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BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS or THE UNITED STATES.
iPublic No. 65 ]
AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service for
tear ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty six.
He it cnactelbu the Senate and House, of Represen
tatives of ihe United Slates of % America in Congress as j
sembled, That the Mlovung -urns he, an t the same are I
tier hi appropriated, to he paid out ot any money in the j
treasury not otlierwi e appropriated, for the year ending the :
,hili-til of June, one thousand eight hundred arid fitly six :
For pay “f commfaion, warrant and petty ofTn-ers and
seamen, intlading ihi engineer oorp® ot the navv, thre
mdi on Vive hundred and fifteen thousand one hundied and
eleven dollars; Provided, That the compensation of the
chi'fs of Bureau ot Con-truction Fqu'pment and Repair,
and of Medicine and Surgeiy he the same a- now allowed
to the other c'd-is ot burean, o| ii e Nav v Department, and
that the deficiency he paid out of any money in the trea>-
ury no otherwise appropriated.
For pay of sup*riiitendeiits, naval constructors, and all ■
the civil establ gfnn>-iit.® at. llie sev ral navy yards aru‘ sia
linns, one hundred and iwenty four thousand four hundred
and e ghty dollars. And such further sums as tnav be ne
cessary for paying to the clerks and others in the \\ adiing
ton navy yard the compensation author z>-d hv the act ap
proved April twenty second, e ghtceti tiundred and fi"V
lour. That in lieu of two thousand dollars p r annum the
maximum of compensation now allowed bv law to navy
agents ; ilicre shall be allowed two per centum on the fir-1
hundred thousand dollars, or under, disbursed by them, and
ode per pent urn on every succeeding one. lUt>,< 00 l< 1 ar,
or under, disbursed by them, until th- compensation renclt
estheMiin of three thousand dollars per aenum, wnich
amount shall be ihe maxiuin of <m ( >ensaiion :or said
ugei.’s: Provided, That tlie compensation named herein
shall be in lieu of hl> extra compensation lor services ol
every i a'ure and description, rendered by navy agents, by
order nf lb- Navy Department, from and afie. the passage
of this ac. . And provided further , That nothing herein
contained shall tie construed to reduce ihe salary to which
anv navy agent is entitled under existing laws.
For provisions for commission, warnin', and petty officers
and sea me i , including engineers aril marines aiiached to
ve sets fm sea service, six hundred and eighty six thousand
two hundred doliats
That the purser of the r.avy at Washington, District of
Columbia, shall, front and alter the passage ol this act re
ceive the same pay as is now allowed hv law to the ursers
at the navy yi rds at B >ston, New bik, Norfolk, and
I’etisac >la : Provided, That when pursers of the navv
shall he appointed m®ie<Torß of provisions, clothing ami
sjnad stores, they shail w hile so acting, receive the seme
compensation as ihe purser* of the navy jard to which they
in y be attached.
• . • ii- r _ ,i. . 1 l
I or smgeoiis’ neoe-saries and appliances for the sick and
hurl of i‘ e navy, im hiding ihe m trme corps, thirty four
tt.i iiSiiid three hundred ami iweiuv five dollars
For increase, repair, armament, ami equipment, of the
liav , including the wear and tear of vessels in commission,
fuel for steamers, and purchase of hemp for the navy, two
million -even hundred ami ninety nine thousand five hun
dred dollars.
To continue ihe const mot io i of tire six steam frigates
authorized to he built by an act of the first session of the
thirty ihir l Congress, three m limn of dollars.
For Stevens’s war steamer, two hundred and fifty thon
sand dollars : Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy
in*v, at In* discretion, apply the said sum, hi whole or in
ptrt. dor n* the fiscal year ending thirtieth June eighteen
hund ed and filly five.
To eu hie the Secretary of the Navy In carry into eflVt
the “j out res'iliiiinii respecting the Arctic expedition, coin
inand-d hy |\t-scd Assistant Surgron, K. K. Kane,” or so
nuien ihereol as may fie necessary, one hundred and fifty
tlio I'And dollars.
Fir ordnance and ordnance stores and small arms, in
cln to *’ -no dental expenses, five tiundred and foriy tliou
sand dollurs
for preptfing for onhiication the American Nautical Al
manac, twenty i|iou®and eight hundred and eigloy dollars.
F n- the purchase ol iiauticai ms rumeiits required for ‘he
Use of lie navy, for repairs of tlie same, and also of astro,
iminical iiTstrumen's ; ant lor ihe purchase of nautical
nu k-, maps, and charts, and f*r backing and binding tlie
same, twenty three thousand dollars.
For printing and publishing sailing directions, hydro
graphics’ survey, and astronomical observations,ten thou
sand dollars.
For models, drawing and copying, postage, freight, rind
trait p .rtation, and for working lithographic press, including
oheimcals, lor keeping grounds in order, for luel and light',
and lor ail other c nitmgent exp-n-e® of tlie hvdrographical
office and bnited Slates observatory, seven thousand six
hundred <!• liars.
For ci iiii ioing the publication of the series of wind and
current chart-, and f*r defraying a I ilie expenses connected
therewith, eighteen thousand doll rs
For ihe wag®® of persons employed at the observatory
and hydrographic I office, viz; m e Idling apher, one in
strum-lit maker two watchmen,ami one porter, three thou
sand one Inin irtd ami -ixty dollars.
To enab'e the Secretary of the Navy to pay the salary < f
Pioiecs >r Jnm-s P. Kspv, for the current fiscal year ending
June ihirtieth, e glifeen hundred and fifty six, two thousand
dollars ; the payment to he marie in the same manner and
under ihe 1 ke control as former appropriations for meteo
rolog c 1 observations.
