Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-06

ior,Se Prorsdsd, That said spereatiCe
.h When ths ,s spy5isDsios
.sStse NAV yss receive ~ the
selves Of sT ,b .esesuIe hereto annered And the
sfippiu commissioner areeister % all in
dentGrss 10 Tsss the master Of every foreign going
ship shall, before esrr{iny any arprentss tS sea
prentce TO sppesr before tie shipping commissioner
before s b. ssS snS Gs
bou-d, and fac assignment and assignments thereof,
date Il the indentiue and the assignment or assign
men2 thereof OF any shall be entered on the agree
the approval Of COMMISSIONER the apprentice, his
psre1t-. q his guardian. And for sny default in
shall L cab Gffenss, incur penalty not exceed
In one hundred dollars.
ceiye either directly or Indirectly. from any seaman
seeking employment as a seaman, or from any other
peT6O feeking employment as 8 seaman, or from
any TeIsoa ~ his sshalt a1y rsmInsTatloa g. whs
S m s Sb sS Tor res
such ofense, incur penalty OF not exceeding one
SIC. Il That ihe master of eyerv ship bound from
port in the CDied states to a2y foreign poit, or OF
vsrd bound from port tAs Alta attic to a port on
the Pacific, or vice versa, shall, before he p.O9eds
in PRINT with every seaman wnom he carries 10 sea
ore of the crew, in the manner hereinafter men
form, as near a. may be- as hereunto in table ID
in the schedule xei, and shall be dated at the
Z me of the FIRST signature thereof and shall be
signed by the master before any seaman signs the
and shall contain the following pefslcularS,
that is to say Fret, the nature AID as far as prac
tcsble, the duration of the intended voyage or en-
sse l. 10 terminate! secondly the numbsr and de
scTiptiOu of the crew, sSecIfylng their resp Give
man Is TO be IN bo ard TO begin work 70 Irthly, the
capacity in which each seaman IS to serys htthly,
si1thlY scale of the provisions which are TO be fur
Bished to each seaman; seyenthly any as
provisions, other lawful punshments for miscon
duct may he sanctioned by Congress as regulA-
IN he
agree to adopt eghthly any stipalstions In reter-
matters not contrary to law: Prosidsd, That whsn-
ever the maste- If any vessel shall engage his
district where no shipping commissioner shall have
been appointed under section one OF TINS Aot, ne
sioner, in Ike manner is provided by the proyiso
of section eight Of this act: Prortdsd fthss That
where the stsmen are by custom or agreement emit,
tied to participate in the profits or result Of cruise
tsrs Of lake going vessels that touch at foreign
g.1t. but ssa%sn may, b. agreement serve on
of any vessel to a port in the United States, may
reship AID sail in the same Vessel on another voyage
| ping commissioner by eitt or the seanen or the
SIC Is That the following rule ssall be observed
with respect 10 agreements: First, every agreement
after Specially provided fcrJ shall Be signed by each
seaman in the presence OF shipping commissioner;
mtnt shall be signed in duplicate and one part shall
le retained by the shipping conmis sioner, and the
The description and sienstures Of persons engaged
subsequently, the first departure Of the ship, and
sereement entered into before a shipping commits
soner shall he acknow dyed and certified under the
shall be irdorsed ON or annexed to such agreement
and such eerIifcate Of acknowledgment shall be in
state 81, 81, e5s n OF rarsora,,r ono,-ad
nh 81 ia sh %f the
said county, A. b. G. D., and r. F., seveTally known
| instrument. himself
edged to that he had read or heard read the same
that he vas By me made acquainted with the condi
while sober and not in state Of intoxicstion, he
sisIed il freely and yylunteTiy, for the uses s-d
SIC. Il That. first, if any person shall be carried
TO one ofthe crew on board Of any ship maxi
avOyage as hereinbefOre specified without entering
into an agreement with the master Of said ship, in
hereby snch required, the ship shall be held
liable, and for each svch cffense shall incur pen
olleays That the ship shall no, be held liable TO
slowed away himself without The knowledge Of cap
tain, mate or Of any Of the officers Of the ship, o.
captain, mate or officers Of the ship tor the purpose
OF being carried 70 sea; secondly, If any master
ceives, or accepts to be entered on board o
any merchant ship, any seaman who has been an
the ship %n board Of Which ri Oh sh
be found shall. for every such seaman, be liable
dTed dollars PToTidsd JSIfisy, III in case Of de-
sertion, Of casualty resulting ia the loss Of one o
to the lumber Of whose leryces he Sas boSa ia
| prived By desertion casualty, andi report the
same TO the United States consul the tirst rOrt
which he shall arrive, without mourning suct
| penalty.
| SIC Il That every master Of a merchant ship o.
place out of the United States in which there is
consular officer commercial agent, shall. Def m
carry ing such sesman to sea- procure the sanction
ofsuch officer, and shall engage seamen before suct
ct1cer; and the same rules as hereinbefOre con
tanned with respect TO the engagement of geame1 be
lore shl pping commissioner in the United state
shall apply to such engagements made before con
snlar oihcer or commercial agent; snC
Upon every such engagement the consuia,
| ofhcer or commercial agent shall endorse upoI
the agreement his sanction thereof, aud an attest4
ton to the effect that the has been signed in hi
| presence, and otherwise made hereby require
and every n aster wis engages any seaman in am
| place in which there is consular officer or com
meTcial agent otherwise than he reinb fore re
| CURED shall incur penalty not exceeding one hun
dr6 dollars, for which penalty the ship shall b,
held liable; and all such agreements So made shall
T. void and the seamen gagged shall be entitle
70 recover the highest rate of wages of the port from
which the seaman WAS shipped.
sEC. 10. That all s'fpulatiOns for the allotment Of
any part az the wages of a seaman during his a.
sence which are mae At the commencement Of the
voyaEs shall be inserted in the agreement and shall
state the amounts and times of the payments TO be-
made. sud the persons to whom such payments are
TO be made.
SEC. II. That no advance Of wages shall be made
or advance security given 70 person but TO tht
sdvsnce Of WAGES shall be made, or advance security
| given. unless the agreement contains a stipulation
| Tor the same, and accurate statement of the
amount thereof; and no ADJ ance wages or advance
security shall be given to of In the
presence OF the shipping cOmnissener.