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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. Apr. 29, Aug. 24, Oct. 22, 1938, Sept. 2, Oct. 18, 1939, Jan. 10, Mar. 4, 1940 [E. A. S. No. 172] Canada. Reciprocal recogni- tion of load line regu- lations for certain ve- sels. 46 U. S. C., Supp. V., 88d. Arrangement between the United States of America and Canadafor the reciprocal recognition of load line regulations for vessels engaged in international voyages on the Great Lakes. Effected by exchanges of notes signed April 29, 1938, August 24, 1938, October 22, 1938, September 2, 1939, October 18, 1939, January 10, 1940, and March 4, 1940. The American Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the CanadianSecre- tary of State for Externa Affairs No. 686 LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OTTAWA, CANADA. April 29, 1938. Sm: I have the honor to inform you that the appropriate authorities of my Government have received copies of the Canada Gazette of August 28, 1937, containing an Order-in-Council, P. C. 1903, under date of August 6, 1937, making effective as of October 1, 1937, load line rules for ships making voyages on lakes or rivers. The Coastwise Load Line Act, 1935, as amended, of the United States, provides in the U. S. C., title 46, sec. 88 d: "§ 88d. Foreign vessels; application of sub-chapter. When- ever the Secretary of Commerce shall certify that the laws and regulations in force in any foreign country relating to load lines are equally effective with the regulations established under sec- tions 88 to 88i of this title, the Secretary of Commerce may direct, on proof that a vessel of that country has complied with such foreign laws and regulations, that such vessel and her mas- ter and owner shall be exempted from compliance with the pro- visions of sections 88 to 88i of this title, except as hereinafter provided: Provided,That this section shall not apply to the ves- sels of any foreign country which does not similarly recognize the load lines established under sections 88 to 88i of this title and the regulations made thereunder. (Aug. 27, 1935, c. 747, § 5, 49 Stat. 889.)." The American authorities have concluded that, except for sub- division load lines applicable to passenger vessels, the aforementioned Canadian load line regulations are as effective as the regulations set forth in Section C of the Load Line Regulations of the United States (Rules and Regulations Series, No. 4, January 1938 edition), 1 of which three copies are enclosed. The Government of the United States will recognize the Canadian load line regulations as promulgated in the Canada Gazette of August 28, 1937. to be as effective as Section C of the United States Load Line Regulations (January 1938 edition), provided that the [U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Marine Inspection and Naviga- tion (Government Printing Office, 1938).] 2300

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