Fn. conn..get.t exoenses that m\y accrue for the follow
ing pur|H).-es, vz: Fr.-ight ml tran®portatton. piiotii gand
staiioiiery, advertising in newspapers, book®, map®, models,
and dravvmgs. purchase and repair >f fire engines and
machinery, repairs of and attending to ste m engines in
navy yards, purchase and maimenance of hor.-t-s and oxen,
and driving teams, car s, timber wheel®, and the purchase
and re|rans olWmkaiiii’s tool.®, post ige ol itib!it letter.®,
fuel, oil, and candles for navy yards and shore stations,
pay of watchmen, amt i icidenial labor, not chargeab e i>
uny other approp tarinn, labor attending ilte delivery <•
stores on civil stations, wliarfage, dockage, and rent, tra
veltng expenses of office.s and others tinder orders, funeral
expenses, store and office rent, stationery , tti -t, coinmis®iom
and pay of clerks to navy ageii'sand store keeper®, fl .g®,
awnings, and packing b >xes, pr.mmms and otlierexpein.es
of reciuuing, apprehending d-serters, penttem pay to ner
sons attending court.® martial and court.® of inqairy, ami
other services authorized by law, pay to ju !ges advocate,
pilotage am! towage of vessels and assistance to vesseis in
di-dress, bids of health, and quarantine ex.etises of the
United St iles navy in tor-ign ports e gin hundred arid foil)
tw • thousand and forty eight l liars.
For repair of buddings and grounds, for the necessary
additions and repairs to me works for heatmg tlie huj ting®,
and support of tne Naval Academv, at Aiiiihjkjlih, Mary
lan-*, ilurty thousand ami forty-tour dollars and twenty two
Cents.
F.r repair of building®, f>r tlie n**ce®sary additions aid
reptns to the works tor .-seating the building , and support
of the Naval Academv, at Annapolis, Maryland, twenty
five thousand and hrtv lour and lla sand twenty two cent® ;
for continuing ihe sea Wall along tlie. northern water front
of the academy grounds, grading, draining, and filling in
low grounds, ami tor keeping tlie grounds in order, twenty
three thousand do l<rs.
For repainting caulking and for other repairs of the float
ing tialam e dry dock, basin and railway, at the navy yar I,
Pensacola, the sum of ten thousand dollars.
And the Secretary of the Navy is li-reby authorized to
receive ttte said works: Piovided , That it shill appear
from the cei tifi. aies ol the Tfi> or* ..ppoinie I by the govern
men) to superintend and rlireci in tlie construction there..’
th.ii tlie same hve been faith inly bu It according to tlie
stipu a ions ot ti e < otitrac , and that a ship furnished h,
tlie conir.tdors at tl.r-ir own expense, has been su cesslujly
•locked and hauled on amt off tlie land by the railway, ol
equal or g.eatet weight ami Displacement than the ships by
which th- dock®, boons and railways, at Philadelphia and
Kittery were tested.
For consiniciio ~ extension, and completion of the follow
ing o’ jecis, and lor contingent exj*eices at the several nav y
yards, v z:
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. ‘
For completing coojier’s shop and watchmen’s quarters;
dredging front of htsin; clock basin; sewer and drainage ;
reiin.vi. g tedg- ; back of timber sited ; t>aviug; flue bmitr
at Mnitli-ry ; repairs of a fl atii.g dock; lor anew sl.eil
hoit®e, lor Mile keeping of shell.® ; ami lepairs of all kinds,
fi.ty etglu thousand two hut and -e.t and fifty eight dollars.
BOSTON.
For removing and altering coal hmie at smithery ; stone
Wail I .or ill Hue ot innber-dor k, aid fiilii.g are., around
maci.ine shop and sum fiery ; packing iou®ean • cooperage ;
ruhii 1 ling <1 k engine ho.ier house ; pav tog area around
•fry dock ; paving tietvveeii sheds numbers tinny one ami
thirty i.h>ee ; xieiiHo.i id city >ewer to sea vval, ; finishing
coal liou-eat ropswalk;machinery lor machine simp and
sruniier) ; s earn engine and f.ump tor ropevvalk ; comple
ting tlie tooiid ry bo.l-r and machine shop and necessary
toots lor me B®me, and re|ns of atl kinds, two hundred
and finy five thousand tlnee hundred and twenty two dol
Jars.
NEW YORK.
For extension of smithery ; machinery for smithery ; car
peoiers’ shop; o*ku o shop ; quay wall; paving and fl ig
gu.g; dredging channels ; limber ami knee slip; dry dock
fravemeiii ; tilling lo low pieces and grading ; oakum pick
er ; and completing the foundry, boiler and mar htne shop,
an t necessary too * lo- the same, three hundred and tor y
five thousand nine hundred and turty s.x dollars. For this
sum req .irerl lo i av amount due tor iron work fur engine ,
house uii.e thousand five hundred dullai* ; For repairs of
all kinds twenty five thousand dollars.
PHILADELPHIA.
For adding sixty feet to ship house F ; roof nf ship hour*
F; roof to ship house G; wharf number four; dredging
channels; repairs of dry dock ; and repairs 1 all kinds,
sixty-six thousand seven hondreJ dollars.
WASHINGTON.
For ordnance bui'ding, completing cradle to marine rail
way; extension of boiler shop; conversion of ordnance to
machine shop ; forge shop for new steam hammer ; shoring
ways in ship house TANARUS; lining walls of slip; pavemen's,
drains, and gutters ; grading and filling low places ; raising
roof of brass ft.uridcry ; fire engine house ; dredging chan
nels: reservoir for water; gas pipes and fixtures ; and re
pairs of all kinds, one hundred and ninety two thousand,
three hundred and eighty six dollars.
NORFOLK.
