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Apprentices 



46 U.S.C. 561 (R.S. 4509) 



Every Coast Guard official to whom the duties of shipping commis- 

 sioner appointed under title 53 of the Revised Statutes have been 

 delegated shall, if applied to for the purjwse of apprenticing boys to 

 the sea service, by any master or owner of a vessel, or by any person 

 legally qualified, give such assistance as is in his power for facilitating 

 the making of such apprenticeships; but such Coast Guard official 

 shall ascertain that the boy has voluntarily consented to be bound, 

 and that the parents or guardian of such boy have consented to such 

 apprenticeship, and that he has attained the age of twelve years, and 

 is of sufficient health and strength, and that the master to whom such 

 boy is to be bound is a proper person for the purpose. Such ap- 

 prenticeship shall terminate when the apprentice becomes eighteen 

 years of age. Such Coast Guard official shall keep a register of all 

 indentures of apprenticeship made before him. (R.S. §4509; 1946 

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

 Stat. 1097.) 



Indenture of apprentice to be produced; assignment 

 46 U.S.C. 562 (R.S. 4510) 



The master of every foreign-going vessel shall, before carrying any 

 a]:)prentice to sea from any place in the United States, cause such 

 apprentice to appear before the Coast Guard official to whom the 

 duties of shipping commissioner have been delegated before whom the 

 crew is engaged, and shall produce to him the indenture by which such 

 apprentice is bound, and the assignment or assignments thereof if 

 any ; and the name of the apprentice, with the date of the indenture 

 and of the assignment or assignments thereof, if any, shall be entered 

 on the agreement ; which shall be in the form as near as may be given 

 in the table marked "A" in the schedule annexed to this chapter, and 

 no such assignment shall be made without the approval of such Coast 

 Gnard official, of the apprentice, and of his parents or his guardian. 

 For any violation of this section, the master shall be liable to a penalty 

 of not more than $100. (R.S. § 4510; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101- 

 104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.) 



List of crew to be delivered to collector 



46 U.S.C. 674 (R.S. 4573) 



Before a clearance is granted to any vessel bound on a foreign voy- 

 age or engaged in the whale fishery, the master thereof shall deliver 

 to the collector of the customs a list containing the names, places of 

 birth and residence, and description of the persons who compose his 

 sliip's company ; to which list the oath of the captain shall be annexed, 

 that the list contains the names of his crew, together with the places 

 of their birth and residence, as far as he can ascertain them; and the 

 collector shall deliver him a certified copy thereof. (R.S. § 4537.) 



