33 U.S.C. § 231 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24,

Page 37 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS §§ 241 to 244 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective Dec. 24, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96–591, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 1604 of this title. SUBCHAPTER IV—STEERING AND SAILING RULES AND SIGNALS §§ 201 to 213. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435 Section 201, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 100, re- lated to ascertainment of risk of collision. Section 202, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 100, re- lated to sailing vessels approaching one another. Section 203, acts June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 100; Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 595, § 2, 49 Stat. 669, related to steam vessels approaching, meeting, or passing one another. Section 204, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 101, re- lated to steam vessels crossing. Section 205, acts June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 101; Nov. 5, 1966, Pub. L. 89–764, § 1, 80 Stat. 1313, related to steam and sailing vessels meeting. Section 206, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 101, provided that vessel having the right of way was to keep course. Section 207, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 101, re- lated to situation when a vessel crosses ahead of a ves- sel having the right-of-way. Section 208, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 101, re- lated to duty of steam vessels to slacken speed. Section 209, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 101, provided that an overtaking vessel keep out of the way and defined the term ‘‘overtaking vessel’’. Section 210, acts June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 101; Nov. 5, 1966, Pub. L. 89–764, § 2, 80 Stat. 1313, related to operation of steam vessels in a narrow channel. Section 211, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 102, re- lated to right of way of fishing vessels or boats. Section 212, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 102, provided for departure from the rules in special cir- cumstances. Section 213, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 102, re- lated to signal to be given that a vessel’s engines are going at full speed astern. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective Dec. 24, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96–591, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 1604 of this title. SUBCHAPTER V—NO VESSEL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO NEGLECT PROPER PRECAUTIONS §§ 221, 222. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435 Section 221, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 102, re- lated to usual additional precautions generally re- quired. Section 222, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 102, re- lated to suspension of rules regarding the exhibition of lights on vessels of war or of the Coast Guard. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective Dec. 24, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96–591, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 1604 of this title. SUBCHAPTER VI—DISTRESS SIGNALS § 231. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435 Section, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 102, related to distress signals. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective Dec. 24, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96–591, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 1604 of this title. SUBCHAPTER VII—ORDERS § 232. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435 Section, act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, as added Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 595, § 2, 49 Stat. 669, related to orders to helms- men. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective Dec. 24, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96–591, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 1604 of this title. CHAPTER 4—NAVIGATION RULES FOR GREAT LAKES AND THEIR CONNECTING AND TRIBUTARY WATERS Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Prior rules for preventing collision prescribed by R.S. § 4233 to be followed by vessels of the Navy and mer- cantile marine of the United States, applicable origi- nally to all waters, were superseded as to navigation on the high seas and waters connected therewith by the International Rules (act Aug. 19, 1890, ch. 802 [sec. 61 et seq. of this title]) were superseded as to navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, by act Feb. 8, 1895, ch. 64 (section 241 et seq. of this title); were adopted as spe- cial rules for the navigation of harbors, rivers, and in- land waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal by act of Feb. 19, 1895, ch. 102 (see sec- tion 301 et seq. of this title); and were superseded as to navigation of all harbors, rivers, and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Mon- treal and the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries by act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, § 1, 30 Stat. 96 (section 151 et seq. of this title), leaving them applicable solely to the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. SUBCHAPTER I—PRELIMINARY §§ 241 to 244. Repealed. Pub. L. 96–591, § 8(b), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435 Section 241, acts Feb. 8, 1895, ch. 64, § 1, 28 Stat. 645; Mar. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–350, § 1, 72 Stat. 49, required adoption of rules for navigation of Great Lakes and connecting and tributary waters. Section 242, acts Feb. 8, 1895, ch. 64, § 1, 28 Stat. 645, defined ‘‘sailing vessel’’, ‘‘steam vessel’’ and ‘‘under way’’. Section 243, acts Feb. 8, 1895, ch. 64, § 3, 28 Stat. 649; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101–104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097, related to au- thority of Commandant of the Coast Guard to establish necessary regulations. See section 2071 of this title. Section 244, acts Feb. 8, 1895, ch. 64, § 2, 28 Stat. 649; Mar. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–350, § 2, 72 Stat. 49, related to liability of persons and private vessels for violation of provisions. See section 2072 of this title.