720 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 213. 1855. Application tary of the Treasury, by general rules, shall direct, to any board 01- com.
- h°‘”°°‘t mission appointed by and acting under the authority of the State within
which the port where such ship or vessel arrived is situated, for the care and protection of sick, indigent, or destitute emigrants, to be applied to the objects of their appointment; and if there be more than one board or commission who shall claim such payment, the Secretary of the Treasury, for the time being, shall determine which is entitled to receive the same, and his decision in the premises shall be nnal and without appeal: Provided, That the payment shall, in no case, be awarded or made to any board, or commission, or association, formed for the protection or advanesment of any particular class of emigrants, or emigrants of any particular nation or creed; and if the master, captain, owner, or oonsignee of any lfenalty for re- ship or vessel, refuse 01* neglect to pay to lllé G0llCCfOI‘ the Sum and sums §1“‘€gg1*;?{*;8;g;t£ of money required, and within the time prescribed by this section, he 0;- p,§,m6m,_ they shall severally forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to such sum of ten dollars, for each and every passenger upon whose death the same has become payable, to be recovered by the United States, in any circuit or district court of the United States where such vessel may arrive, or such master, captain, owner, or consignee may reside; and when recovered, the said money shall be disposed of in the same manner as is directed with respect to the sum and sums required to be paid to the collector of customs. How penalties Sec. 15. And 6e itfwrther enacted, That the amount of the several
- ·;`gd*’° bs ’°°°"‘ penalties imposed by the foregoing provisions regulating the carriage of
` passengers in merchant vessels, shall be liens on the vessel or vessels violating those provisions, and such vessel or vessels shall be libelled therefor in any circuit or district court of the United States, where such vessel or vessels shall arrive. vessel, of go;. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That all and every vessel or vesqniwsivn S<>¤i¤ sels which shall or may be employed by the American Colonization 3}: ;2;’_·’°°° °° Society or the Colonization Society of any State, to transport, and which shall actually transport, from any port or ports of the United States to any colony or colonies on the west coast of Africa, colored emigrants, to reside there, shall be, and the same are hereby, subjected to the operation of the foregoing provisions, regulating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels. Examination Sec. 17. And be ·itji.¢rther enacted, That the collector of the customs ¤*`¤¤¤€g¤*¤¤¤ShiP¤ shall examine each emigrant ship or vessel, on its arrival at his port, and
ascertain and report to the Secretary of the Treasury the time of sailbsoretary of ing, the length of the voyage, the ventilation, the number of passengers,
T*`°"·°“’Y· their space on board, their food, the native country of the emigrants, the number of deaths, the age and sex of those who died during the voyage; together with his opinion of the cause of the mortality, if any, on board, and, if none, what precautionary measures, arrangements, or habits are supposed to have had any, and what agency in causing the exemption. When this set Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect, with
- 11 *°·k° °*Y°°”· respect to vessels sailing from ports in the United States on the eastern
side of the continent, within thirty days from the time of its approval; and with respect to vessels sailing from ports in the United States on the western side of the continent, and from ports in Europe, within sixty days from the time of its approval; and with respect to vessels sailing fiom ports in other parts of the world, within six months from the time _ o its approval. g,fg’1“°° ” "° And it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of State to give ' notice, in the ports of Europe, and elsewhere, of this act, in such manner as he shall deem proper. _ Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That from and after the time that this act shall take efect with respect to any vessels, then, in respect to such vessels, the act of second March, eighteen hundred and nineteen,
