New Orleans Republican., 1872-10-05
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER s. 1917

| United States, conditioned for the faithful
| performance of the duties required in bis
| office, for sum, in the discretion of the
| circuit judge, of not less than five thousand
| dollars, with two good and sufficient securi
! ties therefor, to be approved by said Judge
aud shall take and subscribe the following
oath before entering upon the duties of his
office: ~ do solemnly swear Tor affirm as
the case may bel that | will support the
constitution of the United States; and that
/ will truly and faithfully discharge the
duties OF shipping commissioner to the
best OF my ability, and according to law
Said oath shall be indorsed 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 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 a 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 purport-
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 and
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 en-
gaging seamen by keeping a register of
their names and characters; secondly, to
superintend their engagement and dis
charge, in manner hereinafter mentioned;
thirdly, to provide means for securing the
presence Oh 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 du-
ties relating Co merchant seamen and mer-
chant ships as are hereby or may hereafter,
under the powers herein contained, be COM
mitted to him.
SEC. ). 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 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. consignee,
agent, or master OF a ship engaging or dis
charging any seameT or seaman in q 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 l.
Of each such engagement CT discharge, from
the wages of all persons Except appren- !
tices) SO engaged or discharged and retain |
any sums not exceeding the sums specified |
N that behalf in the table marked 'B' in |
The schedule hereto annexed.
SEC. 7. That any shipping commissioner, |
1r any clerk or employe in any shipping
)tfice, who shall demand or receive any re-
whatever, either directly or in
tirectly, for hiring or supplying any sea-
nan for any merchant ships, excepting the
awful fees payable under this act, shall,
or every such otfense, incur penalty not
two hundred dollars.
SEC. 8. That in the case of any place or
)ort in which no shipping commissioner shall
lave been appointed, then the whole or
my part of the business Of a shipping com
missioner shall be conducted bv the col
ector or deputy collector of customs of
uch place or port and in respect of such
BUSINESS such custOmhOuse shall be deemed
shipping office, and the collector or
equity collector of customs to whom such
uspess shall be committed shall for all
urposes be deemed a shipping commits
ioner within the meaning of this act; and
ny person other than a commissioner IN
er this act who shall perform or attempt
D perform, either directly or indirectly:
he duties which are by this act set forth
S pertaining to a "shipping commits
oner," shall incur 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
sctiOn twelve Of this act, from performing
jmself, so far as the said ships are con-
erned, the duties Of shipping commits
oner under this act
SEC. 9. That every shipping commissioner
DpOinted under this act shall, if applied to
n the purpose OF apprenticing bcys to the !
"a service by any masters or owners of
lips, or by any person or persons legally
laIlhed, give such assistance as in their
over TOR facilitating the making of such
}prentIceships; but the shipping commits
Oner shall ascertain that theg boy has
)luntarily consented to be bound, and
lat the parents or guardian of said bOv |
ave consented to said apprenticeship, and :
Is attained the age of twelve wears. and s
OF sufficient health and strength, and that
e master to whom the boy is to be bound
proper person for the purpose: pro t
ded, That said apprenticeship shall termi- |. @
.te when the apprentice becomes eighteen s
ars of age. And the shipping commits p
)ner may receive from the persons avail
g themselves of such assistance the fees u
ntained in table "C' in the schedule Il
reto annexed. And the shipping com b
ssiOner shall keep register Of ali inden- v
res Of apprenticeship made before him b
SEC. 10. That the master Of every foreign o
ing ship SHALL. before carrying any APP V
entlce to sea from any place in the United s.
ates. cause sdch apprentice to appear be b
re- the shipping commissioner before
lom the crew is engaged, and shall pro C
ce to bim the indenture BY which such 81
prentice is bound, and the assignment or C,
signments thereof (if any, and the name 81
said apprentice, with the date of the b
tenture and the assignment or assign Il
'nts thereof tif any shall be entered on d.
agreement; and no such assignment Il
all be made without the approval Of a d
nmissioner, the apprentice, his parents, b
his guardian. And for any default in Sc
eyIng the provisions Of this section, the tu
ster shall, fer each ofense, incur pen Ill
y not exceeding one hundred dollars. re