The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-07-22
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AN ACT to provide for the better se-
curity OF fife on board of vessels pro- |
pelled in whole or in part by steam,
and for'other purposes.
Be IL enacted 6y the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America ta Congress assembled:
That no license, register or ENROLL
ment shall be granted, or other papers
issued, by any collector or other chief
officer of the customs, to any vessel
propelled in " hole or in part by steam,
until be shall have satisfactory evidence
that all the provisions of this act shall
have been fully complied " ith; and Il
any such vessel staI be naviya,el
without complying vi b the terms of
this act, the owner or owners thereof
shall forfeit and pay to the United
States the sum of ave hundred dollars
for each offeuse, one-half for the use
of the informer, and for which sum the |
steamboat or vessel 80 engaged shall |
be liable, and may be seized and pro-
ceeded against by way of libel in any
district court of the United States hav-
ing jurisdiction of The offense.
SEc.2. And Be It further enacted, That
every steamer so propelled, and carry
ing passengers or freight, shall be pro-
vided with suitable pipes and valves at
tached to the boiler to convey steam
into the hold aud the different COM
partments thereof to extinguish fire;
and every stove used on board of any
such vessel shall be secure'y fastened,
SC as to prevent it from being moved or
overthrown, and all wood work or
other igo.tibie sub stsnces about the
boilers, chimneys, cook houses, and
stovepipes, exposed to ignition shall
be thoroughly shielded by some incom-
bu-tible material, in such q manner as
to leave the air to circulate freely be-
tween such material aud wood work
or other ignitible substance; and be-
fore granting certificate of inspec-
tion, the inspector shall require all
other necessary provisions to be made
throughout such vessel to guard
against loss or danger from FIRE
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That
every steamer permitted by her certi6
cate of inspection to carry IS many 70
City passengers, or upward, or auy
steamer carrying passengers, and shall
also carry cotton, hay, or hemp, shaai
be provided wit b q good do5ble-astiDg
steam fiee-pump, or other equivalent
apparatus for throwing water; said
pump or other apparatus for throwing
water shall be kept at all times and at
all seasons ofuthe year in good order
aud ready for immediate use, having
at least two pipes of suitable dimen-
sions, one on each side of the vessel,
TO convey the wafer to the upper decks;
20 these pipes there shall be alta ched,
by means of stop-cocks or valves, both
between decks and on the upper decA,
good aud suitable hose of sufficient
strength to stand q pressure of not less
than one hundred pounds to the square
inch, long enough to reach to all parts
of the vessel, and promptly provided
with nozzles, and kept in good order
and ready for immediate service. And
every steamer exceeding two hundred
tons burden and carrying passengers
shall be provided with two good double
acting fire. pumps, to be worked by
hand; each chamber of said pumps
shall be of sufficient capacity to con-
tain not less than one hundred cubic
inches of water, said pumps shall be
placed in the most suitable parts of the
vessel for efficient servics, haviag s ait
able we'll fitted hose TO each pump, of
at least one half the vessel in length,
kept at all times 10 perfect order, and
shipped up, and ready for immediate
use; and on every snch steamer not
exceeding two hundred tons, one of
such pumps can be dispensed with, and
each 6re-pump thus provided for shall
be supplied with water by means of a
suitable pipe connected Herewith, and
pAasiag throagh the aide OF the vessel
30 low as to be at all times under wa
ter when she is afioat; and no fire.
pump thus provided for shall be placed
below the lower deck of any such ves-
eel; aud every steamer shall De provi-
ded with q pump which shall be of suf-
feient strength and suitably arranged
to test the boilers thereof But the Ca
pacity of one hundred cubic inches, as
herein required, shall not apply ito
steamers now in service.
Sac. 4. And be it further enacted, That
no loose hay, loose cotton or loose
hemp, camphene, nitro-glyeerine, nap
tina, benzine, beuzole, coal oil, crude
or refined petroleum, or other like ex>
plosive burning fluids, or like danger
Gus articles, shall be carried as freight
or used as stores on any steamer carry
ing passengers; nor shall bated cotton
or hemp be carried on such steamers
unless the bales are compactly pressed
and thoroughly covered with bagging
or similar fabric, and secured with
good rope or iron bands; and every
bale of cotton or hemp that shall be
shipped or carried on any passenger
steamer without conforming to the
provisions of this section shall be sub
ject to q penalty OF Eve dollars; which
bales shall be liable to seizure and sale
to secure the payment of such penalty;
nor shall gun powder be carried on any
such vessel, except in case of special
license granted by inspectors as herein
after provided; nor shall oil of vitriol,
nitric or other chemical acids be car
Iied oa such steamers except on the
decks or guards thereof, or in such
other safe part of the vessel as shall be
prescribed py the inspectors. Refined
petroleum which will not ignite at q
Temperature less than one hundred
and ten degrees of Fahrenheit, ther-
mometer, may be be carried on board
such steamers upon routes where there
is no other pfa teal mode of trans
porting it, aud under such regulations
as shall be prescribed by the board OF
supervising inspectors, with the appro-
val of the Secretary of the Treasury,
and oil or spirits of turpentine may be
carried on any such steamer when the
same shall be put up In good metallic
vessels, or casks, or barrels, well and
securely bound with iron, and slowed
10 secure part Sf the vessel; fric
tion matches may also be carried on
such steamers wneh securely packed In
strong tightehests or boxes, the COW
ers of which shall be well secured by
locks, screws, or other reliable fasten-
ings, and stowed in safe part of the
vessel, at secure distance from any
ere or heat; and all such other provis-
ions shall be made on every steamer
carrying passengers or freight to guard
against aud extinguish ERE as shall be
prescribed By the board of supervising
Inspectors, and approved by the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury: Provided, That
the Secretary Of the Treasury may
grant permission to the owner of Any
steam vessel for the nse of any inyen
tion or process for the utilization OF
petroleum or other mineral oils or SUBJ
stances in the production Of motive
power. and he shall have power TO
make and enforce regulations concern
ing the application and use of the same
for such purpose; Sad no permission
shall be granted unless upon the certif-
icate of the supervising inspector oi
sfeamboats for the district wherein
said vessel IL registered, andsother sat
isfactory proof that the use of the came
is safe and Efficient; and upon such
proof, and the approval of such certifs
icate by the Secretary of the Treasury,
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