For continuing quay wall; reservoirs for rain water;
dredging channels ; foun-’ry , engine or dry dock * carpen
ters’ work shop ; rad tracks and cars at St. Helena ; scows,
landing canes and drric'ss; steam boxes and boi e-ts,
pnch house ; completing the toundrv, b * 1-r and machine
slitu>B and n-cessary tools for tlie sain- ; and repairs ot a
kinds,three hundred and twenty one thousand three hundred
and seventeen dollar 1 .
PENSACOLA.
For permanent wharf, deep basin, and dredging ; enping
for basin ; fi ling in and paving; and removing sunk cais
son ; faint shop and cooiierage, ‘to complete;) repairs of
cisie.ns numbers fourteen, twenty five, and twenty six ,
water pi|*s to | ermaneot w barf; guard house at west gate ;
-hell house ; lightning conductors; railway to spar house;
si earn boi \ fir** engine house \ and repairs of all kinds, one
hundred and fifty niousad dollars. ,
For repairs of officers’ houses, number one to thirteen,
rebuilding -null stables, repairs of warrant officers’ houses,
guard house, and building three kitchens, twelve thousand
dollars.
sacketts harbor.
For repairs of all kinds, two thousand dollars.
SAN FRANCISCO.
For completing storehouse; completing blacksmiths
shop; completing carneuiers’ shop; wharf; grading ant
l-.vei ing yard, houses for quarters ; and repairs of all kinds,
three hundred and forty five thmisand do lar.
For continuation of basin and railway, four hundred
thousand dollars.
FOR HOSPITALS.
AT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
For repairs of all kinds, six thousand dollars.
AT NEW YORK, NEW Y RK.
For enclosing wall, repairs of buildings and fences ; gra
ding and cemetery ; machinery ; labor and r-pair* of all
kinds, nineteen thousand two hundred and seventy dollais.
AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
For repairing lower floor of main building, improving
wharf proper v ; repairs to furnaces, grates, and ranges ;
gas, house cleaning, and white washii g ; water rent ; fur
niture, and repairs tosam-, and repairs of all kinds, seven
thousand one hundred dollars.
AT NORFOLK. VIRGINIA.
For repairs of hospital and dependencies, one thousend
two hundred dollars.
AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
For water closets, lightning oonduetor*, draining ponds,
wall around burial g ound,and repairs of all kinds, nint
tcen thousand eight fund red and twenty-eight dollars.
FOR MAGAZINES.
AT PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
For repairs of atl kinds, five hundred dollars.
AT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
For fire-proof building for loaded shells, house for un’oad
ed shells and woiksh >p, platforms for stowing shot, addition
to store h use tor gun carriages, and for repairs of all k>nds,
twenty two thousand dollars.
AT NF.VV YORK, NEW YORK.
For gunner’s house at Ellis’s island, machinery and fit*
ting room for its n-e. gun carriage shop, building for slow
ing guti carnages, fire proof building for loaded shells,
building for unloaded shells, shot platforms, stowage and
transportation of guns, and for repairs of all kinds, one
hundred end ten thousand dollars.
AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.
Fora fireproof building for loaded sliel's, purchase of
1-ind, magazme and keeper’s house, and fitting room for
ordnance stores, twenty thousand dollars.
AT WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
For a cap machine, iWright’s patent,) rebuilding experi
ment!®! battery, and fuel for ordnance foundry, nine thou
sand five hundred dollars.
AT NORFOLK VIRGINIA.
For fitting up store house for filling, shot platforms, and
gun skids, ten thousand do lars.
AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
For a fire proof house for loaded shell®, fitting room for
ordnance stores, gun skids, shot plattorms, and repairs of
magazine, eight thousand dollars.
MARINE CORPS.
For pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musi
cians and privates, clerk®, messengers, stewards and ser
vants ; to* rations and clothing for servants, subsistence and
additional rations for five year*’ service of officers, for uu
irawn cloth rig and rati ms, h mnties for re-enlistments,and
pay for unexpired terms of previous service, three hundred
®iid twenty three thousand two hundred and thirty three
dollars at.d ninety four cents.
For provision® for marines serving on shore, forty thou
•and nine, huudred and thirty four dollars and seventy fi\t
cents. i
for clothing, fifty five thousand two hundred and sitlv
four dollar®.
For f'n-1, twenty thousand one hundred and eighty dol
la sand sixty two cents
For militaiy stores, repairs of a-ms, ray of armorer; for
-tocnijiremerits, ordnance stores, fl-igs, drums, fifes,and mu
®icsl instruments, nine thousand dollars.
For transportation of officers and troops, and expenses of
recruiting, twelve thousand dollars.
F< r r-pairs of harra< k , and rent of temporary barraek®
■Mid offices, eight thousand and liars.
For ernti’ gencies, viz : Freight, ferriage, cartage, and
wfiarfag-; compensation to judges advocate ; per diem for
attending courts martial and courts ot inquiry ; for constant
ab ir, house rent iri lieu of quarters, burial of deceased
marines, printing, advertising, stationery, forage, postage,
pursuit of d-serters. candle®, oil, straw ,furniture, bed sack®,
®pade®, shovels, axe®, picks, and cartieriiers’ tools, expense
fa horse for messenger, pay of matron, washerwoman,
and porter, for the h> spital at headquarters, thirty one thou
sand five hun ‘red dollars
Sec i. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary
<d the Navy is htireny authorized to permit the Seavy’s Is
lar.d Bridge Company to connect with the navy yard at
Kittery, Maine, a bridge extruding thereto from said Sea
vy’s island, at such point thereon as he shall direct, and
may permit a right of way through said yard from said
bridge in such direction and under such regulations as the
commandant of the yard for the time being shall establish
under the authority of the Navy D partmem : Provided,
That no expens-e whatever in counee.ing said bridge w ith
said yard, or making said way across tli- same shall be in
cur ed by the United States, and said bridge and said right
>f wav, may at any time, be discontinued by thjSecrttary
of the Navy.
