Section 23. A vessel lying in a harbor or at a wharf or pier in a harbor shall, if so directed by the harbor master, cockbill the lower yards, brace the topsail yards fore and aft and rig in the jib-boom.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 102 - Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters
Section 1 - Boarding Vessels Without Leave or Authority
Section 1a - Boarding Vessels Without Permission; Penalty; Exceptions
Section 2 - Exemption of Seamen or Mariners From Arrest on Debt; Liens
Section 3 - Jurisdiction of Courts; Recovery of Penalties
Section 6 - Weighers of Lighters or Other Vessels Transporting Stones, Gravel or Sand; Appointment
Section 7 - Marking of Vessels Transporting Stone, Gravel or Sand; Specifications
Section 8 - Duties of Weighers
Section 9 - Tonnage of Vessel; Deduction
Section 10 - Regulations on Board During Weighing
Section 11 - Annual Examination of Marks; Certification
Section 13 - Penalties for Failure to Weigh, Mark or Examine Vessel
Section 14 - Ordinances or By-Laws Regulating Marking or Weighing of Lighters and Other Vessels
Section 17 - Illegal Deposit of Substances or Things Injuring or Obstructing Navigation
Section 18 - Passing Warp or Line Across Channel or Dock
Section 19 - Harbor Masters; Assistant Harbor Masters; Appointment
Section 19a - Initial Course of Study for Harbormasters; In-Service Training
Section 20 - Powers and Duties of Assistants
Section 21 - Powers of Harbor Masters
Section 22 - Permit to Unload Lumber in Stream or Channel
Section 23 - Order to Vessel to Brace Topsail Yards, Etc.
Section 24 - Removal of Vessel Lying in Harbor
Section 25 - Removal of Vessel Lying at Wharf
Section 26 - Stationing of Vessels