The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-02-02
oFFIcrAL
LAWS or THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the First Session Of the Thirty Ninth
Congress.

Be il enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United states Of America
in Congress assembled, That if any engineer or
/ pilot. licensed in pursuance of law by any in
spector or board of inspectors. shall. to the
hindrance of commerce, wrongfullv or unrea-
I sonably refuse to serve a. such on any steam
/ vessel, as authorized by the terms of his H.
cense, or shall fail to deliver to the applicant
for such services, at the time of such refusal if
/ the same shall De demanded. a statement in
I writing. signed by such engineer or DiIot of
the reasons therefor or if any pilot shall refuse
10 admit into the pilOt-hOus with him any per
I son or persons whom the captain or owners of
I any steamboat may desire to place there for the
/ purpose OF acquiring the knowledge Of plotting,
/ ne shaH forfeit and pay TO the party aggrieved
thereby the sum Of three hundred dollars to
4 pc recovered in an action of debt founded on
! inns statute. And tbereupOn on such recovery,
I as well a. on such refusal 10 give such state
ment IN wrltlnn, or TO admit such persons into
! me pl!ot-house as aforesaid, his license shall
Z be immediately revoked, upon the same pro-
ceedings as are provided by law in other cases
1 OF the revocation Of such licenses
see. ,. And be il further enacted, That
When boilers are so arranged on q steamer that
/ there Is employed a water connecting-pipe
through which the water may pass from one
boiler to another. there shall also be provided
a similar steam connection, having an area of
opening into each boiler Of at least one square
men Tor every two square feet Of effective heat
/ ing surface contained in any one Of the boilers
20 connected, half the lue and all other sur
faces being computed as effective. And no
, boiler shall hereafter be allowed. under any
circumstances, greater working pressure than
one hundred and fifty pounds to the square
sec. ,. And be it further enacted. That one
or more additional safety-yalves. of such di-
mensions and arrangement as shall De pre-
scrIbed by the board Of supervising inspectors.
'halIbe placed on the boilers Of every steamer.
and shall be loaded to pressure not exceeding
two pounds above the working steam pressure
allowed, and shall be secured by the inspector
! "a rlHFf Nt4 IN Assrsf. II
IN the management Of the vessel or her ma
chlnery And the allowed metals now required
by law, 20 be placed in upon the fues of
boilers shall be fusible, aS now required bv law
and at a temperature not exceeding four hun
dred and torty-fVe degrees Of the Fahrenheit
| Thermometer; and good and reliable water
gauge and a full set Of gauge-cocks shall be
provided for each boiler. whether connected or
otherwise.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That no
steamboat boiler hereafter built, to which the
heat Is applied on the outside OF the shell. shall
be constructed Of plates Of more than three
heads of the boiler only excepted. And every
steamboat boiler hereafter built if EMPLOYED
on rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. or
their tributaries shall have not less than three
inches Of clear space for water between ans
around its internal fucs. And steamers here
after built, which shall employ four or more
boilers set IN a battery, shall have the same d.
VIdcd in such manner that One-half, as nearly
as may be, of the number of boilers employed
viii act independently of the other half so far
a. relates to the water connection; but the
steam from all the boilers may be connected as
provided by this act.
See. >. And be it further enacted. That cot
ton, hemp, hay, straw, or other easily ignitable
commodity, shall not be carried on the decks or
guards OF any steamer carrying Passengers,
except on ferry-boats crossing rivers, and then
only on the sterns Of such boats unless the
same shall be protected by complete and
suitable covering Of canvas or other proper ma
from dana
penalty OF one hundred dollars for cacu offence
Nor shall coal oil or crude petroleum be here
after carried on such steamers, except on the
decks or guards thereof, or i'm open holds where
a free circulation of air is secured. and ut such
distance from the furnaces or fires as may be
prescribed by any Supervisors supervising
inspector or any board of local inspectors
Sec. g. And be itfUther enacted, That barges
carrying passengers while in tow of steamer
shall be subject to the provisions of the acts for
the preservation of the lives of passengers, so
far rs relates to firebuckets, axes. and life-pre-
servers. For violation of this section the
penalty shall be one hundred dollars.
