XVII. Length of Hawsers
The law provides a special procedure covering length of hawsers in the case of tows. The Commissioner of Lighthouses, the Supervising Inspector of the Steamboat Inspection Service, and the Commissioner of Navigation are directed to convene as a board, under directions of the Secretary of Commerce, and to prepare regulations limiting the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow, and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the United States. Willful violation of these regulations subjects the license of the master of the towing vessel to suspension or revocation.