Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-04
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed Mt the Second Session Of the F6rt!
a.. Second Congress.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GENERAL NATURE.-No. I'LL =
CONTINUED

| 3 CONTINUED
Sec. 81. That upon the commission of
any of the offenses enumerated in the last
preceding section, an entry thereof shall
be made in the official log-book, and shall
be signed by the master, and also by the
mate or one Of the crew and the offender,
if still in the ship, shall, before the next
subsequent arrival of the ship at any port,
or if she is at the time in port, before her
departure therefrom, either he furnished
with a copy Of such entry, or have the
same read over distinctly and audibly to
him, and may thereupon make such reply
thereto as he thinks fit; and statement
that copy of the said entry has been so
furnished or that the same has been so
read over as aforesaid, and the reply ii
any made by the offender shall likewise
be entered and signed in manner aforesaid
and in any subsequent legal proceedings
the entries hereinbefore required shall, ii
practicable, be produced or proved, and in
default of such, production or proof, the
court hearing the case may, at its discre-
tiOn, refuse or receive evidence of the Of
Tense.
Sec. 6S. That whenever, either at the
commencement or during the progress OF
any voyage, any seaman or apprentice neg
lectso refuses to join, or deserts from or
refuses to proceed to sea, In any ship In
WHICH, lc 10 uuly ChSoSOu w OOA q VI 40
found otherwise absenting himself there
from without leave, the MASTER or any
mate, or the owner, or cOnsignee, or ship
ping commissioner, may, in any place in
the United States, with or without the as
81 stance of the local public officers or con-
stables, who are hereby directed to give
their assistance if required, and also at
any out of the United States, if and 80 far
as the laws in force at such place will per-
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ing a warrant, and may thereupOn, in any
case, and shall in case he SO requires, and
tits practicable, convey him before any
court of justice or justices OF any State,
city, town, or country, within the United
States capable of taking cognizarce of of
lenses of like degree and kind of the mat
ter, to be dealt with according to the pro-
visions hereinbefore contained in refer
ence to such cases and may, for the pur-
pose of conveying him before such court
of justice, detain him in custody for Pc
Rod not exceeding twenty-fOur hours, or
shorter time, as may be necessary, or may,
if he does not so require, or if there is no
such court at or near the place, at once
convey him on board; and if such appre-
hension appears to the court of justice be-
fore which the case is brought to have
been made on improper or on sufficient
grounds, the master, mate, consignee, or
shipping commissioner who makes the
same, or causes the same to be made, shall
incur a penalty not exceeding one hum
bred dollars; but such penalty, if inf1ict-
| ell, shall be bar to any action for false
Imprisonment. a-.f..rr. .....
Sec. 81. That any master of or any sea-
man or apprentice belonging to, any mer-
chant ship who, by willful breach Of duty,
| Or who, by reason Of drunkenness, does
any act tending to the immediate loss, de
| struction, or serious damage to such ship,
Or tending Immediately to endanger the
4 life or limb Of any person belonging to or
/ On board of such ship, or who, by wilful
breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or
| by reason of drunkenness refuses or Omits
| TO do any lawful act proper and requisite to
| be done by him for preserving such ship
from immediate loss, destruction, or Sc
fious damage, or for preserving any per
son belonging TO or on board of such ship
from immediute danger to life or limb,
shall, for every such offense, be deemed
able to Imprisonment for period not ex-
ceeding twelve months.
Sec. So. That all clothes, effects, and wa
ges which, under the provisions of this
act, are forfeited for desertion, shall be
applied, in the first instance, in payment
of the expenses occasioned by such deser-
tion to the master or owner of the ship
from which the desertion has taken place,
and the balance tif any shall be paid by
1.-The master or owner to any shipping COM
missioner resident at the port at which the
tIvoyage of such ship terminates and the
lIshipping commissioner shall account to
land pay over such balance to the Judge of
1.-THE circuit court within one month after
tsaid commissioner receives the same, to be
disposed of by him in the same manner as
lis hereinbefore provided for the disposal of
the money, effects, and wages of deceased
Iseamen; in all other cases of forfeiture of
wages, under the provisions hereinbefore
contained, the forfeiture shall be for the
benefit of the master or owner by whom
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