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Show 77 certain ancillary rules.16 Requirements are thus specified for such matters as lights, sound signals for fog and speed in fog, steering and sailing rules and signals, and distress signals. Sep- arate but similar groups of provisions have been prescribed for the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters;17 and for the Red River of the North and rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries.18 General regulations have also been enacted for such other matters as the duties of ship officers and owners after collision;19 for summary trials for certain offenses against navigation laws;20 and even for the sup- pression of piracy.21 In 1908, Congress made it unlawful to interfere with naviga- tion aids established or maintained by the Coast Guard, or to anchor vessels in navigable waters so as to interfere with range lights.22 Furthermore, Congress has delegated to the Secretary of the Army general authority to establish and prescribe rules con- cerning anchorage grounds for vessels in harbors and other navigable waters, making the enforcement of such rules the duty of the Coast Guard or of the Chief of Engineers where no Coast Guard vessel is available.23 On the other hand, the Com- mandant of the Coast Guard has the duty of marking anchorage grounds.2* And in the case of Pearl Harbor, the prescription of anchorage rules is made the duty of the Secretary of the Navy.26 Complementing the foregoing, Congress has delegated to the Secretary of the Army general authority to prescribe regulations for navigation of navigable waters "covering all matters M Act of June 7,1897, § 2, 30 Stat. 96,102, as amended, 33 U. S. 0.157. * See 33 U. S. C, ch. 4. u See 33 U. S. 0., ch. 5. M See 33 U. S. C, ch. 6. * See 33 U. S. C, ch. 8. "See33 U. S. 0.,ch.7. " Act of May 14,1908, § 6, 35 Stat 160,162, as amended, 33 U. S. C. 761. u Act of March 4,1915, § 7, 38 Stat. 1049,1053, as amended, 33 U. S. C. 471. But such authority is vested in the Commandant of the Coast Guard as to portions of the St. Marys River. Act of March 6, 1896, §§ 1-3, 29 Stat. 54, 54-55, as amended, 33 U. S. C. 474. 14 Act of September 15, 1922, 42 Stat. 844, as amended, 33 U. S. O. 472. ¦Act of August 22,1912, 37 Stat. 328,341,33 U. S. C. 475. |