Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 17.djvu/312

 272 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 322. 1872. ·m¤¤f¤r for fw} other effects of a seaman or appfentioe during a voyage, or to make such fgfgifljgjzgtlgf entries in respect thereof, or to procure such attestation to such cnt;-ies, law as to the or to make such payment or delivery of any money, wages, or effects of °**`°°*·¤ °*`d?°***°d  seaman or apprentice dying during a voyage, or to give such account gizgilgcgn ap` in respect thereof as hereinbefore respectively directed, he shall be sc. countable for the money, wages, and effects of the seaman or apprentice to the judicial circuit court in whose jurisdiction such port of destination is situate, and shall pay and deliver the same accordingly ; and such master shall, in addition for every such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding treble the value of the money or effects, or if such value is not ascertained, Owners liable. not exceeding two hundred dollars; and if any such money, wages, or effects are not duly paid, delivered, and accounted for by the master, the owner of the ship shall pay, deliver, and account for the same, and such money and wages and the value of such effects shall be recoverable from him accordingly; and if he fails to account for and pay the same, he shall, in addition to his liability for the said money and value, incur the same penalty which is hereinbefore mentioned as incurred by the master for a Wnstccuns to like offence; and all money, wages, and effects of any seaman or apprenh“"°-l““Sd’°“°“· tice dying during a voyage shall be recoverable in the ame courts and by the same modes of proceeding by which seamen are enabled to recover wages due to them. Dug of can- Sec. 46. That if any such seaman or apprentice as last aforesaid dies at Q?,;,,, §,:·sQ;,f° any place out of the United States, leaving any money or effects not on seamen dying`st board of his ship, the United States consul or commercial agent at or
 * g'€:3€§d°¤¤ °*" nearest the place shall claim and take charge of such money and effects;

8,,,,,,,, and such officer shall, if he thinks fit, sell all or any of such effects, or any effects of any deceased seaman or apprentice delivered to him under the provisions of this act, and shall quarterly remit to the judge of the district court of the port from which such ship sailed, or the port where the voyage terminates, all moneys belonging to or arising from the sale of the effects or paid as the wages of any deceased seamen or apprentices which have come to his hands under the provisions hereinbefore contained, and shall render such accounts thereof as the district judge requu·es. W°S°** °l“° SEO. 47. That whenever any seaman or apprentice dies in the United , %,6 States, and is at the time of his death entitled to claim from the master or United, States, to owner of any ship in which he has served any unpaid wages or effects, gfng‘:‘gn*;‘:_;2fl" such master or owner shall pay and deliver, or account for the same, to the sioner. shipping-commissioner at the port where the seaman or apprentice was _ _ discharged, or was to have been discharged. w,g%‘:’:;lf’*:]';;L Sec. 48. That every shipping-commissioner in the United States shall, ,,,,,8,;,,,,, Such within one week from the date of receiving any such money, wages, or mggs gcvimuit effects of any deceased seaman or apprentice, pay, remit, or deliver to the · ‘ circuit court of the circuit in which he resides, the said money, wages, or effects, subject to such deductions as may be allowed by the circuit court for expenses incurred in respect to said money and effects; and should any commissioner fail to pay, remit, and deliver to the circuit court nithin Penalty. the time hereinbefore mentioned, he shall incur a penalty not exceeding treble the amount of the value of such money and effects. t P°“[°’ **}**1 du' Sec. 49. That if the money and effects of any seaman or apprentice ycf circuit court. . . . . . . as ,0 ,1,,, d,,,,,_ paid, remitted, or delivered to the circuit court, including the moneys rebution ctzhcf ceived for any part of said effects which have been sold, either before E;’g°S?L’:,‘g,$_` delivery to the circuit court, or by its directions, do not exceed in value grad, gens; sw- the sum of three hundred dollars, then subject to the rovisions herein- $300 in value. ·· i ·P · . after contained, and to all such deductions for expenses incurred in respect to the seaman or apprentice, or of his said money and effects, as the said court thinks fit to allow, the said court may, if it thinks fit so to do, pay and deliver the said money and effects either to any claimants who can prove themselves to the satisfaction of the court either to be his widow or