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 264 FORTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 322. 1872. Apprcnticeqhip [that he] has attained the age of twelve years, and is of sufficient health and Xgé? t° wml' strength, and that the master to whom the boy 18 to be bound is a prepaiperson for the purpose: Provided, That said apprenticeship shall terminate when the apprentice becomes eighteen years of age. And the shippingcommissioner may receive gpm thebpersoéms availgng themsplves of such Fees. assistance the fees contain in ta e ‘ ’ in the sc e u e hereto angi;] 1;;*:8- pexevlf And th? shilplpingtacjpmlrngssioxgr shall keep a register of all indenures o a ren wes m e e ore 1m. 'Masters of for- Sec. 10}?pThat the pmaster of every foreign-going ship shall, before f;€>’;€’;‘g “l“l’“ carrying any apprentice to sea from any place in the United States, cause ' pp!‘B!1—. . . . . (mes berm, wm. such apprenuce to appear before the shipping-coinmissioner before whom ¤¤iS¤i<>¤¤t¤· ¤·¤<i the crew is engaged, and shall produce to him the indenture by which such {g:;`:'i§Q“d°°` apprentice is bound, and the assignment or assignments thereof (if guy), and the name of such apprentice,  tht; date of the indenture and the assi ment or assi nments thereof i any shall e entered on the a reeassignments meiiglg and 110 sugi assignment shall be made without the approval gof a °f ‘“d°“*“'°°‘ commissioner, the apprentice. his parents, or his guardian. And fer any P°°°“·Y' default in obeying the provisions of this section, the master shall, for each offence, incur a enalty not exceedin one hundred dollars. Penalty for Sec. 11. Thalt if any person shallglemand or receive, either directly or 2§{Qfn'gltQ§Hf;;:j indirectly, from any seaman seeking employment as a seaman, or from any menfor providing other person seeking employment as a seaman, or from any person on his ?:`z'_ behalf, any remuneration whatever, other than the fees hereby authorized, M kes_ for pr<K1d1n€ him wéth emplolymeimhhg iluall, for every such oiienee, incur a pena y no excee mg one un e dollars. taxa;;;;;!;? 06* Sec. 12. That the master of every ship hound from a port in the United bmw pmcéqding States to any foreign port, or of any slup of the burden of seventy-five on voyagcto tons or upward, bound from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the
 * rl;:rr‘;';€*:;m Pacific, or vice versa, shall, before he proceeds on such voyage, make an

Seamen; agreement, in writing or in print, with every seaman whom he carries to sea as one of the crew, in the manner hereinafter mentioned; and every _f¤rm. dm, wd such agreement shall be in the form, as near as may be, as hereunto in S‘g"°“'°’ table “D," in the schedule annexed, and shall be dated at the time of the Agreement w first signature thereof, and shall. be signed by the master before any seaman ummm what signs the same, and shall contain the following particulars, that is to say: ,,m;c,,;,,,.,_ First, the nature and, as far as practicable, the duration of the intended S¤};37¤;£ 2635- voyage or engagement, and the port or country at which the voyage is to ’ ° terminate; secondly, the number and description of the crew, specifying their respective employments; thirdly, the time at which each seaman is to be on board to begin work; fourthly, the capacity in which each seaman is to serve; fifthly, the amount of wages each seaman is to receive ; sixth1y, a scale of the provisions which are to be furnished to each seaman ; seventhly, any regulations as to conduct on board, and as to fines, short allowance of provisions, or other lawful punishments for misconduct as may be sanctioned by Congress as regulations proper to be adopted, and which the parties _ agree to adopt; eighthly. any stipulations in reference to advance and irilzwgzging allotment of wages, or other matters not contrary to law: Provided, That i, no comms_ whenever the master of any vessel shall engage his crew, or any part of sinner, master the same, m any customs district where no shippingcommissioner shall M12}; have been appointed under section one of this act, he may perform for P0st,p.d67. himself the Dduties of sncheommissioner, in like manner as is provided m'H¤;¤;)¤:l;¤3) by the proviso of section eight of this act: Provided further, That this mum voyages_ section shall not apply to masters of vessels where the seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to participate in the profits or result of a Semen my cruise or voyage, nor to masters of ooastwise nor to masters of 1ake·going mw in Buch vessels that touch at foreign ports; but seamen may, by agreement, serve t-emu, 5a,,, on board suchvcsscls a definite time, or on the return of any vessel to a w¤¤¤¤¤¤ the pay- port m the United States may reship and sail in the same vessel on another