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'1`rru: uu.--MERCHANT SEAMEN.——Ch. 3. 877 mlakipglthe same, except such advance securities as are authorized by is 1 e. Sec. 4537. No sum exceeding one dollar shall be recoverable from an Limit Gi Simi N- seaman, by any one person, for any debt contracted during the time such °°"'°"“bi° dim"? seaman shall actual v belong to any vessel, until the voyage for which such seaman engaged shall be ended. 2922 gully, 179% , . , . , . Sec. 4538. Whenever any seaman or apprentice belonging to or sent Effects of dehome on any merchant vessel, whether a foreign-goin or domestic ves- °°”°d °°°m°“- sel, employed on a voyage which is to terminate in the United States, 1 June, 1872: dies during such voyage, the master shall take char e of all moneys, 322, s. 43, v. 17, p. clothes, and effects which he leaves on board, and shaU if he thinks fit, 271· cause all or any of such clothes and effects to be sold by auction at the mast or other public auction. and shall thereupon sign an entry in the official log-boo , and cause it to be attested by the mate and one of the crew, containing the following particulars: First. A statement of the amount of money so left by the deceased. Secqarédé In cage of a sale, a description of each article sold, and the sum recenv or eac . Third. A statement of the sum due to deceased as wages, and the total amount of deductions, if any, to be made therefrom. mS1¤c.h4q3S:;6 Irpgasegfmbraced by the preceding section, the following Prpdcgedipgssiq essal 0 rv : **8* **6 ° First. 1f the vessel proceeds at once to any port in the United States, (EEE??}?; the master shall, within forty-eight hours after his arrival, deliver any Ibid-, S- 44- splph effects remainingf unsold, and} pay gnyllmoney which he hasdtaken c r of. or received rom suc sa e, an the ba ance of wa es ue to tlhe , to the shipping—commissioner at the port of desitination in t e 'nited States. _ Second. If the vessel touches and remains at some foreign port before coming {tp any portsin the United Siitates, lthe maslterhshlall report th; case ti e United tates consu ar officer there, an s al ive to suc officer any information he requires as to the destination of the vessel and probable length of the voyage; and such officer may, if he considers it expediegt so po do, re(pup·elfhe effects, moéiqy, and waiges to betdelivereid an i to im, an s a , u n suc e ivery an paymen , ive 0 the mhister a receipt; and the mrgter shall within forty-eight houhs after his arrival at his port of destination in the United tatesdproduce the same to the shippingcommissioner there. Such consularo cer shall, in any such case, indorse and certify upon the agreement with the crew the particulars with respect to such delivery and payment. Third. If the rgmsular ofiilcer does nplt ureqpirehsuch paypienit; and deliver tobema etohim,t emasters a ta ec ar eo thee ects, moneyyand wages, and shall, within forty-eight hoursgafter his arrival at his port of destination in the United States, deliver and pay the same to the shippingcommissioner there. _ Fourth. The master shall, in all cases in which any seaman or apprentice dies during the voyage orengaglement, give to such officer or shipping-commissioner an account, m suc form as they may respectivel require, of the effects, money,_and wages so to be delivered and paidg and no deductions claimedmm pqch laccpunp tslhall bbe allowe:11 uness verified b an ent in theo cia og- oo , i ere e any; an by such other vbuchersrilf any, as may be reasonably required by the officer or shipping-commissioner whom the account is rendered, Fifth. Fpon due comlplisnce witphsuch of ph; pirovgsions cg] tlips sp? tion as re ate to acts to one at e r o es ma ion in e ni e States, the ship ing-commissioner shalllxgrant to the master a certificate to that edect. glo officer of customs shall clear any foreign-going vessel without the production of such certificate. Sec. 4540. Whenever any master fails to take such charge of the money Penalty for negor other effects of a seaman or apprentice during a voyage, or to make lect inyregard to such entries in respect thereof, or to procure suc attestation to such en· ¤§[““ S 6****0**- tries, or to make such payment or delivery of any money, wages, or effects Ibid., s. 45.