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THIRTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106. 1852. 73 wilful misconduct of an engineer or pilot, or their neglect or refusal to obey the provisions of law herein prescribed as to navigating such steamers, may sue such engineer or pilot, and recover damages for any such injury caused as aforesaid by any such engineer or pilot. Seo. Bl. And be it further enacted, That before issuing the annual Fw? {0* lm license to any such steamer, the collector or other chief officer of the ;§;°;°;,d°§,r,im` customs for the port or district, shall demand and receive from the owner liccnéos. or owners of the steamer, as a compensation for the inspections and examinations made for the year, the following sums, in addition to the fees for issuing enrolments and licenses, now allowed by law, according to the tonnage of the vessel, to wit: for each vessel of athousand tons and over, thirty-five dollars; for each of five hundred tons and over, but less than one thousand tons, thirty dollars; and for each under five hundred tons and over one hundred and twenty-five tons, twenty-tive dollars; and for each under one hundred and twenty-five tons, twenty dollars, at the time of obtaining registry, and once in each year thereafter, pay according to the rate of tonnage before mentioned, the sum of money herein Exed. And each engineer and pilot licensed as herein provided, shall pay for the iirst certificate granted by any inspector or inspectors, the sum of License fees tc five dollars, and for each subsequent certificate one dollar, to such in- ;°:SPI;gtgrS°° gg specter or inspectors, to be accounted for and paid over to the collector by them ,to the or other chief officer of the customs ; and the sums derived from all the °°H“*°*'· sources above specificd shall be quarterly accounted for and paid over to the United States in the same manner as other revenue. Sec. 32. And be it further enacted, That each inspector shall keep an Inspectors to accurate account of every such steamer boarded by him during the year, f§“lZh‘;,;°gg§g °f and of all his official acts and doings, which in the form of a report he shall gud Rpm 5,2 communicate to the collector or other chief officer of the customs, on the 55*118 ’¤<> *h¤_¢<>l— first days of May and November, in each year. scm1m}` Sec. 33. And be it further enacted, That the inspectors in the fol- Compensation lowing districts shall each be allowed annually, the following compensa- ;’f;;*;gS*“°*m‘ tion, to be paid under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in P ' the manner officers of the revenue are paid, to wit: For the district of Portland, in Maine, three hundred dollars. Portland. For the district of Boston and Charlestown, in Massachusetts, eight B<>Sf<>¤ wld hundred dollars. Chm°St°w"' For the district of New London, in Connecticut, three hundred dollars. New London. For the district of New York, two thousand dollars. New York. For the district of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, one thousand dollars. Pliilaclelphia. For the district of Baltimore, in Maryland, one thousand dollars. Baltimore. For the district of Norfolk, in Virginia, three hundred dollars. Norfolk. For the district of Charleston, in South Carolina, four hundred dol- Charleston. lars. For the district of Savannah, in Georgia, four hundred dollars. Savannah. For the district of Mobile, in Alabama, one thousand dollars. Mobile. For the district of New Orleans, or in which New Orleans is the port New of16amof entry, in Louisiana, two thousand dollars. For the district of Galveston, in Texas, three hundred dollars. Gnl·.·eston. For the district of St. Louis, in Missouri, fifteen hundred dollars. St. Louis. For the district of Nashville, in Tennessee, four hundred dollars. Nashville. For the district of Louisville, in Kentucky, twelve hundred dollars. Louisville. For the district of Cincinnati, Ohio, fifteen hundred dollars. cgncgnmlsl, For the district of Wheeling, Virginia, five hundred dollars. Wheeling. For the district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, fifteen hundred dollars. l’it¤Sl>urgl¤· For the district of Chicago, Illinois, five hundred dollars. Cl¤i¤=¤s<>~ For the district of Detroit, Michigan, eight hundred dollars. Detroit. For the district of Cleveland, Ohio, five hundred dollars. Cleveland. For the district of ]i\}`Hlll0, New York, twelve hundred dollars. Butlillo. vox,. x. Pun.-10