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lished by the board of supervising inspectors and now in use, namely:

RULE 1. When steamers are approaching each other head and head,' or nearly so, it shall be the duty of each steamer to pass to the right, or on the port side of the other, and the pilot of either steamer may be first in determining to pursue this course, and thereupon shall give, as a signal of his intention, one short and distinct blast of his steam whistle, which the pilot of the other steamer shall answer promptly by a similar blast of his steam-whistle; and thereupon such steamers shall pass to the right, or on the port side of each other. But if the course of such steamers is so far on the starboard of each other as not to be considered by the pilots as meeting "head and head," or nearly so, or if the vessels are approaching each other in such a manner that passing to the right as above directed is deemed unsafe by the pilot of either vessel, the pilot so first deciding shall immediately give two short and distinct blasts of his steam-whistle, which the pilot of the other steamer shall answer promptly by two similar blasts of his steam-whistle, and they shall pass to the left, or on the starboard side of each other.

RULE 2. When steamers are approaching each other in an oblique direction, they shall pass to the right of each other, as if meeting" head and head," or nearly so, and the signals by whistle shall be given and answered promptly, as in that case specified.

RULE 3. If, when steamers are approaching each other, the pilot of either vessel fails to understand the course or intention of the other, whether from the signals being given or answered erroneously, or from other causes, the pilot so in doubt shall immediately signify the same by giving several short and rapid blasts of the steam-whistle; and if the vessels shall have approached within half a mile of each other, both shall be immediately slowed to a speed barely sufficient for steerage-way, until the proper signals are given, answered, and understood, or until the vessels shall have passed each other.

RULE 4. Whenever a steamer is nearing a short bend or curve in the channel, where, from the height of the banks or other cause, a steamer approaching from the opposite direction cannot be seen for a distance of half a mile, the pilot of such a steamer, when he shall have arrived within half a mile of such curve or bend, shall give a signal by a general alarm by the steam whistle; which signal shall be answered in a similar manner by the pilot of any approaching steamer that may be within hearing. Should such signal be so answered by a steamer upon the further side of such bend, then the usual signals for meeting and passing shall immediately be given and answered. But if the first alarm signal of such pilot be not answered, he is to consider the channel clear, and govern himself accordingly.

RULE 5. The signals, by blowing of the steamwhistle, shall be given and answered by pilots in compliance with these rules, not only when meeting head and head,' or nearly so, but at all times when passing or meeting at a distance within half a mile of each other, and whether passing to the starboard or port.

RULE 6. When steamers are running in a fog or thick weather, and the pilot elects to lay by, or, as it is usual to say, drift; or if at anchor, with steam up, in the fairway of other steamers, it shall be the duty of the pilot to cause three distinct blasts of the Steam-whistle to be sounded at intervals not exceeding three minutes: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall be construed to, in any way, conflict with section forty-seven, regulating fog-siguals when under way.

RULE 7. When steamers are running in the same direction, and the pilot of the steamer which is astern shall desire to pass on the right or starboard hand of the steamer ahead, he shall give one short blast of the steam-whistle as a signal of such desire and intention, and shall put his helm to port; but if he desires to pass on the left or port hand of the steamer ahead, he shall give two short blasts of the steam-whistle, putting his helm to starboard, and the pilot of the head steamer shall be required to recognize and answer the signals thus given, as required by the rules for meeting, and afford every facility for the safe passage of the steamer first signaling.

RULE 8. When steamers are moving from their dock or berth, and other steamers are liable to pass from any direction toward them, they shall give a long blast of the steam-whistle; but immediately after clearing the berth so as to be fully in sight, they shall be governed by the regular signals.

And all steam and sail vessels when navigating the waters flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, or their tributaries, shall, when meeting and passing each other, comply with the following directory rules now established, namely:

RULE 1. When steamers are approaching each other, the signal for passing shall be one sound of the steam-whistle to keep to the right, and two sounds of the steam-whistle to keep to the left; these signals to be made first by the ascending steamer. If the dangers of navigation, darkness of the night, narrowness of the channel, or any other cause, render it necessary for the descending boat to take the other side, she can do so by making the necessary signals, and the ascending steamer must govern herself accordingly; these signals to be observed by all steamers, either day or night.

RULE 2. Should steamers be likely to pass near each other, and these signals should not be made and answered by the time such boats shall have arrived at the distance of eight hundred yards from each other, the engines of both boats shall be stopped; or

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time, deem necessary for safety; two printed copies of which rules and regulations, as well as of the rules and regulations herein described, signed by said inspectors, shall be furnished to each of such vessels, and shall at all times be kept up in conspicuous places in such vessels, which rules shall be ob

served both night and day. Should any pilot, engineer, mate, or master of any steam vessel neglect or willfully refuse to observe such regulations so established, he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, and to all damages done to any passenger in his person or baggage by such neglect or refusal, and shall be disqualified from holding any position of trust and responsibility on board any steamer inspected under the provisions of this act, for a period of not exceeding one year.

