Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/605

 PUBLIC LAW 98-89 —AUG. 26, 1983 97 STAT. 573 in the official logbook, signed by the master, the chief mate, and an unlicensed crewmember containing an inventory of the money and property and a statement of the wages due the seaman, with the total of the deductions to be made. (b) On compliance with this chapter, the master shall obtain a ciompliance written certificate of compliance from a shipping commissioner, certificate. Clearance may be granted to a foreign-bound vessel only when the certificate is received at the office of customs. § 10703. Procedures of masters (a) If the vessel is proceeding to the United States when a seaman dies, the master shall deliver the seaman's money, property, and wages when the ^reement required by this part is ended, as provided by regulations prescribed by the Secretary. (b) If the vessel touches at a foreign port after the death of the seaman, the master shall report to the first available consular officer. The consular officer may require the master to deliver to the officer the money, property, and wages of the seaman. The consular officer shall give the master a receipt for the matters delivered and certify on the agreement the particulars of the deliv- ery. When the agreement ends, the master shall deliver the receipt as prescribed by regulations. (c) If the consular officer does not require the master to deliver the seaman's money, property, and wages, the officer shall so certify on the agreement, and the master shall dispose of the money, property, and wages as provided under subsection (a) of this section. (d) A deduction from the account of a deceased seaman is valid only if certified by a proper entry in the officisd logbook. § 10704. Duties of consular officers When a seaman dies outside the United States leaving money or property not on board a vessel, the consular officer nearest the place at which the money and property is located shall claim and take charge of it. § 10705. Disposition of money, property, and wages by consular officers When money, property, or wages of a deceased seaman comes into possession of a consular officer, the officer may— (1) sell the property and remit the proceeds and other money or wages of the seaman the officer has received, to the district court of the United States for the district in which the voyage begins or ends; or (2) deliver the money, property, and wages to the district court. § 10706. Seamen dying in the United States When a seaman dies in the United States and is entitled at death to claim money, property, or wages from the master or owner of a vessel on which the seaman served, the master or owner shall deliver the money, property, and wages as provided by regulations prescribed by the Secretary. § 10707. Delivery to district court The Secretary shall provide for the delivery to a district court of the United States of the money, property, and wages of a deceased seaman within one week from the date of receipt.

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