Sec. !. And be it further enacted. That
steamers used as freight boats shall be subject
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 of this act.
Sec. :. And be it further enacted, That if
any person connected, rs member or other
wise, with any association Of steamboat
pilots, engineers, masters, or owners, shall ac-
cept or attempt to exercise the functions of
the office Of steamboat inspector, il shall be a
misdemeanor, for which he shall forfeit his
office, and shall be further subject to penalty
of i've hundred dollars.
sec. q. And be. it further enacted, That all
vessels navigating the bays, inets, rivers. har.
bors, and other waters of the United States,
except vessels subject to the jurisdiction of a
foreign power and engaged in foreign trade
and not owned in whole or in part by citizen
navigation laws of the United States: and all
vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam /
and navigating aforesaid, shall also be SUBJ /
ecttoall rules and regulations consistent there
with, established for the government of steam 4
vessels IN passing, as provided in the twenty /
ninth section Of an act relating to steam vessels
approved the thirtieth day of August, eighteen /
hundred and hfty-two. And every going I
steam vessel now subject or hereby made sub I
ject to the navigation laws of the United States,
and to the rules and regulations aforesaid shall,
when under way, except upon the high seas,
he under the control and direction of pilots
licensed by the inspectors of steam vessels:
vessels of other countries, and vessels of the /
United States only excepted.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all !
sea-g0ng vessels carrying passengers, and those
navigating any of the northern and northwestern
lakes, shall have the life-hOatS required by law,
provided with suitable Notwithstanding anna
ratuS, so arranged as TO allow such boats TO be
safely launched with their compliments of pas
SengeTs while such vessels are under speed or
otherwise, and SO as to allow such diSengaging
apparatus to be operated by one person disen-
gaging both ends of the boat simultaneously
from the tackles by which it may be lowered to
the water.
See. II. And be it further enacted, That
the provision for a foremasthead 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
SiNty-four. shall not be construed to apply to
carrying sail. River steamers navigating
waters flowing into the Gulf of Mexico shall
carry the Following lights, viz: one red light
on Ihe CUPBOARD side of the port Smoke-pipe,
and one green light on the cupboard side of the
starboard smokc-pipe these lights to show
both forward and aft, and also abeam on their
respective sides. All coaStiug 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. central range of two
white lights; the after light being carried at an
elevation of at least fifteen feet above the light
at the head Of the vessel the head light to be
so constructed IA 10 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.
See. II. And be II further enacted, That the
annual compensation paid to local inspectors
Of steamboats, shall be hereafter as follows,
to-wit:
For the district Of Portland. in Maine. three
hundred dollars; for the district of Boston and
CharlestowR, IN Massachusetts,, one thousand
dollars; for the district of New London, in
Connecticut, five hundred dollars; for the dis
trlct of New York; two at two thousand dol
lars each. two at fifteen hundred dollars each.
and one additional inspector of boilers at fifteen
hundred dollars; for the district of Philadel- I
phia, IN PENNSYLVANIA, thirteen hundred dol
lars; Tor the district of Baltimore, in Maryland,
twelve hundred dollars; for the district of
Norfolk, IN Virginia, three hundred dollars;
Tor the district Of Charleston, in South Carolina,
hNe hundred dollars; for the district of Sayan-
nah, in Georgia, four hundred dollars; for the
district of Mobile, in Alabama, one thousand
dollars; for the district of New Orleans. or in
which New Orleans is the port Of entry Loui-
siana, two thousand dollars; for the district of
Galveston, in Texas, four hundred dollars; for
the district of st. Louis, in Missouri, sixteen |
hundred dollars; for the district of Nashville,
in Tennessee, four hundred dollars; for the