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     order that he may be enabled to understand the pur— 
     
     port and meaning ofthc engagement he enters into, 
     
     and the terms to which he is bound. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IX. Every such agreement shall be in the form 
     
     and shall containtrue entries under their respective 
     
     heads, of the seve 'al particulars, as set forth in the 
     
     Schedule to this Act annexed, marked (A), so far as 
     
     the same can be ascertained; and the owner and 
     
     master of every such ship, or one of them, shall, 
     
     on reporting his ship’s arrival at her port or destina- 
     
     tion in this Island, deposit, or cause to be deposited 
     
    
   
   
    
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     with the Controller ofCustoms and Navigation Law's, , 
     
     at such port, a true copy ofsuch agreement, attested, 
     
     by the signature of the master, to the intent that= 
     
     every person who may be interested in any such 
     
     agreement, may at all times have the means of knotv- ' 
     
     ing the terms and conditions thereof. 
     
    
   
   
    
     X. If any master of any such ship as aforesaid, 
     
     shall carry out to sea, any seainaa (apprentices ex—: 
     
     cepted) Without having first entered into such agree—‘ 
     
     ment, as is hereby required, he shall for every such 
     
     offence, forfeit and pay a so a not exceeding live 
     
     pounds, tor, or in respect of each and every scaman 
     
     he shall so carry out contrary to this Act; and if any 
     
     master shall neglect to cause the agreement to be 
     
     distinctly read over to each of such seamen, as by 
     
     this Act he is enjoined, he shall for every such no» 
     
     glect, forfeit and pay the sum oftive pounds; and if 
     
     any master shall neglect to deposit with the Con- 
     
     troller of Customs and Navigation Laws, a copy of 
     
     the agreement hereby required to he made, and de— 
     
     posited as aforesaid; or who shall \z'iltnlly deposit a 
     
    
   
   
    
     false Copy ofany such agrtrtnrnt, he :~i'.2'.li for every 
     
     such neglect or etl'cnce, tiniest and on, a :itlilt not 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     exceeding five pounds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XI. lfanv )erson or UCI'S-Wil‘? shell aid. entice. or 
     
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     vessel, or shall provide or or cause to he 
     
    
   
   
    
     nroeure, 
     
     provided or procured for aa_ ‘ainan, the neans or 
     
     assistance to desert, from any such ship or vessel, 
     
     or shall aid or assist any seaman in the removal of 
     
     their hammocks, clothing or apparel, from on hoard 
     
     ofany such ship or vessel, or shall eonv:y any sea- 
     
     man from any such ship or vessel,witho.tt the sanction 
     
     ofthc master or commander of such ship or vessel, 
     
     such person or persons so oilending, shall upon con" 
     
     viction ofany such otI'ence, he liable to the same 
     
     penalties and forfeitures as are prescribed in the 
     
     fourth section of this Act, to be recovered and ap- 
     
     plied as hereinbeforc provided. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     XII. Ifany person receives or takes into his pos- 
     
     session, or under his control, any moneys, documents 
     
     r etI'ects of any seaman, or apprentice, to the sea 
     
     service, and does not return the same, or pay the 
     
     value thereof when required by such searnan or ap- 
     
     prentice, subject to such deduction as may be justly 
     
     due to him from such seaman or illtl'H‘C'ililCC, in re- 
     
     spcct of board and lodging, or otherwise, or absconds 
     
     therewith, he shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten 
     
     pounds; and any two Justices of the Peace, may, 
     
     besides inflicting such penalty, by summary order, 
     
     direct the amount or value of such moneys,documents 
     
     or effects, subject to such deduction as aforesaid, to 
     
     be forthwith paid to such scaman or apprentice. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     jesty service, and not being dulv authorized by law 
     
    
   
   
    
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     for the purpose, goes on board any ship or \essel 
     
     about to arrive at the place of her dcstitrttion in this 
     
     Island, before she comes to anchor, or is moored, 
     
     without the permission of the master, shall fir every 
     
     such oti‘enee incur a penalty notcxceeding tive pounds 
     
     and the master or person in charge of such ship or 
     
     vessel, may take any such person so going on board 
     
     as aforesaid, into custody, and deliver him up forth- 
     
     with to any constable or peace otiicer, to be by him 
     
     taken before a Justice 0r Justices ofthe. I’eaCC, to be 
     
     dealt with according to the provisions of this Act. 
     
