216 LAWS GOVERNING MARINE INSPECTION 



1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 6( 

 Stat. 1097; Sept. 29, 1950, ch. 1109, 64 Stat. 1081; Jan. 10, 1951, ch.l 

 1222, 64 Stat. 1239.) 



Agreements as to loss of lien or right to wages 



46 U.S.C. 600 (R.S. 4535) 



No seaman shall, by any agreement other than is provided by title 

 53 of the Revised Statutes, forfeit his lien upon the ship, or be deprived 

 of any remedy for the recovery of his wages to which he would other- 

 wise have been entitled; and every stipulation in any agi'eement in- 

 consistent with any provision of title 53 of the Revised Statutes, and 

 every stipulation by which any seaman consents to abandon his right 

 to his wages in the case of the loss of the ship, or to abandon any 

 right which he may have or obtain in the nature of salvage, shall be 

 wholly inoperative. (R.S. § 4535.) 



Attachment or arrestment of wages; support of seaman's wife; 



State tax laws 

 46 U.S.C. 601 



No wages due or accruing to any seaman or apprentice shall be 

 subject to attachment or arrestment from any court, and every pay- 

 ment of wages to a seaman or apprentice shall be valid in law, not- 

 withstanding any previous sale or assignment of wages or of any 

 attachment, encumbrance, or arrestment thereon; and no assignment 

 or sale of wages or of salvage made prior to the accruing thereof shall 

 bind the party making the same, except such allotments as are au- 

 thorized by this title. This section shall apply to fishermen employed 

 on fishing vessels as well as to seamen : Provided, That nothing con- 

 tained in this or any preceding section shall interfere with the order 

 by any court regarding the payment by any seaman of any part of 

 his wages for the support and maintenance of his wife and minor 

 children: And provided further. That no part of the wages due or 

 accruing to a master, officer, or any other seaman who is a member 

 of the crew on a vessel engaged in the foreign, coastwise, intercoastal, 

 interstate, or noncontiguous trade shall be withheld pursuant to the 

 provisions of the tax laws of any State, Territory, possession, or 

 Commonwealth, or a subdivision of any of them. (As amended Sept. 

 14, 1959, Pub. L. 86-263, 73 Stat. 551.) 



Limit of sum recoverable during voyage 



46 U.S.C. 602 (R.S. 4537) 



No sum exceeding $1 shall be recoverable from any seaman, by 

 any one person, for any debt contracted during the time such seaman 

 shall actually belong to any vessel, until the voyage for which such 

 seaman engaged shall be ended. (R.S. § 4537.) 



Summons for nonpayment 



46 U.S.C. 603 (R.S. 4546) 



Whenever the wages of any seaman are not paid within ten days 

 after the time when the same ought to be paid accoixiing to the pro- 



