...has the United States any lien for a penalty for violation of the Act of Congress of July 7, 1838, to provide for the better security of the lives of...passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in pait by steam, which will overreach a claim of materialmen who have acquired title to the vessel, no...

...Indiana. The act of Congress referred to was that of March 30, 1852, 10 Stat. 61, c. 106, providing for the better security of the lives of passengers...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam. After referring to some of the principal cases in which state enactments had been held void...

...536, holding the act of Congress (5 Stat., chap. 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 Lincoin, 5 Neb. 515, in...

...Steamboat-Inspection Service had its beginning in the act of Congress approved July 7, 1838, which provided for the better security of the lives of passengers...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part "by steam. Under this act the United States district judges appointed inspectors of hulls and boilers in...

...Congress, 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...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, which included provisions for the inspection, by officers appointed for that purpose, of the...

...304), for the better secur6. By the law of 7th July, 1838, masters and owners neglecting to comply ity of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or part by steam, is obligatory in all its provisions, except as it has been altered by the act of 1843...

...and offered 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...

...and offered 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...

...horn. STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE. STEAMBOAT INSPECTION SERVICE. 591 The first law in this country "to provide for the better security of the lives of...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...