her enacted, That each and every colwhom such manifest or list of passenbe delivered, shall, quarter-yearly, rehe Secretary of State of the United ents of the same shall be laid before ery session. 19. carriage of passengers in merchant vessels. the act to 3. And il shall ressel. am benea Fonstructe the at least Filth, for ea dressel, an er the sum o ard of said ve d States as a Ted States W enate and House of Representatives of 4. And 5. And be and every d r list of passen arter-yearly, of the United I be laid before erchant vessels. Representatives sembled, That in part by a c a citizen of an sel, at any foreign s than in the fo them and app es or other goods engers, that is i ssenger h vessel is not but if such vess age, then one p al feet of deck, every thirty su SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, taken on board of such vessel, and from the United States aforesaid, limited by the last section to the whole, such vessel shall be forfeited said, and be prosecuted and distrib der the act to regulate duties on im SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, aforesaid shall have more than two in such vessel, the interval betwee platform beneath shall not be at lea well constructed; or in case the dim not be at least six feet in length, a in width, for each passenger as afo said vessel, and the owners thereof, pay the sum of five dollars for ea board of said vessel on such voyage, ted States as aforesaid, in any circ United States where such vessel ma sails. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, this act, it shall in all cases be co each being under the age of eight y passenger, and that children under not be included in the computation gers. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, uing; and in regard to all vessels ard said capes, on and after the thirtieth Ling. er enacted, That so much of said act estimate two children of eight years passenger, in the assignment of room, 17. loyed by the American Colonization Society in 3 from the United States to the coast of Africa s of the 22d February and 2d of March, eighteen ting the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels. rate and House of Representatives of ica in Congress assembled, That, from this act, all and every vessel and vesbe employed by the American Coloni[aryland State Colonization Society, to 1 actually transport, from any port or tes to any colony or colonies on the ored emigrants to reside there, shall reby, excepted out of and exempted › act entitled "An act to regulate the 'merchant vessels," passed twentyen hundred and forty-seven; and of o all vessels ar ter the thirtieth uch of said at of eight years gnment of room lonization Society i Representatives American Colo ment allotted to such passengers the deck or combings of the hatcl of which shall be at least one foot ed that one door or window in suc left open for ventilation; and al having the capacity to carry one sengers, or more, shall have two su ladder, leading down to the afores nished, with a hand-rail of wood or ertheless, booby hatches may be su vessels having three permanent de SEC. 2. And be it further enacted employed, and having the legal hundred such passengers, shall ha to purify the apartment or apartn sengers; one of which shall be in the apartment or apartments, and the forward portion of the apartm of them shall have an exhausting and the other a receiving cap t which said ventilators shall have the size of the apartment or apart ly, if the apartment or apartments reception of two hundred such pass ventilators shall each of them b inches diameter in the clear, and smaller apartments; and all said enacted, That all vessels employed board, for the use of such passeng the last port whence such vessel der deck, for each passenger, at least avy bread, ten pounds of rice, ten ounds of wheat flour, ten pounds of pounds of potatoes, one pint of vine gers as will te water, ten pounds of salted pork, good quality, and a sufficient supply t places where either rice, oat meal, beans cannot be procured, of good e terms, the quantity of either or any ticles may be increased and substiase potatoes cannot be procured on nd of either of said articles may be pounds of potatoes; and the captains iver to each passenger at least one provisions weekly, commencing on aily at least three quarts of water, king; and if the passengers on board ich the provisions, fuel and water t have been provided as aforesaid, on short allowance during any voyof any such vessels shall pay to each shall have been put on short allowlars for each and every day they may llowance, to be recovered in the cir althy state; red are reg ald apartment ot be provided t |