(1)(a)No vessel shall be fumigated except at a place appointed by the Conservator for that purpose.(b)Pitch or dammer shall not be heated on board vessels within the port, but in a boat alongside or astern ; nor shall spirits be drawn off on board such vessels by candles or other unprotected artificial lights.(c)Vessels while loading or unloading cotton, shall not have any unprotected lights in the hold or orlop.(d)When gunpowder, ammunition or other explosives in excess of 100 lb. (45 Kgs.) in weight are being shipped on board or being discharged from any vessel within the limits of the port, no fires, lights or smoking are under any circumstances shall be permitted on board.
