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Vessel, permit to master of foreign, at frontier

proceed with foreign cargo to another district..

petition to court concerning seizure of.........
plundering of...

prevented by ice from making port..

quarantine inspection of..

registered, may engage in coasting trade.
report of wrecked..

reserve cruisers....

rules to prevent collision of.

sale of...

to alien.

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engage in cooly trade..

speed of ocean mail....

sold to citizen by naturalized citizen entitled to register.

steam, owned by alien resident..

subject to neutrality laws

penalty may be libeled.

sunken, to be removed.....

to be provided with steam whistle, fog horn, and bell.
deliver mail before entry..

give bonds to observe laws governing Alaska.
unlade only at ports of delivery..

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touching at foreign ports of contiguous countries..

transferred to foreign flag during rebellion not entitled to register.
undocumented

unlading from Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland,
Prince Edward Island.

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release of...

seamen's, abroad to be paid in gold.
right to...

of seamen, arbitration of..

vessels exempt from liability for.

of seamen exempt from attachment..

War. See Rebellion.

documents....

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ERRATA AND ADDENDA.

FEES ON VESSELS PAYABLE BY PRIVATE PERSONS.

[NOTE. By section 1 of the act of June 19, 1886, and section 22 of the act of June 10, 1890, the system of compensating officers of the Government enforcing the navigation laws was materially changed. Nearly all the fees previously collected by them from masters and owners of vessels for services rendered were abolished, and payment made directly from the Treasury on the basis of the former fees. For this reason, wherever practicable in the text of this compilation, provisions requir ing the payment of fees have been omitted as no longer in force between the master or owner of a vessel of the United States and the Government, but in force only as determining the compensation, in some instances, paid by the Government to its employees.

Following are the sections of law above referred to, with a schedule of the fees which still remain payable by the owner, master, or agent of a vessel of the United States at ports on the seaboard and western rivers, and also at ports on the Great Lakes and northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers.]

On and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, June 19, 1886. no fees shall be charged or collected by collectors or other officers of customs, or by inspectors of steam vessels or shipping commissioners, for the following services to vessels of the United States, to wit: Measurement of tonnage and certifying the same; issuing of license or granting of certificate of registry, record, or enrollment, including all indorsements on the same and bond and oath; indorsement of change of master; certifying and receiving manifest, including master's oath and permit; granting permit to vessels licensed for the fisheries to touch and trade; granting certificate of payment of tonnage dues; recording bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance, or the discharge of such mortgage or hypothecation; furnishing certificate of title; furnishing the crew list, including bond; certificate of protection to seamen; bill of health; shipping or discharging of seamen, as provided by title fifty-three [R. S. 4501–4612.} of the Revised Statutes and section two of this act; apprenticing boys to the merchant service; inspecting, examining, and licensing steam-vessels, including inspection certificate and copies thereof; and licensing of master, engineer, pilot, or mate of a vessel; and all provisions of laws authorizing or requiring the collection of fees for such services are repealed, such repeal to take effect July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. Collectors or other offi cers of customs, inspectors of steam-vessels, and shipping commissioners who are paid wholly or partly by fees shall make a detailed report of such services, and the fees provided by law, to the Secretary of the Treasury, under such regulations as that officer may prescribe; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall allow and pay, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, said officers such compensation for said services as each would have received prior to the passage of this act; also such compensation to

June 10, 1890, sec. 22.

clerks of shipping commissioners as would have been paid them had this act not passed: Provided, That such services have, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, been necessarily rendered.

All fees exacted and oaths administered by officers of the customs, except as provided in this act, under or by virtue of existing laws of the United States, upon the entry of imported goods and the passing thereof through the customs, and also upon all entries of domestic goods, wares, and merchandise for exportation, are hereby abolished: Provided, That where such fees, under existing laws, constitute, in whole or in part, the compensation of any officer, such officer shall receive, from and after the passage of this act, a fixed sum for each year equal to the amount which he would have been entitled to receive as fees for such services during said year.

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PORTS ON ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, AND GULF COASTS AND WESTERN RIVERS.

For inspector's certificate to cancel bond, etc......
Granting permit to a vessel not belonging to a citizen of the United States

to go from district to district, and for receiving manifest...... Receiving manifest, and granting permit to unload, for last-mentioned ves

sel on arrival at one district from another....

$0.20

2.00

Entry of vessel of 100 tons or more from foreign port...

Entry of vessel under 100 tons....

Clearance of vessel of 100 tons or more for a foreign port..
Clearance of vessel under 100 tons..

2.00

2.50

1.50

2.50

1.50

2.00

Post-entry..

Bond taken officially, not otherwise provided for, except when executed in connection with crew-list, or with the entry or passage of goods through the customs, or with the entry of merchandise for exportation.... Official certificate, except as above stated.

