and number of the pilot boat to which he is then attached. Penalty, Twenty dollars for every neglect of this regulation. The Harbour Master is authorised by law to cause the captain or other person having charge of any vessel, whenever he may think it conducive to the safety of the vessel herself, the wharf to which she may be made fast, or the vessels in the neighbourhood, to run out into the stream sufficient anchors and cables to such distance and in such position as he may direct. To cause the whole, or such part as in his opinion may be necessary, of the shipping occupying the outer or easternmost berths in the different docks, to be moored with their bows to the eastward, and with a bower anchor out, distant from thirty to thirty-five fathoms from the end of the wharf, from the first day of August to the first day of November, or for a less period, should the said Harbour Master deem the same conducive to the public convenience. To remove any vessel or vessels moored to the ends of the wharves, or on either side of a dock, or lying in any part of a dock, which may be necessary in his opinion to expedite, and render more safe and convenient, the entrance or departure of any other vessel or vessels hauling at the time in or out of the said dock. To cut the fast or fasts of any vessel, or cause the same to be cut or cast loose, when the captain or person in charge of such vessel refuses or neglects to slack her fasts, and to remove his vessel, for the proper accommodation of another vessel passing into or out of her berth; or who shall refuse to give up the inside berth or to remove and moor his vessel in conformity with the foregoing regulations, or with the orders of the said Harbour Master. To order any empty or idle vessel or vessels, that encumber the docks, into the stream, and to be there moored as the LAW requires or as he shall direct. Penalty, One hundred dollars for any refusal or neglect; besides being liable for all expenses and damages caused by such refusal or neglect. To determine, also, how far, and in what instances, it is the duty of masters and others, having charge of ships and vessels, to accommodate each other in their respective berths and situations. And any master or other person having charge of any ship or vessel, who shall refuse or neglect to obey the directions of the Harbour Master or his assistant, in any matter or matters within his or their authority; or shall molest, resist or oppose the Harbour Master or his assistant in the execution of any of the duties of his or their office; such master or other person having charge of any ship or vessel, or other person whatsoever, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of One hundred dollars for the use of the city. Passengers. Every master or commander of a vessel, excepting vessels trading within the limits of the State, is required by law to repair to the Harbour Master's Office immediately after his arrival or after his entry at the Custom House, and there report the name, tonnage and description of his vessel, according to the register; the nation to which she belongs, and the name of the pilot that brought her into port, and the number of his boat; and shall also at the same time, or within twenty-four hours thereafter, report in writing, under oath, to be subscribed by himself, the Christian and surnames of all his passengers; also the places of birth, ages, occupations, to whom they owe allegiance, and last place of residence of all such passengers. And if any master or commander of any such vessel shall neglect to repair to the Harbour Master's Office, or refuse or neglect to deliver to the Harbour Master the said report, within the time above limited, or shall omit therein the name or other description as hereinbefore required of any of his passengers, he shall for each and every such offence pay to the use of the city a sum not exceeding Fifty dollars. And the master or commander of every vessel, having passengers to report as aforesaid, shall, in every case, distinguish correctly in his report between all such as are properly cabin passengers, and such as are steerage or deck passengers; and at the time of reporting the same, shall enter into a bond or bonds as required by law, to indemnify and save harmless the City Council of Charleston, from every expense and charge which shall or may be incurred by them, for the maintenance and support of any such passenger, in case such person should, at any time within two years from the date of said bond, become chargeable to the city. Penalty for refusing or neglecting to give such bond or bonds, within three days after the arrival of such vessel, is Fifty dollars for each passenger landed within the city or district of Charleston, not being either a citizen of the State or a resident of the city. In lieu of taking bonds as aforesaid, the Harbour Master is authorised by law, to commute for all passengers, children included, so brought into the port and landed within the city or district of Charleston, who shall not at the time be either citizens of the State or residents of the city. Smoking cigars or pipes is prohibited by law in all the wharves and streets leading to the same, east of Bay Street. The harbour fees are one cent and a half per ton, according to the tonnage in the vessel's register, or papers, on all vessels of the United States, and upon all foreign vessels entering upon the same terms as vessels of the United States, payable every voyage-excepting steamboats and packets, and other vessels, performing regular successive voyages from North Carolina and Georgia, which vessels pay one cent per ton, once in every three months, or every quarter. And the said fees are made payable by law at the Harbour Master's Office, within forty-eight hours after the vessel's arrival. All other foreign vessels, not entering upon the same terms as vessels of the United States, pay double, or three cents per ton. All vessels owned in the State of South Carolina, and steadily plying or trading within the limits of the same, are exempted from the above fees. The Assistant Harbour Master is duly appointed, and authorised to attend especially to the regulation of the shipping. Other Southern Ports. In the present unsettled condition of the Southern States, caused by the recent civil war, and the consequent disorganisation of the local government establishments in the ports of those States, it is for the present impossible to lay down any reliable rules for the guidance of shipmasters proceeding thither. As those ports have from time to time been re-occupied by the United States Government, martial law has chiefly ruled, and although that portion of the country may be expected ultimately to return to its normal condition, yet it will doubtless be some time before the same facilities and advantages will be offered to foreign trade which were met with before the breaking out of the war. The local laws under which the pilotage, quarantine, and wharfage regulations were established, are in abeyance; and the Custom-houses (which are established and governed by United States law) will probably be, in the present posture of affairs, the only departments in those ports found to maintain the old usages and rules. INDEX. ABANDONMENT OF VOYAGE- ACTIONS AND SUITS- seamen suing in U.S. Courts, 170 U.S. Courts will not, in general, take cognisance as to wages and dis- can do so if voyage broken up or ended, 171 the common law courts of U.S. will, in sound discretion, sustain actions AGREEMENT- with crew, see Shipping Articles APPRENTICE- amount of wages of apprentice, who dies, to be inserted in the official do., the sale of their effects, 53 AVERAGE- what is general, and what particular average, 190 whatever master does for preservation of the whole is brought into average is adjusted at place of ship's destination or delivery of cargo, 191 master not compelled to part with goods before contributable average is as to master's taking bond to pay proportion of average, 191 BALTIMORE (State of Maryland)— particular regulations as to this port, 204 pilotage, 204 quarantine and health regulations, 204 wharfage and port regulations, 207 BILL OF LADING- master should never sign and give up a bill of lading until any receipt should not allow anything but what is fact to be inserted in the bill of precaution as to form of words where quantity or soundness doubted, 34 master should deliver to holder of the bill of lading, 35 stamp required on bills of lading made within the U.S., 35 |