The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-20
CUSTOM LAWS ARE STRICT
UNCLE SAM WILL ALLOW NO
THRILLING.
Ships and Masters Must Conform or
They Incur Penalties which only the
Department can Mitigate.

Collector Stackable has imposed a fine
of $1,000 on the French bark Bossuet and
her master Victor Lordonne. This fine
is imposed under section 2774 of the Re-
Vised Statutes of the United States,
which requires that the master of every
vessel from foreign port, and every
vessel from another collection district
coming within a collection district must
report his arrival to the collector of the
district within which he comes within
| tWenty-four hours after arrival, and
file statement like manifest, within
forty-eight hours, under penalty for
neglect of either of $1,000.
The bark Bossuet arrived here at II
O'Clock a. m. October 16. The time for
reporting the arrival to the collector
expired at ii O'Clock a. m. October II.
At that time no report of her arrival
had been filed and the collector i'm
posed the fine.
When the Bossuet arrived the qua
rantine physician boarded her and
found that Captain Lordonne had put
in here for medical treatment being
severely i'll with stomach troubles, He
was taken to the hospital.
The neglect to report the arrival ap-
pears to be due partly to ignorance of
the law, partly to the sickness of the
captain, and partly to inability to
promptly find the French Consul. The
mate of the vessel came ashore to find
as 1t is the usual custom in case of the
sickness or inability of a ships master
for the consul of the country whose flag
his ship flies, to take charge of matters
for him. The present French Consul
has been here but a short time. The
consulate Is not down town and the
mate had difficulty in finding anyone
who knew where the consulate is and
did not in fact find out until too late to
make the required report within the
time limit.
The fine was imposed by the collector
as required by law. The master and
| vessel may appeal to the Secretary of
the Treasury for a remission of all or
| part of the fine. If the bark sails from
here without paying the fine she will
find 1t awaiting for her at her port of
| destination, probably augmented, and
besides revenue cutter will doubtless
| be out looking for her.
| Every fine and penalty so far i'm
posed by Collector Stackable has been
approved by the Treasury Department.
In some cases there has been a rec om-
| mendation for a remission of part of
| the fine by the collector and in these
cases the recommendation has been ap-
proved.
The first fine levied was 5000 on the
Doric for bringing H. p. Baldwin here
contrary to the navigation laws. There
| was an appeal from this fine but the
Department affirmed the fine. In the
case of the Marion Chilcott fined $4,000
| for beginning to discharge without a
permit the Department RENTED all
but 5000 of the fine. In the case of the
American ship Invincible where the
customs seals were found broken and
a fine of $500 was imposed, the Depart
| ment remitted $3.50 of 1t. The J. M.
| WeatherwaX which came here without
proper clearance from her port of
| departure had her fine of 500 remitted,
| because 1t was as much the fault Of
the collector at the port of departure as
| of the master. The schooner William
| Olsen which came from South Bend,
| Washington, without any clearance at
| all was fined the statutory fine of 800
| but secured a remission of all but $15
| of it.
The Emma Claudne which arrived at
Kahului without proper clearance was
| fined. Collector Stackable has just re-
| ceived word from the Department that
| this fine will be remtted.
| The schooner Eva incurred a like
penalty.