Year: 1872

secondly, in case of a sale, description 0.


each article sold; and the sum received fol
! each; thirdly, statement of the sum due


to deceased as wages, and the total amount


of deductions, if any, to be made theretrom
! and shall cause such entry to be attested by


the mate and one of the crew.


SEC Al. That in cases provided for by


the last preceding section the following


rules shall be observed: First, if the ship
! proceeds at once to any port in the United
| 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 n 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 fUrty-eight hours
after bis 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; fourthIy, 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, III 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 hcreinbefore 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-


tipation 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 60
ing ship without the production of such GER
tifcate.


Sec. As. 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-
IIyTEp nt aV1yv o+I ants 1f
any seaman or apprentice dying during a
voyage, or to give such account in respect
thereof as hereinbetore respectfully direct
ed, he shall be accountable for the money,
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
acC0rGingly; and such master shall, in addi-
ton for every such ofense, incur a penalty
not exceeding treble the value Of the money
or effects, or. if such value is not ascer-
tanned, not exceeding two hundred dollars;
and if 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
for and pay the same, he shall, in addition !
80 his liability for the said money and
value, incur the same penalty which is
hereInbefore mentioned as incurred by the
master f0T like oifense; and all money,
wages, and effects Of any seaman or appren-
tee dying during voyage shall be recOv-
cradle in the same cou ts 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-
prentice ae last aforesaid dies at any place
OUT of the United States, leaving any money
or effects not OH 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, il he thinks fit, sell all or anv
OF such effects, or any effects OF anY de- |
ceased seaman or apprentice delivered to |
him under the provisions OF this act, and |
sl'ai quarterly remit to the judge OF the |
district court OF the 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 |
which have come to his hands |
under the provisions hereinbefore con
tanned, and shall render such accounts
thereof as the district Judge requires.


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


SEC. 4S. That every shipping commissioner
n the United States shall, within one week
from the date of receiving any such money,
wages CT effects of any deceased seaman or
pay, remit Or deliver to the cir
2uit court of the circuit in which he resides,
he said money, wages or effects, subject to
'uch deductions as may be allowed by the |
circuit court for expenses incurred in re
pect to said money and effects; aud should
my commissioner fail to pay, remit and de-
Iver TO the circuit court within the time |
lereinbefore mentioned, he shall incur
penalty not exceeding treble the amount of
he value of such money and effects.


SEC. 49. That if the money and effects Of
my seaman or 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-
IoDS, Go not exceed in value the sum of
hree hundred dollars, then, subject to
he provisions hereinafter contained, and
o all such deductions for expenses in
urred III respect to the seaman or appren-
Ice, CT OF his said money and effects, as the
i'd court thinks fit to allow, the said courts
nay, il it thinks. fit so to do, pay and de-
lver the said money and effects either to
my claimants who can prove themselves to
he satisfaction Of the court either to be his
widow or children, or to be entitled to the
fleets of the deceased under his will if
DE), or under the statute for the distribu-
lOn OF the effects of intestates, or under
ny other statute, or at common law, or to
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