Whenever a seaman is discharged in any collection district where no shipping commissioner has been appointed. the master of the vessel shall perform the duties of such commissioner and shall make the proper entries in such continuous discharge book. and when the seamen are not required by law to be signed on and discharged before a shipping commissioner. the master shall make such proper entries in the discharge book. Any master who fails to make such entries shall be fined the sum of $50 for each such offense. "(c) There shall be maintained in the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation in Washington a record of every discharge book and certificate issued under the provisions of this act. together with the name and address of the seaman to whom it is issued. his next of kin. and a certified copy of all discharge entries in such book. which copy shall be forwarded to such Bureau by the shipping commissioner or person duly authorized to act as such before whom such holder is discharged. "(d) In case of the loss of a book by shipwreck or other casualty the seaman shall be supplied. with another discharge book. in which shall be entered all data contained in the last book so far as this may be available from copies of records kept by the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation. in other cases of loss the seaman may obtain a duplicate of such book containing the same entries upon payment of a sum equivalent to the cost thereof to the Government. to be determined from time to time by the Secretary of Commerce." 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 issued thereunder. and that such plumbing and mechanical appliances are in good working order and condition. (b) Whenever it shall be found that the crew quarters of any such vessel are not of the size required by law or regulations issued thereunder or are not properly ventilated or are not in a clean and sanitary condition or are not equipped with the proper plumbing and mechanical appliances required by law or regulations issued thereunder. or that such plumbing and mechanical appliances are not in good working order and condition. the appropriate board of local inspectors shall withdraw the certificate of inspection of such vessel and refuse to reissue the same until such improper conditions have been corrected. and the master or other licensed officer of such vessel who shall -have willfully or negligently permitted such vessel to be in such improper condition shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $500. SEC. 5. (a) From and after the enactment of this act all licensed officers and pilots of vessels of the United States. shall be citizens of the United States. nativeborn. or completely naturalized. (b) From and after the enactment of this act upon each departure of any such vessel from a port of the United States. 75 percent of the crew in each department thereof. excluding licensed officers. shall be citizens of the United States. nativeborn or completely naturalized. and thereafter the percentage of citizens as above defined shall be increased 5 percent per annum until 90 percent of the crew in each department of such vessels shall be citizens of the United States. nativeborn. or completely naturallzed. unless the Secretary of Commerce shall. upon Investigation. ascertain that such citizen seamen are not available. when. under such conditions. he may reduce the above percentages. (c) If any vessel while on a foreign voyage is for any reason deprived of the services of any member of the crew. such position or vacancy caused by the promotion of another to such position may be supplied by a person other than defined In paragraph (a) and (b) until the first call of such vessel at a port in the United States where such replacements can be obtained. (d) The owner. agent. or officer of any such vessel. who shall employ any person in violation of the provisions of this section. shall be subject to a penalty of $500 for each offense. SEC. 6. That any person who (1) shall receive or have in his possession any certificate. license. or document Issued to vessels or officers or seamen by the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation or by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by law to represent such Bureau. to which he Is not lawfully entitled. with Intent unlawfully to use the same. or (2) shall use or exhibit or attempt to use or exhibit any such certificate. license. or document to which he is not lawfully entitled. or (3) shall alter or change. or attempt to change. any such certificate. license. or document by addition. interpolation. deletion. or erasure. or (4) shall forge. counterfeit. or steal. or shall attempt to forge. counterfeit. or steal. any such certificate. license. or d~cument. or (5) shall unlawfully have In his possession. or knowingly use any such altered. changed. forged. counterfeit. or stolen certificate. license. or document. or (6) shall print or manufacture. or cause to be printed or manufactured. any blank form of such certificate. license. or document without first obtaining the authority of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation. or (7) shall have in his possession without lawful excuse. and with Intent unlawfully to use the same. any blank form or such certifIcate. license. or document. or (8) shall In any manner transfer. or cause to be so transferred. or negotiate such transfer of. any blank form of such certificate. license. or document. or any such altered. changed. forged. counterfeit. or stolen certificate. license. or document. or any such certificate. license. or document to which the party transferring or receiving the same is not lawfully entitled. or (9) shall aid or abet the perpetration of any of the foregoing acts shall for each offense. upon conviction thereof. be fined not more than $5.000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years. or both.
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