Chapter 465. To amend section forty-four hundred and twenty-seven, title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes, relating to inspectors of hulls and boilers
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CHAP. 465.— An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and twenty-seven, title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes, relating to inspectors of hulls and boilers. February 23, 1901. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Steam tow boats may carry other persons than crew. [R. S. sec. 4427, p. 858, vol. 24, p. l29](/us/rs/s4427/p858/129), amended. That the amendment to section forty-four hundred and twenty-seven, approved July ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act relating to the801 licensing of vessels engaged in towing to carry persons in addition to their crews,” be amended to read as follows:
" “That any steam vessel engaged in the business of towing vessels, rafts, or water craft of any kind, also steam vessels engaged in oyster dredging and planting, and fishing steamers engaged in food fishing on the Great Lakes and all other inland waters of the United States, and not carrying passengers, may be authorized and licensed by the supervising inspector of the district in which said steamer shall be employed to carry on board such number of persons, in addition to its crew, as the supervising inspector, in his judgment, shall deem necessary to carry on the legitimate business of such towing, oyster and fishing steamers, not exceeding, however, one person to every net ton of measurement of said steamer: *Provided, however*, That the person so*Proviso*.Not to be carried for hire. allowed to be carried shall not be carried for hire.
" " “Sec. 2. That every steam vessel licensed under the foregoing sectionLife preservers. shall carry and have on board, in accessible places, one life-preserver for every person allowed to be carried, in addition to those provided for the crew of such vessel.” " Approved, February 23, 1901.