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 872 'hrm: L111.—MERCHANT SEAMEN.—Un. 2. he has attained the age of twelve years, and is of sufficient health and strength, and that the master to whom such boy is_to be bound_is a proper person for the purpose. Such apprenticeshap shall terminate when the a prentice becomes eighteen years of age. he shipping-coin missioner shall keep a register of all indentures of apprenticeship made before him. Indenture of ap- Sec. 4510. The master of every foreigngoing vessel shall, before car- P¤’°¤*1¤€*<>1>€ PE<>· rying any apprentice to sea from any p ace in the United States, cause ‘l“°°d °° °°m““" such apprentice to a pear before the shippin commissioner before whom @2- the crew is engaged; and shall produce to him the indenture by which I1’l‘1··“·1°·P·26‘*· such ap rentice is bound, and the assignment or assignments thereof, if any; and the name of the apprentice, with the date of the indenture and of the assignment or assi nments thereof, if any, shall be entered on the agreement; which shai be in the form as near as may be given in the table marked "A” in the schedule annexed to this Title; and no such assignment shall be made without the approval of a commissioner, of the apprentice, and of his parents or his guardian. For any violation of this section, the master shall be liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars. Shipping-arth Src. 4511. The master of every vessel bound from a dport in the United ¢1<>¤- States to any foreign ort other than vessels engage in trade between Ibgd_,S_;g,p_2§[ the United States and) the British North American possessions, or the 15 Jan., 1873, c. West India Islands, or the republic of Mexico, or of any vessel of the 35, V- 17,1*- 410- burden of seventy-five tons or upward, bound from a port on the Atlan- Slocum ,,_ Swggt, tic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall, before he proceeds on 2 Low., 212. such voyage, make an agreement, in writing or in print, wit every seaman whom he carries to sea as one of the crew, in the manner hereinafter mentioned; and every such agreement shall be, as near as may be, in the form given in the table marked A, in the schedule annexed to this Title, and shall be dated at the time of the first signature thereof, and shall be signed by the master before any seaman signs the same, and shall contain the following particulars: First. The nature and, as far as practicable, the duration of the intended voyage or engagement, and the port or country at which the voyage is to terminate. Second. The number and description of the crew, specifying their resipective employments. hird. The time at which each seaman is to be on board, to begin work. Fourth. The capacity in which each seaman is to serve. Fifth. The amount of wages which each seaman is to receive. Sixth. A scale of the provisions which are to be furnished to each seaman. Seventh. Any regulations as to conduct on board, and as to fines, short allowance of provisions, or other lawful punishments for misconduct, which may be sanctioned by Congress as proper to be adopted, and which the parties agree to adopt. Eighth. Any stipulations in ieference to advance and allotment of _ wa es, or other matters not contrary to law. _R¤1°°, 1*** ¤1“P· gmc. 4512. The following rules shall be observed with respect to agreeping-articles. ments: 7 June, 1872, c. First. Every agreement, except such as are otherwise specially provided gg; S- 13» "· 17· P· for, shall be signed by each seaman in the presence of a shipping-c0m- ' IHISSIOIICI`. _ Second. When the crew is first engaged the agreement shall be signed 1n duplicate, and one part shall be retained by the shipping-commissioner, and t_ e other part shall contain a sépecial place or form for the description and signatures of persons enga e subsequently to the first departure of the ship. and shal be deliveredg to the master. Third. Every agreement entered into before a shi pin -commissioner shall be acknowledged and certified under the hand)andgofIicial seal of such COIDIIIISSIODCP. The certificate of acknowledgment shall be indorsed on or annexed to the agreement; and shall be in the following form: