Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-24
MOTOR BOATS
MUST COMPLY
Custom House Authorities
Prepare to Enforce Law.

spections OF motor boats within tbs
Jurisdiction of the port the coming
summer. They will see that all mo
tor boats navigating in waters here
abouts are fully equipped according
to law. Thus II owners will fully
equip their vessels before placing
them In commission this year they
will thereby obviate being fined fol
violations of the law, as inspections
will be made from time to time ant
all motor boats found not fully
equipped will be held for penalties
ranging from 500 up, according to
the nature of the violations found.
Must Have Law Aboard.
In addition to requirements OF the
motor boa law, "Act of June 8,
1870" extracts of which are here
with given, all owners of boats are
required to carry two copies each OF
Form 804, Pilot Rules, etc." and
Form SOFA, Rules for Lights,
ETC. which will be mailed by the
local custom house authorities free
of charge, upon request by postal
giving the following data: Name
and address of owner of boat, namo
of motor boat and length over all OF
boat"
According to the department, cir
cular No. 207, regarding the regula-
ton of motor boats, from the othce
of the secretary of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, all vessels
must be lawfully equipped with
lights, bells, fog horns, life presery-
ers etc. Following are extracts
from An Act of Congress, approved
June g, 1910, which Will take effect
on July 8, 1910:
Motor boats subject to provisions
OF the net shall be divided into
classes as follows: Glass one, less
than twenty-six feet In length; class
two. twenty-six or over and less than
forty feet In length; class three,
forty feet or over and not more than
eixty-hve feet in length.
Kind of Lights.
Every boat Of class n shall carry
the following lights: A white light
aft to show all around the horizon.
A combined lantern In the fore part
Of the vessel and lower than the
white light aft showing green to
starboard and red to port, so fixed as
to throw the light from right ahead
10 two points abaft the beam on
their respective sides.
Every motor boat of classes two
and three shall carry the following
lights. A bright white light In the
fore part as hear the stem as prac-
ftcable. so constructed as to show
N unbroken light over an arc of the
horizon of twenty points of the COM
pass. 80 fixed as to throw the light
ten points on each side of the YES
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points abaft the beam on either side.
The glass or lens shall be OF not less
than the following dimensions:
Glass two, nineteen square inches;
class three, thirty-one square inches.
a white light aft to show all around
the horizon. On the starboard side
sA.ckaanmlight 20 constructed o. 20
asssss9 sn unhTokeHllsb over an arc
- fRs Tofizon 81 ten points OF the
compass, so fixed as to throw the
light from right ahead to W points
nbaft the beam on the %starboard side.
On the port side q red light 80 con-
ptructed as to show an unhroken
1ight ave an arc OF he horizon OF
ten points of the compass, 80 fixed
as to throw the light from right
ahead to two points abaft the beam
on the port side. The lenses In said
side lights shall be Of not less than
the following dimensions: Glass
two. sixteen square inches; class
thre. twenty-five shuare inches,
The Law In Full.
The law In full follows:
On and after July first. nineteen
hundred and eleven, all glasses or
lenses prescribed by paragraph lbl
Of section three shall be fresnei or
huted. The said lights shall be
fitted with inboard screens of suf-
fcient height and so set as to pre-
vent these lights from being seen
across the bow and shall be OF not
less than the following dimensions
on motor boats Of
Glass two. Eighteen inches long
Glass three. Twenty-fonr inches
long:
Provided, That motor boats as de-
aned In this Act, when propelled by
sail and machinery or under sail
alone. shall carry the colored lights
suitably screened but not the white
lights prescribed by this section.
Sec. 4. ta) Every motor boat I'M
der the provisions of this Act shall
be provided with o whistle or other
sound-producing mechanical appli-
ance capable OF producing a blast OF
two seconds or more In duration,
and In the case of such boats SO
provided a blast of at least two sec
cnds shall be deemed a prolonged
blast within the meaning of the law.
(b1 Every motor boat OF class two
or three shall carry an efficient fog
horn.
Eel Every motor boat of class two
pr three shall be provided with an
efficient bell, which shall be not less
than eight inches across the mouth
On board OF vessels OF class three.
Sec. 8. That every motor boat
subject to any OF the provisions OF
this Act, and also all vessels pre-
PEELED by machinery other than by
steam more than sixty-hve feet in
length, shall carry either life-pre-
servers, or life belts, or buoyant
cushions. or ring buoys or other de-
rice TO be prescribed by the Seere-
tary OF Commerce and Labor, sufl-
cient TO sustain aioat every person