THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 107. 1852. 75 persons on board such steam-vessels; which examination and statements so taken and received shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, at such time as he shall prescribe. Sec. 40. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of Sscfémy <>f the Secretary of the Treasury to cause such interrogatories to be pre— glgpgffgggngg pared and published as in his opinion may be proper to elicit the inform- gstorieato elicit ation contemplated by the preceding section, and upon the receipt of iimh ’é'f°"m‘;‘t the examination and statements taken by the inspectors shall report the uf;' ;;?°,.mr:€;%,, same to Congress, together with the recommendationofsuchfurther pro- ug Congress with visions as he may deem proper to be made for the better security of the Egu'f,;',fm'f°°'“` lives of persons on board steam-vessels. Sec. 41. And be it further enacted, That all penalties imposed by Penalties, how this act may be recoveredan action of debt by any person who will Sued *3* and m" sue therefor in any court oipthe United States. mmm ° Sec. 42. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not apply to This act not public vessels of the United States or vessels of other countries ; nor to g£l?g°£_ °°" steamers used as ferry-boats, tug-boats, towing-boats, nor to steamers not exceeding one hundred and fifty tons burthen and used in whole or in part for navigating canals. The inspection and certificate required by hspgction of this act shall in all cases of ocean steamers constructed under contract the Ocean Mail with the United States for the purpose, if desired, of being converted into b“"m°”· Vllar Steamers, be made by a Chief Engineer of the Navy, to be detailed for that service by the Secretary of the Navy, and he shall report- both to said Secretary and to the supervising inspector of the district where he shall make any inspection. Sec. 43. And be it further enacted, That all such parts of this act When this act as authorize the appointment and qualincation of inspectors, and the SMU “k° °°`°°*‘ licensing of engineers and pilots, shall take effect upon the passage there- p,,,;, P, 261, of, and that all other parts of this act shall go into effect at the times and places as follows: in the districts of New Orleans, St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Mobile, and Galveston, on the first day of January next, and in all other districts on the first day of March next. SECT. 44. And be it further enacted, That all parts of laws heretofore Inconsistent made, which are suspended by or are inconsistent with this act, are l¤·W¤ 1'¤P°¤l<>d- hereby repealed. Approved, August 30, 1852. Can. CVH.-An Ac: in addition to An Ace to Promote the Progress of the Useful August zo. 1852. Am' (a)' 1886, ch. ss?. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 1889, Ch- 88- United States of America in Congress assembled, That appeals pl`0- Asvpqels from vided for in the eleventh section of the act entitled An Act in addition 2;: c(;‘;,’;?;‘;';.“P‘;E to an act to promote the progress of the useful arts, approved March me may be the third, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, may also be made to either ¤}¤g;> tis $@18; of the assistant judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Colum- judggg Oils @1,, bia, and all the powers, duties, and responsibilities imposed by the afore- Circuit Courtfor said act, and conferred upon the chief judge, are hereby imposed and g§u£fgj°l’ °f conferred upon each of the said assistant judges. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case appeals shall be P, mt to made to the said chief judge, or to either of the said assistant judges, the duzgforms the Commissioner of Patents shall pay to such chief judge or assistant gglgzgg ’·P' judge the sum of twenty-five dollars, required to be paid by the appellant into the Patent-Oflioe by the eleventh section of the said act, on said appeal. b(a27For previous acts and decisions see 1836, ch. 357; vol. i. pp. 109, 318; and 1848, c . .
