New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-22
FOREIGN STE AMsuIP INSPECTION.
A TREASURY CIRCULAR PRouULGATING LAWS AND
PRESCRIBING RULES

WASHINGTON, March 2l.-The Secretary OF the
Treasury has issued circular, prpmugatng the
laws governing the inspection OF foreign passenger
steam vessels. and prescribing rul.s for c,rryiug
them into effect. The more impOr ant rules are 10
the following effect:
Collectors of Customs directei TO inform all
foreign messenger st~amerr, on arrival, which have
make application tor inspection soon a. possible
after arrival Special inspectors VIII. before grant
lug the annual certificate OF inspection Ia n, y
foreign st. an YES cl require sucb vessel " DO
ID ac~d In DOCK, ~ that all parts nt the hull may
be properly exam ned provide however. that such
locking NAV b omitted upon satisfactory evidences
that the gel has been dOckrd thin The pr
tweive mOutns. uuuer he direction OF the und r.
vnteTs ct Of he ag- uts or chic Is OF any foreign
Government author lLed by law q maze eEa.iIDa-
tions as 20 le condition OF The h1ls OF Steam
vessels Al the appdfatus for r1tlnguishng hres
mus be thoroughly tested by the special uspeci urs
al tie annual * NINA Ion. here must DC "A good
coz he prcseTVor Tor each cabin. DECK and steersee
passenger. including also the Otnces aud the crew
OF The steamer.
boats TO bs carried upon each vessel. being
the British BoaId Of rade Tyle Tor vessels
OF 900 tons reg. ter and upwards and III ADDITION
ihat s,a.Hrrs boye 100 tons burden BE- furnished
with an ad itional boat of not less than 40J cubic
feet capacity fOt each additional 900 tons burdrn
OF fraction thereof; or two boats may be used pro-
ylded the aggregate capacity shai Do the same AS
tho one boat Il sCrb'd. Whenever II becomes
saiy a. provide new boat Outn any iorofRn
steam vessel, mere rnall D. tntcu
for at least quarter OF the aggregate capacity
OF the boats gOOd substantial nte-ia.ts of equal
cap.ctY tnat Of tue iic-boats for which they
subst tuied.
STRINGENT reguiatio for nsnring the rem Ia and
safety oil boilers arc prescribed: Every steamer ~
10 have sieau-pDes one anu one-hali inches ~ d.
aInrter with branches leading TO each separate hUd
an compartment. Tor c1tinguIshIng hrcs VOID
work around boilers Is uOt Ia be less than one UOt
distant, aud all woodwork IN proximity TO boilers
must be suitably Bheathed with metal he
uusQ UetTOeum winch VIII mol lguite at ten
prraturo OF less than ono hundred anu
degrees (Fdhienheitl NAV. upon routes where
there il other practical mode OF transport
ing II. DO CARRIED on passenger steamets; but II
shall not he lawful 10 receive on board ~ transport
ANY petroleum, unless the owner or master 81 the
steamer shall have first received from the Inspectors
n certificate designating the place or places ia such
steamer III which tho same may DO CARRIED
slowed with tho further cOnuitIou that the certi-
cate snail be cunspcuUnsly posted on the steamer.
Refined petroleum mist not, IN any case. DO
ceivrd Oil board or carried. unless it Is put up IN
good bound casks or barrels, or IN good metal
lie cans vessels, carefully packed IN boxes. and
tho casks, barrels or boxes plainly marked upon
the heads thereof with tue mdnuiacturerr name,
the name VI the article and he degree tcInpera-
ture tFahIcuheitl at which the petroleum Will IL
mite.
hundred degrees (fahrenheitl, shall be used
stores any steamer carrying Passengers Special
Inspectors snail Issue, under proper restrictons,
certIucato authorizing the carriage OF gunpOwder,
requiring steam vessels carrying such powder TO
prepare proper magaz neo or barrels sbeatled with
lead and shall describe In each certificate issued the
place ia tie vessel where such gunpowdor IL 10 DO
carried.
Instructions to inspectors respecting their duties
are gwen and IL Is ordered that the laws are be
carried out in such "a manner not 10 be neodessly
Objectionable, and in will officers be just-
lied IN changing tho equipments Oh any steamer for
different kind OF manufacture. IT, in their iudg-
ment tue kiud in Is unsafe for tue put poses in
thev snail report oil the facts to the Supcrvis
ing spec tOrtenera for his consideration who shall
If ho disappiOso the change u:orm tho inspectors
A iafp and tho hDeciui InsDsctOTa
themselves accordingly. Bnt where the SupervIs-
ing Inspector General shall also deem change
essary he may. upon roeiving the approval of the
Secretary OF the Treasury. direct such change to DO
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