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 VTALSH V. STEAM-SHIP LOUISUNÀ. 751 �tected, noi to the injury of respondents, but to secure them their just wages. It is very easy for officers of vessels to engage mariners at a fixed rate, and if they do not do ëo the courts must allow them the highest rates existing at the time at the port of departure. �Under this rule libellant will take bis decree for $39, iater- est, and costs. ���Walsh V. The Btbam-Ship Lotiisiana. (District Court, S. D. New York. November 3, 1880.) �1. Seaman — Wages — Dischabgb. — Where the offlcers 6î a vessel are en- titled to discharge a seaman at pleaaure, they are hound to be ready to pay his wages at the time of his discharge. �Ths Schoonw David Faust, 1 Ben. 187. �2. Same — Samb— Dbmand. — In suchcase ademand of theofflcerwho employed and discharged the seaman is snfflcieat. �In Admiralty. �J. A. Hyland, for libellants, �J. E. Parsons, for claimants. �Choate, D. j. This is a suit for wages, The libellant was hired to serve on board the steam-ship Louisiana as fire- man, at the rate of $40 a month. He served from August 4, 1880, to August 24th, inclusive. On August 24th he was discharged, being told by the assistant engineer, by whom àlso he had beôn employed, that his services were no longer required. The next day, which was Tuesday, he went to the vessel and demanded his wages of the officer who discharged him, and was told by that olficer that he could not pay him; that Thursday was pay-day; that, if he wished to be paid sooner, he must go to the eaptain and get an order. This the libellant refused to do, and threatened to sue the vessel. Thereupon this suit was brought without further demand. �There is no dispute about the amount of the libellant's wages. It does not appear in what service the steam ship ����