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 186 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 373, 374. 1882. annum and the prorata compensationef the carriers whose routes they mm. may be required to serve: And provided further, That no boxes for the collection of mail matter by carriers shall be placed inside of any building except a public building or railroad station." Bepeals. Sec. 3.-That all laws inconsistent herewith are repealed. Approved, August 2, 1882. . August lg CHAP. 374.-An act to regulate the carriage of passengers by sea. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqtrestmtatives of the United The passenger State: of America in Congress assembled, That rt shall not be lawful Mh IQ- for the master of a steamship or other vessel whereon emrgrant pas- °"T,"§°:: P"' sengers, or passengers other than cabin passengers, have been taken · wgymimtnd at any port or place in a foreign country or dominion (ports and plaees passengers, other in toreign territory contiguous to the United States excepted) to bring WM °•**i¤ P¤¤!¤· such vessel and passengers to any port or place rn the United States g",:; fizmbgmm unless the compartments, spaces, and accommodations hereinafter men- %,,(r wm, cm tioned have been provided, allotted, maintained, and used for and by pmmouts, em. such passengers during the entire voyage; that is to say, rn a steam- In stoamship. ship, the compartments or spaces, unobstructed by cargo, stores, or goods, shall be of sufficient dimensions to allow for each and every passenger carried or brought therein one hundred cubic feet, if the compartment or space is located on the main deck or on the iirst deck next below the main deck of the vessel, and one hundred and twenty cubic feet for each passenger carried or brought therein if the compartment or space is located on the second deck below the main deck of the vessel; and it shall not be lawful to carry or bring passengers on any deck I¤¤•ili¤s·v¤¤¤¤1- other than the decks above mentioned And in sailing-vessel such passengers shall be carried or brought only on the deck (not being an • orlop deck) that is next below the main deck of the vessel, or in a poop or declehouse constructed on the main deck; and thecompartment or space, unobstructed by cargo, stores, or goods, shall be of sufficient ‘ dimensions to allow one hundred and ten cubic feet for each and every Space pee pu- passenger brought therein. And such passengers shall not be carried •¤¤z·¤~ or brought in any betweendecks, nor in any compartment, space, poop, or deck-house, the height of which from deck to deck is less than six Children com- feet. In computing the number of such passengers carried or brought P¤*¤¢L¤¤¤- _ m any vessel, children under one year of age shall not be included, and two children between one and eight years of age shall be counted as · one passenger and any person brought in such vessel who shall have been, during the voyage, taken from any other vessel wrecked or in distress on the high seas, or have been picked up at sea from any boat, lfeualty an vio- mit, or otherwise, shall not be included in such computation. The iM»¤¤· master of a vessel coming to a port or place in the United States in violation of either of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor- and if the number of passengers other than cabin passengers carried or brought in the vessel, or in any compartment, space, poop, or deck house thereof, is greater than the number allowed to be carried or brought therein, respectively, as hereinbefore prescribed, the said master shall be lined fifty dollars for each and every passenger rn crtcess of the proper number, and may also be imprisoned not exeeexdnnrg {months. nouns re: pns· tmc. L. ’ at in every such steamshi or other vessel there shall be a =;§f;f,i_¤*;*¥:r¤:c*l sufficient number of berths for the proger accommodation as hereinafter mmm; provided, of all such passengers. There shall not be on any deck nor in any compartment or space occupied by such passengers more than two tiers ofherths. The berths shall be properly constructed and be separated from each other by partitions, as berths ordinarily zire separated, and each berth shall be at least two feet in width and six feet in length ; and the interval between the door or lowest part of the lower