Collector's certificate to shipping articles..

Special certificate to cancel bond not given in connection with entry of mer-
chandise, etc., under act 1890..

Certified copy of outward manifest, if required...
Copy of marine document....

Official documents (United States vessels' documents excepted) required by
any merchant, owner, or master of any vessel not before enumerated,
including bills of health for foreign vessels....

Services other than admeasurement to be performed by the surveyor in foreign-going vessels of 100 tons or more, having on board merchandise subject to duty, Revised Statutes, 4186 (not applicable to vessels without cargo but with excess of sea-stores).

.40

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

.20

3.00

For like services in vessels under 100 tons having similar merchandise... For like services on all foreign-going vessels not having merchandise subject to duty.

1.50

.67

Certified copy of bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance.

.50

Duties performed by the surveyor on vessel of 100 tons or upwards, if there be dutiable cargo.

3.00

Duties performed by surveyor on vessel of less than 100 tons, if there be dutiable cargo.

1.50

Duties performed by surveyor on vessel of whatever tonnage with free cargo or ballast..

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Certificate of American growth or production, if required..

.20

Clearance of an American vessel for a foreign port: Fee same as above (but no fee collectible for bill of health, certificate payment tonnage tax, crewlist, or bond).

Certificate to shipping articles, if required.....

.20

The fees allowed to surveyors for services other than admeasurement on board vessels may be charged by the collectors performing such services at ports where there are no surveyors, but such fees will not be collected from coasting vessels. Fees for the admeasurement of vessels under 5 tons in burden will not be charged. Collectors may receive port warden's, health officer's, and harbormaster's fees where it is a matter of convenience to all parties concerned.

The term "legal fees," used in section 4206, Revised Statutes, does not mean pilotage, half-pilotage, or similar local charges.

Masters of passenger vessels from foreign territory not contiguous to the United States are required to pay, within twenty-four hours from entry, to the collector of customs at the port of arrival, $10 for each passenger over 8 years of age (not being a cabin passenger) who shall have died of natural disease during the voyage.

Collectors, naval officers, and surveyors are required to have posted in a public place in their offices a fair table of the fees demandable by law at their ports, subject at all times to inspection, and to give receipts for fees collected, specifying the particulars, whenever required to do so. Failure to observe these requirements entails a penalty of $100 for the benefit of the informer.

PORTS ON NORTHERN, NORTHEASTERN, AND NORTHWESTERN FRONTIERS.

Entry of a vessel directly from a foreign port..

Clearance of a vessel sailing directly to a foreign port otherwise than by the

sea

Post-entry.

Official bond not otherwise provided for, except when executed in connection
with crew list, or with the entry or passage of goods through the customs,
or with the entry of domestic merchandise for exportation.....
Official certificate not otherwise provided for, except as above stated..
Special certificate to cancel bond not given in connection with entry, mer-
chandise, etc., under act 1890.

Certified copy of outward manifest, if required.
Copy of marine document....

Copy bill of sale, mortgage, or other conveyance..

The fees above mentioned are applicable in the case of all vessels navigating
the waters of the northern, northeastern, and north western frontiers
otherwise than by the sea, and no fees other than those above specially
enumerated can be legally collected from the owners or masters, as such,
of vessels enrolled or licensed on said frontiers.

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$0.50

.50

2.00

.50

.20

.20

.20

.20

.50

2.00

Bond to retain cargo, if necessary

.50

Clearance..

Clearance of an American vessel directly for a foreign port:

.50

Bond to retain cargo, if necessary.

Entry of an American vessel engaged in the coasting trade and touching at
a foreign port:
Post-entry, if made.........

.50 .50

2.00

The fees allowed to surveyors for services other than admeasurement on board vessels may be charged by the collectors performing such services at ports where there are no surveyors, but such fees will not be collected from coasting vessels. Fees for the admeasurement of vessels under 5 tons in burden will not be charged. Collectors may receive port warden's, health officer's, and harbor-master's fees where it is a matter of convenience to all parties concerned.

The term "legal fees," used in section 4206, Revised Statutes, does not embrace pilotage, half-pilotage, or similar local charges.

Masters of passenger vessels from foreign territory not contiguous to the United States are required to pay, within twenty-four hours from entry, to the collector of customs at the port of arrival, $10 for each passenger over 8 years of age (not being a cabin passenger), who shall have died of natural disease during the voyage.

Permits are not required on the northern frontier to unlade cargo brought from an American port; but permits must be obtained, and existing laws complied with, previous to the discharge or landing of passengers, baggage, goods, wares, or merchandise brought from foreign ports or places.

Canadian steamers trading on the northern frontiers from one foreign port to another, and touching during the course of such voyage at a port or place in the United States, and landing passengers, baggage, or freight are required to report and pay entrance and clearance fees.

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