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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 3— NAVIGATION RULES FOR HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS GENERALLY · SUBCHAPTER I— PRELIMINARY · § 152

§ 152. Regulation of length of towlines

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The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare regulations limiting the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the United States designated and defined from time to time pursuant to section 151 of this title, and such regulations shall have the force of law.
(May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 14, 35 Stat. 428; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, §§ 4, 6, 36 Stat. 537, 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, pt. II, title V, §§ 501, 502, 47 Stat. 415; May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 1, 49 Stat. 1380; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101–104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §§ 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561.)
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  • May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 14
  • 35 Stat. 428
  • June 17, 1910, ch. 301
  • 36 Stat. 537
  • Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1
  • 37 Stat. 736
  • June 30, 1932, ch. 314
  • 47 Stat. 415
  • May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 1
  • 49 Stat. 1380
  • 53 Stat. 1432
  • 60 Stat. 1097
  • Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393
  • 63 Stat. 496
  • act June 7, 1897, ch. 4
  • 30 Stat. 96
  • Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1)
  • 80 Stat. 938
  • Section 6(b)(2) of Pub. L. 89–670
  • 64 Stat. 1280
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