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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 6. 1908. 583 d §EA'r1 Act To amend section one of the passenger Act of eighteen hun- D¢¢=¤Fgb§5‘é9j1908- SD Glg y- WO.' Be it enacted by the Senate and [[0uae of Representatives of the United [Public, N0. ml] States of Ameri0a in 00m. ress assembled, That section one of the pas- pggyggmyggé senges got of eighteen hundred and eighty-two be, and is hereby, mi-. amen e so as to read: "lt shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel whereon steerage ,,,,’{;f,§*,g“g,f,f’°f,°:{ passengers have been taken at any port or place in a foreign country vegels. 2; ' or dommion (ports and places in foreign territory contiguous to the .m§°,,;q..,.;_‘ p' m' United States excepxted) to bririg such vessel and passengers to or take from any (port or p ce in the nited States unless the compartments, spaces, an accommodations hereinafter mentioned have been provided, a lotted, maintained, and used for and by such passengers during-the entire voyage, unobstructed by cargo, stores or (go . The master h,1;g:;¤¤¤¢¤¤f¤*¤* of a vessel coming to a port or place in the  States in violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and if the number of steerage 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, regppctively, as hereinafter prescribed the said master s all ple fined y dpgars fpr eachisand every suchd passenger oiln excess of e proper num r, an may a o be imprison not exce — ing six months. _ ` ‘In com uting the number of n rs carried or brou ht in any C°‘“P“"“g_““”‘l’°' vessel, children under one year of age $11 not be includeing and two Ofpmngem children between one and eight years of age shall be counted as one nger; and any person broug t in such vessel who shall have been, F¤¤¤v¤¤¤· during the voyage, taken from any other vessel wrecked or in distress on tpl? high seplsélpr halypbepndpipked np` at sea gpm any boat, raft, or o erwise s no inc u e ID suc compu ion. H "Second. The expression ‘steerage passenger’ means all passengers ,,g§,*§§_§Q,§‘,§g§,i,_.·‘°°°" except cabin passengers, and persons s all not be deemed cabin passengers unless the space allotted to their exclusive use is in the proportion °f??*ri.°£$i.“fE§’.Q3§?.ElZ?§nS*Y§§’ZZ1”]f“22§€?°fa’k“S»S?L’E§§g as deck ,.2;z¤*¤= ¤¢**~ i·· next below the water line; and this expression ‘passengpr deck’ i includes every deck or portion of a deck which is above the lowest passenger deck, and is appropriated for passengers. _ k bd t r "Fourth. A vessel shal no; carry (pasgetptgers, gvhether pabm or “,£f° ” °“` `°°° steerage passen ers on more t an one ec ow the water ine. " Fifth. The Eeight between that part of any deck on which steerag; d°*:,j_f¤*‘* "°"'°°" passengers are carried and the deck immediately above it shall not ess than six feet. " Sixth. No steerage passengers shall be carried on the lowest passen- Sm ’j““l°“· "‘@· ger deck unless it is eiiiciently lighted by side scuttles and otherwise to tcl‘.1"“ t www r "`?·?°iSf“€ii°§ °f °h`i”’“’°°`€é" f t passe 1. u b.. carried P=·»»··»¤ ~* W . even . o rea ernum ro s eera e ngerss a unions. on the lowest pasienger deck than in the? proportion of one steerage Rm passenger to every twenty-one clear superficial feet allotteddtolgheis mgm d vmh use. If however the height between the owest passen er ec an, _ ““ ‘ ` the declgimmediatiely above? it is less than seven feet, and tds apertures, t on exclusive of side scuttles, through which light and air are admitted are less in size than in the roportion of three square feet to every one hundred superficial feet ol) that deck, no greater number of steerage passengers shall be carried on that deck than in the propprtion of pne steerage passenger to every thirty clear superficial feet thereof, sub]ect to the allowance for measurement of public rooms, lavatories, and bath ms 'fa , rovidedf b ra ten. ._ m?‘Eigl1thl1yN¢b;greater nhimbyerpdgllilmrpage passengers may be carried egg? ma mlm on a passenger eek than in the proportion of one steerage passenger