AMERICAN PASSENGERS ACT.
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sengers, are hereby extended and made applicable to all spaces appropriat- ed to the use of steerage passengers in vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and navigating from, to, and between the ports, and in manner as in this act named, and to such vessels and to the masters thereof; and 80 much of the act entitled "An act to pro- vide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes," approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, as conflicts with this hot, is hereby repealed; and the space appropriated to the use of steerage passengers in vessels so as above propelled and navigated, is hereby subject to the supervision and inspection of the col- lector of the customs at any port of the United States at which any such vessel shall arrive, or from which she shall be about to depart; and the same shall be examined and reported in the same manner and by the same officers by the next preceding section directed to examine and report.
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Fessels bound to or vessels bound from any port in the United States from Pacific ports.. to any port or place in the Pacific Ocean, or on its tributaries, or from any such port or place to any port in the United States on the Atlantic or its tributaries, shall be subject to the foregoing provisions regulating the carriage of passengers in merebant vessels, except so much as re- lates to provisions and water; but the owners and masters of all such vessels shall in all cases furnish to each passenger the daily supply of water therein mentioned ; and they shall furnish a sufficient supply of good and wholesome food, properly cooked; and in case they shall fail so to do, or shal! provide unwholesome or unsuitable provisions, they shall be subject to the penalty provided in the sixth section of this chapter, in case the passengers are put on short allowance of water or provisions.
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Sro. 12. And be it further enacted, That the cap- List of passengers tain or master of any ship or vessel arriving in the to be delivered on United States, or any of the Territories thereof, from any foreign place whatever, at the same time that he delivers a manifest of the cargo, and if there be no cargo, then at the time of making report or entry of the ship or vessel, pursuant to law, shall also deliver and re- port to the collector of the district in which such ship or vessel shall ar- rive, a list or manifest of all the passengers taken on board of the said ship or vessel at any foreign port or place; in which list or manifest it shall be the duty of the said master to designate particularly the age, sex, and occupation of the said passengers respectively, the part of the ves- sel occupied by each during the voyage, the country to which they severally belong, and that of which it is their intention to become in- habitants; and shall further set forth whether any and what number have died on the voyage; which list or manifest shall be sworn to by the said 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 aforesaid to comply with the provisions of this section, or any part thereof, shall incur the same penalties, and forfeitures as are provided for a refusal or neglect to report and deliver a manifest of the cargo aforesaid.