, 1864-10-03

or routes through MEXICO OF SentraI Aunt
lea.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, Tha,
hereafter there shall be delivered to mas
tcrs or owners of vessels three copies oi
tho inspectors certificates directed to be
given them by collectors or other chief "iti
GERS Of the customs; by the twenty fifth sec.
ton Of the act entitled "An act to amend
an act entitled AN act to provide for the
better security Of the lives Of passengers
on board of vessels propelled in whole or
IN part by steam, and for other purposes,
August thirty, eighteen hundred
and ffty-two, one Of which copies shall be
placed, and at all times kept, by said mas
ters or owners, in some conspicuous place
in the vessel, where it will be most likely
to be discovered by steerage passengers,
and the Others as now provided by law;
and the penalty for neglecting or refusing
to place or keep up such additional copy
shall be the same as Is provided by the
said twenty-iifth section in the other cases
therein mentioned.
Sec. 4. And Be II further enacted, Tha,
the list Of passengers required to be kept
by section ihirty-five Of tho said oct OF An
gust thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty.twor
shall also be open to the inspection Of any
passenger during all reasonable hours; and
that after any clearance is granted, but be,
fore the vesse. shall be allowed to depart,
the master or other person in charge OF
such vessel, carrying passengers, shall nc
with the collector, or other officer OF the
customs, granting the clearance, list, YER
flied, by the oath of the master, or other
agent, or owner Of the vtssel, Of all pas
seBgcrs received or to be received on The
vessel so cleared, for conveyance during the
proposed voyage, designating cabin aud
steerage passengers distinctly; and on the
r.ceipt by such customs officer on the full
list so verified, a departure permit shall
be given, without which no vessel convey
ing passengers shall GO to sea; and such
departure permit shall be shown to the pi.
lot Of each vessel before he shall have au'
thority to take the vessel to sea; and any
pilot who shall without such authority be-
ing shown 70 him pilot vessel to sea shall
be subject to fine Of one hundred dollars
and revocation Of his license.
Sec. 8. And be IL farther enacted. That
the master or commander Of any vessel
carrying passengers from any por: or ports
in the United States to any port or place
in Mexico or Central America shall, imme.
diately on arriving at such last mentioned
port or place, deliver to the United States
consul, vice-consul or commercial agent at
such port two copies of the list Of passen-
gers required to be kept on such vessel by
said section thirty-ivc Of the act Of Au-
gust thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty-two,
embracing oil the passengers on board the
vessel at any time during It's voyage up
to its said arrival, aud duly verified By the
oath of such master or commander, and by
the inspection Of tho consul, vice consul,
or commercial agent previous to or at the
landing Of the passengers; one o which
copies the said consul, vice consul, or CON.
mcrcial agent shall file IN his Office, and
the other Of which he shall transmit with
out delay, to the collector OF the port in
the United States from which the vessel
last cleared. And II such master or COM
lnander shall refuse Or neglect to comply
with tho rtauiremcnts Of this action, or
or shall knowingly make false return OF
the list of passengers, he, together with the
owner or owners of said vessel, shall be
subject to fine Of not less than ten thou
sand dollars, and such fine shall be lien
upon the vessel until paid.
Sec. o. Aad be IL further enacted, That
the provisions Of scction twelve Of the act
entitled San act to provide for tho better
security Of the lives Of passengers on board
Of vessels propelled in whole or in part by
steam," approved July seventh, eighteen
hundred and thirty-cight, be and the same
are hereby extended to the owner or own
ers Of any steamboat or other vessel pro-
PEELED in whole or in part by steam, and
to all public officers, by or in consequence
Of whose fraud, connivance, misconduct, or
violation Of law, the lifc or lives Of any
person or persons on board such steamboat
ar vessel may be destroyed.
Sec. Z. Aud be 10 further enacted, That
il the owner OF owdcrs, master, comman-
der, or ether person In charge Of any steam
boat or other vessel, shall wilfully presenter
cause to be presented any false or frandn-
lent list or lists Of its passengers, or copies
thereof, to any consul, vice consul, CON-
mercial agent, collector, or other custom
house officer, or Of the departure permit
to any pilot, he or they shall be held guilty
Of misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be imprisoned for term not exceeding
two years; and the vessel shall be liable
to seizure and forfeiture.
Sec. g. And be IL further eaocied, That
the Secretary Of tho Treasury shall cause
to be prepared synopsis Of such Of the
laws relating to the carriage Of passengers,
and their safety on vessels propelled in
whole or in part by steam, as he shall think
expedient and have the same printed in
convenient form to be framed under glass,
and give to any such vessel two copies, OF
applcat on Of its owner or master, who
shall, without unnecessary delay. have the
same framed under glass, and place and
keep them in consI icuous places in such
vessel, IN the same manner a. Is provided
by law in regard to certificates Of inspec.
tors; and no clearance shall be issued to
such vessel until the collector or other CHIEF
Of the customs shall be satisfied that the
provisions Of this section shall have been
complied with by such owners or master
aud in case such owners or master shall
neglect or refuse to comply with [the pro.
visions Of this section, hc or they shall