North Atlantic Steam Traffic Conference. 



TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : 

 Attention is called to the provisions of the following Act, and notice is 

 hereby given that any and all persons violating the same, will be prosecuted 

 thereunder. 



By order, 



THOMAS S. SANDFORD, 

 New York, January i, 1S76. Secretary. 



LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 



AN AC T 

 TO PREVENT FRAUDS IN THE SALE OF TICKETS 



UPON 



STEAMBOATS, STEAMSHIPS, AND 

 OTHER VESSELS. 



PASSED MARCH 23, i860, j AMENDED APRIL 27, 187O, 



(Chapter 103.) | (Chapter 423.) 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 

 do enact as follows: — 



Section i. No person shall sell or issue within this State, any ticket or 

 instrument, mentioned in section two of this act, for or upon any company or 

 line mentioned in said section, unless the agents of such company or line; and 

 no person shall sell or issue, within this state, any ticket or instrument men- 

 tioned in section two of this act, for or upon any line, ship or steamship, 

 mentioned in said section, except the agent of the owners or consignees of such 

 line, ship or steamship; and no person shall be deemed an agent of such com- 

 pany, or of the owners or consignees of any such line, ship or steamship, un- 

 less by such company, or by the owners or consignees of such line, ship or 

 steamship, duly appointed; which appointment shall be by a proper authority 

 in writing, and which shall also designate the name of the company, line, ship 

 or steamship for which he shall act as agent, together with the street and num- 

 ber of the street, and the city, town or village in which his office shall be 

 kept, for the sale of such tickets or instruments; and no person shall be 



