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 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 121. 1884. 55 Sec. 6. That section forty-six hundred of the Revised Statutes be BIS- 4600, 692- amended so as to read as follows: " Sec. 4600. It shall be the duty of consular officers to reclaim de- Reclamation and serters and discountenance insubordination by every means within their discharge of depower, and where the local authorities can be usefully employed for °“£°” bY"°“*’“]‘“ that purpose, to lend their aid and use their exertions to that end in ° °°"' the most effectual manner. In all cases where deserters are apprehended the consular officer shall inquire into the facts; and if he is satisfied that the desertion was caused by unusual or cruel t:reatment, he shall discharge the seaman, and require the master of the vessel from which such seaman is discharged to pay one m0nth’s wages over and above the wages then due; and the officer discharging such seaman shall enter upon the crew-list and shipping articles the cause of discharge, and the particulars in which the cruelty or unusual treatment consisted, and the facts as to his discharge or re-engagement, as the case may be, and subscribe his name thereto oiIicially." SEG 7. That section fortyfive hundred and eighty-one of the Revised R. B. 4581, 881. Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: “ Sec. 4581. If any consular officer, when discharging any seaman, pcmmy {0, ,,,,8, shall neglect to require the payment of and collect the arrears of wages lectwcouscsextra and extra wages required to be paid in the case of the discharge of any W¤§°¤- seaman, he shall be accountable to the United States to the full amount thereof If any seaman, atter his discharge, shall have incurred any expense for board or other necessaries at the place of his discharge, before shipping again, or for transportation to the United States, such expense shall be paid out of the arrears of wages and extra wages received by the consular officer, which shall be retained for that purpose and the balance only paid over to such seamen." Sec. S. That section forty-tive hundred and eighty-four of the Beviscd R. s. 4584, sm, Statutes be hereby repealed. _ "°P°“1°d· Sec. 9. That section forty-ive hundred and seventy-eight of the Re- R. $.4518. vised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: " Sec. 4578. All masters of vessels of the United States, and bound Return or desti. to some port of the same, are required to take such destitute seamen on *“*° °°°'¤°¤· board their vessels, at the request of consular officers, and to transport them to the port in the United States to which such vessel may be bound, on such terms, not exceeding ten dollars for each person for voyages of not more than thirty days, and not exceeding twenty dollars for each person for longer voyages, as may be agreed between the master and the consular officer; and said consular officer shall issue certificates for such transportation, which certificates shall be assigns.- ble for collection. If any such destitute seaman is so disabled or ill as Mdmcmlwagos to be unable to perform duty, the consular officer shall so certify in the when unable to certificate of transportation, and such additional compensation shall be perform duty- paid as the First Comptroller of the Treasury shall deem proper. Every f P°‘;”l:g’ °’ }`°‘ such master who refuses to receive and transport such seamen on the d`;:,?,,,,,,, s;:?;;`,: request or order of such consular officer shall be liable to the United States in a penalty of one hundred dollars for each seaman so refused. The certificate of any such consular officer, given under his hand and ollicial seal, shall be presumptive evidence of such refusal in any court of law having jurisdiction for the recovery of the penalty. No master of N¤¤¤l>¤¤‘ li¤¤it¤d· any vessel shall, however, be obliged to take a greater number than one man to every one hundred tons burden of the vessel on any one voyage? “Sec. 10. That it shall be, and is hereby, made unlawful in any case Penalty for psy- to pay any seaman wages before leaving the port at which such seaman ¤’*°¤¤¤ ¤¤_ ¤d"**¤°"·, may be engaged in advance of the time when he has actually earned the ;f,£’,;;“‘P“‘°“° °* same, or to pay such advance wages to any other person, or to pay any ’ person, other than an officer authorized by act of Congress to collect tees ton such service, any remuneration for the shipment of seamen. Any person paying such advance wages or such remuneration shall be clecnred guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be pun-