Survey of Passenger Steamers. Board of Certificates. Merchant Shipping (Part IV. Safety.) CCCXII. Upon the receipt of such Declarations the Board of Trade to issue Trade shall, if satisfied that the Provisions of the Fourth Part of this Act have been complied with, cause a Certificate in Duplicate to be prepared and issued to the Effect that the Provisions of the Law with respect to the Survey of the Ship and the Transmission of Declarations in respect thereof have been complied with; and such Certificate shall state the Limits (if any) beyond which, according to the Declaration of the Surveyors, such Ship is not fit to ply, and shall also contain a Statement of the Number of Passengers which, according to the Declaration of the Shipwright Surveyor, such Ship is fit to carry, distinguishing (if necessary) between the respective Numbers to be carried on the Deck and in the Cabins and in different Parts of the Deck and Cabins, such Number to be subject to such Conditions and Variations according to the Time of Year, the Natue of the Voyage, the Cargo carried, and other Circumstances, as the Case requires. Issue and of Certificates CCCXIII. The Board of Trade shall transmit such duplicate Transmission Certificate to the Shipping Master or to some other public Officer at such Port as the Owner may mention for the Purpose or at the Port where the Owner or his Agent resides or where the Ship was surveyed and is for the Time being lying, and shall cause Notice of such Transmission to be given by Post or otherwise to the Master or Owner or his Agent; and the said Shipping Master or Officer shall deliver such duplicate Certificate to the said Owner, Master, or Agent on his applying and paying the Fees and other Sums (if any) herein mentioned as payable in that Behalf; and in proving the due Issue and Transmission to the Owner, Agent, or Master of such Certificate, it shall be sufficient to show that the same has been duly received by such Shipping Master or Public Officer as aforesaid, and that due Notice of the Transmission thereof to such Shipping Master or Officer has been given to such Owner, Master, or Agent. Fees to be ficates. CCCXIV. The Owner of every Passenger Steamer requiring paid for Certi- a Certificate under the Fourth Part of this Act shall pay for every Certificate granted by the Board of Trade such Fees as such Board directs, not exceeding the Fees mentioned in the Table marked T. in the Schedule hereto. How long continue in force. CCCXV. No Certificate shall be held to be in force for the Certificates to Purposes of the Fourth Part of this Act beyond the Date fixed by the Board of Trade for the Expiration thereof; and no Certificate shall be in force after Notice is given by the Board of Trade to the Owner, Agent, or Master of the Ship to which the same relates, that such Board has cancelled or revoked the same: Provided, that if any Passenger Steamer is absent from Merchant Shipping (Part IV. Safety.) from the United Kingdom at the Time when her Certificate expires, no Penalty shall be incured for the Want of a Certificate until she first begins to ply with Passengers after her next subsequent Return to the United Kingdom; and the Board of Trade may require any Certificate which has expired, or has been revoked or cancelled, to be delivered up as it directs: and any Owner or Master who, without reasonable Cause, neglects or refuses to comply with such Requirement, shall incur a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. Survey of Passenger CCCXVI. The Board of Trade may revoke and cancel such Board of Certificates in any Case in which it has Reason to believe,- Trade may cancel Certifi cates, and (1.) That the Declaration of the Sufficiency and good require fresh (2.) That such Certificate has otherwise been issued upon (3.) That since the making of such Declarations the Hull, And in every such Case the Board of Trade may, if it thinks fit, require the Owner to have the Hull, Equipments, or Machinery of such Ship again surveyed, and to transmit a further Declaration or Declarations of de Sailiciency and good Condition thereof, before re-issuing any Certificate or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof. placed in CCCXVII. The Owner or Master of every Passenger Steamer Copy of Cershall forthwith on the Transmission of any such Certificate uicate to be as aforesaid to him or his Agent cause One of the Duplicates conspicuous thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspicuous Part Part of Ship. of the Ship, so as to be visible to all Persons on board the same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such Certificate remains in force and such Ship is in use; and in default such Owner or Master shall for every Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. out Certificate. CCCXVIII. It shall not be lawful for any Passenger Steamer Ship not to to proceed to Sea or upon any Voyage or Excursion with proceed on her any Passengers on board, unless the Owner thereof has trans- Voyage witomitted to the Board of Trade the Declarations herein-before required, nor unless the Owner or Master thereof has received from such Board such a Certificate as herein-before provided for, such Certificate being a Certificate applicable to the Survey of Penalty for carrying Pas sengers in Excess of Numbers specified in Certificate. Forgery of Merchant Shipping (Part IV. Safety.) Voyage or Excursion on which such Ship is about to proceed; and no Officer of Customs shall grant any Clearance or Transire for any Passenger Steamer unless upon the Production of such Certificate as aforesaid (being a Certificate then in force and applicable as aforesaid): and if any Passenger Steamer attempts to ply or go to Sea without such Production, any such Officer may detain her until such Certificate is produced; and if any Passenger Steamer plies or goes to Sea with any Passengers on board, without having One of the Duplicates of such Certificate as aforesaid (being a Certificate then in force, and applicable as aforesaid,) so put up as aforesaid in some conspicuous