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
Every person who packs or puts up, or causes to be packed or put up for
shipment, any gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, camphene, naphtha, benzine,
benzole, coal oil, crude or refined petroleum, oil of vitriol, nitric or
other chemical acids, oil or spirits of turpentine, friction-matches, or
other articles of like character otherwise than as directed by the
preceding section, or who knowingly ships or attempts to ship the same,
or delivers the same to any such vessels as stores unless duly packed
and marked, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a
fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding
eighteen months, or both; one-half of the fine to go to the informer,
and the articles to be liable to seizure and forfeiture. (R. S., 4476.)
Every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles when
presented to a common carrier for shipment shall have plainly marked on
the outside thereof the contents thereof; and it shall be unlawful for
any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any common carrier
engaged in interstate or foreign commerce by land or water, for
interstate or foreign transportation, or to carry upon any vessel or
vehicle engaged in interstate or foreign transportation, any explosive,
or other dangerous article, under any false or deceptive marking,
description, invoice, shipping order, or other declaration, or without
informing the agent of such carrier of the true character thereof, at or
before the time such delivery or carriage is made. Whoever shall
knowingly violate, or cause to be violated, any provision of this
section, or of the three sections last preceding, or any regulation made
by the Interstate Commerce Commission in pursuance thereof, shall be
fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than
eighteen months, or both. (Mar. 4, 1909; sec. 235; Repeals R. S., 5353,
5354.)
When the death or bodily injury of any person is caused by the explosion
of any article named in the four sections last preceding, while the same
is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported in
violation thereof, or while the same is being so transported, or while
the same is being removed from such vessel or vehicle, the person
knowingly placing, or aiding or permitting the placing, of such articles
upon any such vessel or vehicle, to be so transported, shall be
imprisoned not more than ten years. (Sec. 236.)
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