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 824 Trru: XLVIII.—CO)l.hrIERCI*] AND NAVIGAT1ON.—Cr»r. 6. 27 Mt., 1877, ¤·. him whether the requirements of law have been complied with in resplect 6** "· 1**1*- 250- to such vessel; and if such report shall state such compliance, and s all be approved by such collector, it_s_hall be deemed prima-facie evidence thereof. [The provisions, requisitions, penalties, and hens enumerated in the several sections of this chapter relating to the space in vessels appropriated to the use of passengers are hereby extended and made applicable to all spaces appropriated to the use of steeragepassengers in vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and navigating from, to, and between the ports and in manner as herein named, and to such vessels and to the masters thereof; and the space appropriated to the use of stecra e-passengers in vessels as above prope led and navigated is hereby nracfe subject to the supervision and inspection of the collector of the customs in any rt in the United States at which any such vessel shall arrive, or from wliihh she shall be about to depart; and the same shall be examined and reported in the same manner and by the same officers directed in the receding section to examine and report.] {Sees4M!.] Vesselsboumlto Sec. -1265. Vhssels bound from any port in the 1 nited States to any 3* f’°'“ the l’¤°m° port or· place in the Pacilic Ocean, or on its tributaries, or from any such _Tjr port or place to any port in the United States on the Atlantic, or its s Mar., 1855, c. tributaries, including vessels whose passengers, or any part of them, $· ll: "· ]0· I"- shall be bound from or to any of those por·ts or places, v way of any { 4‘ Jul,. ,864 (__ overland route through Mexico or Central America, shall he subject to 249, F. éfv, 13; p, the foregoing provisions regulating the carriage of passengers in mer- 390. chant-vessels, except so nruclr as relates to food and water; but the owners and masters of such vessels shall in all cases furnish to each passenger the daily supply of water therein mentioned; and they shall furnish a sufficient su ply of good and wholesome food, properly cooked; and in case they shall fail so to do, or shall provide unwholesome or unsuitable food, such masters or· owners shall be liable to av to each passenger the sum of three dollars for each day on which such failure or wrongfulact is committed. to be recovered in the circuit or district court of the United States. Lists of pmeu- Sec. -1266. The master of any vessel arriving in the United States, or gem- any of the Territories thereof, from any foreign place whatever, at the "—;§;`?];`;§§5;'Ci same time that he delivers a manifest of the cargo, and if there be no 213, s. 12, v. 10, p. cargo, then at the time of making report or entry of the vessel, pursu- 719- antto law, shall also deliver and report to the collector of the district in which such vessel shall arrive a list of all the passengers taken ou board of the vessel at any foreign por·t or place; in which list he shall designate particularly the age, sex, and occupation of the passengers respectively, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the voyage, the country to which they severally belong. and that of which it is their intention to become inhabitants; and shall further set forth whether any and what number have died on the voyage; such list shall be sworn to by the master, in the same manner as directed by law in relation to the manifest of the cargo; and the refusal or neglect of the master· to comply with the provisions of this section, or any part thereof, shall incur the same penalties, disabilities, and forfeitures as are provided for a refusal or neglect to repor·t and deliver a manifest of the cargo. [see 55 21:4, ssc:-asia.] (·0p1t»s·a» be re- Sec. 4267. Every collector of the customs to whom such lists of pasturr¤c<ltoSecretary sengers shall be delivered, shall quarter-yearly return copies thereof to "f ****5 _ the Secretary of State. Ibid., s. 13, T .l[u{/, 1874, c. 149, r. 18, p. 42. flauygxcnrtirlcgurw _ Sec. 4:268. In case there shullhave occurred on board any vessel arriv- °“ ""T‘*‘~"*"" mg at any por·t or place wrthrn the United States or its Territories, _+--- ,1... .. any death among tre passengers, other· than cabin passengers, the 0 § 335 $8%   master. or· owner, or consignee of such vessel, shall, within twenty-four ·rl·"~ ·‘·l »l”·']*· hours after the tirrre within which the report and list of passengers is required to be delivered to the collector of the customs, pav to the collector the sum of ten d0llar·s for each and every passenger above the age of eight years, who shall have died on the voyage by natural disease.