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All kinds of Tonics and Pomades kept onhand and for sale. fap19,71-6n2 *.il zr -.-' --74, • i.`" , ••0•• .. . • tl. . • 0 a f.. • - -. r il : 7 i c: , . ..7 . , ~ .,r , ,, • _ 1,,,, nti d_ , J ourna l . _ • [OrFicIAL.] LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. [GENERAL NATURE-NO. 114.] AN ACT to authorize the appointment of shipping commissioners by the several cir cuit courts of the United States, to superin tend the shipping and discharge of seamen engaged in merchant ships belonging to the United States, and for the further protec Lion of seamen. Be it enacted by the Senate and louse of Be presentat;,es of the United States of America in Conysess assembled, That the several circuit courts of the United States, in which circuits there is a sea port or sea ports for which there is a collector of customs, or in which there is a port of entry, shall appoint a commissioner for such sea port within their respective cir cuits as in their judgment may require the same, and which shall also be ports of ocean navigation ; such commissioners to be termed "shipping commissioners ;" and may, from time to time, remove from office any of the said commissioners whom it may have reason to believe does not properly pert .rm his duties ; and shall provide for the proper performance of puch duties until another person is duly ap pointed in his place ; shall regulate the mode of conducting business in the shipping offices to be established by the shipping commission ers as hereinafter provided ; and shall have full and crimplete Control over the saint, sub ject to the provisions herein contained. SEC. 2. That every shipping commissioner so appointed shall enter into bonds to the United States, conditioned for the faithful per formance of the duties required in his office, for a sum, in the discretion of the circuit judge, of not less than five thousand dollars, with two good and sufficient securities there for, to be approved by said judge; and shall take and subscribe the following oath before entering upon the ditties of his office : "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case my be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States ; and that I will truly and faith fully the duties of a shipping, com missioner to the best of my ability, and ac cording to law.' Said oath shall be indorsed on the commission or certificate of appoint ment, and signed by him, and certified by the officer before whom such oath or affirmation shall have been taken. Sec. 3. That any shipping commissioner may engage a clerk or clerks to assist him in the transaction of the business of the shipping office, at his own proper cost, and may, in case of necessity, depute such clerk or clerks to act for him in his official capacity ; but the shipping commissioner shall be held respon sible for the acts of every such clerk or dep uty, and will be personally liable for any pen alties such clerk or deputy may incur by the violation of any of the provisions of this act ; and all acts done by a clerk, as such deputy, shall be as valid and binding as if done by the shipping commissioner. Each shipping com missioner shall provide a seal with which he shall authenticate all his officials acts, on which seal shall bo engraved the arms of the United States and the name of the sea port or district for which lie is commissioned. Any instrument, either printed or written, purport ing to be the official act of a shipping coin mis.sioner, and purporting to be under the seal and signature of such shipping commissioner, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the official character of such instrument, and of the truth of the facts therein set forth. Sec. 4. That every shipping commissioner shall lease, rent or procure at his own cost, suitable premises for the transaction of busi ness, and for the preservation of books and other documents connected therewith, and which premises shall be styled "the shipping commissioner's aloe." And the general busi ness of a shipping commissioner shall be, first, to afford facilities for engaging seamen ey keeping a register of their names and char. acters ; secondly, to superintend their engage went and discharge, in manner hereinafter mentioned ; thirdly, to provide means for se curing the presence on board at the proper times of men who are so engaged ; fourthly, to facilitate the making of apprenticeships to the sea service ; and to perform such other duties relating to merchant sea men and mer chant ships as are hereby or may hereafter, under the powers herein contained, be com mitted to him. SEC. 5. That such fees, not exceeding the sums specified in the table marked "A' in the schedule hereto annexed, shall be payable upon all engagements and discharges effected before shipping commissioners as hereinafter mentioned, and such shipping commissioners shall cause a scale of the fees payable to be prepared, and to be conspicuously placed in the shipping office ; and the shipping commis sioner may refuse to proceed with any engage ment or discharge unless the fees payable thereon are first paltl. SEC. 6. That every owner, consignee, agent, or master of a ship engaging or discharging any seamen or seaman in a shipping office, or before a shipping commissioner, shall pay to shipping commissioner the whole of the fees hereby made payble in respect ofauch engage ment or discharge, and may, for the purpose of in part reimbursing himself, deduct in res pect of each such engagement or discharge, from the wages of all persons (except appren tices) so engaged or discharged, and retain any sums not exceeding the sums specified in that behalf in the table marked "B" in the schedule hereto annexed. SEC. 7. That any shipping commissioner, or any clerk or employee in any shipping office, who shall demand or receive any remunera tion whatever, either directly or indirectly, for hiring or supplying any seaman for any mer chant ships, excepting the lawful fees paya ble under this act, shall, for every such offense, incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars. SEc. 8. That in the case of any place or port in which no shipping commissioner shall have been appointed, then the whole or any part of the business of a shipping commissioner shall be conducted by the collector or dupty collector of customs of such place or port ; and in re spect of such business such customs house shall be deemed a shipping office, and the col lector or deuply collector of customs to whom such business shall be committed shall for all purposes be deemed a shipping commissioner within the meaning of this act •, and any person other than a commissioner under this act who shall perform, or attempt to perform, either directly or indirectly, the duties which are by this act sot forth as pertaining to a "shipping commissioner," shall incur a penalty not ex ceeding five hundred dollars Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed as as to prevent the owner, or consignee; or master of any ship, except such as are described in sec tion twelve of this act, from performing him self, so farms the said ships are concerned, the duties of shipping commissioner under this act. SEC. 9. That every shippinr , commissioner appointed under this act shall, if applied to for the purpose of apprenticing boys to the sea service by any masters or owners of ships, or by any person or persons legally qualified, give such assistance as in their power for facilita ting the making of such apprenticeships ; but the shipping commissioner shall ascertain that the boy has voluntarily consented to be bound, and that the parents o: guardian of said boy have consented to said apprenticeship, and has attained the age of twelve years, and is of suf ficent health and strength, and that the mas ter to whom the boy is bound is a proper per son for the purpose : Provided, That said ap .prenticethip shall terminate when the appren tice becomes eighteen year of age. And the shipping