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

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slowed in a safe part of the vessel, at Sc
cure distance from any fire or heat; and al
such other provisions shall be made or
every steamer carrying passengers oil
freight to guard against and extinguisl
fire as shall be prescribed by the board oil
supervising inspectors, and approved by
the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided
That the Secretary of the Treasury may
:, grant permission to the owner of any steam
vessel for the use of any invention or pro-
cess for the utilization of petroleum OF
other mineral oils or substances in the pro-
duction of motive power, and he shall
have power to make and enforce regula-
tions concerning the application and use of
the same for such purposes and no per-
mission shall be granted unless upon the
certificate of the supervising inspector of
steamboats, for the districts wherein said
vessel is registered, and other satisfactory
proof that the use of the same is safe and
| efficient and upon such proof, and the
approval of such certificate by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, special license for
the use of such process or invention, as
aforesaid, shall issue under the seal of the
Treasury Department.
SEC. 5. And be afartlter enacted, That
all gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, camphene,
naptha, benzine, benzole, coal oil, crude
or refined petroleum, oil or vitriol, nitric
| turpentine, friction matches, and all other
articles of like character, when packed or
put up for shipment, shall be securely
packed and put up separately from each
other and fromall other articles, and the
package, box, cask, brother vessel contain
Ing the same shall be distinctly marked
on the outside with the name or descrip-
ton of the article contained therein; and
every person who shall pack or put up, or
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any gunpOwder, nitro-glycerine, cam
phene, naptha, benzine, benzole, coal oil,
crude or refined petroleum, oil of vitriol,
nitric or other chemical acids, oil or spirits
Of turpentine, friction matches, or other
articles of like character, otherwise than
as aforesaid, shall knowingly ship or at
tempt to ship the same, or shall deliver
the same to any such vessel as stores, I'M
less packed and marked as aforesaid, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof by any court of
competent Jurisdiction, shall be punished
by fine not exceeding TWO thousand dol
lars, or imprisonment not exceeding eigh-
teen months, or both, one-half of the fine
to 60 to the informer and the articles to be
liable to seizure and forfeiture.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
every vessel SO propelled by steam and car
rying passengers during the nighttime
in the cabins and on each deck to guard
against fire or other dangers, and to give
alarm in case of accident or disaster, and
for every neglect of his duty the license of
the officer in charge of the vessel for the |
time being shall be revoked and the board |
of supervising inspectors may require |
every such steamer, and also steamers car |
rying freight, to be provided with such |
number and kind of good and efficient |
rfoIl no aVti I'M 1irh In
ment of the board may be necessary to |
protect them from fire when such steamers
are moored or lying at a wharf, without
steam to work the pumps; and if any
owner of such vessel shall neglect or re-
fuse to furnish the requisite number of men
necessary to keep watch as herein required,
he shall be fined one thousand dollars.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That
every steam-vessel navigating rivers only |
Except ferry-boats, freight-boats, canal
boats, and towing boats of less than fifty
tons) shall have at least one good. substan-
tial boat, with lines attached, and properly
supplied with oars, and kept in good con-
dition at all times and ready for immediate
use and i'm addition thereto, every such
steamer carrying passengers shall have |
one or more metallic life boats, fire-proof,
and in all respects good and substantial
boats, of such dimensions and arrange /
tors by their rules and regulations shall /
which boats shall be carried in |
the most convenient manner SO as to be |
brought into immediate use in case of ac-
cident Provided, That where the charac-
ter of the navigation is such that in the
opinion of the supervising inspector the |
metallic life-boats can be dispensed with, |
he is hereby authorized to exempt any
such steamer from carrying the same, or
may require substitute thereof, at his
discretion.
SEC. s. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
every such vessel carrying passengers shall
be provided with a good Hfe-preserveT,
made of suitable material, for every cabin
for which she will have accomo-
dation, and also good life-preserver or
which the inspectors certificate shall al
low her to carry, including the officers and
crew, which life-preservers or floats shall
be kept in convenient and accessible
places on such vessel in readiness for inl-
mediate use i'm case of accident; and every
such vessel of two hundred tons or less
shall also keep at least eighteen fire buck
cts and two barrels, and shall have not less
than four axes and every such steamer
of over two hundred tons, and not less
than five hundred tons burden, shall carry
net less than twenty-four buckets, four
water barrels, and six axes; and every
such steamer of over five hundred tons
shall carry not less than thirty-five buck
cts, six water barrels, and eight axes. The
buckets and barrels shall be kept in con-
yenient places>sE1 filed with water, to
be in readiness ia |ase of fire, and the axes
shall be kept In good order and ready for
Immediate use PfoDided, howeper, That
-ankc of suitable din1eDeions and arrange