The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesRiesenberg, Felix
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The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities
Riesenberg, Felix
Merchant marine -- United States; Navigation; Sailors
When a crew is shipped by a shipping commissioner for any American
vessel in the coastwise trade, or the trade between the United States
and the Dominion of Canada, or New Foundland, or the West Indies, or
Mexico, as authorized by section two of an Act approved June nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled "An Act to abolish certain
fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws
relating to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and
for other purposes," an agreement shall be made with each seaman engaged
as one of such crew in the same manner as is provided by Sections four
thousand five hundred and eleven and four thousand five hundred and
twelve of the Revised Statutes, not however including the sixth and
eighth items of Section four thousand five hundred and eleven; and such
agreement shall be posted as provided in Section four thousand five
hundred and nineteen, and such seamen shall be discharged and receive
their wages as provided by the first clause of Section four thousand
five hundred and twenty-nine and also by Sections four thousand five
hundred and twenty-six, four thousand five hundred and twenty-seven,
four thousand five hundred and twenty-eight, four thousand five hundred
and thirty, four thousand five hundred and thirty-five, four thousand
fine hundred and thirty-six, four thousand five hundred and forty-two,
four thousand five hundred and forty-three, four thousand five hundred
and forty-four, four thousand five hundred and forty-five, four thousand
five hundred and forty-six, four thousand five hundred and forty-seven,
four thousand five hundred and forty-nine, four thousand five hundred
and fifty, four thousand five hundred and fifty-one, four thousand five
hundred and fifty-two, four thousand five hundred and fifty-three, four
thousand five hundred and fifty-four and four thousand six hundred and
two of the Revised Statutes; but in all other respects such shipments of
seamen and such shipping agreement shall be regarded as if both shipment
and agreement had been entered into between the master of a vessel and a
seaman without going before a shipping commissioner. (Feb. 18,1895; Mar.
3,1897; sec. 8; Dec. 21,1898; sec. 25; Mar. 3, 1897; sec. 8.)
Agreement in coasting trade not before commissioner.
Every master of any vessel of the burden of fifty tons or upward, bound
from a port in one State to a port in any other than an adjoining State,
except vessels 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 on board such vessel except such as shall be
apprentice or servant to himself or owners, declaring the voyage or term
of time for which such seaman shall be shipped. (R. S., 4520.)
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