commissioner may receive from the person availing themselves of such assistance the fees contained in table "C" in the schedule hereto annexed. And the shipping commis sioner shall keep a register of all indentures of apprenticeship made before him. SEC. 10. That the master of every foreign going ship shall, before carrying any appren tice to sea from anyplace in the United States, cause such apprentice to appear before the shipping commissioner before whom the crew is engaged, and shall produce to him the in denture by which such apprentice is bound, and the assignment or assignments thereof, (if any,) and the name of said apprentice, with the date of the indenture and the assignment or assignments thereof, (if any) shall be en tered on the agreement; and no sach aseign- meet shall be made without the approval of a commissioner, the apprentice, his parents, or his guardian. And for any default in obey ing the provisions of this section, the master shall, for each °Tense, incur a penalty not ex ceeding one hundred dollars. Scc. 11. That if any person shall demand or receive, either directly or indirectly, from any seaman seeking employment as a seaman, or from any person on his behalf, any remuneration whatever, other 'than the fees hereby authorized, for providing him with employment, he shall, for every such of fence, incur a penalty not exceeding one hum dred dollars. Sec. 12. That the master of every ship bound from a port in the United States to any foreign port, or of any ship of the burden of seventy five tons or upward, bound from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall, before he proceeds on such voyage, make an agreement, in writing or in print, with every seaman whom he car ries to era as ouc of the crew, in the manner hereinafter mentioned; and every such agree ment shall be iu the form, as near as may be, as hereunto in table "D," in the schedule an sexed, and shall be dated at the time•of the first signature thereof, and shall be signed by the master before any seaman signs the same, and shall contain the following particulars, that is to say : First, the nature and, as far as possible, the duration of the intended voyage or engagement, and the port or country at which the voyage is to terminate; secondly, the number and description of the crew, specifying their respective employments; thirdly, the time at which each seaman is to be on board to begin work; fourthly, the ca pacity in which each seaman is to serve; fifthly, the amount of wages each seaman is to receive; sixthly, a scale of the provisions which are to be furnished to each seaman; seveuthly, any regulations as to conduct on board, and as to fines, short allowance of pro visions, or other lawf_l 'punishments for mis conduct as may be sanctioned by Congress as regulations proper to be adopted, and which the parties agree to adopt; eighthly, any stipulations in reference to advance and allot ment of wages, or other matters not contrary to law : Provided, That whenever the master of any vessel shall engage his crew, or any of the came, in any customs district where no shipping commissioner shall hare been ap • pointed under section one of this act, he may perform for himself the duties of such com missioner, in like manner as is provided by the provison of section eight of this act Pro vided further, That this section shall not ap ply to masters of vessels where the seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to par ticipate in the profits or result of a cruise or voyage, nor to masters of coastwise nor to masters of lake going vessels that touch at foreign ports; but seaman may, by agreement, serve on board such vessels a definite time, or on the return of any vessel to a port in the United States may reship and sail in the same vessel on another voyage without the payment of additional fees to the shipping commissioner by either the seaman or the master. SEC. 13. That the following rules shall be Observed with respect to agreements : First, every agreement (except in cases of agree ments as arc hereinafter specially provided for) shall be signed by each seaman in the presence of a shipping commissioner ; second ly, when the crew is first engaged the agree ment shall be signed In duplicate, and one part ehall be retained by the shipping commission er, and the other part shall contain a special place or form for the description and signs tures of persons engaged subsequently to the first departure of the ship, and shall be de livered to the master; thirdly, every agfree meet entered into before a shipping commis sioner shall be acknowledged and certified under the hand and official seal of such corn missioner, and shall be indorsed on or annex ed to such agreement, and such certificate of acknowledgment shall be in form and manner following, to wit: "State of-, county of - : "On this ----hay of --, personally appeared before me, a shipping commissioner in and for the said county, A. B , C. D., and E. F., severally known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument, who each for himself acknowledged to me that he had read or heard the same; that he was by one made acquainted with the conditions thereof, and understood the same; and that, while sober and not in a state of intoxication, he signed it freeley and voluntarily, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned." Sec. 14. That, first, if any person shall be carried to sea as one of the crew on board of any ship making a yoyage as hereinbefore specified without entering into an agreement with the master of said ship, in the form and manner and at the place and times hereby in such offense shall incur a penalty not exceed ing two hundred dollars Provided always, That the ship shall not be held liable for any person carried to sea who shall have secretly stowed away himself without the knowledge of captain, mate, or any of the officers of the ship, or who shall have falsely personated himself to the captain, math, or officers of the ship for the purpose Of being carried to sea; secondly, if any master, mate, or other officer of a ship knowingly receives, or accepts to be entered on board of any merchant ship, any seaman who has been engaged or supplied contrary to the provisions of this act, the ship on board of which such seaman shall be found shall, for every such seaman, be liable to and incur a pena.ty of a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars: Provided further, That in case of desertion, or of casualty resulting in the loss of one or more seamen, the master may ship a number equal to the number of whose services he has been deprived by de scrtiou or casualty, and report the same to the United States consul at the the first port at which he shall arrive, without incurring such penalty. SEC. It. That every master of a merchant ship of the United States who engages any seaman at a place out of the United States, in which there is a consular officer or commer cial agent, shall, before carrying such seaman before such officer; and the same rules as are hereinbefore contained with respect to the en gagement of seamen before a shipping com missioner in the United States shall apply to such engagements made before consular of fiver or commercial agent; and upon every such engagement the consular officer or com mercial agent shall endorse upon the agree ment his sanction thereof, and an attestation to the effect that the same has been signed in his presence, and otherwise made as hereby required ; and every master who engages any seaman in any place in which there is a con sular officer or commercial agent otherwise than as hereinbefore required shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, for which penalty the ship shall be held liable; and all such agreements so made shall be made void, and the seaman so engaged shall be entitled to recover the highest rate of wages of the port from which the seaman was ship ped. SEC. 16. That all stipulations for the allot meat of any part of the wages of a