Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-06-23
THE DINGLEY BILL.
Substance of the Provisions as Passed
by the House and Senate.

The Dinglev shipping bill as passed by the
Senate and House is composed of 80 sections
The substance of whose provisions is as fol-
lows: 1t allows an American vessels on a
foreign voyage, and till the return home, to
fill vacancies in the position of officers below
the rank of captain, by appointment of aliens; /;
it abolishes three months extra wages and
provides that one months extra wages
only shall be paid in cases of injury in ser
vice, injury of vessel, unnecessary and will
full prolongation of the voyage, willful send
ing of the ship to sea in an unsearvory con-
dition, the sale of vessel in foreign coun-
try and cruel treatment.
1t increases the amount to be paid by the
government for transportation of seamen in
cases of long voyage. 1t prohibits payments
of advance wages to seamen, but provides for
the allotmeDts OF wages to seamen's to
relatives. 1t requires vessels in foreign
trade to carry slop chests with supplies of
clothing, etc, excluding however countries
and islands in North and Central America
from this obligation. 1t abolishes consulary
fees for services to vessels and provides for
the payment Of cousuls from the treasury for
such service. 1t abolishes the tonnage
tax as now imposed and prov ides
in lieu of the same for duty of three cents
per ton at each entry on vessels trading with
any port in North and Central America and
adjacent islands, incl uding the Sandwich
Islands, and six cents per ton at each entry
on all vessels from any other foreign trade (;
but it requires the President to suspend col
lections of go much of this tax on vessels
from any port in North or Central America
az may be in excess of tonnage and light
house dues imposed on American vessels by
the laws of the country in which such port is
situated. As Canada imposes no taxes
on American vessels, the bill abolishes
the tonnage on vessels trading with Canads
after July l. 1t abolishes hospital tax fol
seamen in coastwise and foreign trade, and
provides that the expense of hospital service
shall be betrayed from tonnage tax. 1t pro-
vides that supplies for American vessels ir
foreign trade may be imported in bond free
of duty. 1t provides that the drawback of IL
per cent. of duty on imported material for the
construction Of vessels on foreign account or
reexportation shall be allowed when vessels are
are partly constructed of unmported materia
in the same manner when wholly constructed
1t limits the individual liberty of ship
owner to the proportion which his interes
bears to the whole. 1t provides for the en-.
gagement of q seaman to serve on q voyage
TO any port, and exempts vessels maxim
regular and stated trips from paying fees or
re-shipping seaman, and authorizes ths
shipment of seamen in foreign ports for ,
definite voyage, or provides that seamer
shipped shall not be required to be re-shipped
II allows the painting on the stem of . vesse
the name of the port of registry or the plac,
in the same district where any of the owner
live. II exempts vessels in trade with Canad.
and Mexico from an obligation to pay . t.,
on the passenger. II repeals all compulsor,
Ilavs that oblise American vessels to carr