Chapter CLXII. to regulate the Transportation of Nitro-Glycerine, or Glynoin Oil, and other Substances therein named
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CHAP. CLXII.— An Act to regulate the Transportation of Nitro-Glycerine, or Glynoin Oil, and other Substances therein named.July 3, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That hereafter it shall not beThe transportation, &c., of nitro-glycerine, &c., forbidden. lawful to transport, carry or convey, ship, deliver on board, or cause to be delivered on board, the substance or article known or designated as nitro-glycerine, or glynoin oil, nitroleum or blasting oil, or nitrated oil, or powder mixed with any such oil, or fibre saturated with any such [article] or substance upon or in any ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon, or other vehicle, used or employed in transporting passengers by land or water between a place or places in any foreign country and a place or places within the limits of any State, territory, or district of the United States, or between a place in one State, territory, or district of the United States, and a place in any other State, territory, or district thereof; andPenalty.One half of fine to the informer. any person, company, or corporation who shall knowingly violate the provisions of this section, shall be liable to a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court, one half to the use of the informer.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That in case the death of any personIf the death of any person is caused by the explosion of nitro-glycerine, &c., while transported, &c., persons knowingly concerned therein to be guilty of manslaughter. shall be caused, directly or indirectly, by an explosion of any quantity of said substances or articles, or either of them, while the same is being placed upon or in any such ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon or other vehicle, to be transported, carried, or conveyed thereon or therein in violation of the foregoing section, or while the same is being so trans-82THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 162, 163, 164. 1866.ported, carried, or conveyed, or while the same is being removed from such ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon, or other vehicle, every person who knowingly placed or aided, or permitted the placing of the said substance upon or in such ship, steamship, steamboat, vessel, car, wagon, or other vehicle, to be so transported, carried, or conveyed, shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter, and on conviction thereof shall suffer imprisonmentPunishment. for a period not less than two years.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall not be lawful to ship, send, or forward any quantity of the said substances or articles, or toThose substances not to be carried, unless enclosed, &c. transport, convey, or carry the same by a ship, boat, vessel, vehicle, or conveyance, of any description, upon land or water, between a place in a foreign country and a place within the United States, or between a place in one State, Territory, or district of the United States, and a place in any other State, Territory, or district thereof, unless the same shall be securely enclosed, deposited or packed in a metallic vessel surrounded by plaster of paris, or other material that will be non-explosive when saturated with such oil or substance, and separate from all other substances, and the outside of the package containing the same, be marked, printed,Package, how to be marked. or labelled in a conspicuous manner with the words “Nitro-Glycerine, Dangerous”; and any person, company, or corporation, who shall knowingly violate the provisions of this section, shall be liable to a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, at the discretionPenalty.One half of fine to the informer. of the court, one half to the use of the informer.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the district court of the UnitedDistrict court to have jurisdiction of offences under this act. States within the district in which any offence against this act shall be committed, or if committed in or upon any ship, boat, vessel, or vehicle, beyond the territorial limits of any district, then within the district from which the same departed, or that in which it shall first arrive, shall have jurisdiction to try and punish the offender under the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall not be so construed as to prevent any State, Territory, District, city, or town withinRights of States, &c., to regulate or prohibit traffic or transportation thereof not affected. the United States from regulating or from prohibiting the traffic in or transportation of the said substances between persons and places lying or being within their respective territorial limits, or from prohibiting its introduction into such limits for sale, use, or consumption therein.
Approved, July 3, 1866.