seaman during his absence which are made at the commencement of the voyage shall be inserted in the agreement, and shall state the amounts and times of the payments to be made, and the persons to whom such payments are to be made, SEC. 17. That no advance of wages shall be made or advance security given to any per son but to seaman himself, or to his wife or mother; and no advance of wages shall be made, or advance security given, unless the agreement contains a stipulation for the same, and an accurate statement of- the amount thereof; and no advance wages or advance security shall be given to any seaman except in the presence of the shipping commissioner. Sec. 18. That if any advance of wages is made or advance security given to any seaman in any such manner as to constitute a breach of any of the above provisions, the wages of such seaman shall be recoverable by him as if no such advance had been made or promised; and in the ease of any advance security so given no pers.. shall be sued thereon unless he was a party to such breach. Sec. 19. That whenever any advance secu• rity is discounted for any seaman, such sea man shall sign or set his mark to a receipt indorsed on the security, stating the sum ac tunny paid or accounted for to-him by the person discounting the same ; .d if the sea man sails in the ship from the port of depar ture mentioned in the security, and is then duly earning his wages, or is previously dis charged with the consent of the master, but not otherwise, the person discounting the seenrityrnay, ten days after the final depart ure of the ship from the said port of departure HUNTINGDON, PA., NOVEMBER 0, 1872 entioned in the security, sue for and recover the amount promised by the security, with costs, either from the owner or from any angent who has drawn or authorized the drawing of the security, in any justice's or other competent court; and in any suzli proceeding it shall be sufficient for such person to prove the security was given by the owner or master, or some other authorized agent, and that the same was discounted to and receipted by the seaman, and the seaman shall be presumed to have sailed in the ship from such port as aforesaid, aol to be duly earning his wages, unless the contrary is proved:- SEC. 20. that the master shall, at the com mencement of every voyage or engagement, cause a legible copy of the agreement (omit ting signatures) to be placed or posted up in such part of the ship as to be accessible to the crew; and on default shall, fur each offense, incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars. SEC. 21. That any seaman who has signed an agreement and is afterwards discharged before the commencement of the voyage or before one month's wages arc earned, without fault on his part just fying such discharge, and without his consent, shall be entitled to receive from the master or owner, in addition to any wages he may have earned, a sum equal in amount to one month's wages as compen sation as if it were wages duly earned. SEC. 22. That all seamen discharged in the United States from merchant ships engaged in voyages as described in section twelve of th is act shall be discharged and receive their wages in the presence of a duly authorized shipping commissioner under this act, except in cases where anise competent court other wise directs ; and any master or owner of any such ship who discharges any such seaman belonging thereto, or, except as aforesaid, pays his wages within the United States in any other manner, shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. Sec. 23. That every master shall, not less than forty eight hours before paying off or discharging any seaman, deliver to him, or if ho is to be discharged before a shipping com missioner, to such shipping commissioner, a full acd true account of his wages, and all deductions to be made therefrom on any ac count whatsoever; and in default shall, for each offense, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars; and no deduction from the wages of any seaman (except in respect of any mat ter happening after such delivery) shall be allowed, unless it is included in the account delivered: and the master shall, during the voyage;enter the various matters in respect to which such deductions are made, with the amounts of the respective deductions as they occur, in a book to be kept for that purpose, to be called the "Official Log Book," as here inafter provided, and shall, if required, pro duce such book at the time of the payment of wages, and, also, upon the hearing, before any competent authority, of any complaint or question relating to such payment. SEC. 24. That upon the discharge of any seaman, or upon payment of his wages, the master shall sign and give him a certificate of discharge, specifying the period of his service and the time and place of discharge, in the form hereto annexed, marked "E ;" and if any master fails to sign and give to any such sea man such seaman such certificate and dis charge, he shall, for each such offense, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars Provid ed, That the proviso annexed to section twelve, which applies to masters of vessels engaging seamen under that proviso, shall also apply to such masters of vessels in the discharge of seamen. Sec. 25. That every shipping commissioner shall hear and decide any question whatsoever between a master, consignee, agent, or owner, and any of his crew, which both parties agree in writing to submit to him • and every award so made by him shall be binding on both par ties, and shall, in any legal proceedings which may be taken in the matter, before any court of justice, be deemed to be conclusive as to the rights of parties, and any document pur porting to be under the hand and official seal of a commissioner, such submission or award shall be prima facie evidence thereof. SEC. 26. That in any procteding relating to the wages, claims, or discharge of any seaman, carried on before any shipping commissioner, under the provision of this act, such shipping commissioner may call upon the owner, or his•agent, or upon the master, or any mate, or any other member of the crew, to produce any log books, papers, or other documents in their respective possession or power, relating to any matter in question in such proceedings, and may call before him and examine any of such persons, being then at or near the place, on any such matter; and ever owner, agent, master, mate, or other member of the crew who when called upon by the- shipping com missioner, does not produce any such books, papers, or documents as aforesaid, if in his possession or power, or does not appear and give evidence, shall, unless he shows some reasonable causefor such a default, for each offense incur a penalty not exceening one hundred dollars, and, on application being made by the shipping commissioner, shall be further punished, in the discretion of the court, as in other cases of contempt of the process of the court. Sec. 27. That the fallowing rules shall be observed with respect to the settlement of wages, that is to say: First, upon the com pletion, before a shipping commissioner, of any discharge and settlement, the master or owner and each seaman respectively, in the presence of the shipping commissioner, shall sign a mutual release of all claims for wages in respect of tae past voyage or engagement, and the shipping commissioner shall also sign and attest it, and shall retain it in a book to be kept for that purpose : Provided, That both the master and seaman assent to such settlement has been adjusted by the shipping commissioner : secondly, such release so signed and attested shall operate as a mutual dis charge and settlement of all demands for wages between the parties thereto, on account of wages, in respect of the past voyage or en gagement ; thirdly, a copy of such release, certified under the hand and seal of such shipping commissioner to be a true copy, shall be given by him to any party thereto requiring the