Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-11
The Amended eambOat Rules and
Regulations.

The following are the rules and regula-
tions Just approved by the secretary of the
treasury, and which are now the law. Those
applying to steam vessels other than river
steamers are omitted:
Rule Is disclaimers navigating rivers only
Except ferry boats, freightboats, canalboats
and towingboats of less than fifty tons) must
have one good, substantial boat.
Freight, ferry, canal and towing steamers
of less than fifty tons must be equipped with
boats as, in the opinion of the inspector, may
be necessary in case of disaster TO secure the
safety Of all persons on board.
Steam ferry boats OF fifty tons burden and
over must BE- supplied with lifeboats a., in
the judgment of inspectors, will best promote
the security of life On board such vessels in
case OF disaster, according to the average
number of passengers carried per trip.
Steamers making excursions under per-
NIT must have at least one lifeboat, and
shall be equipped with other liieboa or
their equivalents, as, in the judgment of the
inspectors, will best secure the safety of all
persons on board in case Of disaster.
Passenger steamers navig atiDg the Red
river of the North and rivers whose waters
flow into the Gull OF Mexico, must, in addi-
ton to the boat required in the first para
graph OF this rule, be equipped with one
lifeboat oil the buoy ancy and capacity named
in the example in rule IL for every sixty
passengers allowed, including the crew. One
Of the lifeboats, unless exempted by the
supervising inspector, must be made OF metal.
Rule 26-All steam fre-pumps required
by law on steam vessels shall be supplied
with connection pipes lesding TO the hold Of
the vessel, With stop-cocks or shut-of valves
attached, and SO arranged that such pumps
may be used for pumping and schsrging
water overheard from the hold; and each
compartment bulkhead shall be fitted with
valves, so as to admit water from one COM
partment TO the other, and the valves 80 ar
ranged as to be worked from the main deck.
Rule 43-The classification Of engineers
on the lakes and seaboard shall be as follows:
Chief engineers Of ocean steamers chief
engineers OF lake, bay and sound steamers,
chief engineers OF river steamers, FIRST Assist
ant engineers, second assistant engineers,
third assistant engineers, special Engineers.
All steamers Of over 100 tons buroIh shall
carry at least one chief engineer. First
assistant engineers may act as first assistants
on any steamer. Second assistant engineers
may act as 6rst assistants steamers of 80
tons and under, and second assistants on any
steamer. Third assistants may act as second
assistants on steamers of 80 tons and under,
and third assistants on any steamer. Special
engineers may be assigned TO act in any
capacity for which they are qualified on
steamers of 100 tons and under.
Inspectors may designate upon the certi6-
cate OF any thIef engineer the tonnage of
the vessel on which he may act, and they
may also designate any assistant engineer as
spe cial engineer On steamers of 100 tons and
under, and may restrict as engineer to q par
ticular vessel.
Engineers on high-pressure steamers navi-
eating rivers shall be designated as first and
second engineers. First engineers shall rank
as chief engineers.
Second engineers may act as first engineers
on high pressure steamers OF 100 tons burden
aud under, of the class and tonnage, or par
tieuiar steamer for which the Inspectors
after thorough examination, may find them
qualified. In all cases where a second en-
gineer Is permitted to act as first engineer,
the inspectors shall state, on he face Of his