58 FORTY·EIGH'l`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. OH. 121. lbbl. all the owners of a vessel on account of t.he same shall not exceed the Promo. value of such vessels and freight pending: Promded, That this provision shall not aifect the liability of any owner incurred previous to the passage of this act, nor prevent any claimant from Joining all the owners in one action; nor shall the same apply to wages due to persons employed by said ship-owners. · _ Shipment or sm- Sec. 19. That a master of a vessel in the foreign trade may engage a. ¤¤¢¤ in U- S- f¤r seaman at any port in the United States, in the manner provided by £&’°‘g “ "°Y“g°¤ low, to serve on a voyage to any port, or_for the round trip from and to ' the port of departure, or for a definite time, whatever the destination. The master of a vessel making regular and stated trips between the United States and a foreign country may engage a seaman for one or more round trips, or for a definite time, or on the return of said vessel R h. t to the United States may reship such seaman for another voyage in the w,:`;0L’;'5§,g,§;‘;j same vessel, in the manner provided by law, without the pas ment of fggg additional fees to any officer for such reslnpment or reengagement. Bond Mt N- SEO. 20. That every master of a vessel in the foreign trade may enquired for return gage any seaman at any port out of the United Steves, m the manner °*`“°’*¤*°¤» °*°· provided by law, to serve for one or more round trips from and to the port of departure, or for a definite time, whatever the destination; and the master of a vessel clearing from a port of the United States with one or more seamen engaged in a foreign port as herein provided shall not be required to reship in e port of the United States the seamen so engaged, or to give bond, as required by section forty-five hundred and R_ S_ 4;,76, 88,, seventy-six of the Revised Statutes, to produce said seamen before a boarding officer on the return of said vessel to the United States. De tuition or Sm:. 21. That the word “ port,' as used insectionsfortyone hundred Wmd "x·<¤*·" and seventyeight and forty-three hundred and thirty-four of the Be- R· S- 4178. 805- vised Statutes, in reference to painting the name and port of every reg- R- 8- 4334. 838- istered or licensed vessel on the stern of such vessel, shall be construed to mean either the port where the vessel is registered or enrolled, or the place in the some district where the vessel was built or where one or more of the owners reside. 22 sus., 214. Sue. 22. That until the provisions of section one, chapter three hun~ Passengers b y drcd and seventy-six, of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, v¤¤¤¤1¤*·r=~di¤z be- shall he made applicable to passengers coming into the United States 3;‘:{‘u,H; 02,3*; by land carriage, said provisions shall not apply to passengers coming d. ,,,. gum, ,,,_ by vessels employed exclusively in the trade between the ports of the erupt from mx, ginited States and the ports of the Dominion of Canada or the ports of We- exico. R, s, 3976, 769, Sec. 23. That sections thirtymine hundred and seventy-six and forty- rcréeulvel. two hundred and three of the Revised Statutes of the United States, N éagh‘*”°3» BW and all other compulsory laws and parts of laws that oblige American P ’ vessels tu carry the mails to and from the United States arbitrarily, or that prevent the clearance of vessels until they shall have taken mail metter on board, be and the same are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall no; take effect until the first day of April eighteen hundred and eighty- ve. B. s. 2556, 572, Sec. 24. That section twenty-nine hundred and sixty-six of the Be ¤¤¤¤¤d¢d- vised Statutes be amended by striking out the words “ propelled in whole oruin part by steam"; so that said section as amended shall read as fb ows: Importation in “SEC 2966. When merchandise shall be imported into any port of wsse s. the United Statutes from any foreign country in vessels, and it shall appear by the bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be delivered immediately after the entry of the vessel, the collector of such port may take possession of such merchandise and deposit the same in bonded warehouse; and when it does not appear by the bills of lading that the merchandise so imported is to be immediately delivered, the collector of the customs may take possession of the same and deposit it in bonded warehouse, at the request of the owner, master, or cousignee lr