same, and such copy shall be receivable in evidence upon any future question touching such claims as aforesaid, and shall have all the effect of the original of which it purports to be a copy; fourthly, in cases in which dis charge and settlement before a shipping com missioner are hereby required, no payment, receipt, settlement, or discharge otherwise made, shall operate as evidence of the release 01 satisfaction of any claim; fifthly, upon payment being made by a master before a shipping commissioner, the shipping commis sioner shall, if required, sign and give to such master a statement of the whole amount so paid, and such statement shall, between the master and his employer, be received as evi dence that he has made the payments therein mentioned. Sec. 28. That every discharge effected be fore a shipping commissioner the master shall make and sign, in a form marked "E," in schedule hereto annexed, a report of the con duct, character, and qualifications of the persons discharged, or may state on said form that he declines to give any opinion upon such particulars, or upon any of them; and the commissioner shall keep a register of the same, and shall, if desired so to do by any seaman, give to him or indorse on his certifi cate of discharge a copy of so much of such report as concerns him. Sec. 29. That every seaman, being a for eigner, who declares his intention of becom. ing a citizen of the United States in any competent court, and shall have served three years on board of a merchant ship or ships of the United States subsequent to the date of such declaration, may, on his application to any competent court, and the production of his certificate of discharge and good conduct during that time, together with the certificate of his declaration of intention to become a citizen, be admitted a citizen of the United States ; and every seaman, being a foreigner, shall, after his declaration of intention to be come a citizen of the United States, and shall have served said three years, be deemed a citizen of the United States for the purpose of manning and serving on board any merchant ship of the United States, anything to the contrary in any previous act of Congress not withstanding; but such seaman shall, for all purposes of protection as an American citizen, be deemed such, after the tiling of his declar ation of intention to become such citizen. SEC. 30. That a seaman's right to wages and provisions shall be Miceli to commence either It the time at which ho commences work, or at the time specified in the agreement for his commencement of work or presence on board, whichever first happens. SEC. 31. That no seaman shall by sty agree ment other than is provided by this act forfeit his lien upon the ship, or be deprived of any remedy for the recovery of his wages to which he would otherwise have been entitled; and every stipulation in and agreement inconsist cut with any provision of this act, and every stipulation by which .y seaman consents to abandon his right to his wages in the case of the loss of the ship, or to abandon any right which ho may have or obtain in the nature of salvage, shall be wholly inoperative. SEC. 32. That no right to wages shall be dependent on the earning of freight by the ship, and every seaman and apprentice who would be entitled to demand and receive any wages if the ship on which lie has served had earned freight shall, subject to all other rules of law and conditions applicable to the case, be entitled to claim and recover the same of the master or owner in personae', notwith standing that freight has been earned; but in all cases Of wreck or loss of ship, proof that be has not exerted himself to the utmost to save the ship, cargo, and stores shall bar his claim. —.— Ste. 33. That in cases where the service of any seaman terminates before the perioli con templated in the agreement, by reason of the wreck or loss of the ship, such seaman shall be entitled to wages for the time of service prior to such termination, but not for any further period. Sac. 34. That no seaman or apprentice shall be entitled to wages for any period during which he unlawfully refuses or neglects to work when required, after the time fixed by the agreement for his beginning work, nor, unles the court hearing the case otherwise directs, for any period during which he is law fully imprisoned for any offense committed by him. SEC. 35. That the master or owner of any ship making voyages as bereinbefore described in section twelve of this act, except foreign going ships, shall pay to every seaman his wages within two days after the termination of the agreement, or at the time such seaman is discharged, whichever first happens ; and in the case of foreign going ships, within three days after the cargo has been delivered, or within five days after the seaman's discharge, whichever first happens ; and in all cases the seaman shall, at the time of his discharge, be entitled to be paid, on account, a sum equal to one fourth part of the balance due to him ; and every master or owner who neglects or'. refuses to make payment in manner aforsaid without sufficient cause satin pay to the sea man a sum not exceeding ten days, tiering which payment is delayed beyond the respect ive periods aforsaid ; and such sum shall be recoverable as wages in any claim made be fore the court: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the masters or owners of any vessels where the seaman is entitled share in the profit of the cruise or voyage. SEC. 36. That any three or more of the crew of any merchant ship of the United States, as described in section twelve of this act, may complain to any officer in command of any of the ships of the United States navy, or any American consular officer, or any shipping commissioner, or any chief of the customs, that the provisions or water for the use of the crew are at any time of bad quality, unfit for use, or deficient in quantity ; such officer shall thereupon examine the said provisions or water, or cause them to be examined; and if on examination such provisions or water are found to be of bad quality end unfit for use, or be deficient in quantity, the person making such examination shall signify the same in writing to the master of the ship ; and if such master does not thereupon provide other proper provisions or water, where the same can be had, in lieu of any so signified to be of a bad quality and unfit for use, or does not procure the requisite quantity of any so signi fled to be insufficient in quantity or uses, any Provisions or water which have been so signi fiedais aforesaid to be of bad quality and unfit for use, he shall, in every such case, incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars : and upon every such examination as aforesaid the officers making or directing the same shall enter a statement of the result of the examin ation in the log book, and shall send a report thereof to the district judge of the port at which such vessel ia bound, and such report shall be received in evidence in any legal pro ceedings. Sec. 37. That if the officer to whom any such complaint as last aforesaid is made cer tifies in such statement as aforesaid that there was no reasonable ground for such complaint, each of the parties so complaining shall be liable to forfeit to the master or owner, out of lus wages, a sum not exceeding one week's wages. SEC. 33. That if any seaman, as aforesaid, while on board any ship, shall state to the master that they desire to make complaint, as aforesaid, to any consular officer, or naval officer of any ship of the United States, or any shipping commissioner, against the master, the said master shall, if the ship is then 'at a place were there is any such officer as afore said, so soon as the service of the ship will permit, and if the ship is hot then at such a place, so soon after her first arrival at such place as the service of the ship w ill permit, allow such seaman, or soy of them, to go ashore, or send him or them ashore, in