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FEDERAL
YOLUME 2

REGISTER
934

United
NUMBER 146

Washington, Friday, July 30, 1937
WAR DEPARTMENT.
S p e c ia l R e g u l a t i o n s t o G o v e r n t h e O p e r a t io n o p t h e D r a w
br idge o f t h e N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l R a il r o a d B r id g e A cross P e e k s k il l A n n s v i l l e C r e e k , N e w Y o r k THE LAW

The River and Harbor Act of August 18, 1894, contains the following section:
S ex:. 5. That it shall be the duty of. all persons owning, operat ing, and tending the drawbridges now built, or which may here after be built across the navigable rivers and other waters of the United States, to open, or cause to be opened, the draws of such bridges under such rules and regulations as in the opinion of the Secretary of W a r the public interests require to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law. Every such person who shall willfully fail or refuse to open, or cause to be opened, the draw of any such bridge for the passage of a boat or boats, or who shall unreasonably delay the opening of said draw after reasonable signal shall have been given, as provided in such regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars nor less than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the case of a natural person for not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That the proper actioii to enforce the provisions of this section may be commenced before any commissioner, judge, or court of the United States, and such commissioner, Judge, or court shall pro ceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States: Provided further, That whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the public interests require it, he may make rules and regulations to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law, and any violation thereof shall be punished as hereinhefore provided.
THE REGULATIONS

In pursuance of the foregoing law, the following special regulations are prescribed to govern the operation of the drawbridge crossing at the mouth of Peekskill Annsville Creek, one-half mile northwest of Peekskill, New York.
1. The owner of or agency controlling the bridge will not be required to keep a draw tender in constant attendance at the bridge.
2. Whenever a vessel unable to pass under the closed bridge desires to pass through the draw, at least 96 hours advancp notice of the time the opening is required shall be given, by telephone or otherwise, to the authorized represen tative of the owner of, or agency co n tro llin g , the bridge.
3. Upon receipt of such notice, the authorized representa tive of the owner of or agency controlling the bridge will arrange for the prompt opening o f the draw span in ac cordance therewith. The opening will be between the hours of 11:00 A. M. and 2:00 P. M., except for vessels owned, controlled or employed by the United States Government, or by the State of New York for whom the bridge shall be opened at any time during the day or night upon 96 hours advance notice.

4. The owner of, or agency controlling the bridge, shall keep conspicuously posted on both the upstream and down stream sides of the bridge in a manner that it can easily be read at any time a copy of these regulations together with a notice stating exactly how the representative specified in paragraph 2 may be reached.
5. The operating machinery of the draw shall be main tained in a serviceable condition, and the draw opened and closed at intervals frequent enough to make certain that the machinery is in proper order for satisfactory operation.
6. These regulations shall take effect and be in force on and after the date o f approval hereof and the regulations approved March 29, 1921, to govern the above named bridge are hereby revoked.
Approved July 20, 1937.
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H a r r y H . W o o d r in g ,
Secretary of War.
P . R. Doc. 37-2406; Piled, July 29,1937; 9 :56 a. m.J

DEPARTMENT OF AG RICULTURE
Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
D e t e r m in a t io n o f t h e S e c r e t a r y o f A g r ic u l t u r e W i t h R e s p e c t t o a P r o po se d O rder , a s A m e n d e d , R e g u l a t in g t h e H a n d l in g o f M i l k i n t h e G reater B o s t o n , M a s s a
c h u s e t t s , M a r k e t in g A rea
Whereas, the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, which re enacted and further amended Public, No. 10, 73d Congress, hereinafter called the act, having reason to believe that the issuance of an amendment to a tentatively approved mar keting agreement and to the order theretofore issued with respect to the handling of milk in the Greater Boston, Massachusetts, Marketing Area would tend to effectuate the declared policy of the act, gave, on the 24th day of June, 1937, notice of hearings1 to be held on the 30th day of June, 1937, at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on the 1st day of July, 1937, at Boston, Massachusetts, and on the 2nd day of July, 1937, at Augusta, Maine, on a proposed amendment to the tentatively approved marketing agreement and to the order theretofore issued regulating the handling of milk in the Greater Boston, Massachusetts, Marketing Area, at which times and places all interested parties were afforded an op portunity to be heard on the proposed amendment; and Whereas, after such hearings and after the tentative ap proval by the Secretary on the 10th day of July, 1937, of an amendment to the tentatively approved marketing agree ment, handlers of more than 50 percentum of the volume of milk covered by such order, as amended, which is pro duced or marketed within the Greater Boston, Massachu12 F. R. 1313 D I .

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