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TABLE OF CLASSES.

Class 1. Vessels of which the tonnage length according to the above measurement is fifty feet or under, into six equal parts.

Class 2. Vessels of which the tonnage length according to the above measurement is above fifty feet, and not exceeding one hundred feet long, into eight equal parts.

Class 3.-Vessels of which the tonnage length according to the above measurement is above one hundred feet long, and not exceeding one hundred and fifty feet long, into ten equal parts.

Class 4.-Vessels of which the tonnage length according to the above measurement is above one hundred and fifty feet, and not exceeding two hundred feet long, into twelve equal parts.

Class 5.. - Vessels of which the tonnage length according to the above measurement is above two hundred feet, and not exceeding two hundred and fifty feet long, into fourteen equal parts.

Class 6.-Vessels of which the tonnage length according to the above measurement is above two hundred and fifty feet long, into sixteen equal parts.

Then, the hold being sufficiently cleared to admit of the required depths and breadths being properly taken, find the transverse area of such vessel at each point of division of the length as follows:

Table of classes

of vessels. Class first,

second,

third,

fourth,

fifth,

sixth.

Transverse

area of vessel, how ascertained.

area.

Measure the depth at each point of division from a point at a distance of one third of the round of the beam below such deck, or, in case of a break, below a line stretched in continuation thereof, to the upper side of the floor-timber, at the inside of the limber-strake, after deducting the average thickness of the ceiling, which is between the bilge-planks and limber-strake; then, if the depth at the midship division of the length do not exceed sixteen feet, divide each depth into four equal parts; then measure the inside horizontal breadth, at each of the three points of division, and also at the upper and lower points of the depth, extending each measurement to the average thickness of that part of the ceiling which is between the points of measurement; number these breadths from above, Transverse (numbering the upper breadth one, and so on down to the lowest breadth ;) multiply the second and fourth by four, and the third by two; add these products together, and to the sum add the first breadth and the last, or fifth; multiply the quantity thus obtained by one third of the common interval between the breadths, and the product shall be deemed the transverse area; but if the midship depth exceed sixteen feet, divide each depth into six equal parts, instead of four, and measure, as before directed, the horizontal breadths at the five points of division, and also at the upper and lower points of the depth; number them from above as before; multiply the second, fourth, and sixth, by four, and the third and fifth by two; add these products together, and to the sum add the first breadth and the last, or seventh; multiply the quantities thus obtained by one third of the common interval between the breadths, and the product shall be deemed the transverse area.

Having thus ascertained the transverse area at each point of division of the length of the vessel, as required above, proceed to ascertain the register tonnage of the vessel in the following manner: —

Number the areas successively one, two, three, &c., number one being at the extreme limit of the length at the bow, and the last number at the extreme limit of the length at the stern; then whether the length be divided according to table, into six or sixteen parts, as in classes one and six, or any intermediate number, as in classes two, three, four, and five, multiply the second, and every even-numbered area, by four, and the third and every odd-numbered area (except the first and last) by two; add these products together, and to the sum add the first and last, if they yield anything; multiply the quantities thus obtained by one third of the

Register tonage, how ascer

tained;

when there is

common interval between the areas, and the product will be the cubical contents of the space under the tonnage-deck; divide this product by one hundred, and the quotient, being the tonnage under the tonnage-deck, shall be deemed to be the register tonnage of the vessel, subject to the additions hereinafter mentioned.

If there be a break, a poop, or any other permanent closed-in space on a break, or poop, the upper decks, on the spar-deck, available for cargo, or stores, or for the berthing or accommodation of passengers or crew, the tonnage of such space shall be ascertained as follows:

on upper or spar deck;

when there is a third deck.

Register tonnage.

Tonnage of open vessels.

&c.

