Volume 29 · 123
Public Law 54–199
To provide for the safety of passengers on excursion steamers.
Approved May 19, 1896
Statutory text
An Act
To provide for the safety of passengers on excursion steamers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That in order to provide for
Regattas, etc.
the safety of passengers on excursion steamers, yachts, oarsmen and all FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, Sess. I. Chs. 199–202. 1896. craft, whether as observers or participants, taking part in regattas, amateur
Regulations to secure safety of passengers.
or professional, that may hereafter be held on navigable waters, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered in his discretion to detail revenue cutters to enforce such rules and regulations as may be adopted to insure the safety of passengers on said excursion steamers, yachts, oarsmen and all craft, whether as observers or participants, taking part in such regattas.
Approved, May 19, 1896.