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 170 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 169, 170. 1870. for every such seaman who shall have been employed as aforesaid, which sum the said master is hereby authorized to retain out of the wages of Penalty upon such seaman; and if the muster of any regnstered, enrolled, or licensed fl‘:Q;°"£°*;{3" vessel of the United States shall render a false account of the number of ucc015A;; seamen so employed, or of the length of time they have severally been employed, as is herein required,·he shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars, which gg" to b<> ¤P· shall be applied to, and shall make a part of; the general fund created by P ‘ this net, and all needful regulations for the mode of collecting the sums he;·einb¥'<n;e mentioned ahall ble prepared dude; the direction of thedSeere ary o e reasury y suc person as y m may e esigna e . d Conccmem Sec. 3. And be it _;”urther enacted, That. it shall be the duty of the ,f§:’f;l};‘;‘;d to several collectors to deposit the sums collected by them respectively under the ewan or; &c. the provisions of this act, in the nearest United States depositary, to the ’ returns of the same with 1-0 er vouchers monthl, on forms to be f 'hdbthS ta FthpT y urms e y e ecre ry o e reasury. lllonoye toobe SEC· 4. And be it further enacted, That all moneys received or collected g_:fs::_;°;?:h°“t by virtue of this act shall be paid into the treasury like other public m1um0n_,,mg_ moneys, without abatement or reduction ; and all moneys so received are mx? ¢¤‘¢¢i¤¤¤d hereby appropriated for thelexpensee of the marine. hospital service, and shall he credited to the marine hospital fund, of which separate accounts s ul e kept. b°}::dl:°;l*¤ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the fund thus obtained shall P y ‘ be employedi under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the care and re ief o sick and disabled seamen employed in registered S emglled, ag licensed vessels of the United States. , ¤!>¤¤’F¤i¤g EC. 6. nd e {tfimher enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury $.£:'f?:;}§in§""` is hereby authorized to appoint a surgeon to act as supervising surgeon of eeryice author- marine hospital service, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the "fmhs and Secretary, to supervise all matters connected with. the marine-hospital ,m,y_ service, and with the disbursement of the fund provided by thm act, at a M salary not exceeding the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, and his Pm:“'mY '°· necessary travelling expenses, who shall be required to make monthly reports to the Secretary of the Treasury. 'lghsstermnthis S1sc.7.“.4ndbe’itfur-ther enacted, That, for the purposes of this act, w to include the term ve;sel,&hereLn {med, ghall be held to include every description what. 0 wa er·cra ra, ve IC e, an contrivance used or capable of being P04h P- 695- used neia means or au_xiliary of traneportation on or by water.- And all acts an parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this noise, and the same are hereby, repealed. rrnovmn, June 29, 1870. June 29 1870. CHAP. CLXX. ·-An Act lo amend an A l titled “A Act t hothe Secretary I34t;, eh. ,143 ,;*1. Q)" Ute Trcaswyjoarricevwe Yachts? 0 aw rue 0 . IX. p. _ . _ mimlmrgssgs. StBe at enacted. by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mailed ms, Sw my be cites q{"America an Congress assembled, That the iirst section of the act ggsgtmnee PY;. Gntlgled Bénf act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to license to Pm of & (3;;] 2 nin F or othfr punilposes, approved Angust; eeventh, eighteen hun- Unlmd Mum, n or y·eig1t, is ereby amended by inserting, in the First clause undrbyseato thereoE after the words " port to port of the United States " the words 53m8e';;?,. " gd bgsj tg, 'g;¢i¤;¤¤,j¤-" ’ ance. _ EC. l. n zt uri er enacted, That yachts belonrrinv to a revularofgggstngnglgts lyooiigamzed yacht club of any foreign nation which Shall extend like {mmm; {my W exges to the yachts of the United States shall have the privilege of Etzgnof ego dcmlingnertheuyigtisnly porthof the United States without entering or mm Sum S · ouse erect] or paying tonnage tax. wm,m£°cM_1._ nd Ec.·3. And be ztfurtder enacted, That, for the identification of yachts ¤·¤¤¤» - a their owners,a commission to sail for pleasure in any designated yacht
 * ¤;’*¤k° Y6- credit of " the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen"; making