126 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



Vessels carrying emigrant passengers to foreign countries ; with- 

 holding clearance papers 

 46 U.S.C. 161 



The provisions of sections 151-162 of this title shall apply to every 

 steamship or other vessel whereon emigrant passengers, or passen- 

 gers other than cabin passengers, are taken on board at a port 

 or place in the United States for conveyance to any port or place 

 in a foreign country except foreign territory contiguous to the 

 United States, and shall also apply to any vessel whereon such pas- 

 sengers are taken on board at any port or place of the United States 

 on the Atlantic Ocean or its tributaries for conveyance to a port or 

 place on the Pacific Ocean or its tributaries, or vice versa; and 

 whether the voyage of said vessel is to be continuous from port to 

 port or such passengers are to be conveyed from port to port in 

 part by the way of any overland route through Mexico or Central 

 America; and the said collector of customs may direct an examina- 

 tion of the vessel to be made by an inspector or other officer of the 

 customs, who shall make the examination and report whether the 

 provisions of this Act have been complied with in respect to such 

 vessel, and the said collector is authorized to witlihold the clearance 

 of such vessel until the coming in of such report; and if the said re- 

 port shall show that any of the provisions of this Act have not been 

 complied with, the collector is authorized and directed to withhold 

 the clearance of such vessel until the said provisions are complied 

 with ; and if any such vessel leaves the aforesaid port or place with- 

 out having been duly cleared by the collector of customs, the master 

 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined not ex- 

 ceeding $1,000 and be imprisoned not exceeding one year, and the 

 vessel shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture. 



Fines and penalties; lien on vessel; recovery 

 46 U.S.C. 162 



The amount of the several fines and penalties imposed by sec- 

 tions 151-162 of this title upon the master of any steamship or other 

 vessel carrying or bringing emigrant passengers, or passengers 

 other than cabin passengers, for any violation of the said pro- 

 visions shall be liens upon such vessel, and such vessel may be libeled 

 therefor in any district court of the United States where such vessel 

 shall arrive or depart. 



Transportation of animals by vessels carrying steerage passen- 

 gers 

 46 U.S.C. 156a 



Horses, cattle, or other animals taken on board of or brought in 

 any such vessel shall not be carried on any deck below the deck on 

 which passengers are berthed, nor in any compartment in which pas- 

 sengers are bertlied, nor in any adjoining compartment except in a 

 vessel built of iron, and of which the compartments are divided off 

 by watertight bulkheads extending to the upper deck. For every 

 violation of any of the provisions of this section the master of the 

 vessel shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not 

 exceeding $1,000 and be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one 

 year. 



