102 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



dredging and planting, and fishing steamers engaged in food fishing 

 on the Great Lakes and all other inland waters of the United States, 

 and not carrying passengers, may be authorized and licensed by the 

 Coast Guard to carry on board such number of persons, in addition 

 to its crew, as the Coast Guard, in its judgment, shall deem necessary 

 to carry on the legitimate business of such towing, oyster and fishing 

 steamers, not exceeding, however, one person to every net ton of 

 measurement of said steamer: Provided^ ho^oever^ That the person so 

 allowed to be carried shall not be carried for hire. 



Life preservers 



46 U.S.C. 459 



Every steam vessel licensed under section 458 of this title shall carry 

 and have on board, in accessible places, one life preserver for every 

 person allowed to be carried, in addition to those provided for the 

 crew of such vessel. 



Space and accommodations for crew; hospital compartments 



46 U.S.C. 660-1 



On all merchant vessels of the United States the construction of 

 which shall be begun after March 4, 1915, except yachts, pilot boats, 

 or vessels of less than one hundred tons register, every place appro- 

 priated to the crew of the vessel shall have a space of not less than 

 one hundred and twenty cubic feet and not less than sixteen square 

 feet, measured on the floor or deck of that place, for each seaman or 

 apprentice lodged therein, and each seaman shall have a separate berth 

 and not more than one berth shall be placed one above another; such 

 place or lodging shall be securely constructed, properly lighted, 

 drained, heated, and ventilated, properly protected from weather and 

 sea, and, as far as practicable, properly shut off and protected from 

 the effluvium of cargo or bilge water. And every such crew space 

 shall be kept free from goods or stores not being the personal property 

 of the crew occupying said place in use during the voyage. 



Li addition to the space allotment for lodgings provided in this 

 section, on all merchant vessels of the United States which in the ordi- 

 nary course of their trade make voyages of more than three days' dura- 

 tion between ports, and which carry a crew of twelve or more seamen, 

 there shall be constructed a compartment, suitably separated from 

 other spaces, for hospital purposes, and such compartment shall have 

 at least one bunk for every twelve seamen, constituting her crew, pro- 

 vided that not more than six bunks shall be required in any case. 



Every steamboat of the United States plying upon the Mississippi 

 River or its tributaries shall furnish an appropriate place for the crew, 

 which shall conform to the requirements of this section, so far as they 

 are applicable thereto, by providing sleeping room in the engine room 

 of such steamboat, properly protected from the cold, wind, and rain 

 by means of suitable awnings or screens on either side of the guards 

 or sides and forward, reaching from the boiler deck to the lower or 

 main deck, under the direction and approval of the Commandant of 

 the Coast Guard, and shall be properly heated. 



