operation they must have been, and they must continue to be, owned, up to the date of the issuance, of the lighterage and harbor license, by one of the three classes of persons mentioned in section 117 of the Philippine customs administrative act. Vessels which have been built either in the United States or in the Philippine Islands must be owned by a citizen of the United States (which includes a corporation or company organized under the laws of the United States, or a firm or partnership composed wholly of citizens of the United States) or by an inhabitant of the Philippine Islands (which includes a person having an actual and permanent abode here, provided that there is intention to remain). The word "inhabitant" also includes a corporation or company organized in the Philippine Islands and having its main place of business here or a partnership existing here, but does not include a corporation or company organized and domiciled outside of the Philippine Islands and simply transacting business through an agency or branch in these islands. PAR. XXIV. In all cases wherein lighterage and harbor licenses are applied for, customs officers shall make the same investigation as to real ownership as is prescribed by Chapter X of the Philippine customs administrative act in the case of certificates of protection, and shall issue the usual certificate of ownership after obtaining the oath of the owner as to the ownership of the vessel. PAR. XXV. For the issuance of lighterage and harbor licenses no renunciation of allegiance to the sovereign country in the case of foreign subjects shall be required of either the owner of the vessel or of her master or watch officers, but unless vessels are owned wholly by citizens of the United States (including corporations and companies organized under the United States laws), or wholly by native inhabitants of the Philippine Islands, or by residents of the Philippine Islands, before April 11, 1899, theretofore subjects of Spain, who under Article IX of the treaty of Paris have adopted the nationality of the Philippine Islands, or jointly by two or more of said classes of persons, they shall not be entitled to the flag of the United States. In the case of vessels which are entitled to the flag of the United States, that fact shall be expressly stated in the lighterage and harbor licenses which are granted to them, and no other vessel so licensed shall be permitted to fly the United States flag. PAR. XXVI. All fines provided for in this circular shall be imposed by the collector of customs of the district in which the offense or violation takes place, and the same may also be imposed by the corresponding coast district inspector of customs, subject to the approval of the collector of customs of the district and to the other appeals allowed by law. PAR. XXVII. This circular shall take effect on January 2, 1903, at the port of Manila, and at each of the other ports in the Philippine Archipelago on that date, or as soon thereafter as the same shall be received and promulgated by the chief customs officer or inspector stationed thereat, as the case may be. PAR. XXVIII. Philippine customs officers shall give due publicity to the terms of this circular. W. MORGAN SHUSTER, Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago. APPENDIX B. OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS Manila. BOARD ON PHILIPPINE MARINE EXAMINATIONS. This is to certify that tled to a certificate of service as vessels of has given satisfactory evidence that he is enti- of Secretary of the Board on Philippine Marine Examinations. Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago, President of the Board. Issue. [Philippine customs shield.] THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. This is to certify that No. [Philippine customs shield.] has given satisfactory evidence to the board on Philippine marine examinations for the Philippine Archipelago that he is a skillful steam vessels, and can be intrusted to perform such duties upon the and he is hereby licensed to act as such master on steam vessels 190-. master of waters of until Given under our hands this Secretary of the Board. day of 190-. Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago, President of the Board on Philippine Marine Examinations. APPENDIX C. [Customs administrative circular No. 105.] Vessels arriving in Philippines from United States ports must present manifests in accordance with Philippines customs administrative act. To all collectors of customs: OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS The following letter is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: "GENTLEMEN: Referring to your letters of the 4th and 15th ultimo inclosing a circular from the United States Treasury Department dated July 5, 1902, relative to trade with the Philippines, and to my reply thereto of the 21st ultimo, stating that the terms of that circular and the questions submitted by you were under consideration, I have to further inform you as follows: "You state that the general agents in the United States of the steamship line which you represent here advise you that certified manifests are no longer to be required of vessels arriving at ports in the Philippine Islands from ports in. the United States, but that it is sufficient that the manifests of such vessels be signed by the captain under oath. They refer to the circular issued by the Treasury Department of the United States on July 5 of the present year, quoting section 84 of the act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, entitled 'An act temporarily to provide for the administration of affairs of the civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.' The first paragraph of said section 84 reads as follows: "That the laws relating to entry, clearance, and manifests of steamships and other vessels arriving from or going to foreign ports shall apply to voyages each way between the Philippine islands and the United States and the possessions thereof, and all laws relating to the collection and protection of customs duties not inconsistent with the act of Congress of March eighth, nineteen hundred and two, "temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands," shall apply in the case of vessels and goods arriving from said islands in the United States and its aforesaid possessions.' "You inform this office that your general agents in the United States have not sent you a certified manifest of the cargo of the S. S. Indrawadi, and request that due consideration be given to these facts in case it is held that said vessel, by failing to have a certified manifest on board, has violated the customs regulations of these islands. "In reply to the above statement you are advised that this office holds that