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 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106. 1852. 69 Sec. 10. And be it fur:/zer enacted, That in those cases where the Pmvisiom m- numbcr of passengers is limited by the inspcctofs certiicatc, it shall not ‘P°°%”$ f um be lawful to take on board of any steamer a. greater number of passen- 2;;.,; z;.,};,;}:: gcrs than is certified by the inspectors in the certificate; and the master tions on the pas- _ and owners, or either of them, shall be liable, to any person suing for fn”·§g£§,‘g§°°;r:j the same, to forfeit the amount of passage money and ton dollars for pemum. ’ each passcngcr beyond the number allowed. And moreover, in ull cases of an express or implied undertaking to transport passengers, or to supply them with food and lodging, from place be place, and suitable provision is hot made of a full and adequate supply of good and wholesomc food and water, and of suitable lodging for all such passengers, or where barges, or other craft, impoding tho progress, are taken in tow, for a distance exceeding five hundred miles, without previous and scasonable notice to such passengers, in all such cases the owners and the vessel shall be liable to refund all the money paid for the passage, and to pay also the damage sustained by such default or delay: Provided, V¢SS¢1 @0 ba however, That if in any such casa a. satisfactory bond is given to the {)°£f§°g}\2;l}°°nd marshal for the benefit of the p1:>.i¤tiHQ to secure the satisfaction of such judgment as he may recover, the vessel shall be released. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That if the master of 2. steamer, Y°¤?l'>Y f°F or any other person, whether acting under orders or not, shall inten- Qggxgg iff; tional1y load or obstruct, or cause to be loaded or obstructed, in any Way moans of rogu- 01* manner, tho safety valve or valves of a. boiler, or shall employ any {2****512* other means or device whereby the boiler shall be subjected to a greater Ofiuam? pressure than the amount allowed by the certificate of the inspectors, or shall be expose:} to a grmmr pressm-e, m- shall intentionally dcrangqor 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, it shall, in any such case, be a. misdemeanor, and any and ever person concerned therein, directly or indirectly, shall forfeit two hundred dollars, and may, at the discretion of the court, be in addition thereto imprisoned not exceeding eighteen months. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That if at any time there be a penalty fmdeiicicncy of water in a boiler, by suffering ii: to fall below three inches ¤U<>wi¤gl{h¢ W¤· above the Huc as prescribed in this act, unless the same happens through  ug?" inevitable accident, the master, if it be by his order, assent, or commivzmcc, and also the enginee1·, or other person, whose duty it is to keep up the supply, shall be guilty of au offence for which they shall poverally be Hnod one hundred dollars each; and if an explosion or collapse happens in consequence of such deficiency, they, or any of them, may bc further punished by imprisonment, for a period of not less than six nor more than eighteen months. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That hereafter all boilers of mum fp bg stcamboats made of iron shall be constructed of plates which have been Mdé Pfmmpéd stamped according to the provisions of this act. mmm1S' Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of such Examination inspectors to ascertain the quality bf the material of which the boiler- 0**0*1*** PI“°°°· plates of any such boiler so submitted to their inspection are made; and to satisfy themselves by any suitable means, whether the mode of manufacturing has been such as to produce iron equal to good iron made with charcoal, such as in their judgment may be used for generating stcam—powcr without hazard to life; and no such boiler shall be approved which is made of unsuitable material, or of which the manufacture is Q9¤}§1u°S*°b° imperfect, or is not in their opinion, of suitable strength, or whose plates mm ' arc less than one fourth of an inch in thickness, for a high·pressuro boiler of forty-two inches in diameter, and in that proportion of strength according to the maximum of working pressure allowed for high-pressure boilers of greater or less diameter, or which is made of any but wrought iron of a quality equal to good iron made with charcoal.