St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-09-02

checks, or other commercial or ncgoli-
able paper failing due or maturing on
either of said holidays shall BE- deemed a.
having matured on the day previous.
Approved, June IS, 1870.
An Act to rcOrganizc the marine hos
pltal service, and to provide for the
relief of sick and disabled seamen.
BE it enacted by the Senate aud House
OF Representatives Of the Uuited States
OF America, in Congress assembled.
That from and after the first dav o.
August, eighteen hundred and scventy,
there shall lie assessed and collected by
the collectors OF customs AT the ports Of
the nlted States, from the masters or
owners OF every vessel of the United
States arriving from foreign port. or OF
registered vessels employed in the coast
ing trade, the sum of forty cents per
month for each and every seaman who
shall have been employed on SAID vessel
since she was last entered at any port ut
the United States, which sum SAID mas
ser or owner i hereby authorized 10
employees.
Sc. ,. And b, it further enacted,
That lrcm and after the iirSt dav #
August no Collector shall Grant to any
vessel whose enrolment or license for
carrying on the co1Sting trade has cN-
pred, new enrolment or licen,a. um-
less the master OF such vessel shall have
first rendered a true account Ia the col
lcctor of the number OF -camrn and the
time they hav" been employee: on such
vessel during the continuance of the l.
cense Which has 50 expired. and shall
nave paid to such collector forty cents
per month for every sIch seaman who
shall have been employed a. aforesaid
which sum the said master i hereby au-
thorlZed To retain out of the waLrs uf
such seaman and If the master of any
registered. enrolled. OF licensed vessel of
the United States stall render fal~r ac-
count Uf the number of Sramru - en-
ployed. or of the length of time they have
sevcrally been employed, as Is herein re
quired, he shall forfeit aud pay fifty dol
lars. which shall be applied to, and shall
make a part of, the general fund created
by this act, and all need I'll regulations
for the mode of collecting the sums
hcrelnbetore mentioned shall be prepared
under the direction OF the Secretary Of
the Treasury, by such person as by him
may he designated.
SEC. ). And be II further enacted.
That it shall be the duty of the several
collectors to deposit the sums collected
by them respectively under the provisions
OF tins act, in the nearest United States
depository, 10 the credit of 1.-THE fund for
the rcliet Of sick and disabled scamen -
making returns of the same with proper
vouchers monthly, on forms to b. fur
nished by the Secretary of the Treasury.
SEC. i. And be it further enacted,
| HAT all moneys received or collected by
virtue of this act shall he paid into the
Treasury like other public moneys, with
out abatement or reduction; and all
moneys so received are hereby appropri-
ated for the expenses of the marine hos
pltai service, and shall be credited TO the
marine hospital fund, of which separate
accounts shall be kept.
SEC. .. Aud be it further enacted.
That the fund thus obtained shall be en-
ployed, under the direction of the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, for the care and re-
llet OF sick and disabled Seamen employ
ed i'll registered, enrolled. and licensed
vessels Of the United States.
SEC 6. And be it further enacted.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authorized to appoint surgeon
to act rs supervising surgeon of marine
hospital service, whose duty i: shall be,
under the direction OF the Secretary. to
supervise all matters connected with the
marine hospital service, and with the
disbursement Of the fund provided by
tins act, at salary not exceeding the |
rate of two thousand dollars Per annum,
and his necessary travelling expenses,
who shall be required to make monthly |
reports to the Secretary OF the Treasury |
SEC. :. And lie it further enacted. !
That, for the purposes of this act, the
term vessel" herein used, shall be held |
to include every description of water
craft, raft, vehicle, and continuance used
and capable OF being used as a means or
auxiliary transportation on or by water.
And all acts and parts of acts inconsist-
ent or in conflict with the provisions of this
act be, and the same are hereby, repeal
ed.