The Jennie Hayes

On the 6th day of October, 1887, the surveyor of the port of Dubuque seized the steamer Jennie Hayes, then plying upon the waters of the Mississippi river, for violation of the provisions of the statutes of the United States requiring the net tonnage of the vessel to be deeply carved or otherwise permanently marked on the main beam thereof, as required by section 5 of the act of June 19, 1886; requiring the name and port to which the vessel belongs to be painted on the stern upon a black ground, as provided in section 4334 of the Revised Statutes; re*374quiring copies of the original inspection…