New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-10

| to be furnished to each seaman; seventh ",
any regulations as to conduct on board, and
as to lines short allowance of provisions.
or other lawful punishment for misconduct
| as may be sanctioned by Congress as reg
ulatl0ns proper to be adopted, and which
the parties agree to adopt; eighthly, any
snpulatl0ns IN reference to advance and
allotment Of wages, or other matters not
contrary to law; provided, that whenever
the master of any vessel shall engage his
crew, OR any part OF the same, in any GUS
toms district where no shipping commits.
slOner shall have been appointed under sec
ton one of this act, he may perform for him
self the duties of such. commissioner, in like
manner as is provided by the proYiso of
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 COastwi6e nor to masters
OF lSke-gOing vessels that touch at foreign
ports: but seaDen may. by agreement,
serve on board such vessels definite time,
or on the return Of any vessel to port III
the United States may reship and sail IN
the same vessel on another voyage without
the payment of additional fees to the ship
ng-commissiOner By either the seameu or
the master.
SEC. l3. That the following rules shall be
observed with respect to agreements: First,
every agreement Except in such cases Of
agreements as are hereinafter specially pro-
vided for shall be signed by each seaman
in the presence of q shipping-cOmmissi0ner;
secondly, when the crew is first engaged
the agreement shall be signed in duplicate,
and one part shall be retained by the ship
Reconnaissance. and the other part shall
contain special place or form for the de-
scriptjon:and signatures of persons engaged
Il a,N+% In
ship, and shall be delivered to the master;
thirdly, every agreement entered into be-
fore a shipping commissioner shall be ac-
kn0Wledged and certified under the hand
and official seal of such commissioner, and
shall be ind0rsed On or annexed to such
agreement, and such certificate of acknowl-
edgement shall be in form and manner fol-
lowing, to wit
Estate of --, county of -:
"On this - day of ---- personally
sioner il and for the said county, A. B., c.
D. and E. F., seyerally known to me to be
the same persons who executed the forego-
ing instrument, who each for himself ac
knowledged to me that he had read or had
heard read the same; that he was by me
made acquainted with the conditions
thereof and understood the same, and that
while sober, and not in a state of intoxica-
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the uses and purposes therein mentioned"
SEC. "A. That, first, if any person shall be
carried to sea as one Of the crew on board of
any ship making voyage as hereinbefore
specified without entering into an agree
ment with the master of said ship in the
form and manner and at the place and times
hereby in such cases required the ship shall
be held liable, and for each such 0tfense
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 kn0wI-
edge of captain, mate, or of any of the Off
GERS of the ship, or who shall have falsely
persOnated himself to the captain, mate. or
officers Of the ship for the purpose of being
carried to sea; secondly, if any master
mate, or other officer of a ship knowingly
receives, or accepts to be entered on board Of
any merchant ship, any seaman who has
been engaged or supplied contrary to the
provisions of this act. the ship on board Of
which such seaman shall be found shall for
every such seaman, be liable to and incur
a penalty of sum not exceeding two hun
dred dUIIaIs: provided further, that in case
of desertion, or Of casualty resulting in the
loss OF one or more seamen, the master NAV
ship number equal to the number Of
whose services he has been deprived bv de- |
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the United States consul at the first port at
which he shall arrive, without mourning
such penalty.
SEC. 10. That every master of merchant |
ship Of the United States who engages any |
seaman at place out Of the United States, |
in which there is a consular officer or COM |
mercial agent, shall. before carrying such |
seaman to sea, procure the sanction OF such |
officer and shall engage seamen before /
such officer: and the same rules as are
contained with respect to tile |
engagement of seamen before a shipping |
commissioner IN the United States shall |
apply to such engagements made before |
consular officer or commercial agent: and |
upon every such engagement the consular |
officer or commercial agent shall indorse !
upon the agreement his sanction thereof. |
and an attestatOn to the effect that the |
same has been signed in his presence, and |
otherwise made as hereby required; and |
every master who engages any seaman in !
any place IN which there is a consular Off /
GER or commercial agent otherwise than as
lereinbef0re required, shall incur penalty
not exceeding one hundred dollars, for
which penalty the ship shall be held liable
and all such agreements SO made shall be
void, and the seamen so engaged shall be |
entitled to recoyer the highest rate Of wages
IF the port from which the seaman was
shipped,
SEC. 16. That all stipuIations for the al
0tment of any part of the wages of a sea
nan during his absence which are made at
he commencement OF the voyage shall be
Inserted in the agreement, and shall state
he amounts and times Of the payments TO
De made, and the persons to whom such
payments are to be made.
SEC. II. That no advance of wages shall
'e made or advance security given to any
person but to the seaman himself. or to his
wife or mother; and no advance of wages
hall be made, or advance security given.
inless the agreement contains stipulation
or the same, and au accurace statement of
he amount thereof; and no advance wages
IT advance security shall be given to anv
canaan except il the presence Of the ship
ing commissioner.
SEC Is. That if any advance in wages is
lade or advance security given to any sea
nan IN any such manner as to constitute
reach OF any OF the above provisions the
wages OF such seaman shall be recoverable
y him as if no such advance had been made
I promised; and in the case of any ad-
ance security so given ne person shall he
ued thereon unless he was party to such
reach.
SEC. 10. That whenever any advance Sc
urity is discounted for anr seaman, s1rh
canaan shall sign or set his mark to a re
elpt lndorsed on the security, stating tie
1m actually paid or accounted for to him
y the person discounting the same; and if
le seaman sails in the ship from the port of
eparture mentioned in the security. and is
zen duly earning his wages, or is previously
lscharged with the consent Of the master.
ut not otherwise, the person discouuting the
scurity may. ten days after the final deDar.
Ire OF the ship from the said port Of depart
re mentioned in the security, sue for and
cover the amount promised by tie Sc I