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 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 100. 1871. 443 steamer from carrying the same, or may require a substitute thereof, at his discretion. Sec. 8. And be it farther enacted, That every such vessel carrying Lifepreservpassengers shall be provided with a good life-preserver, made of suitable °” °' ll°“*”· material, for every cabin passenger for which she will have accommodation, and also a. good life-preserver or lloat for each deck or other class passenger which the inspector’s certificate shall allow her to carry, including the officers and crew, which life-preservers or lloats shall be kept in convenient and accessible places on such vessel in readiness for immediate use in case of accident; and every such vessel of two hundred tons or Fire buckets, less shall also keep at least eighteen fire buckets and two barrels, and “'*“°”b“'*`°ls shall have not less than four axes; and every such steamer of over two and mm; hundred tons, and not less than five hundred tons’ burden, shall carry not less than twenty-four buckets, four water barrels, and six axes; and every such steamer of over five hundred tons shall carry not less than thirty- live buckets, six water barrels, and eight axes. The buckets and barrels where to be shall be kept in convenient places and filled with water, to be in readiness k°Plin case of fire, and the axes shall be kept in good order and ready for immediate use: Provided, however, That tanks of suitable dimensions and Tanks, &e. arrangement, or buckets in sulzlioient number, may be substituted for i‘;llf;{;““* f°’ barrels. ` Sec. 9. And be itfarther enacted, That every such vessel carrying pas- Convenient sengers on the main deck shall be provided with permanent stairways and P°““*‘F°“* ml}` other sufficient means convenient to such passengers, for their escape to Xxisuiom m ’ UDP the upper deck, in case of the vessel sinking or other accident endangering deck. life; and in the stowage of freight upon such deck, where passengers are Gengwsys to carried, gangways or passages, sulhciently large to allow persons to pass bs lm °l°t*}*' in freely through them, shall be left open both fore and aft of the vessel, ?·,l;;é;€°° and also to and along the guards on each side; and it shall be the duty Space for deck of the captain or mate of such vessel to assign to all deck passengers when taking passage the space on deck they may occupy during the or occupied by voyage, and such space shall not thereafter be occupied by freight, nor Mightovercrowded by other persons, nor shall freight be stowed about the boilers or machinery in such a manner as to obstruct or prevent the engineer from readily attending to his duties ; and for every violation of Penalty. this section relating to the carriage and accommodation of passengers, the owners of the vessel shall pay a line of three hundred dollars. Sec. 10. And be it farther enacted, That every steamer carrying pas- Wimfilléf- sengers shall be provided with wire tiller-ropes, or iron rods or chains,  ;°28_lf,2g_ for the purpose of steering and navigating the vessel, and shall employ tubed, ge. wire bell-pulls for signalizing the engineer from the pilot-house, together with tubes of proper size so arranged as to return the sound of the engine bells to the pilot-house, or other arrangement to repeat back the signal: Provided, That on any such vessel, navigated by the mariners compass, Compass mf so much of such wire rope or chain may be. dispensed with and disused t° b° d‘S°°rb°d' as shall influence or disturb the working of such compass. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That upon the passage of this act Offices ofunthe offices of all local inspectors who have not the qualifications prescribed gif;} in this act shall be deemed vacated, and that when any vacancy shall occur cmd, in any local board of inspectors now existing, or whenever local inspectors f·;iPP;>iP*m¤¤l= are to be appointed for a. new district, the supervising inspector shall grJ°?’ msp°°b` notify the collector or other chief officers of the customs for the district, Board xdesigand the judge of the district court of the United States for the district in ¤“t°*`$· which such appointment is to be made, who, together with the supervising inspector, shall meet together as a board of designators; and it shall be Quanqestiens the duty of such board, or the major part thereoh one of which majority g§§lnQ;);*Q;':8°2;‘ shall be the supervising inspector, when designating an inspector of hulls. hulls, to select a person of good character and suitable qualifications and attainments, to perform the services required of him by this act, who,