THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 105, 106. 1852. 61 CHAP. CV.-—An Act makin Agqrrcqwiatiom or the Trans rtation 0 the United Status Mail bz Ocean Steamgrs and otherwise, Hiring lh€fl:SCd{);8dT ending the thirziet/z of June, one thousand eight hundred and jijiy-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represematévcs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Appropriations. sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three: For transportation of the mails from New York to Liverpool and Between Kew back, eight hundred and ii.{ty-eight thousand dollars. Ygk me L""' For transportation of the mails from New York to New Orleans, P gétwem New Charlestown, Savannah, Havana, and Chagres, and back, two hundred Ywk Md Clwand ninety thousand dollars. g'°“•&°‘ For transportation of the mails from Panama to California and Ore- B¤*w¤¢¤_!’=¤¤¤· gon, and back, three hundred and forty-eight thousand two hundred and QE; Ogf}£Tm°‘ fifty dollars. ° Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated for the service of the Post-Oilice Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, out of any moneys in the Treasury arising from the revenues of said Department, in conformity to the act of the second 183*% °h· 27* of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six : For transportation of the mails in two steamships, from New York, YB;*W°°;* 1%** by Southampton, to Bremen and back, at one hundred thousand dollars mg; ,,23 H,,,,;:? for each ship, and in two steamships from New York, by Cowes, to Havre and back, at seventy-five thousand dollars for each ship, under the contract with the Ocean Steam Navigation Company of New York, in addition to an unexpended balance of former appropriations, two hundred and ninety-four thousand dollars. _ For transportation of the mails between Charleston and Havana, under Behvwi the contract with M. C. Mordecai, fifty thousand dollars. md For transportation of the mails across the Isthmus of Panama, one Across Isthmus hundred thousand dollars. °*` Pmmi- Approved, August 30, 1852. CHAP. CVI.—An Act to Amend an act entitled "An Ac! to for the better Saou- August S0, 1852. my q/'the lives of Passen ers on board of Vessels propelkd in whole orin part byS¢eam," ·i—--— and for other purposes. (ld.) 1838, 0h· 191- Be it enacted lg the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no license, regis- Ng ,,,,1,,,,,; m ter, or enrolment, under the provisions of this or the act to which this is issue to my an amendment, shall be granted, or other papers issued by any collector, itézgiwuwfggf to any vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam, and carrying pas- gens,til1 the presengers, until he shall have satisfactory evidence that all the provisions cg;} of this act have been fully complied with; and if any such vessel shall with P be navigated, with passengers on board, without complying with the _Pc¤3¤-lty form terms of this act, the owners thereof and the vessel itself shall be sub- ,‘;’O=`§;;‘“{§,,;°°“;Q ject to the penalties contained in the second section of the act to which stinger-s witliout this is an amendment. Svc ¢¢>mPk· Sme. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the ifggg; c,,_191,§2_ inspectors of the hulls of steamers, and the inspectors of boilers and en- _Precnu•:iom gines, appointed under the provisions of this act, to examine and see that ”·g*“““ E"` suitable and safe provisions are made throughout such vessel to guard against loss or danger from fire ; and no license or other papers, on any application, shall be granted, if the provisions of this act for preventing (a) Previous acts relating to the same subject, 1812, ch. 40; 1825, ch. 99 ; 1838, ch. 147; . 1838, ch. 191; 1843, ch. 94; 1849, ch. 105, § 6.