And to insert in lieu thereof the following: SEC. 29. That it shall be the duty of the board of supervising inspectors to establish such rules and regulations to be observed by all steam vessels in passing each other as they shall from time to time deem necessary for safety, two printed copies of which rules and regulations, signed by said inspectors, shall be furnished to each of such vessels, and shall at all times be kept up in conspicuous places in such vessels, which rules shall be observed both night and day. Should any pilot, engineer, mate, or master of any steam vessel neglect or willfully refuse to observe such regulations so established, any delinquent so neglecting or refusing shall be liable of a penalty of fifty dollars, and to all damages done to any passenger, in his person or baggage, by such neglect or refusal.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was on page 52, to strike out section thirty-six, in the following words:

That iron or steel plates to be used in the construction of steamboat boilers shall be inspected and may be tested in such manner as shall be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and no iron or steel plates shall be used in the construction of such boilers which have been found to be imperfect, rejected, or disapproved.

And in lieu thereof to insert the following: That after six months from the passage of this act every boiler-plate used in the construction of boilers to be employed on steam vessels, and which shall be subject, when so employed, to a tensile strain, shall be carefully examined by one of the inspectors appointed under the provisions of this act, and said inspector shall see that every plate so examined is free from visible defects; he shall also see that the stamps required by this act are properly made on each plate, and shall keep a record of the same; and it shall be his duty, at reasonable intervals and under such regulations as shall be established by the board of supervising_inspectors and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, to test the tensile strength, homogeneousness, toughness, and other qualities of such plates produced by every manufacturer thereof, so as to enable him to detect badly-manufactured or falsely-stamped plates that have been so manufactured and stamped with intent to deceive; and every such plate so tested shall be taken promiscuously from any lot of plates made for the construction of boilers to be used on steam vessels: Provided, That before any such plates shall be shipped to any part of the United State where there is no local board of inspectors, or where it is inconvenient or impracticable for any inspector to examine or test such plates properly, upon application they shall, before being shipped, be examined, and if need be the test shall be applied by one of the inspectors in the district from which they may be shipped; and such inspector shall make and subscribe a certificate to the shipper of the same, a copy of which shall be sent to the supervising inspector of the district in which such plates are to be used, and said certificate shall set forth a description of the quantity of such plates and the correctness of the stamps thereon; and he shall keep a record of the same in his office.

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont, I desire to inquire of the Senator who seems to have this bill in charge about the phraseology of this section. I see that these plates are to be inspected before they are shipped. Now, may it not happen that these plates may be carried from the coast of the Atlantic to some of the western rivers, and not be shipped at all? How are they to be inspected if they go by land?

Mr. CORBETT. They are to be inspected where they are to be used in that case, where there are local inspectors. This section is to provide for cases where there are no local inspectors. There are but few such places. For instance, Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont.

if anything were made, say at Philadelphia, for the Ohio river. Now, it seems to me, in getting it from Philadelphia to the Ohio river it would not be shipped at all.

Mr. CORBETT. There are local inspectors on the Ohio river to test the plates.

I move to amend the amendment in line thirty-six by striking out the word "quantity" and inserting the word "quality."

The PRESIDING OFFICER. That modification will be made, if there be no objection. Mr. POMEROY. I wish in passing to make

one remark on this amendment, and it applies to the bill generally. It provides for more officers and more inspectors than any bill of the kind I have ever seen. We are to have an officer to inspect in every port, at every manufacturing establishment, and at every place where they make iron, and you have taken the resposibility off the steamboat men entirely and put it on the inspectors. The Government officers under this bill have got to bear the responsibility if there are any mishaps.

Mr. CORBETT. The Senator is mistaken in that. This is substantially the old law restored. The steamboat men objected to this, and wanted other provisions made, which the committee would not agree to.

Mr. POMEROY. This bill will suit the steamboat men very well. That is my judgment about it. Those whom I call steamboat men are the captains and men who run them. Mr. CORBETT. They object to the provision we have put in here, which we think is better than what they wanted.

Mr. POMEROY. Then, again, you have provided that they may substitute wooden lifeboats for metallic life boats, and that ought never to be done. They never should be allowed to have anything but metallic lifeboats. The galvanized-iron life-boats are the only ones fit to be used, and the only ones that ought ever to be used; and yet I observe in this bill that the inspector, at his pleasure, is to allow them to substitute wooden for iron life-boats.

Mr. CORBETT. In some cases on the rivers that is the case; but I think on the ocean, as a general thing, the Senator will find the bill is properly guarded in that respect.

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. I ask my friend if he does not think in case the session is prolonged much longer we shall be without a quorum? [Laughter.]

Mr. CORBETT. There are plenty here. Mr. CHANDLER. I do not think there is the least danger of that. [Laughter.]

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. There is a large number here now, I know. [Laughter.]

Mr. CHANDLER. And a large number are coming in. [Laughter.]