For two clerks or assistants employed from the commence
ment of the present fi®cal year in the United States naval
astronomical exp-diti >n to be paid as the first or lowest
class of clerks, deducting the present rate of compensation,
fourteen hundred dollars.
For their conn ensation for the next fiscal year, twenty
four hundred dollars, or at that rate so long as they may be
necessarily employed. And ibat the salary of the survevor
of customs at the i ort of Cairo. Illinois, shall he eight hun
dred dollars per annum instead of the sum now allowed by
law.
I or the erection of a marine hospita’ at Galena, Illinois,
fifteen thousand dol'ars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the right of
way, one hundred ieet in width through the land reserved
wei of tlie navy yard Pensacola be, anil the same is here
by grant'd u Jasper Strong, Geoige Teriill, and their asso
ciates tor the construction of a railroad fr< in the Perdido
rive •,< n ‘he most direct and practicable mute to the water®
of tiie Pen®a r ola hay. and the use of any timber, or oth-r.
material® along the mute of said road and within a half a
uiile on each side thereof, which may be necessary in the
c m-trui-ti >n thereof, an lat the terminus nf said road on
Pensacola bay. the said Strong,Terrell tid their associates
sha I have tha | rivdege of erectii g a wharf and of e®mh
lisliii g a dci>ot for lumber and other articles not more if an
one a* re in extent provided said road shail be constructed
one such I in—, and tlie terminus be at snch point on Pensa®
cola bay, as shall be approved hy the Navy L)epartmn ;
and provided, further, that this act shall not be so construed
as to authorize said Strong, ‘Ferrell, • and th-ir associates to :
u® or destroy any timber which the Navy Department may
direct to be preserved for navy purposes. Ami provided j
lurther that in the opinion of ihe Secretary of Navy tlie >
prtvdeges conferred by this act wll not be prejudicial to !
the public inter-st or t-uhli * property.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That a hke privilege
in every respect to tire grant heictu made to Jat-per Strong.
George Terriij, and their associate®, he arid the same i®
hereby granted to James Herron of Escanovta county, and
his associates, for the constructan of a railroad from his
steam saw and grist mills, oc the Perdido river, through the
government lands west of tlie navy yard to the bay ts
Pen®acola.
Sue 5. And be it further enacted. That the fifth sec
tion of the “Act making appropriations for the nav#! service
for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred
ane fifty five,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred
and fifty four, shall not !>e so construed as in any rase to
reduce the pay of the boatswain, carpenters, sailmak'r®,
and gunnere, of the navv, from the passage of said act.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six
thousand dollars, be and is hereby appropriated, out of Rriy
money in the treasury not otherwise Appropriated, for the
purpose of continuing experiments in testing Lieutenant
Rodman's plan of ca t : ng cannon hollow,so as to effect the
coolii g of the mass from the interior instead of *he -xterior.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That the salary of
the assistant astronomer at tlie National Observatory shall
hereafter be tw<> tliou®and five hundred dollars.
sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to he pai<i
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropria
ted, for the year ending the thirtieth of June.one thousand
-igot hundred and fifty six :
For transp rtation of the mails from New York to Liver
pool, and hack, eight hundred and nineteen thousand five
hundred dollars.
For transportation of ihe mails from New York to New
Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Havana, and t'hagres, and
back, two hundred and sixtv one thousand and liars
For transportation of the mails from Panama to Califor
nia and Oregon, and buk thr-e hundred and twenty eight
thousand three hundred amt fifty dollars.
For carrying out the contract entered into hy the Post
Office Dedartment, under the provisions of the act appro
urnved thirtieth Angu t, one thousand e ght hundied and
fifty tw<>, establishing a tri-monthly mail by steam vessels
between New Orleans and Vera Cruz, via Tampico, sixty
nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
{sec 9. And be it further enacted. That the Wowing
sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the ser
vice of the Post Office Department for the year ending the
thirtieth of June, one th u®and eight huudred and fifty six,
out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the reven®
ues of said department, in conformity to the act of the sec
ond July, one thousand e ; ght hundred and thirty six.
For transportation of tlie mails, in two &teftin®hips, from
New York, by Southampton, to Bremen, and back, at one
tiundred thousand dollar® for each ship; ami in two sieam
ships from New York, by Cowes, to Havre, and hack at
seventy®five thousand dollars for each ship, under the con
tract with the Ocean Steam Navigation Company of New
York, ihree hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For tsansportation of the mails between Charleston and
Havanua, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
F>>r transportation of the mail® across the isthmus of Pa
nama, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the following
sums be, and tlie same are hereby, appropriated, to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal
year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hun*
dred and fifty five, mi* of anv money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, ramelv;
For transportation ot the inai's from New York to Liver
popl, and back, five hundred and fifty nine thousand two
hundred and thirty right dollars and sixty five cent*.
For transp iriation of the mails from New York to New
Orleans, Gha 1 ston, Savannah, Havana, and Chagres, and
back two huudred arid two thousand three hundred and
-eventv eiglit dollars hi and twenty one cents.
For transportation of the ma Is from Panama to Califor*
nia and Oregon, and ba< k, two hundred and forty t ine
thousand two hundred amt forty two dollarsand two cents
Sec. U. And be it further enacted, That the follow ing
sums be, and The same are hereby, appropriated for the ser*
vice of the Post Office Department for die year ending the
ihirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five,
out of anv morievs in the treasury arising from the revenues
of said department in conformity to the act of theeecorid of
Julv, one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
For transportation of the mails, in two steamships, from
New Yoik, by Southampton, to Bremen, and back, at one
tiundred thousand dollars fn- each ship; and in two steam
®hips from New York, bv Cowes, to Havre, and back, at
seventy five thousand dollars for each ship, under the con
tract with the Ocean St-am Navigation Company of New
York, three hundred and fitly thousand dol ars.
