The national Republican., 1866-08-15

scribcd by any supervisors, Tsupcrvising1 in
spector or any board of local inspectors
SEC. 6. And BE- IL Further enacted, That
barges carrying passengers while in tow Of q
steamer shall be subject TO the provisions Of
the acts for the preservation Of the lives Of
passengers, SO far as relates to fre-buckets,
axes, and life-preservers. For violation Of
this section the penalty shall be one hundred
dollars.
SEC. Z. And be it further enacted, That
steamers used as freight boats shall be sub
ject to the same inspection and requirements
as provided for ferry, tug, and canal boats,
by an act relating to steamboats,, approved
the eighth day Of June, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four, and to the provisions ofths act.
SEC. s. And be At further enacted, That
If any person connected, as q member or
otherwise, with any association Of steamboat
pilots, engineers, masters, or owners, shall
accept or attempt to exercise the functions
Of the Office Of Steamboat inspector, it shall
be misdemeanor, for which he shall forfeit
his office, and shall be further subject to
penalty Of FIVE hundred dollars.
SEC. Q. And be 1t further enacted, That
all vessels navigating the bays, inlets, rivers,
harbors, and Other waters Of the United
States, except vessels subject to the jurisdic-
eign trade and not owned in whole or in part
by citizen Of the United States, shall be
subject to the navigation laws Of the United
States; and oil vessels propelled in whole or
in part by steam, and navigating as afore-
said, shall also be subject to all rules and
regulations consistent Herewith, established
for the government Of steam vessels in pass
ing, as provided in the twenty-ninth section
Of an act relating to steam vessels, approved
the thirtieth day Of August eighteen hun
dred and ffty-two. And every seagoing
steam vessel now subject or hereby made
subject to the navigation laws Of the United
States, and to the rules and regulations afore-
said, shall, when under way, except upon the
high seas, be under the control and direction
Of pilots licensed by the inspectors of steam
vessels; vessels of other countries and public
vessels Of the United States only excepted.
SEC. 10. And be IL further endcted, That
all sea-going vessels carrying passengers, and
those navigating any of the northern and
northwestern lakes, shall have the life-boats
required by law, provided with suitable boat
disengaging apparatus, so arranged as to al
low such boats to be safely launched with
their compliments Of passengers while such
vessels are under speed or otherwise, and so
as to allow such disengaging apparatus to be
operated by one person disengaging both
ends of the boat simultaneously from the
tackles by which it may be lowered to the
water.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That
the provision for foremast-head light for
steamships, in an act entitled AN act fixing
certain rules and regulations for preventing
collisions on the water" approved the twenty
ninth day Of April, eighteen hundred and
sixty.four, shall not be construed to apply to
other than ocean-going steamers and steamers
carrying sail. River steamers navigating
waters flowing into the Gulf Of Mexico shall
on the outboard side Of tho port smoke-pipe,
the starboard smoke-pipe; these lights to
show both forward and aft, and also abeam
on their respective sides. All coasting
steamers and those navigating bays, lakes,
or other inland waters, other than ferry
boats, and those above provided for, shall
carry the red and green lights, as prescribed
for ocean-going steamers; and, in addition
thereto, a central range Of two white lights
the after light being carried at an elevation
of at least fifteen feet above the light ut the
head of the vessel the head light to be so
constructed as to show good light through
twenty points Of the compass, namely, from
right ahead to two points abaft the beam on
either side Of the vessel and the after light
to show all around the horizon.
SEC. l2. And be ii further enacted, That
the ANIMAL compensation paid to local in
spectors Of steamboats, shall be hereafter as
follows, to wit:
For the district Of Portland, in Maine,
three hundred dollars; for the district Of Bos-
ton and Charlestown, in Massachusetts,, one
thousand dollars; for the district of New Lon
don, in Connecticut, five hundred dollars;
for the district of New York, two at two
thousand dollars each, two ut fifteen hundred
dollars each, and one additional inspector of
boilers at fifteen hundred dollars; for the dis
trict of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, thir-
teen hundred dollars; for the district Of Bal
timore, in Maryland, twelve hundred dollars;
for the district of Norfolk, in Virginia, three
hundred dollars; for the district Of Charles
ton, in South Carolina five hundred dollars;
for the district of Savannah, in Georgia, four
hundred dollars; for the district Of Mobile, in
Alabama, one thousand dollars; for the dis
trct Of New Orleans, or in which New Or
leans is the port Of entry, Loui lana, two
thousand dollars; for the district of Calves
ton, in Texas four hundred dollars; for the
district Of st. Louis, in Missouri, sixteen
hundred dollars; for the district of Nash
vile, in Tennessee, four hundred dollars;
for the district Of Louisville, in Kentucky,
twelve hundred dollars; for the district OF
Cincinnati, in Ohio, sixteen hundred dollars;
for the district of Wheeling, West Virginia.
five hundred dollars; for the district of Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania, sixteen hundred dollars;
for the district Of Chicago, Illinois, eight
hundred dollars; for the district of Detroit
Michigan, one thousand dollars for the dis
trict OF Cleveland, Ohio, six hundred dollars;
for the district Of Buffalo, New York, twelve
hundred dollars; for the district of Oswego,
or of which Oswego is the port of entry
New York, three hundred dollars; for the
district of Vermont, of which Burlington is
the port of entry, three hundred dollars; for
the district Of San Francisco, California, til-
teen hundred dollars; for the district OF
Memphis, Tennessee, nine hundred dollars;
for the district Of Galena, Illinois, one thou
sand dollars; for the district of Portland
Oregon, seven hundred dollars; to the super
vising inspector of the Pacific coast, two
thousand five hundred dollars; to other super
vising inspectors, two thousand dollars each
SEC. l3. And be At further enacted, That
there shall be appointed, under the direction
of the Secretary of the Treasury one clerk