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MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[s. 6 contd.] Master may direct; and every such keeper shall, on the morning of Monday in each week, send to the Harbour Master's office a list, copied from his book, of the seamen on that day boarding or lodging in his house, and of the seamen, boarders or lodgers, who left his house on any or either of the intermediate days, and shall also particularize in such list the seamen who wish for immediate employment, and place opposite to the names of those last named the names of the ships from which they were last discharged; and the Harbour Master shall keep the lists as furnished to him constantly in view, and in a conspicuous part of the Mercantile Marine Office, for the convenience of masters of ships requiring men, and shall also post in a similar manner, if required to do so, such notices for the supply of men by masters of ships as the said masters may furnish. Any infraction of this sub-section shall render the boarding-house keeper liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
Certificated officer may lodge elsewhere.
Relief of
seamen
belonging to vessel
registered in
the Colony.
Payment of
expenses
incurred in
the Colony
for relief
of such
seamen,
Repayment
of expenses incurred elsewhere
than in
the Colony.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent masters, mates or engineers of ships from boarding elsewhere than at a licensed boarding-house.
Distressed seamen.
7.—(1) All expenses incurred under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts in the relief of distressed seamen who, at the time of such relief being granted, have last served in a ship registered in the Colony, and all expenses incurred in the United Kingdom in relieving and returning to the Colony all distressed seamen who last served in such ship, shall be borne by the revenue of the Colony.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Governor to order the pay- ment out of the general revenue of all expenses incurred in the Colony for the relief of such seamen as aforesaid, under the provisions of the said Acts or of any regulations in that behalf which may be made by the Governor in Council.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor to order the repay- ment out of the general revenue of all sums expended under the provisions of the said Acts by the Imperial Government, or by the Shipwrecked Mariners Society or by the Government of any British colony, or by any British consular officer in any foreign country, in and about the relief of such seamen as afore- said, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner
as the Governor may think fit or as a Secretary of State may direct.
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Health and accommodation.
in accord- ance with
8. (1) The owner, agent or master of every British ship Ship to carry
medicines, navigating between the Colony and any place out of the same medical shall cause to be kept on board such ship a supply of medicines stores, etc., and medical stores, in accordance with the scale appropriate to such ship as laid down in the published scales of medicines and scale issued medical stores issued by the Board of Trade, and a copy of the by Board of book or books issued by the said Board containing instructions for dispensing the same, and also a sufficient quantity of anti- scorbutics, to be served out to the crew, of proper quality and in accordance with the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Acts.
Trade.
(2) The owner, agent or master of any such ship who Owner, etc., wilfully refuses or neglects to provide and keep on board such neglecting to provide medicines, medical stores, books of instructions and anti- medicines
and medical scorbutics as are by this section required shall be guilty of a
stores to be misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two guilty of hundred dollars.
misde-
meanor.
of medical
(3) It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of the Port Inspection to inspect the medicines, medical stores and anti-scorbutics of stores. any British ship navigating between the Colony and any place 57 & 58 Viet. c. 60, s. 202. out of the same, and, if such articles are deficient in quantity or quality or are placed in improper vessels, he shall give notice to the master of the ship and to the Harbour Master; and the Harbour Master shall, before granting a clearance to such ship, require a certificate from the Health Officer that the default has been remedied, and, if such certificate is not produced, the ship shall be detained until the certificate is produced, and if the ship proceeds to sea, the owner, consignee or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
(4) The master of any ship, before shipping any seaman, Master of may require that such seaman shall be inspected by the Director ship before
shipping of Medical Services, who, on such inspection, shall give a seaman may certificate under his hand as to the state of health of such require him
to undergo seaman, which certificate such seaman shall produce and show medical to the master of the ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every certificate there shall be paid the fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the agent or master of the ship in case such
inspection.
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