Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-02-02
TpuRIIc-No. oA9. I
TPrBLIo--No. 2IS. |

Passengers in Steamships and other Vessels.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
senatires of the LIaited States Of America IN Con-
Sgress assembled, That the term contiguous
territory" in the first section OF the act enti-
tied An act to regulate the carriage of pas
sengers in steamships and other vessels, APP
proved March three, eighteen hundred and ff-
ty-fve, shall not be held to extend to any
port or place connecting with any inter-oceanic
route through Mexico.
Sec. @ And be IL further enacted, That the
| provisions of the eleventh section OF said act
be, and the same are hereby, extended to all
vessels whose passengers, or any part OF them,
are or shall be bound from or to any OF the
ports or places therein mentioned, by way of
any overland route or routes through Mexico
or Central America.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That
hereafter there shall be delivered to masters
or owners of vessels three copies of the inspec-
| tors certificate directed to be given them by
collectors or other chief officers of the customs
| by the twenty fifth section 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 pur- !
poses" approved August thirty, eighteen
hundred and fifty-two, one Of which copies
shall be placed, and at all times kept, by said
masters 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 pen.
atty for neglecting or refusing to place and
keep UP such additional copy shall be the same
rs Is provided by the said twenty fifth section
i'm other cases therein mentioned.
Sec L. Arad be IL further enacted That the
list of passengers required to be kept by Sec
ton thirty five of the said act of August thir
ty, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, shall also
be open to the inspection of any passenger du
ring all reasonable hours and that after any
clearance is granted, but before the vessel
shall be allowed to depart, the master or other
person i'm charge of such vessel carrying pas.
sengers, shall file with the collector, or other
Off Ger of the customs granting the clearance,
a list, verified by the oath of the master, or
| other agent or owner of the vessel, of all pas
| sengers received or to be received on the ves-
! sci so cleared for conveyance during the pro-
posed voyage, designating cabin and and steer
age passengers distinctly and on the receipt
by such customs officer on the full list SO veri
fled, a departure permit shall be given, with
out which no vessel conveying passengers shall
60 to sea and such departure permit shall be
shown to the pilot of each vessel before he
shall have authority to take the vessel to sea !;
and any pilot who shall, without such authori-
ty being shown to him, pilot vessel to sea.
shall be subject to fine of one hundred dol
lars, and revocation of his license.
Sec g. And be IL further enacted, That
the master or commander of any vessel carry
ing passengers from any port or ports in the
United States to any port or place in Mexico
! or Central America shall, Immediately on ar
irving at such aforementioned port or place,
deliver to the United States consul, vice-con-
sui, OF commercial agent at such port two
copies of the list of passengers required to be
kept on such vessel by said section thirty-five
of the act of August thirty, eighteen hundred
and fifty-two, embracing all the passengers on
board the vessel at any time during its voy-
age up to its said arrival, and duly verified by
the oath of such master or commander, and
by the inspection of the consul, vice-consul, or
commercial agent, previous to on at the land
ing of the passengers one OF which copies the
said consul, viceconsul, or commercial agent
shall file in his office, and the other OF which
he shall transmit without delay, to the col
lector of the port of the United States from
which the vessel last cleared. And If such
master or commander shall refuse or neglect
to comply with the requirements of this sec
ton, or shall knowingly make false return
Of the list of passengers he, together with the
owner or owners of said vessel, shall be sub
ject to fine of not less than ten thousand
dollars, and such fine shall be lien upon the
vessel until paid,
Sec. 6 And be 1t further enacted That. the
provisions of section twelve of the act entitled
- An act to provide for the better security of
the lives of passenges on board of vessels pro-
PEELED in whole or in part by steam," approx
ed July seventh. eighteen hundred and thir-
ty-eight, be, and the same are hereby, extend
ed to the owner or owners of any steamboat
or other vessel propelled 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 life or
lives Of any person or persons on board such
steamboat or vessel may be destroyed.
Sec. 2. And be IL further enacted, That If the
owner or owners, master, commander, or 9th
er person in charge of any steamboat or other
vessel, shall wilfully present, or cause to be
presented, any false or fraudulent list or lists
of its passengers. or copies thereof, to any
consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, col
lector, 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 a
term not exceeding two years and the vessel
shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That the
Secretary of-the Treasury shall cause to be
prepared a synopsis of such of the laws relat-
ing TO the carriage of passengers, and their
safety on vessels propelled in whole or in part
by steam, as he shall think expedient, and
be framed under glass, and give to any such
vessel two copies, on applicationn of its own
ers or master, who shall without unnecessary
delay, have the same framed under glass, and
4 place and keep them in conspicuous places In
such vessel, in the same manner as is provided
by law in regard to certificates of inspectors !;
and no clearance shall be issued to such yes.
sci until the collector or other chief [officerl
) Of the customs shall be satisfied that the pro-
{ visions Of this section shall have been COM
J piled with by such owners or master and in
! case such owners or master shall neglect or
refuse 10 comply with provisions of this Sec
; ton, he or they shall furthermore forfeit and
. pay for each offence one hundred dollars, and
! such fine shall be a lien upon the vessel until
! paid.
Sec. 9. And be Il further enacted. That In
J formers shall be entitled to one-half of any
penalty or fine collected under this act, or the
; said act Of March third, eighteen hundred and
ffty-five, upon their information.
Sec. TO- And be 10 further enacted, That all
steamers and other vessels belonging to citi-
zen or to citizens of the United States, and
bound from any port in the limited States In