Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-09
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at The first Session Of the Thirty
eighth Congress.
[Puptrc-No. 81


AN Aor 20 regulate the adpeasurenient OF tonnage
o. ships ard vessels 81 The United states
De Il enacted bB fhe Esaats aad Heuss Of Repro.
senatirea n ne UHited States q Apiefea IA eoa-
gFess assembled, That every ship OF vessel built
within the United States. or that may BE owned
By eitlzon or citizens thereof after the afst
day Of January, eighteen hundred and sixty Ave,
shall be registered and measured In the manmsT
hereinafter provided also every ship or vessel
that is now owned by citizen or citizens u tho
ualted States shall be remeaBured or rerog stefnd
upon her arrival after said day at port Of entry
"a the United States, and prior 90 hsr departure
thsrefroH, In the same manner as hereinafter de-
aerihod Pfopided, That any ship or vessel built
within the Unitod States after the passage Of this
act may be measured and registered In the manner
herein provided
$50 .. Aad b 4 further enacted, That the rezls-
ter OF every vessel shall express her length and
breadth, together with her depth aud the height
under the third or spar deck which shall b.
talned In tho following manner The tonnage
deck, In v aeels having three more ds k 10 the
hull, shall be the Secohd deck from below; IN au
other thu upper deck OF the hull r. 60 he the
tonnage deck The length from the iorrpaft Of
ths outer planklug, on the aide of the ste 10 the
anerpart OF TIM main stornpost Of screw steamer,
and 10 the afterpart Of the rudderpost all other
vessels measured IN the top Of the tonnege deck,
shall DO accounted the veEsei's length. Tho
breadth Of the hroadost part the outside Of the
vessel shalt be accounted the vessels length OF
beam. measure from the unaerside OF tonnage
deck plank, amidships, 60 tho ceiling OF the hold
leverage thick ness) shall be accounted tho depth
Of hold. If the vessel has third plank 20 the
under side OF The upper-dcck plank shall be ae-
counted as the height under the spar deck An
measurement to be taken IN feat and fractions OF
leet and all fractions Of ieot shall be expressed In
deeimAia.
See O. And BE- u further enacted That the regis
ter tonnage Of vessel shall be her eutro internal
cubeai capacity In tons Of one hundred cutie feet
each, 60 be aseertained a. follows Measure the
length Of che vessel Ia straight limo along the
upper side Of the tonnage deck from the inside
Of the inner plank, average thickness at the side
Of tho stem 20 the inside Of the plank the storm
timbers, average thlekness,) doduoting from this
length what is due TO tho rake of the bow in the
thickness Of the dock aud what Il due 20 the rake
Of the stern timber In ena.third Of tho round o.
the beam; eivide the length taken into the
number Of equal parts required by the following
table according 20 the class In such table to which
the vessel belongs.
Table Of Classes
Ciass t.--ys4sols 90 which The tonnage length
according 20 the above measurement, 70 nifty Rat or
under, in 10 ak equal parts.
Class 2.--yesseia Of which the tonnage length
according 60 the above Hcasursmenti "a above atty
fees3 and cot exceeding enc hundred feet long n,a
Class vessels Of which tie toabaxe length
according 60 the above measurement Is above one
hundred feet long, and net exceeding one hun
died and my feet long, into ten equal parts.
Glass a.--Vessels Of which the tonnage length
aesoriing 50 ths above measurement "a above one
hundred End nfty feet. and net exceeding two
hundred fees long, into twelve equal parts
Glaze b.-Nessels OF which the tonnage length
according to the above measurements Il above two
hundred eet, and not exceeding two hundred aud
tity feut long, into fourteen equal parts.
Glass e.-Nessels Of which, the tonnage Iangth
according g the above measurement Is above
tvg hundred and hfty ket lebg, in sixteen sqaAl
ben, the hold being sufficiently cleared 10 ad
at ~ the required depths aud breadth bsinr
eeriy taken, find the transverse area of such
esi az each point Of division Of the length As
asnrO the depth at each point Of division from
at distance Of eue-ihird Of tho round o.
5a ,,a below such deck, or ia case Of = bFeak,
Inc stretched in continuation thereof 20
q sida 81 the floor tinber, at the inside
timber stIake, after dedeetins the average
less II the selling, which IS hetveen the
plsnks and timber strska, then, IL the
Of the miaship division Of the length do
Sceed afteen fset, divide each depth into four
Il parts, then measure the inside horizontal
ssth, al each of the three points Of division,
D lso at the upper and lower points q the
b, extending each measurement 20 the aver
sge theSnesa OF that part OF the ceiling which is
eet"e "A the points Of measurement; number these
sleS.tas from above, numbering the upper
efeaath one, and on down 20 the lowest
breadth y multiply the second and fourth BY four,
and The third by two; sdd these products 10.
gether, and 70 the sun add the first brssS1h a.
the last or AMI: multiply the quantity thus or
tanned ~ one-third OF the common Interval be-
tween tee ereadths, and the products shall be
deemed the transverse area; bpt II "a risshs,
depth exceed sixteen Rat, divide each tienfh Srta
six equal parts, Instead Of four, aud measure a.
before direetsd, the horizontal hreaaths At ~ 49,
points of division, aud also at ne upper s,'S
lower points Of the depths; number th.Fr, st,
above as before multiply the second f-urth -
sixth by four, and the third aud ina bv I've. "a
these produces tngether, and to the suu - 49,
FIRST breadth and the last, or seventh. muIt,,,l,-
the quantities thus obtained by ene-third Of H.
common lntelrlval between the hreadths ana ~
product shall be deemed the transverse AREA
Having thus sscertained the transverse area AZ
each point Of division Of the vessel, as required
above, proceed to ascertain the register tonnage
OF the vessel in the following manner.
Number the areas successfully one, two, three
&C, number one being at the extreme limit Of the
length AZ the bow, and the last numher at the sx-
IRENE limit OF the length at the stern thea
Watcher the length be divided according 10 table,
INTO SIX or sixteen parts, as IN classes one and
six, or any intermediate number. as in classes
two, three four and i've, multiply the second ana
every even-namoer ara. by four, and the third
and every dd.namhered AREA (exeept the erst ard
laSt) by twos add these products fesather ard -
the sum add the first and last. If they Weld anv
thing multiply the qualities thus o6tsined bv
one-thiFd Of the common interval between ira
areas, sud the product viii be the eubical contents
Of the space under the tonnage deck divide this
pFodact by one hundred, and the quotient, beins