STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1223 



No. 184. 1898, Newfoundland Statute: Consolidated Statutes 

 (Second Series) 1892, Cap. 120." 



Of harbour master and harbour regulations for the port of St. John's. 



Section. 



1. Governor in Council may appoint 



a Harbour Master. 



2. Harbour dues ; Proviso : dues not 



payable oftener than once in 

 every half year. 



3. Harbour Master to give directions 



as to mooring, &c. 



4. Removal of vessels. 



5. Fairway of Narrows and harbour 



entrance to be kept clear. 



6. Harbour Master may remove ves- 



sels. 



7. Appliances to be used by vessels 



discharging. 



8. Vessels' spars, rigging of, at 



wharves. 



Section. 



9. Vessels not lying at wharves to 

 have person in charge, and light. 



10. Vessels in stream to have no line 



to land. 



11. Ballast, &c., not to be thrown over- 



board from vessels; penalty. 



12. Nor into waters of harbour; pen- 



alty. 



13. General penalty for violation of 



chapter. 



14. Recovery and appropriation of 



penalties. 



15. Exception as to private wharves. 



1. The Governor in Council may appoint, as Harbour Master for 

 the port of St. John's, such person as may be appointed Examiner-in- 

 Chief under title 13, chapter 117, of these Consolidated Statutes, 

 entitled " Of Certificates to Masters and Mates." 



2. The following amounts, as harbour dues, shall be paid by vessels 

 arriving at the port of St. John's, at the time of their being entered 

 at the Custom House, except ships of war and vessels engaged in the 

 coasting trade and fishing, viz. : 



Every vessel of sixty tons and upwards, and not more than one 

 hundred tons, two dollars. 



Every vessel of more than one hundred tons, and not more than 

 two hundred tons, three dollars. 



Every vessel of more than two hundred tons, and not more than 

 three hundred tons, four dollars. 



Every vessel of more than three hundred tons, and not more than 

 four hundred tons, five dollars. 



Every vessel of more than four hundred tons, six dollars. 



Provided, that no vessel shall be compelled to pay harbour dues 

 more than once in every half-year viz., once between the first day 

 of January and thirtieth day of June, and once between the thirtieth 

 day of June and the first day of January. 



3. In case of any dispute arising relative to the mooring, hauling 

 or removing of vessels in said port, the Harbour Master shall, if 

 called upon, give such directions in respect to the same as the circum- 

 stances of the case shall demand ; and all persons having the charge 

 or command of such vessels shall comply with the directions of the 

 Harbour Master, under the penalty of twenty dollars for every neg- 

 lect or refusal so to do. 



4. The Harbour Master if called upon, may order the removal of 

 any vessel moored in such a manner or situation as to be unsafe or 

 dangerous to any other vessel. 



5. The Harbour Master shall direct that the fairway of the Nar- 

 rows and er.trance of the harbour be kept clear for the safe ingress 



Act now questioned by the United States : see Appendix, pp. 4-5. 



