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Trrr.1: Lm.——MERCHANT SEAMEN.—— Ch. 3. 875 CHAPTER THREE. WAGES AND EFFECTS. Sec. Sec. 4524. Commencement of wages. l 4538. Effects of deceased seamen. 4525. Wages not dependent on freight. I 4539. Proceedings in regard to effects. 4526. Termination of wages by loss of ves· 4540. Penalty for neglect in regard to seasel. _ men’s effects. 4527. Wages in caseof improper discharge. 4541. Duties of consular officers in regard 4528. Suspension of wages. to deceased seamen’s effects. 4529. Time for payment. 4542. Payment of wages in case of death 4530. Payment of wages at ports, &c. within the United States. 4531. Al otment of wages. 4543. Payment to circuit court. 4532. Advances. 4544. Distribution of seamen’s money and 4533. Recovery in case of unlawful ad- effects by circuit court. D vances. fad 4545. Unclainéed wages and effects of de- 4534. iscouuto vance security. cease seamen. 4535. Loss of lien. 4546. Summons for non-payment of wages. 4536. No attachment or amignment of 4547. Lyébel for wagps. d wages. 4548. \ ages payab e in gol . 4537. Limit of sums recoverable during VOR26- Sec. 4524. A seaman’s right to wa es and rovisions shall be taken C<>m¤¤*>¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¢ . g g P of w s to commence either at the time at which he commences work, or at the _ "¥° · time specified in the agreement for his commencement of work or pres- 7 J,,,,,,,, 1872, c_ ence on board, whichever first happens. 322,s. 30, v. 17, p. 268.-——The Herman, l Low., 515. Sec. 4525. No right to wages shall be dependent on the earning of Wages ¤w¥_ defreight by the vessel; but every seaman or apprentice who woul be P""d°"*°“f""€h*· entitled to demand and receive any wages if the vessel on which he has Ibid., e. 32. served had earned freight, shall, subject to all other rules of law and conditions applicable to the case, be entitled to claim and recover the same of the master or owner in rsonam notwithstandin that freight has not _ Pe » g g been earned. But in all cases of wreck or loss of vessel, proof that any seaman or apprentice has not exerted himself to the utmost to save the vessel, cargo, and stores, shall bar his claim. · _ _ Sec. 4526. In cases where the service of any seaman terminates before Termination of the riod contemplated in the agreement, by reason of the wreck or loss ‘Y“=‘¥‘*‘ by ms Of E6 . . xessel. of the vessel, such seaman shall be entitled to wages for the time of serv- - _-mmm ice prior to such termination, but not for any further period. U>1d-.¤-33.1>-269- Sec. 4527. Any seaman who has signed an agreement and is after- Wages in caseward discharged before the commencement of the voyage or before one Og 1mPY0I>€f dwmonth’s wages are earned, without fault on his part justifying such dis- ° ‘"g'°" charge, and without his consent, shall be entitled to receive from the lbid.,s.21,p.266. master or owner, in addition to any wages he may have earned, a sum e ual in amount to one m0nth’s wages as compensation, and may on ng . . . . >. ducing evidence satisfactory to the court hearing the case, of having been improperly discharged, recover such compensation as if it were wa es duly earned. §EC. 4528. No seaman or apprentice shall be entitled to wagps for Suspension of any period during which he un awfully refuses or negiects to wor when M888- required, after the time iixed by the agreement for im to begin work, Ib;d_,,,_3.,,p_269_ nor, unless the court hearing_ the case otherwise directs, for any period cguring which he is lawfully imprisoned for any offense committed by 1m. Sec. 4529. The Il1f|.St.BI‘ O1` OWHGP of 6VOI'}' }’§S$€l Hllakillg V0y0.£8S f1’0IIl Time for pay- a port on the Atlantic to a port_on the Pacihc, or vice versa, s all pay ment. to every seaman his wages, Withln two days 8ff»€I‘ the t€l`mll;\8tlOD of the gg July, 1790, c_ agreement, or at the time such seaman1s discharged, whichever nrst 29, s. 6,v. 1, p. 133. happens- and in the case of vessels makin foreign voyages within 7 J¤¤¤» 1872. c- ’ * · f - - · ’ 322 as 17 three days after the cargo has been dehvere , or within five days nfmy é6q» ”· ·"· · P- the sea1nan’s discharge, whichever first happens; and in all cases the " seaman shall, at the time of his discharge, be entitled to be paid, on account. a sum equal to one-fourth part of the balance due to him. Every