IMMIGRATION LAWS.
 

AN ACT to regulate the carriage of passengers by sea.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall not be lawful for
the master of a steamship or other vessel whereon emigrant passengers,
or passengers other than cabin passengers, have been taken at any port
or place in a foreign country or dominion (ports and places in foreign
territory contiguous to the United States excepted) to bring such ves¬
sel and passengers to any port or place in the United States unless the
compartments, spaces, and accommodations hereinafter mentioned have
been provided, allotted, maintained, and used for and by such passen¬
gers during the entire voyage ; that is to say, in a steamship, the com¬
partments or spaces, unobstructed by cargo, stores or goods, shall be
of sufficient dimensions to allow for each and every passenger carried or
brought therein one hundred cubic feet, if the compartment or space is
located on the main deck or on the first deck next below the main deck
of the vessel, and one hundred and twenty cubic feet for each passen¬
ger carried or brought therein if the compartment or space is located
on the second deck below the main deck of the vessel; and it shall not
be lawful to carry or bring passengers on any deck other than the
decks above mentioned. And in sailing vessels such passengers shall
be carried or brought only on the deck (not being an orlop deck) that
is next below the main deck of the vessel, or in a poop or deck-house
constructed on the main deck; and the compartment or space, unob¬
structed by cargo, store, or goods, shall be of sufficient dimension to
allow of one hundred and ten cubic feet for each and every passenger
brought therein. And such passengers shall not be carried or brought
in any between-decks, nor in any compartment, space, poop, or deck¬
house, the height of which from deck to deck is less than six feet. In
computing the number of such passengers carried or brought in any
vessel, children under one year of age shall not be included, and two
children between one and eight years of age shall be counted as one
passenger; and any person brought in such vessel who shall have been,
during the voyage, taken from any other vessel wrecked or in distress
on the high seas, or have been picked up at sea from any boat, raft, or
otherwise shall not be included in such computation. The master of a
vessel coming to a port or place in the United States in violation of
either of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis-