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 832 TITLE xux.——~VESSELS IN FOREIGN COMMERCE. T I T L E X L I X. REGULATION OF VESSELS IN FOREIGN COMMERCE. Sec. l Sec. 4306. Passports of United States veuels 4308. Passports of unregistered vessels. on departure to foreign country. I 4309. Deposit of s.hip’s papers with consul. 4307. Penallpy for departing without pan- 4310. Pexxltyctglr Sanlure to deposit papers po, B. Yf¤·¤¤P°F*¤ Of Sec. 4306. Every vessel of the United States, going to an_y foreign Egg Ssgfsjlfé country, shall, before. she departs from the United States, at the request of to foreign cgunm._ the master, be furnished by the collector for the d1str1ct where such ves- —·—— ·_·;— sel may be, with a passport, the form for which shall be prescribed by 451s‘;“;‘°k 13% g' the Secretary of State. In order to be entitled to such passport, the 48§;_’ ’’masterof every such vessel shall be bound, with sufficient sureties to the 12 Feb., 1831, c. Treasurer of the United States, in the penalty of two thousand dollars, 20, V~ 4- P· 441- conditioned that the pass ort shall not be applied to the use or protection of any other vessel than the one described in it; and that, in case of the loss or sale of any vessel having such assport, the same shall, within three months, be delivered up to the coilector from whom it was received, if the loss or sale take lace within the United States; or within six months, if the same shall lhappen at any place nearer than the Cape of Good Hope; and within eighteen months, if at a more distant lace. PQ¤¤l*>‘ for <l<*· P Sec. -1307. If aniy vessel of the United States shall depart therefrom, ¥;B";":§, “"*h°“t and shall be boun to any foreign country, other than to some port in i-i%* 1§,—j America, without such passport, the master of such vessel shall he liable 45, S_ _';“fj1’;,_ {gg; to a penalty of two hundrcc dollars for every such offense. 1{assports of un- Sec. +308. Every unregistered vessel owned by a citizen of the United '°€*¤“"**d "€”°l*; States, and sailing with a sea.-letter, going to any foreign country, shall, 2 Mar., 1803, c. before she departs from the United States, at the request of the master, 16.¤·1.\‘-2.D-208- be furnished by the collector of the district where such vessel may be with a passport, for which the master shall be subject to the rules and conditions prescribed for vessels of the United States. Depositof ship’s Sec. 4300. Every master of a vessel, belonging to citizens of the United P°P°”j[§h°°"”"f States, who shall sail from any port of the United States, shall, on his 28 Feb., 1803, e. arrival at a foreign port, deposit his register, sea—letter, and Mediterra- 9, ¤· 2, v· 2. 11-203- nean passport with the consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vicecommercial agent, if any there be at such port; and it shall be the duty of such consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent, on such master or commander producing to him a clearance from the proper officer of the port where his vessel may be, to deliverto the master all of his apers, if such master or commander has complied with the provisions ofp law relatin to the discharge of seamen in a foreign country, and to the payment of tide fees of consular officers. [Mei 17111-1 Penalty for fail- Sec. 4310. Every master of any such vessel who refuses or ne lects to ure t¤_dep<>¤it pa- deposit the papers as required by the preceding section, shall Ee liable P°"“ 'mh °°“"“l· to a penalty of fiye hundred dollars,to be recovered by such consul, vice- Ibid_ consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent, in his own name, for the benefit of the United States, in any court of competent jurisdiction.