Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-30

Section J OF the act of Congress
approved June 20, 1906, entitled AN
act to authorize additional aids to
navigation "A the Lighthouse Estab
lishment," reads as follows:
Sec. 8. That after the first day
Of January, nineteen hundred and
seven, 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, company, corporation, or mu-
niclpallty not under the control OF
the Lighthouse Board Commissioner
OF Lighthouses. to establish, erect,
or maintain in the navigable waters
OF the United States any light as
an aid to navigation, or any other
aid to navigation similar to any OF
those maintained by the United
States under the control and dires-
ton OF the Lighthouse Board [COm-
missioner of Lighthouses without
first obtaining permission so to do
from the Lighthouse Board [Com-
miIIoner OF Llghthousesl in ac-
cordance with rules and regulations
to be establ shed by the Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor; and any per-
son violating the provisions OF this
section or any of the rules and reg
ulatiOns established by the Secretary
OF Commerce and Labor in accord
ance herewith. shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and be sub.
ject to fine not exceeding the sum
of one hundred dollars for each Of
Tense, and each day during which
such violation shall continue shall
be considered as a new offense.
In conformity with the foregoing
statute, the following rules and reg
ulations in regard to priavte aids to
navigation similar to those maintain
ed by the United States under the
control and direction OF the Com.
missioner of Lighthouses are hereby
promulgated:
l. Any person, corporation, or
municipality desiring to establish a
private aid to navigation similar to
those maintained by the Commission
er OF Lighthouses, or to continue
such private aid already establish
ed shall apply to the Commissioner
Of Lighthouses, through the Light
house inspector of the district in
which such aid Is situated, for au-
thority to do so.
2. The application for such au-
thority to establish or MAINTAIN a
private aid shall be made, in tripli-
cate, upon blank form which will
be furnished by the lighthouse in
spector of the district IN which such
aid is situated, or by the Commits
sioner of Lighthouses.
3. Upon the receipt OF an appli.
cation to establish or maintain q
private aM TO navigation. the light
house inspector will make a report
to the Commissioner OF Lighthouses
with recommendation.
4. Applicants for authority to
establish or maintain private aids ia
navigation will be required to give
the following information:
For Lights-Kind OF lantern, H.
luminant, and where shown; height
above water; color (red or whlte) ;
visibility in miles; position OF light
by angles and bearings, distances
etc, and, II practicable, by a por
I I'm of n chart showing graphically
the location; name and postoiiice ad'
dress OF person or corporation al
whose expense the light Is to be
maintained; name and postofiice ad'
dress of the person who Will have
charge of the light; time and dates
during which II is proposed to dis.
play the light; number ana Charus-
ter OF vessels for whose benefit the
light is to be maintained.
For Fog Signals-The nature OF
signal (bell, horn, whistle, etc. }
where to be maintained; position o.
fog signal, by angles or bearings
distances, etc, and, II practicable, b!
a portion of Il chart showing graph
ically the location; name and post
Office address OF person or corpora
ton desiring to. establish or main
tain the fog signal; time and date
the fog signal will be operated; mum
Der and character OF vessels TO
whose benefit the fog signal is to b,
maintained.
For BuOys, Beacons, etc,-The ma
ture OF aid; color, etc; whore TO b.
established; position OF buoy or bea
con, by angles or bearings, distances
Gu, and II practicable, by IA p0r
ton OF chart showing graphicall
the location depth OF water, etc.
name aud postonice address OF per
son or corporation desiring 10 ~
tablibh or maNtain the aid, numhe
and character at vessels Tor who's
benefit the aid 10 10 be established o
maintained
% Al prrsnna and corporation
| authorized iu maintain private AID
fhpll make anuuallN pu January I
"a uuWul lu ihu Commissioner ii