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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 SOMETHING NEW. JUST RECEIVED MOUNT* EAGLE TRIPOLI, FOR POLISHING. A NEWLY discovered sutMitute for Crocus, Rotten Sione, Rou,e, tc. Also, Mures Ale, London Porter, CJarret,’ Madeira, Sherry, Champagne Wine, Sparkling Hnek, superior Brandy, for Medical Purposes, Wolff s Schnapps, &.c. Ac. Also, a General Assortment o*’ /,/&[/( itv TOBACCO AJ\ I) .tCoAi2S,vliich l will sell at a small advance on co-t by the retail, aud at cosi by the wfcoiesai--. * P- A. CLAYTON. majsth twtf 82 Broad Slreet, Columbus Ga. JEWELRY AT COST. JUST RECEIVED A LOT OF Vf* R Y FINE JEWELRY, consisting of Watches, Guard (lutius, Breast Pins & Finger Ein.fs, which win be sold At Wholesale X6w York r*ost for Cash. nria> I—ts, AVER *\v hm Southern Mutual Life Insurance. THE favorable terms on which one may eci re to his widow HLd orphan chilorei: a comfortable nippoii, invite lire at tention oi ali who are not lien, noiign to i roviue for their ic.ni iiy without their own pt rsoual extruons. For fur her in formal, on apply to feb24— w.ti3m. ‘ A. POND. Agent. Just Received on Consignment, OA AAA ÜBS. Tenrx-i-ce New Bacon; Hog roum_. 1000 lbs. Feather B. Kegs Prime Fresh Lard. 75 Boxes, X Boxes aid li Boxes be tVJrxinir liKMi Yards Tcae?*tu Jen ns. Cheap ler Cash. ifiW2*-tr HULL, FHiLLSOJi a CO,