...in the exercise of its power to regulate commerce among the states, passed an act in 1838 to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers...vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, which included provisions for the inspection, by officers appointed for that purpose, of the boilers and...

...resolutions relating to the same. On the same day, the question being on the passage of "An Act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in the whole or part by steam," Mr. Fillmore opposed a proposed exemption of any kind of steamboat machinery...

...resolutions relating to the same. On the same day, the question being on the passage of "An Act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in the whole or part by steam," Mr. Fillmore opposed a proposed exemption of any kind of steamboat machinery...

...pilot, wider the Act of Congress of August 30, 1852, entitled, "An Act to provide greater security for the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." John Maginn piloted the vessel into the port of New York. The Plaintiff claimed that the pilotage...

...STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE. STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE. 591 The first law in this country "to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam," was contained in the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838. The inspectors were appointed...

...1843," and the act amendatory thereof, entitled, "And act to amend an act, entitled an act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers...board of vessels, propelled, in whole or in part, by steam, and for other purposes." The act of 1838 provides for the inspection of hulls and boilers. The...

...masters thereof; and so much of the act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes, '" approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, as conflicts...

...section of the Act of the 7th of July, 1838, 5 Stat. at Large, 304. It is entitled, "Ал Act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or part by steam." The tenth section of it declares, "It shall be the duty of the master and owner of...

...Supreme Court of Indiana. The judgment in the State court was recovered under a statute "to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or part by steam, and for other purposes." One of the defenses was that at the time of the alleged injuries...

...Minn. 536, holding the act of Congress (5 Stat., c. 191), entitled "An act to better provide for the security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam," included injuries to property as well as persons; White v. City of Lincoln, 5 Neb. 515, in...