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CONGRESS. (REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES.) 



ly earned the same, or to pay such advance wages 

 to any other person. Any person paying such 

 advance wages shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished 

 by a fine not less than four times the amount ot 

 the wages so advanced, and may also be impris- 

 oned for a period not exceeding six months, at 

 the discretion of the court. The payment of such 

 advance wages shall in no case, excepting as here- 

 in 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 lor 

 the recovery of such wages. If any person shall 

 demand or receive, either directly or indirectly, 

 from any seaman or other person seeking em- 

 ploynient as seaman, or from any person on his 

 behalf, any remuneration whatever for providing 

 him with employment, he shall for every such 

 offense be liable to a penalty of not more than 

 $100. 



" < (6) That it shall be lawful for any seaman 

 to stipulate in his shipping agreement for an 

 allotment of any portion of the wages which he 

 mav earn to his grandparents, parents, wife, sis- 

 ter, or children. But no allotment whatever shall 

 be allowed in the trade between the ports of the 

 United States (except as provided in subdivision 

 c of this section) or in trade between ports of 

 the United States and the Dominion of Canada, 

 Newfoundland, the West Indies, and Mexico. 



" ' (c) That it shall be lawful for any seaman 

 engaged in a vessel bound from a port on the 

 Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, 

 or in a vessel engaged in foreign trade, except 

 trade between the United States and the Domin- 

 ion of Canada or Newfoundland or the West 

 Indies or the republic of Mexico, to stipulate in 

 his shipping agreement for an allotment of an 

 amount, to be fixed by regulation of the com- 

 missioner of navigation, with the approval of the 

 Secretary of the Treasury, not exceeding one 

 month's wages, to an original creditor in liquida- 

 tion of any just debt for board or clothing which 

 he may have contracted prior to engagement. 



" ' (d) That no allotment note shall be valid 

 unless signed by and approved by the shipping 

 commissioner. It shall be the duty of said com- 

 missioner to examine such allotments and the 

 parties to them and enforce compliance with the 

 law. All stipulations for the allotment of any 

 part of the wages of a seaman during his ab- 

 sence which are made at the commencement of 

 the voyage shall be inserted in the agreement, 

 and shall state the amounts and times of the 

 payments to be made and the persons to whom 

 the payments are to be made. 



" ' (e) That no allotment except as provided 

 for in this section shall be lawful. Any person 

 who shall falsely claim to be such relation as 

 above described of a seaman under this section 

 or shall make a false statement of the nature 

 or amount of any debt claimed to be due from 

 any seaman under this section shall for every 

 such offense be punishable by a fine not exceed- 

 ing $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six 

 months, at the discretion of the court. 



" (f) That this section shall apply as well 

 to foreign vessels as to vessels of the United 

 States; and any master, owner, consignee, or 

 agent of any foreign vessel who has violated its 

 provisions shall be liable to the same penalty that 

 the master, owner, or agent of a vessel of the 

 United States would be for a similar violation: 

 Provided, That treaties in force between the 

 United States and foreign nations do not con- 

 flict. 



" ' (y) That under the direction of the Secretary 

 of the Treasury the Commissioner of Navigation 

 shall make regulations to carry out this section.' 

 " SEC. 25. That section 3 of chapter 421 of the 

 laws of 1886, approved June 19, 1886; sections 

 4531, 4532, 4533, 4534, 4598, 4599, 4601, and 4609, 

 of the Revised Statutes, and so much of chapter 

 97 of the laws of 1895 as -relates to allotment, 

 and subdivision 8 of section 4511 of the Revised 

 Statutes, in so far as the same relates to the 

 domestic trade as defined in section 19 of this act, 

 and that section 3 of an act entitled 'An Act 

 to amend the laws relating to navigation, and 

 for other purposes,' approved April 4, 1888, chap- 

 ter 61, page 80, Statutes Fiftieth Congress, first 

 session, are hereby repealed. 



" SEC. 26. That this act shall take effect sixty 

 days after its approval, and shall apply to all 

 vessels not herein specifically exempted; but sec- 

 tions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 23, 

 and 24 shall not apply to fishing or whaling 

 vessels or yachts." 



Reimbursement of States. The following act 

 was passed and approved March 3, 1899, amend- 

 ing the act of July 8, 1898, to reimburse governors 

 of States and Territories for expenses incurred 

 by them in aiding the United States to raise, 

 organize, and equip the volunteer army in the 

 war with Spain: 



"Be it enacted by. the Senate and House of 

 Representatives of the United States of America 

 in Congress assembled, That the act entitled ' An 

 Act to reimburse the governors of States and 

 Territories for expenses incurred by them in aid- 

 ing the United States to raise and organize and 

 supply and equip the volunteer army of the 

 United States in the existing war with Spain,' 

 approved July 8, 1898, be so amended that the 

 Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and is here- 

 by, authorized to allow, in the settlement of the 

 claims of the governors of States and Territories 

 for reimbursement under the provisions of the 

 said act, expenses incurred after as well as before 

 July 8, 1898: Provided, That no reimbursement 

 shall be made for service of members of the Na- 

 tional Guard, or organized militia, or naval re- 

 serves of any State or Territory who were not 

 accepted into the volunteer army of the United 

 States, and no reimbursement shall be allowed 

 for payments made to any person in excess of 

 the pay and allowances authorized by the laws 

 of the State or Territory for the grade in which 

 he was accepted into the volunteer army of the 

 United States. That the compensation allowed 

 by the laws of the States and Territories to offi- 

 cers and men of the National Guard, or militia, 

 or naval reserves of said States and Territories 

 shall be allowed to the States and Territories, or 

 the governors of the States and Territories, as 

 pay for such officers and men of said National 

 Guard, or militia, or naval reserves as -appeared 

 and remained at the place of muster, and who 

 were afterward received into the service of the 

 United States for the period between the date 

 of assembly at the rendezvous and the date they 

 were mustered into the United States service: 

 Provided, however, That in all States and Ter- 

 ritories where no laws exist for the payment of 

 the officers and men of the National Guard, or 

 militia, or naval reserves, there shall be allowed 

 to said States and Territories, or the governors 

 of said States and Territories, for the officers the 

 same pay as allowed officers in the regular army 

 holding the same rank, and for the men $1 per 

 day, for such officers and men as appeared and 

 remained at the place of muster and were after- 

 ward received into the service of the United 