Measure the internal mean length of such space in feet, and divide it into an even number of equal parts of which the distance asunder shall be most nearly equal to those into which the length of the tonnage-deck has been divided; measure at the middle of its height the inside breadths, namely, one at each end and at each of the points of division, numbering them successively one, two, three, &c.; then to the sum of the end breadths add four times the sum of the even-numbered breadths and twice the sum of the odd-numbered breadths, except the first and last, and multiply the whole sum by one third of the common interval between the breadths; the product will give the mean horizontal area of such space; then measure the mean height between the planks of the decks, and multiply by it the mean horizontal area; divide the product by one hundred, and the quotient shall be deemed to be the tonnage of such space, and shall be added to the tonnage under the tonnage-decks, ascertained as aforesaid.

If a vessel has a third deck, or spar-deck, the tonnage of the space between it and the tonnage-deck shall be ascertained as follows:

Measure in feet the inside length of the space, at the middle of its height, from the plank at the side of the stem, to the plank on the timbers at the stern, and divide the length into the same number of equal parts into which the length of the tonnage-deck is divided; measure (also at the middle of its height) the inside breadth of the space at each of the points of division, also the breadth of the stem and the breadth at the stern; number them successively one, two, three, and so forth, commencing at the stem; multiply the second, and all other even-numbered breadths by four, and the third, and all the other odd-numbered breadths (except the first and last) by two; to the sum of these products add the first and last breadths, multiply the whole sum by one third of the common interval between the breadths, and the result will give, in superficial feet, the mean horizontal area of such space; measure the mean height between the plank of the two decks, and multiply by it the mean horizontal area, and the product will be the cubical contents of the space; divide this product by one hundred, and the quotient shall be deemed to be the tonnage of such space, and shall be added to the other tonnage of the vessel, ascertained as aforesaid. And if the vessel has more than three decks, the tonnage of each space between decks, above the tonnage-deck, shall be severally ascertained in the manner above described, and shall be added to the tonnage of the vessel, ascertained as aforesaid.

In ascertaining the tonnage of open vessels the upper edge of the upper strake is to form the boundary line of measurement, and the depth shall be taken from an athwartship line, extending from upper edge of said strake at each division of the length.

Register to ex- The register of the vessel shall express the number of decks, the tonpress number of nage under the tonnage-deck, that of the between-decks, above the tondecks, tonnage, nage-deck; also that of the poop or other enclosed spaces above the deck, each separately. In every registered United States ship or vessel Tonnage to be the number denoting the total registered tonnage shall be deeply carved or otherwise permanently marked on her main beam, and shall be so continued; and if it at any time cease to be so continued such vessel shall no longer be recognized as a registered United States vessel.

marked on main beam.

measurement,

SEC. 4. That the charge for the measurement of tonnage and certify- Charges for ing the same shall not exceed the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for and for certifyeach transverse section under the tonnage-deck; and the sum of three ing the same. dollars for measuring each between-decks above the tonnage-deck; and the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each poop, or closed-in space available for cargo or stores, or for the berthing or accommodation of passengers, or officers and crew above the upper or spar deck. SEC. 5. That the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to apply to any vessel not required by law to be registered, or enrolled, or licensed, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this are hereby repealed.

Provisions of this act not to. apply to certain vessels.

CHAP. XCVIII.

No. 461.— MAY 28, 1864.

·An Act authorizing the Establishment of Ocean Mail Steamship
Service between the United States and Brazil.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 93.

Monthly mail

communication between Brazil

Route of voy

Be it enacted, &c. That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to unite with the general post-office department of the empire of Brazil, or such officer of the government of Brazil as shall be author- and the United ized to act for that government, in establishing direct mail communication States, by firstclass sea-going between the two countries by means of a monthly line of first-class Amer- steamships. ican sea-going steamships, to be of not less than two thousand tons' burden each, and of sufficient number to perform twelve round trips or voyages per annum between a port of the United States, north of the Potomac age. river, and Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, touching at Saint Thomas, in the West Indies, at Bahia, Pernambuco, and such other Brazilian and intermediate port or ports as shall be considered necessary and expedient: Provided, That the expense of the service shall be divided between the two governments; and that the United States portion thereof shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the per- United States formance of twelve round trips per annum, to be paid out of any money not to exceed, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department.

Expenses to

be divided; share of the

&c.

