The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1853-04-16
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, APRIL is, 1858,

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Sec. I. And Jo q ,twtder caactcd,
That no loose hemp shall be carried on
board any such vessel; nor shall baled
hemp be carried on the deck or guards
thereof, unless the bales are compactly
pressed and well covered with sbagging,
or a similar fabric; nor rshaIl aIlgunpowder,
oilof turpentine, oil Of vitriol, camphene,
or other explosive burning fluids or ma
terials which ignite by friction, be car
riedon board any such vessel, as freight,
except in cases of special Incense for
that purpose, as hcrinaftcr provided;
and all such articles kept on board as
stores, shall be secured in metallic YES
sells; and any person who shall know
ingly violate any of the provisions of this
section, shall pay penalty of one hun
dred dollars for each offence, to be re-
covered By action of debt in any court
of competent jurisdiction.
Sec, .. ana be u JWHef eRdcte0,
That hereafter all llgunpowdcr, oil Of tur-
pentine, oil of vitriol, camphene, or 9th
er explosive burning fluids, and materi-
ais which ignite by friction, when pack
ed or put up for shipment on board Of
any such vessel, shall be securely pack
ed or put up separately from each other
and from all other articles, and the pac-
kage, box, cask, or vessel containing
the same, shall be distinctly marked on
the outside with the name or Gescrip-
ton of the articles contained therein;
and every person who shall pack or put
up, or cause to be packed or put up for
shipment on board of any such vessel,
any gunpowder, oil of turpentinc, oil oI
vitrioI, camphene, or other explosive
burning fluids, or materials which ignite
by friction, otherwise than as aforesaid
or shall ship the same, unless packeC
and marked as aforesaid, on board o
any steom-vessel carrying passengers
shall be deemed guilty Of d miodemoan
or, and punished by a fine not exceed,
ing one thousand dollars, or imprison.
ment not exceeding eighteen months, OIL
both.
Sec. 9. Aad be 1t tuHzr,enocted
That instead of the existing provisions
Of law for the inspection of steamers
and their equipment, and instead of The
present system of pilotage of such YES
sells, and the present mode of employ
ing engineers on board the same, The
following regulations shall be observed
to wit; The collector or other chief Off
Ger of the customs, together with til,
supervising inspector for the district
and the Judge of the district court o
the United States for the district il
each Of the following collection districts
namely, New Orleans and St. Louis, OIL
the Mississippi river; Louisville, Gin
Cinnatt, Wheeling, and Pitsburg, OIL
the Ohio river; Buffalo, and Cleveland
on Lake Erie; Detroit, upon Detroi
river; Nashville, upon the Cumberan,
river; Chicago, on Lake Michigan; Os
wego on Lake Ontario; Burlington, il
Vermont; Galveston, in Texas; Mobile
in Alabama; Savannah, in Georgia
Charleston, in South Carolina; Norfolk
in Virginia; Baltimore, in Maryland
Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania; N. York
|, in New York; New London, in Connec
ticut; Boston, in Massachusetts,; Port
land, in Maine and San Francisco, il
California-shall designate two inspec
tors, Of good character and saitabl
qualifications to perform the service
required of them by this act within th
respective districts for which they shaI
be appointed, one of whom, from hi
practical knowledge Of ship-building
and The uses OF steam IN navigation
+ shall be fully competent to make a reli
able estimate of the strength, scawor
t thiness, and other qualities of the hull
of steamers and their equipment, dee
, med essential to safety oflife, whcnsuc
vessels are employed in the carriage c
|, passengers, to be called the Inspector c
, Hulls; the other Of whom, from lis know
ledge and experience of the duties of a
engineer employed in navigating vessel
, by steam, and also in the constructo
and use of boilers, and the machiner
and oppurtcnances Herewith connected
shall be sble to form reliable opinio
of the quality Of the material, tb
strength, form, workmanship, and suit
ableness ofsuch boilers and machiner
to be employed in the carrying Of pas
/. sengers, without hazard TO life, from i'm
perfection in the material, workmanship
or arrangement of any part of such ap
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