New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-20

shall be entitled to wages for any perIoo
| during which he unlaWfully refuses OF neg
| lects to work when required, after the ulhs
| fixed by the agreement tor his peglhLins
work, nor, unless the court hearing tne cast
| otherwise directs, for any period during
which he is lawfully imprisoned Tor any Oh
| tense committed by him.
| SEC. 50. That the master or owner Oh any
| ship making voyages as herelnoeIore ue
| scribed in section twelve OF this act, eHceP'
! f0reign-going ships shall pay to every sea
man his wages within two days after the
| termination of tie agreement, or at t1e
| time such seaman is discharged, whenever
| first happens; and in the case OF ioFel&n
| ooino ships, within three days after the
CARGO has been delivered, or within: tive
! DAYS after the seamGn's discharge, which
| ever first happens; and in all cases the sea
man shall. at the time of his discharge, pc
| entitled to be paid, ON account, sum equaI
| to one-fourth part of the balance due 70
| him; and every master or owner VINO Ne
| elects or refuses to make payment III man,
/ ner aforesaid without sufficient cause shaH
| nav to the seaman a sum not exceeding t!0
| amount of two days pay for each OF the
DAYS. not exceeding ten days, during which
nayment is delayed beyond the respective
periods aforesaid; and such sum shall be
| recoverable as wages in any claim made pc
fore the court; provided, that this section
shall not apply to the masters or owners OF
any vessel where the seaman is entitled 70
share in the profits of the cruise or voyage
SEC. &c. That any three or more OF the
crew of any merchant ship ot the Ihlteu
! States, as described in section twelve OF
this act, may complain to any officer IN com
mand of any Of the ships in the United
/ States navy, or any American consular OIL
Ger, or any shipping commissioner, or any
| chief officer of the customs that the pro-
| visions or water for the use OF the crew
are at any time of bad quality, unit tor
use, or deficient in quantity; such officer
| shall thereupOn examine the said provisions
or water, or cause them to be examined;
| and if on examination such provisions or
water are found to be of bad quality and
unfit for use, or be deficient in quantity, the
| person making such examination shall sig
| nify the same in writing to the master OF
| the ship; and if such master does not there
upon provide other provisions or water
| where the same can be had in lieu OF any
so signifed to be of bad quality and unfit
for use, or does not procure the requisite
quantity Of any so signifed TO be insufficient
in quantity or uses any provisions OF water
which have been so signifed as aforesaid to
be Of bad quality and unfit for use, he shall.
in every such case, incur penalty not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars; and upon
every such examination as aforesaid the
Objects iQdkIuS OF uIJtCllBS me SdIuG SudlI
enter statement of the result of the
examination III the log book; and shall
send a report thereof to the district
judge of the port at which such vessel is
bound, and such report shall be received
in evidence in any legal proceedings.
SEC. 81. That if the officer to whom any
such complaint as last aforesaid is made
certlfes in such statement as aforesaid that
there was no reasonable ground for such
oNT1 IN aipt paah pf t6n DoY+inC CO o0TO1l1 a
ing shall be liable to forfeit to the master
or owner, out of his wages, a sum not ex-
ceeding one weeks wages.
SEC. 49, That if any seamen, as aforesaid,
while on board any ship, shall state to the
master that they desire to make complaint
as aforesaid, to any consular officer, or naval
officer of any ship of the United States, or
any shipping commissioner, against the
master, the said master shall, if the ship is
then at a place where there is any such
officer as aforesaid, SO soon as the service
of the ship will permit, and if the ship is not
then at such place, SO soon after her first
arrival at such place as the service of the
ship will permit, allow such seamen, or any
OF them, to go ashore, or send him or them
ashore, in proper custody, so that he or they
may be enabled to make such complaint;
and shall IN default incur penalty not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars.
SEC. 80. That in the following cases, that
is to say, first, If, during voyage, the
allowance of any of the provisions which
any seaman has, by his agreement, stipu-
lated for is reduced Except in accordance
with any regulations for reduction by
way OF punishment, contained in the
agreement, and also for any time
during which such seaman wilItully, and
without sufficient cause, refuses or neg
lects to perform his duty or is lawfully un-
der confinement for misconduct, either on
board or on shore); secondly, if it is shown
that any Of such provisions are, or have
been during the voyage, bad in quality, and
unit tor use, the seaman shall receive by
way of compensation for such reduction or
bad quality, according to the time of its
continuance, the following sums to be paid
to him III addition to and 10 be recoverable
as wages, that is to say: First, if his allow
ancels reduced by any quantity not exceed
ing one-thlrd of the quantity specified in the
agreement, a sum not exceeding fifty cents
a day; secondly, if his allowance is reduced
by more than one-third of such quantity, a
sum not exceeding one dollar day;
thirdly, in respect of such bad quality as
aforesaid, sum not exceeding one dollar
day. But if it is shown to the satisfaction
OF the court before which the case is tried
that any provisions the allowance of which
has been reduced could not be procured or
Suppheu IN sufficient quantities. or were
injured or lost, and that
proper and equivalent substitutes were sup
piled in lieu thereof in q reasonable time.
the court shall take such circumstances into
consideration, and shall modify or refuse
compensation, as the justice Of the case may
require.
SEC. 40. That every ship belonging to
citizen or citizens OF the United States, as
described in section twelve of this act, shall |
be provided with a chest of medicines; and
every SaIll0D shin hDnnR n i
the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, or around |
Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope, or
engaged in the whale or other fisheries, or
IN sealing, shall also be provided with, and
cause to be kept, sufficient quantity of |
lime or lemon juice, and also sugar and |
vinegar, or other anti-scorbutics as Con. |
gress may sanction, to be served out to
every seaman as follows, that is to say, the |
master OF every such ship, as last aforesaid, !
shall serve the lime or lemon Juice, and |
sugar and vinegar, to the crew, within ten
days after salt provisions mainly have been |
served out to the crew, and so long after |
ward as such consumption of salt provisions |
continues, the IimeOr lemon Juice and sugar
daily at the rate of half an ounce each-Der
day, and the vinegar weekly at the rate of
half pint per week for eacI member Of the !
crew.
SEC. Al. That if on any such shin an afore.
sand such medicines, amedical stores. lime
or lemon juice, or other articles. suqar and |
vinegar, as are hereinbefore reouired Are |
no5 provided and kept on board. as herein |
before required, the master or owner shall
incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred |
doliafs; and II the master of any such shin |
DIS aforesaid negleGts to serve out the Time |
OF lemon juice, and sugar and VINEGAR in |
the case and manner heTeinbe(ore diT97c4ad
ne snail Tor each such offense incua. a men.
al J not exceeding one hundred dollars. ava |