Connections.

Safety valves.

Gauge cocks, etc.

Naphtha,

electric or gasoline launches.

Certificate, when issued, what to set forth.

having been in use ten years or more may be drilled at the bottom of shell or boiler, and also at such other points as the inspectors may direct, to determine the thickness of such material at those points, and the general condition of such boiler or boilers at the time of inspection and the steam pressure allowed shall be determined by such ascertained thickness and general condition of the boiler. He shall also see that all connections to the said boiler or engines are of suitable material, size and construction, and that the boiler, machinery and appurtenances are such as may be employed with safety in the service to be performed. He shall also satisfy himself that the safety valves are of suitable dimensions and that the weights of the same are properly adjusted so as to allow no greater pressure than the maximum amount prescribed by him, and that there is a sufficient number of gauge cocks, properly attached to the boiler so as to indicate the quantity of water therein, and suitable steam gauges to correctly show the amount of steam carried, and as to any other matter connected with such steam vessel or the machinery thereof that to said Commissioner shall seem necessary to the safety of her passengers and crew, and he shall make such inspection, examination and test of naphtha launches and electric or gasoline launches and their apparatus and machinery as will enable him to determine whether they can safely be used in navigation.

SEC. 4. The Commissioner, if satisfied that such vessel is in all respects safe and conforms to the requirements of this act, shall make and subscribe duplicate certificates, setting forth the age of the vessel, the official number, the length, breadth and depth, the date of the inspection, the name of the vessel, the name of the owner, the master, the number of licensed officers and crew which he deems necessary to manage the vessel with safety, the number of boats and life preservers required and the number of passengers that she can safely carry, and if a steam vessel, the age of the boiler and the Where posted. pressure of steam she is authorized to carry. One of such certificates shall be kept posted in some conspicuous place on the vessel if practicable, or kept in some convenient place on the vessel to be designated by the Commissioner in the certificate, accessible to any one demanding it, and the other copy shall be kept by the Commissioner and by him recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose. If the Commissioner refuse case certificate to grant a certificate of approval, he shall make a statement not granted. in writing, giving his reasons for such refusal, and deliver the same to the owner or master of the vessel.

Statement in

Passengers,

limit may carry.

Penalty

SEC. 5. No greater number of passengers shall be transported upon any licensed steam vessel or other vessel included within the provisions of this act than the number allowed in the certificate of such vessel, under a penalty of ten dollars, to be paid by the master for each passenger in excess of the allowed number, unless special permission is first obtained

from the Commissioner under such precautions as he deems expedient.

of woodwork about boilers.

SEC. 6. All steamboats and other vessels to which this act Shielding is applicable shall hereafter be so constructed that the woodwork about the boilers, chimneys, fire-boxes, cookhouses, stove and steam pipes or any machinery or apparatus involving danger of fire, where such woodwork is exposed to ignition shall be so shielded by some incombustible material that the air may circulate freely between such material and woodwork or other ignitable substances, and before granting a certificate of inspection the Commissioner shall require that all other necessary provisions be made throughout such vessel as he may judge expedient to guard against loss or damage by fire.

and gangways.

obstructing.

SEC. 7. Every vessel engaged in carrying passengers for Stairways hire shall be provided with permanent stairways and other sufficient means convenient for passing from one deck to the other, with gangways large enough to allow persons freely to pass, which shall be open fore and aft of the length of the vessel, and to and along the guards; and whoever obstructs Forfeiture for such gangways by freight or otherwise shall forfeit fifty dollars to the State of Michigan for every such violation. SEC. 8. From and after the passage of this act the follow- Navigation ing rules shall be observed in navigating all steam vessels rules. when under steam and all boats propelled by machinery on the waters within the jurisdiction of the State, excepting the waters which are under the jurisdiction of the United States:

First, When two steamboats are meeting end on, or nearly Meeting end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her end on. course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other after exchanging signals of one blast of the whistle;

Second, When two steam vessels are crossing so as to involve Two vessels risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own crossing. starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other;

Third, When a steam vessel and a sailing vessel are proceed- Sailing ing in such directions as to involve risk of collision, the steam vessels may vessel shall keep out of the way of the sailing vessel;

keep course

Fourth, When by any of these rules one of two vessels is Idem. to keep out of the way the other shall keep her course and speed;

when

Fifth, Every vessel under steam when approaching another Slack speed steamboat or small boat or vessel of any kind so as to involve approaching. the risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or if necessary shall stop and reverse her engine, and every vessel under Fogs. steam shall when in a fog go at a moderate speed;

overtaking

Sixth, Any steam vessel overtaking another steam vessel Steam vessel shall keep out of the way of the last mentioned steam vessel; another. Seventh, When two steam vessels are going in the same signals when direction the stern steam vessel wishing to pass the other shall passing. signal the forward steam vessel of her intention to pass on the

Steamboats approaching each other.

may

When
pass to the

When pilot fails to understand course, etc.

Duty of pilot in fog or thick weather.

Signals of distress.

Regard in construing provisions.

Steam or sailing

vessels,

what

considered.

Vessels to have whistle.

