Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-03-01


residents Of the Uuited States, and approved
by the State Department. Where ttere is u
mted States legation in country to wdich n
consul shall be appointed, application shall be
made through it to the government for an exc.
Quatur; but where there is none, the application |
shall be made direct to the proper department.
Sec. y. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of consuls and commercial a.
gents to charge the following fees for perform
ing the services specified, for which, under the
penalty of removal from Office they shall acco-
unit to the government at the expiration of e.
very three months, and hold the proceeds sub
ject to its drafts:-
For receiving and delivering ships papers,
half cent on every ton, registered measurement,
of the vessel for which the service is perform, /,
ed.
For every seaman who may be discharged or
shipped ut the consulate or commercial agency,
or in the port in which they are located, one
dollar; which shall be paid by the master of
the vessel.
For every other certificate, except passports
the signing and vcriication of which shall be
frec-tw0 dollars.
Sec. l3. .lnd be it further cEacted, Thct in
capitals where legation of the United Sta
ties is established, consuls and commercial u
gents shall only be permitted to grant md ycri
| fy passports in the absence Of the United Sta
tes diplomatic representative.
Sec. "A. And be it further enacted, That no
commission shall in future be charged by con.
suls or commercial agents for receiving or dis
bursting the wages or extra wages to which
scAmen may be entitled who are discharged by
the masters of vessels in foreign countries, or
for moneys advanced to such 0S may be found
IN distress, seeking relief from the consulate or
,iol agency; nor shall any consul nor
...r ,ial agent he directly or indirectly intc-
any profits derived from clothing, bO-
or sending home such seamen.
Is. And be it farther enacted That no
.a.n " commercial agent of the United Sta.
t. l,l discharge any mariner, being citizen
". t3a United States, in foreign port, without
...J ne the payment Of the two months wa
which said mariner is entitled under the
nar ons of the act of February twenty eight,
en- hundred and three unless, upon due
w igaton into the circumstances under
the master and mariner have Jointly ap.
for such discharge, and on private exa.
m ion of such mariner by the consul or com.
aert al agent, separate and aphrt from all Off.
.a VI the vessel, the consul or commercial a..
shall be satisfied that it is few the interest
welfare of,sNch mariner to be so discharged;
shall any consul nor commercial agent dis,
aalgc any mariner as aforesaid without requi-
Ia, Il ,f h,
royided by the above named net, unless un.
d. such circumstances as will, in his ludg.
At, secure the United States from all liobi,
Iy to expense on account of such mariner
pylded, That in the cases Of stranded vessels
vessels condemned Us unfit for service, nc
lment or extra wages shall be required; ant
. ere any mariner, after his discharge, shal
lave incurred expense shall be paid out of the
20 months wages aforesaid, and the balance
ly delivered to him.
Sec. lG. And be it further enacted, That Q
Try consul ond commercial agent of the Uni
- Statos shall keep detailed list of all ma
ners discharged by them, respectively, spCc
in the names Of the vessels from which the
ere discharged, and the payments, If any, af
erwards made on account of each, and sbal
aake official returns of said list half. f.yearly t.
he Treasury department.
VI Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That Q
very consul and commercial agent Of the Unitct
States shall make an official entry of every dis
charge which they may grant, respectively, o.
the list of the crew and shipping articles of tn
vessel from which such discharge shall he made
] specifying the payment, if any, which has bee
required in each case, and if they shall have re
mi.ted the payment of the months wages t
to which the mariner is entitled, the shall ais
o certify on said shipping and articles that the
have allowed the remission, upon the joint M
plicatiOn Of the master and mariner thereof, ai
ter separate examination of the mariner, afte
B. a due investigation of all the circumstances
III, and after being satisfied that the discharge s
BE. allowed, without said payment, is for the intC
., rest and welfare of the mariner; and if the
; shall have RENTED the payment of the on
{ months wages to which the United States
v entitled, they shall certify that they have ullow
= ed the remission, after q due investigation c
ia oil the circumstances, and after being satisfe
,s that they are such as will, in their iudgmen
q. secure the United States from all liability I
Mt expense on account of such mariner; and cop
t. of all such entries and certificates shall bo an
rs nually transmitted to the treasury DcpOrtmer
Of by the proper officers of the customs in the Sc
Or veral ports of the United States.
i, Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That
rs any consul or commercial agent of the Unite
in States. discharging mariner without requ
r. ing the payment Of the one months wages
to which the United States is entitled, sha
n neglect to certify in the manner required
a. such case by the preceding section of this ac
,ir he shall be accountable for the Treasury d.
cb partment for the sum SO RENTED. And in ar
as action brought by n mariner to recover the Q,
m ira wages to which he is entitled under the q
n. of February twenty. eight, eighteen hundred ar
er three, the defence that ihe payment Cf such vi
ges was duly RENTED shall not be sustaint
rs without the production of the certificate in su,
be case required by this net, or, when its non.pr
all ducton is accounted for, by the production
of certified copy thereof; and the truth of Il
on facts certified to, and the prorricty of the r
Of mission, shall be still open to Investigation.
nd SEQ. 10. And be it further enacted, Tn