Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-03-18
JAMES X. POLK.
[PuBLrc-No. Ill

[PuBLIc-No. ILL.,
AN ACT regulate the carriage OF In reliant vesses
by the Senate and House Of Representatives.
of the United Of America Congress assembled, That
4 the master of any vessel owned in whole part by
of United States of America by citizen OF
any foreign country shall take board such vessel at any
foreign port place greater number Of passengers than IN
following proportion the space occupied by them and
appropriated use uncccupied by stores,
other goods not being the personal luggage Of such passen
GERS say the lower deck platform pas
senge for every fourteen clear superficial feet Of deck
such vessel not pass within the tropics during such voy-
age but If such vessel to pass within the tropics during
voyage then passenger for every twenty such clear
superficial Of deck the oriop deck m any
ger for every thirty such superficial feet IN all cases, with
America and shall leave such port place with the same
bring the same any number thereof within the uris-
dcion Of the United States aforesaid any such master
of vessel shall take board Of his vessel at any port
place within the jurisdiction of the United States aforesaid
any greater number of passengers than the proportions aoe
sad admit with intent carry the foreign port
place. every such master shall be deemed guilty Of mis-
demeano and upon conviction thereof before any circuit
United aforesaid shall for each
passenger board beyond the above proportions be
fined the Of fifty dollars and may also be imprisoned
for term not exceeding year; Prortded That this
act shall be construed permit ship vessel to
carry more than two passengers to ve tons OF such ship or
vessel.
SEc 2 And be it further enacted, That the passengers
taken board OF such vessel and brought into
ported from the United States aforesaid, shall exceed the
number limited by the last section to the number Of twenty
in the whole such vessel shall be forfeited TO the United
States aforesaid aud be prosecuted and distributed Forfeit
under the act regulate duties imports and ton
mage.
Sec g. And be further enacted That any such vessel
aforesaid shall have than tiers Of bertbs in
such vessel the interval between the floor and the
deck platform beneath shall not be al least six inches and
the berths well constructed the dimensions OF such
berhs shall be least six feet in length and least
eighteen inches in width for each passenger Aforesaid
then of said vessel and the thereof sever
ally shall forfeit and the Of five dollars for each and
every passenger board of said vessel such voyage be
recovered by the United States aforesaid any circuit
district OF the United States where such
arrive, or from which she Sails
SEC And be it further enacted That for the purposes
of this shall in all be computed that chill
ren each being under the age of eight years shall he equal
one passenger and that children under the age Of
shall be included in the computation Of the number
Of passengers.
SEC g. And be further enacted, That the amount Of he
penalties imposed by this shall be liens the
vessels violating provisions; and such vessel
nav be beed and sold therefor the district court Of the
United States aforesaid which such vessel shall arrive
Approved February %, ls47.