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FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 100. 1871. 441 or any steamer carrying passengers, and which shall also ca cotton, with mam 6** hay, or hemp, shall be provided with a[good double-acting gtm fire- £R,uQI;,g8:ggdt;,g,: pump, or other equivalent apparatus, for throwing water; said pump or use. other apparatus for throwing water shall be kept at all times and at all seasons of the year in good order and ready for immediate use, having at least two pipes of suitable dimensions, one on each side of the vessel, to convey the water to the upper decks; to these pipes there shall be at- Suitable hose. tached, by means of stop-cocks or valves, both between decks and on the upper deck, good and suitable hose of sufficient strength to stand a pressure of not less than one hundred pounds to the square inch, long enough to reach to all parts of the vessel and promptly [properly] provided with nozzles, and kept in good order and ready for immediate service. And every steamer exceeding two hundred ons burden and carrying passen- Certain pasgers, shall be provided with two good double-acting fire-pumps, to be §g"bi“l:;$?£3’° worked by hand; each chamber of said pumps shall be of sufficient ca- with Fwg sm. pacity to contain not less than one hundred cubic inches of water; said Pumps: pumps shall be placed in the most suitable parts of the vessel for efficient plggggngg b° service, having suitable well-Htted hose to each pump, of at least one half l the vessel in length, kept at all times in perfect order, and shipped up, and ready for immediate use; and on every such steamer not exceeding two When one hundred tons, one of such pumps may be dispensed with, and each fire- ggmgmgghvlish pump thus provided for shall be supplied with water by means of a suit- p ` able pipe connected therewith, and passing through the side of the vessel N0 firs-pump so low as to be at all times under water when she is afloat; and no nre- g‘;cfl°w 1°w' pump thus provided for shall be placed below the lower deck of any such Pump to test vessel; and every steamer shall be provided with apump which shall be l>¤;l¤*¤-, , S of sufficient strength and suitably arranged to test the boilers thereofl t0,,;;,i;1i):D0 But the capacity of one hundred cubic inches, as herein required, shall steamers nowiu not apply to steamers now in service. S°"‘°°‘ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no loose hay, loose cotton, or Certain dangerloose hemp, camphene, nitro-glycerine, naphtha, benzine, benzole, coal oil, Qs2g'?;;;;;;;; crude or refined petroleum, or other like explosive burning fluids, or like freighter used dangerous articles, shall be carried as freight or used as stores on any M S*°¤`€¤,°¤ PM- steamer carrying passengers; nor shall baled cotton or hemp be carried Sanger Hamm' on such steamers unless the bales are compactly pressed and thoroughly covered with bagging or similar fabric, and secured with good rope or iron bands; and every bale of cotton or hemp that shall be shipped or Baled cotton carried on any passenger steamer without conforming to the provisions of ”“gel;;EP· this section shall be subject to a. penalty of five dollars ; which bales shall y` be liable to seizure and sale to secure the payment of such penalty; nor shall gunpowder be carried on any such vessel, except in case of special fiunpqwgier. license granted by inspectors as hereinafter provided; nor shall oil of ;;§Q°Qt§l*“° vitriol, nitric or other chemical acids be carried on such steamers except ’ on the decks or guards thereof, or in such other safe part of the vessel as shall be prescribed by the inspectors. Refined petroleum which will not Rennod petroignite ata temperature less than one hundred and ten degrees of Fahrenheit 1°“m· thermometer, may be carried on board such steamers upon routes where there is no other practical mode of transporting it, and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and oil or spirits of turpen· Slqifiu of W1'- tine may be carried on any such steamer when the same shall be put up p°°°m°' in good metallic vessels, or casks or barrels well and securely bound _ _ with iron, and stowed in a secure part of the vessel ; friction matches may F¤°l*¤°¤ m°·*°h· also be carried on such steamers when securely packed in strong tight "' chests or boxes, the covers of which shall be well secured by locks, screws, or other reliable fastenings, and stowed in a safe part of the vessel, at a secure distance from any fire or heat ; and all such other provisions shall be made on every steamer carrying passengers or freight to guard against and extinguish fire as shall be prescribed by the board of supervising in·