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States aforesaid, aay greater number ef pas- sengeFs than the proportions afcFeeaid admit, with intent to carry the same io any foreign port or place, every such master shall ke deemed gully oi misdamean0r, and, upon cousictiOn thereof, before sny cireais as aisr trica eoaFt of the United States aforesaid, shall for each passenger taken on board be- yond the above propoFtions be fined in ths sum of Gfty dollars, and may also bs impFi- scned for any term not exceeding one year; PrOUided, That this acs shall not be con- strued to permit any ship or vessel to cary more than two passengers to five tons of such ship or vessel.

 Sec. 2. fad Dc tt farfkey enacted, That if the passengers so taken on board of such vessel, and brought into or transported from the United States aforesaid, shall exceed the number limited by the last section to the number of twenty in the whole, such vesse shall be forfeited to the United States afore. said, and be prosecuted and distributed ., foFfeitures are under the act to regulate ths duties on imports and tonnage.

 Sec. 3. find be it fnrher enacted, Tha if any such vessel aforesaid, shall have nor, than two tiers of berths, or in case, in sucl vessel, the interval between the floor and the deck or platform beneath, shall not be q least six inches, and the berths we'll con structe,i, or in case the dimensions of suct berths shall not be at least six feet in lengtt and at least eighteen inches in width, fol each passenger as aforesaid, then the maste of said vessel, and the owners thereof, sev crafty, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for each and every passenger of board Of said vessel, on such voyage, to bs recovered by the United States as aforesaid in any circuit or distnct court of the Unitet States, where such vessel may arrive, ol from which she sails.

 Sec 4. find De t further enacted, Tha for the purposes of this act, i. shall in all cases be computed that two children, each being under the age of eight years, shall bs equal to one passenger, ard that ehildref under the age of one year shall not be in eluded in the computation of the number O passengers.

 Sec. 5. find be u further enacted, Tha the amount of the several penalties imposed by this ac. shall be liens on the vessel o vessels violating its provisoins; and such yes sel may be libelled and sold therefor in tn, district court of the United States aforesaid in which such vessel shall arrive.

 Approved, Feb. 9, lS47.