- Vessels are prohibited from making fast to any portion of the lock-gate or gearing and steamers are prohibited from making fast the two lines of their boats until the latter are clear of the locks. Steamers are prohibited from lashing boats or barges alongside while proceeding within locks. Towing ropes of a greater length than 50 feet are not to be used in a canal. The throwing of cinders into any canal is prohibited: they are to be deposited on the banks.