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. I am a little apprehensive that there will not be a quorum after awhile.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the amendment to the thirty-sixth section of the bill.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was to strike out section thirty-seven in the following words:

SEC. 37. That every such plate of boiler-steel or iron made for use in the construction of steam vessels' boilers shall be distinctly and permanently stamped by the manufacturer thereof, at the diagonal corners, at a distance of about four inches from the edges, and also about the middle of the sheet, as follows, to wit: on all steel plates with the name of the manufacturer and the place of manufacture, and, if desired, the name of the works or trade-mark may be stamped; and in addition shall be stamped with the following marks, indicating the character and tensile strength of the plates per square inch of section: -10

c. c. s.-2-10

70

S. M.-2-10

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or

B. 8.-2-10)

70 C. S.-2-10

70

or

or

8.-2-1

fs. s.

70

or

(S. C. P.-2-10)

70 70 the first stamp, C. C. S., indicating crucible cast steel having less than two tenths of one per cent. of carbon, and having a tensile strength of seventy thousand pounds (or such other number of thousands of pounds as the manufacturer shall guaranty) per square inch of section with the grain of the plate; the other stamps indicating, B. S. for Bessemer steel, S. S. for semi-steel, S. M. for SeimensMartin steel, and C. S. for chrome steel; S. C. P. indicating steel carbonized in and worked directly from the puddling-furnace; the two tenths indicating in each case that the steel contains less than two tenths of one per cent. of carbon, and the other figures the number of thousands of pounds tensile strain, with the grain of the plate, the steel is guarantied by the manufacturer to sustain prior to actual use in a steam-boiler; and on all iron plates there shall be stamped the name of the manufacturer and the place of manufacture; and if desired, the name

C.-H. H.

== "-} or {{

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C.-H. S.

55

C.-H. 55

50 this additional symbol indicates that anthracite iron or blooms have been used in the place of charcoal iron or blooms in the different kinds of iron described above. No other kind of puddled-iron plates shall be used in the manufacture of boilers for steam vessels than indicated by the stamp (R. P.) as above; and such other valuable inventions or processes of manufacture of iron or steel suitable for boiler material shall be indicated by a formula and stamp corresponding to those provided for in this section, as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy shall, from time to time,

prescribe; and all foreign iron or steel plates for

use in the construction of such steam-vessel boilers shall be stamped in accordance with the provisions of this section, and any importer or dealer in such iron, or steel, or plates, shall be subject to the penalties imposed by the provisions of this act in respect to fraud or deception in the character, quality, or grade of the plates so imported. Numerals No.1, No. 2, No. 3, &c., may be added to indicate the grade of iron of the several characters indicated by the stamp; and all such stamps shall be deemed a guarantee by the manufacturer that the plates are of the character and quality represented.

And in lieu thereof to insert:

SEC. 37. That every such plate of boiler-iron or steel made for use in the construction of boilers for steam vessels, and which shall be subject to a tensile strain when so used, shall be distinctly and permanently stamped by the manufacturer thereof, which stamp shall be made upon not less than three places of every such plate, giving the name of the manufacturer, the place where manufactured, and the number of pounds of tensile strain it will bear to the sectional square inch; and there shall also be stamped upon such plates such other marks, denoting the quality of the plates, as may be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and the inpectors shall keep a record in their office of the stamps upon all boiler-plates, and boilers made under the provisions of this act, which they shall inspect.

Mr. POMEROY. If you are going to subject the manufacturer to all those provisions, you have got to protect him with a high tariff. The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section thirtyeight, line sixteen, after the word "fraud," to strike out the words "or deception."

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was to add to section thirty-eight the following proviso:

Provided, That this section shall not relieve the owner or owners of any steam vessel from liability in damages to any person who may be injured or damaged by explosion.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section thirtynine, line one, to strike out the word "two" before "months" and insert "six;" and in

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line six, after the word "exceed," to scire out one fifth" and insert “one sixth ;" sc as to read:

That after six months from the passage of this act no iron or steel plates shall be used in the constres tion of boilers for steam vessels unless they have been stamped and approved in accordance with the provisions of this act; and the working steam-pressure allowable on such boilers when single-rivetti shall not produce a strain to exceed one sixth of the stamped tensile strength of the iron or steel plates of which such boilers are constructed; but where the longitudinal laps of the cylindrical parts of such boilers are double-riveted, an addition of twenty per cent. to the working pressure provided for singleriveting may be allowed; and if in addition to the double-riveting of such seams the rivet-holes are fairly drilled instead of punched, an addition of twenty-five per cent. to the working pressure of single-riveting may be allowed.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in the same section, line eighteen, to strike out "three fourths" and insert "two thirds;" in line nineteen, after the word "pressure," insert"applied;"' in line twenty-one, after the word "exceeding," strike out twelve thousand pounds" and insert "nine thousand two hundred pounds on boilers made of iron;" so as to make the proviso read:

Provided. That all other parts of such boilers shall correspond in strength to the additional allowances so made. And in iron boilers already constructed with single-riveted seams, the working pressure allowed shall be two thirds the hydrostatic test pressure applied; in no case, however, shall the working pressure allowed produce a tensile strain per sectional square inch exceeding nine thousand two hundred pounds on boilers made of iron, and thirteen thousand pounds on boilers made of steel; but in case of double riveting of the longitudiral seams an addition of twenty per cent. may be saded to the working pressure allowed for single-rivered seams; and it in addition to the double riveting of such seams the rivet holes are fairly drilled instead of punched an addition of twenty-five per cent, to the working pressure for single riveting may be allowed.

