ssels employel and to that end, he shall cause s adopt for this purpose to be posted such vessel, in a place accessible to keep the same so posted up during by made the duty of said captain to pied by such passengers to be kep healthy state; and the owners of ployed are required to construct said apartment, so that it can be they shall also provide a safe, conv for the exclusive use of every one And when the weather is such that mustered on deck with their bedd the captain of every such vessel to such passengers to be cleaned [clea or some other equally efficient dis such other times as said captain ma ls of rice, ten ten pounds of one pint of vie of salted pork ufficient supply rice, oat meal ocured, of good of either or any sed and subst be procured on articles may be and the captains ger at least one commencing on quarts of water sengers on board fuel and water Ted as aforesai during any vor shall pay to each t on short allow ry day they may vered in the cir SEC. 6. And be it further enact owner or owners of any such vesse not be provided with the house o ways, as prescribed in the first secti tilators, as prescribed in the second the cambooses or cooking ranges as prescribed in the third section forfeit and pay to the United State dollars for each and every violati to, the provisions of each of said er enacted, That the first section of zo regulate the carriage of passengers approved February twenty-second, rty-seven, be so amended, that when ween the decks of the vessels referred Il be less than six feet, and not less be allowed to each passenger sixteen the deck, instead of fourteen, as prend if the height or distance between an five feet, there shall be allowed to vo clear superficial feet on the deck; such vessel shall take on board his e United States, a greater number of ed by this section, with the intent on of the act of eighteen hundred and ster of any such vessel shall take on and bring within the jurisdiction of ater number of passengers than is id master shall be deemed guilty of conviction thereof shall be punished for the punishment of persons conThe act aforesaid; and in computing 1 on board such vessels, all children , at the time of embarkation, shall be utation. best exerted b United States els bound from lace in the Pa port or place te or its tribu the laws now i merchant vesse e regulation the ovide for the ver yses approv eight, relatin ers and master ach passenger they shall fur selves, a suffi din case they sh e or unsuitabl alty provided i on short allowa 2. And be it to regulate the red February el passing into ry the same nu er the tropics. Sac. 3. And be it er enacted, That this act shall take 1 vessels sailing from ports in the ence the United States of America in Cong vessels bound from any port in the U or place in the Pacific Ocean, or on its such port or place to any port in the lantic or its tributaries, shall be sub all the laws now in force relating to t in merchant vessels, sailing to and fro the regulation thereof; except the fou provide for the ventilation of passeng purposes," approved May seventeent forty-eight, relating to provisions, w owners and masters of all such vessels to each passenger the daily supply of and they shall furnish, or cause the themselves, a sufficient supply of god and in case they shall fail so to do, o some or unsuitable provisions, they penalty provided in said fourth secti put on short allowance of water or pr - first section of e of passengers twenty-secon nded, that whe e vessels referred et, and not les assenger sixte fourteen, as pr listance betwe all be allowed t eet on the deck ke on board h reater number with the inten een hundred an sel shall take o e jurisdiction ssengers than deemed guilty shall be punis of persons cor nd in computi sels, all childr arkation, shall his act shall tak om ports in t SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, T act to regulate the carriage of passeng approved February 22, 1847, shall vessel passing into or through the tr carry the same number of passenger enter the tropics. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, 4 26 PASSENGERS AND PASSENGER SHIPS. effect on and after the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. Approved March 3, 1849. General Regulations No. 45.-Under the act to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels, approved March 3, 1855. To Collectors and other Officers of the Customs. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 23, 1855. The attention of collectors and other officers of the customs, as well as all persons interested and engaged in carrying passengers in steamships and other vessels, is specially called to the provisions of the annexed act of Congress, approved March 3, 1855, entitled "An act to regulate the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels," and a strict compliance with its terms and provisions enjoined upon the aforesaid officers and other persons interested. It will be observed that, whilst this act prescribes spaces of certain clear superficial feet of deck to each passenger, (other than cabin passengers,) it moreover fixes a maximum by restricting the number of such passengers allowed to be carried in any such vessel in the proportion of one to every two tons of said vessel's tonnage measurement, excluding children under the age of one year in the computation, and computing two children over one and under eight years of age as one passenger. It follows, that though a vessel might afford clear spaces of the dimensions indicated for a greater number of passengers than one to every two tons of her tonnage measurement, yet if the number shall exceed that allowed by her tonnage measurement, the penalties imposed by the law would attach; or if her tonnage measurement should allow a greater number of passengers than according to the clear spaces prescribed by law she could carry, yet if the number shall exceed that allowed by the clear spaces prescribed by law, the penalties imposed by the law would equally attach. In other words, the one rule, as to the number of passengers a vessel is entitled to carry, is a limitation upon the other. The tonnage of each vessel, according to custom-house measurement, must, therefore, be ascertained, as well as the measurement of the spaces allotted to passengers, in order to determine the number of passengers she is entitled to carry. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. 27 In order to determine the number of passengers a vessel is entitled to carry in accordance with the spaces prescribed by this act, the height between decks must be measured from the bottom edge of the carlings or deck beams to the top floor below; and no space shall be considered available for passengers that has not, when measured in this manner, the height called for by the law, as the case may be; nor shall any space in the vessel of a less width than four feet be measured; provided, however, if the vessel shall, in accordance with the provisions of the first section of this act, carry any portion of her cargo, or any other article or articles, on any of the decks, cabins, or other places appropriated to the use of passengers, in lockers or enclosures prepared for the purpose, the height between decks shall be measured from the bottom edge of the carlings or deck beams to the upper surface of said lockers or enclosed spaces, which shall be deemed and taken to be the deck or platform from which measurement shall be made for all the purposes of this act, and the spaces occupied by said lockers or enclosed spaces shall be deducted from the spaces allowable for the use of passengers. For example: the spaces in the main and poop decks or platforms, and in the deck houses, if any there be, will be 16 by 696 feet; lower deck, 18 by 6108 feet; two-deck vessels, 14 by 7105 feet. The encumbering by merchandise or stores, not the personal baggage of the passengers, except in lockers or enclosures prepared for the purpose, of any part of the space occupied by the passengers, will vitiate the whole space, unless the part so encumbered be separated from that so occupied, by a substantial bulkhead. The deck or platform must be of a permanent nature, flush, and impervious to water. Collectors will keep a special account of the moneys received under the 14th section of this act on account of deceased passengers; and, before making payments to any board or commission of the description mentioned in the law, will make a report to the Department of the number and designation of the boards or commissions appointed and acting under the authority of the State in which their respective ports are situated, to enable the Department to determine which is entitled to receive the same. It will be perceived that the 19th section of this act expressly repeals all former laws on the subject, except so far as concerns the prosecution, recovery, distribution or remission of |