128 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 344, 345. 1874. Sec. 10. That from and after the first dey of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, whenever any vessel of the United States has sustained or caused any accident involving the loss of life, the material loss of property, or any serious iujuryhto 'any person, or has received any material damage affecting her seeworthiness or her edicieney, the managing owner, agent, or master of such vessel shell within ive days o wn ere, .&e., of after the happening of such accident or damage, or as soon thereafter ee v¤¤¤<>1¤¤f¤h¤ U¤i*·¤d possible, send, by letter to the collector of customs of the distract wherein S”'*}°° °° "°P°§§ {such vessel belongs or of that within which such accident or damage
z?,,!:;: °° occurred, a report thereof, signed hy such owner, agent, or master, etnt.
w li at i- e ports ing the name and oihcial number (1f any) of the vessel, the port to which ¤w¤¤ ¤f·=>¤¤· .ehe belongs, the place where she was, the nature and probable oeeasion of the casualty, the number and names of those lost, and the estimated amount of loss or damage to the vessel or cargo ; and shall inrnish, upon the request of either of such collectors of customs, such other informetion coneerning the vessel, her_ea.rgo, and the casualty as may be called for; and if he neglect or refuse to comply with the foregoing require- Penalty for neg- ments after a reasonable time, he shall incur a. penalty of one hundred 1%*- dollars. _ owmm, ew., to Sec. 11. That whenever the managing owner or agent of any vessel notify pro heme of the United States has reason, owing to the non-appearance of such 10*** °° °°u°°**°“· vessel, or to any other circumstance, to apprehend that such vessel has been lost, he shall, as soon as conveniently may be, send notice, in writing, to the collector of customs of the port to which said vessel belonged, Wm, the mtm of such loss, end the probable occasion thereof stating the name and must mt,, the oillciel number (if any) of the vessel, and the names of all persons on board, so fer as the same can be ascertained, and shall furnish, upon request of the collector of such port, such additional information as he may be able; end if he neglect to comply with the above requirements 1 Penalty for neg- within n. reasonable time, he shall incur a. penalty of one hundred dol? een. lars. · Ce ll eo tors to Sec. 12. That it shall be the duty of the collectors of customs to im-_
- ¤¤¤¤¤¤* ¤’°l?°,{,*° *° mediately transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury such reports and
§l‘f°"’°“'Y ° ""` information es they may receive under the provisions of the two prey` ceding sections, and they shall also report to the Secretary of the Treas- To report any nry any neglect or refusal on the part of the managing owner, a-gent, or ¤¤¤-<>¢•¤¤g¤¤¤¤•2 °fma,ster of any vessel of the United States to comply with the require- °“'“F"“· _°‘ ments thereof. S D¤¤g°*>lQ¤ °f!;PB§ S20. 13. That the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon application sgi'; 3 gan;?,,;,, therefor, remit or mitigate any penalty provided for in this act, or dis- &,,_ continue any prosecution to recover the same, upon such terms as he, in his discretion, shall think proper, and shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon all such epplicationsin such manner and under such regulations as he may think proper; all penalties hereinbefore provided Jurimi ci: i e n of shall be prosecuted by indictment or information before the proper disdi¤*¤i¤¤ ¤<>¤Y*¤· triet court, for the use of the United States. Approved, June 20, J,874. · June gg, ]814_ CHAP. 345.-An act to correct the date of commission of certain omcers of the Army. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of —Rq»resentatives of the United William Myers to States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and he be p¤>m¤¢¤d to be is hereby, authorized to nominate and promote William Myers to he $;{3‘;;1_“·"d q““’”°"mejor and quertermaster, to date from the eighteenth da.y of January, -eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, to teike place on the Army Itegister `Pwviw- next below Major J. G. Chandler: Provided, That no officer in said alepartment shall by this act be reduced from his present rank, nor shall any additional pey or allowance be made to any ofilcers-by virtue of this act. Approved, June 20, 1874.