SEC. 4. That the mail steamships employed in the service authorized These steamby this act shall be exempt from all port-charges and custom-house dues ships to be exempt from cerat the port of departure and arrival in the United States: Provided, That tain porta similar immunity from port-charges and custom-house dues is granted charges, &c. if, by the government of Brazil.

&c.

No. 462. JUNE 3, 1864.

CHAP. CIX.

An Act to re-establish the principal Port of Entry for the District of. Stat. at Large,
Champlain at Plattsburgh, and for other Purposes.

Be it enacted, &c. That the third section of an act entitled "An act to equalize and establish the compensation of the collectors of the customs on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, changing the port of entry for the district of Champlain from Plattsburgh to Rouse's Point, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and that Plattsburgh be, and the same is hereby, re-established as the principal port of entry for said district, at which the collector of customs shall reside. And a deputy collector shall reside at Rouse's Point, and be vested with all the power and authority given to deputy collectors by law.

Vol. XIII. p. 119.

Plattsburgh re

established as the principal port of entry.

1863, ch. 87, § 3.

Residence of collector and deputy collector.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 120.

Additional su

tor of steamboats

No. 463. -JUNE 8, 1864.

CHAP. CXIII.- An Act to create an additional Supervising Inspector of Steamboats and two local Inspectors of Steamboats for the Collection District of Memphis, Tennessee, and two local Inspectors for the Collection District of Oregon, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted, &c. That there shall be designated and appointed, in pervising inspec- the mode prescribed by law, and who shall be paid the same annual comand local inspec- pensation as is now paid, one additional supervising inspector of steamtors in Oregon boats, and two local inspectors of steamboats, at Portland, in the collection district of Oregon, and two for the collection district of Memphis, TennesPay and duties. see, at an annual compensation of seven. hundred dollars, to be paid as provided by law, as in case of other like inspectors; and said inspectors 1852, ch. 106. shall perform the duties and be subject to the provisions of the steamboat act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

and Tennessee.

Vol x. p. 61.
Authority for

SEC. 2. That so much of said act as provides for the appointment of two local inspect- two local inspectors of steamboats in the district of Wheeling, on the Ohio ors at Wheeling, River, and for their compensation, is hereby repealed.

repealed.

Fee for license

SEC. 3. That each engineer and pilot, licensed according to the provisto engineers and ions of said act, shall pay for every certificate granted by any inspector or pilots. inspectors, the sum of ten dollars, to be accounted for in the mode provided by law.

Ferry-boat, tugs, and canalspected, where,

boats to be in

&c.

Vol. x. p. 75.

Engineers and pilots of ferry, and tug, &c.

boats to be classified.

Repealed

SEC. 4. That the forty-second section of the act of August thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, be so construed as to require the inspection of the hull and boiler, in the manner prescribed by that act, of every vessel propelled in whole or in part by steam, and engaged as a ferryboat, tug or towing boat, or canal-boat, in all cases where, under the laws of the United States, such vessels may be engaged in the commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States.

SEC. 5. That all engineers and pilots of ferry-boats, tug-boats, towingboats, or canal-boats, subject to inspection by this act, shall be classified and licensed in the same manner as are pilots and engineers by said act of August thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.

SEC. 6. [That, in lieu of the fees for inspection required by the thirty-first sec1865, ch. 94, § 2. tion of the act of August thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, the following shall be paid: For each vessel of one hundred tons or under, twenty-five dollars, and in addition thereto for each one hundred tons, over the first one hundred tons, five dollars.]

Repeal of inconsistent provisions.

Stat. at Large,

Vol. XIII. p. 121.

troversies be

tween officers of vessels and mariners, &c. how

effect.

SEC. 7. That all parts of the act aforesaid, which are suspended by or are inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.

No. 464. - JUNE 11, 1864.

CHAP. CXVI. — An Act to provide for the Execution of Treaties between the United States and foreign Nations respecting Consular Jurisdiction over the Crews of Vessels of such foreign Nations in the Waters and Ports of the United States.

