Year: 1872

punished therefor by imprisonment or
| otherwise, the court hearing the case NAV
| direct part of the wages due to such sea
man, not exceeding fifteen dollars, to be
| applied in reimbursing any costs properly
! incurred by the master in procuring such
conviction and punishment


| SEC. 58. That every ship making voyages
| as described IN section twelve OF this act
| shall have an "official log book" and every
master of such ship shall make, or catlse to
! be made therein, entries of the following
matters, that is to say: First, every legal
! conviction of any member of. his crew, and
| the punishment inflicted: secondly. every
otfense committed by any member of his
! crew for which it is intended to prosecute,
or to enforce a forfeiture, together with
| such statement concerning the reading
! over such entry, and concerning the
| reply, if any, made to the charge, as here
| inbefoGe required; thirdly every ottense
for which punishment is inflicted on board,
| and the punishment inflicted; fourthly,
| statement of the conduct, character, and
| qualifications of each Of his crew, OF a state
| ment that he declines to give an opinion of
such particulars; filthy, every case of i'll
! ness or injury happening to any member of
| the crew, with the nature thereof, and the
medical treatment Cif amy; sixthly, every
| case of death happening on hoard, with the
cause thereof; seventhly, every birth hap
pening on board, with the sex Of the infant,
and the names of the parents; eighthly,
| every marriage taken place on board, with
the names and ages Of the parties; ninthly,
the name of every seaman or apprentice
| who ceases to be a member of the crew
otherwise than by death, with the place,
time, manner and cause thereof; tenthly,
the wages due to any seaman or apprentice
who dies during the voyage, and the gross
amount of all deduc ti0ns to be made there
from; eleventhly, the sale OF the effects OF
any seaman or apprentice who dies during
the voyage, including statement of each
| article sold, and the sum received for it.


SEC. SO. That every entry hereby re
quired to be made in the official log
book shall. be signed by the master
and by the mate, or some other one
of the crew, and every entry in the
official log book shall be made as soon as
possible after the occurrence to which it
relates and, if not made on the same day
as the occurrence to which it relates, shall
be made and dated so as to show the date
of the occurrence, and of the entry respect
ing it; and in no case shall any entry there
in in respect of any occurrence happening
previously to the arrival of the ship at her
final port be made more than twenty four
hours after such arrival.


SEC. so. That if in any case the official
log book is not kept. in the manner hereby
required or if any entry hereby directed
to be made in any such log book is not
made at the time and in the manner hereby
directed, the master shall, for each such
otfense, incur a penalty not exceeding
twenty-five dollars; and every person who
makes, or procures to be made, or assists
in making, any entry in any official log
book in respect of any occurrence happen
ing previously to the arrival of the ship at
her final port of discharge, more than
! twenty-four hours after such arrival, shall,
for each offense, incur penalty not exceed
ing one hundred and fifty dollars.


PROTECTION OF sEAMEN.


SEC. 81. That no wages due or accruing
to any seaman or apprentice shall be sub
ject to attachment or arrestment from any
court; aud every payment of wages to a
seaman or apprentice shall be valid in law,
Notwithstanding any previous sale OF as
| Signment of such wages, or OF any attach
ment incumbrance, or arrestment thereon;
and no assignment or sale OF such wages,
or of salvage made prior to the accruing
thereof shall bind the party making the
same, except such advanced securities as
are provided for in this act.


SEC. 60. That every person who not being
in the.United States service, and not beng
duly authorized by law for the purpose,
goes on board any ship about to arrive at
the place of her destination before her ac-
tual arrival, and before she has been com
pletely moOred, without permission of the





penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars,
and shall be liable to imprisonment for any
| period not exceeding six months and the
| master or person in charge Of said ship may
take any such person so going on board as
aforesaid into custody, and deliver him up
| forthwith to any constable or police officer,
to be by him taken before any justice OF the
peace, and to be dealt with according to
/ the provisions of this act.
i SEC. So. That it, within twenty-fOur hours
after the arrival of any ship at any port IN
| the United States, any person, then beng
on board such ship, solcIts any seaman TO
| become lodger at the house of any person
letting lodgings for hire, or takes out OF
such ship any effects of any seaman, ex-
cept under his personal direction, and with
| the permission Of the master, he shall, for
every such offense, incur penalty not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars, or shall be liable to
imprisonmenb for any period not exceeding
| three months.


SEC. GA. That all penalties and forfeitlres
imposed by this act, and for the recovery
whereof no specific mode is hereinbefore
| provided, shall and may be recovered with
costs, either in any circuit court OF the
United States, at the suit fanY district attor-
ney of the United States, or at the suit OF any
person by information to any district attor-
| ney in any port of the United States, where
| or near to where the offense shall be COM
mitted or the offender shall be; and in case
of a conviction under this act, and the sum
imposed as penalty by the court shall not
be paid either Immediately after the
conviction or within such period as
the court shall at the time of the conviction
appoint, it shall be lawful for the court to
commit the offender to prison, there to be
imprisoned for the term or terms hereinbe-
fore provided in case of such ottense, the
commitment to be terminable upon payment
of the amount and costs; and all penalties
| and forfeitures mentioned in this act, for
which no special application is hereinbetore
provided, shall, when recovered, be paid
and applied in manner following, that is to
say: SO much as the court shall determine,
and the residue shall be paid to the court
and be remitted from time to time, by order
of the Judge, to the treasury of the United
States, and appropriated as provided for IN
I section fifty of this act; provided always
that it shall be lawful for the court before
which any proceeding shall be institnted
for the recovery of any pecuniary penalty
imposed by this act, to mitigate or reduce
such penalty as to such court shall appear
1 lust and reasonable; but no such penalty
shall be reduced to less than one-third Of
it's original amount; provided, also, that all
proceedings SO to be instituted shall be
commenced within two years next after the
commission of the Offense If the same shall
have been committed at or beyond the
Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, or with
in one year if committed elsewhere, or
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