PART III. STEAM NAVIGATION AND REGULATION OF PASSENGER VESSELS. And all fees and forfeitures hereinbefore mentioned shall be paid to Application of the board and by them paid to the Treasurer. fees and forfeitures. Copy of certificate to be placed in conspicuous part of vessel. The board may cancel certificates and require fresh declarations. Certificate when cancelled to be given up to board or inspector. Vessel not to proceed on her Voyage without certificate. Penalty on owners and masters of vessels proceeding without certificate. Special powers to chairman or vice-chairman. 48. The owner or master of every steam vessel shall forthwith on receipt of any such certificate as aforesaid by him or his agent from the board cause the same or a true copy thereof to be put up in such conspicuous place or places on board the vessel as the surveyor or inspector may direct so as to be legible to all persons on board the same and shall cause it to be continued so put up without alteration or obliteration so long as such certificate remains in force and such vessel is in use and in default such owner or master shall on conviction for every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding ten pounds and every person who pulls down injures alters obliterates or defaces any such certificate shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds. 49. The board may revoke suspend or cancel any certificate granted under the foregoing provisions of this Act to any steam vessel in any case where they have reason to believe that the declarations of the sufficiency and good condition of the hull and machinery of any vessel or either of them have been fraudulently or erroneously made or that such certificate has otherwise been issued upon false or erroneous information or where they have reason to believe that since the making of such declarations the hull or machinery of such vessel has sustained any injury or is otherwise insufficient and in every such case the board may if they think fit require the owner to have the hull or machinery of such vessel again surveyed and to transmit a further declaration of the sufficiency and good condition thereof before re-issuing any certificate or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof and the board may at any time revoke any certificate for the purpose of altering therein the number of passengers which such vessel shall in future be authorised to carry. 50. The board or any inspector may require any certificate that has expired or been revoked suspended or cancelled to be delivered up at such time and to such person and in such manner as they or he may direct and if any owner or master without reasonable cause (proof whereof shall lie on him) fails to comply in any respect with such requirements he shall for every such failure forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. 51. No British steam vessel shall ply or proceed to sea from any port in Queensland nor shall any steam vessel proceed upon any coasting voyage or upon any excursion unless the owner or master thereof has received from the board a certificate as herein before provided or holds a certificate issued by the Board of Trade or a certificate issued by some other competent authority and recognised and approved by the board such certificate being a certificate applicable to the voyage or excursion on which such vessel is proceeding or plying and if such owner or master proceed to sea or on any excursion or ply without having such certificate as aforesaid or a true copy thereof in distinct and legible characters on board and so put up as aforesaid such certificate being a certificate then in force he shall on conviction for such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding one hundred pounds. 52. In cases of emergency where in his opinion the circumstances of the case may appear to warrant a departure from the regular course of procedure herein before directed the chairman or in the ab-ence or other disability of the chairman the vice-chairman may exercise all the powers hereinbefore conferred upon the board with respect to the suspension of certificates issued to any steam vessel and may also on or about the expiration of the term of the certificate issued to any steam vessel and pending the receipt of the declaration of survey for or issue of a fresh certificate grant or authorise the granting of a permit to enable such steam vessel to clear at the Customs or obtain a transire for the voyage therein specified and any permit so granted shall have the same force and effect as the certificate then expired or about to expire and such suspension of a certificate or issue of a permit shall be in all cases notified to the board by the chairman or in the absence of the chairman by the vicechairman at the first meeting of the board after such suspension or grant of permit. PART III.STEAM NAVIGATION AND REGULATION OF PASSENGER VESSELS. carrying deducted from 53. No cargo or passengers shall be carried by any vessel plying in Penalty on Queensland waters in any space deducted from gross registered tonnage passengers or either in respect of the accommodation of seamen or apprentices or for cargo in space engine room or coal bunkers and in case of any violation of the provisions tonnage. of this section the master or owner shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. owner &c. more passengers 54. If any steamer has on board thereof or on or in any part thereof Penalty on any number of passengers greater than the number allowed by the for carrying certificate to be carried in such steamer or such part thereof the owner or master shall on conviction forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty than specified pounds and shall also forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds for every passenger over and above the number so specified in such certificate. in certificate. may board ship number of 55. Any constable or officer of police may at any time go on board Constable &c. any passenger vessel and inspect the same for the purpose of seeing and inspect whether the provisions of this Act with respect to the number of passen- passengers. gers to be caried on board such vessel or any part thereof are complied with and any person who wilfully obstructs or hinders any constable or officer of police when engaged in such inspection shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding twenty pounds. obtaining 56. Any person who secretes himself and goes to sea or secretes Penalty for himself with the intention of going to sea in any vessel without the passage consent of either the owner consignee master mate or person in charge surreptitiously. of such vessel or of any other person entitled to give such consent (proof of such consent being on the person so secreting himself or going to sea) shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds or in the discretion of the court to imprisonment with or without hard labor for any period not exceeding four weeks. providing passengers. 