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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 121 ARTICLE 15. If two ships, one of which is a sailing ship and the other a steamship, are proceeding in such direction as to involve risk of collision, the steamship shall keep out of the way of the sailing ship. ARTICLE 16. Every steamship, when approaching another ship so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and reverse; and every steamship shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed. ARTICLE 17; Every vessel overtaking any other vessel shall keep out of the way of the said last mentioned vessel. ARTICLE 18. Where, by the above rules, one of two ships is to keep out of the way; the other shall keep her course, subject to the qualifica- tions contained in the following article. ARTICLE 19. In obeying and construing these rules due regard must be had to all dangers of navigation, and due regard must also be had to any special circumstances which may exist in any particular case render- ing a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger. ARTICLE 20. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, of crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case. Approved April 29, 1864. : eM An Act to Regulate the Admeasurement of Tonnage of Ships | and Vessels of the United States. VESSELS, WHEN TO BEgMEASURED AND REMEASURED. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every ship or vessel built within the United States, or that may be owned by a citizen or citizens thereof, on or after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, shall be measured and registered in the manner hereinafter provided ; also, every ship or vessel that is now owned by a citizen or citizens of the United ' States, shall be remeasured and reregistered upon her arrival after said day at a port of entry in the United States, and prior to her departure there- from, in the same manner as hereinafter described: Provided, That any ship or vessel built within the United States, after the passage of this act, may be measured and registered in the manner herein provided. REGISTER OF VESSELS, WHAT SHALL EXPRESS. Src. 2. And be it further enacied, That the register of every vessel shall express her length and breadth, together with her depth, and the height under