First Annual Message
12/02/1889
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It is confidently believed that the good relations of the two countries will be preserved and that the future will witness an increased inti...
In every case of collision between two vessels it shall be the duty of the master or person in charge of each vessel, if and so far as he ca...
If he fails so to do, and no reasonable cause for such failure is shown, the collision shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be de...
That every master or person in charge of a United States vessel who fails, without reasonable cause, to render such assistance or give such ...