Proviso. him, the said Black, in consequence of his forcible expulsion from Mexico, and in bringing with him to the United States the archives of legation of the United States: Provided, however, That the sum thus allowed for indemnity shall not exceed eleven hundred and twenty-four dollars. Approved May 9, 1848. Ship island made CHAP. 40.-AN ACT to make Ship island, in the collection district of Peart river, a port of delivery, and to authorize the appointment of a deputy collector for said port. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asa port of delivery sembled, That Ship island, in the collection district of Pearl river, in the State of Mississippi, is hereby made a port of de ed. livery, and that the President of the United States be authorized, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a Deputy collec- deputy collector to reside at said port of Ship island, who tor to be appoint is hereby authorized to perform the duties of a collector of the customs, and who shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath contained in, and in the manner prescribed by, the seventh section of the act of the third March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, entitled " An act to continue in force an act entitled 'An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,'" &c., and who shall give a bond for the true and faithful discharge of his duties, in the same manner as collectors, naval officers, and surveyors are required to give bonds under existCompensation ing laws; and the compensation of the aforesaid deputy collector shall be the fees established by law for the services he may perform, and no more. of deputy collec tor. Approved May 9, 1848. sels to have per decks. CHAP. 41.-AN ACT to provide for the ventilation of passenger vessels, and for other purposes. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asPassenger ves sembled, That all vessels, whether of the United States or houses on the up any other country, having sufficient capacity, according to law, for fifty or more passengers, (other than cabin passengers,) shall, when employed in transporting such passengers between the United States and Europe, have on the upper deck, for the use of such passengers, a house over the passage-way leading to the apartment allotted to such passengers below deck, firmly secured to the deck, or combings of the hatch, with two doors, the sills of which shall be at least one foot above the deck, so 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 fifty such passengers, or more, shall have two such houses; and the stairs or ladder leading down to the aforesaid apartment shall be furnished with a handrail of wood or strong rope: Provided, nevertheless, Boobyhatches may be substituted for such houses in vessels having three permanent decks. Proviso. ted. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That every such vessel How vessels so employed, and having the legal capacity for more than shall be ventila one hundred such passengers, shall have at least two ventilators to purify the apartment or apartments occupied by such passengers; one of which shall be inserted in the after-part of the apartment or apartments, and the other shall be placed in the forward portion of the apartment or apartments; and one of them shall have an exhausting cap to carry off the foul 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 be purified; namely, if the apartment or apartments will lawfully authorize the reception of two hundred such passengers, the capacity of such ventilators shall, each of them, be equal to a tube of twelve inches diameter in the clear, and in proportion for larger or smaller apartments; and all said ventilators shall rise at least four feet and six inches above the upper deck of any such vessel, and be of the most approved form and construction Provided, That if it shall appear, from the report Proviso. to be make and approved, as provided in the seventh section of this act, that such vessel is equally well ventilated by any other means, such other means of ventilation shall be deemied, and held to be, a compliance with the provisions of this section. Vessels to he with or cambooses SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every vessel carrying more than fifty such passengers, shall have for their provided use on deck, housed and conveniently arranged, at least one cooking ranges. camboose or cooking range, the dimensions of which shall be equal to four feet long and one foot six inches wide for every two hundred passengers; and provision shall be made in the manner aforesaid in this ratio for a greater or less number of passengers: Provided, however, And nothing herein. contained shall take away the right to make such arrangements for cooking between decks, if that shall be deemed desirable. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all vessels employed as aforesaid shall have on board, for the use of such passengers, at the time of leaving the last port whence such vessel shall sail, well secured under deck, for each passenger, at least fifteen pounds of good navy bread, ten pounds of rice, ten pounds of oatmeal, ten pounds of wheat flour, ten pounds of peas and beans, thirty-five pounds of potatoes, one pint of vinegar, sixty gallons of fresh water, ten pounds of salted pork, free of bone, all to be of good quality, and a sufficient supply of fuel for cooking; but at places where either rice, Proviso. Description and quantity of proviprescribed passenger sions and water sels. for ves oatmeal, wheat flour, or peas and beans, cannot be procured of good quality, and on reasonable terms, the quantity of either or any of the other last named articles may be increased and substituted therefor; and in case potatoes cannot be procured on reasonable terms, one pound of either of said articles may be substituted in lieu of five pounds of potatoes; and the captains of such vessels shall deliver to each passenger at least one-tenth part of the aforesaid provisions weekly, commencing on the day of sailing, and daily at least three quarts of water, and sufficient fuel for cooking; and if the passengers on board of any such vessel in which the provisions, fuel, and water herein 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 vessels shall pay to each and every passenger who shall have been put on Each passenger short allowance the sum of three dollars for each and every on short allow day they may have been on such short allowance, to be reance to be paid $3. Covered in the circuit or district court of the United States; Provided, nevertheless, And nothing herein contained shall Passengers may prevent any passenger, with the consent of the captain, from furnish their own furnishing for himself the articles of food herein specified; and, if put on board in good order, it shall fully satisfy the provisions of this act so far as regards food: And provided further, That any passenger may, also, with the consent of the captain, furnish for himself an equivalent for the articles of food required in other and different articles; and if, without waste or neglect on the part of the passenger, or inevitable accident, they prove insufficient, and the captain shall furnish comfortable food to such passengers during the residue of the voyage, this in regard to food shall also be a compliance with the terms of this act. who may be put provisions. Good discipline and habits cleanliness be among gers. to passen SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the