CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 233

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The Perpaul

clause thet

tho

caplain of a shlüß phall discharge

a leave destitute in the colony ang

sals withat the

mitton panation

of the Harbin Charla

Eur but B.

Sunderstand that the present law

on the subject is 5.8 of ordinance 1 of 1862

which is the same

as subacc. 7 of 5.13

of the Marchant shipping will refered

to in the Acting AG's m

memoranda

14 Ang.

A seaman then cannot

::

properly be discharged without the

Harbour Master's certificate, which

was not

Imfer was

oblamed in this

case. The Boarding House Master's

security that

a seaman shall not

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become chargeable to the Colony. appears to me to be a subsidiary

maller about which we need

- ♦

If a

not trouble ourselves. Seaman be discharged withoul

the Harbour Masters certificate there is no legal remedy against

7

anybody except the master the repel for $25, but as this

U.S. Consul was a

discharge may

a party to the

there not he

a moral claim for the expense of deporting the Seaman (alunazing

Mr 3/10

The law is not clean. I order 61 1852 1.5. The right of foreign Consuls to give dischings is recopinard: My Order 10/1862 1.8. Th Marte in to Discharge a dacilor unless on cutificate of the Harlow. master - or other Jerson appointed to the one. If there words includes a (muscle won hawn no hold on fringer this cases on this: I fancy they were intruded to refer to perso Appointed to the foverna" _ a Johmer I dispose to instruct

to mouch word in the Remortidatural Bill to make this chan. The ohe law is refri tut in the da

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