New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-08

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aud shall take and subscribe the foIiowin
oath before entering upon the duties of hi
office: II do sOlemnIy swear Tor affirm, a
the case may be( that I will support til
constitution of the United States and tina
| will truly and faithfully discharge til
duties OF a shipping commissioner to tn
pest OF my ability, and according to law
Said oath shall be Endorsed on the commits
sion or certificate of appointment, AM
signed by him and certified bv the Office
before whom such oath or affirmation shall
| have been taken
| SEC. s. That any shipping commissions
may engage a clerk or clerks to assist hin
IN the transaction of the business of thu
shipping office. at his own proper cost, an6
may, IN case OF necessity, depute such clerk
or clerks to act for him in his oficia
capacity; but the shipping commissioner
snail 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
unsigned. Any instrument, either printed
or written. purporting to be the official act
OF shipping commissioner and pu1port-
Ing to be under the seal and signature of
such shipping commissioner, shall be re-
ceived as prima faeie 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 and
other documents connected Herewith, and
which premises shall be styled 1.-The ship
ing-commissioners office" And the gen
eral business of a shipping commissioner
shall be, first, to afford facilities tor en-
gagIng seamen by keeping a register of
their names and characters; secondly to
super1ntend their engagement and dis
charge, in manner hereinafter mentioned:
thirdly, to provide means for securing the
presence on board at the proper times Of
men who are SO engaged; fourthly, to facili-
tate the making OF apprenticeships to the
sea service, and to perform such other dt-
ties relating GO merchant seamen and mer-
chant ships as are hereby or may hereafter,
under the powers herein contained, be com
mitted to him.
SEC. 5. That such fees, not 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-commission as
hereinafter mentioned, and such shipping
commissioners shall cause a scale of the
tees payable to be prepared, and to be con-
splcuousIy 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. g. That every owner, consignee, |
agent, or master of 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-
tices) SO engaged or discharged, and retain
any sums not exceeding the sums specified
in that behalf in the table marked B" in
the schedule hereto annexed
SEC T. That any shipping commissioner,
Dr. any clerk OF employee in any shipping
office, who shall demand or receive any re-
whatever, either directly or in
directly, for hiring or supplying any sea
nan for any merchant ships, excepting the
awful fees payable under this act, shall,
y d
exceeding two hundred dollars.
Sec. 8. That in the case of any place or
BORT in which no shipping commissioner shall
lave been appointed, then the whole or
my part of the business of shipping COM
missioner shall be cOnd ucted by the col
ectOr or deputy collector of customs of
UGH place or port; and in respect of such
BUSINESS such customhouse shall be deemed
Shipping office, and the collector or
eputy collector of customs to whom such
BUSINESS shall be committed shall for all
purposes be deemed shipping commits
Toner within the meaning of this act; and
ny person other than a commissioner IN
er this act who shall perform, or attempt
0 perform, either directly or indirectly;
ne duties which are by this act set forth
$ pertaining to shipping commits
ioner," shall incnr a penalty not exceeding
We hundred dollars; provided, that moth
lg IN this act shall be construed as to pre-
ent the owner, or consignee, or master of
ny ship, except such as are described in :
7ctlOn twelve of this act, from performing
imself, SO far as the said ships are CON Z
7rned, the duties of shipping commits :
oner under this act
Sec. 9. That every shipping commissioner
ppointed under this act shall, if applied to
n the purpose of apprenticing boys to the I
"a service by any mS4ters or owners Of t
AAPG' Va Wy any pCASUu VI pCISOuS legally | l.
lalIhed, give such assistance as in their t
over for facilitating the making Of such /
)prenuceships; but the shipping commits I
oner shall ascertain that the boy has
}luntarily consented to be bound, and b
lat the parents or guardian OF said boy Z
ave consented to said apprenticeship, and Y
as attained the age of twelve wears, and S
OF sufficient health and strength, and that u
e master to whom the boy is to be bound f
a proper person for the purpose: pro t
ded, That said apprenticeship shall termi- 0
tie when the apprentice becomes eighteen s.
,ars OF age. And the shipping commits D
1nel may receive from the persons avail
g themselves of such assistance the fees Il
ntalned in table &c" in the schedule Il
.reto annexed. And the shipping com b
lssioner shall keep register of ali inden- W
res OF apprenticeship made before him. b
SEC. 10. That the master of every foreign o.
ing ship shall, before carrying any APP v
enuce to sea from any place in the United 81
ates. cause such apprentice to appear be- b
re the shipping commissioner before
lom the crew is engaged, and shall pro cl
ce to him the indeuture by which such sc
prentice Is bound, and the assignment or &C
thereof tif any, and the name ST
SAID apprentice, with the date Of the b.
ienture and the assignment or assign IL
,nts thereof tif any shall be entered on DE-
, agreement; and no such assignment til
all be made without the approval Of di
the apprentice, his parents. bt
MS guardian. And for any default in Sc
7ylng the provisions of this section, the tn
ster shall, Tor each Otense, incur a pen Ill
y not exceeding one hundred dollars, re
'EC. II. That if any person shall demand Gu
receive. either directly or indirectly, from or
seaman seeking employment as a sea til
n, or from any other person seeking en- jU
yment as seaman, or from any person an
his behalf any remuneration VIII starar fn1