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of section 622 of this title, and shall quarterly remit to the district 

 court, of the district embracing the port from which such vessel sailed, 

 or the port, where the voyage terminates, all moneys belonging to or 

 arising from the sale of the effects or paid as the wages of any de- 

 ceased seamen or apprentices which have come to his hands; and 

 shall render such accounts thereof as the district court requires. (U.S. 

 § 4541; Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 389, § 4, 29 Stat. 689; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, 

 36 Stat. 1167.) 



Effects of seaman dying within the United States 



46 U.S.C. 625 (R.S. 4542) 



AMienever any seaman or apprentice dies in the United States, and 

 is, at the time of his death, entitled to claim from the master or owner 

 of any vessel in wliich he has served, any unpaid wages or effects, 

 such master or owner shall pay and deliver or account for the same, 

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

 sioner have been delegated at the port where the seaman or apprentice 

 was discharged, or was to have been discharged or where he died. 

 (R.S. §4542; Mar. 3, 1897, ch. 389, §6, 29 Stat. 689; 1946 Reorg. 

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



Payment to district court 



46 U.S.C. 626 (R.S. 4543) 



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

 missioner have been delegated in the United States shall, within one 

 week from the date of receiving any such money, wages, or effects of 

 any deceavSed seaman or apprentice, pay, remit, or deliver to the district 

 court, of the district in which he resides, the money, wages, or effects, 

 subject to such deductions as may be allowed by the district court 

 for expenses incurred in respect to such money and effects ; and should 

 any such Coast Guard official fail to pay, remit, and deliver the same 

 to the district court, within the time hereinbefore mentioned, he shall 

 incur a penalty of not more than treble the value of such money and 

 effects. (R.S. §4543; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, 36 Stat. 1167; 1946 

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

 Stat. 1097.) 



Distribution by district court 



46 U.S.C. 627 (R.S. 4544) 



If the money and effects of any seaman or apprentice paid, remitted, 

 or delivered to the district court, including the moneys received for any 

 part of his effects which have been sold, either before delivery to the 

 district court, or by its directions, do not exceed in value the sum of 

 $1,500, then, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, and to all 

 such deductions for expenses incurred in respect to the seaman or ap- 

 prentice, or of his money and effects, as the said court thinks fit to 

 allow, the court may, after a period of not less than sixty days after 

 such payment, remittance, or delivery has been made to the court, pay 

 and deliver the said money and effects to any claimants who can prove 



