 | United States. Department of Commerce - 1915 - 76 էջ
...boilers of steam vessels, was the first legislation on the important question of " the better security of lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam. " This act was modified by the acts of March 3, 1843, and March 3, 1849, the latter of which... | |
 | Walter Malins Rose - 1917 - 1128 էջ
...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... | |
 | American Society of Naval Engineers - 1919 - 1180 էջ
...of steam vessels, was the first legislation upon the important question of " the better security of lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." By this act the inspectors were appointed by the district judge of the United States for the... | |
 | 1922 - 152 էջ
...7, 1838 (5 Stat. L., 304), the first legislation enacted by the national government looking toward the "better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." Owners or masters of such vessels were required to employ a competent number of experienced... | |
 | Lloyd Milton Short - 1922 - 154 էջ
...7, 1838 (5 Stat. L., 304), the first legislation enacted by the national government looking toward the "better security of the lives of passengers on...board of vessels'- propelled in whole or in part by steam." Owners, or masters of such vessels were required to employ a cortapetehf number of experienced... | |
 | George Cyrus Thorpe - 1925 - 1324 էջ
...insure the safety of passengers and cargoes transported by water. 2. History In 1838 Congress passed an act "to provide for the better security of the...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." * By this act seagoing steam vessels and steam vessels plying the Great Lakes, were required... | |
 | Ora Almon Hilton - 1926 - 284 էջ
...legislation for the protection of immigrants at sea until 1847, though Congress did on July 7, 1838 pass *An Act to provide for the better security of the...lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in (6) . whole or in part by steam.11 This act provided for the inspection of the hulls, boilers, etc.,... | |
 | 1879 - 344 էջ
...lays its strong restraint upon local carelessuess and individual cupidity, by the act of July 7, 1838, "to provide for the better security of the lives of...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam."— 5 Stat. at L. 304. Your committee allnde to iliis familiar series of legislation in the... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1932 - 1604 էջ
...organizations in the Federal Government, was established by act of Congress in 1838, as a means toward "the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." Later legislation enlarged the scope of the service and brought it under the direction of the... | |
 | 1894 - 1202 էջ
...5344 is the culmination had its origin In the act of congress of July 7, 1838, (5 Stat. 304,) entitled "An act to provide for the better security of the...board of vessels propelled In whole or In part by steam." It was extended by the act of February 28, 1871, (16 Stat 458, § 57,) and the provision in... | |
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An act to amend an 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... 
