Continuous Discharge Book, American Seamen: Hearings, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session on Presentation of Demands of Striking "rank and File" Seamen Relative to Continuous Discharge Book. January 12, 1937U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 - 57 pages |
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Page 16 - That any person that shall knowingly make a false affidavit for such purpose shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by...
Page 26 - ... part of the balance due him. Every master or owner who refuses or neglects to make payment in the manner hereinbefore mentioned without sufficient cause shall pay to the seaman a sum equal to two days' pay for each and every day during which payment is delayed beyond the respective periods, which sum shall be recoverable as wages in any claim made before the court ; but this section shall not apply to masters or owners of any vessel the seamen of which are entitled to share in the profits of...
Page 16 - The collector of customs may, upon his own motion, and shall, upon the sworn information of any reputable citizen of the United States setting forth that this section is not being complied with, cause a muster of the crew of any vessel to be made to determine the fact ; and no clearance shall be given to any vessel failing to comply with the provisions of this section...
Page 23 - ... any other vessel of over one hundred gross tons carrying passengers for hire, who is not licensed by the inspectors; and anyone violating this section shall be liable to...
Page 24 - ... but these provisions shall not limit either the authority of the master or other officer or the obedience of the seamen when, in the judgment of the master or other officer, the whole or any part of the crew are needed for...
Page 26 - SEC. 4. (a) The local inspectors of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation shall inspect the crew quarters of every American vessel, at least once in each month, or at such times as such vessel shall enter an American port, and shall satisfy themselves that such quarters are of the size required by law or regulations issued thereunder, are properly ventilated and in a clean and sanitary condition, and are equipped with the proper plumbing and mechanical appliances required by law or regulations...
Page 46 - Haddock's testimony begins on page 452 of these hearings before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives.
Page 52 - June 25, 1936, upon each departure of any such vessel from a port of the United States, 75 per centum of the crew, excluding licensed officers, shall be citizens of the United States, native-born, or completely naturalized...
Page 25 - Provided, That in all tugs and barges subject to this section when engaged on a voyage of less than six hundred miles, the licensed officers and members of crews other than coal passers, firemen, oilers, and water tenders may, while at sea, be divided into...
Page 20 - ... his unexpired license issued by the Federal Communications Commission to act in that capacity: And Provided further, That when a certificate has been revoked or suspended under the provisions of subsection (h) of this section, a new certificate shall not be issued until...