Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-02

ployed on any steamboat or vessel, by whose
misconduct, negligence, or inattentlon to his or
their respective duties on such vessel, the life
of any person shall be destroyed or in conse-
quence of fraud, connivance, misconduct, or
violation of law by any owner or Inspector, or
other public officer, the life of any person shall
be destroyed he or they shall be deemed guilty.
of manslaughter, and, upon conviction thereof
before any circuit court of the United States,
shall be sentenced to confinement at hard labor
for period of not more than ten years.
SEC. 5S. And be 1T further enacted, That the
hull and boilers of every ferry-boat, canal
boat yacht or other small craft of like charac-
ter, propelled by steam, shall be inspected I'M
der the provisions of this act. And such other
provisions of law for the better security of life,
as may be applicable to such vessels SHALL by
the rules and regulations of the board of super
vising inspectors, be required before certificate
of inspection shall be granted; and no such
vessel shall be navigated without licensed en-
gineer and a licensed pilot
SEC. So A,sd be 1T further enacted, That the
hull and boiler or boilers of every tug-boat,
towing boat and freight boat shall be inspected,
under the provisions of this act; and 1t shall be
the duty of the inspectors to see that the boil
ers, machinery, and appurtenances of such
vessel are not dangerous in form or Workman
ship, and that the safety-valves, gauge-cocks,
low water alarm-indicatOrs, steam gauges, and
fusibe plugs are all attached in conformity to
law; and the officers navigating such vessels
shall be licensed in conformity with the provis-
ions of this act, and shall be subject to the same
regulation of law as officers navigating passen-
ger steamers.
SEC. CO. And be 1T further enacted That, be-
fore issuing any license to any steamer, the col
lectOr or other chief officer of the customs for
the port or district shall demand and receive
from the owner or owners thereof, as cOmpen-
sation for the inspections and examination made
for tho year, the following sums, in addition to
the fees for issuing enrollInents and licenses
now allowed by law according to the tonnage
of the vessel, to wit: For each steam vessel of
one hundred tons under, twenty five dollars
and, in addition thereto, for each ard every ton
in excess of one hundred tons five cents. And
each captain, chief engineer, and first-ciass
pilot, licensed as herein provided shall pay for
every certificate, granted by any inspector. or
inspectors the sum of ten dollars and every
chief mate, engineer, and pilot of an inferior
grade shall pay, for every certificate so granted,
the sum of five dollars, which shall be paid over
to the chief officer of the customs in such man
ner and under such regulations as shall be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
SEC. 81. Ind be 1T further enacted. That each
local board of inspectors shall keep accurate
account of every such steamer boarded by them
during the year, and if all their official acts and
doings, which, in the form of report, they
shall communicate to the supervising inspector
of the district, at such times as the board of su-
peryising inspectors, by their established rules,
shall direct
SEC. g. And be it further enacted, That in
addition to the local boards of inspectors now
appointed by law, there shall be local board
designated and appointed for the district of
Puget Sound, Washington Territory; for the
trict of Albany, New York; for the district of
Apalachicola, Florida for the district Evans
vile, Indiana and for the district of Huron,
Michigan; and also at Marquette, in the district
of Superior. And each local inspector OF the
several districts, respectively, shall be paid an
nually, under the direction of the Secretary of
the Treasury, the following compensation, to
wit: One inspec or of bulls, and one inspector
of boilers, for the districts of New York and
New Orleans, two thousand two hundred dol
lars each for the district of Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Buffalo, st. Louis, Louisville Cincin-
natl, Pittsburg, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit
thousand dollars each; for the districts of Mo-
bile, Memphis; and Cleveland, one thousand
five hundred dollars each :; for Portland, in the
district of Oregon, New London, Norfolk,
Charleston, Savannah, Galveston, Albany,
Wheeling, Nashville, Portland Maine, and
Evansville, one thousand two hundred dollars
each; for the district of Puget Sound, Apala-
chicoa, Oswego and Burlington, and also at
Marquette. eight hundred dollars each; and, in
addition thereto. the Secretary of the Treasury
may appoint in such districts where their SER
vices are actually required, assistant inspectors,
at a compensation, for the district of New York,
two thousand dollars; and all other districts,
not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars per an
mum to each person so appointed; or may APP
point clerk to any such board at compensa-
ton not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per
annum TO each person so appointed. And each
supervising inspector shall be paid three thous-
and dollars per annuin and every inspector
shall be paid for his actual, reasonable travelling
expenses, at the rate of ten cents per mile, when
incurred in the performance of his duty; and
also for transportation of Instruments which
shall be certified and sworn to under such in
structions as shall be given by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
SEC. So. Ind be 1T further enacted, That the
President of the United States shall, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate ap-
point a supervising inspector general, who shall
be selected with reference to his fitness and abi-
ity to systematic and carry into effect all the
provisions of law relating to the steamboat in
spectlon service whose duty it shall be, under
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury
to superintend the administration of the steam
boat inspection laws, preside at the meetings of
the board OF supervising inspectors, receive all
reports OF inspectors and receive and examine
all accounts OF such officers, report fully at
stated periods to the Secretary of the Treasury
upon all matters pertaining to his official duties -
and produce correct and uniform administra-
ton OF the inspection laws, rules and repula
tons; and the said supervising inspector gem
era shall be paid for his services at the rate of
three thousand five hundred dollars per annum
and all his reasonable travelling expenses or
mlleageat the rate OF ten cents per mile when
On official duty.
SEC. 81 Aad be 1t further enacted, That the
secretary OF the treasury may, upon appliea-
ion therefor: remit or mitigate any fine or non
slty provided for in this act, or discontinue anv
prosecution to recover penalties denounced in
his act excepting the penalty of imprisonment
or OF removal from office, upon such terms as
ne, in his discretion, shall think proper; and
hat all rights granted to informers by this act
hall be held subject to the said Secretarv's
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