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. I ask the distinguished Senator who has this bill in charge, as this seems to refer to boilers made of iron, what the test is of boilers not made of iron?

Mr. CORBETT. There is a higher test of boilers made of steel plates. That is provided for in the bill

Mr. POMEROY. It requires a test of thirteen thousand pounds on boilers made of steel. I never knew of a steel boiler. Mr. CORBETT. There are a few made of

steel.

Mr. POMEROY. As the bill stands, it is nine thousand two hundred pounds on boilers made of iron, and thirteen thousand pounds on boilers made of steel.

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. There is another term there that I do not fully understand. What is the exact meaning of "tensile strength?" I desire the Senator from Oregon to explain the exact meaning of the phrase as there used.

Mr. CORBETT. I think the tensile strength is a test by which a machine is applied to test the strength of the boiler plate and see the strength of its parts-a machine prepared for that purpose. So I am informed by those better acquainted with it than I am. I can refer the Senator to the same gentleman from whom I obtained my information and who satisfied me that this was proper.

Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont. The explan ation is perfectly clear. I am satisfied.

The next amendment was in section thirtynine, line thirty-four, to strike out the word or," between "owner" and "master," and insert "and."

tion thirty-nine, to strike out "thirty" and insert twenty-six;" so as to read:

And no boiler to which the heat is applied to the outside of the shell thereof shall be constructed of iron or steel plates of more than twenty-six one hundredths of an inch in thickness, the ends or heads of the boilers only excepted.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in line sixty-two, section thirty-nine, to strike out the word "employed," after "boilers," and insert the word "used;" and before the word "tributaries," in line sixty-three, to strike out "the" and insert their;"so as to read:

And every such boiler used on steamers navigating rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, or their tributaries, shall have not less than three inches space between and around its internal flues, and the feed-water shall be delivered into the boilers in such manner as to prevent it from contracting the metal, or otherwise injuring the boilers.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section thirtynine, line eighty-three, to insert the word "all," before "ship-joints."

The amendment was agreed to.

That if any person shall intentionally load or obstruct, or cause to be loaded or obstructed, in any way or manner, the safety-valve of a boiler, or shall employ any other means or device whereby the boiler may be subjected to a greater pressure than the amount allowed by the certificate of the inspectors, or shall intentionally derange or hinder the operation of any machinery or device employed to denote the state of the water or steam in any boiler, or to give warning of approaching danger, or shall intentionally permit the water to fall below the prescribed low-water line of the boiler, it shall, in any such case, be a misdemeanor, and any and every person concerned therein, directly or indirectly, shall forfeit $200, and may, at the discretion of the court, be, in addition thereto, imprisoned not exceeding five years.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fortyone, line three, to strike out the word "of" and insert "in;" and after the word " act," in line five, to strike out "with respect to inspection, construction, or equipment;" so as to read:

That all steamers navigating the ocean, lakes, bays, inlets, sounds, rivers, harbors, or other navigable waters in the United States, when such waters are common highways of commerce, or open to general or competitive navigation, shall be subject to the provisions of this act.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fortyone, line eight, after the word "or," to insert "vessels," and after "countries," to insert "nor to boats propelled in whole or in part by steam when navigating canals;" so as to make the proviso read:

Provided, That the same shall not apply to publie vessels of the United States or vessels of other countries, nor to boats propelled in whole or in part by steam when navigating canals.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fortytwo, line ten, after the word "case,' to insert "both;" in line eleven, after the word "he," to insert "and the owners of such steamer;" and in line fifteen, at the end of the section, to insert "or said owners;" so as to read:

Provided, That if the person in command shall, after being so admonished by either of such officers, elect to pursue such voyage, he may do the same; but in such case both he and the owners of such steamer shall be answerable for all damages which shall arise to the person of any passenger, or his baggage, from said causes in so pursuing the voyage, and no degree of care or diligence shall in such case be held to justify or excuse the person in command or said owners.

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. STEVENSON. I ask the Clerk to read section forty-three of the bill. I have an amendment to offer to that section.

Mr. CORBETT. I suggest to the Senator

that we pass over that section until the Senate is fuller.

Mr. STEVENSON. No, sir; I wish to offer an amendment to it now.

