690 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 389. 1897. P¤¤¤1*=*¤¤ *0* *¤¤¤¤1 "SEc. 13. That the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon application tzsgiigrt ]°°°’ °t°"°t therefor, remit or mitigate any penalty provided for in this Act, or dis- §g{"{g°‘g"jE,8 continue any prosecution to recover the same, upon such terms as he, ``in his discretion, shall think proper, and shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon all such applications in such manner and under such regulations as he may think proper. All penalties herein provided {§f’§‘f‘f,‘§,f,§p_8,,_ may be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, and disposed of in the manner 'prescribed by section iorty-three hundred and five of the Revised Statutes." s,;':;:';;?? °°m‘ Sec. 12. That rule fourteen, rule nfteen (a), (b), and (c), rule sixteen iz. S.,sec.;1233,p.B17, and rule seventeen, of section forty-two hundred and thirty-three of “"‘°“"‘°“· the Revised Statutes be, and are hereby, amended to read as follows: L*¤""’· “Rule fourteen. The exhibition of any light on board of a vessel of , war of the United States may be suspended whenever, in the opinion “,E;§§,“*’,f}§{‘ 'j.’g.}‘,§‘§Q of the Secretary of the Navy, the commander in chief of a squadron, ¤¤mr¤· or the commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character of the service may require it. The exhibition of any light on board of a revenue cutter of the United States may be suspended whenever, in the opinion of the commander of the vessel, the special character of _ the service may require it. F°€ ”'g"“*°· “Rule fifteen. (a) Whenever there is a fog, or thick weather, whether by day or night, fog signals shall be used as follows: Steam vessels under way shall sound a steam whistle placed before the funnel, not less than eight feet from the deck, at intervals of not more than one minute. Steam vessels, when towing, shall sound three blasts of quick succession repeated at intervals of not more than one minute. (b) Sail vessels under way shall sound a fog horn at intervals of not more than one minute. (c) Steam vessels and sail vessels, when not under way, shall sound a bell at intervals of not more than two minutes." ,,j§,§f"""“°° °' °°m‘ Rule 16. Risk of collision can, when circumstances permit, be ascertained by carefully watching the compass bearing of an approaching vessel. If the bearing does not appreciably change such risk should be deemed to exist. vegtggs f<¤ ¤¤i¤¤s Rule 17 . When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so ' as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other, as follows, namely: (a) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled. (b) A vessel which is closehauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is closehauled on the starboard tack. (c) Whein both are running free, with the wind on diilerent sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other. (d) When both vessels are running free, with the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to the windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to the leeward. (e) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other vessel. mfé§E;,°f·*””·P·*‘“· Sec. 13. That section forty-two hundred and thirty-three of the Li bu b umn Revised Statutes be, and is hereby, amended by adding thereto; vmgis wills., vm-E “Rule twentyfive. A sail vessel which is being overtaken by another
- ·’*<*¤· vessel during the night shall show from her stern to such last-mentioned
_ vessel a torch or a flare-up light. _,,;}‘f,l“Q,’e;;{},,§Q°,§,·°°{,‘Q§j “Rule twenty-six. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship. or ··¤¤¢i<>¤·¤. me the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ogdinary practice of seamen or by the special circumstances of the case. e,éQ‘*l’jj:;‘,Q’a(§,f],,’,‘;§, $1;:0.,14. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, msmmcm register- authorized to direct the inspection of any foreign vessel, admitted to American registry, its steam boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances, and to direct the issue of the usual certificate of inspection, whether