captain of any of such vessel so employed is hereby authorized to maintain maintained good discipline, and such habits of cleanliness among such passengers as will tend to the preservation and promotion of health; and to that end, he shall cause such regulations as he may adopt for this purpose to be posted up before sailing, on board such vessel, in a place accessible to such passengers, and shall keep the same so posted up during the voyage; and it is hereby made the duty of said captain to cause the apartment occupied by such passengers to be kept, at all times, in a clean, healthy state, and the owners of every such vessel so employed are required to construct the decks, and all parts of said apartment, so that it can be thoroughly cleansed; and they shall also provide a safe convenient privy or water-closet for the exclusive use of every one hundred such 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 every such vessel to cause the deck occupied by such passengers to be cleaned with chloride of lime, or some other equally efficient disinfecting agent, and also at such other times as said captain may deem necessary. lation of the pro and 3d sections of SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the master and Penalty for vioowner or owners of any such vessel so employed, which visions of 1st, 2d, shall not be provided with the house or houses over the pas- ahis act sage-ways, as prescribed in the first section of this act; or with the ventilators, as prescribed in the second section of this act; or with the cambooses or cooking ranges, with the houses over them, as prescribed in the third section of this act; 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 provisions of each of said sections, and fifty dollars for each and every neglect or violation of any of the provisions of the fifth section of this act; to be recovered by suit in any circuit or district court of the United States, within the jurisdiction of which the said vessel may arrive, or from which it may be about to depart, or at any place within the jurisdiction of such courts, wherever the owner or owners, or captain of such vessel, may be found. to examine ves whether the pro tions of this act SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the collector of the Collectors of customs, at any port in the United States at which any vessel customs required so employed shall arrive, or from which any such vessel shall sels to ascertain be about to depart, shall appoint and direct one of the inspect- visions of the 1st, ors of the customs for such port to examine such vessel, and 2 and 3 sec to report in writing to such collector, whether the provisions have been com of the first, second, third, and fifth sections of this act have been complied with in respect to such vessel; and if such report shall state such compliance, and be approved by such collector, it shall be deemed and held as conclusive evidence thereof. plied with. ruary. 1847, "to gers in merchant ed. lation of the pro SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the first section of Act of 22d Febthe act entitled "An act to regulate the carriage of passen-regulate the cargers in merchant vessels," approved February twenty-second, riage of passeneighteen hundred and forty-seven, be so amended that when vessels," amend the height or distance between the decks of the vessels referred to in the said section shall be less than six feet, and not less than five feet, there shall be allowed to each passenger sixteen clear superficial feet on the deck, instead of fourteen, as prescribed in said section; and if the height or distance between the decks shall be less than five feet, there shall be allowed to each passenger twenty-two clear superficial feet on the deck; and if the master of any such vessel, Penalty for vioshall take on board his vessel, in any port of the United visions of 1st secStates, a greater number of passengers than is allowed by this section, with the intent specified in said first section of the act of eighteen hundred and forty-seven, or if the master of any such vessel shall take on board, at a foreign port, and bring within the jurisdiction of the United States, a greater number of passengers than is allowed by this section, said master shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished in the manner provided Children under for the punishment of persons convicted of a violation of the one year old not act aforesaid; and in computing the number of passengers computing on board such vessels, all children under the age of one year, sengers. tion of act of 1847. the to be counted in number of pas When this act shall take effect. Repeal of part act of 24 March, 1847. at the time of embarcation, shall be excluded from such computation. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, in respect to such vessels sailing from ports in the United States, in thirty days from the time of its approval; and in respect to every such vessel sailing from ports in Europe, in sixty days after such approval; and it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of State to give notice, in the ports of Europe, of this act, in such manner as he may deem proper. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That so much of the of 1st section of first section of the act entitled "An act regulating passenger ships and vessels," approved March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, or any other act, that limits the number of passengers to two for every five tons, is hereby repealed. Approved May 17, 1848. of incorporation with alterations, CHAP. 42.-AN ACT to continue, alter, and amend the charter of the city of [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act of May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, entitled "An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed for that purpose," and the act of May twenty-sixth, eighteen Former acts hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act supplementary to continued in force' An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washamendments, &c. ington,' passed the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and for other purposes," and the act or acts supplemental or additional to said acts which were in force on the fourteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and forty, or which may, at the passing of this act, be in force, be, and the same are hereby, continued in force for the term of twenty years from the date hereof, or until Congress shall by law determine otherwise, with the alterations, additions, explanations, and amendments following, that is to say: Said corporation to lay and collect taxes. &c. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corposhall have power ration shall have full power and authority to lay and collect a tax of not exceeding three-fourths of one per centum per annum upon the assessed value of all stocks which may be owned and possessed by any person whatever in any banking, insurance, or other incorporated or unincorporated company in the city of Washington; and to compel all such banking, insurance, or other incorporated or unincorporated company, to furnish, when so required to do, within ten days thereafter, a full and complete list of the names of the stockholders in such company, and the amount of stock owned by each, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for each and every week such company shall neglect or refuse or fail |