For transp >rtation of the mails between Charleston and
Havana under the contract with M. C. Mordecai, fifiy thou
sand dollars.
For the transportation of the mails across the isthmus of
Pan mu, one hund ed and twenty thousand dollar*.
Approved March 3,1855.
Public No. 85.
AN ACT to regulate the carriage of passengers in steam
ships and other vessels.
Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representa
tives of the United States of America, m Congress as
sembled, That no master of any vessel owned in whole or
in part by a citizen of the United Statns, or by a citizen of
any foreign country, shall take on board such vessel,at any
foreign port or place, other than foreign contiguous territory
of the United States, a greater number of passengers than
in proportion of one to every two tons of such vessel, not
including children u.ider the age of one year in the compu
tation, and comnuting two children over one and under
eight years of age as one passenger. That the spaces ap®
propriated for the use of such passengers, and which shall
not be occupied by stores or other goods not the personal
baggage of such passengers, shall be in the following pro
portions, viz; On the main and poop decks or platforms
and in the deck houses, if there be any, one passenger for
each sixteen clear superficial feet of deck, if the height or
distance between the decks or platform shall not be less
t an six feet; and on the lower deck, (not being an orlop
deck.) if any, one passenger for eighteen such clear super
licial feet, it the height or distance between the decks or
platforms shall not be less than six feet, hut so a® that no
passenger shall be carried on any other deck or platform,
nor upon any deck where the height or distance between
decks i® less than six feet, with int tit to bring such passen
ger to the United State®, and shall leave such por. or place
and t ring the same, or any number thtreof, within the juris
diction of the United States; or if any such master of any
vessel shall take on board his vessel, at any port or place
within the jurisdiction ofthe United States,any greater mm
ber of passengers than in the proport,on afore-laid lo the
space aforesaid, or to the tonnage aforesaid, with intent
to carry the same to any foreign port or place other than
foreign contiguous territory as aforesaid, every such master
shall be deemed guilty of a mi-demeanor, and upon con
viction thereof, before any circuit or district court of the
United State®, shall, ‘or each passenger taken on board be
yond the limit aforesaid, or the space aforesaid, be fined in
the sum of fi tv dollars, an f may also be impii oned, at the
discretion of the judge before whom the penalty ‘hall be
recovered, not exceeding six months ; but should it be ne®
cesr-ary for tne safety or convenience of the vessel, that any
portion of her cargo or any other articles, or article, should
be placed on,or stored in any of the decks, cabins, or other
places appropriated to the use of passengers, the same may
be placed in lockers or enclosures prepared for the purpose,
on an exterior surface impervious to the wave, capable of
being cleansed in like manner as the decks or platfoims of
the vessel. In no case, however, shall the places thus pro
vided be deemed to be a part of the space allowable for the
use of passengers, but the same shall be deducted therefrom,
and in all cases where prepared or used, the upper surface
of said lockers on enclosed spaces shall be deemed and ta
ken to be the deck or platform from which measurement
shall be made for all the purposes of this act. It is also
provided that one hospital in the spaces appropriated to pas
sengers, and separate thetefrorn by an appropriate partition,
and furnished as its purposes renuire, may be prepared, and
when used, inay be included in the space allowable tor pas
sengers, but ,he same shail not occupy more than one hund
red superficial leet ot deck or platform : Provided, That
on boar I two deck ship®, where the height between the
decks tsseven and one half feet or more, fourteen clear su
perficial feet of deck shall be the proportion required for
each passenger
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted. That no such ves
sel shall have more than two tiers of berth®, an t the interval
between the lowest pat t thereof and the deck or platform
beneath shall not be less than nine inches, and berths shall
be well constructed, parallel with the sides of the vessel,
and separated f om each other by partitions, as be ths ordi
narily are separated, and -hall be at least six feet in length
and at least two f et in width, and each berth shall be occu •
pied by no moie than one passenger ; but double berths of
twice the above width may be constructed,each berth to be
occupied by no more, and by no other, than two women,
or by one woman and two children under the age of eight
years, or by husband and wife, or by a man and two of his
own children under the age ot eiglit years, or by two men,
members of the same family ; and if there shall be any
violation of this section in any of its provisions, then the
ma®ter of the vessel and the owners thereof shall severally
forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each pa senger on |
h<*ard of ‘aid vessel on such voyage, to be recovered by the !
United States in any port where such ves.-el may arrive or :
depart.
>ec 3 And be it further enacted. That all vessels,
whether of the United S'ates or any foreign country, hav
ing sufficient capacity or space according to law tor fifty or
mo e pass-ngers (other than cabin passengers) .‘hail, when
employ'd in transporting such passengers between the Uni
ted States and Eutope, have, on the upper deck, for the use
of such passengers, a house over the passage way leading
to the apaitrnents allotted to such passengers below deck, !
firmly secured to the deck or combings of the batch, wiih
two and. ors, the sills of which shall be at least one foot above
t e deck, s * constructed that one door or window in such
house may at all times be left open for ventilation ; and all
vessels so employed, and having the capacity to carry one
hundred and titty such passenger* or more, shall have two
such houses ; and the stairs or ladder leading down to the
aforesaid apartment 6hall be furnished with a hand rail of
wood or strong rope ;“yt booby hatches may be substituted
for such houses.