Part of the Ship, the Owner thereof shall for such Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding One hundred Pounds, and the Master of such Ship shall also incur a further Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds. CCCXIX. If the Owner or Master or other Person in charge of any Passenger Steamer receives on board thereof or on or in any Part thereof, or if such Ship has on board thereof or on or in any Part thereof, any Number of Passengers which, having regard to the Time, Occasion, and Circumstances of the Case, is greater than the Number of Passengers allowed by the Certificate, the Owner or Master shall incur a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds, and also an additional Penalty not exceed ing Five Shillings for every Passenger over and above the Number allowed by the Certificate, or, if the Fare of any of the Passengers on board exceeds Five Shillings, not exceeding double the Amount of the Fares of all the Passengers who are over and above the Number so allowed as aforesaid, such Fares to be estimated at the highest Rate of Fare payable by any Passenger on board. CCCXX. Every Person who knowingly and wilfully makes or assists in making or procures to be made a false or frauduMisdemeanor. lent Declaration or Certificate with respect to any Passenger Steamer requiring a Certificate under the Fourth Part of this Act, or who forges, assists in forging, or procures to be forged, fraudulently alters, assists in fraudulently altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered, any Declaration or Certificate required by the Fourth Part of this Act, or any Words or Figures in any such Declaration or Certificate, or any Signature thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor. Surveyors to of the Build CCCXXI. The said Surveyors shall from Time to Time make such Returns to the Board of Trade as it requires with and other Par- respect to the Build, Dimensions, Draught, Burden, Rate of Sailing, Room for Fuel, and the Nature and Particulars of Machinery and Equipments of the Ships surveyed by them; and every Owner, Master, and Engineer of any such Ship shall, on ticulars of Steam Ships, and Owners and Masters Demand, Merchant Shipping (Part IV. Safety.) Survey of Passengers Steamers. Demand, give to such Surveyors all such Information and As to give Infor sistance within his Power as they require for the Purpose of mation for such Returns; and every such Owner, Master, or Engineer that Purpose. who, on being applied to for that Purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give such Information or Assistance, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds. Misconduct by Passengers in Steamers. CCCXXII. The following Offenders, that is to say, Misconduct by Penalties on Persons for. (1.) Any Person who, after having been refused Admission eing way on (2.) Any Person, having got on board any Steamer, who, refusing to Shall for each such Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding CCCXXIII. The following Offenders, that is to say, (1.) Any Person who travels or attempts to travel in any (2.) Any Person who, having paid his Fare for a certain (3.) Any Person who knowingly and wilfully refuses or Shall Penalty for avoiding Payment of Fares. Misconduct by Penalty on fusing to give their name and Address. Power to refuse or re move Passengers who are drunk or mis conduct themselves. Accidents. Accidents to Steam Ships to Board of Trade. Merchant Shipping (Part IV. Safety.) Shall for every such Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding Five Shillings, in addition to the Fare payable by him, such Penalty to be payable to the Owner of such Steamer. CCCXXIV. Every Person who, having committed any of the Offences mentioned in the Two last preceding Sections or either of them, refuses on Application of the Master of the Ship or of any other Person in, the Employ of the Owner thereof to give his Name and Address, or who on such Application gives a false Name or Address, shall incur a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds, to be paid to the said Owner. CCCXXV. The Master of any Home Trade Passenger Steam Ship may refuse to receive on board theseof any Person who by reason of Drunkenness or otherwise is in such a State, or misconducts himself in such a Manner, as to cause Annoyance to other Passengers on board, or if such Person is on board, may put him on shore at any convenient Place; and no Person so refused Admittance or put on shore shall be entitled to the Return of any Fare he may have paid. Accidents. CCCXXVI. Whenever any Steam Ship has sustained or be reported to caused any Accident occasioning Loss of Life or any serious Injury to any Person, or has received any material Damage aflecting her Seaworthiness or her Efficiency either in her Hull or in any Part of her Machinery, the Owner or Master shall, within Twenty-four Hours after the happening of such Accident or Damage, or as soon thereafter as possible, send to the Board of Trade, by Letter signed by such Owner or Master, a Report of such Accident or Damage, and of the probable Occasion thereof, stating the Name of the Ship, the Port to which she belongs, and the Place where she is; and if such Owner or Master neglect so to do be shall for such Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds. Notice to be hended Loss of CCCXXVII. If the Owner of any Steam Ship have Reason, given of appre owing to the Nonsppearance of such Ship, or to any other CirSteam Ships. cumstance, to apprehend that such Ship has been wholly lost, he shall as soon as conveniently may be send Notice thereof in like Manner to the Board of Trade, and if he neglect so to do within a reasonable Time he shall for such Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds. Collisions to CCCXXVIII. In every Case of Collision, in which it is pracbe entered in ticable so to do, the Master shall immediately after the OccurOfficial Log. rence cause a Statement thereof, and of the Circumstances under which the same occurred, to be entered in the Official Log |