Chapter 875.
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CHAP. 875.— An act in regard to collision at sea.September 4, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*,Collision of vessels at sea. That in every case of collision between two vessels it shall be the duty of the master or person in charge of each vessel, if and so far as he can do so withoutDuty of master of vessel to stay by other vessel. serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers (if any), to stay by the other vessel until he has ascertained that she has no need of further assistance, and to render to the other vessel, her master, crew, and passengers (if any) such assistance as may be practicableTo render assistance. and as may be necessary in order to save them from any danger caused by the collison, and also to give to the master or person in charge of the other vessel the name of his own vessel and her port ofTo give name, etc., of Ills vessel. registry, or the port or place to which she belongs, and also the name of the ports and places from which and to which she is bound.
If heConsequence of failure to comply. fails so to do, and no reasonable cause for such failure is shown, the collision shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to have been caused by his wrongful act, neglect, or default. Sec. 2. That every master or person in charge of a United States vessel who fails, without reasonable cause, to render such assistance or give such information as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars,Crime. or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; and forPenalty. the above sum the vessel shall be liable and may be seized and proceededVessel liable to seizure, etc.Process in district court.Moiety payable to informer, etc. against by process in any district court of the United States by any person; one-half such sum to be payable to the informer and the other half to the United States.
Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect at a time to be fixed by theOperation. President by Proclamation issued for that purpose.*Post*, p. 1561. Approved, September 4, 1890. Chapter 876: to provide an American register for the steamer Italia. Chapter 876 26 Stat. 425 1890-09-04 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-21 51 1 public
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