Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1855-04-24

Atlantic OF its tributaaies, shall be subject to
the foregoing provisions regulating the carriage
of passengers in merchant vessels, except so
much as relates TO provisions and water; but
the owners and masters of all such vessels
shall in all cases furnish to each passenger the
daily supply of water therein mentioned; and
they shall furnish sufficient supply of good
and wholesome food, properly cooked; and In
case they fail SO to do, or shall provide un-
wholesome or unsuitable provisions, they shall
be subject to the penalty provided in the sixth
section of this chapter, in csse the passengers
are put on short allowance ce provisions or
water.
SEC. u. And be it further enacted, That the
captain or master of any ship or vessel arriv-|
ing In the United States, or any of the Terri
tories thereof, from any place whatever, at the
same time that he delivers a manifest OF the
cargo, and If there be no cargo, then at the time
of making report or entry OF the ship or YES
sci, pursuant to law, shall also deliver and re-
port to the collector of the district in which
such ship OF vessel shall arrive, list or mani
fest of all the passengers taken on board of the
said ship or vessel at any foreign port or place;
IN which list or manifest it shall be the duty OF
the said master to designate, particularly, the
age, Sax, and occupation of the said passengers;
respectively, the part of the vessel occupied
by each during the voyage, the country to
which they seVeraily belong, and tnat OF which
it is their intention tn become inhabitants; and
shali further set forth whether any, and what
number, have died on the voyage; which list or
manifest shall be sworn to by the said master,
IN the same manner as directed by law in rela-
ton to the manifest of the cargo, and the refu-
sal or neglect of the master aforesaid to con-
ply with the provisions OF this section, or any
part thereof, shall incur the same penalties,
disabilities, and forfeitures are provided for
refusal or neglect to report and deliver man
Eest OF the cargo aforesaid.
SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That each
and every collector of the customs, to whom
/ such manifest or list of passengers as aforesaid
the Secretary of State Of the United States, by
whom statements of the same shall be laid be-
fore Congress at each and every session.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That in
case there shall have occurred on board any
| ship or vessel arriving at any port or place
within the United States or it's Territories, any
death or deaths among the passengers (other
| than cabin passengers) the master cap
tain or owner or consignee of such ship YES
| sci, shall within ..twcnty-four hours after the
time within which the report and list or mani
fest Of passengers mentioned in section twelve
| of this act, is required to be delivered TO the
collector Of the customs, pay to the said col
| lector the sum OF ten dollars for each and eva
ry passenger above the age Of eight years who
shall nave died on the voyage, by natural dis
ease; and the said collector shall pay the mon
| ey thus received at such times and in such man
ner as the Secretary of the Treasury by gene
raj rules, shall direct, to any board or commits
sion appointed by and acting under the author
I
such ship vessel arrived is situated for the
care and protection of sick, INDECENT or destitute
elnigrants, to be applied to the objects of their
appointment, and if there be more than one
board or commission who shall claim such
| payment, the Secretary OF the Treasury, for
the time being, shall determine which is enti-
tied to receive the same, and his decision in the
/ premises shall be final and without appeal:
| Provided, That the payment shall in no case
be awarded made to any board or commits
| sion or association formed for the protection or
, advancement of any particular class of immi-
grants, or eCligrants of any particular nation
or creed, and if the master, captain, owner, or
| con3lgEee of any ship or vessel, refuse or ne
! giect to pay to the collector the sum and sums
| of money required, and within the time pre-
scribed by this section, he they shall seve-
rally forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars in
addition to such sum Of ter dollars for each
and every passenger upon whose death the same
| has become payable, to be recovered by the
United States in any circuit or district court of
| the United States where such vessel may arrive,
/ or where such master, captain, owner or con-
sgnee may reside; and when recovered, the
said money shall be disposed of in the same
manner as is directed with respect to the sum
and sums required to be paid to the collector of
| customs.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted, That the
amount of the several penalties imposed by the
foregoing provisions regulating the carriage of
passengers in merchant vessels, shall be liens
on the vessel or vessels violating those pro-
| libeled therefor in any circuit district court
of the United States where such vessel or YES
sells shall arrive.
| SEC. Is. And be it further enacted, That all
and every vessel Or vessels which shall or may
be employed by the American Colonization So
ciety, or the Colonization Society of any State
to transport, and which shall actually trans
port, from any port or ports of the United
States to any colony or colonies on the west
coast of Africa, colored emigrants to reside
| there, shall be, and the same are hereby, sub
.jected to the operations of the foregoing pro-
visions regulating the carriage of passengers
in merchant vessels.
| Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the
collector of the customs shall examine each
| emigrant ship vessel on its arrival at his
| port, and ascertain and report to the Secretary
of the Treasury at the time OF sailing, the length
! of the voyage, the ventilation, the number of
passengers, their space on board, their food, the
native country of the emigrants, the number of
deaths, the age and sex Of those who died du-
ring the voyage; together with his opinion of
the cause of the mortality, if any, on board,
| and 1t none, what precautionary measures,
habits, or arrangements, are supposed to have
any, and what, agency in causing the eXemp-
| tion.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted. That this
act shall take effect, with respect to vessels
sailing from ports in the United States on the
eastern side of the continent, within thirty days
from the time OF its approval; and with respect
| to vessels sailing from ports in the United
States on the western side of the continent, and
| from ports in Europe, within sixty days from
the time of its approval; and with respect to
vessels sailing from ports in other parts of the
world, within six months from the time of its
approval.
And it is hereby made the duty of the secre-
tary Of State to give notice, in the ports of Eu-
rope and elsewhere, of this act, in such man
neT as he shall deem proper.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the time that this act shall take
effect with respect to Sny vessels, then III re-
srect to such vessels, the act of second March,
eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitled ssAn act
regulating passenger ships and vessels,'' The
| act of twenty-second of February, eighteen
hundred and forty-seven, entitled Gan act to
regulate the Carriage of passengers in merchant
yessels,'' the act OF second of March, eighteen
| hundred and forty-seyen, entitled San act to
amend act entitled sAn act to regulate the
carriage of passengers in merchant vesels,' and
to determine the time when said act shall take
effect,o the act of thirty-frst January, eighteen
hundred and forty-eght. entitled g. An act ex-