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Regulations.
Expenses of journey (s. 16.)
Return port to be specified.
Action of proper authority at places en route.
[s. 46.]
Indorsement on agreement and issue of conveyance order.
Obligation of masters of British ships to convey seamen, (s. 48.)
Rates of passage.
RELIEF OF DISTRESSED SEAMEN.
14. In cases in which it is found impossible to arrange for a seaman's return as prescribed in the two preceding regulations, the proper authority may provide a seaman with money for his passage, and as to any part of the route which is by land, may pay the expenses of his journey and of his maintenance during the journey, or provide him with means to pay those expenses.
15. The proper authority at the port where a seaman is originally relieved having determined, as hereinbefore mentioned, the return port to which the seaman is entitled to be sent, should indicate that port on any document issued for his conveyance to that port or to any place en route to such return port.
In cases of distressed seamen who cannot be sent direct to their proper return port, the proper authority at any place en route, and in the case of expenses required to be incurred in the United Kingdom, the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, the officer hereby named by the Board of Trade for this purpose, may defray, on behalf of the authority originally making arrangements for the distressed seaman's return to a proper return port, any expenses on account of that seaman which the authority originally acting in respect of him could defray.
16. The proper authority shall, whenever practicable, endorse upon the agreement of any British ship in which distressed seamen are to be conveyed, either to a proper return port or to a port en route to such port, the name of each man put on board, specifying the day he embarks, and shall also fill up, sign, and deliver to the master of such ship an order in a form approved by the Board of Trade (hereinafter called a "conveyance order"), showing thereon either the port to which, or the country to a port in which, the seaman is entitled to be sent.
17. The master of every British ship, to whatever port it may be bound, is required to receive on board his ship and afford a passage and maintenance to all distressed seamen, in compliance with the conveyance order issued by the proper authority, not exceeding one for every 50 tons burden, and shall during the passage provide every such distressed seaman with a proper berth or sleeping place, effectually protected against sea and weather.
On arrival at the port to which a seaman has been so conveyed the master shall produce the conveyance order to the proper authority, and on satisfying him that the seaman has been so conveyed, maintained, and provided for by him in excess of the number, if any, wanted to make up the complement of his crew, shall be paid at the following rates, viz.: - for a certificated officer or apprentice, 4 shillings and 6 pence a day;
328
Regula- tions.
Expenses of journey (s. 16.]
Return port
to be specified.
Action of proper
authority at places en
route.
[s. 46.]
Indorse- ment on agreement
and issue of conveyance order.
Obligation of masters of British
ships to con-
vey seamen,
(s. 48.]
Rates of passage.
RELIEF OF DISTRESSED SEAMEN.
14. In cases in which it is found impossible to arrange for a seaman's return as prescribed in the two preceding regulations, the proper au- and as to any for his thority may provide a seaman with money
passage, part of the route which is by land, may pay the expenses of his journey and of his maintenance during the journey, or provide him with means
pay those expenses.
to
15. The proper authority at the port where a seaman is originally re- lieved having determined, as hereinbefore mentioned, the return port to which the seaman is entitled to be sent, should indicate that port on any document issued for his conveyance to that port or to any place en route to such return port.
In cases of distressed seamen who cannot be sent direct to their proper return port, the proper authority at any place en route, and in the case of expenses required to be incurred in the United Kingdom, the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, the officer hereby named by the Board of Trade for this purpose, may defray, on behalf of the authority originally making arrangements for the distressed seaman's return to a proper return port, any expenses on acount of that seaman which the authority originally acting in respect of him could defray.
16. The proper authority shall, whenever practicable, endorse upon the agreement of any British ship in which distressed seamen are to be conveyed, either to a proper return port or to a port en route to such port, the name of each man put on board, specifying the day he embarks, and shall also fill up, sign, and deliver to the master of such ship an order in a form approved by the Board of Trade (hereinafter called a conveyance order "), showing thereon either the port to which, or the country to a port in which, the seaman is entitled to be sent.
17. The master of every British ship, to whatever port it may be bound, is required to receive on board his ship and afford a passage and maintenance to all distressed seamen, in compliance with the conveyance order issued by the proper authority, not exceeding one for every 50 tons burden, and shall during the passage provide every such distressed seaman with a proper berth or sleeping place, effectually protected against sea and weather.
On arrival at the port to which a seaman has been so conveyed the master shall produce the conveyance order to the proper authority, and on satisfying him that the seaman has been so conveyed, maintained, and provided for by him in excess of the number, if any, wanted to make up the complement of his crew, shall be paid at the following rates, viz. :- for a certificated officer or apprentice, 4 shillings and 6 pence a day;
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