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
Each and every collector of customs to whom shall be delivered the
manifests or lists of passengers prescribed by the twelfth section of
the act aforesaid, approved March third, eighteen hundred and
fifty-five, shall make returns from such manifests or lists of
passengers to the Secretary of Commerce of the United States, in such
manner as shall be prescribed by that officer, under whose direction
statements of the same shall be prepared and published. (May. 7, 1874;
Feb. 14, 1903; sec. 10.)
Death of passenger.
In case there shall have occurred on board any such steamship or other
vessel any death among such passengers during the voyage, the master or
consignees of the vessel shall, within forty-eight hours after the
arrival of the vessel within a collection district of the United States,
or within twenty-four hours after the entry of the vessel, pay to the
collector of customs of such district the sum of ten dollars for each
and every such passenger above the age of eight years who shall have
died on the voyage by natural disease; and the master or consignees of
any vessel who neglect or refuse to pay such collector, within the times
hereinbefore prescribed, the sums of money aforesaid, shall be liable to
a penalty of fifty dollars in addition to the sum required to be paid as
aforesaid for each passenger whose death occurred on the voyage. All
sums of money paid to any collector under the provisions of this section
shall be by him paid into the Treasury of the United States in such
manner and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury. (Aug. 2, 1882; sec. 10.)
Inspection.
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