proper custody, so that he or they may be enabled to make such complaint ; and shall often incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dohars. Sac. 39. That in the following cases, that is to say, first, if, during a voyage, the allowance of any of the provisions which any seaman has, by his agreement, stipulated for is redu ced, (except in accordance with any regula tions for reduction by way of punishment, contained in the agreement, and also for any time during which such seaman wilfully, and without sufficient causes refuses or neglects to perform his duty, or is lawfully under con finement for misconduct, either on board or on shore ;) secondly, if it is shown that any of such provisions are, or have been during the voyage, bad in quality, and unfit for use, the seaman shall receive by way of compen sation for such reduction or bad quality, ac cording to the time of its continuance, the following sums, to be paid to him in addition to, and to be recoverable as, wages, that is to say : First, if his allowanced is reduced by any quantity not exceeding one third of the quan tity specified in the agreement, a sum not ex ceeding fifty cents a day; secondly, if his allowance is reduced by more than one third of such quantity, a sum not exceeding one dollar a day ; thirdly, in respect of such bad quality, as aforesaid, a sum not exceeding one dollar a day. But if it is shown to the satis faction of the court before which the case is tried that any provisions, the allowance of which has been reduced, could not be procur ed or supplied in sufficient quantities, or were unavoidably injured or lost, and that proper and equivalent substitutes were supplied in lieu thereof in a reasonable time, the court shall take such circumstances into considera tion, and shall modify or refuse compensation, as the justice of the case may require. SEC. 40. That every ship belonging to eitzen or citizens of the United States as de scribed in section twelve of this act, shall be provided with a chest of medicines; and every , sailing ship bound on a voyage across the ' Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, or around Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope, or engaged is the whale or other fisheries, or in scaling shall also be provided with, and cause to bo kept, a sufficient quantity of ime or lemon juice, and also sugar and vinegar, or other anti scorbutics, as Congress may sanction, to be served out to every seaman as follows, that is to say, the master of every such ship, as last aforsaid, shall serve the lime or lemon juice, and sugar and vinegar, to the crew, within ten days after salt provisions mainly have been served out to the crew, anti so long afterward as such consumption of salt provisions con tinues, the lime or lemon juice and sugar daily at the rate of half an ounce each per day; and the vinegar weekly at the rate of half a pint per week for each member of the crew. SEC. 41. That if ou any such ship as aforesaid such medicines, medical stores, lime or lemon juice, or either articles, sugar and vinegar, as are hereinbefore required, are not provided and kept on board, Its hereinbefore required, 'the master or owner shall incur it penalty not exceeding five hundred' dollars; and if the master of any ship as aforesaid neglects to serve out the lime or lemon juice, and sugar and vinegar in the case and manner hereinbe fere directed, he shall for each such offense incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars; and if any master is convicted in either of the last mentioned penalties, and it appears that the offense is Owing to the act or default of the owner, Such master may re cover the amount of such penalty, and the costs incurred by him, from the owner. Bnc. 42. That every master shall keep on board proper weights and measures for the purpose of determining the qunatities of the several provisions and articles served out, and shall allow the same to be used at the time of serving out such provisions and arti cles, in the presence of a witness, whenever any dispute arises about such quantities, and in default shall, for every offense, incur a pen alty not exceeding fifty dollars. And every vessel bound on any foreign port shall also be provided with at leastone suit of woolen cloth ing for each seaman for use during the winter months, and every such vessel shall be provid ed with fuel and a safe ,itable room in which a fire can be kept for the use of seaman. SEC 43. That whenever any seaman or ap prentice belonging to or sent home on any merchant ship, whether a foreign going ship or hometrade ship, employed on a voyage which is to terminate in the United States, dies during such voyage, the master shall take charge of all moneys, clothes, and effects which lie leaves on board, and shall, if he thinks fit, cause all or any of the said clothes and effects to be sold by auction at the mast or other public auction, and shall thereupon sign au entry in the official log book, contain ing the following particulars, that is to say, First, a statement of the amount of money so left by the deceased; secondly, in case of a sale, a description of each article sold, and the sum received for each ; thirdly, a state ment of the sum due to deceased as wages, and the total amount of deductions, if any, to be made therefrom and shall cause such en try to be attested by the mate and one of the crew. Sec. 44. 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 afore said remaining unsold, and pay any money which he has taken charge of, or received from such sale as aforesaid, and also the bal ance of wages due to the deceased, to the shipping commissioner at the port of destine tion in the United States, the master shall re port the case of the United States consular office there, and shall give to such officer any information he requires as to the destination of the ship and probable length of voyage; and such officer may, if he considers it expe dient so to do, reqtire the said effects, money, and wages to be delivered and paid to him, and shall, upon such delivery and payment, give to the master a 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 commission er there; and such consular officer shall in such case indorse and certify upon the agree ment with the crew, the particulars with res pect to such delivery and payment; thirdly, if such officer as aforesaid does not require such payment and delivery to be made to him, the master shall takecharge of the said effects, money and wages, and shall, within forty eight hours after his arrival at his port of des tiaaiion in the United States, deliver and pay the same to the shipping Commissioner there ; fourthly, the master shall in all cases in which any seaman or apprentice dies during the progress of the voyage or engagement, give to such officer or shipping commissioner as aforesaid an account, in which form as they may respectively require, of the effects, money, and wages so to be delivered and paid, and no reductions claimed in such account shall be allowed unless verified, if there is an official log book, by such entry therein as hereinbe fore required ; and also by such other Vouch ers (if any) as may be reasonably required by the officer or shipping commissioner to whom the account is rendered; fifthly, upon due compliance with such of the provisions of this section as relates to acts to be done at the port of destination 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 for eign going ship without the production of such certificate. Sec. 45. 