Chapter 2

Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment

Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment

Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted

Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys

Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables

Duties of commanders of warships

Offending vessels to show nationality

Penalties not to bar suits for damages

Master of offending vessel punishable

Definitions

Summary trials

Application

Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses

Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for

Withholding or revoking of licenses by President; terms and conditions of licenses

Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction

Violations; punishment

“United States” defined

Amendment, modification, etc., of rights granted