New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-12

| amount of money so left by the deceased;
/ secondly. in case of q sale, q description OF
each article sold; and the sum received for
each, thirdly, statement OF the sum due
to deceased as wages, and the total amount
of deductions, if any, to be made theretr0m;
and shall cause such entry to be attested by
the mate and one of the crew.
SEC 44 That in cases provided tor by
the last preceding section the following
rules shall be observed: First, if the ship
proceeds at once to any port IN the United
! States, the master shall, within forty
| eight hours after his arrival, deliver
any such effects as aforesaid remaining
unsold, and pay any money which he has
taken charge of, or received from such sale
as aforesaid, and also the balance of wages
| due to the deceased, to the shipping com
missioner at the port of destination in the
| United States; secondly, if the ship touches
and remains at some foreign port before
| coming to any port in the United States,
| the master shall report the case to the
! United States consular officer there, and
| shall give to sr&A officer any information
| he requires as TO the destination of the ship
and probable length of the voyage; and
| such officer may, il he considers it Hxpe-
| dent so to dc, require the said effects,
! money and wages to be delivered and paid
! to him, and shall, upon such delivery and
! payment, give to the master a recent; and
!
after his arrival at his port Of destination
| in the United States produce the same to
| the shipping commissioner there; and such
consular officer shall in such case indorse
and certify upon the agreement with the
| crew, the particulars with respect to
! such delivery and payment; thirdly, if
| such officer as aforesaid does not re-
| quire such payment and delivery to be
| made to him, the master shall take charge
| OF the said effects, money and wages, and
shall, within f0rtY-eight hours after his arri-
| val at his port of destination in the United
States, deliver and pay the same t. the
! shipping commissioner there; fourthly, the
master shall IN all cases in which any sea-
man or apprentice dies during the progress
of the voyage or engagement TO give to
such officer or shipping commissioner as
aforesaid an account, IN such form as they
may respectively require, of the effects,
! money and wages 50 TO be delivered and
paid, and no deductions claimed III such aC-
count shall be allowed unless verified, if
there is any official log book, by such entry
therein as hGreinbefOre required and also
by such other vouchers lit any, as may be
reasonably required by the officer or ship
ping commissioner TO whom the account is
rendered; filthy, upon due compliance
with such of the provisions of this section as
relates to acts to be done at the port of des-
tiuation in the United States, the shipping
commissioner shall grant to the master d
certificate to that effect, and no: officer OF
customs shall clear inward any foreign 60
ing ship without the production Of such GER
tibcate.
SEC. IS. That if any master fails to take
such charge of the money or other effects OF
a seaman OF apprentice during a voyage, or
to make such entries III respect thereof,
OF TO procure s4ch atEestaClon 10 so 3a
ehetles' or W n3aho SUN pay Llol lt. VI "e
!lFoES ol any honey, wages VI e1ects VI
any seaman or apPIen,tAco o1lnS uuLlns q
Wy sG' o' 70 go SuoIi "oooInG IL i9 ooo
t1eLeol as herein oeIoIe rGSE'ectIuily uliect-
eo' ne shiiI oe aeeo IN LOT tne money
wages aLlo eHeG!s -. % me seaman OF aPPren-
!lee 70 lne JuGloi"I ciae0iI cGuLG III nlsso
'oiI9IiSIlYh 9USh PoI1 u 3o5!Lns'LJ J 10 GU
'''1to' 5'uu Ehall l''y aHu aollEGl Clo S"'9o
accordingly; anu 9ocn master shaiI III ddu!-
liol lor every suGI oileHse, lllc9 f pena'VJ
hoO eAceeolils C!Gole Ihe s4lue VI Cle lnoneS
or eHectS, or such Falqo Is h9I aScet-
I"lnt9' not eAtGeulAG TWO h1hoEeo oolidrS'
ana II any SHcn money, wages; or enect3
are LloV 4u'y P'sLo oGllEero anu aGGouhieo
Ioi ~ Ihe iidStSI, NO o"nSl VI inc snip
sHaI pay, denver ana account LOT t4e same
ana such money ana wages ana me value G
o! sucn eEectS sLai5 Go LetoEefaoIe ltoill
nun &ccoEoIuSIy anu II ne laiiS 10 account
lof anu pay Tue same Nc suaI' III aodltlo4
"L"e' lrcuL CIo sa'n9 Psn"lty gI IL, IN, -
iHfnSlosset' as lhGuliGo W lue
lu"sIer io1 !" no onSns5' anu 'lL money
""SeS, On" glIlS'S u t'u5 se''nLaH oE d ppISH-
~ ~ iHS G"l'h5 q wy az oL1an o9 I0oof
eraole "a tLe same courts anu py the
salIe iLioueS 90 2i oeFeoInS ny "hi94 sea
II are en"0ie0 10 recover wages que 10
tllt'H'
SEC. 4b. That II any such seaman or ap-
prentice ae last aforesaid dies at any place
ont Of the United States, leaving any money
or effects not on board OF his ship, the United
States consul or commercial agent at or
nearest the place shall claim and take
charge CT such money and effects; and such
officer shall, it lie thinks tit, sell all or any
uf such effects, or any effects Of any de-
ceased seaman or apprentice delivered to
him under the provisions of this act, and
shall quarterly remit to the judge OF the
district court OF the port from which such
ship sailed, or the port where the voyage
terminates, all moneys belonging to or
arising from the sale of the effects or paid
as the wages Of any deceased seamen or
apprentices which have come to his hands
under the provisions. hereinbefore con
tanned, and shall render such accounts
thereof as The district judge requires.
SEC -. That whenever any seaman or
apprentice dies in the United States, and is
at the time OF his death entitled to claim
from the master or owner ofany ship in which
he has served any unpaid wages or effects,
such master or owner shall pay and deliver,
or account TOR the same, to the shipping
commissioner at the port where the seaman
o. apprentice was discharged, or was to
have been discharged.
SEC. AZ. That every shipping commissioner
IN Tie United States shall, within one week
from the GATE OF receiving any such money.