MISCELLANEOUS LAWS
Rescuing shipwrecked American seamen.
Expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the services of
masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or
citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars. (June 30,
1914.)
School ships.
The Secretary of the Navy, to promote nautical education, is hereby
authorized and empowered to furnish, upon the application in writing of
the governor of a State, a suitable vessel of the navy, with all her
apparel, charts, books, and instruments of navigation, provided the same
can be spared without detriment to the naval service, to be used for the
benefit of any nautical school, or school or college having a nautical
branch, established at each of the following ports of the United States:
Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Baltimore,
Detroit, Saginaw, Michigan, Norfolk, and Corpus Christi, upon the
condition that there shall be maintained at such port a school or branch
of a school for the instruction of youths in navigation,
steamship-marine engineering, and all matters pertaining to the proper
construction, equipment, and sailing of vessels or any particular branch
thereof. (Sec. 1.)
A sum not exceeding the amount annually appropriated by any State or
municipality for the purpose of maintaining such a marine school or
schools or the nautical branch thereof is hereby authorized to be
appropriated for the purpose of aiding in the maintenance and support of
such school or schools: _Provided, however_, That appropriations shall
be made for one school in any port heretofore named in section one and
that the appropriation for any one year shall not exceed twenty-five
thousand dollars for any one school. (Sec. 2.)
The President of the United States is hereby authorized, when in his
opinion the same can be done without detriment to the public service, to
detail proper officers of the navy as superintendents of or instructors
in such schools: _Provided_, That if any such school shall be
discontinued, or the good of the naval service shall require, such
vessel shall be immediately restored to the Secretary of the Navy and
the officers so detailed recalled: _And provided further_, That no
person shall be sentenced to or received at such schools as a punishment
or commutation of punishment for crime. (June 20, 1874; Mar. 3, 1881;
Mar. 4, 1911; sec. 3.)
Navy ration.
The navy rations shall consist of the following daily allowance of
provisions to each person: One pound and a quarter of salt or smoked
meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of canned or preserved
fruit, and three gills of beans or peas, or twelve ounces of flour; or
one pound of preserved meat, with three ounces of dried or six ounces of
canned or preserved fruit and eight ounces of rice or twelve ounces of
canned vegetables, or six ounces of desiccated vegetables; together with
one pound of biscuit, two ounces of butter, four ounces of sugar, two
ounces of coffee or cocoa, or one-half ounce of tea and one ounce of
condensed milk or evaporated cream; and a weekly allowance of
one-quarter pound of macaroni, four ounces of cheese, four ounces of
tomatoes, one-half pint of vinegar or sauce, one-quarter pint of
pickles, one-quarter pint of molasses, four ounces of salt, one-half
ounce of pepper, one-eighth ounce of spices, and one-half ounce of dry
mustard. Seven pounds of lard, or a suitable substitute, shall be
allowed for every hundred pounds of flour issued as bread, and such
quantities of yeast and flavoring extracts as may be necessary. (R. S.,
1580; July 1, 1902; June 29, 1906.)
The following substitution for the components of the ration may be made
when deemed necessary by the senior officer present in command: "For one
and one-quarter pounds of salt or smoked meat or one pound of preserved
meat, one and three-quarter pounds of fresh meat or fresh fish, or eight
eggs; in lieu of the articles usually issued with salt, smoked or
preserved meat, one and three-quarter pounds of fresh vegetables; for
one pound of biscuit, one and one-quarter pounds of soft bread or
eighteen ounces of flour; for three gills of beans and peas, twelve
ounces of flour or eight ounces of rice or other starch food, or twelve
ounces of canned vegetables; for one pound of condensed milk or
evaporated cream, one quart of fresh milk; for three ounces of dried or
six ounces of canned or preserved fruit, nine ounces of fresh fruit; and
for twelve ounces of flour or eight ounces of rice or other starch food,
or twelve ounces of canned vegetables, three gills of beans or peas; in
lieu of the weekly allowance of one-quarter pound of macaroni, four
ounces of cheese, one-half pint of vinegar or sauce, one-quarter pint of
pickles, one-quarter pint of molasses, and one-eighth ounce of spices,
three pounds of sugar, or one and a half pounds of condensed milk, or
one pound of coffee, or one and a half pounds of canned fruit, or four
pounds of fresh vegetables, or four pounds of flour.
