN By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State.