Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-05-19
WEDNESDAY,. MAY 10, 1879.
REGULATIONS

Cd The Captains OF American vessels
will be required to deposit their papers I'M
mediately on arrival, according to law
Sd. The laws with respect to seamen,
will be enforced.
Ist. No seaman can be discharged without
the consent OF the consul. which may
be given in every case where it shall
be mutually requested, or when the
contract between the captain and sea-
man. is ended.
ed. For such seaman discharged, being an
American citizen and certi6edas such
on the ships list of crew, the payment
into the coasulate.ofice ofthree months
extra wages will be indispensable.
Sd. The vessels respectively will be made
responsible for The hospital fees and
expences of any seaman sent there
from sickness, and no sick seaman can
be left behind Without his consent.
4tb. The Imprisonment of seamen can only
take place by an application of the CAP
tains respectively in writing, and Tor
mu,iny, desertion, violence or dlsobe'
dience of duty to officers, and TOR
emh.zzlement or theft committed on
beard.
Eth. In all cases where seamen are dischar-
ged, il will be required to pay their
wages in the consuI's office.
4. Where it shall be necessary to furnish
subsistence to seamen in distress, l2t cents
per day may be allowed them until they
can get employ or be sent hcme; but no
assistance will be given, except to such as
are American citizens.
s. The vice consul will enter and clear
al the public Offices such American vessels
as he may be requested to do, ~ their re-,
spectiye captains and supercargoes. This
agency for the clearance of vessels. is made
necessary by this government. and there
fore he will be paid whether employed or
not, according to the following list of fees.
But for the entry Of vessels, it will depend
on such agreement as may be made with
him by the parties.
FEES OF OFFICE.
For noting protest 50
For extending and recording pro-
test for each written page Of 10
lilo paper,
For cory ofprotest; half price OF
IT, original,
For authenticating do.
For each certificate with consuHs scale
For an order survey,
For the imprisonment and release
of seameD, each,
For list of crew and certifying,
For drawback certificates, SO
For the discharge OF each seaman so
For commission on amount OF wa
Ses paul to seamen discharged,
% per cent.
For all monies paid or received for
account ofgovernment, q per ct.
For agenIy in clearance of vessels,
A.cluding certificates granted for
the purpose, 10
Gonsu!ate of the United States of Anne.
RIGA, Rio de Janeiro, 22d January, 1919.
(Signed) HENRY HILL. Consul.
From Bells London Messenger of March 90
EUROPEAN VIEWS OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
The last week has produced two foreign
articles OF intelligence, of considerable i'm
portance indeed one OF them much more
pregnant with consequences than it may
now appear. These events are, the final
cession of Florida, by the court OF Madrid,
to the government of the U. States, and the
project of the law for governing the French
press.
AS respects the cession of the Floridas,
we have long been persuaded that the Spa
nish government would at length consent
to this cession, and would make the best
bargain, for profitable exchange, for what
hao long become only burthensome. The
Floridas, however valuable in themselves,
were not of nature TO become of any va
lue to government like that of Ferdinand
whose spirit is to reap what others SOW,
and to procure IFS revenue by an enormous
taxation upon commerce aud mines.--Flo-
rida, though vast and unbroken mine Of
agricultural produce, has no mines of silver
and gold IT wants capital to commence its