"An extra allowance of one ounce of coffee or cocoa, two ounces of
sugar, four ounces of hard bread or its equivalent, and four ounces of
preserved meat or its equivalent shall be allowed to enlisted men of the
engineer and dynamo force who stand night watches between eight o'clock
postmeridian and eight o'clock antemeridian, under steam." (R. S., 1581;
July 1, 1902; June 29, 1906.)
Export of arms to American countries.
Whenever the President shall find that in any American country
conditions of domestic violence exist which are promoted by the use of
arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and shall make
proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export except under such
limitations and exceptions as the President shall prescribe any arms or
munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country
until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.
Any shipment of material hereby declared unlawful after such a
proclamation shall be punishable by fine not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both. (Apr. 22,
1898; Mar. 14, 1912; sec. 2.)
Mines, torpedoes, and harbor defenses.
Whoever shall willfully trespass upon, injure, or destroy any of the
works or property or material of any submarine mine or torpedo, or
fortification or harbor-defense system owned or constructed or in
process of construction by the United States, or shall willfully
interfere with the operation or use of any such submarine mine, torpedo,
fortification, or harbor-defense system, shall be fined not more than
five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
[See also act Mar. 4, 1909, sec. 272, p. 468.] (Mar. 4, 1909; sec. 44;
Repeals act July 7, 1898.)
Sale of arms and liquors to Pacific islanders.
Whoever, being subject to the authority of the United States, shall
give, sell, or otherwise supply any arms, ammunition, explosive
substance, intoxicating liquor, or opium to any aboriginal native of any
of the Pacific islands lying within the twentieth parallel of north
latitude and the fortieth parallel of south latitude, and the one
hundred and twentieth meridian of longitude west and one hundred and
twentieth meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, not being in the
possession or under the protection of any civilized power, shall be
fined not more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than three
months, or both. In addition to such punishment, all articles of a
similar nature to those in respect to which an offense has been
committed, found in the possession of the offender, may be declared
forfeited. If it shall appear to the court that such opium, wine, or
spirits have been given bona fide for medical purposes, it shall be
lawful for the court to dismiss the charge. (Mar. 4, 1909; sec. 308;
Repeals act Feb. 14, 1902, secs. 1-2.)
All offenses against the provisions of the section last preceding,
committed on any of said islands or on the waters, rocks, or keys
adjacent thereto, shall be deemed committed on the high seas on board a
merchant ship or vessel belonging to the United States, and the courts
of the United States shall have jurisdiction accordingly. (Mar. 4, 1909;
sec. 309; Repeals act Feb. 14, 1902, sec. 3.)
Exemption of private property at sea.
It is the sense of the Congress of the United States that it is
desirable, in the interest of uniformity of action by the maritime
states of the world in time of war, that the President endeavor to bring
about an understanding among the principal maritime powers with a view
of incorporating into the permanent law of civilized nations the
principle of the exemption of all private property at sea, not
contraband of war, from capture or destruction by belligerents. (J.
Res., Apr. 28, 1904.)
Assistance and salvage at sea.
The right to remuneration for assistance or salvage services shall not
be affected by common ownership of the vessels rendering and receiving
such assistance or salvage services. (Sec. 1.)
The master or person in charge of a vessel shall, so far as he can do so
without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, or passengers, render
assistance to every person who is found at sea in danger of being lost;
and if he fails to do so, he shall, upon conviction, be liable to a
penalty of not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding two years, or both. (Sec. 2.)
Salvors of human life, who have taken part in the services rendered on
the occasion of the accident giving rise to salvage, are entitled to a
fair share of the remuneration awarded to the salvors of the vessel, her
cargo, and accessories. (Sec. 3.)
