RESOLUTION REGARDING SENATE BILL 136. 131 



a small boat in any shape or manner. A fisherman on the banks of Newfoundland, brought 

 up in small boats, would not be accepted as an A. B. S., and would not be considered com- 

 petent to take part in the handling of a lifeboat. A fireman, no matter how well skilled 

 he is in the handling of a small boat, cannot act as a part of this life-saving crew — but any 

 man who has served three years on the deck of a ship would be considered competent, 

 whether he has ever been in a lifeboat or not, according to the bill. Those are the prin- 

 cipal points of the bill as it stands now. 



Mr. Francis T. Bowles, Pa^t President: — I ask when this resolution is passed that it 

 be sent by telegraph to the Committee on Merchant Marine of the House of Representatives. 



The Chairman : — -Is there any other gentleman who desires to comment on this resolu- 

 tion before we put it to a vote? All in favor of the resolution please say Aye; opposed. 

 No. It is almost unanimous; there was one "No" registered. The Society goes on record 

 as being heartily in favor of this resolution, and the Secretary will carry out the instructions 

 to telegraph this to the Committee on Merchant Marine. 



The next business will be the reading of paper No. 12, "Stability of Lifeboats," by Prof. 

 H. A. Everett. 



Mr. Everett presented the paper. 



