§ 445. — Equipment and marking of boats or scows.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC445]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER III--NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF
BALTIMORE
Sec. 445. Equipment and marking of boats or scows
Every scow or boat engaged in the transportation of dredgings,
earth, sand, mud, cellar dirt, garbage, or other offensive material of
any description shall have its name or number and owner's name painted
in letters and numbers at least fourteen inches long on both sides of
the scow or boat; these names and numbers shall be kept distinctly
legible at all times, and no scow or boat not so marked shall be used to
transport or dump any such material. Each such scow or boat shall be
equipped at all times with a life line or rope extending at least the
length of and three feet above the deck thereof, such rope to be
attached to the coaming thereof, also with a life preserver and a life
buoy for each person on board thereof, also with anchor to weigh not
less than two hundred and seventy-five pounds, and at least one hundred
feet of cable attached thereto; a list of the names of all men employed
on any such scow or boat shall be kept by the owner or master thereof
and the said list shall be open to the inspection of all parties.
Failure to comply with any of the foregoing provisions shall render the
owner of such scow or boat liable upon conviction thereof to a penalty
of not more than $500: Provided, That the requirements in regard to life
line or rope contained in this section shall not apply to any scow or
boat the deck outside the coaming or rail of which shall not exceed one
foot in width: And provided further, That on any such scow or boat its
name or number and owner's name painted in letters and numbers, at least
fourteen inches long on both ends of such scow or boat, shall be a
compliance with the provisions of this section in regard to name,
number, and owner's name.
(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, Sec. 3, 25 Stat. 209; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299,
Sec. 3, 28 Stat. 360; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, Sec. 8, 35 Stat. 427; Feb.
16, 1909, ch. 132, 35 Stat. 623.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of section 3 of act June 29, 1888. Said
section 3 of act June 29, 1888, enacted sections 443 to 448 of this
title. See Codification note set out under section 443 of this title.
Provisos are from act Feb. 16, 1909.
