§ 25. Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables

Legislative history

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1. 1888

   Pub. L. 50–17 § 5 · 25 Stat. 41

   Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 25

   (Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 5, 25 Stat. 42.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 5, 25 Stat. 42.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. That the master of any fishing vessel who shall not keep Fishing vessels. his implements or nets at a distance of at least one nautical mile from a vessel engaged in laving or repairing a cable; or the master of any fishing vessel who shall not keep his implements or nets at a distance of at least a quarter of a nautical mile from a buoy or buoys intended to mark the position of a cable when being laid or when out of order or broken, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten days, or to a Proviso. fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or to both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court: Provided, however, That fishing vessels, on perceiving or being able to perceive Reasonable time allowed. the said signals displayed on a telegraph ship, shall be allowed such time as may be necessary to obey the notice thus given, not exceeding twenty-four hours, during which period no obstacle shall be placed in the way of their operations.

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