| Stephen P. Rice - 2004 - 256 páginas
...Act Entitled "An Act to Provide for the Better Security . . . "Statutes at Large 10, ch. 106 (1852). An Act to Provide for the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers .... Statutes at Large 5, ch. 191, (1838). Address of the Mechanics' Institute of the City of New-York,... | |
| Lawrence M. Friedman - 2005 - 642 páginas
...drowned. A federal statute as early as 1838 tried to regulate boilers on steamboats; and an elaborate act "for the better Security of the lives of Passengers...board of Vessels propelled in whole or in part by Steam" was passed in 1852. 41 Whether these did much good is another question. On April 27, 1865, the... | |
| Roberta Sue Alexander - 2005 - 441 páginas
...required all steamboats engaged in interstate commerce to be licensed and to employ only licensed pilots. An Act to Provide for the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board Vessels Propelled by Steam, 5 Stat. 304 (1838). In its November 1849 session, Leavitt promulgated rules... | |
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