New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-21


e tles therefor to be approved by said Judge
8 aud shall take and subscribe the followin
G oath before entering upon the duties of hi
b office: II do solemnly swear Tor affirm, a
0 the case may be- that | will support tn
= constitution of the United States: and tina
n | will truly and faithfully discharge TIL
t duties of 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 by the office
before whom such oath or affirmation shal
7 have been taken.
, SEC. ). That any shipping commissions
may engage a clerk or clerks to assist him
IN the transaction of the business of the
l shIpplDg 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 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
missloned. Any instrument, either printed
or written, purpOrting to be the official act
OF shipping commissioner and purport-
ing to be under the seal and Signature of
such shipping commissioner, shall be re-
ce1yed as prima facie evidence of the Off
cial character of such instrument, and of
the truth of the facts therein set forth.
SEC. a. That every shipping com
missioner shall lease, rent, or pro-
cure at his own cost, suitable
/ fOy,+ h e
and for the preservation of the books and
other documents connected Herewith, and
| which premises shall be styled ''the ship
! commissioner Office" And the gen
eral business of a shipping commissioner
| shall be, first, to afford facilities for en-
gaging seamen by keeping register of
their names and characters; secondly, to
superlntend 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 apprenticeship to the
sea service, and to perform such other du-
ties relating TO merchant seamen 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, 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 as
hereinafter mentioned, and such shipping
commissioners shall cause a scale Of the
fees payable to be prepared, and to be con
splcuously 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 consignee,
a rCF-, eI,;,,
charging any seamen or seaman in 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 Feimbursing 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. Z. That any shipping commissioner,
or any clerk or employe in any shipping
office who shall demand or receive any re-
whatever, either directly or in
directly, for hiring or supplying any sea-
man for any merchant ships, excepting the ,
lawful fees payable under this act, shall,
for every such ofense, incur penalty not 6
two hundred dollars :
Sec. 8. That in the case of any place or :
port in which no shipping commissioner shalt ,
nave been appointed, then the whole or 9
my part of the business of a shipping com y
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 q
leputy collector Of customs to whom such =
business shall be committed shall for all II
purposes be deemed a shipping commits n
Toner within the meaning of this act and II
ny person other than a commissioner IN -
er this act who shall perform, or attempt ..
perform, either directly or indirectly; ~
be duties which are by this act set forth .,
S pertaining to a shipping commits a.
oner, shall incur penalty not exceeding n
We hundred dollars; provided, that moth h.
lg in this act shall be construed as to pre- n
emit the owner, or consignee, or master of ",
ny ship, except such as are described in .,
9ctlon twelve of this act from performing "
lmself, so far as the said ships are CON q,
7rned, the duties Of shipping commits 81
Oner under this act II
Sec. 9. That every shipping commissioner
ppolnted under this act shall, if applied to 10
IT the purpose OF apprentcing boys to the m
"a service by any masters or owners of 1 th
ups, or BY any person or persons legally in
laIl1ed, give such assistance as in their til
over for facilitating the making of such ! be
Oner shall ascertain that the boy has
Dluntarily consented to be bound, and be
lat the parents or guardian of said boy De
i've consented to said apprenticeship, and wi
Is attained the age of twelve years and sb
of sufficient health and strength and that III
e master to whom the boy is to be bound fo
proper person for the purpose: pro- til
ded, That said appren ticeship shall termi- , or
Ite when the apprentice becomes eighteen SCI
'ars OF age. And the shipping commits pil
1ner may receive from the persons avail
G themselves of such assistance the fees mi
ntained in table sc" in the schedule M
reto annexed. And the shipping com br
shall keep register of all linden wa
res OF apprenticeship made before him. by
SEC. 10. That the master of every foreign or
ing ship shall, before carrying any APP va
entlce to sea from any place in the United sui
ates. cause such apprentice to appear be- brt
re the shipping commissioner before
lom the crew is engaged, and shall pro- GU
ce to him the indenture by which such sea
prentice is bound, and the assignment or Gel
'ignments thereof IF amy, and the name SUI
said apprentice, with the date of the | by
tenure and the assignment or assign the
'nts thereof Cif any shall be entered on del
agreement; and no such assignment the
all be made without the approval Of a dis
the apprentice, his parents, but
MS guardian. And for any default in sec
ey1ng the provisions of this section, the fur
ster shall, for each 0tfense, incur Den- ure
y not exceeding one hundred dollars rec
SEC. II. That If any person shall demand cur
receive. either directly or indirectly, from or
7 seaman seeking employment as a sea- tho
n, or from any other person seeking EN- ius
yment as seaman, or from any person any
his behalf, any remuneration whatever for
er than the fees hereby authogized, for Civ
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