The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-08

senes for any period longer than that time either with or
without leave, his salary shall not DO ALLOW 90 nim.
SEc d Aad b. 4 fsrtker ssaosd, That the President
shall appoint 90 other than citizens o. the United States Who
arr residents thereof or who shall be abroad IN the employ
ent On t government the time Of their appointment as
enyoys binary and ministers penipotsntary commits
us 81 commercial agents. shall other than citizens Of
The United states be employed either vceconu con
uaF agents. clerks 10 the Offices Of either and have &C
cess 10 the archives therein deposited.
SEC TO- Aad b further enacted, That ENJOYS extraordi'
nary and ministers penpoentaryy and eonsa shall Dc re-
quired 70 locate their legations and eonsuate N INC places
which they established IN central position as can
be conveniently procured, and keep them daily from
ten o'clock IN che morning until O'Clock in the afternoon
Sundays other holidays, and anniversaries excepted
sac H. AID b Il further enacted, That soon As consul
or agent shall be officially notified Of his appoint
nent he shall bond with two sureties m SUM OF
less than thousand than ten thousand dol
lars for the faithful discharge Of every duty relating 70 his
office which bond shall bs satisfactory 70 the United States
district attorney for the district IN which the appointed con
s resides and be transmitted the Secretary State for
his approval IL the consul il not in the United States al
the time be Is commissioned soon he sppxed OF the
fact he shall sign and by the expeditions
veyanes bond like the aforesaid which shall afterwards be
undersigned by two sns who permanent residents Of
the United States and approved by the State Department
Where there is United States legation In country TO
which consul shall be appointed application shall be made
through the government for exequaur but where
there none the application shall be made direct TO the
proper department.
ssc ri And bs Further enacted That il shah be the duty
OF eonsuls and commercial agents charge the following
fees for performing the services specified for which under
the at the expiration Of every three months
and hold the proceeds subject TO its drafts
For receiving and delivering ships papers half cent on
every ton registered measurement OF the vessel lot winch
For every seaman who NAV be discharged or shipped
the consulate commercial agency, in the port in which
they located dollar which shall be paid py the mas
ter Of the vessel
and veridcaton Of which shall be free-two dollars
SEc. Is. d Be fSrAer enacted That IN capitals where
legation of the United States is established consuis and
commercial agents shall only be permitted to grant and verify
passports in the absence Of the United States diplomatic rep
resentatiye
SEc. IA Ard Be L further eliacteg That commission
shall in future be charged BY eonsus commercial agents
for receiving dsbursing the wages extra TO
which may be entitled who discharged by the
Of vessels in foreign countries for moneys ad
vanced to such may be found in distress, seeking relief
from the commercial agency shall
sui agent be directly indirectly interested
in any profits derived from clothing boarding or sending
home such seamen
sEc. Is And D. frtAsr enacted That consul
agent United shall dischag any mariner
being citizen Of the United States in foreign port with
requiring the payment of the months wages to
Of February twenty eight eighteen hundred and three,
less due Investigation the circumstances under
which the master and mariner have jointly applied for such
discharge, and ON private examination OF such mariner D
the commercial agent separate and apart from all
officers Of the vessel the consul or commercial agent shall be
satisfied that il is for the interest and welfare Of such mariner
to be so discharged; shall any consul or commercial
agent discharge any mariner aforesaid without requiring
the full of three months provided By the
aboyenamed act unless under such circumstances WILL in
his judgment, the United States from all liability TO
expense of such mariner Porded, That in the
of stranded vessels vessels condemned unit for
service payment Of wages shall be required and
where any mariner after his discharge shall have incurred
expense the port OF discharge before shipping again. such
expense shall be paid of the months wages aforesaid
and the balance only delivered TO him.
SEC. l6 And be further enacted That every consul and
commercial agent of the United States shall keep detailed
list of all discharged BY them respectively specify
ing their and the Of the vessels from which they
discharged and the PAYMENTS afterwards made
account each and shall make official returns of said lists
halt-yearly TO the Treasury Department.
SEC. H. And be farther enacted That every consul and
commercial agent of the United States shall make an official
a
the list of the and shipping articles of the vessel
from which such discharge shall be made specifying the pay
nent, if any, which has been required each and If
they shall have RENTED the payment Of the two months
wages to which the entitled they shall also certify
said shipping list and articles that they have allowed the
remission the joint application OF the master and mari
therefor after separate examination OF the mariner
being satisfied that the discharge allowed without said
payment for the interest and welfare of the mariner and
wages to which the United States is entitled, they shall
certify that they have allowed the remission after due in
vesgaon of all the circumstances and after being satisfied
that they such WILL in their Judgment the Uni
ted States from all liability expense account of such
be annually transmitted the Treasury Department by the
officers of the customs in the several ports of thu Uni
ted States.
SEC. H. And Be further enacted That any or
commercial Of the United States, upon dcharging
wages which the United States entitled shall neglect
certify in the required in such by the preceding
section OF this act he shall be accountable the Treasury
Department for the remited And in any action
brought BY mariner to the extra TO which he
entitled under the act OF feprhafy twenty eEht eighteen
hundred and three the defence that the of such
wages duly remtted shall be without the
production Of the certificate in such required by this
when its nonproducton accounted for by the proauc
ton OF certified copy thereof and the truth of the facts
titled to, and the propriety of the remission shall be still
open TO investigation.
SEC. 10. And be u further enacted, That it, upon the
application Of any mariner il shall appear the consul
commercial agent that he entitled his discharge under
act OF Congress- according the principles of
the maritime law recognised in the United States he shall
discharge such mariner and shall the master the
OF three months wages provided the act of
February twenty eighteen hundred and three and
shall not remit the same, part thereof in tie
mentioned in the provo of the ninth clause the first
section of the of July twentieth eighteen hundred and
forty the following effect f the consul or other com
merca agent shall be satisfied the has expired
the been proraced by beyond the
troll OF the master, and without any design his part TO
violate the articles Of shipment then he may If he deems
just discharge the mariner without exacting the three
months additional pay
SEC. 90 And be further enacted That every consul and
commercial agent for any neglect perform the duties
enoned upon him by this act shall be liable injured
person for al damages occaoned thereby and for VIC
aon Of the othe fifteenth and nneeepth sections
of this shall also be liable indictment aud to a pen
atty in the provided by the eighteenth clause of the
first section Of the act Of July twentieth eighteen hundred
and forty.
SEC. "a. And b. further enacted That act OF April
fourteenth seventeen hundred and
consu &c hereby amended any American citizen
dying abroad shall by win other writing leave special
directions for the and settlement
the personal other property which he die
consul where the laws of the country permit strictly
the directions given by the deceased uch citizen
dying SHALL BY will any other writing have appointed
oherperson than the consul take charge and
bis affairs in that il shall be the duty of the consul when
and often required BY the appointed agent or trustee
If to in wis