MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

85

CHAPTER 58
(Senate Bill 328)

AW ACT concerning

Seamen

FOR the purpose of repealing certain obsolete,
superseded, or otherwise unnecessary provisions
relating to seamen and vessels.

BY repealing

Article 84 — Seamen

In its entirety

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Article 84 - Seamen, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
be and it is hereby repealed in its entirety:

[Article 84 - Seamen]

[1.

Any person, either on shipboard or on shore, who
shall harbor or secret, or who shall in any way assist in
harboring or secreting a seaman who shall have signed
shipping articles to proceed on a voyage, or who shall
persuade, or in any manner cause such seaman to desert or
disregard the articles which he has signed, shall on
conviction be punished by a fine and imprisonment, at the
discretion of the judge who tries the case; the fine to
be not less than fifty dollars nor more than three
hundred dollars, and the imprisonment to be not less than
one month nor more than six months.

2.

On complaint on oath being made by the master of a
vessel, or some person in the master's behalf, that a
seaman or apprentice has deserted from the vessel, and
that the seaman or apprentice is harbored, secreted or
detained, any District Court judge may issue a warrant
under his or her hand and seal for a search to be made in
any place where the seaman or apprentice is supposed to
be harbored or secreted.

3.