The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-15

served, or fresh
Qbl.....-.....
| Potatoes or yams
oa aO Tomatoes il ID " Z
| Pease (pinD ......- rs
| Beans tpint) -...- 10 Ia
o rs !ss ;s ;ss5sa Ds'.. y 4 y 4
Sugar (ounees) % 3
| Molasses pinD.. Hs 70
! Driedfruit (ounces.S ~
| Pickles (pint) "a - IA
| Vinegar (pint).....- ~
| Corn meal (ounceS)4
| Onions (ounceS) Il
Butter (ounce]...1
Mustard. pepper and salt sufflclent ior Se"'on'
| ing.
SUBSTITUTES.
zone pound of -four daily may be sub
| stituted for the daily ration OF biscuit or
| fresh Bread two ounces Of cesiccapeo
| vegetables for one pound of potatoes or
vans; six ounces of hominy oa1s
meal, or cracked wheat, or two ounces Oh
| tapioca for six ounces of rice; six ounces
of canned vegetables for one-haif pouno
| of canned tomatoes; one-eighth OF an
ounce OF tea for three-fourths of an ounce
of coffee; three-fourths of an ounce OF
4 coffee for one-eighth of an ounce OF tea;
| six ounces of canned fruit for three
! ounces of dried fruit; one-haif ounce OF
lime juice for the daily ration OF vinegar
| four ounces of oatmeal or cracked wheat
1 for one-half pint of corn meal; two ounc-'
es of picked onions for four ounces OF
fresh onions.
"When the vessel is in port and it is
possible to obtain the same. one and one
j half pounds of fresh meat shall be substi.
tuted for the daily rations of salt and
canned meat one-half pound of green
cabbage for one ration OF canned toma-
toes: one-half pound of fresh fruit for one
ration, of dried fruit Fresh fruit and
vegetables shall be served while In port II
obtainable. The seamen shall have the
option of accepting the fare the master
NAV provide, but the right at any time
to demand the foregoing scale OF provis-
ions. :,
tThe foregoing scale of provisions shall
be inserted in every article of agreement,
and shall not be reduced by any contract,
except as above, and copy OF the same
shall be posted In conspicuous place in
the galley and in the forecasts OF each
vessel"
4 Sec. "a. That section ten of chapter one
hundred and twenty-one of the laws OF
eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as
amended by section three of chapter four
hundred and twenty -one OF the laws OF
eighteen hundred and eighty-slx be, and
1 is hereby, amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 10. (a) That it shall be, and is
!, hereby. made unlawful In any case TO pay
!, any seaman wages In advance OF the time
when he has actually earned the same, or
to pay such advance wages 70 any otner
person. Any person paying such ADVANCE
: wages shall be deemed guilty OF mlsde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
, punished by a tine not less than TOUR
times the amount of the wages SO ad-
, vanced, and may also be imprisoned for
i period not exceeding six months, at the
discretion of the court. The payment OF
such advance wages shall in no case, ex
cepting rs herein provided, absolye the
} vessel or the master or owner thereof from
full payment OF wages after bne same
shall have been actually earned, and snail
J be no defense to a.libei, suit or action FOL
; the recovery of such wages. II any person
shall demand or receive, either directly d
indirectly, from any seaman or othei
person seeking employment as seaman, OF
from any person on his behalf, any re-
Enumeration whatever for providing him
: with employment. he shall for every such
7 offense be liable to penalty OF not more
9 than one hundred dollars.
al a(b) That it shall be lawful for any
Q seaman to stipulate in his shipping agree
t ment for an allotment Of any portion o
the wages which he may earn to MI
: grand parents, parents, wife, sister, OF
children. But no allotment whatever
) shall be allowed in the trade between thu
/ ports of the United States Except a
b provided in subdivision of this section
d or in trade between ports of the United
Q States and the Dominion OF Canada
4 Newfoundland, the West Indies, ant
!, Mexico.
!. "(o) That it shall be lawful for any sea
: man engaged in vessel bound from
j. port on the Atlantic to port on tn
d Pacific OF vice versa, or In vessel en-
gagged in foreign trade, except trade De
: tween the United States and the Domln
s ion of Canada or Newfoundland or tn
T,.l k1-a pavsx1 n IN Mt
to stipulated in his shipping agreement 10
r an allotment OF an amount, to be fixed D
= regulation of the Commissioner Of Navl
Q gation, with the approval of the Sscretar
d Iof the Treasury, not exceeding on
j, month wages, to an original creditor i
# liquidation of any just dent for board o
s clothing which he snay have contracte
e tprior to engagement.
l. "(d) That no allotment note shall
70 valid unless signed by and approved b
IT the shipping missioner. 1t shall b
h the duty of said commissioner to exam1n
Is such alotments and the parties to then
s. and enforce compliance with the law
,r All stipulations for the allotment OF an
: part of the wages Of q seaman during nj
absence which are made at the commence
4 ment of the voyage shall be inserted y
the agreement, and shall state IN
amounts and times of the payments to d
made and the persons ito Wnomathe pay
4 Iuents ara to be made.
"(e) That no allotment except as pre-
Z yided for in this section shall be Lawful
n Any person who shall falsely claim to
such relation as above described OF SCI
4 man under this section or shall make
\ false statement OF the nature or amour
n 4 of any debt claimed to be due from an
\ seaman under this section shall for ever
4 such offense be punishable by fine III
1 exceeding five hundred dollars or impris
B onment not exceeding six months, at tt
I discretion of the court
"(f) That this section shall apply /;
4 we'll to foreign vessels as to vessels of I'll