The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-07-25
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY IS, 1918

otherwise, shall have power to arrest and take be-
fore the Municipal Court of the City OF Bemldjl,
to imprison between sessions of said court, any
person or persons who shall be found violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance
" Sec 81. ri i w..
Any person claiming to have permit from the
Board or it's officers shall, on request produce the
same for inspection.
Boats and boating No person shall be or remain
in boats or otherwise upon the lakes and water con-
trolled by the Board between the hour one O'Clock
at night and daylight of following morning.
Sec.56. -' -...'.-~
No person shall place, have, or use any motor
boat boat row boat, canoe, ice boat, or any water
conveyance of any kind on any lake controlled by
the Board without first applying for and obtaining
a permit and numbered license for each boat, and
paying the fees fixed from time to time by the
Board. =,
dockage and no boat canoe shall be kept except
at docks furnished by the Board
Sec 56.~S 5ta.>s
Everv license so issued shall be securely and con-
spicuousy fastened on or near the bow of the boat
for which it was obtained
Sec. 81.
No person shall keep for rent or hlre any sal ooat,
row boat ice boat, other pleasure boat upon any
waters under control of the Board and the fct that
any boat so rented hired shall be conclusive ev1,
dence that it was kept but this prohibition snail
not apply to the lessees of the Board. =
Sec SO.
No person shall keep or suffer to remain Tor
longer period than two hours any boat on any PARK
way or grounds controlled by the Board, except at
the docks and under the regulations established by
the Board Il IT,
Every boat shall be subject at all times to inspec-
ton by the Superintendent of Parks, and any boat
this ordinance shall forfeit it's license and shall not
thereafter be navigated ~
Applications for boat and canoe licenses Snail be
filed with the Secretary of the Board and shall spe-
officially describe the boat canoe, it's equipment,
furnishings name ana number ana the ooa' +S Se
license is issued. 49,, 80,
Every such license shall expire the first day
boat licenses which shall be Issued from November
to April Licenses shall be issued by the Secretary
and record kept thereof. -
Sec. 81.
No boat or canoe shall at any time carry passen-
gers beyond its safe capacity ty i g>..
No person under eighteen years of age shall be
allowed to run or have charge of any motor boat,
and no motor boat shall exceed two miles. per hour
while passing through narrow waterways or under
bridges. NJ
No person shall navigate, direct or handle any
boat in such manner as to annoy, unnecessarily
or canoes.
bustion engine, shall be equipped to divert its ex-
haust under water, or otherwise to ettectualy ana
completely ''muffle" an? ssd silence sS such sounds
Every motor baot, while "under way" or running,
shall have on board available for instant use good
and efficient sound roducng gong whistle or horn
that can be clearly heard and understood at dis
lance of at least three hundred feet
Sec sc.
Every motor boat while under way" between
sunset and sunrise, shall carry and display SO as to
be visible at least two hundred feet,the following
lights, and other signal light, to wit; green
light on the starboard side, and red light on the
port side both of which shall be so fixed and ar
ranged to be visible from right ahead to two
points abaft the beam their respective Sides
rL ho,i
lamp
Everv motor boat and sail boat shall be navigated
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Minnesota State Marine Laws, an abridgement OF
which are hereafter qg sot e.
Every sail boat while 'under way" between sun
set and SUNRISE. shall carry white light, winch
shall be displayed in the fore rigging at height not
less than six feet above the deck.
Sec. So.
Row boats and canoes must be kept out of the
wav of sail boats and due diligence and caution
must be used to avoid collisions with other boats :
i. Sec 70.
No group of boats of any kind, or boat, shall be
permitted to obstruct farway course commonly
used by other boats.
Whenever partical; all boats shall be kept to the
right when passing under bridges, or through any
narrow waterways. Otherwise they are to be
guided by the regular "marine rules of the road"
Sec. r.
At least one occupant Of each boat and canoe
shall maintain sitting or otherwise elevated po-
sition to be able to see the approach OF other
boats and thus to avoid collisions with them.
Sec. 49,
Every boat and canoe shall bear or num-
Der in letters OF characters not less than two inches
high, printed, painted, or fastened in such manner
as to be eligible at distance of at least fifty feet
Sec. a. =.
NJ ice boats shall be sailed nearer than one
hundred yards from places set apart for other ice
sports.
Sec. 75
Steering and sailing rules: "A boat is under
way' within the meaning Of these rules when it is
not at anchor, made fast to the shore or ground
shall keep out Of the way Of boat close hauled.
Aboat close hauled the port tack shall keep
out of the way of boat close hauled on the star
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