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That every such
vessel so employed, aud having the legal capacity, for more
than one hundred such passengers, shall have at least two
ventilators to purify the apartment or apartments occupied
by such passengi rs ; one of which shall be inserted in the
after part of the apartment or apartments, and the other
shali be placed in the forward portion of the apartment or
apartments, and one of them shall have an exhausting cap
to carry off the ioul air, and the other a receiving cap to
carry down the fresh air ; which said ventilators shall have
a capacity proportioned to the size of the apartment or
apartments to ne purified, namely: if the apartment or
apaitments will lawfully authorize the reception of two
hundred such passengers, the capacity ot such ventiiatois
shall each be equal to a tube of twelve inches in diameter
in the clear, and in proportion for larger or smaller apart
ments; and all said ventilators shall rise at least four feet
six inches above the upper deck of any such vessel, and be
of the most approved form and construction ;*but if it shall
appear, from the report to be made and approved, as here
inafter provided, that such vessel is equally well ventilated
by any other means, such other means ot ventilation shall
be deemed and held to be a compliance with the provisions
of this section.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That every vessel
carrying more than fifty such pa-seegers shall have for their
use on deck, housed and conveniently arrangi and, at least one
cainhoose or c >ok ng range, the dimensions ot which shall
be equal to tour feet long and one toot six inches wide tor
every two hundred pas engers ; and provision shall be made
in the manner aforesaid, in this ratio, lor a greater or le>?
number of passengers ; but nothing herein contained shall
take away the right to make such arrangements for cook
ing between decks,if that shall be deemed desirable.
See. 6. Andbe it further enacted, That all vessels em
ployed as afore aid shall have on board, for the use ot such
passengers, at the time of leaving the last port whence such
vessel shall sail, well secured under deck, for each passen
ger, at lea-t twenty pounds ot good navy bread, fifteen
pounds of rice fifteen pounds of oatmeal, ten pounds
of wheat flour, fifteen pounds of peas and beans, twenty
pounds of potatoes, one pint of vinegar, sixty gallons ot
Iresli water, ten pounds o. salt beef, free of bone, all to be
6f good quality ; but at places where either rice, oatmeal,
wheat flour, or peas and beans cannot be procured, o! good
quality and on reasonable terms, the quantity ot either or
any of the other last named articles may be increased and
sub'tituted therefor ; and, incase potatoes cannot be pro
cured on teas- nable terms, one pound ot either ot said arti
cle- may be substituted in lieu of five pounds of potatoes ;
and the captains of such ve-sels shall deliver to each pas
senger at least one tenth part of the aforesaid provisions
weekly, commencing on the day of sailing, and at least
thiee quarts of water daily ; anti if the passengers on board
of any such vessel in which the provisions, and water here
in required shall not have been provided as aforesaid, shall
at any time be put on short allowance during any voyage,
the master or owner of any such vessel shall pay to each
and every passenger who shall have been put on short al
lowance, the sum ot three dollars for each and every day
they may have been put on short allowance, to be recover'd
in the circuit or district court of the United States; and n
shall be the duty of the c ptains or master ot every such
ship or vessel, to cause the food and provisions of all th*
pa-sengers to t'e well and properly cooked daily and to be
served out and distributed to them at regular and stated
hours by messes or in such other manner as shall be deem
ed best and most condusive to the health and comfort ol
such passengers, of which hours and manner ol distribution
due and sufficient notice shall be given If the captain or
master of any such ship or vessel shall wilfully fail to fur
nish and distribute such provisions cooked as aforesaid, he
1 shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic
I tion thereof before any circuit or district coutt of the Umteo
States, f hall be fined not more than one thousand dollars
and shall be impri-oned tor a term not exceeding one year:
Provided, That the enforcement of this penalty shall noi
effect the civil responsibility of the captain or master and
owners, to such passengers as may have suffered horn said
default.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That the captain of
any such vessel so employed is hereby authoiized to main
’ tain good discipline and such habits of cleanliness among
such passengers as will tend to the preservation and promo
tion of health ; and o that end he shall cause such regula
tions as he may adopt fur this purpose, to he posted up, be
fore sailing, on board such vessel, in a place accessible to
duch passengers, and shall keep the same so posted up du
ring the voyage ; and it is hereby made the duty ot said
captain to cause the apartments occupied by such pasren
g rs to be kept at ah tunes in a clean, healthy state, and the
owners of every such vessel to employed are requited to
construct thedeek, and all parts of said apartment, so thai
it can be thoroughly cleansed , and they shall also prov.de
a safe, convenient privy or water closet fur the exclusive
use of every one hundred sueh passengers. And when the
weather is such that said passengers cannot be mustered on
deck with their bedding, it shall be the duty of the captain
of eveiy such ves-el to cause the deck occupied by sueh
passengers to be cleansed wiih chloride of lime, or some
other equally efficient disinfecting agent, and also at such
■Other times as said captain may deem necessary’
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That the master and
owner or owners of any such vessel so employed, w hich
shall not be provided with the house or houses over the
passage-ways, as presented in the third section of this chap
ter, or with ventilators, as prescribed in the fourth section
of this chapter, or with the cambooses or cooking ranges,
with the houses over them, as prescribed in the filth section
of this chapter, shall severally forfeit and pay to the United
States the sum of two hundred dollars for each and every
violation of, or neglect to conform to, the previsions of each
of said sections ; and fifty dollars for each and every ne
glect or violation of anv of the provisions of the seventh
section of this chapter, to be recovered by suit in any cir
cuit or district court of the United States, within the juris
diction of which the said vessel may arrive, or from which
she may be about to depart, or at any place within the ju
ri.-diction of such courts, wherever the owner or owners, oi
captain of such vessel may be found.
Sec. 9 And be it further enacted. That the.collector ol
the customs at any port ot the United States at which any
vessel so employed shall arrive, or trom which any such
vessel shall tie about to depart,shall appoint and direct one
or more of the inspectors of the customs for .-uch port t”
examine such vessel, and report, in writing, to such collec
tor. whether the requirements of law have been complied
with in respect to such ve-sel; and if such report shall state
such compliance, and shall be approved by sueh collector,
it snail be deemed and held as puma facie evidence thereof.
