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672 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sus . III. Ons. 101-103. 1895. siieuma to we same salaries from July iirst, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, per ,':;"°°f;f·f;'_'f"k‘°;j’:j annum, that would have been allowed to said officers had the classifinnm. cation been made July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nme. Approved, February 19, 1895. - m _ HAP. 02.-An Act To ado t s ial rules for the navi tion of harbors, rivers

 and inlandbvaters of the UnitedPSt4¥t?s, except the Great Lagaes and their connecting

31‘2.£§£Lif,“£¥ l12E2E`i.“.f¤$‘}1§?.fd“§5.‘.12‘;“27.*aiii‘.¥¤P¥?'i'.Z“2'·?L? ‘..‘t‘3.,"}£’$£’§£.11i.?§Z for preventing collisions at sea." ‘ Be it enacted In; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United invipaon. States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after March first, ,,§,§§f,j,_ §§,,}’,{,7,§°‘{§ eighteen-hundred and ninety-tive, the provisions of sections forty-two inland wma. hundred and thirty-three, forty-four hundred and twelve, and forty- ,,}Y;P,;?:;’:;;€Z?·“"· four hundred and names or the nevneu statutes and reguiauons vt}? as,p.szo. pursuant thereto shall be followed on the harbors, rivers and inland ‘ waters of the United States. moms spseiii The provisions of said sections of the Revised Statutes and regulamia m1..»b¤¤.•¤=· tions pursuant thereto are hereby declared special rules duly made by _ local authority relative to the navigation of harbors, rivers and inland veizenszu waters as provided for in Article thirty, of the Act of Apgust nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to opt regulations for preventing collisions at sea." · Line of nigh ¤¤¤¤ to Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, empow- °°"°°“°°‘ ered and directed from time to time to designate and detine by suitable bearings or ranges with light houses, light vessels, buoys or coast objects, the lines dividing the high seas om rivers, harbors and inland waters. -_ signi ngna. Sno 3. Collectors or other chief oEeers of the customs shall require all sail vessels to be furnished with proper signal lights. Every such vessel that shall be navigated without complying with the Statutes of the United States, or the regulations that may be lawfully made there- Penalty re; ma under, shall beliable to a penalty of two hundred dollars, one-half to go “°“"· to the informer; for which sum the vessel so navigated shall be liable, and may be seized and proceeded against by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense. nuns mem ne. Srsc. 4. The words “inland waters” used in this Act shall not beheld ”""· , to include the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters fj;,? ’·“"°" "°* ‘*" as far east as Montreal; and this Act shall not in any respect modify 4»¤•,p.us or atliwt the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters," approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Approved, February 19, 1895. February 10, mea. CHAP. 103.—An Act To establish a life-saving station at or near City Point, Bos-

  • ··—···— ton Harbor, Massachusetts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United uproar. unter. States oj America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mn.,,,-;,,{ min, Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a life saving atCity rm _ station at or near City Point, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, in such locality as the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service may recommend. . · 0rs••i¤¤¤¤. sm. Sec. 2. That the character of the equipments and appliances of the station, the number of men constituting its crew, and the portion of the year during which it shall be manned shall be determined by the General Superintendent of the Li!'e·Saving Service. " Approved, February 19, 1805.