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 delivery of any mon ey, wages, or effects of any seaman or appren tice dying during a voyage, or to give such account in respect thereof as hereinbefore respectively directed, he shall be accountable for the money, wages, and effects of the sea man or apprentice to the judicial circuit court in whose jurisdiction such port of destination is situate, 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 ascertained 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, de liver, and account for the same, and such money and wages and the value of such effects shall be recoverable from accordingly, and if he fails to account for and pay the same, be shall, in addition to his liability for the said money and value, incur the same penalty which is hereinbefore mentioned as incurred by the master for a like offense ; and all mon ey, wages, and effects of any seaman or ap prentice dying during a voyage shall be re coverable in the same courts and by the same modes of proceeding by which seaman are en abled to recover wages due them. Sec. 46. That if any such seaman or ap prentice as last aforesaid dies at any place out of the United States, leaving any money or effects not on hoard of his ship, the United States consul or commercial agent at or near est 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 deceased seaman or apprentice delivered to him under the pro visions of this act, and shall quarterly •remit to the judge of the district court of the port fr nil 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 seaman or apprentices which have come to his hands un der the provisions hereinbefore contained, and shall render such accounts thereof as the district judge requires. 2_ SEC. 47. That whenever any seaman or ap prentice dies in the United States, and is at the time of his death entitled to claim from the master or owner of any ship in which he has served any unpaid wages or effects, such master or owner shall pay and deliver, or ac count for the same, to the shipping commis sioner at the port where the mows or ap printice was discharged, or was to have been discharged. SEC. 48. ThaLevery shipping commissioner in the United States shall, within one week of the date of receiving any such money, wages, or effects of any deceased seaman or apprentice, pay, remit, or deliver to the cir cuit 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 for expenses incurred in respect to said money and effects ; and should any commissioner fail to pay, remit, and deliver to the circuit court within the time hereinbe fore mentioned, lie shall incur a 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 or apprentice paid, remitted, or delivered to the circuit court, including the moneys received for any part of said effects which have been sold, either before delivery to the circuit court, or by its directions, do-not exceed in value the sum of three hundred dollars, then, subject to the provisi ions hereinafter contained, and to all such deduc tions for expenses incurred in respect to the sea man or apprentice, or of his said money and effects as the said court thinks fit to allow, the said may, if it thinks fit so to do, - pay and deliver the said money and effects either to any claimants who can prove themselves to the satisfaction of the court either to be his widow or ohildren,or to be entitled effects of the deceased under his will (if any,) or under the:statute for the distribution of tho effects of intestates, or under any other statue, or at com mon law, or to be entitled to procure probate or bake otalerters of administration or confirmation, although no probate or lettuce of administration-or confirmation ha le been taken out, and shall he thereby discharged from all further liability in respect of the money and effects so paid and deliv ered, or may, if it thinks fit so to do, require pro bate, or letters of administration or confirmation, to be taken out, and thereupon pay and deliver the said money and effects to the legal personal repre sentatives of the deoessed; and if such money and effects sauced in value the stun of three huntred dollars, then, subject to deduction forexpenses, the court shall pay and deliver the same to the legal personal representatives of the deceased. Sec. 50. That in case of wages or effects of de ceased seamen or uppr . entic,s received by the cit. suit courts. to which no claim is substantiated with in six years after the receipt thereof by any of the said courts, it shall be in theabsolutediscretior of any such courts, if any subsequent claim is made, either to allow or refuse tho same; and each of the respctive courts shall, from time to time;pN Any moneys arising from the unclaimed wages an.. effects of deceased seamen, which, in the upinior of such court, it is not necessary to retain for th, purpose of satisfying claims, into the treasury o. the United States, which moneys shall form a fund for, mid be appropriated to, the relief of sick an.; disabled and destitute seamen belonging to tin United States merchant marine service. DISCIPLINE OF SEAMEN. See. 51. That whenever any seaman who hoc been lawfully engaged, or any apprentice to the sea eewvice, commits any of the following offenses, ho shall be liable to be punished as follows, the: is to say: first, for desertion, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding thret months, .Ind also to forfeit all or any part of the clothes or effects he leaves on board, and alter any part of the wages or emoluments which ho has then earned ; secondly, fur neglecting and refusing. without reasonable cause, to join his ship or to proceed to sea in his ship, or for absence without leave at any time within twenty-four hours of thi ship's sailing from any port, either at the com mencement or during the proe.ress of any voyage. or for absence at any time without leave, and without sufficient reason, item his ship, or from his duty, not amounting to desertion, or not treated as such by the master, he shall be liable to knspris onment for any period not exceeding ono month. and also, at the discretion of the court, to forfeit out or his wages a sum not exceeding the amount of two days' pay, and, in addition, for every twenty-four hours of absence, either a sum not exceeding six dnys' pay, or any expenses which have been properly incurred in hiriuga substitute: thirdly, for quitting the ship without leave after her arrival at her port of delivery, and before she is placed in security . , he shall be liable to for:eit out of his wages a sum not exceeding one month's pay ; fourthly, for willful disobedience to any law ful command, he shall be liable to imprikonment fur any period not exceeding two menthe, and also. at the discretion of the court, to forfeit out of his wages a sum not exceeding four days' pay ; fifthly, for continued willful disobedience to lawful com mands or continued willful neglect of duty, ht. shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months, and also, at the discretion of the court, to forfeit, for every twenty-four hours' continuance of such disobedience or neglect, either a sum not exceeding twelve days' pay, or any ex penses which have been properly iucurredin hiring a subeyitute: sixthly, for aesafllting any master or mate, he shall ho liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding two years; seventhly, lot combining with any other or others of the crew to disobey lawful commands or to neglect duty, or to impede navigation of the ship, or the progrees of the voyage, lie shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve months: eighthly, for wilully damaging the ship or embezzling or wilfully damaging any of the stores or cargo, he shall be liable to forfeit out of his wages a sum equal in amount to the loss thereby sustained, and also, at the discretion of-the court, to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve moat!. ; ninthly, tor any act of smuggling of which he is convicted, and whereby looser damage is occasion ed to the master or owner, he shall be liable to pay sash master or owner such a sum as is sufficient to reimburse the master or owner for such loss or damage, and the whole crony part of his wages may be retained in satisfaction or on account of such liability, and shall also be liable to impris onment for a period not exceeding twelve months See. 52. That upon the commission of any of the offences enutnerated in the lost preceding