The Chief Clerk read the section, as follows:

SEC. 43. That the provisions and limitations of the act entitled "An act to limit the liability of ship-owners, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1851, except the fourth section of said act, are hereby extended and applied to all vessels required to be inspected by this act, and the owner or owners, charterer or charterers, officers and mariners thereof, and shall have the same force and effect as to such vessels, owner or owners, charterer or charterers, officers and mariners, respectively, as such provisions and limitations now have as to the ships or vessels, owner or owners, charterer or charterers, officers and mariners, respectively, to which or whom the said act now applies.

Mr. STEVENSON. I move to amend that section by striking out the words " except the fourth section of said act." The object of the amendment is this: as it is proposed to apply the act whole of 1851, which is the general act under the admiralty jurisdiction, to all vessels and steamboats upon the lakes and elsewhere, I desire that this section shall not be exclusive. If the committee are willing to accept the amendment, I shall say no more on the subject.

Mr. CHANDLER. I accept the amend

The next amendment was in section fortysix, line one, after the word "barge" to strike out the words "employed for."

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fortyseven, line seven, after the word "show," to insert "both ;" and in line eleven, to strike out "stern" and insert "stem ;" so as to read:

One red light on the out-board side of the port smoke-pipe, and one green light on the out-board side of the starboard smoke-pipe, these lights to show both forward and abeam on their respective sides; and steamers towing vessels of any kind or rafts on said waters shall, in addition to the signallights already provided for, carry a white light at or near the stem of the steamer, to show through an angle of not less than ninety degrees, and at such height above the water that it may be plainly visible to approaching vessels, &c.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fortyseven, in the clause relating to ferry-boats, line fifty-eight, to insert the word "as" before "will."

The amendment was agreed to.

seven, line one hundred and twenty-two, to strike out "a" and insert "at" before "least."

The PRESIDING OFFICER. This verbal correction will be made.

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The next amendment was in section forty. seven, line one hundred and forty-two, in the clause in relation to sailing vessels when navigating rivers, &c., to strike out "and" and insert "or" and in line. one hundred and forty-six, after the word "such," to insert vessels ;" so as to make it read: Sailing vessels, except when navigating rivers, or when laden with hay, wood, or other like combustible articles on deck, shall, at all times, on the approach of any steamer during the night-time, show a lighted torch, and such vessels when so laden, and such vessels when navigating rivers, shall show a clear white light in a lantern not less than eight inches diameter, which torch or light shall be exhibited upon that point or quarter to which such steamer shall be approaching.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fortyseven, under the heading of "fog-signals,' in the clause in relation to sailing vessels, or steamers not having steam on, in line one hundred and eighty, to insert the words "a long blast of" after the word "sound;" so as to read:

And all steamers navigating in a fog or thick weather shall sound a long blast of their steamwhistle at intervals of not more than one minute. The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fortyeight, line ten, after the word "dollars" to insert the words "and five dollars for each passenger carried exceeding such number;" so that the clause will read:

And for every violation of this provision the master and owner, or either of them, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100, and five dollars for each passener carried exceeding such number. The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was to insert at the end of the forty ninth section the following proviso:

Provided, however, That a bond may, as prescribed in other cases, be given to secure the satisfaction of the judgment.

The amendment was agreed to.

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The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fiftytwo, line five, after the word "shall" to insert "not," and in the same line after the word "be" to strike out the word "disapproved" and insert "approved;" so that clause will read:

That all steamers shall be provided with such numbers of life-boats, floats, rafts, life-preservers, drags, and pumps as are required by the provisions of this act. But no kind of appliances for the preservation of life shall be used which shall not be approved by the board of supervising inspectors, and the Secretary of the Treasury.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was to strike out the proviso to the fifty-second section, in the following words:

Provided, That any such appliance or instrument additional to what is prescribed in this act shall, before being adopted or ordered to be used by such vessels, be fully tested in actual practice, on not less than three vessels, during a period of six months, then to be submitted to the supervising inspectors, then tested by a board of officers appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, and by him approved, as well as by the Secretary of the Treasury.

And to insert in lieu thereof:

Provided, That any such appliance or instrument additional to what is prescribed in this act shafl, before being adopted or ordered to be used by such vessels, be fully tested during a period of six months, in such manner as the board of supervising inspectors may prescribe and the Secretary of the Treasury approve.

The amendment was agreed to.

It

That if any licensed officer engaged to serve on board any steam vessel shall, to the hinderance of commerce, wrongfully or unreasonably refuse to serve in his official capacity on such steam vessel as authorized by the terms of his certificate of license, or shall fail to deliver to the applicant for such service at the time of such refusal, if the same shall be demanded, a statement in writing, assigning good and sufficient reasons therefor.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fiftyseven, line three, to strike out the word "as;' in line five to insert the words "safety-valves, gauge-cocks, steam-gauges, and fusible plugs, attached in conformity to law;" in line seven, to strike out the word "already" and insert "therein;" in line nine, to insert the word "approved" before "life-preservers ;" in line eleven, after the word "passengers," to insert "except when navigating canals exclusively;" and in line sixteen, after the words "life-preservers," to insert "approved by the inspectors; so that the section will read :

