Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 1.djvu/894

 822 TI'fL}] x1.v1u. -(IOMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.-Cn, 6, berths of twice the above width may be constructed, each berth to be ocvupiad 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 u man and two of his own children under the age of eight years. on- h} two men, members of the sanm family. For any violation of this section, the master of the vessel, and the owners thereof. shall sevarall · be liable to a penalty of five dollars for each passenger on hoard of such vessel 0n such vovugc. to be recovered by the United States in any port where such vessel may arrive or depart. Houses on deck. Sm:. 4256. All vessels, whether of the United States, or any foreign 3 MM 1855 ( country, having sufficicht space, a.cc0rdin€ to law, for fifty pr more pag- 21:% S 3 ".  10; 1, sengers, other than cubm pnssengerg, shal, when employed m transport- 716. ing such passengers between the United States and luurope, have., on the upper deck. for the usc of such passengers, a. house over the passageway leading to the apartments allotted to such passengers below deck. iirmlv secured to the deck 01* combings of the hatch, with two doors. the s111s bf which shall he 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. All vessels so employed, and having the ca Jauity to carrv one hundred und fifty such passen ers 01* more, shall have two such houses; and the stairs 01* ladder lemhng down to such apartments shall be furnished with a ha.nd—rnil of wood or strong rope: but hoohy-hatches mav he substituted for such houses. Ventilatom. Sim:. 4257. Every such vessel so employed in transporting passengers .%‘\1§; jgés' ( between the United States and Europe, and having sgace according to 2;§; `s  4;’,-  mf PQ law for more than one hundred such pa.<sengers. shall ave at least two 717. ventilators to purify each apartment occupied by such passengers; one of which shall he inserted in the after part, and the other in the forward part of the- s•.pm·tment. and one of them shall have an ¢·xha.u»ting—cap to carry off the foul air, and the other 2. rcc·civing—cap to (‘!\l'l‘)' down the fresh air. Such vcntilators shall have n capacity proportioned to the size of tbq apartments to he purified, namely: If the apartments will lawfully authorize the reception of two hundred such passengers, the capacity of each of such ventilators shall be equal to a tube of twelve inches diameter in the clear, and in proportion for lar er or smaller u rtmenta. All such vcntilators shall rise at least four gaet six inches ahgva the upper deck of any such vessel. and he of the most approved form and construction. If it appears from the report to be made and approved. as provided in section forty-two hundred and seventy-two. that such vessel is equally well ventilated by any othermcuns, such other means of ventilation shall be deemed to be a compliance with the provisions of this section. Cooking-range. Suv. -}:258. Every vessel carrying more than fifty such passengers, and Igdf",?" engaged in transporting them between the United States and Europe. ’shall have for their use on deck, housed and conveniently arran ed, at least one cumboose or cooking-range, the dimensions of which sgull be equal to four feet long and one foot six inches wide for 9V9i')' two hundred passengers: und provision shall he made in the same manner, in this ratio, for :1 greater or less number of passengers; but nothing in this section shall take away the right to make such arrangements for cooking between decks, if that shall be deemed desirable. Pgnaltyfor ner- S1¤;c. 4259. The master and owner of any such vessel so employed, Will"? *9 °°"’Puf which shall not be provided with the house or houses over the passage- “' }r?‘}[’E?“}°“ ‘ ways, or with the ventilators, or with the camhooses or cooking-run s Qi Mar., 1855. <·· with the houses over them, required by this Title, shall severally be hh-  “· 8· "· ]°» P- ble to a penalty of two hundred dollars for each and every violation of. ` or neglect to conform to, each of these r uircments, to be recovered by suit in any circuit or district court of th§(`.'nited States within the jurisdiction of which such vessel may ll.1'1'i\`(‘, 01* from which she may he about to degzart, or ut any place within the jurisdiction of such courts. wherever t c owner or master of such vessel may he found. Provisions. Sec. 4260. All vessels so employed in transpm·tin passengers between r the l'nited States and Europe shall have on bcmrg for the use of such