[Resolution passed by the Senate of the United States during the 3d Session of the 63d Congress.] 



SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA. 

 Resolution Advising and Consenting to Ratification Adopted December 16, 1914. 



December 16, 1914. — Injunction of secrecy removed and resolution ordered printed. 



Resolved (two thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate ad- 

 vise and consent to the ratification of the international convention on the safety of life at 

 sea, signed at London on January 20, 1914, with the regulations, final protocol, and recom- 

 mendations connected therewith : Provided, that the United States reserves the right to abro- 

 gate "treaties, conventions, and agreements" indicated in article 68, in accordance with the 

 terms of such treaties, conventions, and agreements, and to impose upon all vessels in the 

 waters of the United States such higher standards of safety and such provisions for the 

 health, protection and comfort of passengers, seamen, and immigrants as the United States 

 shall enact for vessels of the United States. 



