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PUBLIC LAW 252-AUG. 12, 1953
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(c) To eliminate oppressive and evil hiring practices affecting longshoremen and waterborne commerce in the Port of New York district; (d) To eliminate unlawful practices injurious to waterfront labor; and (e) To establish hiring practices and conditions which will permit the termination of governmental regulation and intervention at the earliest opportunity. 4. A longshoreman who has been removed from the longshoremen's register pursuant to this article may seek reinstatement upon fulfilling the same requirements as for initial inclusion in the longshoremen's register, but not before the expiration of one year from the date of removal, except that immediate reinstatement shall be made upon proper showing that the registrant's failure to work or apply for work the minimum number of days above described was caused by the fact that the registrant was engaged in the military service of the United States or was incapacitated by ill health, physical injury, or other good cause. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commission shall at any time have the power to register longshoremen on a temporary basis to meet special or emergency needs. ARTICLE X PORT W A T C H M A N
1. On or after the first day of December, nineteen hundred fiftythree, no person shall act as a port watchman within the Port of New York district without first having obtained a license from the commission, and no person shall employ a port watchman who is not so licensed. 2. A license to act as a port watchman shall be issued only upon written application, duly verified, which shall state the following: (a) The full name, residence, business address (if any), place and date of birth and social security number of the applicant; (b) The present and previous occupations of the applicant, including the places where he was employed and the names of his employers; (c) The citizenship of the applicant and, if he is a naturalized citizen of the United States, the court and date of his naturalization; and (d) Such further facts and evidence as may be required by the commission to ascertain the character, integrity and identity of the applicant. 3. No such license shall be granted (a) Unless the commission shall be satisfied that the applicant possesses good character and integrity; (b) If the applicant has, without subsequent pardon, been convicted by a court of the United States or of any State or territory thereof of the commission of, or the attempt or conspiracy to commit, treason, murder, manslaughter or any felony or high misdemeanor or any of the misdemeanors or offenses described in subdivision (b) of section 3 of Article V; (c) Unless the applicant shall meet such reasonable standards of physical and mental fitness for the discharge of his duties as may from time to time be established by the commission; (d) If the applicant shall be a member of any labor organization which represents longshoremen or pier superintendents or hiring agents; but nothing in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit port watchmen from being represented by a labor organization or organiza-
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