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REGISTER

DEBAL
VOLUME 3

1934

Tauteo

NUMBER 96

Washington, Tuesday, M a y 17, 1938
WAR DEPARTMENT.
R u l e s a n d R e g u l a t i o n s t o G o v e r n t h e U s e , A d m in is t r a t io n and N a v ig a t io n o f A l l W a t e r w a y s T r ib u t a r y t o t h e A t l a n t ic O c e a n S o u t h o f C h e s a p e a k e B a y a n d A l l W a t e r
w a y s T r ib u t a r y t o t h e G u l f o f M e x ic o E a s t a n d S o u t h o f S t . M a r k s , F l o r id a THE LAW

Section 7 o f the R iver and Harbor A ct o f August 8, 1917, provides as follows:
Sec. 7. That it Rha.il be the duty of the Secretary of W ar to prescribe such regulations fo r the use, administration, and navi gation of the navigable waters of the United States as in his Judgment the public necessity may require for the protection of life and property, or of operations o f the United States in channel improvement, covering aU matters not speciflally delegated by law to some other executive department. Such regulations shall be posted in conspicuous and appropriate places, for the information of the public; and every person and every corporation which shall violate such regulations shall be deemed guilty o f a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment in the case of a natural person not exceed ing six months, in the discretion of the court.
THE REGULATIONS

officers o f the Corps of Engineers, United States Arm y, de tailed in charge o f the respective sections, and their author ized assistants. The cities in which the U. S. D istrict En gineers are located are as follows:
U. S. District Engineer, Norfolk, Virginia, U. S. D istrict Engineer, W ilm ington, North Carolina U. S. District Engineer, Charleston, South Carolina, U. S. District Engineer, Savannah, Georgia, U. S. D istrict Engineer, Jacksonville, Florida.
2. Comm ercial statistics. a. As required by Section 11 o f the R iver and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922, owners, agents, masters and clerks o f vessels plying upon the abovedescribed waterways shall submit a report on such activities fo r statistical purposes which must contain the follow ing in form ation:
Name o f vessel.
Name and address of owner or operator.
Type of vessel steam, motor, sail, barge, or other type.
Net registered tonnage if not registered, approxi mate net tonnage.
Maximum draft at tim e o f passage.
Number of passengers.
Cargo by commodities, expressed in short tons, or other units by which such commodities are cus tom arily measured, giving origin and destination.

In pursuance of the foregoing law the follow ing regula tions are hereby prescribed to govern the use, administration b. A ll persons rafting and towing logs shall submit a and navigation of all waterways tributary to the Atlantic report of their activities containing such inform ation as may Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay and a ll waterways tributary be called fo r by the District Engineer concerned.
to the Gulf of Mexico east and south of St, Marks, Florida.
c. The report should be presented to the lockmaster of the H ie regulations apply to the follow ing:
Federally operated locks fo r each trip made. W here no Fed Waterways. A ll navigable waters of the United States, erally operated lock is passed, they shall be mailed prom ptly natural or artificial, including bays, lakes, sounds, rivers, to the District Engineer. On w ritten request, persons or creeks, intracoastal waterways, as well as canals and channels corporations making frequent use of these waterways may be of all types, which are tributary to or connected by other granted permission to submit monthly statements in lieu o f waterways with the Atlantic Ocean south o f Chesapeake reports by trips. Reports may be submitted on form s fu r Bay or with the G ulf o f M exico east and south of St. Marks, Florida.
nished free of charge by the District Engineer.
3. Bridges. a. General. As required by law, and general Locks. A ll Government owned or operated locks and hurricane gate chambers and appurtenant structures in any regulations to govern the operation o f drawbridges crossing all navigable waterways o f the United States discharging of the above-described waterways.
their waters into the Atlantic Ocean south of and including United States property.A ll river and harbor lands owned Chesapeake Bay and the G ulf of Mexico, excepting the Mis by the United States in or along the above-described water sissippi R iver and its tributaries, prescribed by the Secretary ways, including lock sites and a ll structures thereon, other o f W ar, all corporations or persons owning, operating and sites for Government structures and fo r the accommodation and use of employees of the United States, and rights of way tending drawbridges shall provide the same with the neces sary tenders and the proper mechanical appliances fo r the and spoil disposal areas to the extent of Federal interest therein.
safe, prompt and efficient opening of the draw for the passage o f vessels and other water craft. The owner shall keep the Vessels and rafts. The term vessel as used herein in cludes all floating things moved over these waterways other operating machinery of the draw in serviceable condition, and than rafts.
shall have the draw opened and closed at intervals frequent 1.
Authority of district engineers. The use, administration enough to make certain that the machinery is kept in proper and navigation of these waterways, Federal locks and hur condition fo r satisfactory operation. Bridges and fender sys ricane gate chambers shall be under the direction of the tems be constructed and maintained so as to afford at
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