     XIV. If within twenty-four hours alter the arrwal if 
     
     any such ship or v.;t=scl as aforesaid, at any pa: in this Is- 
     
    
   
   
    
     t land any person their being on boardsuch ship or l,solicits 
     
    
   
   
    
     any seaman to become a lodge-r at the house or" :tii‘.’ pets in 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,lettiog lodgings for hire, or takes out ol'sucii ship or vessel 
     
    
   
   
    
     any etfects of any seaman, CXcept under his pei'.on;~.t direct- 
     
     ion, and with the permission of the master. he shall for 
     
     every such offence incur a penalty not exceeding five 
     
    
   
   
    
     ; pounds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XV. The master or owner of every ship,  all pay to 
     
    
   
   
    
     t every sezirnan his wages, within the respective puriyls fol- 
     
     !lowing, that is to say. within twr days alter the cargo shali 
     
    
   
   
    
     have hem delivers], or within tire days after the soiman's 
     
     discharge, WlliultCVUI‘ shall first rapport; and in all cases, 
     
     the seam-an shall, at the time of his discharge, be emitter; 
     
     to he paid on account a sum equal to one tottt‘til part of the 
     
     estimate-l halanea doc to him; and. in :':-.::‘C any master or 
     
     owner shall ringjlezrt or refuse to make payment in 1a.;nner 
     
     aforesaitl, lit: shall for 0Y2??? tit-fleet or retinal], 1"..13". i; and 
     
     pay to I re seamen the amount of two days pay. itvl‘ (very 
     
     day not exceeding ten days, during which payment shall 
     
     without snilicicnt Catlst' be. delayei treywsuntl the perid at 
     
     which such wage:- er part of wags, are i.1.'I'(,ity rrtprirt-d to 
     
     h) paid as ilitfl'udltl'. for the tee rye-1;. 
     
     thescamzm slall have the same ream-fies as he, is l v law 
     
     {inmymt t;\‘ for tin.) rt emery ol his wages: i‘2'«,:ict:d always. 
     
     that; 3 nthiggg in this ("l BUN) contained. shill tlait'tftll to the 
     
     casts wt 5:: men employ-ml in ships on voyages t‘n- which 
     
     hy the t-rzns of their agreement, they are compensated by 
     
    
   
   
    
     shares in the id'wftl ut' the ad‘.‘e:1turc. 
     
    
   
   
    
     hi which ihrlelfut't‘, 
     
    
   
   
    
     -L‘t'l. livery such payment: oltvages to a seat.)- it), shall he 
     
     valid and Lfl'letual in law. Lott-,-iti;st;.ntjiz,,: my “in of 
     
     title erassigninent. which may have been made hy any 
     
     seen :catn‘tn ot such olany attachment or incum- 
     
     branee thereon; and that no assignment or sale of wages 
     
     made prior to the earning thereof, nor any power ofattorn- 
     
     Cy expressed to he il‘i‘i\’0t?ttl)it?, for the receipt of any such 
     
     wages, shall be valid or binding upon the party 13.3,};ng 
     
    
   
   
    
     the same. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XVII. A man's right to wages and iti'OViuiUnS, shut} 
     
     be taken to Commence either at the time at which he oom- 
     
     inenees work, or at the time sj‘ecitivd in the agreement. for 
     
     his commencement of work or presence on board, whichever 
     
     first: happens. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     XVllI. NO seainan shall by any agreement, ftd‘it‘It his 
     
     lien upon the ship, or ice deprived of any remedy for the 
     
     recovery of his wastes, to which he Would otherwise have 
     
     been entitled; and every stipulation in any agreement in 
     
     Consistent» with any provision of this Act; and every stipu- 
     
     lation hy which any seaman Consents to ahttndvan his right: 
     
     to 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. 
     
    
   
   
    
     XlX. No right to wages shall be dependent on the earn- 
     
     ing of freight, and every seamen and apprentice who would 
     
     bc‘entitled to demand and recover any wages of the ship in 
     
     which he has served, had earned freight, shall, subject: to 
     
     all other rules of law and conditions applicable to the case 
     
     be entitled to claim and recover the same, notwithstanding 
     
     that: freight has not been earned ; but in all Cases of wreck 
     
     or loss of the ship, proof that he has not exerted himself to