206 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 





Certificate to list of crew; record 

 46 U.S.C. 675 (R.S. 4574) 



In all cases of private vessels of the United States sailing from a port 

 in the United States to a foreign port, the list of the crew shall be 

 examined by the collector for the district from which the vessel shall 

 clear, and, if approved of by him, shall be certified acxiordingly. No 

 person shall be admitted or employed on board of any such vessel unless 

 his name shall have been entered in the list of the crew, approved and 

 certified by the collector for the district from which the vessel shall 

 clear. The collector, before he delivers the list of the crew, approved 

 and certified, to the master or proper officer of the vessel to which the 

 same belongs, shall cause the same to be recorded in a book by him for 

 that purpose to be provided, and the record shall be open for the inspec- 

 tion of all persons, and a certified copy thereof shall be admitted in 

 evidence in any court in which any question may arise under any of 

 the provisions of title 53 of the Revised Statutes. (R.S. § 4574.) 



Rules as to list of crew 



46 U.S.C. 676 (R.S. 4575) 



The following rules shall be observed with reference to vessels bound 

 on any foreign voyage : 



First. The duplicate list of the ship's company required to be made 

 out by the master and delivered to the collector of the customs, under 

 section 674 of this title, shall be a fair copy in one uniform hand- 

 writing without erasures or interlineations. 



Second. It shall be the duty of the owners of every such vessel to 

 obtain from the collector of the customs of the district from which 

 the clearance is made, a true and certified copy of the shipping articles 

 containing the names of the crew, which shall be written in a uniform 

 hand, without erasures or interlineations. 



Third. These documents, which shall be deemed to contain all the 

 conditions of contract with the crew as to their service, pay, voyage, 

 and all other things, shall be produced by the master, and laid before 

 any consul of the United States, whenever he may deem their contents 

 necessary to enable him to discharge the duties imposed upon him by 

 law toward any mariner applying to him for his aid or assistance. 



Fourth. All interlineations, erasures, or writing in a hand differ- 

 ent from that in which such duplicates were originally made, shall be 

 deemed fraudulent alterations, working no change in such papers, 

 unless satisfactorily explained in a manner consistent with innocent 

 purposes and the provisions of law which guard the rights of mariners. 



Fifth. If any master of a vessel shall proceed on a foreign voyage 

 without the documents required, or refuse to produce them when 

 required, or to perform the duties imposed by this section, or shall 

 violate the provisions thereof, he shall be liable to each and every 

 individual injured thereby in damages, to be recovered in any court 

 of the United States in the district where such delinquent may reside 

 or be found, and in addition thereto be punishable by a fine of $100 for 

 each offense. 



Sixth. It shall be the duty of the boarding officer to report all viola- 

 tions of this section to the collector of the port where any vessel may 



