List of Passengers.
REPORT AND LIST of the Passengers taken on board the
Schooner Rolla of Portland whereof John [Pittel?] is
Master, burden one hundred sixty two tons and 27/95ths
of a ton, bound from the Port of Saint Andrews for
Philadelphia
NAMES. AGE. SEX. Occupation, Country, Country
trade or to which of which
profession. they they
severally intend to
belong. become
inhabit-
ants.
James [Con?] J 22 Male hous roffer Ireland United
States
Robert Jellia 26 Male Farmer Ireland United
States
John Jellia 19 Male Farmer Ireland United
States
Andrew Drake 22 Male Farmer Ireland United
States
Joseph McNeal 23 Male Farmer Ireland United
States
John Rogers 55 Male Farmer Ireland United
States
Samuel 62 Male Farmer Ireland United
McCulough States
Robert 23 Male Farmer Ireland United
Whiteside States
James Ingram 20 Male Farmer Ireland United
States
David Downs 21 Male Farmer Ireland United
States
John torney 36 Male Farmer Ireland United
States
Barney McGill 20 Male Seaman Ireland United
States
James honney 11 Male None Ireland United
States
John Ingram 3 Male None Ireland United
States
Jane Ingram 50 Female None Ireland United
States
Elenor Rogers 50 Female None Ireland United
States
Betsey 44 Female None Ireland United
Whiteside States
Nancy terney 30 Female None Ireland United
States
Betsey Ingram 25 Female None Ireland United
States
Betsey Downs 22 Female None Ireland United
States
Mary Miller 20 Female None Ireland United
States
I John [Pittel?] do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear,
that the within REPORT and LIST, subscribed with my
name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of
the District of Philadelphia contains, to the best
of my knowledge and belief, the names age, sex and
occupation of all the passengers, together with the
name of the country to which they severally belong,
and that of which they intend to become inhabitants,
which were on board the Schooner Rolla whereof I am
present Master, at the time of her sailing from the
Port of Saint Andrews or which have at any time
since been taken on board said vessel. And I do
likewise swear, that all matters whatsoever in said
Report and List expressed, are, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, just and true.
So help me God.
Sworn to before me, this 25 day of June 1821
John [Pittel?]
AE [?] Collector.
AN ACT regulating Passenger Ships and Vessels.
BE IT ENACTED, &c. That, if the master or other
person on board any ship or vessel, owned in the
whole or in part by a citizen or citizens of the
United States or the territories thereof, or by
a subject or subjects, citizen or citizens, of
any foreign country, shall, after the first day
of January next, take on board of such ship or
vessel, at any foreign port or place, or shall
bring or convoy into the United States. or the
territories thereof from any foreign port or
place; or shall carry, convey, or transport from
the United States, or the territories therof to
any foreign port or place, a greater number of
passengers than two for every five tons of such
ship or vessel, according to the custom-house
measurement, every such master, or other person
so offending, and the owner or owners of such
ship or vessel, shall severally forfeit and pay
to the United States, the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars for each and every passenger so
taken on board of such ship or vessel, over and
above the aforesaid number of two for every five
tons of such ship or vessel, to be recovered by
suit in any circuit or district court of the United
States, where the said vessel may arrive, or where
the owner or owners aforesaid may reside; Provided
nevertheless, that nothing in this act shall be
taken to apply to the compliment of men usually
and ordinarily employed in navigating such ship or
vessel.
SEC. 2. That if the number of passengers so
taken on board of any ship or vessel as aforesaid,
or conveyed or brought into the United States, or
transported therefrom as aforesaid, shall exceed
the said proportion of two to every five tons of
such ship or vessel by the number of twenty
passengers, in the whole, every such ship or vessel
shall be deemed and taken to be forfeited to the
United States, and shall be prosecuted and
distributed in the same manner in which the
forfeitures and penalties are recovered and
distributed under the provisions of the act,
entitled ''An Act to regulate the collection of
duties on imports and tonnage.''
SEC. 3. That every ship or vessel bound on a
voyage from the United States to any port on the
continent of Europe, at the time of leaving the
last port whence such ship or vessel shall sail,
shall have on board, well scured under deck, at
least sixty gallons of water, one hundred pounds of
salted provisions, one gallon of vinegar, and one
hundred pounds of wholesome ship bread for each
and every passenger on board such ship or vessel,
over and above such other provisions, stores, and
livestock, as may be put on board by such master
or passenger for their use, or that of the crew of
such ship or vessel, and in like proportion for a
shorter or longer voyage; and if the passengers on
board of such ship or vessel, in which the
proportion of provisions herein directed shall not
have been provided, shall at any time be put on
short allowance, in water, flesh, vinegar, or bread,
during any voyage aforesaid, the master and owner
of such ship or vessel, shall severally pay to each
and every passenger who shall have been put on short
allowance as aforesaid, the sum of three dollars for
each and every day they may have been on such short
allowance, to be recovered in the same manner
seamen's wages are or may be recovered.
SEC. 4. That the captain or master of any ship
or vessel arriving in the United States, or any of
the territories thereof, from any foreign place
whatever, at the same time that he delivers a
manifest of the cargo, and, if there be no cargo,
then at the time of making report or entry
of the ship or vessel, pursuant to the existing
laws of the United States, shall also deliver and
report to the collector of the district in which
such ship or vessel shall arrive, a list or manifest
of all the passengers taken on board of the ship or
vessel at any foreign port or place; in which list
or manifest it shall be the duty of the said master
to designate, particularly, the age, sex, and
occupation of the said passengers, respectively;
the country to which they severally belong and
that of which it is their intention to become
inhabitants; and shall further set forth whether
any, and what number have died on the voyage:
which report and manifest shall be sworn to by the
said master, in the same manner as is directed by
the existing laws of the United States, in relation
to the manifest of the cargo; and that the refusal
or neglect of the master aforesaid, to comply with
the provisions of this section, shall incur the
same penalties, disabilities, and forfeitures, as
are at present provided for a refusal or neglect to
report and deliver a manifest of the cargo aforesaid.
SEC. 5. That each and every collector of the
customs, to whom such manifest or list of
passengers as aforesaid shall be delivered, shall,
quarter yearly, return copies thereof to the
Secretary of State of the United States, by whom
statements of the same shall be laid before Congress
at each and every session. March 2, 1819 - Approved.
JAMES MONROE.