That the hull and boiler, or boilers, and machinery and appurtenances of every ferry-boat shall be inspected as required for passenger steamers in section eleven, and shall be furnished with boats and steampumps, safety-valves, gauge-cocks, steam-gauges, and fusible plugs, attached in conformity to law, as therein prescribed, and shall be supplied with firebuckets and axes as required for passenger steamers, and shall also be equipped with such number of approved life-preservers as may be prescribed by the focal inspectors. And all steam canal-boats carrying passengers, except when navigating canals exclusively, and every steam-yacht, shall be inspected, as respects hull, boilers and machinery, pumps, boats, fire-buckets, and axes, as required for passenger steamers in sections three, seven, eight, ten, and eleven, and shall also carry cork or other equally efficient life-preservers, approved by the inspectors, equal in number to the number of persons carried on board such yacht or canal-boat; and no ferryboat shall be navigated without a licensed pilot and engineer, who shall be subject to the same regulations as officers navigating passenger steamers.

The amendinent was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section fiftyeight, line fifteen, to insert the word "approved" before "life preservers."

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. POMEROY. There is just one line on the eighty-first page of the bill, at the end of the filly-eighth section, which I am going to move to strike out. It reads: "and wooden boats may be substituted for metallic liteboats." I do not believe we ought to substitute wooden boats for metallic life-boats. In hot climates wooden boats will shrink, and are hardly ever fit for use They are not half as good as the metallic boats anyhow, and I therefore move to strike out that line.

Mr. CORBETT. That proviso now reads: Provided, That on tug, freight, and towing boats, navigating waters flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, and their tributaries, wire tiller-ropes, iron rods or chains shall not be required, and wooden boats may be substituted for metallic life-boats.

Mr. POMEROY. But in that climate the wooden boats shrink and are rarely ever fit for use. If you are to have life-boats at all, let them be metallic boats. One metallic boat is worth a dozen wooden boats.

Mr. CORBETT. I have no objection to the amendment.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment of the Committee on Commerce was in section fifty-nine, line thirteen, to strike out the word "five" and inser "ten;" and in line fourteen, to strike out the word "three" and insert "five;" so as to make the clause read:

And each captain, chief engineer, and first-class pilot, licensed as herein provided, shall pay, for every certicate granted by any inspector or inspectors, the sum of ten dollars, and for every renewal thereof the sum of five dollars.

where it occurs the second time. The amendment was agreed to. The next amendment was in section five line three, to insert, after the word "amendatory,' ," the words "except as herein before provided;" so as to make the section read:

That all fees, penalties, and revenues arising under the provisions of this act, and of the act to which this is amendatory, except as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid into the Treasury, and all disbursements of money for carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and of the act to which it is amendatory, shall be made only upon specific appropriations, for which the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit annual estimates.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was at the end of section sixty-seven, to add the words "one half for the use of the informer;" so that the section will read:

That the penalty for the violation of any provision of this act that is not otherwise specially provided for shall be a fine of not exceeding $500, one half for the use of the informer.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section sixty. eight, line nineteen, to strike out the word "not" and to insert "nor."

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was in section sixtynine, line seven, to insert, after the word "act,' the words "and all fog-horns required by the provisions of this act shall be such as can be heard at a distance of at least one and one half miles in still, clear weather.

Mr. HAMLIN. I am afraid those few min utes will never be had.

Mr. POMEROY. I move that the Senate do now adjourn.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas renews the motion to adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; and (at ten o'clock and forty minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 1872.

The House met at eleven o'clock a. m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. J. G. BUTLER, D. D.

The Clerk proceeded to read the Journal. Mr. McCRARY. I ask unanimous consent that the further reading of the Journal be dispensed with.

Mr. BEATTY. I object.

The Clerk resumed and completed the reading of the Journal.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

Mr. DAWES. I move to go into Commit. tee of the Whole on the tariff bill.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was to strike out the

words:

SEC. 71. This act shall take effect on the 1st day of May, in the year 1872.

The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment was to strike out the seventy-second section, in the following words: SEC. 72. That nothing in this act shall apply to sailing vessels of less than twelve tons burden. The amendment was agreed to.

The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendments made as in Committee of the Whole were concurred in. Mr. HARLAN. This is a very important bill, and the Senate is quite thin now. I think it would be better to let it go over. I therefore move that the Senate do now adjourn.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Before putting the question on that motion, the Chair will state that the bill called up by the Senator from Pennsylvania, prior to the recess this afternoon, will be the unfinished business after the morning hour to-morrow. Mr. STEVENSON. come up again? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair cannot tell. That will be at the option of the Senate.

When will this bill

The amendment was agreed to.

circuit courts of the United States, upon which the previous question had been seconded. The question was upon ordering the main question to be put, pending which the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HOLMAN] moved to lay the bill upon the table.

Mr. HOLMAN. Was it not the understanding, when night sessions were given to the Judiciary Committee and other committees, that the business should not lap over on to the following day?

