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FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS Sess. II. Ch. 322. 1872. 277 diately after the conviction or within such period as the court shall at the time of the conviction appoint, it shall be lawful for the court to commit the offender to prison, there to be imprisoned for the term or terms hereinbefore provided in case of such offence, the commitment to be terminable upon payment of the amount and costs; and all penalties and forfeitures mentioned in this act, for which no special application is hereinbefore I, W & provided, shall, when recovered, be paid and applied in manner following, wifi; ;§gZw-c" that is to say: so much as the court shall determine, and the residue shall cmd, l10W W l’>¢ be paid to the court and be remitted from time to time, by order of the applied' judge, to the treasury of the United States, and appropriated as provided for in section fifty of this act: Provided always, That it shall be lawful Courtmay refor the court before which any proceeding shall be instituted for the rc- but covery of any pecuniary penalty imposed by this act, to mitigate or &c. i reduce such penalty as to such court shall appear just and reasonable; but no such penalty shall be reduced to less than one—third of its original amount: Provided also, That all proceedings so to be instituted shall be m°f‘§€dl¤§»’8 to commenced within two years next after the commission of the offence if the same shall have been committed at or beyond the Cape of Good Hope time. or Cape Horn, or within one year if committed elsewhere, or within two months after the return of the offender and the complaining party to the United States; and there shall be no appeal from any decision of any of Appeals_ the circuit courts, unless the amount sued for exceeds the sum of five ` hundred dollars. ` Sec. G5. That to avoid doubt in the construction of this act, every Wh0.¤¤d<¤‘ person having the command of any ship belonging to any citizen of the lf1E5S_ United States shall, within the meaning and for the purposes of this act, ter," and who be deemed and taken to be the " master" of such ship; and that every Lgsgggggxzéggai person (apprentices excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve ··Sl,,p,·» and who in any capacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a "0wncr·" " seaman " within the meaning and for the purposes·of this act; and that the term " ship " shall be taken and understood to comprehend every description of vessel navigating on any sea or channel, lake or river, to which the provisions of this law may be applicable; and the term " owner" shall be taken and understood to comprehend all the several persons, if more than one, to whom the ship shall belong. Sue. 66. That in no case shall the salary, fees, and emoluments of any Salary, &c., of ofiicer appointed under this act be more than five thousand dollars per  ;£l°;;t‘;gd°r annum; and any additional fees shall be paid into the treasury of the exceed, &c. United States. Sec. 67. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions Repairing of this act are hereby repealed. °l“*““‘ Sec. 68. That this act shall take effect in sixty days after its passage, When act but its provisions in regard to appointments under it shall take effect takes °m*°i‘ immediately. SCHEDULE. TABLE A. (Section 5.) Table A- Scale of fees for matters transacted at shipping-commissioners' offices: FMS- First. Fee payable on engaging crew, for each member of the crew (except apprentices) ... $2.00 Secondly. Fee payable on discharging crew, for each member of crew discharged .. 50 cents. Tam. B. (Section 6.) Table B. Sums to be deducted from wages of seamen in partial repayment of Deductionsthe fees payable in table A: