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 2260 INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION. JULY 5,1930. Final Protocol. FINAL PROTOCOL. 21:19, 11 June 2014 (UTC)s. At the moment of signing the International Load Line Convention concluded this de,y, the under-mentioned Plenipotentiaries have agreed on the following:- 1. in:t ~a'lco;TarmstroBot (talk) Ships engaged solely on voyagas on the Great Lakes of North America and ships engaged in other inland waters are to be regarded Designated schooners. as outside the scope of the Convention. . II. lumber This Convention is not applied to the existing ships of the United States of America and of France of the lumber schooner type pro- pelled by power, with or without sails, or by sails alone. III. Conference respect· ing tanker freeboard. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall convoke a Conference of the Contracting Governments of the countries to which tankers belong, upon request of the United States of America, at any time within the five-year period mentioned in Article 20, for the purpose of discussing matters relating to tanker freeboard. Ant~, p. 2 '254. Alterations. The Contracting Governments will not raise any objection to the provisions contained in this Convention in regard to tanker load line being altered as may be determined at such Conference, provided that t.he conclusions then reached are communicated forthwith to the Governments signatory to the present Convention and that no objection is received by the Government of the United Kingdom of Notlce,toslgnatories. G B" dNhIId.hin. hfhd h reat ntam an ort ern re an WIt SIX mont sot e espatc of such communication.