Samuel Blatchford

“ If the owners are a corporation, the president and directors are not merely the agents or servants, but the representatives of the corporation; and the acts, intentions, and neglects of such officers are those of the corporation itself.' The corporation, in the present case, was protected by the statute from loss or damage arising from the fault or negligence of the mate or any of the crew or other employes who were on board of the Enterprise ”

“ If he was an agent at all, his powers were no greater than those of the master of a vessel, for whose negligence the owner is not liable, even though the privity or knowledge of the master exists. The knowledge of Reardon was not the private knowledge of the corporation. ”

“ Rep. 379, 617. The restriction of the statute by section 4289 to vessels not 'used in rivers or inland navigation,' does not apply to the Enterprise, because she was used on the Great Lakes. Transportation Co. ”