Treaty stipula- Be it enacted, &c. That, in all cases where it may have been or shall tions giving con- hereafter be stipulated by treaty or convention between the United States suls, &c. jurisdiction over con- and any foreign nation to the effect that the consul-general, consuls, viceconsuls, or consular or commercial agents of the two nations, respectively, shall have exclusive jurisdiction of controversies, difficulties, or disorders arising at sea or in the waters or ports of the one nation, between the to be carried into master or other officer or officers and any of the crew, or between any of these last themselves, of any ship or vessel belonging to the other nation, such stipulations shall be executed and enforced within the jurisdiction of the United States as hereinafter deelared: Provided, That before this act shall take effect as to the ships and vessels of any particular nation having such treaty with the United States, the President of the United States shall have been satisfied that similar provisions have been made for the execution of such treaty by the other contracting party, and shall have issued his proclamation to that effect, declaring this act to be in force as to such nation.

Other contracting party to make similar provisions.

apply to proper judicial author

Application to

Warrant for

SEC. 2. That in all cases within the purview of this act the consul- Consul, &c. to general, consul, or other consular or commercial authority of such foreign nation charged with the appropriate duty in the particular case, may ity. make application to any court of record of the United States, or any state what, &c. judge thereof, or to any commissioner appointed under the laws of the United States, to take bail or affidavits, or for other judicial purposes whatsoever, setting forth that such controversy, difficulty, or disorder has arisen, briefly stating the nature thereof, and when and where the same occurred, and exhibiting a certified copy or extract of the shipping-articles, roll, or other proper paper of the ship or vessel, to the effect that the person in question is of the crew or ship's company of such ship or vessel; and further stating and certifying that such person has withdrawn himself, or is believed to be about to withdraw himself, from the control and discipline of the master and officers of the said ship or vessel, or that he has refused, or is about to refuse, to submit to and obey the lawful jurisdiction of such consular or commercial authority in the premises; and further stating and certifying that, to the best of the knowledge and belief' of the officer certifying, such person is not a citizen of the United States, and thereupon such judge, commissioner, or other judicial officer, on inspection of such application, the same being in writing and duly authenticated by the consular or other sufficient official seal, shall issue his warrant for the arrest of the person so complained of, directed to the marshal of arrest to issue. the United States for the appropriate district, or in his discretion to any person, being a citizen of the United States, whom he may specially depute for the purpose, requiring such person to be brought before him for examination at a certain time and place. And if, on such examination, it shall be made to appear that the person so arrested is a citizen of the United States, he shall be forthwith discharged from arrest, and shall be discharged. left to the ordinary course of law. But if this shall not be made to appear, and such judge, commissioner, or other judicial authority shall find, upon the papers hereinbefore referred to, a sufficient prima facie case that the matter concerns only the internal order and discipline of such foreign ship or vessel, or, whether in its nature civil or criminal, does not effect [affect] directly the execution of the laws of the United States, or the rights and duties of any citizen of the United States, he shall forth- If not, &c. with, by his warrant, commit such person to prison, where prisoners person to be committed. under sentence of a court of the United States may be lawfully committed, or to the master or chief officer of such foreign ship or vessel, in his discretion, to be subject to the lawful orders, control, and discipline of the master or chief officer for the time being, of such ship, and to the jurisdiction of the consular or commercial authority of the nation to which such ship or vessel may belong, to the exclusion of any authority or jurisdiction in the premises of the United States or any State thereof: Provided, nevertheless, That the expenses of the arrest and the detention of the person so arrested shall be paid by the consul-general, consuls, or vice-consuls: And provided, further, That no person shall be detained more than two months after his arrest, but at the end of that time shall prisonment. be set at liberty and shall not again be arrested for the same cause.

If person arrested is a citizen, he shall be

Expenses, how to be paid.

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- An Act to provide for the summary Trial of Minor Offences against
the Laws of the United States.

Stat. at Large, Vol. XIII. p. 124.

Special sessions of United

Be it enacted, &c. That it shall be lawful for the judge of any district court of the United States to hold a special session of said court at any States district time, whether in term or vacation, for the trial of minor offences against the laws of the United States, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. That whenever a complaint shall be made against any master,

courts may be held to try, &c. Complaints against officers

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