The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-04
LEGAL NOTICES.

| WiCl iOt III use.
Section 20. The harbor maste
shall have power to forbid the us
OF any gangway whenever In hi
Judgment the use of the same shall b
deemed to be s.angerous to the publ
and II shall be unlawful for an!
} person to again use such gangwa!
until the same shall have been 81
repaired or reconstructed as to rem
der the same safe for public use..
Section "a. No master, or othe
person In charge of any vessel o.
obstruction, shall attach the SAM
to any city buoy until he shall hav'
obtained permiss. on so to do iron
the harbor master; provided. tina
during the night or in bad weathe
such vessel or obstruction may b'
attached to any vacant city buoy
but the master. owner or person II
charge threof shall notify Abe har
Dor master not later than nin'
o'clock a. m. of the next legal da.
of such act, stating the name ant
character of such vessel or OBJ
struction and the probable length
of time Ii Is desired to remain al
said buoy Should more than on,
vessel or obstruction apply for thu
use OF any particular buoy the
harbor master shall be the sol'
judge as to which shall occupy tn,
same, and his decision shall be fina
anu conclusive.
Section 2b. No tow boat shat
tow any raft or boom of logs oil
piles of more than twelve G2) sec
lions in length or more than two
CD sections in width. No master
owner or other person In charge OF
any tow boat shall, while towing
any vessel or obstruction, unnec-
essarily obstruct any channel. fair
| way, or waterway, and If any such
tow shall at any time unnecessarily
obstruct navigation, the harboi
master shall order the same re-
moved, and If the same Is not
promptly removed. shall remove II
and the expense thereof shall be
paid to the City of Tacoma by the
vessel in charge of such tow or by
the master or other person IN
! charge thereof.
Section 26. Every owner, agent
| lessee or person in charge of any
boat house, club house or bath
house, shall have hung up and con
sp,cuously and properly displayed
and in readiness for immediate use
at all times, one body drag with at
least two hundred t200) feet of ma
Mia rope one and one half inches in
diameter attached thereto, and one
twenty four inch ring buoy with at
least seventy-five l75) feet of ma
| Mia rope one and one-nalf inches
in diameter attached thereto. Said
body drag and ring buoy snail be OF
such design as shall have been APP
| proved by the harbor master and
shall be for the use of the public,
either by day or night. In case of
| accident. No person shall take
away, modest, destroy or disturb
any such body drag, ring buoy, OF
| the lines attached thereto except
for use in sacing life and property
1 n N o
operating or having charge of any
boat house shall rent or hire any
| boat. other vessel or canoe to any
| person or persons whatever who
appear to be under the influenc,
of liquor or drugs, or mentally de-
| ficient, or to any person not physi-
cally capable of handling the same
safely; nor allow any such boat
canoe or vessel to leave such boat
house when overcrowded or over
loaded. No person, while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor OF
| drugs shall rent hire, use or oper-
ate any boat, canoe or other YES
sci in Tacoma Harbor.
Section Is. No master, owner OF
other person in charge of any YES
sci. while the same Is lying In any
slip or at any pier, shall either
cause or allow the propeller OF
wheel of such vessel to be work Ell
| in such manner as to endanger any
other vessel or structure.
| Section 80. Every vessel engage
ed i'm the transfer of any explosive
from one vessel to another within
Tacoma Harbor shall come to an
absolute stop before beginning
such transfer, and shall not move
it's propelling machinery during
any time that such explosive Is
being transferred, and during all
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such vessel shall have on board a
written permit from the harbor
master to make such transfer and
each vessel shall have conspicuous
| ly displayed where 1t can best be
seen from any point of the horizon
| the powder flag or international
Code Flag b." Every vessel APP
preaching or passing any vessel
engaged in the transfer of explos
ives and from which are displayed
! the powder flag hereinbefore re-
| quired, shall slow down to a speed
not exceeding six nautical miles
| per hour before coming abreast OF
such vessel SO transferring ex-
plosives and In time to prevent ac-
cident by reason of swells. Every
vessel lying at any dock or at an
Choir within Tacoma Harbor which
has a cargo, or part cargo, of dy-
Mantle, ignition caps, blasting OF
| sporting Lowder, or other high ex-
plosive or explosives, in any form.
shall between sunset and sunrise
display at some point not exceed
| ing twenty feet above the hull OF
such vessel one red light in a lam
| tern so constructed as to show a
clear, uniform and unbroken light
visible all around the horizon az q
distance of at least one mile, and
every such vessel in or upon any
part of Tacoma Harbor between
sunrise and sunset carrying any
| display from a conspicuous hoist,
and visible all around the horizon,
Code Flag "B'. No person shall
handle any leaking or damaged
packages of explosives. or pack
ages of explosives which show
excessive dampness or show mold
other indication that the liquid
part of such explosive is not pei :
feet, or that the amounts of liquid
part is greater than the absorbent
can carry, either at a dock or at
any other place in Tacoma lfarbor.
Every vessel carrying cargo of
explosives In any form while lying
at anchor or at city buoy, or
| alongside a dock. shall at all times.
both by day and night have on boar,
a competent and sufficient crew,
which shall at all times display
the required signals and be ready
to and have authority to immedi-
ately move such vessel when emer-
gency requires. or when required
by the harbor master. Every mas
ter or other person in charge of
any vessel having on board ex-
plosives shall, Immediately upon
arriving in the harbor of the City
of Tacoma and before landing at
any pier, notify the harbor master
in writing of the arrival of such
vessel. and obtain from him per-