New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-24

/ | sixthIy, scale of the provisions which ar
8 to be furnished to each seaman; seyenthly
g any regulations as to conduct on board, an
/ as 70 fines, short allowance of provision:
: or other lawful punishment for miscontiuc
/; | as may be sanctioned by Congress as res
: ulations proper to be adopted and whic
5 | the parties agree to adopt; eighlhlv. an
5 stipulations in reference to advance ant
! allotment OF wages, or other matters no
t contrary to law; provided, that wheneve
: the master Of any vessel shall engage hi
crew, Or any part of the same, in any Gus
toms district where no shipping commits
sioner shall have been appointed under sec
ton one Of this act, he may perform for him
self the duties of such commissioner, in liko
manner as is provided by the proyiso Q
section eight of this act; provided further
that this section shall not apply to masters
of vessels where the seamen are by
custom or agreement entitled to participate
in the profits or result of a cruise or voyage
nor to masters of cOastwise nor to masters
of lake-gOing vessels that touch at foreign
ports: but seamen may, by agreement
serve on board such vessels a definite time
or on the retugn of any vessel to port il
the United States may geship and sail il
the same vessel on another voyage without
the payment of additional tees to the ship
ng-commissioner by either the seameu OF
the master.
SEC. 10. That tie following 4u9es shall be
observed with respect to- agreements First,
ara beHeir ~. 49, ToGo W
T-iJad forI sbaii no sorno5 80 80 -
n ffe nraaanca nf
secondly, when the crew IS fiTss engaged
the agreement shall be signed in duplicate,
and one part shall befetained by Che ship.
! ping. commissioner and the other part shall
cCrir,+onsap5 IF lily
STb5o,IIaS'tI1 80 +,t e H.,
!? Ii s i5ii I ~ pa u " uIto
erilO o1 uo.I' eIo 10 Iu9
go eLIeieu ~ 10 oe'
q snaiI ne acc
nd LUG
eba1I IL ,,o aLu
aarao,1o+ @ 800 f a ~ sup
1 1'iTi 'SI 20, UILCSt9 y! @chHo"i'
&c 80 ~" ~ ''''@ "n""1'e3 @o"'
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Estate OF -. county OF $1,000:
I'm TINS 49, day OF 80 personally
appeared before me- a shipping c0mmlso
sioner in and $or the said county, 40 B.. c.
~ anu DO Zoe seSeralIy known to me to be
Inc same persons who executed the torego"
ing instruments who each tor himself ac
khoWIed9ed TO me that he had read or had
AeaIu READ the sanes that he was BY me
Hade acqQalnte4 With the conditions
IHereoI, anu UNDERSTOOD the sames and that
Winnie sooer, ana not III a state OF lntoXlca-
qone ne signed 1t freely and voluntarily, for
Vhe uses anu purposes thereln menuoneGo"
Sec II. That, first. IF any person shall ne
carried to sea as one Of the crew on board Of
any ship making voyage as hereiabefore
specified without entering into an agree.
ment with the master Of said ship in the
form and mannerand at the place and times
hereby in such cases required the ship shall
be held liable, and for each such offense
shall incur penalty not exceeding two
hundred dollars: provided always, that the
ship shall not be held liable for any person
carried TO sea who shall have secretly
slowed. away himself without the knowlo !
@dS8ot Captalne mafee or OF any OF the OIL. !
GERS OF the ship, or who shall have falsely !
pefsonated himself TO the captalns mate, or
0fHcers OF the ship for the purpose Of being
carried to sea: secondly If any master, !
mate or other Oft1cer OF 3 ship knowingly |
TeceiVeS.OE accepts 20 be entered 81 board Of !
any merchant ship. any seaman who has /
been engaged or supplied contrary to the !
PROVISIONS OF Ems acte the ship on board of |
which such seaman shall be found shall. for !
every such -seamano be liable to and incur |
penaISy OF a sum nor exceeding 1--WE hune !
"red dollars; provided turthero thar III ease /
o1 deseFuOn, or Oh casualty resulting IL the !
loss OF one or more ssameno the mastec may
snip number @HGa! 90 the number Of |
whose services ne has been deprived BY de.
sertion or casualty and report She same to
winch he sha!t arrive, without jucHgyiu.
such penalty
Sec -. lhat every master Of q merchant
ship OF the United States who engages any
seaman at place Out0t fhe United States, |
in which there is a consular officer or com.
mertlal agento shall, before carrying such
to sea. procure the sanction of such |
oticere and shall engage seamen before !
such officers and the same sules as are
herelnbefore contained Tith respect to the
LOT seam"D 6etore q shipping
commissioner IL the United States shall!
apply. to such engagements made before
oons9llag officer or commercial agent. and
upon every such engagement the consular
officer or commercial agent shall ;niOrsr
upon the agreement his sanction thereof,
tnQ an attestatOn to the effect that the
same has been signed in his presence. and
otherwise made as hereby REQUIRED: and
very master who engages any seaman in
my place in which there is a consular off.
Ter or commercial agent otherwise than as
lereinbefors required, shall incur a penalty
rot exceeding one hundred dolIarsq for
which penalty the ship shall BE- held liable.
md ali suci, agreements So made shall if |
-oidq and che stamen SO engaged shall be
Untitled to recover the highest rate of wages
i the port from which the seaman was |
hlppedo
Sec To- That all stipuYatHons for the ale !
otment OF any part OF the wages of 3 sea
lan during his absence which are made at
he commencement Of the voyage shall be J s
Inserted in the agreement. aud shall state 4
he amounts and times of the payments to- {
e madee and the persons to whom such {
ayments are to be madeo /
SECo DO 1hat no advance OF wages shall
g maze or adyauce security given to any j
erson but 10 the seaman himself, or to his
ne or mot4erS and no advance of wages :