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 636 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 44. 185]. Proceedings loss, or destruction, shall be suffered by several freighters or owners of Wh,°*€,*l;1‘€'° ***6 goods, wares, or merchandize, or any property whatever, on the same f,;;};;,;,};;? “d them, they shall receive compensation from the owner or owners of the ` ship or vessel, in proportion to their respective losses; and fiir that purpose the said freighters and owners of the property, and the owner or owners of the ship or vessel, or any of them, may take the appropriate proceedings in any court, for the purpose of apportioning the sum for which the owner or owners of the ship or vessel may be liable 0W1M _ may amongst the parties entitled thereto. And it shall be deemed a sum. abandou his m- · · · - · tems, ,0 ,, ,,.,,s_ cient compliance with the requirements of this act, on the part of such tee appointed by owner or owners, if he or they shall transfer his or their interest in {*);;*3,, fz;. :1,:: such vessel and freight, for the benefit of such. claimants, to a trustee, losers_ to be appointed by any court of competent jurisdiction, to act as such trustee for the person or persons who may prove to be legally entitled thereto, from and after which transfer, all claims and proceedings against the owner or owners shall cease. Charterers, in Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the charterer or charterers {’,‘;"°‘:,';,f;f*;,:g of any ship or vessel, in case he or they shall man, victnal and navowners. igate such vessel at his or their own expense, or by his or their own procurement, shall be deemed the owner or owners of such vessel within the meaning of this act; and such ship or vessel, when so chartered, shall be liable in the same manner as if narigated by the owner or owners thereof _ Remedies Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the preceding sections shall be construed to take away or affect the remedy to which duct, &o., not any party may be entitled, against the master, officers, or mariners, for goods, wares, merchandize, or other property, put on board any ship or vessel, or on account of any negligence, fraud, or other malversatiou of such master, officers, or mariners, respectively, nor shall any thing herein contained lessen or take away any responsibility to which any master or mariner of any ship or vessel may now by law be liable, notwithstanding such master or mariner may be an owner or part owner of the shi or vessel. Penalty _ for Sue. 7.pAnd be it further enacted, That any person or persons ship— ffsgglng "‘l&gf ping oil of vitriol, unslacked lime, infiammable matches, or gunpowwithorig giving der, in a ship or vessel taking cargo for divers persons on freight, with- ¤¤*i<=<=· out delivering, at the time of shipment, a note in writing, expressing the nature and character of such merchandize, to the master, mate, officer, or person in charge of the lading of the ship or vessel, shall forfeit to the United States one thousand dollars. Act not to This act shall not apply to the owner or owners of any canal boat, oats, &c., or to . . . . . ,.8,,,1, employ- in rivers or inland navigation. gggpuriver ¤¤vi— Approved, March 3, 1851. - CHAP. XL V. -.8n Act ro idin or a. a itianal Term o the United States Circuit and Distric? Cdurts5tfChic1i'g·o,d;• the District of Illinois. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represmtatives of the T;¤}‘¤¤ 9f¢¤\¤*S United States df America in Congress assembled, That a term of in uu""' the Circuit Court, and a term of the District Court of the United States for the District of Illinois, shall be held at the city of Chicago, in said district, commencing on the first Tuesday of October in each (a) For previous acts respecting courts in Illinois, see note in vol. iv. p. 468, and Stat. 1819, ch. 70; 1824, ch. 38; 1831, ch. 10; 1848, ch. 85.
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