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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 127. 1856. 63 keep a detailed list of all seamen and mariners shipped and discharged ¤;dS¤M¤:i<;¤1¤h;D; by him, specifying their names and the names of the vessels on and from gd, lfnd`s:}“5, which they shall be shipped and discharged, and the payments, if any, vessels arriving made ou account of each so discharged, and also of the number of the 3; gigzréggg vessels arrived and departed, and the amounts of their registered tonnage, rg and the number of their seamen and mariners, and of those who are protected, and whether citizens of the United States or not, and as nearly as possible the nature and value of their cargoes, and where produced, and make returns of the same, with their accounts and other returns, to the Secretary of the Treasury; and no consular omeer shall certify any invoice unless he shall be satisfied that the person making the oath or anirmationthereto is the person he represents himself to be, that he is a credible person, and that the statements made under such oath or affirmation are true; and he shall, thereupon, by his certiucate, state that he was so satisfied; and it shall be the duty of every consular onicer to fur- Prices current nish to the Secretary of the Treasury, as often as shall be required, t° b° f“"‘“h°d‘ the prices current of all articles of merchandise usually exported to the United States from the port or place in which he shall be located. Sec. 28. And be izfurzker enacted, That it shall be the duty of every 1um¤rs,&¤.¤r master and commander of a ship or vessel of the United States, when-  °b;g°‘;a{'(‘{ ever he shall have occasion for any consular or other official service, Oxgm when hg which any consular officer of the United States shall be authorized by hw ¤¢<=¤S§<>¤ ¤°°¤' law or usage officially to perform, and for which any fees shall be allowed Qggf wd m` by the said rates or tariffs of fees as aforesaid, to apply to such one of the said officers as may then be officially located at the consulate or commercial agency, if any there be where such service shall be required, to perform such service, and such master or commander shall pay to such officer such fees as shall be allowed for such service, in pursuance of the provisions of this act; and if any such master or commander shall omit so to do, he shall be liable to the United States for the amount of the fees lawfully chargeable for such services, as though the said services had been performed by such officer; and all consular officers are hereby au- Papers may be thorized and required to retain in their possession all the papers of such d°*”·l”°t£lf*m Pa}" ships and vessels, which shall be deposited with them as directed by law, mm ° °°s' till payment shall be made of all demands and wages ou account of such ships and vessels. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That if any citizen of the United Duti¤¤ of wu States who shall die abroad shall, by any lawful testamentary disposition,   leave special directions for the custody and management, by the consular die mmm. oflicer of the port or place where he shall die, of the personal property of which he shall die possessed in such country, as contemplated by the act entitled “An act concerning consuls and vice consuls," approved April fourteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, it shall be the duty of 1792,ch- 24,§2. such officer, so far as the law of such country will permit, strictly to observe such directions; and if any such citizen so dying shall, by any Vol LP- 255- lawful testamentary disposition, have appointed any other person or persons than such officer to take charge of and manage such property, it shall be the duty of such officer, whenever required by such person or persons so appointed, to give his official aid in whatever way may be necessary to facilitate the proceedings of such person or persons in the lawful execution of such trust, and, so far as the laws of the country permit, to protect the property of the deceased from any interference of the local authorities of the country where such citizen shall die; and to this end it shall be the duty of such consular officer to place his official seal upon all or any of the personal property or effects of the deceased, and to break and remove such seal as may be required by such person or persons, and not otherwise. Sec. 30. And be it further enacted, That all fees collected for and in Fees, in what behalf of the United States, in pursuance of this act, shall be collected °°‘"”g° PW ab1°‘