A suit for the recovery of remuneration for rendering assistance or
salvage services shall not be maintainable if brought later than two
years from the date when such assistance or salvage was rendered, unless
the court in which the suit is brought shall be satisfied that during
such period there had not been any reasonable opportunity of arresting
the assisted or salved vessel within the jurisdiction of the court or
within the territorial waters of the country in which the libelant
resides or has his principal place of business. (Sec. 4.)
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as applying to ships of war or to
Government ships appropriated exclusively to a public service. (Aug. 1,
1912; sec. 5.)
Protection against fire.
Every steamer carrying passengers or freight shall be provided with
suitable pipes and valves attached to the boiler to convey steam into
the hold and to the different compartments thereof to extinguish fire,
or such other suitable apparatus as may be prescribed by the regulations
of the board of supervising inspectors, with the approval of the
Secretary of Commerce, for extinguishing fire in the hold and
compartments thereof by the introduction through pipes into such hold
and compartments of carbonic acid gas or other fire-extinguishing gas or
vapor; and every stove used on board of any such vessel shall be well
and securely fastened, so as to prevent it from being moved or
overthrown, and all woodwork or other ignitible substances about the
boilers, chimneys, cook houses, and stove-pipes, exposed to ignition
shall be thoroughly shielded by some incombustible material in such a
manner as to leave the air to circulate freely between such material and
woodwork or other ignitible substance; and before granting a certificate
of inspection the inspector shall require all other necessary provisions
to be made throughout such vessels to guard against loss or danger from
fire. (R. S., 4470; Mar. 3, 1905; sec. 7.)
Every steamer permitted by her certificate of inspection to carry as
many as fifty passengers, or upward, and every steamer carrying
passengers, which also carries cotton, hay, or hemp, shall be provided
with a good double-acting steam fire-pump, or other equivalent apparatus
for throwing water. Such pump or other apparatus for throwing water
shall be kept at all times and at all seasons of the year in good order
and ready for immediate use, having at least two pipes of suitable
dimensions, one on each side of the vessel, to convey the water to the
upper decks, to which pipes there shall be attached, by means of
stop-cocks or valves, both between decks and on the upper deck, good and
suitable hose of sufficient strength to stand a pressure of not less
than one hundred pounds to the square inch, long enough to reach to all
parts of the vessel and properly provided with nozzles, and kept in good
order and ready for immediate service. Every steamer exceeding two
hundred tons burden and carrying passengers shall be provided with two
good double-acting fire-pumps, to be worked by hand; each chamber of
such pumps, except pumps upon steamers in service on the twenty-eighth
day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall be of
sufficient capacity to contain not less than one hundred cubic inches of
water; and such pumps shall be placed in the most suitable parts of the
vessel for efficient service, having suitable well-fitted hose to each
pump, of at least one-half the vessel in length, kept at all times in
perfect order, and shipped up and ready for immediate use. On every
steamer not exceeding two hundred tons, one of such pumps may be
dispensed with. Each fire-pump thus prescribed shall be supplied with
water by means of a suitable pipe connected therewith, and passing
through the side of the vessel so low as to be at all times under water
when she is afloat. Every steamer shall also be provided with a pump
which shall be of sufficient strength and suitably arranged to test the
boilers thereof. (R. S., 4471; June 30, 1906.)
Every steamer carrying passengers during the night-time shall keep a
suitable number of watchmen in the cabins, and on each deck, to guard
against fire or other dangers, and to give alarm in case of accident or
disaster. (R. S., 4477.)
For any neglect to keep the watchmen required by the preceding section,
the license of the officer in charge of the vessel for the time being
shall be revoked; and every owner of such vessel who neglects or refuses
to furnish the number of men necessary to keep watch as required, shall
be fined one thousand dollars. (R. S., 4478.)
The board of supervising inspectors may require steamers carrying either
passengers or freight to be provided with such number and kind of good
and efficient portable fire-extinguishers as, in the judgment of the
board, may be necessary to protect them from fire when such steamers are
moored or lying at a wharf without steam to work the pumps. (R. S.,
4479.)