Mr. HAWLEY. I think that was the express understanding.

The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks it was, unless the previous question were seconded. Mr. STEVENSON. The Chair so stated. The SPEAKER. The question is upon the motion to lay upon the table. Mr. PETERS.

withdraw that.

Oh, the gentleman will

The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 113, nays 53, not vot ing 73; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Ambler, Ames, Arthur, Barber, Barry, Beatty, Beck, Bigby, Bingham, Austin Blair, Buckley, Buffinton, Burchard, Burdett, Benjamin F. Butler, Carroll, Coburn, Coghlan, Conger, Crocker, Dawes, Dickey, Donnan, Dox, Duell, Duke, Dunuel!, Eames, Eldredge, Farnsworth, Farwell, Finkelaburg, Charles Foster, Frye, Garfield, Golladay, Hale. Hambleton, Harmer, Harper, John T. Harris, Havens, Hawley, Hay, Hereford, Hoar, Kelley, Kellogg, Ketcham, Killinger, Lamport, Lyneh, Mo

Crary, MoJunkin, McKee. Merriam, Mitchell, Mon- || roe, Morey, Morphis. Leonard Myers, Negley, Orr, Palmer, Hosea W. Parker, Isaac C. Parker, Peck, Pendleton, Perce, Aaron F. Perry, Eli Perry, Peters, Platt, Poland, Ellis H. Roberts, Roosevelt, Rusk, Sargent, Sawyer, Seeley, Sheldon, Sherwood, H. Boardman Smith, John A. Smith, Snapp, Thomas J. Speer, Sprague, Starkweather, Stevenson. Stoughton, Strong. Sutherland, Sypher, Thomas, Washington Townsend, Turner, Twichell, Tyner, Upson, Vaughan, Wakeman, Walden, Waldron, Wallace, Walls, Warren, Wells. Wheeler, Willard, Williams of New York, Jeremiah M. Wilson, John T. Wilson, and Winchester-113.

NAYS-Messrs. Acker, Bell, Bird, James G. Blair, Braxton, Brooks, Campbell, Comingo, Cotton, Cox, Crebs, Crossland, Davis, Getz, Giddings, Griffith, Hancock, Handley, Hanks, Herndon. Hibbard, Holman, Kendall, Kerr, King, Leach, Lewis. Marshall, McCormick, McGrew, McIntyre, McNeely, Benjamin F. Meyers, Morgan, Niblack, Randall, Read, Edward Y. Rice, John M. Rice, Robinson, Scofield, Shanks, Slater, Sloss. R. Milton Speer, Storm, Swann, Terry, Van Trump, Voorhees, Waddell, Whitthorne, and Williams of Indiana-53.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Adams, Archer. Averill, Banks, Barnum, Beveridge, Biggs, Boles, Bright, Roderick R. Butler, Caldwell, Clarke, Cobb. Conner, Creely, Critcher, Darrall, De Large, Du Bose, Elliott, Ely, Forker, Henry D. Foster, Wilder D. Foster, Garrett, Goodrich, Haldeman, Halsey, George E. Harris, Hays, Gerry W. Hazelton, John W. Hazelton, Hill, Hooper, Houghton, Kinsella, Lamison, Lansing, Lowe, Manson, Maynard, McClelland, MeHenry, McKinney, Mercur, Merrick, Moore, Packard, Packer. Porter, Potter, Price, Prindle, Rainey, Ritchie, William R. Roberts, Rogers, Sessions, Shellabarger, Shober, Shoemaker, Slocum, Worthington C. Smith, Snyder, Stevens, Stowell, St. John, Taffe, Dwight Townsend, Tuthill, Whiteley, Wood, and Young-73.

So the bill was passed.

Mr. PETERS moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

Mr. HOLMAN. I move to amend the title of this bill so that it will read: "A bill to create eighty new Federal offices at an expense of $200,000 a year."

The amendment of the title was not agreed to. MILITARY ACADEMY APPROPRIATION BILL. Mr. MARSHALL, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported back the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. No. 1661) making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, with a recommendation that some of the amendments be concurred in and others non-concurred in by the House. The SPEAKER. The amendments will be read, and the recommendations of the Committee on Appropriations will be regarded as agreed to unless objection be made.

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appropriations for the consular and diplomatic | service of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1873, and for other purposes, with a recommendation that the House concur in some and non-concur in others of the Senate amendments.

The SPEAKER. The amendments will be read, and the recommendation of the Committee on Appropriations will be regarded as agreed to if no objection be made.

The first amendment of the Senate was to strike out the words "also accredited to," after the word "Nicaragua," and before the words "Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Hon. duras."

Mr. BROOKS. I would suggest that the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. SWANN] tell us the principal differences between the Senate and House on this bill.

this subject, if there is any question about concurring in the Senate amendment. If it can be concurred in by general consent I do not desire to say anything.

The SPEAKER. The Chair was about to submit the question.

