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1506 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 .


Merchant Shipping.


No British or
Colonial ship 2. No British or Colonial ship shall leave the waters of the Colony
to proceed to unless the master thereof, and the first and second or only mate have
sea without
certificate of obtained and possess valid certificates of competency or service appro
the master
and mate. priate to their several stations in such ship , or of a higher grade , and no
[ See M. S. A.
1854, sec . such ship if of one hundred tons burden or upwards , shall leave the waters
136. ]
as aforesaid, unless at least one officer, besides the master, has obtained ,
and possesses a valid certificate appropriate to the grade of only mate

therein , or to a higher grade.

Steam-ships 3. Every British steam -ship , or steam- ship registered under section
to carry cer
tificated 3 of part I of this Ordinance of one hundred nominal horse power or
engineers.
[See M. S. A upwards, leaving the waters of the Colony shall have as its first and
1862. sec . 5. ] second engineers , two certificated engineers , the first possessing a 66 first

class engineer's certificate, " and the second possessing a " second class
engineer's certificate," or a certificate of the higher grade, and every
British steam-ship, or steam- ship registered as aforesaid of less than one
hundred nominal horse power shall have as its only or first engineer, an
engineer possessing a " second class engineer's certificate " or a certificate
of the higher grade.

[M. S. A. 4. Every person who having been engaged in any of the capacities
1854, section
136. mentioned in subsections 2 and 3 in any such ship as aforesaid goes to
M. S. A. 1862,
section 5. ] sea in that capacity without being at the time entitled to, and possessed
of such certificate as is required by this section , and every person who
employs any person in any of the above capacities in such ship without
ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to , or possessed of such certi
ficate as is required by this section , shall , for each such offence, incur a
penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars .

Shipping of 5. No seaman shall, except with the Harbour Master's sanction , be
seamen.
[Ordinance 6 shipped to do duty on board any merchant ship whatever elsewhere than
of 1832.
secc.. 5. ] at the office of the Harbour Master, who shall charge for every seaman

shipped , a fee of one dollar, such fee to be paid, in the first instance, by
the master of the ship shipping such seaman ; and such master shall
deduct the same from the wages of the seaman shipped ; and the Harbour
Master shall require such seaman to lodge with him his certificate of
discharge from the last ship, and failing the production of such certificate ,
such seaman shall be bound to give satisfactory explanation to the Harbour
Master of the cause of the non -production thereof. The above mentioned
fee shall be accounted for by the Harbour Master to the Treasury.