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vessel provided or assigned to the use of such passengers, except by 

 tlie direction or permission of the master of such vessel first made or 

 given for such purpose; and every ojBicer, seaman, or other person 

 employed on board of such vessel who shall \nolate the provisions 

 of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be 

 fined not exc€eding one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not ex- 

 ceeding twenty days, for each violation; and the master of such 

 \essel who directs or permits any officer, seaman, or other person 

 emploj'ed on board the vessel to visit or frequent any part of the vessel 

 provided for or assigned to the use of such passengers, or the compart- 

 ments or spaces occupied by such passengers, except for the purpose 

 of doing or performing some necessarj^ act or duty as an officer, sea- 

 man, or other person employed on board of the vessel, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined not more than one hundred 

 dollars for each time he directs or permits the provisions of this section 

 to be violated. A copy of this section, written or printed in the lan- 

 guage or principal languages of the passengers on board, shall, by or 

 under the direction of the master of the vessel, be posted in a conspic- 

 uous place on the forecastle and in the several parts of the vessel pro- 

 vided and assigned for the use of such passengers, and in each 

 compartment or space occupied by such passengers, and the same shall 

 be kept so posted during the voyage; and if the said master neglects 

 so to do, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined 

 not more than one hundred dollars. 



Inspection and examination of vessels; reports^ 



46 U.S.C. 160 



The collector of customs of the collection district within which, or 

 the surveyor of the port at which, any such steamship or other vessel 

 arrives, shall direct an inspector or other officer of the customs to 

 make an examination of the vessel, and to admeasure the compart- 

 ments or spaces occupied by the emigrant passengers, or passengers 

 other than cabin passengers, during the voyage; and such measure- 

 ment shall be made in the manner provided by law for admeasuring 

 vessels for tonnage; and to compare the number of such passengers 

 found on board with the list of such passengers furnished by the 

 master to the customs officer; and the said inspector or other officer 

 shall make a report to the aforesaid collector or surveyor, stating 

 the port of departure, the time of sailing, the length of the voyage, 

 the ventilation, the number of such passengers on board the vessel, 

 and their native country, respectively; the cubic quantity of each 

 compartment or space; and the number of berths and passengers in 

 each space, the kind and quality of the food furnished to such pas- 

 sengers on the voyage; the number of deaths, and the age and sex 

 of those who died during the voyage, and of what disease; and in 

 case there was any unusual sickness or mortality during the voyage, 

 to report whether the same was caused by any neglect or violation 

 of the provisions of sections 151-162 and 171 of this title, or by the 

 want of proper care against disease by the master or owners of the 

 vessel ; and the said reports shall be forwarded to the Commissioner 

 of Customs at such times and in such manner as he shall direct. 



1 Applies only to vessels carrying steerage passengers. 



