Year: 1872

| E0dV Is TO say ETsL, d SldGGmGuE. OF Gui


amount of money SO left by the deceased


secondly, in case of a sale, description o


each article sold; and the sum received fol


each thirdly, statement of the sum dut


to deceased as wages, and the total amount
of deductions, if any, to be made therefrom


and shall cause such entry to be attested by


the mate and one of the crew.


SEC. A. That in cases provided for by


the last preceding section the following


rules shall be observed: First, if tile ship


proceeds at once to any port in the UAited


States, the master shall, within forty


eight hours after his arrival, deliver


any such effects as aforesaid remaining


unsold, and pay any money which he has


taken charge of, or received from such sale


as aforesaid and also the balance of wages


due to the deceased, to the shipping com


missioner at the port of destination in the


United States; secondly, if the ship touches


and remains at some foreign port before
coming to any port in the United States,


the master shall report the case to the


United States consular officer there. and
| shall give to such. officer any information


he requires as to the destination of the ship


and probable length of the voyage; and


such officer may, if he considers it expe-
| dent SO to do, require the said effects,
money and wages to be delivered and paid


to him, and shall, upon such delivery and
| payment, give to the master receipt and
| the master shall within forty-eight hours


after his arrival at his port of destination


in the United States produce the same to
| the shipping commissioner there; and such


consular officer shall in such case indorse


and certify upon the agreement with the


crew, the particulars with respect to


such delivery and payment; thirdly, if


such officer as aforesaid does not re-
| quire such payment and delivery to be


made to him, the master shall take charge


of the said effects, money and wages, and


shall, within forty-eight hours after his arri-
| val at his port of destination in the United


States, deliver and pay the same to the


shipping commissioner there; fourthly, the
| master shall IN all cases in which any sea-


man or apprentice dies during the progress
| OF the voyage or engagement, TO give to
| such officer or shipping commissioner as
| aforesaid an account, in such form as they
| may respectively require, of the effects,


money and wages SO to be delivered and
paid, and no deductions claimed in such ac-
count shall be allowed unless verified, if
there is any official log book, by such entry
therein as hereinbefOre required; and also
by such other vouchers (if any as may be
| reasonably required by the officer or ship


ping commissioner to whom the account is


rendered; filthy, upon due compliance


with such of the provisions of this section as
relates to acts to be done at the port of des-
tination in the United States, the shipping
commissioner shall grant to the master a
certificate to that effect, and no officer of
customs shall clear inward any foreign go
ing ship without the production of such GER
hhCate.


SEC. IS. That if any master fails to take
such charge of the money or other effects of
a seaman or apprentice during a voyage, or
to make such entries in respect thereof
or to procure such attestatiOn to such
entries, or to make such payment or de-
livery OF any money, wages, or effects Of
any seaman or apprentice dying during
voyage, or to. give such account in respect
thereof as hereinbefore respectfully direct
ed, he shall be accountable for the m0nev
wages and effects OF the seaman or appren-
tice to the judicial circuit court in whose
jurisdiction such port of destination is sit
uate, and shall pay and deliver the same
accordingly; and such master shall, in addi-
tion for every such Offense, incur a penalty
not exceeding treble the value of'the money
or effects, or, if such value is not ascer-
tained not exceeding two hundred dollars;
and IT any such money, wages, or effects
are not duly paid, delivered, and accounted
for by the master, the owner of the ship
shall pay, deliver and account for the same
and such money and wages and the value
of such effects shall be recoverable from
him accordingly; and if he fails to account
tor and pay the same, he shall, in addition
W LIS IldUllIIg 1OE bUS SdIl money ana
value, incur the same penalty which is
hereInbefOre mentioned as incurred by the
master for like Otfense; and all money,
wages, and effects of any seaman or appren-
tice dying during voyage shall be recov-
cradle in the same coufts and by the
same modes of proceeding by which sea-
men are enabled to recover wages due to
them.


SEC. 46. That if any such seaman or ap-
rNro 1r-+ +1E,,, i
out OF the United States, leaving any money
or effects motor board of his ship, the United
States consul or commercial agent at or
nearest the place shall claim and take
charge of such money and effects; and such
officer shall, if he thinks fit, sell all or any
OF such effects, or any effects of any de-
ceased seaman or apprentice delivered to
him under the provisions of this act. and |
shall quarterly remit to the judge OF the
district court of ths port from which such |
ship sailed, or the port where the voyage |
terminates, all moneys belonging to or |
arising from the sale of the effects or paid |
as the wages of any deceased seamen or |
apprentices which have come to his hands |
under the provisions hereinbefore con
talned, and shall render such accounts |
thereof as the district Judge requires


SEC AZ, That whenever any seaman or
apprentice dies in the United States, and is
at the time OF his death entitled to claim |
from the master0r owner any ship in which |
he has served any unpaid wages or effects,
such master or owner shall pay and deliver, |
or account for the same, to the shipping
commissioner at the port where the seaman
or apprentice was discharged, or was to
have been discharged.


SEC. 4S. That every shipping commissioner
in the United States shall, within one week
from the date of receiving any such money
wages or effects OF any deceased seaman or
pay, remit or deliver to the cir
cult court of the circuit in which he resides
the SAID money, wages or effects. subject to
such deductions as may be allowed by the
circuit. court Tor expenses incurred iI@m
5pect to said money and effects: and shoult
any commissioners fail to pay, remit and de-
liver to the circuit court within the time
hereinbefore mentioned, he shall incur q
penalty not exceeding treble the amount of
the value of such money and effects.


SEC" 49. That if the money and effects of
any seaman cor apprentice paid, remitted or
to the circuit court, including the
moneys received for any part of said effects
which have been sold, either before de-
livery to the circuit court, or BY its direc>
IONS, do not exceed in value the sum of
hree hundred dollars, then, subject to
he provisions hereinafter contained and
% all such deductions for expenses in
'urred IN respect to the seaman or appren-
ice, or of his said money and effects. as tbe
i'd court thinks fit to allow, the said courts
nay, if it thinks fit so to do, pay and de-
lYer the said money and effects either to
my claimants who can prove themselves to
ne satisfaction OF the court either to be his
widow or children, or to be entitled to the
fleets Of the, deceased under his will fif
N.Y., or under the statute for the distribu- {