New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-28
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER g. 1872

| amount OF wages each seaman is to receive
slxthly, scale of the provisions which ar
TO be furnished to each seaman; seyenthly
any regulations as to conduct on board, an
as TO hnes, short allowance of provisions
or other lawful punishment for misconduc
as may be sanctioned by Congress as reg
ulatI0ns proper TO be adopted, and whic
| the parties agree to adopt; eighthly. an
stipulatiOns in reference TO advance an
allotment of wages, or other matters no
contrary to law; provided, that wheneve
| the master of any vessel shall engage hi
| crew, or any part OF the same, in any Gus
| toms district where no shipping commits
sioner shah have been appointed under sec
| ton one of this act, he may perform for him
| self the duties OF such commissioner, in lik,
| manner as is provided by the prOyisO O
| section eight Of this act; provided further
| that this section shall not apply to master!
of vessels where the seamen are by
custom or agreement entitled to participate
IN the profits or result of cruise or voyage
| nor to masters Of cOastwise nor to masters
OF lake-gOing vessels that touch at foreign
ports: but seamen may. by agreement
serve on board such vessels definite time
or on the return of any vessel to a port in
the United States may reship and sail in
the same vessel on another voyage without
the payment of additional tees to the ship.
commissioner by either the seamen or
the master.
SEC. ID. 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 a shipping commissioner;
secondly, when the crew is first engaged
the agreement shall be signed in duplicate.
and one part shall be retained by the ship,
commissioner, and the other part shall
contain a special place or form for the de-
scriptlonsan signatures Of persons engaged
subsequently to the first departure Of the
ship, and shall be delivered to the master;
thirdly, every agreement entered into be-
fore shipping commissioner shall be ac-
knOWledged and certified under the hand
and official seal of such commissioner, and
shall be Endorsed on or annexed to such
agreement, and such certificate of acknowl-
edgement shall be in form and manner fol
lowing to wit:
Estate of ---s county Of -:
con this e-d day of -- personally
appeared before me, shipping commits
sloner in and for the said county, A. B., c.
ID. and E. F., severalIy known to me to be
the same persons who executed the forego
ing instrument, who each for himself &C
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-
ton, he signed it freely and voluntarily. for
The uses and purposes therein mentioned"
SEC. IA. That, first, if any person shall 6e
carried to sea as one of the crew on board of
any ship making a voyage as hereinbefore
specified without entering into an agree.
nent with the master of said ship in the
orm and manner and at the place and times
hereby in such cases required the ship shall
Dc held liable, and for each such Offense |
hall incur a penalty not exceeding two |
hundred dollars: provided always. that the
hip shall not be held liable for any person |
armed to sea who shall have secretly !
towed away himself without the knOwI. |
age OF captain, mate. or of any of the Off |
erS OF the ship, or who shall have falsely |
'ersonated himself TO the captain. mate, or
fhcers OF the ship TOR the purpose Of being
arued to sea; secOndlyo if any master.
nate, or other officer of q ship knowingly
or accepts to be entered on board Of
ny merchant ship, any seaman who has
cen engaged or supplied contrary to the
roylslons OF this act, the ship on board of
Inch such seaman shall be found shall, for
very such seaman. be liable to and incur.
penalty OF a sum not exceeding two hume
RED dollars: provided further, that in case
ueseftony or OF casualty resulting in the
'SS OF one or more Seamens the master NAV
mp number equal to the number Of
hose services he has been deprived by de-
'ftI0n or casualty and GepOrt the same to
Re United States consul at the first port at
men he shall &gE1Seo without mourning
lch penalty
DEC l9o nat every master of a merchant |
up Of the United States who engages any I
&man at place out of the United States, |
winch there IS consular officer or com !
eTclal agent SHALL before carving aUci. ! s
aman to sea, procure Ehe sanction Of such ]
lcero and shall engage Seamen before |
ch officer; and the same Yuies as are
reInbetore contained with respect to the :
gagement soP seamen before g shipping {
in the United States shall | c
ply to suc8 engagements made before | $
h6uIaP oIlcer or commercial! agent; and | 1
on every such engagement The consular I c
lceF or commercial agent shall indorse O
on the agreement his sanction thereof. ! d
d an a"testats0n to the effect tnat the 6
ne has been signed. in his presence and | i
leg"lse made as hereby required: and $
7Ey master who engages any seaman in s
place IN which there is a consular off. S
or commercial agent otherwise than as #
'elnbefore required, shall incur a penalty a
exceeding one hundred dollars. for a
Ich penalty the ship shall BE- held liable: a
l all such agreements so made sha1-be | II
tl, ana the seamen so engaged shall be | II
Tiled tOrecOver the highest rate of WAGES II
the port from which, the seaman was
pped. q,
Eco IS. That all stipu1ations for the al. at
henG OF any part OF the wages of sea- fl
n during his absence which are made AT III
commencement Of the voyage shall be 81
7fted IN the agreement, and shall state or
amounts and times of the payments to &C
made, and the persons to whom such or
ments are to be made hs
PC. ~ That no advance of wages shall
maze or advance security given to any in
son but to the seaman himself, or to his fir
or mother; and no advance of wages W;
u be made, or advance security given, an
5sS the agreement contains a stipulation Gu
the same, and an accurace statement of th
amount thereof; and no advance wages s1
dVance security shall be given to any Gil
nan except in the presence Of the ship So
, commissioner. an
&c. IL. That if any advance in wages is Iiy
e or advance security given to any sea- he
IN any such manner as to constitute a De-
Gu OF any OF the above provisions. the The
es OF such seaman shall be recoverable s
I'M as II no such advance had been made an,
'fomlsed and In the case of any ad- del
'e security so given, no person shall be mo
thereon unless he was a party to such VIII
c. 49, That whenever any advance Sc fio1
y Is HlScOunCed Tor any seaman, such thr
ian shall sign or set his mark to re- the
Endorsed on the security, stating the to
actually paid or accounted for to him cur
lie person discounting the same; and if tice
Cd lllan sans IN the snip from the port of aid
rture mentioned IN the security. and is ma.
duly earning his wages, or is previously live
arged with the consent of the master, any
ototherwise, the person discounting the file
ity may, ten days after tie final depar- Wild
u the ship from the said port of depart etfe
lentioned in the security, sue for and any
er the amohnt promised by the Sc ton
:, with costs, either from the owner anT