FORM No. 31.

Request to local authorities to imprison seamen or mariners. (Paragraphs 299, 320, and 353.)

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT

IR: he

of

his port from

and

whereof

-, 189-.

part of the crew is master, recently arrived having conducted themselves in an improper | insubordinate manner on board, and positively refused to do duty, ave the honor respectfully to request that you will please cause the l-named persons to be arrested, brought on shore, and imprisoned il I can find it expedient to give them their liberty.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

Captain [or other authorities of the port].

U. S. Consul.

FORM NO. 32.

Request to same to release same from prison.

(Paragraphs 299, 320, and 353.)

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT

189-.

IR: I have the honor to request that you will please cause to be eased from prison

men or mariners belonging to the

I have the honor to be, sir,

and

the

master.

Го

Captain [or other authorities of the port].

U. S. Consul.

FORM NO. 33.

Oath and declaration of master to desertion of seamen or mariners.

(Paragraph 300.)

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

I,

port of

do hereby make oath, in due form of law, that the se men or mariners hereinafter named, and who are noted on the crew li of the said vessel as deserters, absconded from the said ship at ports or places hereinafter named, without my knowledge or consent, or about the times hereinafter placed opposite their names respectivel

Request to local authorities for the arrest of deserters.

atly arrived from

having absconded at this port from the , I have the honor respectfully, in pursuance of the provisions e terms of the treaty of 18-, between the United States

to request that you will please cause warrants to be issued heir arrest and imprisonment, and that they be retained subject to order of this Consulate.

I have the honor to be, sir,

U. S. Consul.

FORM NO. 35.

tificate to be issued to citizens of the United States being purchasers of American or foreign-built vessels in a foreign port.

(Paragraphs 343 and 346.)

do day of

Consul of the United States for the port of eby certify that the within bill of sale, bearing date the --, of the [here describe the vessel, her tonnage, denomina1, name, etc.], sold and transferred by - to

› been proved satisfactorily to me to have been duly executed by the

scribing part-; and I further certify that ned as purchaser of said vessel

therein mencitizen of the United States.

As witness my hand and seal of the Consulate this the year of our Lord 189-.

day of

[L. S.]

FORM NO. 36.

U. S. Consul.

rtificate to be attached to documentary evidence accompanying requisitions in the United States for extradition.

I,

(Paragraph 425.)

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

C of the United States at

189-.

-, hereby certify at the annexed papers, being [here state what the papers are], proosed to be used upon an application for the extradition from the United tates of charged with the crime of, alleged to have

een committed in

are properly and legally authenticated so as

to entitle them to be received in evidence for similar purposes byt tribunals of as required by the act of Congress of August 3,18 In witness whereof I hereunto sign my name and cause the seal of the Consulate to be affixed this day of —, 189-.

FORM No. 37.

U. S. Consul

Marine note of protest.

(Paragraphs 186 and 605.)

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Port of

day of

On this and -, before me, America for

the burden of

day of

of

189

in the year of our Lord eighteen hundre Consul of the United States ( and the dependencies thereof, personally appeare master of the ship or vessel called the ———————, of

tons or thereabouts, and declared that on the last past he sailed in and with the said ship from the po laden with and arrived in the said ship at

[here insert the day and hour]; and having experienced boister ous weather on the voyage, hereby enters this note of protest accord ingly, to serve and avail him hereafter, if found necessary.

By this public instrument of declaration and protest be it known and made manifest unto all to whom these presents shall come or may con

and the dependencies thereof, personally came and appeared
master of the ship or vessel called the
of

he burden of aden with

of

tons or thereabouts, then lying in this port of cargo, who duly noted and entered with me, the said Consul, his protest for the uses and purposes hereafter mentioned; and Low, on this day, to wit, the day of the date hereof, before me, the said Consul, again comes the said and requires me to extend also comes A B,

laden with

his protest; and together with the said nate, G H, carpenter, K L and M O, seamen, of and belonging to the aid ship, all of whom being by me duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did severally voluntarily, freely, and solemnly declare, lepose, and state as follows, that is to say: That these appearers, on the day of in their capacities aforesaid, sailed in and with the jaid from the port of and bound to the port of -; that the said ship was then tight, staunch, and strong; had her cargo well and sufficiently stowed and secured; had her hatches well calked and covered; was well and sufficiently manned, victualed, and furnished with all things needful and necessary for a vessel in the merchant service, and particularly for the voyage she was about to undertake; that [here insert narrative of the facts of the voyage as they occurred, with full and minute particulars, with dates, latitude, longitude, etc.]

And these said appearers, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further declare and say: That during the said voyage they, together with the others of the said ship's company, used their utmost endeavors to preserve the said and cargo from all manner of loss, damage, or injury. Wherefore the said master, hath protested, as by these presents I, the said Consul, at his special instance and request, do publicly and solemnly protest against all and every person and persons whom it doth or may concern, and against the winds, and waves, and billows of the seas, and against all and every accident, matter, and thing had and met with, as aforesaid, whereby, and by reason whereof, the said

or

cargo already has or hereafter shall appear to have suffered or sustained damage or injury. And do declare that all losses, damages, costs, charges, and expenses that have happened to the said cargo, or to either, are and ought to be borne by those to whom the same by right may appertain by way of average or otherwise, the same having occurred as before mentioned, and not by or through the insufficiency