Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-30
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Third Session Of the Forty-first
Congress.
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY
GENERAL NATURE.-No. 55.]

PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.l
GENERAL NATURE.--No. S5.l
AN Act to provide for the better security of
life on board of vessels propelled in whole or
in part by steam. and for other purposes.
.,,oraeor and shall make such rules and regula-
mons as may be necessary to secure the proper
""vncufion of the steamboa. acts.
SrC &C. And be it further enacted, That the
..1ar;es of ali supervising inspectors, local in
sno.ors assistant inspectors, supervising in
p,octor general and clerks, herein provided for,
spCetber with their travelling and other expenses
SSon ON official duty, and all instruments,
Taols blanks. stationery, furniture, and other
S;ngs necessary to carry into effect the provs-
5offbis act shall be paid for under the d.
rontion of the Secretary of the Treasury, out of
tSc revenues received into the treasury from the
;tnsnecton of steam vessels, and the licensing of
tbe officers of such vessels, as provided for by
tbe terms of this act; and the same Is hereby
appropriated for the payment of such expenses,
or so much thereof as may be required for such
purposes.
supervising and local inspectors of steamboats,
shall execute proper bonds, in such form and
upon such conditions as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe, and subject TO his APP
proval conditioned for the faithful performance
of the duties of their respective offices, and the
payment in the manner provided by law OF all
moneys that may be received by them.
SEC g. And be 1T further enacted. That the
penalty for the violation of any provision. OF
this act that is not otherwise specially provided
for shall be a fine of five hundred dollars, one
half for the use of the informer.
SEC 60 And be 1T further enacted, That If
any shipper or shippers of patina gold, gold
dust, silver, bullion, or other precious metals,
coins iewelry bills of any bank or public body
diamonds or other precious stones, or any gold
or silver in a manufactured or unmanufactured
state watches, clocks, or time-pieces of any de-
scripton, trinkets orders notes, or securities Tor
payment of money, stamps, maps, writings, u,
tle-deeds, printings, engravings, pictures, gold
or silver plate or plated articles, glass, CHINA,
silks, in a manufactured or unmanutactured
state and whether wrought up with any other
material fIrs, or lace, or any OF them, contain
ed in any parcel or package, or trunk, shall
lade the same as freight or baggage, on any boat
tryessel, without at the time of such ladlng
giving to the MASTER clerk, agent, or owner OF
such boat or vessel receiving the same writ
ten notice of the true character and value there
of and having the entered on the bill OF
lading therefor, the master and owner or own
ers of said boat vessel shall not be liable as
carriers thereof in any form or manner; nor
shall any such master, owner, or owners be Ii
able for any such goods beyond the value and
according to the character thereof so notified
and entered.
SEC 20 And be 1T further enacted That it
shall be the duty of all collectors, other chief
officers of the customs, to require all sailing YES
sells to be furnished with proper signal lights, as
provided for by the act of April twenty nine,
eighteen HUNDRED and sixty four entitled AN
act fixing certain rules and regulations for pre-
venting collisions on the water and every such
vessel shall, on the approach of any steamer
during the nighttime show a lighted torch up
on that point or quarter to which such steamer
shall be approaching And every such vessel
that shall be navigated witoout complying with
the terms of the said act of April twenty-nine,
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the pro
visions of this section, shall forfeit and pay the
sum of two hundred dollars, one-half to go to
the informer; and for which sum the vessel so
navigated shall be liable, and may be seized and
PROC eded against by way of libel, in any dis
trct court of the United States having jurisdic-
ton of the offense.
SEC IL Ard be it further enacted, That
the act entitled ''An act to provide for the bet
ter security of the lives of passengers on board
vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam,
approved July seven, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight; also IAN acts to modify the act
entitled IAN act to provide for the better securi-
ty of the lives of passengers on board of vessels
propelled in whole or in part by steam,' APP
proved July seven, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight," approved March three, eighteen
hundred and forty three; also. An act to
amend an act entitled An act to provide for the
better security of the lives of passengers on
board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by
steam,' and for other purposes approved
August thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty two
also, AN act for the prevention and punish
ment of frauds in relation to the names of YES
sells" approved May five eighteen hundred
and sixty -four; also, 'An act to create an adj
dtonal supervising inspector of steamboats,. and
two local inspectors of Steamboats, for the cold
lection district of Memphis, Tennessee, and two
local inspe tors for the collection district of
Oregon, and for other purposes" approved
June eight eighteen hundred and sixty-four;
also, IAN act to provide two assistant local in
spectors of steamboats, in the city OF New York,
and two local inspectors at Galena, Illinois, and
to re-establish the board of local inspectors at
Wheeling; and also to amend the act approved
June eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
entitled An act to create an additional super
vising inspector of steam boats, and two local in
spectOrs of steamboats, for the collection district
of Memphis, Tennessee, and two local inspec-
tors for the collection district of Oregon and for
other purposes y approved March three,
eighteen hundred and sixty-fve; also, AN act
further to provide for the safety of the lives of
passengers on board of vessels propelled in
whole or in part by steam, to regulate the sal
aries of steamboat inspectors, and for other pur-
poses" approved July twenty-five, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, are all and severally
hereby repealed; also, all other acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved, February %, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. As.
AN ACT making appropriations for the legis-