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
Within twenty-four hours after the arrival of any vessel, from any
foreign port, at any port of the United States established by law, at
which an officer of the customs resides, or within any harbor, inlet, or
creek thereof, in the hours of business at the office of the chief
officer of the customs at such port will permit, or as soon thereafter
as such hours will permit, the master shall repair to such office, and
make report to the chief officer, of the arrival of the vessel; and he
shall, within forty-eight hours after such arrival, make a further
report in writing to the collector of the district, which report shall
be in the form, and shall contain all the particulars required to be
inserted in, and verified like, a manifest. Every master who shall
neglect or omit to make either of such reports and declarations, or to
verify any such declaration as required, or shall not fully comply with
the true intent and meaning of this section, shall, for each offense, be
liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars. (R. S., 2774.)
The master of any vessel having on board distilled spirits, or wines,
shall, within forty-eight hours after his arrival, whether the same be
at the first port of arrival of such vessel or not, in addition to the
requirements of the preceding section, report in writing to the surveyor
or officer acting as inspector of the revenue of the port at which he
has arrived, the foreign port from which he last sailed, the name of his
vessel, his own name, the tonnage and denomination of such vessel, and
to what nation belonging, together with the quantity and kinds of
spirits and wines, on board of the vessel, particularizing the number of
casks, vessels, cases, or other packages containing the same, with their
marks and numbers, as also the quantity and kinds of spirits and wines,
on board such vessel as sea-stores, and in default thereof he shall be
liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars and any spirits omitted to
be reported shall be forfeited. (R. S., 2775.)
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