For further convenience of reference is published a table of laws, giving the sections of the Revised Statutes and subsequent laws which have been included in this compilation, the date of enactment and amendment, together with the page of this compilation on which they may be found. The table of laws may be found at the end of the volume, together with the usual alphabetical index. A marginal reference gives the number of the section of the Revised Statutes included in each paragraph, or the date and section of the act, if enacted subsequent to the Revised Statutes, with the date of amendatory acts which have been incorporated, if practicable, in the paragraph. Where reference is made in a paragraph to a title or chapter of the Revised Statutes the numbers of the sections comprised in such title or chapter have been printed in brackets. Reference to the table of laws, at the end of the volume, will show which of those sections have been included in this volume as pertinent or in force, and will also show the page where they may be found. Fees, payable by the masters and owners of vessels of the United States, were in most instances abolished in 1886 and 1890, and accordingly the statutes imposing such fees are not retained in this compilation, though they furnish a basis on which officers are compensated from the Treasury for services. Respectfully, To Hon. OSCAR S. STRAUS, EUGENE TYLER CHAMBERLAIN, Commissioner. Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 51. Enrollment and license to corporations 54. Certification by customs officer. 55. Enrollment outside of district____ 56. Special provisions for enrollment and license. 57. Inspection of enrollment and license_. 58. Record of American-built vessels owned by aliens. 66 67 68 69 93. Vessels exempt from libel for wages_ 94. Advances and allotments of wages_ 95. Wages and clothing exempt from attachment. 96. Desertion of seamen abroad.. 79 114. Inspection of seaworthiness at domestic ports. |