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 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 41. 1848. 221 or apartments occupied by such passengers; one of which shall be inserted in the after part of the apartment or apartments, and the other shall be placed in the forward portion of the apartment or apartments, and one of them shall have an exhausting cap to carry otf the foul air, and the other a receiving cap to carry down the fresh air; which said ventilators shall have a capacity proportioned to the size of the apartment or apartments to be purified; namely, if the apartment or apartments will lawfully authorize the reception of two hundred such passengers, the capacity of such ventilators shall each of them be equal to a tube of twelve inches diameter in the clear, and in proportion for larger or smaller apartments; and all said ventilators shall rise at least four feet six inches above the upper deck of any such vessel, and be of the most approved form and construction: Provided, That if it shall appear, from the report to be made and approved, as provided in the seventh section of thih act, that such vessel is equally well ventilated Substitutes by any other means, such other means of ventilation shall be deemed, °‘°"f°'· and held to be, a compliance with the provisions of this section. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every vessel carrying more Cambcose or than fifty such passengers shall have for their use on deck, housed and gggms ““g° °" conveniently arranged, at least one camboose or cooking range, the ` dimensions of which shall be equal to four feet long and one foot six inches wide for every two hundred passengers; and provisions shall be made in the manner aforesaid in this ratio for a greater or less number of passengers: Provided, however, And nothing herein con- Pmviso. tained shall take away the right to make such arrangements for cooking between decks, if that shall be deemed desirable. Sec. 4. And be it fcrther enacted, That all vessels employed as Victualling or aforesaid shall have on board, for the use of such passengers, at the §;f°“g°' "°“` time of leaving the last port whence such vessel shall sail, well secured ' under deck, for each passenger, at least fifteen pounds of good navy bread, ten pounds of rice, ten pounds of oatmeal, ten pounds of wheat flour, ten pounds of peas and beans, thirty-five pounds of potatoes, one pint of vinegar, sixty gallons of fresh water, ten pounds of salted pork, free of bone, all to be of good quality, and a suffrcient supply of fuel for cooking; but at places where either rice, oatmeal, wheat Bour, or peas and beans cannot be procured, of good quality and on reasonable terms, the quantity of either or any of the other last-named articles may be increased and substituted therefor; and in case potatoes cannot be procured on reasonable terms, one pound of either of said articles may be substituted in lieu of five pounds of potatoes, and the captains of such vessels shall deliver to each passenger at least one tenth part of the aforesaid provisions weekly, commencing on the day of sailing, and daily at least three quarts of water, and sufficient fuel for cooking; and if the passengers on board of any such vessel in which the provisions, fuel and water herein required shall not have been provided as aforesaid, shall at any time be put on short allowance during any voyage, the master or owner of any such vessel shall pay to each and every passenger who shall Penaltyinease have been put on short allowance the sum of three dollars for each and l’$“§;‘*f;f]0n?;,€ every day they may have been on such short allowance, to be recovered fawucc, in the Circuit or District Court of the United States: Provided, nevertheless, And nothing herein contained shall prevent any passenger, with p,,,,.,ngm may the consent of the captain, from furnishing for himself the articles of cpntpct tg wpfood herein specihed ; and, if put on board in good order, it shall fully py t °mS° v°°' satisfy the provisions of this act so far as regards food : And provided further, That any passenger may also, with the consent of the captain, furnish for himself an equivalent for the articles of food required in other and different articles; and it, without waste or neglect on the part of the passenger, or inevitable accident, they prove insufficient,