57. Every vessel employed to carry passengers by sea proceeding Penalty for not to sea from any port in Queensland shall be provided with such shelter shelter for the protection of deck passengers (if any) as the board having for deck regard to the nature of the passage the number of deck passengers to be carried the season of the year the safety of the ship and the circumstances of the case may require and if any such vessel shall proceed to sea not provided with such proper shelter for deck passengers as aforesaid the master or owner shall on conviction thereof forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding one hundred pounds. on the carried on to certificate from board. 58. No horses cattle sheep or pigs or other animals shall be carried As to horses upper deck of any passenger steam vessel proceeding to sea from cattle &c. any port in Queensland unless properly secured in stalls or pens to be decks and as erected for the purpose with the approval of the board who shall grant a general certificate for such vessel of the number of horses cattle sheep or pigs or other animals which may be safely and conveniently carried on the deck thereof and no part of the cargo or of the provisions water or stores shall be carried on the upper deck unless by permission of the PART III. STEAM NAVIGATION AND REGULATION OF Penalty. Surveyors to make returns of order them to be docked. inspector excepting poultry in coops or baskets and fish butter cheese eggs fruit and vegetables in baskets or wooden boxes and carts or carriages and all such articles shall in every vessel be so placed as not tɔ impede light or ventilation or interfere with the comfort of the passengers and if any articles or greater number of horses or other animals than shall be certified by the board as aforesaid shall be carried on deck contrary to the true intent and meaning of this enactment the master or owner of such vessel shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. 59. The surveyors appointed under this Act shall make such returns the build &c. of from time to time to the said board with respect to the build dimensions Vessels and may draught burden rate of sailing room for fuel and the nature and particulars of machinery of any vessel surveyed by them as shall be required by the board and if in consequence of any accident to any such vessel or for any other reason they consider it necessary the board shall require the vessel to be taken into dock or placed on a slip or on any other convenient place for the purpose of surveying the hull thereof. Penalty on surveyors demanding or receiving fees unlawfully. Sea-going 60. Every such surveyor who demands or receives directly or indirectly from the owner or master of any vessel surveyed by him under this Act any fee or remuneration whatsoever for or in respect of such survey otherwise than by the direction or with the permission of the board shall on conviction thereof forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding fifty pounds at the suit of any person whomsoever. 61. Every sea-going steam vessel plying in Queensland waters shall steamer to have have her compasses properly adjusted to the satisfaction of the board adjusted. from time to time or whenever it may be considered necessary by the board. compasses Accidents to be reported to board &c. Witness may be examined when found. Notice of loss of 62. Whenever any vessel has sustained or caused any accident occasioning loss of life or any serious injury to any person or has been stranded or has received any material damage affecting her seaworthiness or efficiency either in her hull or in any part of her machinery the owner master or other person having the charge of such vessel shall within twenty-four hours after the happening of such accident or damage or as soon thereafter as possible forward to the inspector at the first port at which she may call or with which he may communicate by letter and also to the board a report of such accident or damage and the probable occasion thereof stating the name of the vessel the port to which she belongs and the place where she is and such master or if the master be dead the chief surviving officer and also every such other person belonging to the vessel as the board may direct shall as soon as possible after his first landing in Queensland after the happening of such casualty attend and submit himself to examination before the board or any inspector or where there is no inspector before the police magistrate and if any master officer or other person without good and sufficient reason shall neglect or refuse to attend and submit himself to examination as aforesaid he shall for such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding fifty pounds. 63. Any witness of a shipping casualty found at a place other than the place where the inquiry respecting such casualty is or may be held may be examined by an inspector or other person appointed by the board at the place where such witness is found. 64. If the owner or agent of any vessel trading in Queensland ships to be sent waters have reason owing to the non-appearance of such vessel or to any other circumstance to apprehend that such vessel has been lost he to board. shall forthwith send notice thereof to the board and shall if required by the board furnish to them such information as he may be able to give respecting such vessel and the loss thereof and the property and persons on board and if he neglect so to do he shall on conviction for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding fifty pounds. PART III.STEAM NAVIGATION AND REGULATION OF PASSENGER VESSELS. charge and to hold license. 