Sec. It). Andbe it further enacted, That the provision-,
requisitions, penalties, and liens of this act, relating to the
spaee in vessels appropnated to the use of passengers, are
hereby extended aud made applicable to all spaces appro
priated to the use of steerage passengers in vessels propelled
in whole or in part by steam, and navigating bom, to, and
between the ports, and in manner as in this act named, and
to *uch vessels and to the masters thereof; and so much ol
the act entitles, “An act to amend an act entitled an act
to provide for the better security of the lives of passen
gers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by
steam, and for othee purpose?,’ ” approved August thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and fifty t*o, as conflicts with this act, is
hereby repealed ; and the space appiopriated to the use of
steerage passengers in vessels so as above propelled and
navigated, is heieby subject t the supervision and inspection
of the collector of the customs at any port of the United
States at which any such vessel shall arrive, or from which
she shall be about to depart; and the same shall be exam
ined and reported in the same marines, and by the same
officers, by the next preceding section directed to examine
and report.
Sec. 11. And be it further jnacicd, That the vessels
bound from any port in the United States to any port or
place in the Pacific ocean, or on its tributaries, or from any
such port or place to any poit in the United States on the
Atlantic or its tributaries, shall be subject to the foregoing
provi-ions regulating the carriage of passengers in merchant
vessels, except so much as relates to provisions, and water ;
but the owners and masters of all such vessels shall in all
cases lurni'h to each passenger the daily supply of water
therein mentioned ; and they shall furnish, a sufficient sup
ply of good and wholesome food ; properly cooked and in
case lh y shall fail so to do, or shall provide unwholsorne
or unsuitable provi-ions. they shal be subject to the penally
provided in the sixth section of this chapter, in case the
passengeis are put on short allowance oi water or provis
ions
Sec. 12. 6 nd be it further enacted. That the captain
or master of any ship or vessel arriving in the United State-,
or any of the Teiritorics thereof, from any foreign place!
whatever, at the same time that he delivers a manifest of!
the cargo, and if there be no eaigo, then at the time of ma- .
King report or entry of the ship or vessel, pursuant to la-v, !
shall also deliver and report to the collector of the district I
in which such ship or vessel shall arrive, a list or manifest
of all the passe ‘g* n taken on board of the said ship or v*s- !
sel at any t< reign port or place ; in which list or manifest
it shall be the duty of the said master to designate, particu- j
Jarly, the age. sex, and occupa'ion of the said passengers, ;
respectively, the part ot the vessel occupied by each dtning i
the voyage, the count y to which they severally belong, and
tnat ot which it is their intention to become inhabitants;
and shall further ?et forth whether any, and whar number,
have died on the voyage ; which li-t or manife-t shall be
sworn to by the said ma-ter, in the same manner as directed
by law in relation to the manifest ot the cargo, and the re
fusal or neglect ot the master aforesaid to complv with the
provisions of this section, or any part thereof, shall incur
the same pen allies, disabilities, and foifoituies as are provi- j
ded for a refusal or regiect to report and deliver a manifest
of the cargo aforesaid.
Sec. 13 And be it further enacted, That each and
every collee or of the customs, to whom such manifest or
list of passengers as aforesaid shall be delivered, shall quar !
ter yearly return copies trier of to the Secretary of State of
the Un-'ted S'ate*, by whom statement* of the same shall
be laid before Congress at each and every se-sion.
Sec 14. And be it further enacted. That in case there •
saaß have occurred o u board any ship or vessel arriving at i
any pott or place within the United States or its Teriiiorie*
any death or deaths among tire pa-.-engers (other than cabin
passengers) the master or captain or owner or consignee ot
such ship or ve-sel, shall within twenty four hours affer flu,
time within which the report and list or manifest oi passen
gers mentioned in section twelve of this act, is required to
be delivered to the collector ol the custom?, pay to the said
collector the sum of $lO for each and every passenger above
the age of eight years who shall ha\e died on the vTyae,. | y
natural disease ; and ihe said collector shall pay the monev
thus received at sueh times and in sueh manner as the Sec-,
ret ary of the Treasury by general rules, shall direct, to at v
board or commission appbintid by and acting under ti e
authority of the State within which ti e port “where
ship or vessel arrived is situated, for the caie and protect'd
of sick indigent or destitute emigrants, to be applied lo the
objects of their appointment, and it there be more than one
hoard or commies on who shall claim such payment the
Secretary of the Treasury, for the time being, shall dcier
rnine which is entitled to receive ihe same, and his decision
in the premises shall be final and without appeal: Provided
That the payment shall in no case be awarded or made n
any board or commission or association formed for the pre
lection or advancement of any partfeul. r class of immi
grants, or emigrants ol any part cular nat on or creek an t
if the ma ter, captain, owner, or consignee of ai.y sh,p\>r
vessel, refu e or i eglevt lo pay to ihe collector the sum and
sumsof money required, and within the time p;escribed I v
this secti-n, he or th<y shall severally ibi feit and pay the
sum ot fifty dollars in addition to such sum of ten dollar,
for each a> and every passenger upon whose death ihe same
has become payable lo be recovered by the United Sty res
in any circuit or district court of the Inited States where
such vessel may airive, or such master, captain, owner or
consignee may reside ; and when recovered, the said moi.ey
shall tie disposed of in the same manner as is directed \v\m
respect to tin* sum and sums tequiied to be paid to the eoi
lector of customs
Sec. lb. snui le it further enacted, That the amount
of the several penalties imposed by the foregoing provisions
regulating the carriage of passenger? in merchant vessel-,
shall be liens on the vessel or vessels violating those piov.-s
----lotis, and such ve.-sel or vessels shall be libelled therefor in
any circuit or di.-trict court of the United States where sue ft
vessel or vessel? shall ariive.
