...458) to amend the several acts authorizing the registering and granting of licenses to steamboats, and to provide for the better security of the lives of...vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state...

...steamboat engineers and others, citizens of Wheeling, State of Virginia, praying an amendment of the act for the better security of the lives of passengers...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for the creation of boards of examiners of steamboat engineers. By Mr. Robinson : A petition...

...valley, praying the passage of the bill of the last session, to amend the act of 1838 entitled "An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of steamboats." By Mr. Paterson : Two petitions of citizens of Rochester, in the State of IS'ew York,...

...district of New York, by the United States against the defendant, for a penalty under the act of 1838, " to provide for the better security of the lives of...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam." A verdict was rendered for the United States, and without a judgment on the verdict, the case...

...execution of which, so far as devolves upon him, will be promptly enforced. J. HOYT, Collector. An act to provide for the better Security of the lives of Passengers on board of Vesselt propelled in whole or in part liy Steam. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives...

...458) to amend the several acts authorizing the registering and granting licenses to steamboats, and to provide for the better security of the lives of...board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from Duff Green, accompanied by a prospectus...

...the recurrence of steam-boat accidents for w hich our transatlantic friends are so celebrated. AN ACT To provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of W*'1 propelled in whole or in part by steam. BL it e><acU'J by the StHute and Umae of Kepretcuialivet...

...the 10th instant, respecting the printing for the Senate, reported a joint resolution on the subject; which was read, and passed to the second reading. On motion, by Mr. WORTHINOTON, the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill, entitled "An act for the better...

...the subject was referred, reported a bill (S. 1) to postpone the fourth instalment with the States; which was read, and passed to the second reading. On motion by Mr. Preston, The Senate adjourned. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1837. The Honorable Samuel L. Southard, from...

...D. Townes. Mr. Corwin, from the committee on the judiciary, reported, with an amendment, senate bill to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board vessels impelled in whole or in part !>y steam. Mr. Johnston, of Va., from the committee on revolutionary...