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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 58

Any master or keeper of a boarding or lodginghouse
for seamen, any servant, agent or other person in his
employment, broker, shipping master, or other person
engaged in the business of procuring and furnishing
seamen for vessels, who shall go on board of any vessel
in any of the harbors of this State without having
previously obtained permission of the master or other
person having charge of the vessel shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor.

4.

The class of persons above named, on conviction for
unlawfully going on board a vessel, shall be fined not
less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars, and
be imprisoned not less than one month nor more than six
months, at the discretion of the judge who tries the
case.

5.

Any master or person in charge of a vessel shall
have power to seize and arrest on board his vessel any of
the class of persons above mentioned who are prohibited
from going on board of any vessel in this State, and to
take them before any court to be dealt with according to
law.

6.

At the trial of any person for going on board a
vessel without permission first had and obtained, it
shall be incumbent on him to prove that he had received
permission to enter; in default of his proving this, he
shall be considered as having entered without permission,
and found guilty accordingly.

7.

If any person shall ship as a first—class or
ordinary seaman and upon trial prove to be incapable of
performing the duties of the situation for which he
shipped, his pay shall be reduced to the pay of that
grade for which he shall be found competent.

8.

A copy of the articles of any vessel, authenticated
by the affidavit of the captain, sworn to before any
notary public, shall be admissible in evidence to prove
the fact that any seaman whose name appears subscribed
thereto has actually signed said articles.

9.

When the testimony of any master of a vessel, or
other transient person, shall be deemed by a judge before
whom a prosecution is commenced to be necessary at the