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AMERICAN PASSENGERS ACT.

oned for a term not exceeding one year: Provided, That the enforce- ment of this penalty shall not affect the civil responsibility of the captain or master and owners, to such passengers as may have suffered from said default.

SEC 7. And be it further enacted, That the Discipline and captain of any such vessel so employed, is hereby cleanliness. authorized to maintain good discipline and such habits of cleanliness among such passengers as will tend to the preservation and promotion of health; and to that end he shall cause such regulations as he may adopt for this purpose to be posted up, before sailing, on board such vessel, in a place accessible to such passengers, and shall keep the same so posted up during the voyage; and it is hereby made the duty of said captain to cause the apartments occupied by such passengers to be kept at all times in a clean, healthy state; and the owners of every such vessel so employed, are required to construct the decks and all parts of said apartment so that it can be thoroughly cleansed; Prevics, and they shall also provide a safe, convenient privy or water-closet for the exclusive use of every one hundred such passengers. And when the weather is such that said passengers cannot be mustered on deck with their bedding, it shall be the duty of the captain of every such vessel to cause the deck, occupied by such passengers, to be cleansed with chloride of lime, or some other equally efficient disinfec- ting agent, and also at such other times as said captain may deem

necessary.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the mas- Penalty for de- ter and owner or owners of any such vessel so employed, ficiency in ventila- which shall not be provided with the house or houses

tors or cambooses.

over the passage-ways, as prescribed in the third section of this chapter, or with ventilators, as prescribed in the fourth section of this chapter, or with the cabooses or cooking ranges, with the houses over them, as prescribed in the fifth section of this chapter, shall severally forfeit and pay to the United States the sum of two hundred dollars for each and every violation of, or neglect to conform to, the provisions of each of said sections, and fifty dollars for each and every neglect or violation of any of the provisions of the seventh section of this chapter, to be recovered by suit in any circuit or district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which the said vessel may arrive, or from which she may be about to depart, or at any place within the jurisdiction of such courts, wherever the owner or owners, or captain of such vessel may be found.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, that the Inspectors of Pas- collector of the customs at any port of the Uni- senger vessels. ted States, at which any vessel so employed shall arrive, or from which any such vessel shall be about to depart, shall appoint and direct one or more of the inspectors of the customs for such port, to examine such vessel, and report in writing to such collector, whether the requirements of law have been complied with in respect to such vessel; and if such report shall state such compliance, and shall be approved by such col- leetor, it shall be deemed and held as primá facie evidence thereof.

SBC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the provi- This act to apply sions, requisitions, penalties, and liens of this act, relat- to space for steerage ing to the space in vessels appropriated to the use of pas- passengers in steam-

ships.