sec tion, an entry thereof shall he made in the official log book, and shall be signed by the master, and also by the mate or ono of the crew; and the offen der, if still in the ship, shall, before the next sub sequent arrival of the ship at any port, or if she ie at the time in port, before her departure therefrom either be furnished with a copy or such entry, or have the same read over distinctly and audibly to him, and may thereupon make such reply thereto as he thinks lit ; and a statement that a copy 01 the said entry has been so furnished or that the same has been so read over us aforesaid, and the reply (if any) made by the offender, shall likewise be entered and signed in manner aforesaid ; and in any subsequent legal proceedings the entries hereinbefore required shall, if practicable, be pro duced or proved, and in default of such production or proof, the court hearing the ease may, at itsdis eretion, refuse to receive evidence of the offence. Sue. 53. That whenever, either atthe commence meet or during the progress of any voyage, any seaman or apprentice neglects or refuses to join, or deserts from or refuses to proceed to sea, in any ship in which he is duly engaged to servo, or is found otherwise absenting himself therefrom with out leave. the master, or any mate, or the owner, or consignee, or shipping commissioner, may, in any place in the Unitrd States, with or without the assistance of the local public officers or constables, who are hereby direoted to give their assistance if required, and also at any place out of the United States, if and so far as the laws in force at such [place] well permit, apprehend Lim without first procuring a warrant, and may thereupon, in any ease, and shall in case be so requires, and it is practicable, convey him before any court of justice or justices of auy State, city, town, or county, within the United States capable of taking cog nisance of offences of like degree and kind of the matter, tube dealt with according to the provisions hereinbefore contained in reference to such eases and may, for the purpose of conveying him before such courts of justice, detain him in custody for a period not exceeding twenty four hours, or shorter time, as may La necessary, or may, if he does not so require, or if there is no such court at or near the place, at once convey him on board ; and if such apprehension appears to the court of justice before which the case is brought to have been made on improper or on insufficient grounds, the master, mate, consignee, or shipping commissioner who makes the same, or causes the same to be made, shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars; but such penalty, if inflicted, shall be a bar to any motion for false imprisonment. Sac. 54. That any master of, or any seaman or apprentice belonging to, any merchant ship who, by wilful breach of duty, or who, by reason of drunkenness, does any act tending to the immedi ate loss, destruction, or serious damage to such ship, or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb of any person belonging to or on board of such ship, or who, by wilful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, refu ses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requi site to be done Icy him for preserving such ship immediate loss, destruction, or serious dam age, or for preserving any person belonging to or on board of such ship for immediate danger to life or limb, shall, for every such offence, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to ire prisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months. Set - . i 5. That all clothes, Effects, and wages which, under the provisions of this act, are forfeit ed for desertion,.shall be applied, in the first in stance, in payment of the expenses occasioned by sues deserticn to the master or owner of the ship from which the desertion has taken place, and the balance (if any) shill be paid by the master or owner to any shipping commissioner resident at the port, at which the voyage of such ship termi nates; and the shipping commissioner shall ac count to and pay over such balance to the judge of the circuit court within one month after said com missioner receives the same, to be disposed by him in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided for the disposal of the money, effects, and wages of deceased seamen ; in all other eases of forfeiture of wages, under the provisions hereinhofore contained, the forfeiture shall be for the bencifit of the master or owner neglects or refuses to pay over to the shipping commissioner such balance aforesaid, he shall incur a penalty of double the amount of such balance, which shall be recoverable by the com missioner in the same manlier that seamen's wages are recovered. Sec. h 6. That any question concerning the for feiture of, or deductions from, the wages of any seamen or apprentice may be determined in .y proceeding lawfully instituted with respect to such wages ' notwithstanding that the offence in respect of which such question arises, though hereby made punishable by imprisonment as well as far feiturc, has not been made the subject of any crim inal proceeding. Sac. 57. That whenever in any proceeding re lating to seamen's wages, it is shown that any seamen or apprentice Lae, in the course of the voy age, been convicted of any offence by any compe tent tribunal, and rightfully punished therefor by imprisonment or otherwise, the court bearing the case may direct a part of the wages duets seaman, not exceeding fifteen dollars, to be applied in re imbursing any costs properly incurred by the master in procuring such conviction and punish ment. See. 58. That every ship makitig voyages as tie scrihed in section twelve of this act shall have on "official log book ;" and every master of such ship shall make, or cause 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 punithment inflicted; secondly, every of fence 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 hereinbefore required; thirdly, every offence for which punish ment is inflicted on board, and the punishment in tlieted ; fourthly, a statement of the conduct, char acter, and qualifications of each of his crew, or a statement that he declines to give an opinion of, such particulars ; fifthly. every case of illness or injury happenhig to any member of the crew, with the nature thereof, and the medical treatment (if any); sixthly, every ease of death happening on board, with the cause thereof; seventhly, every birth happening on board, with the sex of the in fant, and the names ef the parents; eighthly,:every NO. 44. marriage taken place on hoard, with the names and ages of parties ; ninthly, the name of every seaman or apprentice who ceases to ken memberof 'he crew otherwise than by death, with the place, time, manner and cause thereof: tenthly, the wages luo to any seaman or apprentice who dies during he voyage, and the gross amount of all deductions , o be made therefrom ; eleventhly, the sale of the Areas of any seaman or apprentice who dies dur ing the voyage, including a statement of earls or iole sold, and the sum received for it. Sec. 59. That every entry hereby rt quired to ho 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 a. 