New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-26

/ dollars, with two good and sufficient securl
2 ties therefor, to be approved by said judge
aud shall take and subscribe the following
oath before entering upon the duties of hi
/ office: Il do solemniy swear TOR affirm, a.
the case may be- that | will support thu
constitution of the United States; and tina
| | will truly and faithfully discharge thu
duties of a shipping commissioner to the
best OF my ability, and according to law
Said oath shall be Endorsed on the commits
sion or certificate of appointment, and
signed by him and certified by the officer
before whom such oath or affirmation shall
have been taken.
SEC. 3. That any shipping commissioner
may engage a clerk or clerks to assist him
In the transaction Of the business Of the
shipping office. at his own proper cost and
may in case of necessity, depute such clerk
or clerks to act for him in his official
capacity; but the shipping commissioner
shall be held responsible for the acts of
every such clerk or deputy, and will be
personally liable for any penalties such
clerk or deputy may incur by the violation
OF any of the provisions of this act; and
all acts done by clerk, as such deputy,
shall be as valid and binding as if done by
the shipping commissioner. Each shipping
commissioner shall provide a seal with
| which Re shall authenticate all his official
acts, on which seal shall be engraved the
| arms of the United States and the name Of
the seaport or district for which he is com
missioned. Any instrument either printed
or written. purpOrting to be the official act
of shipping commissioner, and puTpOrt
| ing to be under the seal and signature of
! such shipping commissioner, shall be re
| ceived as prima facie evidence of the Off
cial character of such instrument, and OF
| the truth of the facts therein set forth.
SEC. 4. That every shipping com
missioner shall lease rent. or pro-
cure at his own cost. suitable
! premises for the transaction Of business,
and for the preservation of the books aud
other documents connected Herewith, and
which premises shall be styled "the ship
ping commissioners office" And the gen
eral business of a shipping commissioner
shall be, first, TO afford facilities tor enc
gazing seamen by keeping a register Of
their names and characters: secondly, to
Supeuntend their engagement and dis
charge, in manner hereinafter mentioned;
thirdly to provide means fog securing the
presence on board at the proper times OF
men who are so engaged; fourthly, to tacili-
tate the making of apprenticeships to the
sea service, and to perform such other du-
ties relating co merchant seanen and mer-
chant ships as are hereby or may hereafter.
under the powers herein contained be com
mitted to him.
SEC s. That such fees, nor exceeding the
sums specified in the table marked "A" in
the schedule hereto annexed. shall be pay
able upon all engagements and discharges
effected before shipping commissioners as
hereinafter mentioned, and such shipping
commissioners shall cause a scale of the
fees payable to be prepared, and to be con
spicuously placed in the shipping office; and
the shipping commissioner may refuse to
proceed with any engagement or discharge |
unless the fees payable thereon are first |
paid.
Sec 6. That every owner. eonsignee, |
agent, or master of a ship engaging or dis |
charging any seamen or seaman in a ship |
ping Office or before a shipping commits |
siOner, shall pay to the shipping commits |
sioner the whole of the fees hereby made |
payable in respect of such engagement or
discharge, and may, for the purpose of in |
part reimbursing himself, deduct in respect !
of each such engagement or discharge. from
the wages OF all persons Except appren-
tlces} SO engaged or discharged, and letain !
any sums not exceeding the sums specified
in that behalf in the table marked 81 in
the schedule hereto annexed.
Sec. .. Thar any shipping commissioner,
or any clerk or 4mplOye in any shipping
office, who shall demand or receive any re:
whatever, either directly OF in
directly. for hiring or supplying any sea-
man for any merchant ships, excepting tie
lawful fees payable under this act, shall,
for every such otfense, incur a penalty not
exceeding two hundred dollars.
SEC. 8. That in the case of any place or
port i'll which no shipping commissioner shall
have been appointed, then the whole or
any part Of the business of a shipping COM
shall be cond ucted by the col
ect0r or deputy collector Of customs Of
such place or post; and III respect of such
business such customh0use shall be deemed
4 shipping office, and the collector or
leputy collector of customs 60 whom such |
business shall be committed shall for all
purposes be deemed a shipping commits
HOner within the meaning of this act: and !
my person ether Khan a commissioner I'M
Ter this act who shall perform or attempt
o perform, either directly or indirectly; I .
he duties which are by this act set forth !
IS pertaining 30 a shipping commits
Toner" shall incur a penalty not exceeding
i've hundred dollars; provided, that moth
ng in this act shall be construed as 90 pre-
-ent the owner. or GOnsignee. or master Of J
NY ship, except such as are described in
ection twelve of this act, from performing
imselt, so far as the said ships are cen. {
ernede the duties Of shipping commits {
Toner under this act.
SEC. g. That every shipping commissioner
ppointed under this act shall, if applied to
or the purpose OF apprentiCing boys to the l
ca service by any masters or owners of t
hips, or by any person or persons legally i
uahhed, give such assistance as in their I
over for facilitating the making of such |
pprentieeshps' but the shipping commits. l
Toner shall ascertain that the boy has
Oiuntarily consented TO be bound. and |
hat the parents or guardian of said boy I
ave consented to said apprenticeship, and '
as attained the age of twelve years, and ! S
of sufficient health and strength, and that L
ne master to whom the boy is to be bound f
a proper poison for the purpose: pro. t
ided, That said apprenticeship shall termi. o
ate when the apprentice becomes eighteen S
ears OF age. And the shipping commits =
oneg may receive from the persons avail
lg themselves of such assistance the fees Il
in table &C in the schedule u
eret0 annexed. And the shipping COM b
issioner shall keep a register of ali linden. W
lres OF apprenticeship made before him. b
SEC. lO. That the master of every foreign o
Ding ship shall, before carrying any an Y
rentice to sea from any place in the United 81
-ates, cause such apprentice to appear be- b
re the shipping commissioner before
HON the crew is engaged, and shall pro- c
ice to him the indenture by which such | st
oprentice is bound, and the assignment or c.
signments thereof tif any,, and the name 81
said apprentice, with the date of the b
denture and the assignment or assign ii
ents thereof (if any shall be entered ON d.
10 agreement: and no such assignment | til
al be made without the approval of a di
the apprentice, his parents, b,
his guardian. And for any default in Sc
'eylng the provisions of this section. the ! tt
aster shall, fer each oEfense, incur a pen III
= not exceeding one hundred dollars It
SEC. II. That II any person shall demand q
receive either directly or indirectly. from CT
y seaman seeking en- plOyment as sea ii
an, or from any other person seeking en- ia
Oyment as seaman, or from any person ! an
his behalf any remuneration ,yba+avnr f0