Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-09-22

sufficient capacity or space according law, for fifty
more passengers oheT than cabin passengers SHALL when
enpIoved transporting such passengers between the
and Europe have on the upper deck for the
e to the apartments allotted such passengers below
deck firmly secured the deck combngs of the hatch,
will two doors the stills of which shall at least one foot
above the deck constructed that door window in
such house may all times be left open for ventilation
aud all employed and having the capacity to
ry hundred and fifty such passengers more shall
have such houses; and the stairs or ladder leading
down the aforesaid apartment shall be furnished with
of wood or strong rope but BOBBY matches may
SEC T. Ind be further enacted That every such vessel
employed and having the legal capacity for more than
otors to purify the apartment apartments occupied by
passengers of which shall be inserted in the after
ar and one of them shall have an exhausng CAP to
carry off the air. the other receiving carry
down the fresh air. which said ventlators shall have ca
pure or
ments will lawfully authorize the reception hundred
be equal to tube of twelve inches diameter clear
and in proportion for larger smaller apartments and all
said venators shall rise at least four feet six inches above
upper deck such vessel and be of the
proved form and constructions but if It shall apper from
the report to be made and as provided
that such vessel is equally we'll ventilated by any other
held compliance with the provisions of this section
Sec Ad bem further endceed That every vessel carry
on deck housed and conveniently arranged
canboosc cooking range the dimensions of which shall
every hundred passengers and provision shall be made
in the aforesaid in this ratio for greater or less
AiSiSA
between decks that shall be deemed desirable
poyed aforesaid shall have board for the of such
passengers the time of leaving the whence such
least twenty pounds of 3sd navy bread fifteen pounds
of rice fifteen pounds of oatmeal ten pounds of wheat on
fifteen pounds of peas and beans twenty pounds Of potatoes
pint vinegar sixty gallons of fresh pounds
of sailed pork and ten pounds OF salt beef free of bone all
to be of good quality but at places where either rice oa
meal wheat -four peas and beans cannot be procured Of
good quality and reasonable the quantity of
either or any other last articles ay be in
creased and substituted Therefore and potatoes
procured reasonable Terms pound of either of
said articles may be substituted in lieu of five pounds of po
passenger least part of the aforesaid pro-
visions weekly, cymmencing the day of sailing and
least quarts daily; and if the passengers
board any vessel in which the provisions and
herein required shall have been provided aforesaid
vOva the master or owner of any such vessel shall y to
each and every passenger who shall have been put on short
thy may been put short allowance be
shall be the dutv of the Captain or master of every such
snip the food provisions all the
passengers to be well aud properly cooked daily and 10 be
served Out aud distributed 10 them at regular and stated
hours, by n,essc>, or other n,nner as shall
Vi such passengers of which hours and manner of dstribu-
t, due and sllcicur shall be gwen Ii the cap
OF amy such snip vessel shall W fully fail
10 ns ald distribute such provisions, cooked at"e-
' he >:li be ee!9ed 4:.g OF mls,tieano and upon
G1'ed StaeS shall be lned not more tan one Thousand
one YEAR ~S THAT 5he @ G of h D pc
sa ro affect tbs civil responsibility Of The captain OF
iosi >to default. -, NJ
SEC an be IL T"ftHtr eHatd, That the captain OF any
s"tH \rSee 50 et'i'Hei heftoE anhOfZcu 10 MAINTAIN
good discipline ana s'ch habits OF cleanliness among Such
passengers aH Will lend l" the preparation and promotion
ol heah anu I" 'ia' enu ne Sa cause Such regulations
Us ne may ADOPT tnr tns purpose TO he post Ell up, before
suing on BOAR suth vessel, Ill place accessible 10 S,ch
passengers anu sL'll Keep 'he same 50 Poscu up dnllS
anu 1t ~ lereu! l''e me GUY vi su captain
~ 0use ic "P'nthS "ec"eu oS auch passengers 10 ne
Oh every sucn vessel so employed are required To construct
me oeckS ana All parts OF SAID 50 mat II can be
thoroughly cieased; ana theF snail also provide safe
convenient P'lF or Wacr-e"Se' LOT ire exclusive use OF
CIV Iy one hunuIeo Suc passengers Ana when ne weather
Is such that said passengers cannot be mustered on deck
VIA tne oedding' IL Sd DC me duiy OF me captain o
every such vessel 10 cause the deck occupied by such pas
sngciS 10 De clelseu WIN ChhGc o line, or some nihcr
eua eicleht dsniectng agent ana also at such other
times as SAID captain may deem necessary.
1EC : Ind t jTFter e"dctcd, That the master and
NtF or oWHefS on any such vessel SO employed, winch
shall not be provided with the house or houses the
tSge-"ayS as prescribed IN the third section OF this
chapter with rentiiaors prescribed in the fourth
lion OF fhs chapter, or with the cambooses cooking
ranges, with the houses theH prescribed iii the
fifth section of this chapter shall severay forfeit and pay
to the United States the "a" two hundred dollars for
each and violation Of neglect conform the
provisions OF each of said sections fifty dollars each
and neglect violation of OF the provisions of
the seventh section Of this copter to be by suit
In any crcut district court of the United States within
the jurisdiction of which the said vessel arrive
which she may be about to depart or at any nlCr within
the jurisdiction of suc courts wherpver the nnr
ers or captain of such vessel NAV be fmnd ~
Sc ~ h. f,,.tIe. III A.,
the ct, q. n" f eI Ina. inc eolitctor ol
vessel g., an,nIn~o,,1 Sill 80 ~ f', 49, @ 3
vessel Sb,II ho INT To- do,H,rt Ill ,;,,t ny, L.. W.
or morn ,,f H. ,S,,ao r r. 10 o,,. i g.. . ~.
examine such yessi and ronort in wrnr ~ snc
yyhnbn t @ iet e i III WIN MiiS u sucn Goiec'ol,