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852 FIF’l.`Y—NlNTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 300, 301. 1907. _ "Every fishing vessel of one hundred and fifty feet in length or upward, when at anchor, shall exhibit a white light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile, am? shall exhibit asecond _ light as provided for vessels of such length by article eleven. ·*"‘““°"“’ ““*‘*~ _ ‘;Shé>31ld any} such igessell, gvhetlliegfnzncger pne pundrlled and fiftydfetet 1n en or o one un re an y ee in eng or u war , e attached to a net or other fishing gear, she shall on the a Iproach of other vessels show an additional w ite light at least three lleet below the anchor light, and at a horizontal distance of at least five feet away from it in the direction of the net or gear. ` ,,,Y”‘°“ "“ "° ‘°‘*• " (h) If a vessel or boat when fishing becomes stationary in conseguence of her gear getting fast to_a roc or other obstruction, she shall 1n daytime haul down the day signal required by subdivision (k); at night show the light or lights prescribed for a vessel at anchor; and during bgczg, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storms make the signal g prescri for a vessel at anchor. (See subdivision (d) and the last papagrafzh of article fifteen.) _ _ ` fo:r£j¤¤¤ v¤¤¤1¤ i¤ (1) n fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storms drift-net vessels ' attached to their nets, an vessels when trawlmg, dredging, or fishing with kind of drag net, and vessels line fishing with their lines out, shall, of twenty tons gross tonnage or upward,_ respectively, at intervals of not more than,one minute make a blast; 1f steam vessels, with the whistle or siren, and if sailin vessels, with the foghorn, each blast to be followed by ringing the beh. Fishing vessels and boats of less than twenty tons gross tonna e shall not be obliged to `ve the above-mentioned signs s; but if 51ey do not, they shall make; some other eilicient soun signal at intervals of not more than one minute. D" '*€""· "(k) All vessels or boats fishing with nets or lines or trawls, when under way, shall in daytime indicate their occupation to an approaching vessel by displaying a basket or other etheient signal where it can best be seen. If vessels or boats at anchor have their gear out, they shall, on the approach of other vessels, show the same signal on the side on v _ which those vesselscan pass. O _ • U*¤¤¤***°¤·°· "The vessels required by this article to carry or show the lights hereinbefore specified shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed v»· a » ·» ·~ b’s1‘E’ii“ iE’»§`.3(".i?’id E? l’}SEr”“l£*`i'“”h °f ”§°H° °i$¥i"`$ · ht

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umd hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An Ajct to adopt the revisedginter

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‘An Act relating to lights on fishing vessels," are hereby repealed. ,,g{ °“°°*-’*°"*'¥ I- Sec. 3. That t is Act shall take effect on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and eight. Approved, January 19, 1907. J·¤¤¤¤· 1°· im cnn. 301.-An Act To authorize Thomas J. Ewin and G B. r

   Catlettsburg, Kentucky; Otto Burger, of Cincinnati, Othio; Hegobleit Hayhhglt, di

[Public, No. 21.] Kenova, West Virginia, and Charles Miller, of Huntington, West Virginia, to construct a bridge across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. Tug F k of Kg wee it fenajted the Segate and H2>u.se Re'{>{·lesen,f¢;;fives of the Ended Sum Rig; ’ r a es 0 merzca m ongrese aasem e .,at omas J. `wing m;rnarimHa?fpgvdin1g€¤x;·% George B. Patton, Otto Burger, Herbert Haynard, and Charles Mille; w,,,4,,m, K, g ’ be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operm‘,L§,{»,;¤ii,{g°gf· md ate a wagon, foot, and railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at or on the property of The Warfield Coal and Salt Companv, at )Varfield. Kentuckv, where the said Tug.River forms the boundary line between the States of lVest