Every such steam vessel carrying passengers shall keep such fire
buckets, axes, and water barrels as shall be prescribed by the
regulations established by the board of supervising inspectors, with the
approval of the Secretary of Commerce. The buckets and barrels shall be
kept in convenient places and filled with water, to be in readiness in
case of fire, and the axes shall be kept in good order and ready for
immediate use. Tanks of suitable dimensions and arrangement, or buckets
in sufficient number, may be substituted for barrels. (R. S., 4483; Mar.
3, 1905; sec. 3.)
Inflammable or explosive cargo.
Upon the application of any master or owner of any steam vessel employed
in the carriage of passengers, for a license to carry gunpowder, the
local inspectors shall examine such vessel, and if they find that she is
provided with a chest or safe composed of metal, or entirely lined and
sheathed therewith, or if the vessel has one or more compartments
thoroughly lined and sheathed with metal, at a secure distance from any
fire, they may grant a certificate to that effect, authorizing such
vessel to carry as freight within such chest, safes, or compartments,
the article of gunpowder, which certificate shall be kept conspicuously
posted on board such vessel. (R. S., 4422; Mar. 4, 1915; Sec. 2.)
No loose hay, loose cotton, or loose hemp, camphene, nitro-glycerine,
naphtha, benzine, benzole, coal oil, crude or refined petroleum, or
other like explosive burning fluids, or like dangerous articles, shall
be carried as freight or used as stores on any steamer carrying
passengers; nor shall baled cotton or hemp be carried on such steamers
unless the bales are compactly pressed and thoroughly covered and
secured in such manner as shall be prescribed by the regulations
established by the board of supervising inspectors with the approval of
the Secretary of Commerce; nor shall gunpowder be carried on any such
vessel except under special license; nor shall oil of vitrol, nitric or
other chemical acids be carried on such steamers except on the decks or
guards thereof or in such other safe part of the vessel as shall be
prescribed by the inspectors. Refined petroleum, which will not ignite
at a temperature less than one hundred and ten degrees of Fahrenheit
thermometer, may be carried on board such steamers upon routes where
there is no other practicable mode of transporting it, and under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by the board of supervising
inspectors with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce; and oil or
spirits of turpentine may be carried on such steamers when put up in
good metallic vessels or casks or barrels well and securely bound with
iron and stowed in a secure part of the vessel; and friction matches may
be carried on such steamers when securely packed in strong, tight chests
or boxes, the covers of which shall be well secured by locks, screws, or
other reliable fastenings, and stowed in a safe part of the vessel at a
secure distance from any fire or heat. All such other provisions shall
be made on every steamer carrying passengers or freight, to guard
against and extinguish fire, as shall be prescribed by the board of
supervising inspectors and approved by the Secretary of Commerce.
Nothing in the foregoing or following sections of this Act shall
prohibit the transportation by steam vessels of gasoline or any of the
products of petroleum when carried by motor vehicles (commonly known as
automobiles) using the same as a source of motive power: _Provided,
however_, That all fire, if any, in such vehicles or automobiles be
extinguished immediately after entering the said vessel, and that the
same be not relighted until immediately before said vehicle shall leave
the vessel: _Provided further_, That any owner, master, agent, or other
person having charge of passenger steam vessels shall have the right to
refuse to transport automobile vehicles the tanks of which contain
gasoline, naphtha, or other dangerous burning fluids. (Mar. 3, 1905;
sec. 8.)
_Provided, however_, That nothing in the provisions of this Title shall
prohibit the transportation by vessels not carrying passengers for hire,
of gasoline or any of the products of petroleum for use as a source of
motive power for the motor boats or launches of such vessels. (May 28,
1906.)
_Provided further_, That nothing in the foregoing or following sections
of this Act shall prohibit the use, by steam vessels carrying passengers
for hire, of lifeboats equipped with gasoline motors, and tanks
containing gasoline for the operation of said motor-driven lifeboats:
_Provided, however_, That no gasoline shall be carried other than that
in the tanks of the lifeboats: _Provided further_, That the use of such
lifeboats equipped with gasoline motors shall be under such regulations
as shall be prescribed by the board of supervising inspectors with the
approval of the Secretary of Commerce. (Jan. 24, 1913.)
