The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-03
The Dingley Shipping Bill.

The Dngley shipping bill, as finally passed
by Congress, is composed OF 80 sections, the sub
stance Of which is composed as follows: It
allows an American vessel on a foreign voyage
and till the return home, to fill vacancies in the
positions of officers below the rank Of captaf
by appointments of aliens, 1t abolishcs the
three months extra wages and provides that
one months extra wages only shall be paid in
cases OF injury IN service of the vessel unneces
saIy and wiful prolongation of the VOYAGE
wiIul nding OF a ship to sea in an unseaworthy
condition, sale OF vessel in fosegn country
and cruel treatment. Ii increases the amount tt
be paid by the government for the transporta-
ton Of seamen in cases of long voyages. 1tpro-
hibits the payment of advance wag IS to seamen,
but provides for allotmeuts OF wages to II sea-
man. relatives. 1t requires vessels in tine Tor.
egn trade to carry slop chests, with supplies
clothing, etc, eXempting, however, vessels II
trade with the countries nd islands OF North
and Central America. 1t abolishes consua
fees for services to vessels, and provides fol
the payment of consu from the treasury FOL
such services. 1t abolishes the tonnage tax as
now imposed, and provides in lieu of the same,
for duty of three cents a ton at each entry on
vessels trading With any port in North OF Cen
trail America and the adjacent islands, incud-
ing the Sandwich Islands, and six cents a ton
at each entry on all vessels from any other for
eign trade. But it requires the president to
suspend the collection Of so much of this tai
on vessels from any foreign port in North %
Central Amelical rs may be IN excess OF the
tonnage and lighthouse dues imposed III
American vessels by the laws OF the country
in which such port is situated. As Canada i'm
poses no taxes on American vessels, the ~
aboishes the tonnage on vessels trading witt
Canada afterJuy l. 1t abolishes the hospita
tux for seamen in both coastwise and fore'gI
trade and provides that the expense OF Hospital
service shall be betrayed from the tonnage tax
1t provides that supplies for American vessek
in the foreign trade may be imported in bono
free of duty and provides that the drawback o.
10 per cent. of the duty on imported materials
for the construction Of vessels on foreign
account, on transportation shall be allowed
when vesselsar partly constructed of imported
materials in the same manner as when thus
wholly constructed. 1t limits the individual
liability oil II ship-owner to the proportion
which his interest bears to the whole, and pro-
vides for the engagement OF a seaman to serve
on voyage 10 any port or for definite time,
and exempts vessels making regular and stated
trips from paying fees on reshipping seamen.
1t authorizes the shipment OF seamen in for
egn rort for definite time or voyage, and
provides that seamen so shipped shall not be
ing on the stern OF vessel OF the name OF
the port Of registry, or the place in the same
district where any of the owners live;
it exempts vessels in trade with Canada and
Mexico from the obligation TO pay tax on
passengers so long as no tax is cxacted on pas.
sengers coming from those countries by land
carriage; rereals all laws that oblige American
vessels to carry the mails to or from The United
Sta es arbitrarily, such repeal to take effect
April /, 1885, gives sailing vessels the same
privileges in unloading cargo given to steam
ships, and provides that shipping commas
sic ners shall hereafter be appointed by the Sec
rotary of the treasury, instead OF by circuit
courts, and shall be subject to regulations pre-
serb d by him, 1t reduces the ices Tor mspec-
,ion ofstean vessels from 1875 to $40 for the first
100 tons and allows vessels arriving at n ort OF
entry, laden with bulky articles like salt, to
proceed to places wi hin that collection district
unload under Ger ain regulations