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(June 7, 1897, c. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 98 ; 1946 Eeorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, 

 eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.) 



Adoption of rules for navlgatioii of Great Lakes, etc. 



33 U.S.C. 241 



The following rules for preventing collisions shall be followed in 

 the navigation of all public and private vessels of the United States 

 upon the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as 

 far east as Montreal. (Feb. 8, 1895, c. 64, § 1, 28 Stat. 645.) 



Note. — A separate pamphlet entitled "Rules of the Road — Great Lakes," CG-172, con- 

 tains such laws, rules, and regulations, and therefore they have not been reprinted herein. 



Special regulation by Commandant of the Coast Guard 



33 U.S.C. 243 



The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall have authority to estab- 

 lish all necessary regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions 

 of this chapter, required to carry the same into effect. 



The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall have authority to es- 

 tablish such regulations to be observed by all steam vessels in passing 

 each other, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as he 

 shall from time to time deem necessary ; and all regulations adopted 

 by the said Commandant of the Coast Guard under the authority of 

 this chapter shall have the force of law. Two printed copies of any 

 such regulations for passing, signed by him, shall be furnished to 

 each steam vessel, and shall at all times be kept posted up in con- 

 spicuous places on board. (Feb. 8, 1895, c. 64, § 3, 28 Stat. 649 ; Feb. 

 14, 1903, c. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829 ; Mar. 4, 1913, c. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 

 736; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 

 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.) 



Lights of small tugs, boats on River St. Lawrence, ferryboats, 

 rafts, and canalboats; regulations 



33 U.S.C. 256 



The lights for tugs under one hundred tons register (net), whose 

 principal business is harbor towing, and for boats navigating only 

 on the River St. Lawrence, also ferryboats, rafts, and canalboats, 

 shall be regulated by rules which have been or may hereafter be 

 prescribed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 



Lights of produce boats, canalboats, etc., navigating by hand or 

 horsepower or by sail or by current, or at anchor 



33 U.S.C. 259 



Produce boats, canalboats, fishing boats, rafts, or other watercraft 

 navigating any bay, harbor, or river by hand power, horsepower, 

 sail, or by the current of the river, or which shall be anchored or 

 moored in or near the channel or fairway of any bay, harbor, or river, 

 and not otherwise provided for in these rules, shall carry one or more 

 good white lights, which shall be placed in such manner as shall be 

 prescribed by the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 



