2010 US Code
Title 47 - TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 2 - SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 24 - Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 47 - TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 47 - TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 2 - SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 24 - Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys
Containssection 24
Date2010
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 7, 2011
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditFeb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, §4, 25 Stat. 41.
Statutes at Large Reference25 Stat. 41


§24. Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys

The master of any vessel which, while engaged in laying or repairing submarine cables, shall fail to observe the rules concerning signals that have been or shall be adopted by the parties to the convention described in section 30 of this title with a view to preventing collisions at sea; or the master of any vessel that, perceiving, or being able to perceive the said signals displayed upon a telegraph ship engaged in repairing a cable, shall not withdraw to or keep at distance of at least one nautical mile; or the master of any vessel that seeing or being able to see buoys intended to mark the position of a cable when being laid or when out of order or broken, shall not keep at a distance of at least a quarter of a nautical mile, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or to a fine of not exceeding 0.

(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, §4, 25 Stat. 41.)

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