_Provided, however_, That nothing in the foregoing or following sections
of this Act shall prohibit the transportation and use by vessels
carrying passengers or freight for hire of gasoline or any of the
products of petroleum for the operation of engines to supply an
auxiliary lighting and wireless system independent of the vessel's main
power plant: _Provided further_, That the transportation or use of such
gasoline or any of the products of petroleum shall be under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by the Board of Supervising
Inspectors, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce. (R. S.,
4472; Oct. 22, 1914.)
Every bale of cotton or hemp that shall be shipped or carried on any
passenger-steamer, without conforming to the provisions of the preceding
section, shall be subject to a penalty of five dollars, and shall be
liable to seizure and sale to secure the payment of such penalty. (R.
S., 4473.)
The Secretary of Commerce may grant permission to the owner of any steam
vessel, to use any invention or process for the utilization of petroleum
or other mineral oils or substances in the production of motive-power,
and may make and enforce regulations concerning the application and use
of the same for such purpose. But no such permission shall be granted,
unless upon the certificate of the supervising inspector of steamboats
for the district wherein such vessel is registered, and other
satisfactory proof that the use of the same is safe and efficient; and
upon such proof, and the approval of such certificate by the Secretary
of Commerce, a special license for the use of such process or invention
shall issue under the seal of the Department of Commerce. (R. S., 4474;
Feb. 14, 1903; sec. 10.)
The Secretary of Commerce may permit the use of petroleum as fuel on
steamers not carrying passengers, without the certificate of the
supervising inspector of the district where the vessel is to be used,
subject to such conditions and safeguards as the Secretary of Commerce
in his judgment shall provide. For a violation of any of the conditions
imposed by the Secretary of Commerce a penalty of five hundred dollars
shall be imposed, which penalty shall be a lien upon the vessel, but a
bond may, as provided in other cases, be given to secure the
satisfaction of the judgment. (Oct. 18, 1888; Feb. 14, 1903; sec. 10.)
_Provided further_, That when crude petroleum of a flash point not less
than one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit, is carried in the
double-bottom fuel tanks of steamers using the same for fuel, the crude
petroleum carried in such tanks in excess of the necessities of the
voyage may be discharged at terminal ports when no passengers are on
board the ship. Crude petroleum carried and discharged under these
conditions will not be considered stores or cargo within the
contemplation of section forty-four hundred and seventy-two, Revised
Statutes of the United States. (R. S., 4474.)
All gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, camphene, naphtha, benzine, benzole,
coal-oil, crude or refined petroleum, oil of vitriol, nitric or other
chemical acids, oil or spirits of turpentine, friction-matches, and all
other articles of like character, when packed or put up for shipment,
shall be securely packed and put up separately from each other and from
all other articles; and the package, box, cask, or other vessel
containing the same shall be distinctly marked on the outside, with the
name or description of the article contained therein.
It shall be unlawful to transport, carry, or convey, liquid
nitro-glycerine, fulminate in bulk in dry condition, or other like
explosive, between a place in a foreign country and a place within or
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or between a place in
one State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place
noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and a place in
any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place
noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, on any vessel
or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier in the
transportation of passengers or articles of commerce by land or water.
(R. S., 4475.)
Every person who packs or puts up, or causes to be packed or put up for
shipment, any gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, camphene, naphtha, benzine,
benzole, coal oil, crude or refined petroleum, oil of vitriol, nitric or
other chemical acids, oil or spirits of turpentine, friction-matches, or
other articles of like character otherwise than as directed by the
preceding section, or who knowingly ships or attempts to ship the same,
or delivers the same to any such vessels as stores unless duly packed
and marked, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a
fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding
eighteen months, or both; one-half of the fine to go to the informer,
and the articles to be liable to seizure and forfeiture. (R. S., 4476.)
