For further convenience of reference is published a table of laws, giving Wue sections of the Revised Statutes and subsequent laws which have been included in this compilation, the date of enactment and amendment, together with the page of this compilation on which they may be found. The table of laws may be found at the end of the volume, together with the usual alphabetical index. A marginal reference gives the number of the section of the Revised Statutes included in each paragraph, or the date and section of the act, if enacted subsequent to the Revised Statutes, with the date of amendatory acts which have been incorporated, if practicable, in the paragraph. Where reference is made in a paragraph to a title or chapter of the Revised Statutes the numbers of the sections comprised in such title or chapter have been printed in brackets. Reference to the table of laws, at the end of the volume, will show which of those sections have been included in this volume as pertinent or in force, and will also show the page where they may be found. Fees, payable by the masters and owners of vessels of the United States, were in most instances abolished in 1886 and 1890, and accordingly the statutes imposing such fees are not retained in this compilation, though they furnish a basis on which officers are compensated from the Treasury for services. Respectfully, EUGENE TYLER CHAMBERLAIN, Commissioner. To Hon. CHARLES NAGEL, Secretary of Cominerce and Labor. 41. Failure to deliver former register. 42. Cancellation of register--- 43. Special registry law (Nero York and Paris act). 45. Method of enrollment and license.. 52. Enrollment and license to corporations 55. Certification by customs officer.. 56. Enrollment outside of district. 57. Special provisions for enrollment and license. 58. Inspection of enrollment and license---- 59. Record of American-built vessels owned by aliens 74. Exemptions from militia duty---- 75. Naturalization and citizenship of seamen.- 78. Owners or masters may ship seamen in certain cases. 80. Agreement to ship in foreign trade--- 82. Penalty for shipment without agreement. 84. Shipment in foreign ports before consuls.. 88. Shipment of seamen in the coasting or near-by foreign trade--- 89. Agreement in coasting trade not before commissioner.. 90. Agreement with fishermen.-- 91. Discharge in foreign trade. 92. Discharge in foreign ports. 94. Vessels exempt from libel for wages.. 95. Advances and allotments of wages--- 96. Wages and clothing exempt from attachment.. 97. Desertion of seamen abroad.-- 101. Return of sea men from foreign ports, Alaska, and insular ports... 102. Effects of deceased seamen.- 103. Offenses and punishments. 104. Corporal punishment prohibited 106. Form of articles of agreement.. 110. Sick and disabled seamen. 111. Jurisdiction over American seamen in foreign ports and foreign sea- PART VI.-SEAWORTHINESS, SUPPLIES, LOG-BOOK. 113. Unseaworthy vessels.- 114. Inspection of hulls and equipment.- 115. Seagoing barges 116. Inspection of seaworthiness at domestic ports_ 117. Inspection of seaworthiness at foreign ports.. 118. Provisions and water--- 119. Weights and measures. 120. Medicines and anti-scorbutics. 121. Slop.chest. 122. Warmth and clothing-- 123. Log-book-- 98 98 99 100 102 103 105 105 105 106 106 PABT VII.-LIABILITY OF OWNERS, MASTER, AND SHIPPERS. 124. Liability of owners, masters, and shippers. 125. Act of February 13, 1893 (Harter Act). 126. General libel bond.. 108 110 111 PABT VIII.-INSPECTION OF STEAM VESSELS. 127. General provisions.- 128. Inspection of registered foreign-built vessels. 129. Manning of inspected vessels.. 130. Inspection of hulls and equipment. 131. Inspection of boilers.--- 132. Loading safety-valve--- 133. Water-tight bulkheads--- 134. Life-boats, lines, and preservers. 135. Stairways and deck room.- 136. Wire tiller ropes... 137. Protection against fire 138. Inflammable or explosive cargo. 139. Carriage of passengers. 140. Certificate of inspection.- 141. Exhibit of laws.. 142. Inspectors and officers of steam-vessels. 143. Liability for damage. 144. Enforcement and penalty---- 113 118 118 119 119 122 123 123 125 125 125 127 132 133 135 135 137 137 PART IX.-PASSENGER ACT OF 1882. 145. Accommodations- 146. Light and air 147. Provisions.-- 148. Medical attendance - 149. Discipline and cleanliness. 150. Privacy of passengers. 151. Explosives; cattle 152. Boarding vessel ; passenger list. 138 141 142 142 143 144 144 145 158. Exemptions from tonnage tas--- 159. Discriminating tonnage tases. 164. Discrimination against American vessels. 165. Discrimination against American fishing ressels.. 166. Discrimination against products of the United States.. 167. Discrimination on Canadian canals... 168. Vessels of nations not assimilated by treaty to American vessels. PART XIII.--ENTRY AND CLEARANCE. 172. Form of outward manifest.- 175. Manifests in Alaskan and insular trade_ 179. Enrolled and licensed vessels in foreign trade- 180. Oath of ownership on entry-- 184. Boarding and search of vessel.- 185. Seizure of vessels or merchandise.-- 186. Exemption from forfeiture--- 187. Procedure in cases of fines, penalties, and forfeiture.. PART XV.-ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. 193. Vessels bound to port of delivery 194. Report and declaration of master 195. Special inward manifest for Treasury Department. 197. Bond of cargo for re-export - 198. Inspection of merchandise laden for export.- 199. Transfer of imported merchandise for export.. |