Statutes of the United States of AmericaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - Law |
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... repair , and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors , and for other purposes , " passed finally June third , eighteen hundred and ninety - six . February 17 , 1897 Fort Lyon Reservation , Colo . An act to permit a ...
... repair , and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors , and for other purposes , " passed finally June third , eighteen hundred and ninety - six . February 17 , 1897 Fort Lyon Reservation , Colo . An act to permit a ...
Page 480
... Repairs to machin- ery , etc. Department of Jus tice . Clerk and messen- gers . Judicial . Court of Private Land Claims . tinued available . Cong . , p . 449 . BUREAU OF SIEAM ENGINEERING . To carry on the current work of the Bureau in ...
... Repairs to machin- ery , etc. Department of Jus tice . Clerk and messen- gers . Judicial . Court of Private Land Claims . tinued available . Cong . , p . 449 . BUREAU OF SIEAM ENGINEERING . To carry on the current work of the Bureau in ...
Page 484
... repair and water kept therein . sale . Amendment , etc. January 13 , 1897 . Bridge across Caddo Lake , Mooringsport , La . , by Kansas City Shreveport and Gulf Railway Company , ap . proved . Lawful structure and post route . Postal ...
... repair and water kept therein . sale . Amendment , etc. January 13 , 1897 . Bridge across Caddo Lake , Mooringsport , La . , by Kansas City Shreveport and Gulf Railway Company , ap . proved . Lawful structure and post route . Postal ...
Page 491
... repaired in the United States , to be registered as a vessel of the United States . SEC . 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and Inspection , etc. directed to cause the inspection of said vessel , steam boilers ...
... repaired in the United States , to be registered as a vessel of the United States . SEC . 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and Inspection , etc. directed to cause the inspection of said vessel , steam boilers ...
Page 521
... Repairs and improvements , namely : Timber , planks , boards , joists , wall strips , laths , shingles , slate , tin , sheet lead , zinc , nails , screws , locks , hinges , glass , paints , turpentine , oils , varnish , brushes , stone ...
... Repairs and improvements , namely : Timber , planks , boards , joists , wall strips , laths , shingles , slate , tin , sheet lead , zinc , nails , screws , locks , hinges , glass , paints , turpentine , oils , varnish , brushes , stone ...
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act granting amended America in Congress appropriation for consul approval authorized and directed become a law bridge CHAP clerk hire clerks of class Congress assembled construction contingent expenses corner of Township court DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-The directed to place District of Columbia dollars per month eight hundred dollars eighteen hundred enacted February 22 fifty dollars five hundred dollars four hundred dollars granting a pension GROVER CLEVELAND house of Congress House of Representatives hundred and fifty hundred and twenty increase of pension Interior January 16 January 20 March Monongahela River naval nine hundred pension increased pension roll prescribed President Provided railway range line repairs RICHARD OLNEY River sand dollars Secretary Secretary of War Senate and House seven hundred six hundred dollars STATE.-The foregoing act Territory thence thereof thousand eight hundred thousand five hundred thousand four hundred thousand two hundred twenty dollars United vessels widow William Grebe
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Page 24 - A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack one blast, when on the port tack two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam three blasts in succession.
Page 22 - ... in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Page 692 - ... [not known or used by others in this country, before his invention or discovery thereof, and not patented or described in any printed publication in this or any foreign country, before his invention or discovery thereof...
Page 26 - When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: In the daytime: First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute.
Page 21 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 22 - ... (d) The lights and shapes required to be shown by this article are to be taken by other vessels as signals that the vessel showing them is not under command and can not therefore get out of the way.
Page 26 - Steam vessels of less than forty tons shall carry — (a) In the fore part of the vessel, or on or in front of the funnel, where it can best be seen, and at a height above the gunwale of not less than...
Page 29 - A steam vessel under way, but stopped and having no way upon her, shall sound at intervals of not more than two minutes two prolonged blasts with an interval of about one second between them.
Page 25 - ... shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel, and no subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear. As by day the overtaking vessel...
Page 22 - ... (a), and if a steam vessel in lieu of that light three lights in a vertical line one over the other not less than six feet apart.