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PORT AND CUSTOMS REGULATIONS FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
XII. After 8 o'clock at night no fires or naked lights will be allowed on board vessels in the river, under a penalty of $5.
It is absolutely prohibited to heat pitch, tar, tallow, or any other inflammable substance on board vessels, launches, or boats inside the river, and any person found infringing this Regulation will be fined $25.
XIII. The armaments of vessels or any part of them, and cannons, when brought as ballast, cannot be landed, and he who shall attempt to infringe this Regulation will be fined and punished in proportion to the gravity of the offence.
XIV. The Captain of the Port, being the proper authority for the chastisement of delinquents, any other person who shall inflict punishment on a native or other resident of the country for faults committed on board, shall be fined in favour of the sufferer in proportion to the autount of punishment inflicted.
XV. No native can be detained on board against his will, and no contract entered into for the purpose of securing the services of a deserter or covering his retreat shall be considered binding.
XVI.—A fine of $100 in each case will be imposed upon any captain who shall introduce or carry away a passenger without a passport.
No one is allowed to exchange from one vessel to another without authority from the Captain of the Port, and each person found infringing this Regulation will be fined $10, and be liable for the damages caused to the vessel he may have left.
The Consignees or Agents of vessels are responsible for any of the crew, who, on account of illness or any other cause, remain in the country without permission.
The captains of vessels are bound, under a penalty of $10 for each case, to notify the Captain of the Port of any desertions that may take place on board, in order to their arrest, and should such notification be made on the eve of the departure of the vessels, the Consignees or Agents become responsible for all expenses incurred for their arrest and transportation from the country.
XVIL—În case of the death of any individual on board a vessel, the captain is bound to notify the Captain of the Port, state the cause of death, and ask permission for interment. A fine of $24 will be imposed for the burial of a body without permission, and a like fine for throwing a body overboard, and the raptain will likewise be held responsible for the consequences such an act may lead to.
XVIII-The Captain of the Port will not despatch any vessel until he shall know that the Regulations of the Custom-house and Post-office have been attended to.
Any vessels leaving port without being properly despatched shall pay a fine of $2 per ton.
Vessels about to sail must indicate the intention in anticipation by hoisting a flag at the main-topmast-head, under a penalty of 85.
XIX. Captains of vessels shall answer personally any summonses for their attendance that they may receive from the civil authorities.
XX. All vessels are bound to keep their anchor lights burning from sunset to sunrise, and delinquents will be fined $5 and held responsible for the darnages their carelessness in this respect may cause.
XXL-After a vésseľ's departure, the general intent of these Regulations will remain in force as against the Consignees or Agents, who may have guarantee their fulfilment the amount guaranteed will be collected and distributed in proportion to the amount of claims arising, and claimants will retain their action against delinquents should they return to this country.
XXII The penalties imposed under these Regulations will be doubled in case of a repetition of the offence, and offenders will be liable for all expenses incurred and be subject to indictment should aggravating circumstances render stich a course.
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XXIII-All former Regulations and Tariffs not in accordance with the present are hereby abrogated.
Manila. 1st May, 1874.
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