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 Ind dated as as to show the date of the occurrence, tad of the entry respecting it; and in no case shall my entry therein in respect of any occurrence hap pening previously to the arrival of the ship at her final port be tondo mom than twenty four hours af ter such arrival. Sec. GO. That if in any ease the official log book :a not kept in the manner hereby required, or if Any entry hereby directed to he made in any such og book is not made at the time and in the man ner hereby directed, the master shall, f r each of fence, incur a penalty not exceeding twenty five toilers ; and every person who makes, or procures to be made, or assns in making, any entry in any ,fficial log beak in respect of any occurrence hap pening previously to the arrival of the ship at her final port of discharg, more than twenty fear hours after such arrival, shall, for each offence, incur a penalty not excectling one hundred and fifty dot, Mrs. PROTECTION OF SEAMEN. Sec. 61. That no wages due or accruing to any seaman or apprentice shall be subject t, attach ment or arrestment from any court ; and every payment of wages to a seaman or apprentice shall be valid in low, notwithstanding any previous sale or assignment of said wages, or of any attachment, nen:lab:once, or arrestment thereon; and no as signment or sale of such wages, or of salvage made prior to the accruing thereof, shall bind the party making too same, except such advanced securities as are provided fur in this act. • SEC. 62. That every person who, not being in the United States service, and sot being duly authorized by law for the purpose, goes on board any chip about to arrive at the place of her desti nation before her actual arrival, and before she has completely moored, without permission of the master, shall, for every such oflense, incur a pen alty not exceeding two hundred dollars, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not ex ceeding six months ; and the master or person in charge of said ship may take any such person so going on 'board as aferesaiti 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. Site. 63. That if, within twenty-four hours after the arrival of any ship at any port in the United States, any person, then being on board such ship, 'solicits any seaman to become a lodger at the house of any person letting lodgings for hire, or takes out of such ship any effects of any seaman, except under his personal direction, and with the permission of the master, he shalt, for every such offense, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, or shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding three months. Sae. 64. That all penalties and forfeitures im , posed by this act, and for the recovery whereof nit specific mode is hereinbefore provided, shall and may be recovered with costs, either in any circuit court of the United States, at the snit of any dis trict attorney of the United States, or at the snit of any person by information to any district attorney in any port of the United States, where or near to where the offense shall be committed or the offender shall be; and in ease of a conviction under this act, and the sum imposed as a 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 of terms hereinbefore provided in case of each offense, the commitment to be terminable upon payment or the amount and coats: and all penal ties and forfeitures mentioned in this act, for which no special application is herinbefore provi ded,yhall, when recovered, be paid and applied in manner following, that is to say : so mach as the wort s'oall determine, and the residue shall be paid te the court and ho remitted from time to time, by order of the judge, to the treasury of the United States, and appropriated as provided fur in section fifty of this act: Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the court before which any proceeding shall lie instituted for the recovery of any pecuniary penalty imposed by this act to mit igate or reduce such penalty as to such court shall appear just and reasonable; but no such penally shall he reduced to less than one-third of its orig inal amount : Provided also. That all proceedings so to he 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 within one year if committed elsewhere, or within two months after the return of the offender and the e.mplaiuing party to the United States; and there shall be no appeal from any decision of any of the circuit courts, unless the amount sued for exceeds the sum of five hundred dollarS. Sac. 63. That to avoid doubt in theeonstruction of this act, every person having the command of any ship belonging to any citizen of the United States shall, within the meaning and for the pur poses of this act, be deemed and taken to be the "master" of such ship ; and that every' person (apprentices excepted) who shall he employed or engaged to serve in any capaeity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a "seaman" within the meaning and for the purposes of this act ; and that the term "ship" shad be taken and understood to comprehend every description of vessel navigating on any sea or channel, lake or river, to which the provisions of this law may be applicable; and the term ',Meer" shall be taken and understood to comprehend all tho several per sons, if more than one, to whom the ship may belong. Sec. 63. That in no ease shall the salary, fees, emoluments of any officer appointed under this-act be more than five thousand dollars per annum; and any additional fees shall be paid into the treasury of the United States. SEC. 67. That all aota or parts of nets inconsist ent with the provisions of this act aro hereby re pealed. Sec. 6S. That this set shall take effect in sixty days after its pa.,agc, hat its provisions in regard to appointments under it shall take effect immedi ately. SCHEDULE. TA&LE 2. (Section 5.) Seale of fees for matters transacted at shipping, commissioners' offices : First. Fee payable on engaging orew, for each member of OH crew, (except appren tices.) '72.00 Secondly. Fee payable. discharging crew, for each member of crew discharged TABLE B. (Section IL) Sums to be deducted from wages of seamen in partial repayment of the tees payable in table A In respect of engagements, from the wages of each member of the crew In respect of discharges, from the wages of each member of the erevr Tent.E C. (Section T.) Fees payable by the master or owner for opium tieing boys to the sea-service: For each boy so hound, including tho in denture TABLE D. (Section 12.) 'United states of America, (Date and place of first signature of agreement, including name of shipping-oftlee.) It is agreed between the master and seamen or mariners, of the - - is at present master, or whoever shall go for master, now bound from the port of to described, and the places named at which the ship is to touch, or, if that cannot be done, the general nature and probable length of the voyage is to be stated.) And the said crew agree to conduct themselves in an orderly. faithful, honest, and sober manner, and to be at all times diligent in their respective duties, and to be obedient to the lawful commands of the said master, or of any person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of theirdasperior off cc in everything relating to the said ship, and the stores and cargo thereof, whether on board, in boats, or on shore; and in consideration of which service, to be duly performed, the said master hereby agrees to pay to the said crew as wages the sums against their names respectively expressed, a.ul to supply them with provisions according to the annexed scale. And it is hereby agreed that any embezzlement or willful or negligent destruc tion of any part of the ship's cargo or stores shall be made good to the owner out of the wages of the person guilty of the same. And if any person enters himself as qualified for a duty which he proves himself incompetent to perform, his wages shall be reduced in proportion to his incompetency. And it is also agreed that if any member of the crew considers himself to be aggrieved by any breach of the agreement or otherwise, he shall represent the same to the master orofficer in charge of the ship, in a quiet and orderly manner, %IL, shall thereupon take such steps as the ease way require. And it is also agreed that, (here my other stipulations may be inserted to which the - parties agree, and which are not contrary to law.) In witness whereof the Said parties have a ,n -scribed their names hereto on the djiys against their respective signatures mentioned. Signed by - master. on the -- day of_ , eighteen hundred and-. (Concluded ori fourth page.) 45 eta. 23 ets. fs.cot
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