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 76Q YFIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 28. 1898. Sec. 18. That section forty-five hundred and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: _ mhgg 0‘;°’j,‘f “SE¤. 4583. Whenever on the discharge of a seaman in a foreign mu. country by a consular officer on his complaint that thevoyage is con- _§;,§g°’,§°·“”*"“7· tinued contrary to agreement, or that the vessel i badly provisioned or unseaworthy, or against the officers for cruel treatment, it shall be the duty of the consul or consular agent to institute a proper inquiry into the matter, and,_upon his being satisfied of the truth and justice of such complaint, he shall require the master to pay to such seaman one month’s wages over and above the wages due at the time of discharge, and to provide him with adequate employment on board some other vessel, or provide him with a passage on board some other vessel bound to the port from which he was originally shipped, or to the most convenient port of entry in the United States, or to a port ‘ agreed to by the seaman.” R- S-. nw-M6. 1>- 890 Sec. 19. That section forty-five hundred and ninety-six of the Revised '““°"°°°‘ Statutes be, and is hereby, amended to read as follows: d;m°&¤·¤***= *·*¤*°" _'“SBC. 4.596. The words ‘domestic trade’ in this section shall include ,trade between ports of the United States and trade between ports of · the United States and the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the —··m•ig¤  West Indies, and Mexico. The words°‘ foreign trade’ shall include trade between ports of the United States and foreign ports, except as above specified, and trade between Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United emma byeenmen; States. Whenever any seaman who has been lawfully engaged or any 1’°““*"*°' ’°’· ‘ apprentice to the sea service commits any of the following offenses he shall be punishable as follows: -d¤•¤¤·»¤. “First. For desertion, if the oiiense occur at a port of the United · States, or a foreign port. in the domestic trade, by forfeiture of all or any part of the clothes or effects he leaves on board and of all or any partof the wages or emoluments which he has then earned. If the offense occur at a foreign port in the foreign trade, by forfeitu.re of all or any part of the clothes or effects he leaves on board and of all or any part of the wages or emoluments which he has then earned; and also, at tig discretion of the court, by imprisonment for not more than one mon. . goin his vessel or to proceed to sea in his vessel, or for absence without leave at any time within twenty-four hours of the vessel’s sailing from any port, either at the commencement or during the progress of any voyage, or for absence at any time without leave and without sufficient reason from his vessel or from his duty, not amounting to desertion or not treated as such by the master, if the otiense occur at a port of the United Statesor a foreign port in the domestic trade, by a forfeiture from his wages of not more than two days’ pay, or sufficient to defray any expenses which have been properly incurred in hiring a substitute; or if the offense occur at a foreign port, in the foreign trade, by a for-• feiture from his wages of not more than two days’ pay, or, at the dis- ‘ cretion of the court, by imprisonment for not more than one month. `mqizqggveswkwirb- _ •• Third. For quitting the vessel, in whatever trade engaged, at a for- ‘ eign or domestic port, without leave after her arrival at her port of delivery and before she is placed in security, by forfeiture from his wages of not more than one month’s pay. —wi11f¤1<1i¤¤\>•><1i¤¤¤¤- •¢ Fourth. For willful disobedience to any lawful command at sea by being, at the option of the·master, placed in irons until such disobhdi. ence shall cease, and upon arrival in port, if of the United States, by forfeiture from his wages of not more than four days’ pay, or upon arrival in a foreign port by forfeiture from his wages of not more than tour days’ pay, or, at the discretion of the court, by imprisonment for not more tlian one month. —c<m¤¤¤¤d disobedi- *4 Fifth. or continued willful disobedience to lawful comm nd °"°° °'“°"I°“‘ continued willful neglect of duty at sea by being, at the optionaof tl: master, placed in irons, on bread and water,' with full rations every fifth day, until such disobedience shall cease, and upon arrival in port,
 * l•g¤g<;:rg,*::ggj° _ _“ Second. For neglecting or refusing, without reasonable cause, to