The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-02-07

| be constructed OF platess OF more than tire
heads Of the boiler only excepted. And ever
! steamboat boiler hereafter built, IL emplOye
, | on rivers flowing into the Gulf OF Mexico, O
their tributaries. shall have not less than thrc
] | inches of clear space for water between an
around its internal hues. And steamers here
after built, which shall employ four or NOR
boilers set in q battery, shall have the same d
Vided in such manner that one-half, as nearl
as may be, of the number Of boilers employs
will act independently Of the other half, SO IA
as relates TO the water connection; but tn
steam from all the boilers may be connected q
provided by this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That cot
ton, hemp, hay, straw, or other easily ignitabl
commodity, shall not be carried ON the decks
guards of any steamer carrying passengers
except on ferry-b0ats crossing rivers, and thel
| only on the sterns Of such boats, unless thu
same shall be protected by complete ant
suitable covering of canvas or other proper ma
terial, to prevent ignition from sparks, under
penaltyof one hundred dollars for eacn offence
| Nor shall coal oil or crude petroleum be here
after carried on such Steamers except on thu
decks or guards thereof, or In open holds where
free circulation of air Is secured. and at such
distance from the furnaces or fires as may BIZ
prescribed by any supervisors supervising
inspector or any board OF local inspectors
Sec. 9. And be itfurfher enacted, That barges
carrying passengers while in tow Of steamer
shall be subject to the provisions of the acts fol
the preservation of the lives of passengers, SO
far as relates to ire-buckets, axes and life-pre.
servers. For a violation of this section the
penalty shall be one hundred dollars.
Sec. Z. And be IL 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
/ net relating to steamboats,, approved the eighth
day Of June, 6;ghteen hundred and sixty -four,
and to the provisions of this act.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That If
any person connected, as member or other.
wise, with any association of steamboat
pilots, engineers, masters. or owners, shall nc
1 cept 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 a penalty
| of five hundred dollars. ~ s.
Sec. 8. And be. it further enacted, That all
vessels navigating the bays, inlets, rivers har.
bors, and other waters of the United States,
| except vessels subject to the Jurisdiction of u
foreign power and engaged in foreign 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 all
vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam,
and navigating as aforesaid, shall also be SUBJ
ject toallrules and regulations consistent there
with, established for the government of steam
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 fifty-two. And every ea-going
steam vessel now subject or hereby made sub
and to the rules and regulations aforesaid, 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 vessels of the
United States only excepted.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, 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 appa-
ratls so arranged as to allow such boats to be-
safely launched with their compliments of pas
sengers 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.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That
the provision for foremasthead light for
steamships, in an act entitled San 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
carry the following lights, viz: one red light
on the cupboard side of the port smoke-pipe,
and one green light on the cupboard side Of the
starhoard slnoke=Ripe tRese LIGHTS to ssesE-
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
at the head of the vessel the head light to be
so constructed as to show good ight 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. ss 1Ysis
Sec. II. And be it 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
Charlestown, in Massachusetts, one thousand |
dollars; for the district of New London, in
Connecticut, five hundred dollars; for the dis
lars each, two at fifteen hundred dollars each,
and one additional inspector of boilers at fifteen
hundred dollars; for the district Of PhiIadel-
phia, in Pennsylvania, thirteen hundred dol
lars; for the district Of Baltimore, in Maryland,
twelve hundred dollars: for the district of
Norfolk, in Virginia, three hundred dollars;
for the district Of Charleston, in South Carolina
1--we 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, i'm Texas, four hundred dollars; for
he district of St. Louis, in Missouri, sixteen
lundred dollars; for the district of Nashville,
ii Tennessee, four hundred dollars; for the
district of Louisville, in Kentucky, twelve
hundred dollars; for the district Of Cincinnati,
n Ohio, sixteen hundred dollars; for the dis
dollars; for the district of Pfttsburg. Pennsyl-
7ania, sixteen hundred dollars; for the district
If Chicago, Illinois, eight hundred dollars; for
he district Of Detroit, Michigan, one thousand