An act to revive and continue in force certain parts of the "Act for the relief and protection of American seamen," and to amend the same.

revived.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the first, second, and third sec- Parts of the aet tions of the act, entituled "An act for the relief and protection of American seamen," shall be and hereby are revived and continued in force for one year..

of State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secre- Duty of Secretary tary of State shall be and he hereby is required to lay before Congress, within ten days after the commencement of each ordinary session, an annual statement, containing an abstract of all the returns made to him, by the Collectors of the different ports, pursuant to the said act, and of the communications received by him, from the agents employed by virtue of the same, in foreign countries."

Approved 2d March, 1799, 3d ses. 5th Con.

An act to amend an act, entituled, "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," and for other purposes.

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SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the monies heretofore collected in Fund provided for pursuance of the several acts, "for the relief of sick and disabled seaand disabled seamen," and at present unexpended, together with the monies hereafter to be collected, by authority of the before mentioned acts, shall constitute a general fund, which the President of the United States shall use and employ as circumstances shall require for the benefit and convenience of sick and

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Sum appropriated disabled American seamen: Provided, That the sum

for an hospital in Massachusetts.

President may cause accommoda tions, &e. to be provided for the relief of the U. States seamen at New Orleans with

of fifteen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the erection of an hospital in the district of Massachusetts.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to cause

such measures to be taken as, in his opinion, may be the consent of the expedient for providing convenient accommodations, local government medical assistance, necessary attendance, and supplies

Masters of boats, rafts, &c. going to New Orleans, down the Missis

for the relief of sick or disabled seamen of the United States, who may be at or near the port of New Orleans, in case the same can be done with the assent of the government having jurisdiction over the port; and for this purpose, to establish such regulations, and to authorize the employment of such persons as he may judge proper; and that for defraying the expense thereof, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars be paid out of any monies arising from the said fund not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and

after the thirtieth day of June next, the master of sippi, to make re- every boat, raft or flat, belonging to any citizen of the ports of the number of hands, &c.

United States which shall go down the Mississippi with intention to proceed to New Orleans, shall, on his arrival at Fort Adams, render to the Collector or naval officer thereof, a true account of the number of persons employed on board such boat, raft, or flat, and the time that each person has been so employed, and shall pay to the said Collector or naval officer, at the rate of twenty cents per month, for every person so employed, which sum, he is hereby authorized to retain out of the wages of such person: and the said Collector or naval officer shall not give a clearance for such boat, raft or flat, to proceed on her voyage to

The office at Fort Adams abolished. See act 15th February, 1807.

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New Orleans, until an account be rendered to him of the number of persons employed on board such boat, raft, or flat, and the money paid to him by the master or owner thereof: and if any such master shall render a Penalty for renfalse account of the number of persons, and the length count of time they have severally been employed, as is herein required, he shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars, which shall be applied to, and shall make a part of, the said general fund for the purposes of this act: Provided, Persons navigat That all persons employed in navigating any such be considered as boat, raft, or flat, shall be considered as seamen of the U. States. United States, and entitled to the relief extended by law to sick and disabled seamen.

ing such boats to

seamen of the

poiut a director of tal at New Or

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President President may ap of the United States be, and he is, hereby authorized the marine hospito nominate and appoint for the port of New Orleans, leans. a fit person to be director of the marine hospital of the United States, whose duties shall be in all instances the same as the directors of the marine hospital of the United States, as directed and required by the act, entituled, "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen."

and sick foreign senthe mitted in certain hospital, subject

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each every director of the marine hospitals within United States, shall, if it can with convenience be done, admit into the hospital of which he is director, every day they sick foreign seamen, on the application of the master therein. or commander of any foreign vessel to which such sick seamen may belong; and each seaman so admitted shall be subject to a charge of seventy-five cents per day for each day he may remain in the hospital, the payment of which the master or commander of such foreign. vessel shall make to the Collector of the district in which such hospital is situated: and the Collector shall Clearance not to not grant a clearance to any foreign vessel, until the Collector until money due from such master or commander, in man-from the waster ner and form aforesaid, shall be paid; and the director

Dues against fo- of each hospital is hereby directed, under the penalty

reign seamen to be made out by the director of the

hospital.

Collectors may pay the money

of fifty dollars, to make out the accounts against each foreign seaman that may be placed in the hospital, under his direction, and render the same to the Collector.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Collectors collected into the shall pay the money collected, by virtue of this and the

treasury States.

Allowed a commission

8th sec. of the set

as that section re

act to which this is an amendment, into the treasury of the United States, and be accountable therefor, and receive the same commission thereon, as for other money by them collected.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That each and every director of the marine hospital shall be accountable at the treasury of the United States for the money by them received in the same manner as other receivers of public money, and for the sums by them expended shall be allowed a commission at the rate of one per cent.

Approved 3d May, 1802, 1st ses. 7th Con.

An act to amend the act, entituled, "An act for the government and regulation of seamen in merchants's service."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa

Regulations of the tives of the United States of America, in Congress assemreferred to, so far bled, That all the provisions, regulations, and penalties lates to a medicine which are contained in the eighth section of the act, of 150 tons extend- entituled, "An act for the government and regulation

chest for a vessel

ed to smaller vessels.

of seamen in the merchant's service," so far as relates to a chest of medicines to be provided for vessels of one hundred and fifty tons burthen, and upwards, shall • be extended to all merchant vessels of the burthen of seventy-five tons, or upwards, navigated with six persons or more, in the whole, and bound from the United States to any port or ports in the West Indies.

Approved 2d March, 1805, 24 ses. 8th Con.

An act for the regulation of seamen on board the public and private vessels of the United States.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congres: assembled, That from and after the termination of the war in which the United States are now engaged with Great Britain, it shall not be lawful to employ on board any of the public or private vessels of the United States any person or persons except citizens of the United States, or persons of color, natives of the United States.

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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and Naturalized cit. after the time when this act shall take effect, it shall may be employed, not be lawful to employ as aforesaid, any naturalized citizen of the United States, unless such citizen shall produce to the commander of the public vessel, if to be employed on board such vessel, or to a Collector of the customs, a certified copy of the act by which he shall have been naturalized, setting forth such naturalization and the time thereof.

of

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of private vessels of the United States sailing from a port in the United States to a foreign port, the list the crew, made as heretofore directed by law, shall be examined by the Collector for the district from which the vessel shall clear out, and, if approved of by him, shall be certified accordingly. And no person shall be admitted or employed as aforesaid, on board of any vessel aforesaid, 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 out as aforesaid. And the said Collector, before he delivers the list of the crew, approved and certified as aforesaid, to the captain, master, or proper officer of the vessel to which the same belongs, shall cause the same to be recorded in a book by him

Lists of the crews and certified pre

to be furnished

viously to the sail

ing of vessels on