the first paragraph of section 84 of the act of Congress above referred to applies in the United States to vessels entering there from the Philippine Islands, or clearing from there for the Philippine Islands; but it does not repeal or in any way modify the Philippine customs administrative act, which is the law of the Philippine Islands in regard to vessels entering the ports thereof from a port outside of these islands. "The laws of the United States relating to the entrance, clearance, and manifests of vessels prescribe the form of manifest which is required of vessels entering the ports of the United States from a foreign port or place; but they do not attempt to prescribe the laws for any foreign port or country, nor to limit or render unnecessary any preparation which the vessel departing from a port of the United States for a foreign port or country may be required to make in order to comply with the laws of that port or country upon the arrival of the vessel there. "The provisions of Treasury Department Circular No. 79, dated July 5, 1902, are directed to customs officers and others in the United States, and are substantially to the effect that vessels arriving from the Philippine Islands at a port in the United States are to be treated as foreign vessels, and that vessels clearing from the United States for ports in the Philippine Islands are to be cleared and otherwise treated as vessels cleared for foreign ports. But said circular does not construe section 84 of the act of July 1, 1902, as a repeal or amendment to the Philippine customs administrative act, which, in its chapter 8, prescribes the present laws of the Philippine Islands in regard to vessels entering ports thereof from a port or place outside of the islands. "You are therefore informed that vessels arriving in these islands from any port outside thereof must present manifests and documents in accordance with the Philippine customs administrative act. Respectfully, (signed) W. Morgan Shuster, collector of customs for the Philippine Archipelago." W. MORGAN SHUSTER, Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago. APPENDIX D. [Customs administrative circular No. 223.] Publishing laws of the Philippine Islands in regard to the carriage of passengers by sea and the liability of owners, masters, and shippers on voyages to and from the mainland territory of the United States, and the laws relating to the public health and quarantine in the case of vessels entering a port of the mainland or other insular territory of the United States from the Philippine Islands. To all collectors of customs: OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS PARAGRAPH I. The following extract from section 84 of the act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, and the following laws enacted thereby for the Philippine Islands, are hereby published for the information and guidance of all concerned: "The provisions of chapters six and seven, title forty-eight, Revised Statutes, so far as now in force, and any amendments thereof, shall apply to vessels making voyages either way between ports of the United States or its aforesaid possessions and ports in said islands; and the provisions of law relating to the public health and quarantine shall apply in the case of all vessels entering a port of the United States or its aforesaid possessions from said islands, where the customs officers at the port of departure shall perform the duties required by such law of consular officers in foreign ports NOTE.-R. S., Revised Statutes of the United States of 1878. C. S., Compiled Statutes of the United States of 1901 following the numerical arrangements of the Revised Statutes. Nothing will be found under the Compiled Statutes except such as is subsequent in date to the Revised Statutes. S. L., Statutes at Large; number preceding is that of volume; number following, that of page. Dates are those of approval of the act. PAR. II. CHAPTER 374. [4252 C. S.; 22 S. L., 186; August 2, 1882.] Be it enacted, etc., That it shall not be lawful for the master of a steamship or other vessel whereon emigrant passengers, or passengers other than cabin passengers, have been taken at any port or place in a foreign country or dominion (ports and places in foreign territory contiguous to the United States [Philippine Islands] excepted) to bring such vessel and passengers to any port or place in the United States [Philippine Islands] unless the compartment, spaces, and accommodation hereinafter mentioned have been provided, allotted, maintained, and used for and by such passengers during the entire voyage; that is to say, In a steamship, the compartments or spaces, unobstructed by cargo, stores, or goods, shall be of sufficient dimensions to allow for each and every passenger carried or brought therein one hundred cubic feet if the compartment or space is located on the main deck or on the first deck next below the main deck of the vessel, and one hundred and twenty cubic feet for each passenger carried or brought therein if the compartment or space is located on the second deck below the main deck of the vessel; and it shall not be lawful to carry or bring passengers on any deck other than the decks above mentioned. And in sailing vessels such passengers shall be carried or brought only on the deck (not being an orlop deck) that is next below the main deck of the vessel, or in a poop or deck house constructed on the main deck; and the compartment or space unobstructed by cargoes, stores, or goods shall be of sufficient dimensions to allow one hundred and ten cubic feet for each and every passenger brought therein. And such passengers shall not be carried or brought in any between-decks, nor in any compartment, space, poop, or deck house, the height of which from deck to deck is less than six feet. In computing the number of such passengers carried or brought in any vessel, children under one year of age shall not be included, and two children between one and eight years of age shall be counted as one passenger. And any person brought in such vessel who shall have been, during the voyage, taken from any other vessel wrecked or in distress on the high seas, or have been picked up at sea from any boat, raft, or otherwise, shall not be included in such computation. The master of a vessel coming to a port or place in the United States [Philippine Islands] in violation of either of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and if the number of passengers other than cabin passengers carried or brought in the vessel, or in any compartment, space, poop, or deck house thereof, is greater than the number allowed to be carried or brought therein, respectively, as herein before prescribed, the said master shall be fined fifty dollars for each and every passenger in excess of the proper number, and may also be imprisoned not exceeding six months. PAR. III.