The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-07-20
new Law for rlariners.
,f sailing Vessels Must be Licensed
Hereafter.

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~ lndies with thick fog all the way,
..5.dn't pass that examination.
the indignant comment of
Nh the new law which went into
M the first of July. 1t is law
.uires that the masters and chief
sailing vessels of 700 tons and
,e examined and licensed as
..lsrers and officers of steam yes
.a lie time when the colonists
uH3nd made their first trips to
indies in the little vessels built
5a,. GOWNS, a man S right to com
-u5ug craft if he could get one
cen Questioned. In the old days,
AIS veuf to sea and by the time they
i their majority they were
Many a youth has been the
ng or bark before, he could
a.gt}-one years, and these hardy
..- q BIZ gone days would have
rs Indignant had they been told
1lst pass a written examination
. doctor to look at colored yarn
5lid render an opinion on the
s,l eyes. But times change.
5 crowded in these days, yes
Izer than ever before, and there
lpity to accident 1t is not
Isu4er of mishap to the sailing
ats prompted the new law.
-.J schooner, for instance, in
Vi an incompetent mariner,
-.a. 10 the bottom one of the
the ocean liners, carrying a
ausand of people. Then, too,
Ways of training shipmasters
fAllen into disuse, and while
of the American shippers
men as ever trod the deck of
PIPER there is a possibility
. 0l1 are not So skillful may
IT, ranks. To guard against
consequent danger to crews,
- ui vessels. Congress passed
the law which went into
1 fist of this month Briefly
the captain and chief mates
ssels on a footing with the
ulcers Of steamers. No man
command 4 Saline vassel |
ms NJ, nor as rbief offi oer on |
.r.. I,as = license issnad Ly the
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