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^hall, before carrying such seaman to sea, procure the sanction of such 

 officer, and shall engage seamen in his presence; and the rules govern- 

 ing the engagement of seamen before a Coast Guard official to whom 

 the duties of shipping commissioner have been delegated in the United 

 States, shall apply to such engagements made before a consular officer: 

 and upon every such engagement the consular officer shall indorse 

 upon the agreement his sanction thereof, and at attestation to the effect 

 that the same has been signed in his presence, and otherwise duly made. 

 (K.S. §4517; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366; ^3, 84 Stat. 100; 1946 Reorg 

 Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.) 



Penalty for violating section 570 of this title 



46 U.S.C. 571 (R.S. 4518) 



Every master who engages any seaman in any place in which there 

 is a consular office, otherwise than as required by section 570 of this 

 title, shall incur a penalty of not more than $100, for which penalty 

 the vessel shall be held liable. (R.S. § 4518 ; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 

 34 Stat. 100.) 



Voyage or term for which seamen may be shipped; reshipment 



46 U.S.C. 572 



A master of a vessel in the foreign trade may engage a seaman at 

 any port in the United States, in the manner provided by law, to ser\'e 

 on a voyage to any port, or for the round trip from and to the port of 

 departure, or for a definite time, whatever the destination. The mas- 

 ter of a vessel making regular and stated trips between the United 

 States and a foreign country may engage a seaman for one or more 

 round trips, or for a definite time, or on the return of said vessel to 

 the United States may reship such seaman for another voyage in the 

 same vessel, in the manner provided by law. (June 26, 1884, ch. 121, 

 § 19, 23 Stat. 58.) 



Voyage or term of seaman shipped in foreign port; reshipment; 

 bond 



46 U.S.C. 573 



Every master of a vessel in the foreign trade may engage any seaman 

 at any port out of the United States, in the manner provided by law. 

 to serve for one or more round trips from and to the port of departure, 

 or for a definite time, whatever the destination; and the master of a 

 vessel clearing from a port of the United States with one or more sea- 

 men engaged in a foreign port as herein provided shall not be required 

 to reship in a port of the ITnited States the seamen so engaged, or to 

 give bond, to produce said seamen before a boarding officer on the 

 return of said vessel to the United Statas. (June 26, 1884, ch. 121. 

 § 20, 23 Stat. 58.) 



Shipping articles for vessels in coasting trade 



46 U.S.C. 574 (R.S. 4520) 



Ever}^ master of any vessel of the burden of fifty tons or upward, 

 bound from a port in one State to a port in any other than an adjoining 



