390 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 248, 249. 1864. stroyed or lost, with the rolls and papers necessary to a regular and exact settlement of such accounts, to fix a day when such wreck, destruction, or loss shall be deemed and taken to have occurred. Accounts or Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers P°**5’°m°‘*”·¤°*· of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized, in settling the ac- €£él°?;Q,;n,gu§g counts of the petty officers, seamen, and others, not officers, on board of settled. any vessel in the employ of the United States, which by any casualty, or in action with the enemy, has been or may be sunk or otherwise destroyed, together witl1 the rolls and papers necessary to the exact ascertainment of the several accounts of the same at the date of such loss, to assume the last quarterly return of the paymaster of any such vessel as the basis for the computation of the subsequent credits to those on board, to the date of such loss, if there be no official evidence to the contrary. Where such quarterly return has, from any cause, not been made, the said accounting officers are hereby authorized to adjust and settle said accounts on princompensation ciples of equity and justice ; and to allow and pay to each person, not an 5;, E;_§:;lf°*`l°” officer, employed on a vessel so sunk or otherwise destroyed, and whose ,,ym,_ personal effects have been lost, a sum not exceeding sixty dollars as compensation for loss of his personal eifects. Ifsuch petty Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death of such
- l}§’;d°;;;jE‘€f]‘; petty officer, seaman, or other person, not an officer, such payment shall
to bg ,,{,d,, to his be made to the widow, child or children, father, mother, brothers and sis- Xgxphgg-. ¤¤d ters, (jointly,) in that order of preference, under such rules as the second m01W_ comptroller of the treasury may prescribe; such credits and gratuity to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, July 4, 1864. July 4, 1864. CHAP. CCXLIX. -—-An Act further to regulate the Carriage nf Passengers in Steamsbnv ‘—"‘_"“""’"" and other Vessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Term Momig- States of America in Congress assembled That the term “ contiguous ter-
- 0*15 *€*`¤`l*°*Y" ritory," in the first section of the act entitled “An act to regulate the
not to extend to . . . ,, 0,,,,,,,,, ports_ carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels, approved March 1855, ch.2l3,§ three, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall not be held to extend to any V°l· *· P· 715* port or place connecting with any inter-oceanic route through Mexico. Provisions of Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the eleventh ?8gg°g;·°;{’§ section of said act be, and the same are hereby, extended to all vessels €Xm{,dBQ,_ ’ whose passengers, or any part of them, are or shall be bound from or to Vol. x. p. 719. any of the ports or places therein mentioned, by way of any overland route or routes through Mexico or Central America. _ Thm °j’Pl°SPf Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That hereafter there shall be deinspectors certif-1. d _ . . , ,,.m,mbe g,,,,,,, were to masters or owners of vessels three copies of the inspectors cernmstcrs, Ste. tificates directed to be given them by collectors or other chief officers of the customs, by the twenty-fifth section of the act entitled "An act to 1852,cb.106,§25. amend an act entitled ‘ An act to provide for the better security of the V°l· *· P- 71- lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam,' and for other purposes,” approved August thirty, eighteen hundred gm to bg kept; and fifty-two, one of which copies shall be placed, and at all times kept, ie ¤ ¢9¤¤l§°¤<>¤¤ by said masters or owners, in some conspicuous place in the vessel, where geigzltnt ° it will be most likely to be discovered by steerage passengers, and the others as now provided by law: and the penalty for neglecting or refusing Penalty to place and keep up such additional copy shall be the same as is provided by the said twenty-fifth section in the other cases therein mentioned. List of passen- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the list of passengers required §EE;gt£;°P€¤ *° to be kept by section thirty-tive of the said act of August thirty, eighteen Am,. ,,1,,,,,,,% hundred and fifty-two, shall also be open to the inspection of any passenger and before sail- during all reasonable hours; and that after any clearance is granted, but ‘“$·‘“““°°"°° m° before the vessel shall be allowed to depart, the master or other person in
