...against the defendant, for a penalty under the act of 1838, " to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." A verdict was rendered for the United States, and without a judgment on the verdict,...

...of a law approved the 7th day of July last, entitled " An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam," (a copy of which is annexed,) with instructions to take imme-diate and suitable...

...authorizing the registering and granting licenses to steamboats, and to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from Duff Green, accompanied by...

...into the expediency of so amending the act of 7th July. 1838, " to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole .or in part by steam." as to provide that every captain, engineer, pilot, or other person, employed in...

...of a law approved the 7th day of July last, entitled " An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole Or in part by steam," (a copy of which is annexed,) with instructions to take immediate and suitable measures...

...upon him, will be promptly enforced. J. HOYT, Collector. An act to provide for the letter Security of the lives of Passengers on board of Vessels propelled in whole or in part by Steam. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of...

...part,) a bill (No. 1071) supplemental to the act entitled "An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam;" which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the...

...Michigan, praying the amendment of the act of July 7,1838, " to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled, in whole or in part, by steam" - 5 270 1 Of citizens of Louisiana, praying a change in the mode of transporting...

...also a copy of the law of the United States, entitled, " An Act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of 'vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." It may be proper to remark, that the passage of this law was unexpected to the owners...

...salutary and right. Without intending systematically to review the " Act for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam," approved the 7th of July, 1838, we may be allowed to point out some of its most...