APPENDIX XX.

REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR FOR THE USE, ADMINISTRATION, AND NAVIGATION OF THE LOUISVILLE AND

PORTLAND CANAL.

APPENDIX XX.

UNITED STATES REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR FOR THE USE, ADMINISTRATION, AND NAVIGATION OF THE LOUISVILLE AND PORTLAND CANAL.1

AUTHORITY AND PENALTIES.

The river and harbor act of August 18, 1894, contains the following sections:

"SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribe such rules and regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of any or all canals and similar works of navigation that now are or that hereafter may be owned, operated, or maintained by the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require.

"Such rules and regulations shall be posted, in conspicuous and appropriate places, for the information of the public; and every person and every corporation which shall knowingly and wilfully violate such rules and regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court."

1. Authority of canal officers.-The movement of all boats and floating craft of every kind, while in the canal, shall be strictly governed by the orders of the canal officers.

2. Entrance to canal.-No boat or floating craft shall enter the canal from either direction without permission. In case two or more boats or tows wish to enter at the same time, their order of entry shall be determined by the superintendent of the canal, or his authorized agent. 3. Draft of boats.-No boat, barge, or vessel of any kind shall enter the canal drawing more water than is shown by the canal gauges.

4. Handling of tows.-Tows must be strung out no more than three wide for passage through the canal before entering. While thus engaged in preparing for passage they must always leave room for packets to enter or leave the canal. The size of a single tow must in no case exceed the following:

(1) Twelve coal boats and four fuel boats.

(2) Ten model barges and four fuel boats.

(3) Twenty square barges.

5. Boats meeting in canal.-Boats meeting in the canal shall pass to starboard; if unable to pass in the canal proper, the boat nearest to a turn-out basin shall take it; in case of doubt, the ascending boat shall enter the basin.

6. Management of boats in canal. No boat shall attempt to run ahead of another while in the canal. The boat that enters first shall have precedence, except as provided hereinafter. 7. Unnecessary delay in canal.-Boats or barges must not obstruct navigation by unnecessary delay in entering or passing through the canal or the locks. After passing through the locks, ascending barges must be so arranged in the basin as to leave the passage clear; descending barges, as soon as locked through, must be removed to some point below the lower end of the guiding wall. Masters and pilots will be held to a strict accountability that the approaches to the locks are not at any time obstructed by barges that have passed through.

8. Station while waiting for lockage.-Descending boats and tows will wait for lockage in the basin above the locks; ascending boats and tows, waiting for the new locks, will remain below the lower end of the guiding wall. In all cases a free passage to and from the locks must be left.

1 Rules of Oct. 12, 1894, as amended Sept. 16, 1898 and Feb. 21, 1911.

9. Signals. Boats will signal for drawbridges by three short and distinct whistles; for locks by four similar whistles.

10. Precedence at locks. Ordinarily, the boat arriving first at a lock will be the first to be locked through; but where many boats are to be passed, precedence shall be given, firstly, to boats belonging to the United States, and, secondly, to boats carrying the United States mail. Passenger boats shall also have precedence over tows, and loaded tows over empty ones.

11. Loss of turn.-Boats that fail to enter a lock with reasonable promptness, after being authorized to do so, shall lose their turn.

12. Moorings in locks. Steamboats when in the locks shall be moored by bow and stern lines to the snubbing posts provided for that purpose.

13. Protection of lock gates.-Boats will not be permitted to enter or leave the locks until the lock gates are fully in the gate recesses, and the lockmaster has ordered the boat to start. 14. Use of canal as ice harbor.-Boats will be permitted to use the canal as an ice harbor whenever danger from ice is imminent, but all such craft must leave the canal as soon as navigation is resumed.

15. Commercial statistics.-Masters or clerks of boats shall furnish in writing to the superintendent of the canal such statistics of passengers and cargo as may be required.

16. Handling gates.-No one not employed by the United States for that purpose will be allowed to move any gate or valve belonging to the canal.

17. Damages to walls or fixtures.-The sides of all craft passing through the canal must be free from projections of any kind that might injure the walls. Steamboats must be provided with suitable fenders.

18. Refuse in canal. The placing of any ashes, refuse, or obstruction in the canal, or in the locks, or on the walls thereof, is prohibited.

19. Trespass on canal property.-Trespass on canal property, or injury to the canal banks, locks, fences, trees, houses, shops, or any other property of the United States pertaining to the canal, is strictly forbidden.

20. Sunken or wrecked boats, vessels, craft, etc.-In case of any boat, vessel, or other craft, or raft sinking or grounding in the canal, or otherwise obstructing it, the officer, or agent, of the United States in charge of the canal, shall have the right to take such possession of such vessel, boat, or other craft, or raft, as shall be necessary for the purpose, and remove it, and clear the canal of the obstruction caused by it, and no one shall interfere with or prohibit him from doing so; or do anything that will tend to interfere with or prohibit him from doing so: Provided, That the officer or agent of the United States may, in his discretion, give notice in writing to the owners of any vessel, boat, or other craft, or raft, obstructing the canal as aforesaid.

21. Fishing from dams or appurtenant structures.-No person shall fish from the dams or appurtenant structures without proper authority from the officer or agent in charge, nor use such structures in connection with any mode of fishing that may be forbidden by the laws of the State of Kentucky.