65. No person shall have the principal charge of any steam vessel Persons in plying in any port unless his qualifications shall be considered sufficient engineers of and he shall have obtained a license from the board on which license shall river steamers be written his name and place of abode and the number of the license and the name of the vessel and the owner or should the owner have two or more vessels the names of such vessels of which he is authorised to take charge and for such license he shall pay the sum of one pound and if any person shall ply with any such steam vessel without being so licensed by the board to take charge of such vessel he shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding twenty pounds and the board shall keep a duplicate of every such license which shall be evidence in all cases without giving notice to produce or producing the original license and every person having the principal charge of any steam vessel plying as aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be unlicensed unless at the hearing of any complaint against him he shall produce his license or give other satisfactory evidence of being duly licensed. applied for. 66. Before any such license shall be granted or renewed a requisition How licenses for such license shall be made and signed by the person applying for such are to be license and in every such requisition there shall be truly specified and set forth the christian name and surname and place of abode of the person applying for such license and of every person who shall be a proprietor of the steam vessel for the principal charge of which a license is required and in case any person shall neglect or omit to specify truly in such requisition as aforesaid the name of any person who shall be concerned as aforesaid in the keeping using or employing of such steam vessel such person shall on conviction forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds. deprived of his 67. The board may deprive of his license any such person having the Person in principal charge of any steam vessel plying as aforesaid who after due charge may be investigation has been found to be incompetent or guilty of drunkenness license for or any gross act of misconduct or negligence. drunkenness or misconduct. license. 68. Every such license shall except as hereinbefore provided be and Duration of continue in force so long as the person to whom the license has been granted retains the principal charge of the vessel or vessels for which he is licensed except as hereinbefore provided and no longer. unlicensed 69. If any person shall keep use or employ or shall be concerned as Proprietors of proprietor or part proprietor in the keeping using or employing of any steam vessels steam vessel as aforesaid the principal person in charge of which is subject to without a license or the engineer of which is without a certificate of penalty. competency or service granted under this Act such person shall on conviction thereof forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding twenty pounds. to steer steam vessels and as 70. If the person having the principal charge of any steam vessel Passengers not plying as aforesaid shall permit any passenger to steer such steam vessel to be allowed within the limits of any port or if any such person having the principal charge of or any of the crew or any person employed on board or in connection with such steam vessel shall assault or use abusive or insulting language to any person travelling or about to travel or having travelled to insulting language. PART III. STEAM NAVIGATION AND REGULATION OF PASSENGER VESSELS. Six preceding clauses not to apply to sea-going steam vessels. Penalty on drunken or disorderly persons. Penalty on drunken or disorderly persons on board. Penalty on persons forcing their way on board. On persons molesting passengers. On persons forcing their way on board ship when full. On persons refusing to quit ship when full. Penalties for avoiding payment of fares. as a passenger in or by such steam vessel or to any person accompanying or attending upon any such passenger in coming to or going from any such steam vessel every such offender in any of the several cases aforesaid shall on conviction for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds. 71. Nothing in the last six preceding clauses shall extend to any sea-going steam vessel. 72. The following offenders that is to say (1.) Any person who being drunk or disorderly and having been on that account refused admission on board any vessel carrying passengers by the owner or any person in his employ or the master or any officer of such vessel nevertheless persists in attempting to enter such vessel (2.) Any person who being drunk or disorderly on board any such vessel and having been requested by the owner master or any person in charge of such vessel to leave the same at any place within the limits of any township in the colony refuses to comply with such request (3.) Any person other than a passenger who shall persist in attempting to enter any such vessel after having been refused admission by the owner or any person in his employment or by the master or any officer of such vessel or being on board shall refuse to leave such vessel when requested by the master or person in charge of such vessel (4.) Any person on board any such vessel who after being warned by the master or other officer of such vessel molests or continues to molest any passenger (5.) Any person who after having been refused admission into any such vessel by the owner or person in charge thereof or by any person in the employ of the owner thereof on account of such vessel being full and after having had the full amount of his fare (if he has paid the same) returned or tendered to him shall nevertheless persist in attempting to enter the same (6.) Any person having got on board any such vessel who upon being requested on the like account by the owner or person in charge thereof to leave such vessel before the same has quitted the place at which such person got on board and who upon having the full amount of his fare (if he has paid the same) returned or tendered to him refuses to comply with such request (7.) Any person who travels or attempts to travel in any such vessel without having previously paid his fare and with intent to avoid payment thereof (8.) Any person who having paid his fare for a certain distance knowingly and wilfully proceeds in any such vessel beyond such distance without previously paying the additional fare for the additional distance and with intent to avoid payment thereof (9.) Any person who knowingly and wilfully refuses or neglects on arriving at the point to which he has paid his fare to quit such vessel and |