108 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



Count or list of passengers; exemption of certain vessels 

 46 U.S.C. 460a 



Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no collector 

 of customs shall require the master or owner of a vessel arriving, 

 otherwise than by sea, at a port or place in the United States on the 

 Great Lakes, or their connecting or tributary waters, from a port 

 or place in the Dominion of Canada to furnish a list of passengers 

 on board such vessel. 



Penalty for failure to keep list of passengers 



46 U.S.C. 461 (R.S. 4468) 



Every master of any passenger steamer who fails, through negli- 

 gence or design, to keep a count or list of passengers as required by 

 section 460 of this title shall be liable to a penalty of $100. 



Recovery of penalties 



46 U.S.C. 462 (R.S. 4469) 



The penalties imposed by sections 452 and 461 of this title shall 

 be a lien upon the vessel in each case; but a bond may, as provided 

 in other cases, be given to secure the satisfaction of the judgment. 



Watchmen on passenger steamers 



46 U.S.C. 470 (R.S. 4477) 



Every steamer carrying passengers during the nighttime shall keep 

 a suitable number of watclimen in the cabins, and on each deck, to 

 guard against fire or other dangers, and to give alarm in case of 

 accident or disaster. 



Punishment for failure to keep watchmen 



46 U.S.C. 471 (R.S. 4478) 



For any neglect to keep the watchmen required by section 470 of 

 this title, the license of the officer in charge of the vessel for the time 

 being shall be revoked ; and every owner of such vessel who neglects 

 or refuses to furnish the number of men necessary to keep watch as 

 required, shall be fined $1,000. 



Steering, navigating, and signaling apparatus 



46 U.S.C. 473 (R.S. 4480) 



Every steamer carrying passengers shall be provided with such 

 tiller ropes, tiller rods, or chains for the purpose of steering and 

 navigating the vessel, and such bell pulls for signalizing the engineer 

 from the pilothouse, and such tubes or other aiTangement to repeat 

 back the signal to the pilothouse, as may be prescribed by the 

 Commandant of the Coast Guard. 



Stairways and gangways on steamers 



46 U.S.C. 477 (R.S. 4484) 



Every steam vessel described in section 481 of this title carrying 

 passengers on the main deck shall be provided with permanent stair- 



