Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-05-27

Sec. And Be it further enacted That the master and
owner of any such vessel so employed which shall
not be provided with the house houses passage
ways as prescribed in the m section of this act with the
vsnuo as prescribed IN the second section OF this act
win the ca6ooses cookne-ranges with the houses
them as prescribed In the third section of this act shall
rally forfeit and pay the United States the sum Of two hun
dred dollars Tor each and every violation Of neglect
oIm 10 he provisions Of each Of said sections and fifty dollars
lot eacn anu every neglect violation Of the provisions
OF the nth section OF this act be recovered BY suit in any
circuit or district court OF the United States within the urs-
dlcon OF which the said vessel may arrive on from which ii
may be about to DEPART ANY place within the jurisdiction
such courts whenever the owners or captain Of
such vessel may be found.
Sec 7. And be II further enacted That the collector Of
the customs at any port in the United States at which any
vessel 80 employed shall arrive from which any such yes
sci shall BIO about depart shall appoint and direct one Of
the inspectors of the for such port 10 examine such
vessel and to report in writing collector whether the
provisions Of the FIRST second, third and fifth sections Of this
act have been complied with in respect such vessel and il
such report shall state such compliance and approved by
such collector shall be deemed and held conclusive
Lepce thereof.
Sec And be further enacted That the first section
Of the act entitled An act TO regulate the carriage pas
sengers in merchant vessel approved February
cond eighteen hundred and be amended that
when the height distance between the decks the
referred to in the said section shall be less than feet and
not less than fve there shall be allowed each passenger
sixteen clear superficial feet the deck instead Of fourteen
prescribed in said sections and if the height distance
between the decks shall be less than five feet there shall be
allowed to each passenger twenty-five clear superficial feet
the deck and the master Of any such vessel shall take
board bis vessel IN any port Of the United States greater
number of passengers than allowed by this section, with
The intent specified in said first section Of the Of eighteen
hundred and seven, ii The Of any such vessel
shall take board foreign port and bring within the
jurisdiction Of the United States greater number Of passe
gers than allowed by this section, said master shall be
deemed gully Of amsdemeano and, upon conviction there
of shall be punished in the provided for the punish
of persons convicted Of violation of the aforesaid
and computing the number Of passengers board such
vessels all children under the age Of year, the time Of
embarkation. shall be excluded from such computation
Sec. 9. Aad be further enacted That this shall take
effect in respect to such vessels sailing from ports the
United States thirty days from the time of approval
and in respect to every such vessel sailing from ports in Eu
rope in sixty days after such approval and it hereby
made the duty of the Secretary Of to give notice. the
ports Of Europe Of this act such he may deem
proper
Sec. TO- And5e further enacted, That SO much of the
FIRST section of the entitled An act regulating passen
gerhps and vessels approved March second eighteen hum
bred and nineteen any other that limits the number Of
passengers to two for every five TONS is hereby repealed
ROBT. G. WINTHROP,
Speaker Of The House of Representatives..
G. M. DALLAS,
Iice President Of lie United Sfates and
Presidentof the Senate
Approved, May IL, ls4s. JAMES X. POLK.
(PUBLIc-No. ST.
AN ACT in amendment of On act entitled ~ An act to
amend the entitled An reduce the of post
age, to limit the and the abuse Of the ranking
privilege and for the prevention Of fraud the
of the Post Office Department" passed the third of
March, one thousand eight hundred and fortr-6ve.
BE enacted By the Senate and House of Representatives.
Of the United States Amerca Congress assembled That
the rates Of commissions authorized be paid postmas
tiers by the first section Of said act shall be allowed and paid
them the of postage received in each quarter of
the year, and 10 due proportion for any period less than
quarter instead Of being allowed and paid on the
ceived for year. by mistake provided for said
Sec. 2 And be- further enacted. That all postmasters
whose commissions have been diminished by their being al,
lowed and paid the of postage received in year.
instead of the received quarter, shall be per-
med to resee and adjust their according the
first section Of this act and shall be allowed and paid such
may be justly found their due such resetementof
their accounts.
Sec 8. And be IL further enacted That the Postmaster
General be authorized employ temporarily such additional
may be found necessary the resettement the
accounts Of postmasters authorized by this act.
Sec a. And be further enacted, That the postmas
tiers at offices where the mail i regularly between the
hours Of o'clock at night and FIVE in the morning, the
commission the first hundred dollars collected quar-
ter may be increased by the Postmaster General
exceeding fifty per cent
Approved, May IL, ls4s.
[PUBLIc-No. 80.
AN ACT to require the holders of military land
compensate the land officers OF the United States for services
in relation 10 the location OF those warrants
Re ce,,ofe Ho,ise If