Public Law 76–643

That the first two

Navigation.

sentences appearing in paragraph 1 of section 4488 of the Revised

R. S. § 4488.

46 U. S. C. § 481.

Statutes of the United States, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 46, sec. 481), is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 4488.

Every steamer navigating the ocean, or any lake, bay,

Lifeboats, etc., number to be provided on all steamers.

or sound of the United States, shall be provided with such numbers of lifeboats, floats, rafts, life-preservers, line-carrying projectiles, and the means of propelling them, and drags, as will best secure the safety of all persons on board such vessel in case of disaster; and every seagoing vessel carrying passengers, and every such vessel navigating any of the northern or northwestern lakes, shall have the

Boat-disengaging apparatus.

lifeboats required by law, provided with suitable boat-disengaging apparatus, so arranged as to allow such boats to be safely launched.

Rules and regulations.

And the Board of Supervising Inspectors shall fix and determine, by their rules and regulations, the character and arrangement of boat-disengaging apparatus and the character of lifeboats, floats, rafts, life-preservers, line-carrying projectiles, and the means of propelling them, and drags that shall be used on such vessels, and also the character and capacity of pumps or other appliances for freeing the steamer from water in case of heavy leakage, the capacity of such pumps or appliances being suited to the navigation in which the steamer is employed.”

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