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

the deck, 80 constructed that one door or win
dow in such house may at all times be left open
for ventilation; and all vessels so employed
and having the capacity TO carry one hundred
and fifty such passengers or more, shall have
two such houses; ard the stairs or ladder lead
ing down to the aforesaid apartment shall be
furnished with a hand-ral of wood or strong
rope; but BOBBY matches may substituted for
such houses.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, Thatevery
such vessel so employed, and having the legal
capacity for more than one hundred such pas
sengers, shall have at least two ventiiatofs to
partly the apartment or apartments occupied by
such passengers; one Of which shall be insert
ed IN the after apartment or apartments, and the
other shall be placed in the forward portion Of
the apartment or apartments, and one OF them
shall have an eXhausting cap to carry off the
foul air, and the other a receiving cap TO carry
down the fresh air; which said ventilators shall
have capacity proportional to the size of the
apartment apartments to be purified, namely:
il the apartment or apartments will lawfully
authorize the reception of two hundred such
passengers, the capacity of such ventilators
shall each be equal to tube of twelve inches
diameter in the clear, and in proportion for
larger or smaller apartments; and all said VEN
Elators shall rise at least four feet six inches
above the upper deck of any such vessel, and
be of the most approved form and construction;
but if it shall appear, from the report to be
made and approved, as hereinafter provided,
that such vessel is equally well ventilated by
any other means, such other means of Veatla-
ton shall be deemed and held TO be a compli-
ance with the provisions Of this section.
SEC. 5. And be itfurther enacted, Thatey cry
vessel carrying more than fifty such passengers
shall have for their use on deck, housed and
conveniently arranged, at least one camboose or
cooking range, the dimensions of which shall
be equal to four feet long and one foot siX inches
wide for every two hundred passengers; and
provi5ion shall be made in the manner afore-
said, in this ratio, for greater or less num-
Der of passengers; but nothing herein contained
shall take away the right to make such ar
rangements for cooking between decks, if that
shall be deemed desirable.
SEc. &. And be it further enacted, That all
| vessels employed as aforesaid shall have on
board, for the use of such passengers, at the
time of leaving the last port whence such yes-
sci shall sail, well secured under deck for each
passenger, at least twenty pounds of good navy
bread, fifteen pounds of rice, fifteen pounds of
oatmeal, ten pounds of wheat flour, fifteen
pounds of peas and beans, twenty pounds of
potatoes, one pint of vinegar, sixty gallons Of
fresh water, ten pounds OF salt beef, free of
bone, all to be of good quality; but at places
where either rice, oatmeal, wheat -four, or peas
and beans cannot be procured, Of good quality
and on reasonable terms, the quantity OF either
or any of the other named articles may be in
creased and substituted therefor; and, in case
| potatoes cannot be procured on reasonable terms
one pound of either of said articles may be
substituted in lieu of five pounds of potatoes;
|
each passenger at least one-tenth part of the
| aforesaid provisions weekly, commencing en-
the day of sailing, and at least three quarts of
water daily; and if the passengers on board
Of any such vessel in which the provisions and
water herein required shall not have been pro-
vided as aforesaid, shall at any time be put on
short allowance during any voyage, the master
| or owner of any such vessel shall pay to each
and every passenger who shall have been pat
on short allowance, the sum of three dollars
IL
| on short allowance, to be recovered in the cir
| cult or district court of the United States; and
and it shall be the duty of the captains or mas
| ter of every such ship or vessel, to cause the
food and provisions of all the passengers to be
well and properly cooked daily and to be served
out and distributed to them at stated hours by
messes in such other manner as shall be
deemed best and most conducive to the health
and comfort of such passengers, of which
| hours and manner Of distribution, due and suf-
ficient notice shall be given. lie the captain or
master Of any such ship or vessel shall Wiiful!y
fail to furnish and distribute such provisions
cooked as aforesaid he shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before any circuit or district court of the Uni
ted States, shall be fined not more than one
| thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned for a
term not exceeding one year: Provided, That
the enforcement of this penalty shall not effect
the civil responsibility of the captain or master
and owners, to such passengers as may have
suffered from said default.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
captain Of any such vessel SO employed is here
by authorized to maintain good discipline and
such habits of cleanliness among such paesen-
gers as will tend to the preservation and pro-
motion Of health; and to that end he shall cause
such regulations as he may adopt for this pur-
pose, to be posted up, before sailing, on board
such vessel, in d place accessible to such pas
sengers, and shall keep the same SO posted up
during the voyage; and it is hereby made the
duty of said captain to cause the apartments
occupied by such passengers to be kept at all
times in a clean, healthy state, 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 cleans
ed; and they shall also provide safe, conve-
nient privy Water-cfoset for the exclusive
use OF every one hundred such passengers.
! And when the weather is such that said pas
sengers 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 cleansed with chloride
of lime, or some other equally efficient disin-
fecting agent, and also at such other time as
said captain may deem necessary.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the
master and owner or owners of any such yes-
sci so employed, which shall not be provided
with the house or houses over the passage
ways, as prescribed in the third section of this
chapter, Or with ventiiators, as prescribed in
| the fourth section of this chapter, or with the
cambooses or cooking ranges, with the houses
over them, as prescribed in the fifth section of
this chapter, shall severally forfeit and pay to
the United States, the sum of two hundred dol
lars for each ana every violation of, or neglect
/ to conform to, the provisions OF each of said
sections; and fifty dollars for each and every
neglect or violation of any of the provisions of
the seventh section of this chapter, to be re-
covered by suit in any circuit or district court
of the United States, within the jurisdiction of
which the said vessel may arrive, or from which
she may be about to depart, or at any place
within the jurisdiction of such courts, wler-
ever the owner or owners, or captain Of such
vessel may be found.
| SEC. y. And be it further enacted. That the
collector of the customs at any port of the
| United States at which any vessel SO employed
shall arrive, or from which any such vessel
shall be about to depart, shall appoint and di-
rect one or more of the inspectors of the Gus
| toms for such port to examine such vessel, and
report, in writing, to such collector, whether
the requirements of law have been complied
with in respect 10 such vessel; and if such re-
port shall state such compliance, and shall be
approved by such collector, it shall be deemed
and held as prima facie evidence thereof.