The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-04-15

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such passengers, and shall keep the same posted
up during the voyage and it is hereby made the
duty of said captain TO cause the apartment occu-
pied by such passengers.o be kept, at all times, in
clean, healthy slate, and the owners of every
such vessel SO employed, are required TO construct
the decks, and all parts Of said apartment, SO that
it can be thoroughly eansed: and they shall also
provide safe convenient privy or waier-clOset for
the exclusive use of every one hundred such pas.
sengers. And when the weather Is such that said
passengers cannot be mustered on deck with their
bedding it shall be the duty of the captain of every
such vessel to cause the deck occupied by such
passengers to be cleaned with chloride of lime, or
some other equally efficient disinfectng agent and
also at such other times as said captain may deem
Eecessary.
SEC. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That the
master and owner or owners Of any such vessel SO
employed, which shall not be provided with the
house or houses over the passage ways, prescri.
bed in the first section of this or with the ven.
tlaors, prescribed in the second section of this
act; or with the cambooses or cooking ranges with
the houses over them, prescribed in the third
section of this act shall severay forfeit and pay to
the United States the sum of two hundred dollars
for each and every violation of, neglect to con-
form to the provisions of each Of said sections and
fifty dollars for each and every neglect violation
OF any OF the provisions of the fifth section Of this
act to be recovered by suit in any circuit or dis
trict court Of the United States within the iurs-
dction Of which the said vessel may arrive or from
which it may be about to depart or at any place
within the jurisdiction Of such COURTS wherever the
owner or owners, or captain Of such vessel, may be
found. %
SEC. 7. Aad be 1t further enacted, That the
collector OF the customs, at any port in the United
States at which any vessel so employed shall ar
rive, or from which any such vessel shall be about
to depart shall appoint and direct one of the
tors Of the customs for such port to examine such
vessel, and to report in writing to such collector,
whether tho provisions of the first, second, third,
and fifth sections of this act have been complied
with IN respect to snch vessel and if such report
shall state such compliance, and be approved by
such collector, it shas be deemed and held as con-
elusive evidence thereof. IN 70 20
SEC. s. And BE- it further enacted, That the
FIRST section of the act entitled An act to regulate
the carriage OF passengers in merchant vessels
approved February twenty second eighteen hum
dred and fory-seven, be amended that when
the height distance between the decks Of the
vessels referred to in the said section shall be less
than six feet, and not less than five feet there
shall be allowed to each passenger sixteen clear
superficial feet the deck, instead Of fourteen as
prescribed in said section; and il the height dis
tance between the decks shall be less than five feet
there shall be allowed to each passenger tive ty-
two superficial feet the deck and if the master
| Of any such vessel shall take on board his vessel
| in any port Of the United States, greater number
of passengers than is allowed by this section with
of eighteen hundred and forty.seven, or if the
master of any such vessel shall take on board, at
foreign port, and bring within the jurisdiction o
the nIted States, greater number OF passengers
than is allowed by this section, said master shall be
deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor, and upon con vic
! tlon thereof shall be punished in the manner pro
vded for the punishment of persons convicted OF
| violation of the act aforesaid and in computing
| the number of passengers on board such vessels
all children under the age Of one year. the time
l Of embarkation, shall be excluded from such com
l putation.
/ SEC. 8. And be it further enacted That thi
act shall take effect, in respect to such vessels sail
| ing from ports in the U United States, in thirty day
l from the time of its approval and in respect
I every such vessel, sailing from ports in Europe, j
sixty days after such approval and it is hereb
made the duty of the Secretary OF State to Civ
notice in the ports of Europe of this act in sue
| manner as he may deem proper.
SEC. 10. And be 1t further enacted, That S
much of the first section Of the act entitled "a &c
regulating passenger ships and vessels" approves
| March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, o
1 any other act that limits the number of passenger
to two for every five tons, is hereby repealed.
Approved May II, 1s4s.
! CHAPTER Ill, An Act to erteSd the proUtstoal
| of all Lars no,v IN force regulating I'll
| Carriage of Passengers IN Merchant Ves
sels, and the regulation thereof.
SEC. l. Be 1t enacted By the Senate an,
House of Representatives Of the United STATE
of 4merico an Congress assembled, That all yes
| sells bound from any port in the United States
any port or place in The Pacific Ocean, or on il
tributaries, or from any such port place to an
port in the United States on the Atlantic, il
tributaries, shall be subject to the provisions of a
| laws in force relating to the carriage of pa
| sengers in merchant vessels, sailing to and fro
foreign countries, and the regulation thereof; e
cept the fourth section of the " Act to provide f
the ventilation of passenger vessels, and for 9TH
| purposes" approved May seventeenth, eightee
| hundred and forty-eight, relating to provision
water, and fuel but the owners and masters Of 4
such vessels shall in all cases furnish to each pa
senger the daily supply Of water therein mentione
|. and they shall furnish, or cause the passengers
furnish for themselves, sufficient supply OF go,
and wholesome food and in case they stall fail so
| do, or shall provide unwhoesome or unsutab
provisions, they shall be subject to the penal
provided in said fourth section in the passe
gers put on short allowance OF water pr
| visions.
SEC. 2. Ind be 1t further enacted, That Il
act entitled: An act to regulate the carriage
| passengers in merchant vessels, approved Febr
ary twenty second, eighteen hundred and fort
seven, shall be amended as that vessel passii
into or through the tropics shall be allowed to
, the same number of passengers as vessels that
not enter the tropics
SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That II
act shall take effect and after the fifteenth d
T of March, eighteen hundred and forly-nine.
Approved March 3, 1S49.
. | CHAPTER XVII. An Act to regulate the ca
3 yiage of Passengers IN Merchant Vessels.
r Sec. l. Be 1t enacted By the Senate and Hon
d of Representatives of the United States Of An
RIGA IN Congress assembled, That if the master
J. any vessel owned in whole or in part by ctiz
n of the United States of America, or by citizen
z any foreign country, shall take board such VI
II sci, at any foreign port place. greater nurnl
u of passengers than u the following proportion
II the space occupied by them and appropriated
It their use and unoccupied by stores other goo
e not being the personal luggage OF such passenge
/ that is to say, on the lower deck platform
9 passenger for every fourteen clear superficial +
II of deck, if such vessel is not to pass within
r tropics during such voyage; but ii such vesse
~ to pass within the tropics during such voyage, Il
m ~ one passenger for every twenty such clear supe
u cial feet of deck, and on the orlop deck Gt any
- passenger for every thirty such superficial feet
,r all cases, with intent to bring such passengers
H the United States of America, and shall leave 81
h | port place with tine same, and bring the sal
.. or any number thereof, within the jurisdiction
10 the United States aforesaid, or il any such ma
rs of vessel shall take board of his vessel at
if port or place within the jurisdiction OF the I'm
ch States aforesaid any greater number of passeng
all than the proportions aforesaid admit with inten
nv carry the same to any foreign port place, ev
re, such master shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
ay meanor and, upon conviction thereof before
EN- circuit or district court of the United ST.
for aforesaid, shall, for each passenger taken on be
ch beyond the above proportions, be fined in the
or of fifty dollars, and may also be imprisoned for
ne. term not exceeding one year Provided, That
,al act shall not be construed to permit any shiI
he vessel to carry more than two passengers to
$ of tons Of such ship or vessel
Dod SEC. Q And be it further enacted, That II
act passengers taken on board OF such vessel,
hat brought into or transported from the United ST