The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-09
VIOLATED LAWS
OF NAVIGATION
TROUBLES OF FRED HARTWEG--
CAIRO STEAMER FINED ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
FAILED TO REGISTER
Name OF New Master or Commander
On Leaving Port OF Memphis
On Return Trip Up
the River.

| Memphis, Oct. S.-The troubles OF
the river steamer Fred Hartweg, hail
ing from Cairo, ILL.,, as her home port
are not yet over. It would appear.
| This was the vessel Of which com
plant was made by President Roose-
Welt, during the river trip from st,
Louis 10 Memphis last week, and
whose pilot and master Clarence
Nichols. was suspended for six
months last Saturday after a hearing
before the local inspector of hulls and
boilers. 1t appears from the informa.
tion submitted to Collector Jeffreys
that the aHrtweg LETT the city On Sun.
day without reporting any change OF
masters. which is a violation Of the
navigation laws of the United States,
carrying with it penalty OF fine Of
500 for each offense.
Collector Jeffreys, after receiving
the report on Monday morning as
sessed the 500 penalty against the
Fred Hartweg and the vessels own.
ers. the Huntington and St Louis
Towboat company of Cairo, Ill The
owners of the vessel were officially
notified of the penalty, ana under the
navigation regulations they have ten
days in which to pay the fine or make
an appeal through the collectors
office to the secretary of commerce
and labor
Speaking of the case, Collector jeff
reys said that the men in charge of
the boat must have known that they
could not proceed without a master
or without complying with the reguIa-
lions as to the requirement as to
the name of the new mas
ter and that even in the case Of
technical violation. ne was always
compelled to assess the fine, but in
such cases it was frequently, on his
RENTED
The section of the revised statutes
under which the fue was assessed is
No. 4171, reading as follows:
when the master or person having
the charge or command OF regis
tered vessel Is changed, the owner
Or one Of the owners, or the new mas
ter of such vessel, shall report such
change to the collector of the district
where the same has happened. or
where the vessel shall first be after 1t
has happened, and shall produce to
him the certificate Of registry Sf such
vessel and shall make oath, showing
that such new master is a citizen of
he United States and the manner in
which or means whereby he is so a
citizen. Thereupoh the collector shall
ndorse upon the certificate of regis
try a memorandum of such change, |
specifying the name OF the new mas
ter. and shall subscribe the memo
'andum with his name; and if other
than the collector of the district by
whom certificate of registry was
granted. shall transmit a copy of the |
to him, with notice Of |
the particular vessel to which it re |
ates: and the collector of the district
BY whom the certificate shall have |
been granted shall make a like memo
randum Of such change I'm his book of |
registers, and shall transmit a copy
thereof to the commissioner of navi |
gaticn. II the change is not reported !
1r if the oath is not taken. as above I
directed, the registry of such vessel \
shall be void, and the master, or per
son having the charge or command |
1f her shall be liable TO penalty of |
lne hundred dollars"