The Seamen's Bill (Volume 1-2); Hearings Held Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries on House Bill 11372 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1911. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE SEAMEN'S BILL. Committee On The Merchant Marine And Fisheries, House Of Representatives, Washington, D. C., Monday, January 29, 1912. The committee met at 10.15 o'clock a. m., Hon. Joshua W. Alexander (chairman) presiding. The Chairman. Gentlemen, H. R. 11372, known as the seamen's bill, is under consideration. At our last hearing it was agreed that the hearings should be continued to-day at 10 o'clock and continued until they were concluded, and I have information that some gentlemen desire to be heard who can not be present for a day or two, Mr. Livingston, of the Freight Tariff Association, being one of them, and he is being detained on account of illness; but I suggest that these be heard when they are able to come, and we will proceed with those who are here. Capt. Nickerson, we will hear you now. H. R. 11372, Sixty-second Congress, first session.l A BILL To abolish the involuntary servitude imposed upon seamen in the merchant marine of the United States while in foreign ports and the involuntary servitude imposed upon the seamen of the merchant marine of foreign countries while in ports of the United States, to prevent unskilled manning of American vessels, to encourage the training of hoys in the American merchant marine, for the further protection of life at sea, and to amend the laws relative to seamen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section forty-five hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States be. and is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4516. In case of desertion or casualty resulting in the loss of one or more of the seamen, the master must ship, if obtainable, a number equal to the number of those whose services he has been d...