New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-08-01

greatest benefits. On board each vessel
there must be furnished good and well
cooked food, three meals per day, equal in
quantity and quality to ration in the
United States navy. No greater number
of passengers shall be carried than in the
following proportion On the second deck,
1t not being an orlop deck, one statute pas.
senger for every eighteen square feet of clear
space, exclusive If all baggage, bulkhead,
and other distractions; and on the main deck
ana poop deck one statute passenger for every
sixteen square feet of clear space contained
therein and no passenger shall be carried
on an orlop deck or temporary deck, nor any
deck where the height or distance between
the decks, or from the decks to the roof is
less than six feet two inches nor upon any
deck not having good and sufficient side.
nights and ventilation nor upon any sailing
vessel except upon the main and poop decks
SEPARATION OF sExEs-HosPIrALs on BOARD
SHIP.
Each deck upon which passengers are car.
ried is to be divided into at least three dis
tlnct compartments, separated by we'll con-
structed bulkheads the foremost of which
shall be occupied by single male passen-
gers above the age of twelve years the
next abatt to be occupied by families con.
slstlng OF husbands and wives and their chill
dren, and the next compartment by single
females above the age of twelve years, and
each compartment to be connected with the
deck by suitable companion.ways. A hos.
pital for each sex shall be provided in
proper part of the vessel. They shall con.
tain twenty square feet of room for every fifty
passengers carried, and fitted with suitable
bedding. Every ship carrying over one hun
dred passengers must have on board duly
qualified physician, with suitable supply Of
medicines, surgical instruments, &c.
FORBIDDEN FREIGHT.
Proper means of ventilation and sufficient
places for cooking food shall be provided
food to be issued daily before two o o'clock in
for the sick and infants. No vessel convey.
ing passengers shall carry as cargo, horses,
cattle, gunpowder, bituminous coal, naphtha,
benzine, petroleum, nitro.glycerine, lucifer
matches, or any other explosive articles
which ignite by friction; guano, green hides,
or any other articles either as ballast or
cargo, which, by reason of the nature, guam
tity, or mode of storage, would be likely to
endanger the health, comfort, or safety of
passengers.
The masters of passenger ships on arriving
in the United States are to deliver the Ger.
tificates of consuls based upon the report of
the emigration agent abroad and report to
the Collector list or manifest Of passengers
on board, designating age, sex, &c. the
compartment of the vessel occupied by each
during the voyage, and shall further set forth
whether any or what number died on the
voyage; which list or manifest must be
sworn to by the master. A penalty Of $40
is to be paid the Collector Of Customs for
each statute adult who may have died during
the voyage. At least one copy or synopsis
of this act, printed in such language as the
officer charged with the superintendent of
emigration at the port of departure shall pre-.
pare, shall be kept posted up in conspicu
GUS place in each compartment during the
entire voyage. 1t is made illegal to convey
passengers in the steerage from any foreign
port not contiguous to the United States to
anyport within the jurisdiction of the United
States in contravention of the provisions of
this act, and owners, agents, or master of
any vessel attempting to land steerage pas
sengers in violation of its provisions become
liable to fine not exceeding $4,000, to be
recovered in any Circuit or District Court of
the United States.