§80105 — Title 46 Shipping | U.S. Code

Summary

Canadian ships and wrecking gear can help Canadian or other ships and property that are wrecked, disabled, or in distress in U.S. waters next to Canada, including the canal between Lake Erie and Lake Huron and the Saint Marys River and its canal. That permission stops if the President declares that Canada has taken away or made unusable the reciprocal privileges.

Title 46, §80105

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(a)Canadian vessels and wrecking equipment may give aid to Canadian or other vessels and property wrecked, disabled, or in distress in the waters of the United States contiguous to Canada, including—

(1)the canal and improvement of the waters between Lake Erie and Lake Huron; and

(2)the Saint Marys River and canal.

(b)This section does not apply after the President proclaims that privileges reciprocal to those under subsection (a) have been withdrawn or rendered inoperative by the Government of Canada.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8010546 App.:725.June 19, 1878, ch. 324, 20 Stat. 175; May 24, 1890, ch. 292, 26 Stat. 120; Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 211, § 1 (last par. under heading “Department of State”), 27 Stat. 683. In subsection (a), before paragraph (1), the word “equipment” is substituted for “appurtenance” to use more commonly understood language. The words “and assistance” are omitted as unnecessary. Subsection (b) is substituted for “this section shall cease to be in force and effect from and after the date of the proclamation of the President of the United States to the effect that said reciprocol privilege has been withdrawn, revoked, or rendered inoperative by the said Government of the Dominion of Canada” to eliminate unnecessary words.

§80105 Canadian vessels aiding vessels in United States waters

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Title 46, §80105

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