Chapter 141. To amend section fourteen of the seamen’s Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen
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CHAP. 141.— An Act To amend section fourteen of the seamen’s Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen. June 12, 1916. [[H. R. 13112](/us/bill/64/hr/13112).] [[Public, No. 89](/us/pl/64/89).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Merchant seamen. Life saving regulations amended. Vol. 38, p. 1183, amended. That section fourteen of the seamen’s Act of March fourth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, be amended by striking out subdivisions third and fourth of subsection headed “ Life jackets and life buoys,” regarding the number of life buoys with which steamers navigating the ocean, or any lake, bay, or sound of the United States shall be equipped, and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following:
" “Third. The minimum number of life buoys with which vesselsLife buoys. are to be provided is fixed as follows: “Vessels under one hundred feet in length, minimum number ofNumber modified, luminous added. buoys, two; vessels one hundred feet and less than two hundred feet in length, minimum number of buoys, four, of which two shall be luminous; vessels two hundred feet and less than three hundred feet in length, minimum number of buoys, six, of which two shall be luminous; vessels three hundred feet and less than four hundred feet in length, minimum number of buoys, twelve, of which four shall be luminous; vessels four hundred feet and less than six hundred feet in length, minimum number of buoys, eighteen, of which nine shall be luminous; vessels six hundred feet and less than eight hundred feet in length, minimum number of buoys, twenty-four, of which twelve shall be luminous; vessels eight hundred feet and over in length, minimum number of buoys, thirty, of which fifteen shall be luminous.
“Fourth. All the buoys shall be fitted with beckets securely seized.Attachments, etc. Where two buoys only are carried, one shall be fitted with a life line at least fifteen fathoms in length, and where more than two buoys are carried, at least one buoy on each side shall be fitted with a life line of at least fifteen fathoms in length. The lights shall be efficient self-igniting lights which can not be extinguished in water and they shall be kept near the buoys to which they belong, with the necessary means of attachment.
” " Approved, June 12, 1916.