56 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 121. 1884. ished by s fine not less than four times the amount of the wages so gulvanced or remuneration so pair], and may be also imprisoned for zi period not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court. The payment of such advance wages or remuneration shall in no case, except ns herein provided, absolve the vessel, or the master or owner thereof, from full payment of wages after the same shall have been actually earned, and shall be no defense to a libel, suit, or action for the recovery of such Exemption or wages: Provided, That this section shall not apply to Wh3·l1Dg·VOSSQ]S2 '*b¤U¤s ****1*- And provided further, That it shall be lawful for any seaman to stipu- P"°"“°‘ late in his shipping agreement for an allotment of any portion of the `,f,{_:°°;';:f:°f:f wages which he may earn to his wife, mother, or other relative, but to
- ,,}§i, cigigm egg. no other person or corporation. And any person who shall falsely claim
’ such relationship to any seaman in order to obtain wages so allotted shall, for every such offense, be punishable by a. fine of not exceedmg _ five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, at the Oflgfggty fe;:;' discretion of the court. This section shall apply as well to foreign vesg°sels as to vessels of the United States; and any foreign vessel the mester, owner, consignee, or agent of which has violated this section, or induced or connived at its violation, shall be rcfusedaclcarance from any port of the United States. . R. s. 4569, 884. Sec. 11. That every vessel mentioned in section forty-ive hundred Slop-chest to and sixty—uiue of the Revised Statutes shall also be provided with a °°¤*•i¤» °*°— slop-chest, which shall contain a. complement of clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman employed, including boots or shoes, hats or caps, under clothing and outer clothing, oiled clothing, and everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; also as full supply of tobacco and blankets. Any of the contents of the slop-chest shall be sold, from time to time, to any or every seaman applying therefor, for his own use, at a. pront not exceeding ten per centum of the reasonable wholesale value of the same at the port at which the voyage commenced. And if P°!:]%“’Y ff :£* any such vessel is not provided, before sailing, as herein required, the fnrgnmég ° °owner shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ive hundred dolvgmlnxwptci lars. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vessels plying between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland! the Bermuda Islands, the Bahama Islands the West Indies, Mexico and Central America. Consularfeesfor S20. 12. That on and alter July tirst, eighteen hundred and eighty- ¤¤¤'*i¤¤¤*<{¤<z¤¤¤¤¤· four, no fees named in the tariif of consular fees prescribed by order of °“‘» P"°h‘b“°d· the President shall be charged or collected by consular officers for the onicial services to American vessels and seamen. Consular officers shall Services or con- furnish the master of every such vessel with an itemized statement of ¤¤l=¤f ¤¤‘*¢¤‘= i¤¤¤¤- such services performed on account of said vessel, with the fee so pre- ,:ffgB:P;’¤';“;l';’;_*‘:,‘} scribed for each service, and make a detailed report to the Secretary of -1-,,,,m.y_ the Treasury of such services and fees, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall allow consular officers who are paid in whole or in part by fees such compensation for said services us they would have received prior l’¤>#l8<>. to the passage of this uct: Provided, That such services, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury have been necessarily rendered; and
a sum sufficient for the payment of such compensation, when thus ad-
APP1‘¤P¤¤¤°¤· justed by the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. R- $-4%% 812- Sec. 13. That section iortytwo hundred and thirteen of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: Statement er “S1·:c. 4213. It shall be the duty of all masters of vessels for whom ¤¢¤;¤>t$¤ gggghed any services shall be performed by any consular officer, without
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’from such consular officer, and, after certifying as to whether such statement is correct, to furnish it to the collector of the district in which Mm such vessels sbnll ilrst arrive on their return to the United States; and V if any such muster of a vessel shall fail to furnish such statement, he shall be liable to e line of not exceeding fifty dollars, unless such master
