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Definition of steerage passenger.
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14. The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (3) of section two hundred and sixty-eight of the principal Act—
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“(3) The expression ‘steerage passenger’ means all “passengers except cabin passengers, and persons shall not be “deemed cabin passengers unless—
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“(a) the space allotted to their exclusive use is in the “proportion of at least thirty-six clear superficial feet “to each statute adult; and
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“(b) the fare contracted to be paid by them amounts to at “least the sum of twenty-five pounds for the entire “voyage or is in the proportion of at least sixty-five “shillings for every thousand miles of the length of “the voyage; and
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“(c) they have been furnished with a duly signed contract “ticket in the form prescribed by the Board of Trade “for cabin passengers.”
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