Act not to ex

port side by two distinct whistles, and to pass on her starboard side by one distinct whistle which shall be answered by the forward steam vessel with the same number of whistles, and the forward steam vessel shall keep on her course as though no signal had been given;

Eighth, Steamboats approaching each other shall, at not less than one hundred yards distance between each other, give a signal with one loud distinct whistle;

Ninth, When two steamboats are approaching each other, and, if the course of such steamboats is so far on the starboard side of each as not to be considered by the pilots as meeting end on or nearly so, or if the steamboats are approaching each other in such manner that passing to the right as in rule one is deemed unsafe by the pilot of either steamboat, the pilot so first deciding shall give two short and distinct blasts on his steam whistle, which the pilot of the other steamboat shall answer promptly by two blasts of his steam whistle, and they shall pass to the left on the starboard side of each other;

Tenth, When two steamboats are approaching each other and the pilot of either steamboat fails to understand the course or intention of the other, whether from the signals being given or answered erroneously or from other cause, the pilot so in doubt shall immediately signify the same by giving several short and rapid blasts of the steam whistle, and if the boats shall have approached within one hundred yards of each other, both shall be immediately slowed to a speed barely sufficient for steerage way until the proper signals are given, answered and understood or until the boats have passed each other;

Eleventh, When a steamboat is running in a fog or thick weather it shall be the duty of the pilot to cause a long blast of the steam whistle to be sounded at intervals not exceeding one minute:

Twelfth, Signals of distress shall be four distinct blasts of the whistle and shall be recognized by the master of any steamboat hearing the same, and he shall render such assistance as is in his power;

Thirteenth, In construing these provisions due regard must be had to all the dangers of navigation and to any special circumstances which may exist rendering a departure therefrom necessary in order to avoid immediate danger;

Fourteenth, Every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam or otherwise propelled by machinery, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel;

Fifteenth, Every vessel not a steam vessel shall be provided with a suitable whistle with which to give the signals provided for in this section;

Sixteenth, Nothing in this act shall be construed to extend tend to certain to any boat or lighter not being masted, or if masted and not decked, employed in the harbor of any town or city;

boats.

Seventeenth, All steamboats licensed under the provisions Steamboats to of this act shall conform to and obey such other rules and obey rules, etc. regulations as the Commissioner may prescribe, not incon

sistent herewith;

sioner, etc.,

Eighteenth, The Commissioner and the inspectors provided Commisfor in this act are authorized to make further rules and reg- may make ulations applying generally to all steamboats or especially to further rules. one or more of them, and on framing rules for the government of managers and employes of boats, the Commissioner shall as far as practicable be governed by the general rules and regulations prescribed by the United States board of supervising inspectors of steam vessels;

framed.

Nineteenth, Every steam vessel or other vessel propelled by Copies of machinery, carrying passengers for hire on the waters within section the jurisdiction of this State, shall have two copies of this section framed, one to be conveniently placed for the government of the pilot, and the other to be hung in a conspicuous place on the boat for the inspection of the passengers.

SEC. 9. The master of every steamboat or vessel propelled Lights carried by machinery when navigating between sunset and sunrise, set and shall cause the same to carry the following lights:

between

sun

sunrise.

First, At the foremast head a bright white light of such a white light. character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least two miles; and be so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, and to be so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side;

Second, On the starboard side a green light of such a char- Green light. acter as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least two miles; and be so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and to be so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side;

Third, On the port side a red light of such a character as to Red light. be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles, and to be so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and to be so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side. The green and red lights shall be fitted with in- Inboard board screens projecting at least thirty inches forward from screens. the lights, so far as to prevent them from being seen across the bow: Provided, That boats having no superstructure may Proviso, use combination lights;

combination lights.

Fourth, The master of every vessel other than a steamboat Vessels other anchored in the night time shall cause her peak to be lowered than steamand a good and sufficient light to be thrown from her taffrail

boats.

Steam fire pumps and hose.

Ferry boats, certain to carry row boat.

Two row boats with life lines.

in some part of her rigging and at least twenty feet above her deck.

SEC. 10. Every steam vessel permitted by her certificate to carry two hundred passengers or upwards shall be provided with a good steam fire pump or other equivalent apparatus for throwing water, the same to be at all times during the navigation of such vessel kept ready for immediate use, having at least one hundred feet of hose of suitable size and of sufficient strength to stand a pressure of at least seventy-five pounds to the square inch.

SEC. 11. Every ferry boat propelled by steam or electricity shall be provided with at least one substantial boat fifteen feet or more in length, properly supplied with oars and kept tight and in good condition at all times and so attached to such ferry boat that it may in case of need be launched into the water for immediate use. Every steamboat or vessel propelled by machinery and carrying passengers for hire, directly or indirectly, shall be provided, if of the measurement of two hundred fifty and less than five hundred tons burden, with at least two substantial row boats with life lines attached and properly supplied with oars and kept tight and in good condition at all times, and so attached as to be capable of being launched into the water for immediate use in case of need; and if of the measurement of five hundred tons or more, with at least one first-class life boat and one row boat twenty-five One life boat feet long by seven wide, capable of carrying or supporting fifty persons each, and at least one row boat of the usual size and construction, all to be properly supplied with oars and kept tight and in good condition at all times and so attached as to be capable of being launched into the water for immediate use in case of need. Every such vessel may also be required to carry such other boats as the Commissioner on account of the route or the number of passengers shall deem requisite, and the master of such vessel shall exercise and discipline his crew in the launching, use and management of the boat until they become skillful boatmen.

and one row boat.

Master to exercise and discipline

crew.

Life preserver or float for each passenger, etc.

Buoyancy.

SEC. 12. Every steam vessel or vessel propelled by machinery used in the transportation of passengers for hire shall have a life preserver or life float for each passenger she is allowed to carry and for each member of her crew. At least one-half thereof shall be life preservers of a buoyancy not less than eighteen pounds, and the other half or part thereof may be life floats to be constructed of dry pine plank four feet long, two inches thick and twelve inches wide, with lines properly attached in such manner as to be convenient for use; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner to satisfactorily. ascertain that every life preserver and such life floats are as herein required. Such life preservers and life floats shall be kept in convenient accessible places in such vessel in readiness for immediate use in case of accident, and the places where the same are to be kept shall be designated in the Commis