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VOLUME 18

NUMBER 164

Washington, Friday, August 21, 1953

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 3030
R eg u latio n s fo r P r e v e n t in g C o l l i s i o n s a t S ea BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS certain regulations desig nated as Regulations for Preventing Col lisions at Sea, 1948, were approved by the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, 1948, held at London from April 23 to June 10, 1948; and WHEREAS by the act approved Oc tober 11, 1951 ch. 495, 65 Stat. 406, the Congress of the United States of America has authorized the President of the United States of America to pro claim the said regulations, which are set forth in section 6 of the said act as amended by the act approved June 26, 1953 Public Law 82, 83d Congress, 1st session, and to specify the effective date thereof, the regulations to have e f fect after the effective date thus speci fied, as if enacted by statute; and WHEREAS on October 26, 1951, the Government of the United States of America communicated to the Govern ment of the United Kingdom, the de pository nation, its acceptance of the regulations; and WHEREAS the Government of the United States of America has been noti fied by the Government of the United Kingdom, as depository nation, that sub stantial unanimity has been reached as to the acceptance by interested countries, and that it has fixed January 1, 1954, as the date on and after which the regula tions shall be applied by the Govern ments which have accepted them :
NOW, THEREFORE, I, D W IG H T D.
EISENHOWER, President of the United states of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act, do hereby proclaim the said Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1948, as set forth in section o+t sa act>as amended, which are attached hereto and made apart hereof,
and do specify the effective date thereof as January 1, 1954.
IN W ITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 15th day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seal fifty-three, and of the Inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-eighth.
D w ig h t D . E is e n h o w e r
By the Président:
B. S m i t h , Acting Secretary of State.

W a lt e r
REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING
COLLISIONS A T SEA
P A R T A. PR E LIM IN A R Y AND
D E FIN ITIO NS
RULE 1

a These Rules shall be followed by all vessels and seaplanes upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewithnavigable by seagoing vessels, except as provided in Rule 30. Where, as a result of their special construction, it is not possible for seaplanes to comply fully with the provisions of Rules specifying the carrying of lights and shapes, these provisions shall be followed as closely as circumstances permit.
b The Rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such times no other lights shall be exhibited, except such lights as cannot be mistaken for the prescribed lights pr impair their visibility or distinctive character, or interfere with the keeping of a proper look-out.
c In the following Rules, except where the context otherwise requires:
i the word vessel includes every de scription of water craft, other than a sea plane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water;
ii the word seaplane includes a flying boat and any other aircraft designed to manoeuvre on the water;
iii the term power-driven vessel means any vessel propelled by machinery;
iv every power-driven vessel which is under sail and not under power is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel Continued on p. 4985

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation
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Regulations for preventing colli sions at sea____________ ______ _

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See Commodity Credit Corpora tion; Production and Marketing Administration.
Notices :
Disaster assistance; delineation and certification of drought areas:
Arkansas_____!____________ _
Kansas______________________
Oklahoma 2 documents____
Tfexas___________________

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Alien Property Office Notices:
Vested property, intention to return:
Compagnie Generale dElectricite_____________________
Friedmann, Alex., K. G ______
Séhwaiger, Floriane, et al____

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Civil Aeronautics Board Notices:
Hearings, etc.:
Cuba Aeropostal, S. A.; Havana-Miami route_________
Transportes Aereos Nacio nales, S. A ________________
Rules and regulations:
Irregular air carrier and offroute rules; pilot training and check program______________

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Commodity Credit Corporation Rules and regulations:
Flaxseed, 1953 crop loan and purchase agreement program ; settlement___________
Support rates; 1953-crop loan and purchase agreement program:
Grain sorghums_____________
W heat_______________________
Wheat, 1953 crop disaster loan p r o g r a m ; availability of loan s_______________________
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