Sec 16. And be it further enacted, That all and every
vessel or vessels which shall or may be employed by th
American Coloniz ition Society, or the Colon zation hoc.
ty of any Stu’e to transport, and wh ch shall actually tiau--
port, from any poit or port? of the United States to any
colony or colonies on the west coa-t of Africa, colored
emigrants to reside there, s-hall be, and the same are hereby,
subjected to the operation of the id egoing piovis-ions regu
lating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels.
Sec 17. And be it further enacted, That th ‘collector
of the customs shall examine each emigiant ship or vessel
on its arrival at his port, and ascertain and report to the
Secretaiy of the Treasury at the time of sailing, the length
of the voyage, the ventilafton, the number of passengers,
their space on board, their food, the native country of the
emigrants, the number of deaths, the age and sex ot those
who died during the voyage; together with his opinion oi’
die cause of the mortality, if any, on boaid, and if none,
what precautionary measures, arrangements, or habits, are
suopo-efl to have had any, and what, agency in causing the
exemption.
sec Id. And be it Jurther enacted, That this act shall
lake effect, with respect to vessels sailing from poit? in the
United S ares on the eastern side of the continent, within
thirty days from the time of its approval ; and with tespeet
to vessels sailing from poits in the United States on tiie
western side of the continent, and from ports in Europe,
within sixty days from the time of its approval ; at.d with
respect to ve-sels sailing from poits in other parts of the
world, within six monihsfrom the time of its approval.
And it is hereby made the duty of the Secretaiy of State
to give notice, in the ports ot Europe and elsewhere, of this
act. in such manner as lie shall deem proper.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That from and af
ter'the time that this act shall take effect with lespect lo any
ve sels, then in respect to such vessels, the act of second
March, eighieen bundled and nineteen, entitled “An act re
gulating pa senger ships and Vessels,” The act of twenty
second oi February, eighteen bundled and forty seven, enti
tled “An act to regulate the cairiage of passengers in mer
chant vessels,” the act of second March, eighteen hundred
and forty seven, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled
‘An act to regulate the carnage of passengetsin merchant
ve-sel?.’ and to de'eimirie the time when said act shall take
effect,” the act of thirty fir.-t January,eighteen hundred ard
foity eight, entitled, “An act exempting vessels employed
by the American C< lonization Society in transporting color
ed emigrants from the United State? to the coast of* Africa
from the provisions of the acts ot the twenty second Feb
ruary and second of March, eight en hundred and forty
seven, regulating the eaniage of passen gets in merchant
vessels,” the act of seventeenth May, eighteen hundred and
forty eight, entitled “An act to ptovide tor the ventilation
of passenger vessels and lor other purpo?es,” and the act of
third March, eighteen hundred and tony ni. e, entitled an
“Act to extend the provisions ol all laws now in force rela
ting to the carriage of passengers in im reliant vest els, and
the regulation thereof,” are hereby repealed. But nothing
in this act contained shall in any wire oh.-tiuct or prevent
the ptosecution, recovery, distribution or t emission of any
fines, penalties, or forfeitures which may have been itu-umd
in respect to any vessels prior to the day th s act goes into
effect, in respect to such vessels, under the law? htreby re
pealed, for which pu poso the said laws shall continue iu
force.
Rut the Secret a* y of the Treasury may, in his discretion,
and upon such conditions as he shall think pioper, discon
tinue any such prosecutions, or remit or modify such penal
ties.
Approved March 3, 1835.
WINTER FACTORY,
Columlous, Ga.
YARNS, LINSEYS, WRAPPING TWINE
SEWING THREAD, lor sale.
WOOL Card“d at one fourth toll or ten cents
per pound.
LINSEYS made up on share?, or 15c. per yard.
All Work done Promptly and Warranted-
MOiNTGOM FRY"""‘IRON WORKS,
MONTGOMERY, A 1,4.
WILL FURNISH PROMPTLY
STEAM Engine*,Circular Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Shafting,
or any deset iption of JUACJJJA *R J • Also Rich’s uu
rivalled Water W heels, the beat inthe world.
Lynch, Patre & ’o, YVhittlesy ft Cos., Woodruff ft Goetchin,on
the Mu9< ogee Rail Road, and mini* rolls others, testily to
c <Vtting iOOu feet of Lumber per hour; each u.-ing one of oar
Patent Circu ar Saw Mills o) one Saw.
G. W. WINTI R.
mar!2—w&twif Atrenl, Columbus Georgii.
dissolution,
THE firm of HALL& MOSES ‘was dissolved on the first of
January, 1b55, by the death of 4,1. Moses.
HERVEY HALL, surviving Partner.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
THE undersigned have entered into the HARD-WARE
B USINE&S, under the firm at and name of HALL, MOSES
& CO. IIF.KVEY HALL,
ISAAC I. MOSES,
JACOB P. 11EN T RICKS,
WILuIAM A. BEA’ H.
February 13,1855. w&twi f
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FOR POLISHING.
A NEWLY discovered sutMitute for Crocus, Rotten Sione,
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Also, a General Assortment o*’ /,/&[/( itv TOBACCO
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by the retail, aud at cosi by the wfcoiesai--.
* P- A. CLAYTON.
majsth twtf 82 Broad Slreet, Columbus Ga.
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JUST RECEIVED A LOT OF Vf* R Y FINE JEWELRY,
consisting of
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which win be sold At Wholesale X6w York r*ost for Cash.
nria> I—ts, AVER *\v hm
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1000 lbs. Feather B.
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75 Boxes, X Boxes aid li Boxes be tVJrxinir
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