Every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles when
presented to a common carrier for shipment shall have plainly marked on
the outside thereof the contents thereof; and it shall be unlawful for
any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any common carrier
engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land or water, for
interstate or foreign transportation, or to carry upon any vessel or
vehicle engaged in interstate or foreign transportation, any explosive,
or other dangerous article, under any false or deceptive marking,
description, invoice, shipping order, or other declaration, or without
informing the agent of such carrier of the true character thereof, at or
before the time such delivery or carriage is made. Whoever shall
knowingly violate, or cause to be violated, any provision of this
section, or of the three sections last preceding, or any regulation made
by the Interstate Commerce Commission in pursuance thereof, shall be
fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than
eighteen months, or both. (Mar. 4, 1909; sec. 235; Repeals R. S., 5353,
5354.)
When the death or bodily injury of any person is caused by the explosion
of any article named in the four sections last preceding, while the same
is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported in
violation thereof, or while the same is being so transported, or while
the same is being removed from such vessel or vehicle, the person
knowingly placing, or aiding or permitting the placing, of such articles
upon any such vessel or vehicle, to be so transported, shall be
imprisoned not more than ten years. (Sec. 236.)
It shall be unlawful to transport, carry, or convey, any dynamite,
gunpowder, or other explosive, between a place in a foreign country and
a place within or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or
between a place in any State, Territory, or District of the United
States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, and a place in any other State, Territory, or District of the
United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a
common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire:
_Provided_, That it shall be lawful to transport on any such vessel or
vehicle small arms ammunition in any quantity, and such fuses,
torpedoes, rockets, or other signal devices, as may be essential to
promote safety in operation, and properly packed and marked samples of
explosives for laboratory examination, not exceeding a net weight of
one-half pound each, and not exceeding twenty samples at one time in a
single vessel or vehicle; but such samples shall not be carried in that
part of a vessel or vehicle which is intended for the transportation of
passengers for hire: _Provided further_, That nothing in this section
shall be construed to prevent the transportation of military or naval
forces with their accompanying munitions of war on passenger equipment
vessels or vehicles. (Mar. 4, 1909; Repeals R S., 5353 and 5354; sec.
232.)
The Interstate Commerce Commission shall formulate regulations for the
safe transportation of explosives, which shall be binding upon all
common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce which
transport explosives by land. Said commission, of its own motion, or
upon application made by any interested party, may make changes or
modifications in such regulations, made desirable by new information or
altered conditions. Such regulations shall be in accord with the best
known practicable means for securing safety in transit, covering the
packing, marking, loading, handling while in transit, and the
precautions necessary to determine whether the material when offered is
in proper condition to transport. Such regulations, as well as all
changes or modifications thereof, shall take effect ninety days after
their formulation and publication by said commission and shall be in
effect until reversed, set aside, or modified. (Sec. 233; Repeals R. S.,
5355.)
It shall not be lawful to transport, carry, or convey, ship, deliver on
board, or cause to be delivered on board, the substance or article known
or designated as nitro-glycerine, or glynoin oil, nitroleum or blasting
oil, or nitrated oil, or powder mixed with any such oil, or fiber
saturated with any such article, or substance, upon or in any vessel or
vehicle used or employed in transporting passengers by land or water
between a place in any foreign country and a place within the limits of
any State, Territory, or district of the United States, or between a
place in one State, Territory, or district of the United States, and a
place in any other State, Territory, or district thereof. (R. S., 4278.)
It shall not be lawful to ship, send, or forward any quantity of the
substances or articles named in the preceding section, or to transport,
convey, or carry the same by a vessel or vehicle of any description,
upon land or water, between a place in a foreign country and a place
within the United States, or between a place in one State, Territory, or
district of the United States, and a place in any other State Territory,
or district thereof, unless the same shall be securely enclosed,
deposited, or packed in a metallic vessel surrounded by plaster of
Paris, or other material that will be non-explosive when saturated with
such oil or substance, and separate from all other substances, and the
outside of the package containing the same be marked, printed, or
labeled in a conspicuous manner with the words "Nitro-glycerine,
dangerous." (R. S., 4279.)
The two preceding sections shall not be so construed as to prevent any
State, Territory, district, city, or town within the United States from
regulating or from prohibiting the traffic in or transportation of those
substances, between persons or places lying or being within their
respective territorial limits, or from prohibiting the introduction
thereof into such limits, for sale, use, or consumption therein. (R. S.,
4280.)