Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-02-23
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at he Rra &s,ios Of n, 1hiry-sioaA
Coagrt0,
IPunlIc No, o.

mage Of hips and vessels Of thu United st4tes
BE It enacted by ne Senate Gad House Of Repre-
ssHtatiuss Of he Uatttd STATES Of Amertea "a Con-
grsss GsSembled
That every ship or vessel built within the United
State, or that may be owned tya citizen o. cit
liens IA Ieof on orsfter the first dly OF } nuary,
gh cen hundred and .iNty-tiye, shan be- meas.
urel and registered IN tae manner hereinafter
provided all 0e cry ship or Vess ] that - row
owned by q izen or cit gems Of the upitei States
shall be- measured Rrd rerePstcred upon heraT-
rival 81 III cay a. u0ri Of entry IN the Uni
ted states, ard prior 20 her deHHvtUre her from,
in the same manner az hCrenatec desonbtd;
froetded, That any Sd or s'tl bull. within
the Unlred States arer the pa sage OF IN 9 act
may be measured and registered IN tn. neuncr
herein provided,
Sec g and be q Urthsr enacted. That the
register ofevery vesse shan expire 3 her le 9Th
~ d breadth, together with her depth, and thu
heighthnder he third or par de ok, which shan be
asctrtainei in the follow manner The on
mage de- h, IN vesse hov Z thr or more decks
20 the hull, shall he he second deck from below,
IN all other cases the uppe DICK Of The hull istO
be the 20 mage deck The length from h fore
part Of the oH'e-p apkng, on the side Ct the EN-
TO the afer part OF he main stetnpoSt Of sCreE
steamers and to the tterpart Of IN luddtr-pCst
Of al other vessels measure on the top Of he on
nRged deck, shall be acCOuu ed the vessels length
The breath 4 he OrOdest p ut on the outside Of
the vessel shall be counted The Vcs els brea of
beam A mea ure rom the undar ide Of ton
hold average thiCkues>) sha be ace united he
depth u holi, Il tn. vessel HIS thru De, k,
then the height Vt, m he top the tunnag, deck
p ank 70 tie ~ der side Ci TIE uapOI- ID Ok plank
sha he &C onute as the hd hi under the sp'r-
d, ok. All metsuremen, 20 he taken ia tte and
fra CtiOns Of feet nd all fractions a zee shll be
expr ssed IN deClmas.
S C. 8. And Be 1t further enacted, Tint h.
regs'e r tonnage ola vessel shall be er tnu e in
trGna cubic cap tcity in tons Of one humid ed cu1io
fe teach, to be ascertained as follows: Measure
the 'enttn of the vessel in 10 straight line along
the upper side Of tae tonntge deck, from the IN
side Of the inner plank, taverage thickness, at
the de of the stem 10 the inside OF the planK on
the stern tmberR, (ayersEe t4iCkuess,) de Nc Jog
from this length VIA. is due 10 the rlke of he
bow in the u ickness O he deck ana what s due
TO the rat of the st=rUumbrr IN the ickne Of
the deck, ard a 80 what e due to the rtBe of the
sterntImber in one third Of tie round Of the beam,
divide the length 30 taken into the number Of
equal parts reQuir by h. t5IOslnS ttole az
cording the class IN such able to which the
vcs sci be Ongs-
TAnLE or CLASSES.
Class Ives els of which the tonnage leag' h
according 30 the abo G IneafureW eut s fifty feet
or under, into six tqutl par s.
Glass . YES IS f VIII, h tbs tonnage length
according 10 the ABOVE mea~ urement IL above Ht
feet, ard O. exec ding one hundred feet long,
into Ct equ,l parts
Cla.s 3.-y esss & Of which the TOM X Ter 9Th
according % he above measurement lab Y" e
II.
bred aud ftv feet lln', int ten eQu parts.
Class 4. - Y. sses ofwalCh h. tom ge leng'h
according te The aoov- met6urem NJ is a'ove
one hundred an fifty feet, ana rot cNCFcIlr & TWO
hundred feet long, into tive We equa. pllts
Class 5 -VessaIs OF which he tonnage eogth
according 10 the shove measurement 's abb
two hurdr d feet, and not exceeding two hue
drel and fifty feet long, luyo fourteen equal
parts.
Ca,sG.-- Vessels Of VIII eh the tonnage lenght
according 10 the above mt asuremcnt above TWO
hun red and fifty Tee: long, ITO sixteen equal
parts.
NIT Of the required DIP hs and 5reai hs ter &
Urope,ly tai e., find the Ira1 syc Sc area Of such
vessels at each point Of div.soa ofthe length as
follows:
Measure The depth at each pc Of division
from d point at djstsnce OF e-thlTd fthe round
Of the heAm belOR sueb deck, or j. case ofs Uresk
below line stretched III continue ion III 'reot, 10
the upper 81 of the floor timber, at the inside Of
the timber snake, atter deduCNug the Az, rage
| thickness Of the Gel lag, winch j, belw en- Il e
bilge plan ks and i'm Der srs l3 q '',s u'Ps"
at he rufdshfp DIVISION nI the length d not e&-
coed six cen fee, divide etch depth into four
tuuA parts; then meaure the inside horizontal
bfeadth, at each Of the three pom If Uivis On,
and also at the upper and lower poiats Of the
depth, extendi Z each mea uremeLt to he av-
eTuWe thCkGtss Of that art q ihe cellL nj, b
is between the points OF meAsu 5ement; number
these hreadths from above, (Lumbp rpg the up
per breadth one, aud SO On down TO the lowest
| bTeadlhD muillly the secO a d f.urth by
| four, and the third by two; id these produ is
| toget her aud to the sum add the first breadt h
and he last, or tif b; mutlpy the quaut ity thus
! obtained by one bird u tn common interval
| between he brealths, and the pToduc. sha be
deemed the tran verse area; but ii the mid sh u
depth exceed sixteen feet, diyid each depJh NO
six tuua parts, instead OF four, AID measui e,
before direct, d the h)H2)A al bteldths at the
five points of divlson, and also a the upper and
! lower points Of The, aepth; number then fir m
nhN ppEh he faTrs m he md