CONGRESS. (PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN.) 



Statutes be, and is hereby, amended to read as 

 follows: 



" ' SEC. 4582. Whenever a vessel of the United 

 States is sold in a foreign country and her com- 

 pany discharged, it shall be the duty of the mas- 

 ter to produce to the consular officer a certified 

 list of the ship's company, and also the shipping 

 articles, and besides paying to each seaman or 

 apprentice . the wages due him, he shall either 

 provide him with adequate employment on board 

 some other vessel bound to the port at which he 

 was originally shipped, or to such other port as 

 may be agreed upon by him, or furnish the means 

 of sending him to such port, or provide him 

 with a passage home, or deposit with the con- 

 sular officer such a sum of money as is by the 

 officer deemed sufficient to defray the expenses 

 of his maintenance and passage home; and the 

 consular officer shall indorse upon the agreement 

 with the crew of the ship which the seaman or 

 apprentice is leaving the particulars of any pay- 

 ment, provision, or deposit made under this sec- 

 tion. A failure to comply with the provisions 

 of this section shall render the owner liable to 

 a fine of not exceeding $50.' 



" SEC. 18. That section 4583 of the Revised 

 Statutes be, and is hereby, amended to read as 

 follows: 



*' * SEC. 4583. Whenever on the discharge of a 

 eaman in a foreign country by a consular officer 

 on his complaint that the voyage is continued 

 contrary to agreement, or that the vessel is badly 

 provisioned or unseaworthy, or against the offi- 

 cers for cruel treatment, it shall be the duty of 

 the consul or consular agent to institute a proper 

 inquiry into the matter, and, upon his being 

 satisfied of the truth and justice of such com- 

 plaint, he shall require the master to pay to such 

 seaman one month's wages over and above the 

 wages due at the time of discharge, and to pro- 

 vide him with adequate employment on board 

 some -other vessel, or provide him with a passage 

 on board some other vessel bound to the port 

 from which he was originally shipped, or to the 

 most convenient port of entry in the United 

 States, or to a port agreed to by the seaman.' 



"SEC. 19. That section 4596 of the Revised 

 Statutes be, and is hereby, amended to read as 

 follows: 



"'SEC. 4596. The words "domestic trade" in 

 this section shall include trade between ports 

 of the United States and trade between ports 

 of the United States and the Dominion of Can- 

 ada, Newfoundland, the West Indies, and Mexico. 

 The words " foreign trade " shall include trade 

 between ports of the United States and foreign 

 ports, except as above specified, and trade be- 

 tween Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United 

 States. Whenever any seaman who has been 

 lawfully engaged or any apprentice to the sea 

 service commits any of the following offenses he 

 shall be punishable as follows: 



' ' First. For desertion, if the offense occur at 

 a port of the United States, or a foreign port in 

 the domestic trade, by forfeiture of all or any 

 part of the clothes or effects he leaves on board 

 and of all or any part of the wages or emolu- 

 ments which he has then earned. If the offense 

 occur at a foreign port in the foreign trade, by 

 forfeiture of all or any part of the clothes or 

 effects he leaves on board and of all or any part 

 of the wages or emoluments which he has then 

 earned; and also, at the discretion of the court, 

 by imprisonment for not more than one month. 



' ' Second. For neglecting or refusing, without 

 reasonable cause, to join his vessel or to pro- 

 ceed to sea in his vessel, or for absence without 



leave at any time within twenty-four hours of 

 the vessel's sailing from any port, either at the 

 commencement or during the progress of any 

 voyage, or for absence at any time without leave 

 and without sufficient reason from his vessel or 

 from his duty, not amounting to desertion or not 

 treated as such by the master, if the offense 

 occur at a port of the United States or a foreign 

 port in the domestic trade, by a forfeiture from 

 his wages of not more than two days' pay, or 

 sufficient to defray any expenses which have 

 been properly incurred in hiring a substitute; or 

 if the offense occur at a foreign port, in the for- 

 eign trade, by a forfeiture from his w r ages of not 

 more than two days' pay, or, at the discretion 

 of the court, by imprisonment for not more than 

 one month. 



" ' Third. For quitting the vessel, in whatever 

 trade engaged, at a foreign or domestic port, 

 without leave after her arrival at her port of 

 delivery and before she is placed in security, by 

 forfeiture from his wages of not more than one 

 month's pay. 



" * Fourth. For willful disobedience to any law- 

 ful command at sea, by being, at the option of 

 the master, placed in irons until such disobedi- 

 ence shall cease, and upon arrival in port, if of 

 the United States, by forfeiture from his wages 

 of not more than four days' pay, or upon arrival 

 in a foreign port by forfeiture from his wages 

 of not more than four days' pay, or, at the dis- 

 cretion of the court, by imprisonment for not 

 more than one month. 



" * Fifth. For continued willful disobedience to 

 lawful command or continued willful neglect of 

 duty at sea by being, at the option of the master, 

 placed in irons, on bread and water, with full 

 rations every fifth day, until such disobedience 

 shall cease, and upon arrival in port, if of the 

 United States, by forfeiture, for every twenty- 

 four hours' continuance of such disobedience or 

 neglect, of either a sum of not more than twelve 

 days' pay or sufficient to defray any expenses 

 which have been properly incurred in hiring a 

 substitute, or upon arrival in a foreign port, in 

 addition to the above penalty, by imprisonment 

 for not more than three months, at the discretion 

 of the court. 



" ' Sixth. For assaulting any master or mate, 

 in whatever trade engaged, by imprisonment for 

 not more than two years. 



" ' Seventh. For willfully damaging the vessel, 

 or embezzling or willfully damaging any of the 

 stores or cargo, in whatever trade engaged, by 

 forfeiture out of his wages of a sum equal in 

 amount to the loss thereby sustained, and also, 

 at the discretion of the court, by imprisonment 

 for not more than twelve months. 



" ' Eighth. For any act of smuggling for which 

 he is convicted, and whereby loss or damage is 

 occasioned to the master or owner, in whatever 

 trade engaged, he shall be liable to pay such mas- 

 ter or owner such a sum as is sufficient to re- 

 imburse the master or owner for such loss ' or 

 damage; and the whole or any part of his wages 

 may be retained in satisfaction or on account of 

 such liability; and he shall be liable to imprison- 

 ment for a period of not more than twelve 

 months.' 



"SEC. 20. That section 4597 of the Revised 

 Statutes be, and is hereby, amended to read as 

 follows : 



" ' SEC. 4597. Upon the commission of any of 

 the offenses enumerated in the preceding section 

 an entry thereof shall be made in the official log 

 book on the day on which the offense was com- 

 mitted, and shall be signed by the master and 



