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be liable to any person suing for the same to forfeit the amount of 

 passage money and $10 for each passenger beyond the number 

 allowed. 



Tlie master or owner of the vessel, or either or any of them, who 

 shall knowingly violate this provision shall be liable to a fine of not 

 more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than thirty days, or 

 both. 



Number of passengers cargo vessel may carry 



46 U.S.C. 882 



Cargo vessels documented under the laws of the United States 

 may carry not to exceed sixteen persons in addition to the crew between 

 any ports or places in the United States or its Districts, Territories, 

 or possessions, or between any such port or place and any foreign 

 port, or from any foreign port to another foreign port, and such vessels 

 shall not be held to be "passenger vessels" or "vessels carrying pas- 

 sengers" within the meaning of the inspection laws and the rules and 

 regulations thereunder : Provided, That nothing herein shall be taken 

 to exempt such vessels from the laws, rules, and regulations respecting 

 life-saving equipment: Provided further. That when any such vessel 

 carries persons other than the crew as herein provided for, the owner, 

 agent, or master of the vessel shall first notify such persons of the 

 presence on board of any dangerous articles, as defined by law, or of 

 any other condition or circumstance which would constitute a risk 

 of safety for passenger or crew. 



The privilege bestowed by this section on vessels of the United 

 States shall be extended insofar as the foreign trade is concerned to 

 the cargo vessels of any nation which allows the like privilege to 

 cargo vessels of the United States in trades not restricted to vessels 

 under its own flag. 



Failure on the part of the owner, agent, or master of the vessel 

 to give such notice shall subject the vessel to a penalty of $500, which 

 may be mitigated or remitted by the Commandant of the Coast Guard 

 upon a proper representation of the facts. 



Count or list of passengers 



46 U.S.C. 460 (R.S. 4467) 



The master of every passenger steamer shall keep a correct count 

 of all the passengers received and delivered from day to day, which 

 count shall be open to the inspection of the Coast Guard and officers 

 of the customs at all times, and the aggregate number of passengers 

 shall be furnished to the Coast Guard as often as called for: Pro- 

 vided, however, That a correct list of passengers received and de- 

 livered from day to day shall be kept, instead of a correct count, by 

 the masters of seagoing passenger steamers in the- coastwise trade 

 and by the masters of passenger steamers on the Great Lakes on routes 

 exceeding three hundred miles : Provided further, That nothing herein 

 shall affect existing laws relative to vessels running between this 

 country and foreign ports. 