— SEC. 2. That in every such steamship or other vessel there shall be a sufficient number of berths for the proper accommodation, as hereinafter provided, of all such passengers. There shall not be on any deck nor in any compartment or space occupied by such passengers more than two tiers of berths. The berths shall be properly constructed, and be separated from each other by partitions, as berths ordinarily are separated, and each berth shall be at least two feet in width and six feet in length; And the interval between the floor or lowest part of the lower tier of berths and the deck beneath them shall not be less than six inches, nor the interval between each tier of berths and the interval between the uppermost tier and the deck above it less than two feet six inches; and each berth shall be occupied by not more than one passenger over eight years of age; but double berths of twice the above-mentioned width may be provided, each double berth to be occupied by no more and by none other than two women, or by one woman and two children under the age of eight years, or by husband and wife, or by a man and two of his own children under the age of eight years, or by two men personally acquainted with each other. All the male passengers upward of fourteen years of age who do not occupy berths with their wives shall be berthed in the forepart of the vessel, in a compartment divided off from the space or spaces appropriated to the other passengers by a substantial and well-secured bulkhead. And unmarried female passengers shall be berthed in a compartment separated from the spaces occupied by other passengers by a substantial and well-constructed bulkhead, the opening or communication from which to an adjoining passenger space shall be so constructed that it can be closed and secured. Families, however, shall not be separated except with their consent. Each berth shall be numbered serially, on the outside berth board, according to the number of passengers that may lawfully occupy the berth; and the berths occupied by such passengers shall not be removed or taken down until the expiration of twelve hours from the time of entry, unless previously inspected within a shorter period. For any violation of either of the provisions of this section the master of the vessel shall be liable to a fine of five dollars for each passenger carried or brought on the vessel. PAR. IV. SEC. 3. That every such steamship or other vessel shall have adequate provision for affording light and air to the passenger decks and to the compartments and spaces occupied by such passengers, and with adequate means and appliances for ventilating the said compartments and spaces. To compartments having sufficient space for fifty or more of such passengers at least two ventilators, each not less than twelve inches in diameter, shall be provided, one of which ventilators shall be inserted in the forward part of the compartment, and the other in the after part thereof, and shall be so constructed as to ventilate the compartment; and additional ventilators shall be provided for each compartment in the proportion of two ventilators for each additional fifty of such passengers carried or brought in the compartment. All ventilators shall be carried at least six feet above the uppermost deck of the vessel, and shall be of the most approved form and construction. In any steamship the ventilating apparatus provided, or any method of ventilation adopted thereon, which has been approved by the proper emigration officers at the port or place from which said vessel was cleared, shall be deemed a compliance with the foregoing provisions; And in all vessels carrying or bringing such passengers there shall be properly constructed hatchways over the compartments or spaces occupied by such passengers, which hatchway shall be properly covered with houses or booby hatches, and the combings or sills of which shall rise at least six inches above the deck; and there shall be proper companion ways or ladders from each hatchway leading to the compartments or spaces occupied by such passengers; And the said companion ways or ladders shall be securely constructed, and be provided with hand rails or strong rope, and when the weather will permit such passengers shall have the use of each hatchway situated over the compartments or spaces appropriated to their use; And every vessel carrying or bringing such passengers shall have a properly located and constructed caboose and cooking range, or other cooking apparatus, the dimensions and capacity of which shall be sufficient to provide for properly cooking and preparing the food of all such passengers. In every vessel carrying or bringing such passengers there shall be at least two water-closets or privies, and an additional water-closet or privy for every one hundred male passengers on board, for the exclusive use of such male passengers, and an additional water-closet or privy for every fifty female passengers on board, for the exclusive use of the female passengers and young children on board. The aforesaid water-closets and privies shall be properly inclosed and located on each side of the vessel, and shall be separated from passengers' spaces by substantially and properly constructed partitions or bulkheads; and the water-closets and privies shall be kept and maintained in a serviceable and cleanly condition throughout the voyage. For any violation of either of the provisions of this section, or for any neglect to conform to the requirements thereof, the master of the vessel shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. PAR. V. SEC. 4. An allowance of good, wholesome, and proper food, with a reasonable quantity of fresh provisions, which food shall be equal in value to one and a half navy rations of the United States, and of fresh water, not less than four quarts per day, shall be furnished each of such passengers. Three meals shall be served daily, at regular and stated hours, of which hours sufficient notice shall be given. If any such passengers shall at any time during the voyage be put on short allowance for food and water, the master of the vessel shall pay to each passenger three dollars for each and every day the passenger may have been put on short allowance, except in case of accidents, where the captain is obliged to put the passengers on short allowance. Mothers with infants and young children shall be furnished the necessary quantity of wholesome milk or condensed milk for the sustenance of the latter. Tables and seats shall be provided for the use of passengers at regular meals. for every willful violation of any of the provisions of this section the master of the And |