PASSENGERS. Page. Power granted to commissioners of emigration to appoint officers of hospitals. 123 124 Power of board of health to appoint a physician for certain purposes........... 124 124 Alien passengers who are infected to be received in quarantine hospitals....... 124 125 Vessel not to leave quarantine until expenses are paid........ 125 Limit to authority of health officers....................... 125 Provision for repeal of certain acts and parts of others... 125 Additional duties required of health officers.......... 125 Duties and powers of physicians of marine hospital....... 126 Duties and powers of assistant physicians of marine hospital.. Power to sell, exchange or convey lands purchased given to commissioners of emigration.......................... Time of effect of certain parts of act extended... Commissioners of emigration to purchase emigrant dock and to license........ 129 128 .... Act of New York of April 11, 1848........ Steamboats and lighters for certain purposes............. 129 ..........129, 130, 131, 133 Duties of ship masters relative to passengers on their arrival.. 129 130 Limit to lien of boarding house keepers on baggage of emigrants... 130 131 Proprietors of boarding houses excepted........... 131 Persons to be appointed to board vessels and advise emigrants........... 132 Health officers to let no one but advisers aboard until they have left............ 132 132 134 Manner in which penalties shall be sued for, recovered or disposed of........... 134 Commissioners of emigration authorized to appoint certain agents... Act of New York of December 10, 1847....................... Duties of masters of vessels arriving at certain ports of entry.. 135 136 ..... 136 ..136, 138 Bond of indemnity or commutation by head tax required........... 136 PASSENGERS. Page. Treasurers of such cities and village to execute a bond........... .... 137 Superintendents of poor to audit the accounts of such officers for services..... 137 137 Duties of superintendents of poor to such persons as become public charges.. 137 138 139 Act of New York of April 13, 1853..... 139 139 Provision relative to landing emigrants on certain wharves in New York...... 139 ...........139, 140, 14] 140 Selling of tickets to emigrants limited to a certain price........... 141 141 ..... Tickets not to be sold to emigrants beyond the prices advertised by companies. 141 141 Penalty for runner of emigrant boarding houses or conveyances soliciting 141 ... Remission or compounding of penalties provided for... 142 142 Prohibition of owners or officers ordering emigrants to leave the ship before 142 Passengers not detained under health law exempted.......... 142 Act of Pennsylvania of April 8, 1785......... 144 Provision for registry of German emigrants arriving in Philadelphia.................. 144 Duties of masters and captains relative to reception and delivery of baggage. 147 148 Provision relative to passengers arriving after 1st of December....... 149 149 149 150 150 Special courts granted in cases where passengers are plaintiffs, relative to their 150 Page. PASSENGERS. Mode of procedure in such special courts......... 151 Duties of masters relative to goods of passengers deceased on passage.......... 151 Duties of health officer and interpreter relative to ships importing German 152 Act of Pennsylvania of June 13, 1836........ 153 Bringing in poor person, and leaving him where he was not last legally set- Duties of masters of vessels bringing passengers into State... 154 Penalty in case of violation........ 154 Act of South Carolina of November 4th, 1788......... 154 Duties of masters of vessels bringing in passengers to dispose of them......... 155 155 Act of Texas, passed 11th of February, 1850....... 156 Duties of captains of vessels arriving in State, relative to passengers... ....... 156 ...157, 158 Bonds against passengers becoming public charges, or commutation tax re- Penalty in case of importation of paupers into that State.......... 159 PASSENGERS AND PASSENGER SHIPS. Remarks on laws of the United States, relative to........ 16 Act of Congress, approved 2d of March, 1819........ 16 99 Ships, &c., carrying passengers from, or bringing them to the United States, 16 17 Penalty and forfeiture in case of violation of law....... .....16, 17, 18 Amount of water, salted provisions, vinegar and bread to be carried by ves- 17 Character of list of passengers to be made by captain to collector.......................................... 18 18 Act of Congress, approved February 22d, 1847.. 18 Number of passengers which may be taken on board of vessel limited....... 18 19 19 Mode of recovery of penalty..... 19 Two children under eight years of age to be reckoned as one passenger........ 19 Act of 22d February, 1847, take effect on vessels from this side of Capes Good 2020 Estimate of two children under eight years as one passenger repealed.......... 20 Exemption of American colonization vessels from effect of act... 2222 20 20 20 21 Certain vessels to have one house, and others two houses on the upper deck... 21 21 21 Camboose or cooking ranges on deck, or between decks, to be provided...... 22 22 22 23 Provision relative to maintaining health and discipline on passenger vessels... 23 22 23 One inspector of customs to make examination of vessels, and report to the Children under one year of age to be excluded from computation of passengers 24 24 Limitation as to two passengers for every five tons repealed...... 25 Act of Congress of March 3d, 1849...... 25 Penalty in case a full supply of food and water is not furnished to passengers 25 25 Circular from the Treasury Department, March 23, 1855, on subject............ 26 26 26 Mode in which vessels are to be measured to decide their complement of pas- Duties of collectors relative to monies received on account of deceased pas- 27 Instructions as to time when the act shall go into effect......... 28 Provisions of existing law to have full force until late act takes effect.......................... Space to be allowed each passenger in two deck vessels........ 29 PASSENGERS AND PASSENGER SHIPS. Berths to be provided, and penalty for violation of this provision........... Description of house to be built over passage way.... Page. 30 30 Quantity and quality of provisions to be provided for passengers.. 31 Penalty in case of short allowance to passengers......................... 32 Authority to captain to maintain discipline and cleanliness amongst passengers 32 32 Penalty for deficiency in ventilators and cambooses...... 33 Inspector of customs to examine passenger vessels and report to collector...... 33 33 34 Description of list of passengers to be delivered to collector on arrival......... 34 35 Payment to be made by vessel for each death on board.. Vessels of colonization society subject to this act.... Collector to examine emigrant ships on their arrival and report to Secretary Owners of steamboats to make a new enrolment and take out a new license... District judge to appoint inspectors of boilers and machinery.... Duties and qualifications of such inspectors................................... 36 36 36 37 37 39 39 39 39 40 40 Inspectors of hulls to give certificate as to age and soundness of boat........... 40 Fee for inspection......... 40 Inspectors of boilers to make certificate as to soundness of boiler.......... 40 Duplicate certificates to be made out to master and owner.......... 40 Number of times a boiler is to be inspected................................ 41 Penalties for violation of provisions of law, and mode of recovery of...........41, 42 41 41 Long boats or yawls to be carried by steamers engaged in certain trade........ 41 |