194 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



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the person making such examination shall certify the same in 

 writing to the master of the ship. If such master does not there- 

 upon provide o<^her proper provisions or water, where the same can 

 be had, in lieu of any so certified to be of a bad quality and unfit for 

 use, or does not procure the requisite quantity of any so certified to 

 be insufficient in quantity, or uses any provisions or water which 

 have been so certified as aforesaid to be of bad quality and unfit for 

 use, he shall, in every such case, be liable to a penalty of not more 

 than one hundred dollars; and upon every such examination the offi 

 cers making or directing the same shall enter a statement of the result 

 of the examination in the log book, and shall send a report thereof 

 to the district judge for the judicial district embracing the port to 

 which such vessel is bound; and such report shall be received in 

 evidence in any legal proceedings. 



Forfeiture for false complaint as to provisions or water 



46 U.S.C. 663 (R.S. 4566) 



If the officer to whom any such complaint in regard to the provi- 

 sions or the water is made certifies in such statement that there was 

 no reasonable ground for such complaint, each of the parties so com- 

 plaining shall forfeit to the master or owner his share of the expense, 

 if any, of the survey. This section shall not apply to fishing or 

 whaling vessels or yachts. 



Permission from master to enter complaint as to provisions or 

 water 



46 U.S.C. 664 (R.S. 4567) 



If any seamen, while on board any vessel, shall state to the master 

 that they desire to make a complaint, in accordance with sections 662 

 and 663 of this title in regard to the provisions or the water, to a 

 competent officer, against the master, the master shall, if the vessel 

 is then at a place where there is any such officer, so soon as the serv- 

 ice of the vessel will permit, and if the vessel is not then at such a 

 place, so soon after her first arrival at such place as the service of 

 the vessel will permit, allow such seamen, or any of them, to go 

 ashore, or shall send them ashore, in proper custody, so that they 

 may be enabled to make such complaint; and shall, in default, be 

 liable to a penalty of not more than $100. 



Allowance for reduction of provisions 



46 U.S.C. 665 (R.S. 4568) 



If, during a voyage, the allowance of any of the provisions which 

 any seaman is entitled to under section 713 of this title is reduced 

 except for any time during which such seaman willfully and with- 

 out sufficient cause refuses or neglects to perform his duty, or is 

 lawfully under confinement for misconduct either on board or on 

 shore ; or if it shall be shown that any of such provisions are, or have 

 been during the voyage bad in quality or unfit for use, the seaman 

 shall receive, by way of compensation for such reduction or bad qual- 

 ity, according to the time of its continuance, the following sums, to 

 be paid to him in addition to and to be recoverable as wages : 



