





-) A vessel which ha ihr wind aft .hall km 

 .rrrbr. ainrndr<l bv ^Ming th. 



-Sir. ll. That Am.-lr VII f Miun ttllof the 

 *l Mamie* be. and U brr* 







ibeingovsrtakeii buanl ai 



, -. r 







by another vessel during 



.nthewnik 

 r Ihr own, r. . r 



fi 



or -i-im! 



I 



', 



. "- < ' - ' - ' 



. -....:..- ' !> ,..;. . .... . 



f any MfUel to keep a proper look- 



flhr h.-Kl. 



onlmary practice of i 



reign V*swl adm;H,d to Al 



laiiane**, and to dn- t the issue of the usual 



pipes, an- 1 appurtenanos* are or are not const r> 



> the lawn of th. . or 

 Mhrthrr they are or are not cont 



stamped pursuant to said law*. The te*ts in the 



bjapal .. Q of . ; I. I. ... rv * ftfj :.;.-. U ! M ; .- 



.- -hall IN- the same in all rrspecta as to 



strength and safety as ar +ptc- 



<>n*trueted in t , * for 



PVpOBML 



.-. 15. That section 2H34 of the Revised Stat- 

 \ and is h*f*br. amended l>> r. |>caling the 



I'he master of any vessel bound to >. 



ii-ut. through or l>y th.- ua\ 

 -hall. l.-f.'rv ho passe* the por 

 ttn.l immrdiah ! 



collector for thf di-f lam- 



feet of the cargo on board such vee>< 



v vessel MMDd to th,. di I'.urlingtnn 



*hall. I passes t! f I'hilad.-lphi.-t. 



iiiiu-diatrlv aft.-r his arrmil. d.-poMt wit 

 collector thereof a like manifest ; and the col! 

 >.hall. aft.-r registering the manifest, Iran-unit the 

 same, duly <--rtili.'d to hare been so deposited, to 



tor \ith whom the entries are to be made; 



8674,8076,8084,8080 1884,8688, M97, 4188, n :i! 

 -I-J-M. 4589, and -I.V.HI of thf EUrfead Btal ><- an 



r- ]- .1 . 1 



: That Action 2707 of the Revised - 

 *, and i hereby, *fls*Bd*d l>y adding thereto 

 tin* f. 



^a stores and the Ire f ves- 



to regular * -n f. r- 



ttes deU>fl in pn 



'ie may be transferred in such |ort of 



customs officer- vessel 



U- paid on urh Mores or equipments 



'i at Mx*tion 5847 be amended to read i 

 v master or other officer f an 

 ican vessel on the high seas or on any 



run the admiralty ami marilin 

 f th- l"i >. without jutiflah|e 



cause, 



liable 



inflict* UIN.II them 



nd unu-ual puni*h 

 ;n.- f not inon> than $1.000. or by i-nprison- 



t morv than 11. 



\othinj; hon>in -hall be conrtn.- 



repeal or modify section 4611 of the Kcvbed 



'y regulations 

 buanl and a* to finr. thort s 



vhkhnwj be ..*<: : . 

 ..---...' i-,. . 



nototherviseprovkUd fbrbyU* . .1 , , 



. 8a That this not shall Uk* effect July 

 1891 

 The Mil as it originallv pe*e! 



ii*n461l 

 which wa. a lav ena 



the MIL 



or. as virtually a rwtoration of the praotkte of i*f- 

 ging. A* a oonssqueocv. there wa* some harsh etttl- 

 cism of the commit!** that reported the 



. - ' r M- v... i f N-brajfei 

 -i.ld likr to have the ascClon of the 



rrad wl.i.-h applic* to 



nny of the flogjrnjc raum 



>. saidia aasw: - L 



American vessel on the high seat, or oa any other 

 :n the admiralty and 

 United State*, who, 





. and without tnstifiable cmnsr. beat*. 

 '!>. or imprisons any or the crew of snch ve*> 

 iiholds from them suitable food and noor- 

 ihm.-nt. or inflicts upon them any cruel and un- 

 usual puniidimmt. fthall be punished by a fine of 



than $1.000. or by imprf 

 more than five years, or by both.* 



courts' held that those we 

 hatred, or revenge ' imposed upon t 

 the duty of proving not onlv that the beating was 

 <it justifiable cause, but that it was from 

 malice or hatred or for the purpose of Mfengi. 

 mittee on Commerce believed that 

 to be an unjust Umirn on the sailor, and therefore 

 they simply strike out of this lav the words mal- 

 ic*, hatred, or revenge* 



upon my unfortunate 

 .-. 



uQBgjHi** OB American i 

 Anybody could have believed that is bevond 

 my t-om prehension. The man who did must have 

 been a fool or insane : and yH I was blackguarded 

 in one or t wo great papers of the country a* * that 

 l.rutal ST. that man who had rwtored 



the merchant marine.* Yet everything 

 hat brutal man ' had don* had been don* hy 

 n Commerce, and ha* been done to 

 mn HH mflan . f thai nuj to btlM 

 Hied, if thev were beaten, to prove not only that 

 it wa< without justifiable cau~, hut that it was 

 from malice or hatred or revenge. 



never undertook todefeodmywlf in tb<- Tnited 

 State* Senate, as I might have done, fmro those 

 char. I defend mv*rlf IT, ngnai 



since I have been here. I reeanl^i 



- 



1 me no possible harm 

 he tarn* considerati. 



nfen 

 ntiontheeevords: 



Hut nothing herein contained 



that 

 totals 



. . 



