New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-05
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE TO PILOTS ANn sHIPMAS-
TERSs

T TERS.
-,ur pofIoW1YG REGULATIONS, MADE IN
i conformity with the provisions Of an act en-
titled ian act to facilitate the execution OF and TO
nrotect certain public works improvement at tne
month of the Mississippi river" approved june l.
1874. have been approved by the Secretary OF az
and are by his order, published for the lniorma'
tion and guidance of all concerned
| A. A. HUMPHREYS,
s.;gadisr General and Chief Of Engineers
An act to facilitate the execution Of and to pro.
1 feet certain works public works OF improve
ment at the mouth of the Mississippi river.
| Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF hepre.
| sentatiyes OF the United States OF America IN
passage Of this the Secretary War 10 directed
10 assume full control over the particular chanhes
the mouth Of the nv Of
| the United States SO far as may be necessary 70
| the carving and protection Of such excavation
pleted, and he may establish such reguations re-
/ speeding the use of or passage through sucn cnan
mel az he shall deem needfu to inliy prGn1c. tno
promulgated by publication thereof for ten days
New orleans. Louisiana, and the same may in like
| manner be changed from time to TIME, ana any
person interfering with, or oestrucamg, OF o 81
any person who shall willfully or negiigentiy
strand or sink any boat craft in said channel:
channel, or cause any Impairment injury. filing
up or shoang therein, shall be guilty OF mlsae-
meanor, and, on conviction thereof s1aal pc pun
or imprisonment for not more than Elk months, or
both, in the discretion of the COURT
Approved June l. 1874
In compliance with those provisions OF the above
cited act Of Congress. which devove On the Secfe.
tsry of War the duty Of assuming control over
the particular channel at the mouth OF the Missls-
sippi river in course of excavation or improve.
ment by the government Of the United states,
in matters respecting the Of such channel,
and OF establishing regulations designed 70 pre-
or the "
fullness or negligence OF any parties whatsoever
interference with or obstracting, or attempting
to obstruct, the improvement of such channel, the
following regulations are established:
I. No master OF other person in command of q
vessel drawing more than twelve feet Of water
shall attempt to pass the vessel under bis com
of the United States is maintaining improving. of
attempting to imrove, across bar at the mouth Of
vessel . branch pilot licensed to pilot vessels
across the bars at the mouth OF the Mississippi
riveI as provided for by the statutes Of the State
II. No master or other person in command of
vessel having al duly licensed branch pilot On
board required by section 1, shall control or
force in any manner the action of such pilot while
said vessel 10 entering passing through or leaving
cept it be evident that the pilot is incapable of
properly performing his duty because Of drunk
IL sa s
to be Obeyed all orders relating to the handling Of
said vessel, that may be given BY said pilot Except
the latter be drunk or ignorant of his duties), and
this, in prompt seamanlike manner.
III. Captains or other persons in command of 8
vessels to pass through the channsi or Channels
described in section one, shall attach their tow
boat or towboats to the vessels assisted in such
In S1nt<N hall
while engaged In towing said vessel shall obey all
orders gwen by said pi OF to change the direction.
towbosts. or their points Of attachment to the
vessel tOwed: in these matters shall the said
captains or other persons or any Of Them exercise
discretion to do otherwise than directed by said
pilot
PILOTS.
l. No pilot shall attempt to pass a vessel through
or into the channel or channels before described
fog, such hides one Of the channel buoys from
the next i'll order on the same side Of the channel
except in case Of an an outward bound vessel which
OF stake Island at Southwest Pass before the fog
settled over the channel, and when such fog could
not have been reasonably anticipated before the
vessel reached the points named.
THIS regulation shall also apply at night when
seen, the one from the next in order either b S
reason Of the darkness of the night, of fog or |
Of failure to have lights placed on the buoys and
lighted.
II. No pilot shall attempt to pass the vessel on
which he is employed through tha channel or
In or passing through the channel, the use Of |
which is sought, or aground on the s..;io Of such
channel except in the latter cass, he first obtain
the opinion OF the ofhcer IN command on TIA |
United States dIeogeooat engaged in imnIovinS
such enamel, that there is sufficient channel room
or around such grounded vessel to
warrant an attempt to pasa. |
VINE dredgeboat is located in the channel she !
it ~ % considered as vessel aground. The lin
IT'S 0I lie channel referred to shall be the upper |
and lower buoys marking the sides Of the channel |
which he is employed into or through the channel
or anneis Aforesaid at any time when the actual
least depth Of water in the channel sought to be |
used shall be less than the draft Of such vessel;
waiting for one high tide, or o calling vessel by |
awaiting for three high tides there shall be rea-
sonabie hope OF obtaining by reason Of the rise Of
the tide depth Of chanael equal to the draft of
the vessel |
Should it not be reasonable to expect BY such
waiting to obtain depth of channel at least equal
to tho draft of the vessel to be passed through the
channel, or after such waiting, should such depth
but only on high tide and rot after the tide NAV
have commenced to ebb and then only when aided
by such steam power as hereafter specified.
~. NO pilot shall attempt to pass the vessel on |
which he is employed. intO or through the channel |
or channels aforesaid, except with the aid OF steam
rover appneo IN force and In manner a. specified
l. For steam vessels drawing less than the depth
u water N the channel at the time Of using the
T. For steam vessels drawing not over twelve |
inches more than the depth of water in the chan |
mel, as aforesaid. when the bottom of the emanuel
e sou, their own power; when the bottom ia hard |
Lhen own power and one tOwbOat. |
j. For steam vessels drawing over twelve ipcbaa |
md less than twenty four inches more than tia |
iepth OF water in the channel az Aforesaid tha;r
tide the vessel. s "A0ns
4; FOR steam vessels drawing over twenty. fonr |
nches more than the depth of water in the char |
ie as aforesaid, their own power and three TOW |
,oats one OF which shall tow alongside and two |
mead or Alongside, at discretion.
>. In cases where it Ia permitted staop, wa | 4
e en 70 Sttsmpt pass with their own power
lone, snonid the vessel ground the pilot EMPLOYED
n BOARD shall signal for the assistance of t1x,
'oat ~ soon as u becomes evident that the yessel
an no1 within two hours, with her own nower
lone De moved out OF the channel r~"oA
Q. SAILING vessels drawing one foot or mora ,aus
nan the depth of water in the channel viii
Gazing wind, may be sailed through the channaI |
ilot. "'ooio'ioh OF the 8
T. For sailing vessels whose drafts hear thu | !
ame RELATION to the depth of water through the |
manner OF channels aforesaid as specif;ej in rnIa
ne NO. three and four, for steam vessrIs ono go
oaE more than named for the steam vessel TIT I
naiI also apply to steam vessels disabled in sui q
eed F''A "'Ss not oe |
=. toy boats shall be attached to the vesse,. | &
10y ald as above specified, in the following NAV | p
OF, except the vessel aided be grounded 40 "a To
squlre different disposition in whicb case ~ | r