Mr. BANKS. Well, Mr. Speaker, I should scarcely feel I had done my duty if I did not say a word on the subject of this amendment. I am in favor of concurring in the report of the committee of conference reestablishing these missions. When the bill was before the House I consented to the amendment moved by the gentleman from New York, [Mr. BROOKS.] which reduced our diplomatic representation in the Central American States. I did so because this proposition for reduction had been repeated for five or six years, and I had grown tired of opposing it. But I believe that these missions are necessary. The Central American States are a most important part of the American continent; and although, as the gentleman from New York says, some of these Governments have no representatives here, yet it is nevertheless true that we ought to have representatives there. It is not mateMr. BROOKS. I wish to ask the gentle-rial to Costa Rica and other States that they man, what has been done with regard to the Central American missions?

Mr. SWANN. I will ask the Clerk to read the report of the Committee on Appropria

tions.

The SPEAKER. The report simply recommends concurrence in some amendments and non-concurrence in others, the amendments being indicated by numbers.

Mr. SWANN. We concur with the Senate in retaining all those missions.

Mr. BROOKS. I hope the House will not take the back track in regard to these Central American missions. I stated before in de bate, and I will restate it now, that according to the Congressional Directory there is not now in this city a single representative from any of these Central American States, while we are sending five or six or seven representatives of our country, at an expense wholly unnecessary, to those small States, not having a population so large as that of Nebraska. There can be no object in keeping up those missions except the maintenance of unnecessary officials.

Mr. SWANN. Mr. Speaker, the Senate voted to restore all the missions struck out at the instance of the honorable gentleman from New York, [Mr. BROOKS ;] and upon conferring with the State Department on the subject, I find the opinion of that Department is in accordance with that of the Senate of the United States. Some of these missions are important. There are American interests in those countries which require protection. In addition to that it is important that our Government should have in those States some official to rep resent, as has been done heretofore, the principles of this Government. We know that in

all these Central American States there has been more or less interference from abroad. Persons are sent there for the purpose of alien. ating those different Governments from the relations in which they stand to the United States, which, at this time, are relations of cordiality.

Besides, Mr. Speaker, we have other interests there. There is the great interoceanic canal. Our Government has recently appointed a commission of distinguished officers to decide upon the proper route to be taken in case the policy of constructing that canal should be adopted. It is very important to us that we should preserve our friendly relations with all these Governments. More than that, we should give protection to American citizens within their limits. These are important considerations which I think should outweigh any considerations of economy that might induce my honorable friend from New York [Mr. BROOKS] to desire the discontinuance of these missions at the present time. We have, therefore, upon consultation with the committee and also with the State Department, agreed to concur in the Senate amendment retaining these missions as they stood originally. I ask the House to concur in the amendment of the Senate.

Mr. BROOKS obtained the floor, and yielded to

Mr. BANKS. I desire to say a word on

should be represented at Washington; no great interests touching their existence as republics require them to be represented here; and being somewhat limited in their resources, they find it, perhaps, inconvenient to spare from their treasury the expense. But the case is not the same with us. This is a rich and powerful country; it has great interests in all the Governments of North and South America. And it would be far better for us to withdraw every one of our representatives from Europe than to withdraw our representatives from the republican Governments in Central and South America. We want to know what the European Governments are doing in that part of the world. There is no method of obtaining that information except by having capable, patriotic, and energetic men to investigate and report the course of events there. Nothing can be more important.

I will not weary the House by any further remarks on this matter, except to say that notwithstanding my acquiescence in the amendment adopted when the bill was originally be fore the House which reduced these representatives, I think we ought now to agree to the report of the committee which reestablishes them.

Mr. Speaker, I ask to read for a moment a portion of a dispatch from the minister of foreign affairs of Costa Rica, one of these republics. It is addressed to the American minister as he was about to leave:

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NATIONAL PALACE, SAN JOSÉ, April 13, 1872. SIR: * From the circumstance of the declaration of the House of Representatives of the United States for suppression of the American legation in Costa Rica, my Government fears, honorable sir, your return will only be to present your letter of recall.

I embrace this opportunity to submit to your high consideration some observations in case you find it convenient to communicate them to the Secretary of the United States. The idea of the Nicaragua attracts the attention of the whole world.

The canal will not only be of Nicaragua, but of Costa Rica.

The treaty of limitation of territory between the two republics, of which I take the liberty of transmitting you a copy, establishes this fuct.

European enpitalists make offers separate to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and at the same time offer jointly to the two republics the necessary amount for the undertaking. The Washington Cabinet bas also fixed its illustrious attention on our isthmus. and by its order important scientific studies are being made.

At this time, for these reasons, a legation of the United States in Costa Rica is necessary.

To abolish it now, is to do so in the very moment of its necessity.

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LORENZO MONTUFAR. Hon. JACOB B. BLAIR, Minister Resident of the United States of America in Costa Rica.

Now, sir, here is a statement from the minister of one of these Governments of the importance of our having a representative at